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 What we gonna do now is go back....way back.
I started playing the recorder at the age of 6 in 1st class at Seaforth Infants school, 1977. I moved to Beacon Hill then, and took my recorder into school and asked where do I continue my lessons. They said, what's a recorder? I showed them my pipe, and my learning books, and they made my play in front on the whole school. They must of liked it, as the school then brought in an music program, and started getting the kids playing the recorder. In 4th grade, I took up the Cello, which I continued to play in my school band until year 8 in high school. Then I discovered proper music. In year 9, I took up the guitar, a proper stringed instrument! In year 10 I formed my first cover band, the influence, whilst playing in the both the school jazz ensemble, and school band as guitarist.
Whilst at school, my band The Influence (formed of members in my music class) actually won an inter-school district school band competition in the rock section, and we then played in the NSW school band competition at the ultimate place to play a gig, the Sydney Opera House!!! Unfortunately we didn't win, but it was a buzz all the same....I also played at a lot of his school concert's soloing with my guitar and singing the latest tunes of the day, like "under the milky way" by the church, and Brian Adams "Heaven", a duet with my former girlfriend of 5th grade, Patricia Bailey on Piano.
Back to the band...after many exploding drummers, The influence was later joined by my brother, Ian, for many years as our drummer boy, and did a damn fine job. He and I also did a lot of the back up vocal work. He left school in '87, but came back in '88 for one of our school concerts where the influence performed once again. In fact our school had 2 good bands going, the other was called "Catus Sweat Band" who we used to duke it out with for the curtain call act! I did my HSC, 2 unit music + other subjects in '88, and dragged my band into the final practical music exam to perform some of our songs. I then did my thing with my effects that I did back then, tweaking out the feedback and playing with the delay modulation. They must of been pretty blown away by that, as I scored 98% in music, by far my best subject.
 Oh, while at school, about 85 in year 9, I did work experience at Strobek Music at brookvale, and they were impressed i guess, cause I was the first work experience kid who sold a guitar. I got a job there part time on Thursday nights and Saturdays, and i got a staff discount - YAY! I was able to help out my friends in the band by buying stuff for them at a discounted price, and tricked out my band with some pretty good gear.
After school I ended up going full time with Strobek, selling stuff, and working on their then very new computerised stock system. I got to know the equipment extremely well, including the Akai S10 sampler keyboard (my favorite toy by far) and the new for the day Atari 1040STFM and sequencing software that was the shizz of the day. The influence had become Running Scared, we dropped a demo and started getting fairly well known on the northern beaches as a good party and pub band, playing Aussie covers of the day like midnight oil and spy vs spy. After a while i had a pretty good rig going, which I will try to describe later. We also had a small practice PA and our lead singer had some space in an industrial area in Brookvale where we rehearsed. We were gig sluts, getting any gig we could and working for nothing pretty much all the time.
I started doing some roadie work, and before I knew it I was doing that full time, touring around Australia with quite a few Sydney based bands. The best of these by far was Mal Eastick, a legend guitarist who co wrote and played on Bodyswerve with barnesy, and is a big SRV fan. I learnt a lot of him guitar wise, so i got into the blues, and started doing lighting and sound engineering. Next thing I knew, I had sold all my gear and gotten out of the game, a bit disgruntled that I never did anything really with it all.
Alienstream is my first foray back into the world of music since about 96, but I always had beats going, if not music playing, then beats going in my head, and i have kept a few guitars going serenading my girlfriend now fiancée. I've always been interested in hip hop, I could recite "white lines" word for word at the age of 6. And then I got into the dance culture in the mid 90's as you do. So I guess I can drop a decent rhyme if I feel compelled to, but I can also break out into song at any given moment!~. I plan on bringing aliens up a few notches with new mixes, new beats, new rhymes and new styles - so watch this space. But we will still keepin it fun and fresh and not too serious!
I'll add more to this story later, there's some other interesting tales, including me working for the Sydney Hotshots strippers, doing sound, lighting and DJing all at the same time. Then there was a stint as resident DJ at the Snowrider on Perisher Way... few other tales. If you got this far, you did well.
Peace out...
