Photos from Strangeways Genesis!

Thanks to everyone who came to Strangeways on the weekend!

You can, as always, find the photos on our facebook page by the incomparable Ben Davies.

See you at Transit in Canberra on Saturday 2nd of August for Splendour in the Bar =)

peace

SHAKE IT (LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE!) | SAT 16 NOV | ZIERHOLZ @ UC

SHAKE IT (LIKE A POLAROID PICTURE!) | SAT 16 NOV | ZIERHOLZ @ UC

UC Live! & STRANGEWAYS DJS present... SHAKE IT (like a polaroid picture!) - a celebration of Canberra's nightlife in the 2000s!

You're young and you're in post-millennium Canberra. You turn 18. For a while, going out here means little more than Mooseheads and a few lonely (if talented) buskers.

But then, slowly - through friends, or perhaps an older brother or sister - you discover Canberra's true night life: a thriving scene of music lovers, DJs and promoters running big nights in small spaces. Together you run the gauntlet of musical trends, breakups, venue closures and hangovers.

Friends: you may have grown a little since then (our beloved hometown is 100 this year, after all), but SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER is your chance to relive every dancefloor memory with the cream of Canberra's DJ nights of the noughties!

DJs LITHIUM JAY and LITHIUM MICHAEL, from Canberra's most legendary alternative night, will return to the decks for the first time since TOAST closed. Think BLUR meets THE PRODIGY… POP WILL EAT ITSELF!

Flying the flag for Canberra's hardest working dance night, original PANG! resident OFFTAPIA will drop a set of premium 2000S ELECTRO, recalling the glory days of LOT 33.

Where would any beats night in Canberra be without UG BEATS? Simply the best at keepin' it one hunned, founder ALISTAIR ERSKINE will be cutting ELECTIC HIP HOP TINGS & TEMPOS.

REV may have had the best funeral ever… but founder ALEXISALEX and long time resident RADAR are gonna revive that indie renaissance with back to back, post-Y2K INDIE JAMS!

Ambitious, impulsive and extremely DIY… STRANGEWAYS DJS will roll deep and close out with a set of EXCLUSIVE, NEXT-LEVEL MASHUPS and VIP bassy classics.

This is your hot-blooded youth in one night! Bring your friends: one of these DJs was probably shakin' it in the background when you met ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

$5 entry. ZIERHOLZ @ UC.

SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR 2013

What's that DRAPHT you can feel blowing across the (FRANK) OCEAN, over the WAVVES of Lake Burley Griffin and into THE NATIONAL Captial? Why, it's the return of the incomparable SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR!

In this, its fifth year, of course you'll see the return of the famous SYNTHETIC GRASS DANCEFLOOR… but we've delved deeper into the world OF MONSTERS AND MEN (and BOYS & BEARS) than ever before to bring you a true POLYPHONIC SPREE: it's A SPLENDOUR MINI FESTIVAL (from 8pm)! Featuring COLD WAR (KIDS) defectors STRANGEWYS + the JUNGLE GIANTS of Canberra: #GRLPWR, JK ROLLIN', RADAR, BAMBII, ARCHITECT DJS, NEONBOMBS and PELVIC.

Come midnight, STRANGEWAYS DJS will drop a SERIES OF MINI-SETS from the top SPLENDOUR HEADLINERS… that's HALF AN HOUR OF (PORTUGAL) THE MAN himself, FRANK OCEAN - plus the best of the rest: PASSION PIT, JAMES BLAKE, PRESETS, FLUME (and whatsonot…).

So don't be a (CHET) FAKER and practise the ART OF SLEEPING: (YOLANDA) BE COOL and use your FLIGHT FACILITIES to FLUME up to the TRANSIT BAR on 3 AUGUST! YOU AM I will have fun together, dancing to EVERYTHING EVERYTHING you've ever heard on TV or ON THE RADIO in a BABYSHAMBOLIC PASSION PIT! Watch out for in flying LITTLE GREEN CARS, though: MATT CORBY is gonna be AIRBOURNE and on the THE GROWL and we hear he's a real DAUGHTER FIDLAR! (ladies… watch your DEAP VALLY … he's VIOLENT (SOHO): last time he had a TWINSY he drew (SURFER) BLOOD and gave PVT to all the VILLAGERS).

But where's the (FAT FREDDY'S) DROP?? With YEEZUS off studying ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, come 2:00am, $TRNGWY$ will drop the vowels, the mollys and an (ALISON) WONDERLAND of future bass bombs. Wade into the UNKNOWN (MORTAL ORCHESTRA)!

See you all before 10pm for $10 ENTRY, or $15 after 10 (unless you're a MUMFORD with SONS, in which case there's a family discount).

ovoxo
$TRNGWY$

DISCLOSURE (Live) + Guests @ UC Refectory Friday 4th October 2013

Canberra Peeps!

We'll take a short break from working on the next Melbourne Sound compilation to present to you some exciting news:

Get ready to witness the greatest thing to hit Canberra since Kanye cloned himself five times & played at Transit Bar for free!

On Friday the 4th of October London production duo Disclosure, as well as Aluna George, Duke Dumont and Canberra locals Safia will be playing a massive gig courtesy of Kicks Entertainment, UC Live!, Party By Jake & triple j.

Go to the Kicks website for more info.

In the mean time, check out these anthems to get you pumped up!!

Stoneday 2012 - We're playing the Silent Party!

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!

