► The Likes Of You presents Format: B Live, Nathan Fake Live , Alex Smoke Live & Arnaud Le Texier.

Christmas comes early as The Likes Of You grows its white beard and throws the sack over one shoulder delivering to all the well behaved techno ravers a line-up of epic proportions. Keep an eye out for Rudolff and be prepared to be stuffed full of techno goodness like the Christmas turkey.

FORMAT: B Live (High Grade / Stil Vor Talent) - Berlin

Who’s up for a live set from a brilliant German techno duo with a deep passion of Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson and Detroit techno. Format: B have been developing their craft in the back streets & techno clubs of Berlin and Erfurt since the early 1990s. Biding their time and accumulating the knowledge in becoming true aural innovators.

Format: B have created a new wave of techno. Gone are the clichés of old and in with the new rifts and melodies to appeal to the techno kids of now. At the forefront of new school of German techno, their distinctive style has been grooving away dance floors for years.

Their first visit to Australia is going to be memorable. Strap in, suit up, plug in, turn on and join us for the ride.

NATHAN FAKE Live (Border Community) - London

At the tender age 23 years, this electronica music prodige hails from that most unlikely hotbed of new musical talent, the deepest, darkest farmer country of Norfolk, UK. Exploding onto the electronic scene with one of the most astounding debut singles ever ‘Outhouse, his rocktronica follow ups The Sky was Pink, Dinamo and his debut album Drowning in a sea of Love cemented his status as a true musical genius!

Hard Island Hard Islands’ – the latest album from blissed-out-electronica talent Nathan Fake – is a techno record. More importantly though, it’s the right kind of techno. It far succeeds numerous lesser, generic efforts thanks to Fake’s varied musical palette and willingness to guide things into other, more experimental territories at any time.

Nathan has recently unveiled his laptop live set, to rave reviews. Reading like a checklist of the world’s capitals of cool, dates in Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid and Amsterdam form the next stages in the Nathan Fake campaign to take live dance music to levels unattained.

ALEX SMOKE Live (Soma Records) - Scotland

Alex Smoke is a Scottish talent making electronic records that blur together European minimalism, pop structures and emotional strings and pads. He has released two full length albums, ‘Incommunicado’ and ‘Paradolia’ [Soma Records] and a slew of singles and remixes
His debut release ‘Random As’ came out in January 2002, but Smoke has always been immersed in music with classical training in cello and piano.

Smoke’s own productions are often described as moody, a reputation he doesn’t shy away from. His debut on Soma was the euphoric ‘Chica Wappa’, described by Smoke as “undoubtedly the most optimistic track I’ll ever write. My music will never be this upbeat again.”

Smoke performs live and DJs, and his agenda as a spinner is perhaps well represented by ‘Sci-Fi-Hi-Fi Vol. 3’ from 2006. His debut DJ mix combined a fascination with dub techno, classic Detroit and new European minimal techno. His Live shows are awe-inspiring epic techno sagas. Smoke is going to tear a part The Likes Of You.

ARNAUD LE TEXIER (Safari Electronique) - France

Arnaud Le Texier started his career in 1990. His music can be best described as a call for everyone to get on the dance floor. His productions and DJ sets is blend of deep house and techno with a touch of minimal.

In 1990 Arnaud Le Texier started his DJ. Inspired by the work of artists such as Herbie Hancock, The Orb, Kraftwerk and Pink Floyd, Arnaud began playing at rave parties alongside various established DJ’s and later launched the weekly club party “Promised Land”

At the end of 2004 Arnaud launched Safari Electronique, which concentrates on more experimental and minimal sounds with a vision of mixed experimentation, sensuality and dance-floor grooves. Receiving international recognition for the high quality and diversity of its output such as : Arnaud Le Texier, D’Julz, Italoboyz, Damian Schwarz, Luca Bacchetti, Ekkohaus and Johnny D.

Arnaud is a perfect blend of natural talent and raw flare with very distinctive music.

Murat Kilic, Dave Pham, Mike Callander, Gavin Keitel, Virginia Le, Shane Copal, Myles Mac, Andy Hart, Dean Benson, Tom Evans, Pat Tassone, Dwayne Thompson, Matt Kovic, Safari, John Doe, Van G, PK, Cameron Woodard, Mitch Kurz, Craig Pringle, Kaysh, Monty McGraw & Joe Boyer

Friday 11th December 2009

Brown Alley, Corner of King Street and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.

TICKETS:
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au Ph: 13 61 00
http://www.inthemix.com.au

S E T T I M E S

Main Room

10.00 - 11.30 Dwayne Thompson
11.30 - 12.30 Dean Benson
12.30 - 02.00 ARNAUD LE TEXIER
02.00 - 03.00 Gavin Keitel
03.00 - 04.20 FORMAT: B Live
04.20 - Close Murat Kilic

The Loft

12.30 - 01.30 Pat Tassone
01.30 - 02.30 Mike Callander
02.30 - 03.30 NATHAN FAKE Live
03.30 - 04.30 Dave Pham
04.30 - 06.30 ALEX SMOKE Live
06.30 - Close Safari

The Terrace

12.30 - 01.30 Craig Pringle & Kaysh
01.30 - 02.30 Monty McGraw & Joe Boyer
02.30 - 03.30 Van G & PK
03.30 - 04.30 Cameron Woodard & Mitch Kurz
04.30 - 05.30 John Doe & Matt Kovic
05.30 - 06.30 Shane Copal
06.30 - 07.30 Virginia Le & Tom Evans
07.30 - Close Andy Hart & Myles Mac