DMz
DMz's Files
DMz's Oldskool Newskool Beats mix 165meg 2hours 13 mins mp3
setlist
Sloppy White The Way It Was Intro
fatback band - gotta learn how to dance
Roots Manuva - Witness Dub
DJ A-Trak - Scratch Sample
Timeblind - Rugged Redemption - the rastabomba
beats international dub be good to me
DJ FOOD - Jazz Brakes Vol. 4 - funkativity
coldcut - kick out the james
DJ BC - The Beastles - mother nature's rump
run dmc- greatest hits (2002) beats_to_the_rhyme
G.M. Flash & the Furious Five greatist hits - flash to the beat
G.M. Flash & the Furious Five greatist hits - beat street
alien toons\lounge trip
coldcut - ride the pressure
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe
Public Enemy\Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age\Whole Lotta Love Goin On In The Middle Of Hell
coldcut - space journey
DJ Format - a right earful mix tape volume one - funky rhymin'
dj food - a dub plate of food\ mr quicke cuts the cheese
Dimitri from Paris & Stetsasonic- Talkin All That Jazz
coldcut - not paid enough
mr scruff - trouser jazz - mr_scruff-sweetsmoke
primus - pork soda - hail santa
timeblind-squelch_trials vs alien toons\alienz_newish vs timeblind-exteriorization
Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill - Girls
soma-get thee behind me
9th creation - bubble gum
reconstruction - rebelution
alien toons\space bugs - 72
naughty by nature - o.p.p.
cold krush cuts - back in the base - disc 1 - oddly godly
groove corporation- clever kid
jimmy smith - root down
g.m. flash & the furious five - the message
coldcut - 04. rubyaiyat
up bustle and out - bicycles flute and you
lonnie smith - spinning wheel
alien toons\Alienspeaking_sampl
the herbaliser - kittyknapper
FSUK2 Mixed by the Freestylers\unknown
cut chemist - jackin bruce
Pendulum - prelude-boss
alien toons\phuture dub
coldcut - sign
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
dj rupture unknown title
movie quotes - are you a pothead focker
roy ayers ubiquity - the black five
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Cold Cut & DJ Food - freak power
FSUK2 Mixed by the Freestylers\ unknown
mel brown - son of a preacher man
Orgazmo - Sancho - I Am Sancho
g.m. flash & the furious five - pump me up
run_dmc-jammaster_jay
bomb the bass & lali puna - clearcut
alien toons\synphonique - 100bpm
fear_of_a_black_hat_pump_the_pussy
dj format - if you can't join 'em beat 'em\ rap machine ft. abdominal
dj krush - strictly turntablized\silent ungah
dj krush - strictly turntablized\the nightmare of ungah
dave mathews - sandworms
DJ Farquar - 7_Gunner Ready
Katalyst\Time Bomb
DMZ's Alien Beats Part 1 86 Meg 1hour 1mins mp3
setlist
Propellerheads - DecksAndDraumsAndRockAndRoll - Bigger
roots manuva - dub come save me - dream days sfa dub
groove corporation - daylight
the black dog-silenced-remote viewing
original rockers - demat dubrim
the herb - 9 lazy 9
banco de gaia - waking up in waco
ninja tune - coffee at senor roody's - up bustle & out
dj food - well swung
the avalanches - at last alone - electricity (dr. rockits dirty kiss)
2 player vs the herbaliser - sometimes
dj matsuoka - piano objective 3
21st century aura - something started
Dj Food - The Chase
sutekh and twerk - relative functions (timeblind remix)
james_zabiela-robophobia-pulse
kruder & dorfmeister - where shall i turn
DMz's Alien Beats Part 2 101meg 1hour 13mins mp3
setlist
youngblood unlimited - wah wah man
donald byrd - the emperor
mad professor - asylum of dub
knowtoryous - bomberclaad joint
the herbaliser - mr. chombee has the flaw
Jurassic 5\ The Game [Instrumental]
dj krush - unknown
DJ rupture - Bonechip (A Remix of King Honey's 'Trinity)
ninja tune - up, bustle & out - y ahora tu
dj vadim - call me
dj food & aphex twin - cow cud is a twin
Propellerheads - DecksAndDrumsAndRockAndRoll - Winning Style
DJ Spooky - Galactic Funk
QBERT SNEAK ATTACK - unknown
cut chemist - motherlude feat biz markie
mr_scruff--sea_mammal
dj krush - strictly turntablized\fucked-up pendulum
dj vadim - morning prayer
andre previn - executive party
kruder & dorfmeister - deep shit pt.1 & pt.2
2 player vs the herbaliser - sometimes
consciousness - ashley beedle remixes dj food
dj krush - strictly turntablized - yeah
the avalanches - since i left you - stay another season
dj krush - strictly turntablized - kemuri (94 part ii)
Timeblind - Rugged Redemption - 4 acres, 20 mules
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