For the past ten years electronic collective The Operatives have helped shape and define Australia’s burgeoning electronic music scenes.
Over the past decade The Operatives have been responsible for tours of ground-breaking international musicians and an ever growing collective of local talent they are celebrating with a huge party (at The Revolt Artspace, Kensington) featuring one of their biggest line-ups to date.
One of the acts on the lineup is local duo friendships, one of Melbourne’s most exciting electronic acts. The pair released a killer EP via Silo Arts last year, and last week dropped a tasty remix of The Harpoons latest single ‘Unforgettable’.
In celebration of The Operatives’ upcoming 10th birthday show we asked friendships to curate the best party mix ever.
Nosaj Thing – Us (Jon Hopkins remix)
“Play this in a set and watch heads explode. Especially towards the end when the whole track twists and builds and distorts then dissolves and hands off to this amazing piano playing. Fucking incredible.”
DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn – Space Juke
“This is the first Rashad track I heard and I remember being so determined that Chicago footwork was the only type of music I was going to make. The whole culture of footwork and the groove and repetition was so infectious and refreshing. Double Cup was totally inspiring. The first time I heard I heard “I don’t give a fuck” was when B.O.O.M.A. dropped it in a set at a Spacewalk gig. My head tilted slightly like a confused puppy and the biggest, dumbest grin swept over my face… total bliss
Amazing Artist. Rashad will be sorely missed.”
Simpleton / Remarc – Unity Remix [Desert Storm 1996]
“For some bizarre reason this track always reminds me of Wooshie. We were both playing Electric Sea Spiders Supercash album launch and Dylan had this machine gun sample and was shooting the audience the whole night. So I listen to this track and can see him shooting people when the gunshots come in. I have no idea why, I just do.
Also this track is fucking hotttt.”
Sango – Passinho Kuduro (Jon Bap Remix)
“This remix is ridiculous. I have dropped it in every set since first hearing. Sidenote – already working on my booty rolls for Sango’s favela flavour.”
Harmonic 313 – Dirtbox
“Mark Pritchard has always been ahead of the game. So honoured to be playing the 10-year show with such a legend.”
Tar Feather – Helix Plates
“I can’t remember who got me onto this guy. I think I may have got a sniff of it from Far Side Virtual on PBS. Such a fresh approach to bass music.”
Jamie Vex’d – Radiant Industry
“Heavy times a billion. Total speaker destroyer. This is one of those EP’s that I don’t know how it found its way into my itunes, but I’m sooo glad it did.”
The Bombay Royale – Phone Baje Na (Pasobionic remix)
“I LOVEEEEEEE Pasobionic. A true head. He absolutely owned this remix.”
Millie & Andrea – Temper Tantrum
“Incredibly hot track. The whole release has been blowing my mind. I spend a lot of time driving around in a van and this has album has been on high rotation. Van approval.”
Sd Laika – Great God Pan
“I was laying in bed with my headphones on, pushed play on this track and began to read… before long I realised I had stopped reading the article and was staring at my bedroom roof. I was completely taken back by how dark and entrancing this sounded.
The percussion is incredibly on point, tribal and voodoo-esque, in combination with the jarring stabs of noise and distorted pads… absolute genius/lunatic.”
The Operatives 10th Birthday
Koreless (first ever Australian performance)
Sinjin Hawke (first ever Australian performance)
Stwo (first ever Australian performance)
Sango (first ever Australian performance)
Mark Pritchard vs Steve Spacek
Sampology
Pomo (first ever Australian performance)
JPS (THE OPERATIVES)
S I L E N T J A Y
ABLE8
Lady Banton
friendships
Sean Deans
Amin Payne
Hans-DC / The Phantom Sun
Fugitive
Nam
Float
Hansdown
Sunday June 8th at Revolt Artspace, for tickets and info visit www.theoperatives.com.au
