Melbourne Techno Collective

A late entry into the NYE events market has arrived on the scene with the exciting news that Christian Burkhardt will make his long awaited Melbourne debut. Supported by a massive local cast including Continuum, Uone, Danni B, Nadine, Steve Ward and the MTCs own Sam McEwin, The German techno jock will perform his highly acclaimed live set to a packed out Room nightclub.

Featuring dazzling live burlesque performers, state-of-the-art multimedia shows, exclusive VIP areas and luxuriant décor, Dressless will be a sinful night of deep tunes, sexy grooves and sultry, tantalising trimmings.

For those interested in attending; there are three levels of tickets available starting at the rediculously low price of just $40.

General Parlour Admission $40 includes:
Admission to the Parlour
An evening with Christian Burkhardt
Burlesque Performers
Deep sexy grooves all night long
A glass of champagne on arrival
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Peep Show Package $90 includes:
Admission to the Parlour
An evening with Christian Burkhardt
Burlesque Performers
Deep sexy grooves all night long
Access to the private Peep Show VIP area
Beer, Champagne, Wine & Soft Drinks until the clock strikes 12
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Behind the Curtain Package $220 – The ultimate level of VIP fun, service and luxury:
Admission to the Parlour
An evening with Christian Burkhardt
Burlesque Performers
Deep sexy grooves all night long
Access to the private ‘Behind The Curtain’ & mirror bar V.VIP area
Waiter Service All Night Long
French Champagne, Basic Spirits, Wine & Soft Drinks All Night Long
Delicious Belgian Chocolates
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Recorded live at Lucky Coq on September 26th 2009, this 2 hour set catches Sam McEwin in full flight. Starting deep with Benny Blanko’s unforgettable Put Your Hands track, it  stays deep before lifting the tempo and exploring a variety of sounds, genres and flavours in what was an unique and interesting performance from the MTC front man.

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The massive news this week was that Sven Vath and Dubfire will be among the long list of internationals to perform at this year’s Future Music Festival, which will be held at the Flemington Racecourse on March 7th. The duo will no doubt be performing on the Likes of You Stage which should be one of the highlights of this year’s summer.

The announced acts so far include The Prodigy , Empire Of The Sun, Franz Ferdinand, Booka Shade, John Digweed , Sven Vath , David Guetta, Erick Morillo, Above & Beyond, Dubfire and Boys Noize with the promise of more announcements over the coming weeks.

Check out this amazing footage of Sven Vath at Amnesia

Watch this clip of Dubfire at the Exit Festival in 2008

You can read more information about Future Music Festival on the Future Music Festival website.

It appears that Richie Hawtin may have been ejected from Berlin’s infamous techno club Berghain. While the exact details are yet to be known, Hawtin and fellow techno elite Dubfire both made mention of an incident via their Twitter profiles. Hawtin posting this “U know what, BERGHEIM is a great club once you are inside, but why does the door policy have to be so fucking ridiculously hard. Come on guys, you have a great club but don’t act so egotistically cool.” and Dubfire commenting that “I have to say that the bouncers were TOTAL pricks though and roughed up alot of our crew:-(”

While this is hardly rock solid evidence of a scandal, electronicbeats.net have confidently reported that a group including Hawtin were indeed ejected when “a curtain dividing the DJ booth and back room came crashing down and all behind it were thrown out.”

You can read the full account here

In this fantastic expose from the team at Resident Advisor, Jack O’Shaughnessy investigates the often under appreciated art of the warm up DJ from the unique perspective of the headliners who follow them. Here in Melbourne there was the famous story of when Danny Howells was so overwhelmed by the Rollin Connection’s warm up performance, that he attempted to take them with him for the rest of his tour. Needless to say the warm DJs job is one of the most important roles a DJ can play in a night and this article should be compulsory reading for any budding jock.

Read it here.

Beatport this week announced a new competition where contestants can win free downloads for one year, by purchasing from the site before October 31. To enter all you have to do is login to your Beatport account and purchase over $20 worth of tunes. After that you are automatically entered into the draw. While that entry mechanic means that most people should have no problem qualifying for the competition, the MTC have calculated that you probably have a 1 in 200 billion chance of winning. That being said it would be nice wouldn’t it?

You can find (slightly) more information at Beatportal