Glitterball at Secret Location
A South Africa Event on 2016-05-28 22:00:00
Line-up /
Phil Perry (Full Circle UK)
Simon Caldwell (Mad Racket)
Jerry Drew
Venue to be announced on RA 28/05/2016 – No invite no entry
Glitterball presents the first in a series of bespoke events, which are to be held in spectacular venues across Sydney. With a history of promoting various parties in the UK for nearly 20 years under a different guise, we are bringing a little bit of London magic to this fair city, using our tried and tested formula, of fantastically themed spectacular venues, with a quality music policy that is provided by only the very best dj’s, and most importantly of all, a night that is frequented by a hand picked up for it crowd only, that knows how to party!
To commence proceedings we kick off our maiden Sydney event in the opulent settings of a secret central CBD location, which boasts breathtaking views across the city. We have enlisted the services of a renowned production company to spectacularly transform and theme the venue, where a musical fusion of house music spanning the decades, will be delivered by the following selectors:
Phil Perry (Full Circle UK)
First dropping a needle in 1977, Phil was part of a generation of DJs that laid the groundwork for the superclub era that would appear near the end of the century. Mixing it with Frankie Knuckles, Danny Tenaglia, Todd Terry, Robert Owens and other early DJs, moving and shaking UK nightclubs into a new era with wild mix of disco, soul, funk and an emerging house beat. Reaching out to the US, Ibiza, South Africa, South America, Europe and Australia, Phil has spun for party people from Twilo and Soundfactory in New York to an early Sydney visit in 1990 to 25,000 dancers at Darling Harbour in 1991, before returning home to play tour DJ for Leftfield, Massive Attack and Faithless. All while maintaining a home base at regarded venues Ministry of Sound and his own event which was the stuff of legend, Full Circle. Full Circle began with the do-it-yourself attitude of the time and grew into an intense display of debauchery and shenanigans that sustained the UK through the early 90s. Even though the weekly Full Circle finished in 1997, the affection and esteem that it is still held in was the catalyst for a 25th anniversary party in the UK in August 2015 which went off with a bang, and was attended by 1500 people, and the line up for the now annual party is in place for 2016. Phil as always brings the good times, with a bag stacked with the ‘right stuff, to make you move like you want some more.
Simon Caldwell (Mad Racket)
Simon is one of a handful of DJ's whose name adds a certain integrity to an event. Playing since the early 1990’s to beer drinkers, bum shakers and radio listeners alike, he has managed to avoid the stifling 'style' classification so many other DJ's trap themselves into, keeping himself free to draw on his varied loves of deep, soulful house, techno, funk, jazz, electro, booty, hip hop and anything else which catches his ear.
Simon has supported (on the same stage) a list of internationals longer than your arm, including Theo Parrish, James Brown, DJ Sotofett, Todd Terje, Rolando, Herbert, Claude Young, Maurice Fulton, Grace Jones, Derrick Carter, Vakula, Moodymann, Actress, Onra, Moritz von Oswald, Charles Webster, Fred P and Frankie Knuckles, to name just a few.
He currently holds down Monday Sunset on FBI Radio, and is resident/co-promoter of Mad Racket, a Sydney underground party institution running since 1998. Among many podcasts and live mixes, Simon has been invited to present mixes for Resident Advisor’s illustrious podcast (#181), Melbourne Deepcast, John Digweed’s Transitions show and Boiler Room (in early 2014).
In mid 2014 Simon based himself in Berlin for three months and played 5 shows there at clubs including Wilde Renate and Prince Charles, plus 2 shows in Russia and shows in Hamburg (Golden Pudel Club) and London (Rhythm Section, Peckham).
Jerry Drew
Ministry of Sound, Pacha, Turnmills, Nikki Beach, The Cross, Home, Via Notte, Es Vive, Jerry has played at all the above as well as many others. After taking part in the seminal Acid House scene of 88, Jerry made a big entrance, when he promoted and played at his own nights Bubblicious and Vanity Fayre. Hosting the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Marshall Jefferson, Danny Rampling, Robert Owens and Norman Jay to Dj Pierre, Craig Richards, Timo Mass and Sasha in the late 80’s to early 2000’s and the nights subsequently became a part of London’s House music club and history. After moving on to hold Saturday night residencies at Damien Hurst's Pharmacy and then for two years at the now celebrated Velvet Underground, Jerry toured the globe running rackets in Amalfi, Athens, Berlin, Courchevel, Ibiza, Milan, Moscow, Sofia and St Tropez, to name but a few. Alongside his regular appearances in the summer at the infamous Es Vive, Ibiza, he held the weekly Saturday residency at Movida, which was voted London's best club for 3 years consecutively at the London Bar and Club awards. Jerry relocated to Australia and initially Brisbane, where he was resident at the superclub, Family and guested at spots including Therapy and Subtrakt before moving permanently to Sydney.
Jerrys style is not confined to one genre or era, and he has a liking for a varied range of record labels from the twisted sounds of Drum Code, Tsuba and Ostgut Ton, to the uber cool house of Wagon Repair and Buzzin Fly, which is reflected in his set.
Sydney, Australia
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