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Heylady is a Wellington by Auckland reprobate who is often spotted behind decks, on dancefloor or in front of bar.
 
She can be found regularly playing at festivals, clubs and parties across NZ.
 
Dedicated to constantly improving the house scene, Heylady has worked with some of the biggest and the best over the past 20 years, as well as some of the smallest and coolest.
 
So many parties, so little tequila left at the end of them.. Cutting her teeth as a promoter, she has run multiple party series under the Casio Circus and Back on Track brands, she's run small festivals, stage managed and brought through some of the biggest names in house music.
 
Holding a residency at The 7 Deadly Gins at Burning Man, rocking LA and playing regularly across New Zealand, Heylady has cemented herself as one of the forces to watch.
 
From big festival sets to small, intimate club spaces, her diversity and range always ensures a stomping dancefloor.
 
Born with a soul infused with a love of all things tech, ponies, sneakers and dressups, Heylady believes fun and frivolity is paramount, which is why her sets never conform to any one silly sub-genre. It's all four-four, isn't it?

 

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Hape

Looking back it’s now obvious that HAPE was going to naturally progress from being a punter on the dance floor to being behind the decks, such was his appetite and voracity for the music.

With an ever growing collection of records it wasn’t long before he got some 1210’s, delved into learning the craft, honing his skills and playing alongside friends. He was soon a regular on club nights and outdoor party line ups such as Pitch n' Faders, Back on Track, Dirty Laundry and his own High Calibre.

HAPE is a through and through beat merchant with an absolute passion for storming any dance floor you give him. Constantly striving to both push himself and take the audience on a journey through dark vocal prog with lush servings of deep tribal tech and everything in between, it’ll always be infused with his own twist of high energy funk.

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Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers has been playing at dance festivals and underground parties around Aotearoa since the gathering in the late 90s

Buck's mission is to connect one soul to the infinite glorious vibration of the universe. Her finesse mixing it up coupled with a love of performance art has seen her host a number of multidisciplinary events and theme nights.

Spanning a kaleidoscopic spectrum of genres including indie dance, Bedouin tech, bass house, disco halal through to breaks, eastern bass and UK garage. Buck is very much at home crafting multi genre sets and adding flavour to key festivals and hot nightspots.

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Coda

One of Aotearoa/NZ's founding and most enduring Techno DJs...

Star on and off The Floor at Radio Active...

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Dale Fairbairn

Born out of a deep passion for electronic music. Dale Fairbairn has established himself as one as an exciting talents emerging in today's techno scene.

Since his breakthrough in 2018 his tracks have been smashing dance floors across the world, picking up huge plays from some of the scenes most prominent artists, Pleasurekraft, Thomas Schmucher, Monika Kruse, Joyhuaser, and Spektre. His music has a unique flavour, combining influences from techno, house and uplifting riffs. With many years behind him in production,

Dales focus was on developing a sound that is unique to him, which resulted in releasing music of an international standard on labels Kraftek, Respekt and Phobiq. Starting out back in 2002 in the London electronic scene, with his determination to push the boundaries to grow his knowledge in music.

He worked with some of the scenes most talented producers to learn and develop his production skills, which saw him, DJ, at the most prominent venues London had to offer.

Sealing his techno passion came after travelling to Ibiza in 2016 and by chance watching Richie Hawkin play. From that point on, techno was his sole focus for inspiration.

He has a real focus on his craft; being a designer by day, he cares about the details in every track. Only releasing the music, he's genuinely proud of and believes meets his standards. Aside from his production craft, his DJs sets have built a reputation of quality and respect in the scene for delivering a musical journey with impeccable mixing skill, played in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. His hard work and patience paid off in 2018 with his release "In Range", which had a unique, uplifting sound of trance riffs, pitched with heavy grooves.

Gaining worldwide plays by some of the scenes biggest names. This kickstarted support from the scenes heavyweights. Making way for more releases on Kraftek, Phobiq, IAMT and Respekt with the EP "live through the night", which reached high points in the Beatport top 100 singles in 2021—reinforcing his reputation for delivering international quality releases.

Resulting in a influx of booking, where you find Dales playing regularly all over New Zealand. Dales excited about the future, with plans already underway for future big releasing and upcoming sets, hel hopes will result in making many ravers happy to be taken on a journey

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DUSA

Dusa is an SA born artist, who found his passion for electronic music in the early 2000s London scene. Coming from a background of Drum & Bass he has weaved his sound to be all-round genre-bending. 

These days mainly sticking to the sounds of House and Techno, he plays music with a tribal, heavily drum-based influence.

Since moving to NZ, Dusa has climbed the ranks of playing some of NZ's biggest Festivals from Aum and Shipwrecked to RnV. He uses his broad music knowledge to intertwine himself into a set that adheres to the crowd, vibe and feel.

If you're looking for a set that's heavy, deep and uplifting then put on ya dancing shoes, it's Dusa!!

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Fletcher Mills

Fletcher sings soulfully over dance-infused beats, combining his background in choirs and classical piano. He seeks constant inspiration from the RnB world and Berlin's electronic scene. The dynamic forces a moment of introspection within a night of ecstasy.

Originally from Wellington, NZ - currently in Berlin - Fletcher has travelled the globe in search of places, people and experiences to draw inspiration from.

Fletcher aims to combine the best of RnB with Electronica, where concious listeners can get lost in the lyrics, while groovers get lost in the rhythms.

 

 

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Hal

"The dealer of deep, infectionus dance grooves and carefully created experiences."

Halinius isn't the kind of dealer you find in a back alley, but rather something different entirely. Emerging out of Wellington NZ, Hal has been embedding his mark as a respected underground performer.

Be preparaed to have your senses stimulated by Hal's carefully curated set selections. Journey with him from house to techno and everything in between. Every moment is designed with full intention to envelope you in the harmony o fheavy bass lines, infectious grooves and psychedelic

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Halo is renowned as the Queen of Good Vibes and whatever the genre she’s playing, whether it’s House, Minimal Tech, Melodic Techno or Bass music she knows the importance of setting the scene, bringing crafted and emotive sets to the dance floor. Den stage.

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Halo is renowned as the Queen of Good Vibes and whatever the genre she’s playing, whether it’s House, Minimal Tech, Melodic Techno or Bass music she knows the importance of setting the scene, bringing crafted and emotive sets to the dance floor. Den stage.

Halo

Halo was created in Otautahi Christchurch, New Zealand. She discovered dance music in 1999 and started playing at house parties, then got her first set with Massive and went on to play at many outdoor dance parties in Canterbury including Solstice, Canaan Downs and Destination.
 
Moving to Wellington in 2010, she got her residency at Laundry Bar on Cuba Street soon after it opened, until it closed in 2022. There she teamed up with Rube and Noncharlet to form the WIP crew. In 2019 she started Little Monsters DJ to support more local talent and beginning DJs. LMDJ are now an established crew in the Wellington techno scene.
 
Halo's played for the Funkhutt crew, graced the decks at AUM, Twisted AUM, Signature Socials , Third Eye Hi Fi, The Closet, Taniwhas Den, Open Air and is a regular at Kiwiburn.
 
Halo is renowned as the Queen of Good Vibes and whatever the genre she’s playing, whether it’s House, Minimal Tech, Melodic Techno or Bass music she knows the importance of setting the scene, bringing crafted and emotive sets to the dance floor.

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DannyBoy

An absolute MVP of the Wellington dance scene, Dannyboy is widely respected by his peers and punters alike as a DJ that always delivers to his floor.

Musically, Dannyboy always surprises with his skill, flexibility and ability to mix any genre. 

● First put his hands on 2 pieces of vinyl with the intention of beat mixing them together at the age of 14.

● First residency when he turned 15, having to hide his age 😉

● Played in every bar, club, party worth mentioning in New Zealand and Australia,  pushing his own very unique presentation of music.

● Firm Records owner and  The Gathering business manager.

● Music producer, Released 3 albums and some of the best club nights - Tequila Flange, Feng Shui Faders, Rocket Science and Pimpin Wax.

● Played support for an eye-watering list of the world's best DJs and live acts.

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