Strangeways DJs are proud to announce we're playing Stoneday 2012!

Entering its 44^th year of awesome parties of all shapes and sizes to commemorate the laying of the University of Canberra’s Foundation Stone, Stone Day is here to stay, and is singing a brand new tune and rocking a fresh new look in 2012. Bringing with it all the fun, festivities and atmosphere of the carnival, Stone Day 2012 boasts the theme ’Carnie Party’, and will be held on Friday 26 October 2012 in and around Zierholz @ UC over four stages: THE ZIERHOLZ STAGE, THE SILENT PARTY, THE BALLY and THE CAR PARK CARNIVAL, ensuring there won’t be a corner of Stone Day 2012 that isn’t abuzz with party vibes.

TICKETS: ONLY $25 for students and $40 GA http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=29625

See y'all on the 26th!

:D

Splendour in the Bar 2012 Photos!!

Massive thanks to everyone who came to Splendour in the Bar 2012!

By all accounts, the night was a raging success.

Make sure you check out photos of yourself on our facebook page, so you can tag yourself looking trashy, or possibly getting it on with Scarlet Johannsen?
Thanks to Ben Davies and Marissa Paine for these snaps.

Also, check out the photos on fasterlouder.

XOXO

Stay tuned for more Strangeways news in the not-too-distant future!
=)

SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR 2012

SATURDAY 4 AUGUST // TRANSIT BAR

Last year's SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR bore witness to some of the longest queues and most dazed and confused mornings-after Canberra has ever seen. It left the STRANGEWAYS DJS wondering: CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER? (Because legally, we can't get any louder). So this year, we're going GOOD, BETTER, BEST… OF SPLENDOUR!

SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR will not only deliver the best the 2012 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS LINEUP has to offer: with your help we'll also create a 1HR MIDNIGHT MEGAMIX of the greatest music EVER PLAYED at SPLENDOUR to celebrate the blossoming of the festival's HOT, FORBIDDEN TWEEN-AGE FRUIT. And of course, we're also bringing:

A SYNTHETIC GRASS DANCEFLOOR! The incomparable local talent of RADAR and ARCHITECT DJs! And the awesome audio-visual spectacle that is the STRANGEWAYS DJS, under a canopy of STARS.

Not since the LAST DINOSAURS will you experience such EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY. There's some BIG SCARY GOSSIP going round that it MIIKE SNOW. Then again, it miike not. Either way, a LANA DEL REY of sunshine is coming into your world on SATURDAY 4 AUG! We heard KANYE doesn't care about (JACK) WHITE people, but he might just show up for a SMASHING (PUMPKINS) BLOC PARTY. If you put on your best AFGHAN WIGS and end up AT THE DRIVE IN, you'll not only be missing SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR – your FRIENDS will declare SHIHAD and shoot DZ DEATHRAYS at you!

Alternatively, if you bring your (MUD)HONEY down to the Transit Bar, you can (AZEALIA) BANK on a (ALISON) WONDERLAND of FUN with some BEAUTIFUL GIRLS! You might even have a DIRTY THREE-some – just remember to put double GLOVES on your FLUME before you DJANGO DJANGO (you know what we're talking about).

So come down to Transit Bar on SATURDAY 4 AUGUST and do a 360 ALLEY-OOP with your LADYHAWKE!

(And with all the luxurious synthetic grass, we promise you won't join the BLEEDING KNEES CLUB… you know… you won’t graze your knees on it… OK)

$10 // $7 if you 'check in' to the event or Transit Bar on Facebook on the night!

Post your all-time favourite SPLENDOUR SONGS on the event wall and they might just find their way into the mix!

STRANGEWAYS
xxo

STRANGEWAYS: CRAZY IN LOVE THIS FRIDAY!!

THIS FRIDAY!!!

STRANGEWAYS IN LOVE

Feb 17th – Transit Bar

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Featuring:
STRANGEWAYS DJS (MIDNIGHT 1HR JAY-Z v BEYONCE SET!)
ARCHITECT DJS
EDDIE SHAGGZ
+ THE MOST LOVE-TASTIC DECORATIONS TRANSIT BAR HAS EVER SEEN!

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CANBERRA - LOVE IS IN THE AIR! Or at least it will be… when the STRANGEWAYS DJS’ LOVE TRAIN rolls back into the TRANSIT BAR on FEB 17, the first Friday after VALENTINE'S DAY!

To celebrate the birth of IVY BLUE CARTER we’ll be spinning a special 1 HOUR MIDNIGHT SET of JAY-Z and BEYONCE classics! CAN I GET A… (WHOOP WHOOP)?

But wait, RING THE ALARM coz that’s not all – we’ll also be dropping some of the greatest love (and hate) songs of all time to CATER 2 U, whether you are CRAZY IN LOVE or an INDEPENDENT WOMAN (or man)!

Had a HARD KNOCK LIFE? Well, CRY ME A RIVER. WORK IT OUT (try HIT ‘EM UP STYLE) so you can PARTY with us on FEB 17!

We guarantee you’ll feel like a TEENAGER IN LOVE when you BRUSH YOUR SHOULDERS OFF and start JUMPIN’ JUMPIN’ with the LOVECATS and kittens on the dance floor!

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE – and the STRANGEWAYS DJS have enough for all of you!

So start the COUNTDOWN. LET'S GO CRAZY!

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Got 99 PROBLEMS with your cash flow? Don't worry; it's FREE! - After all, MONEY CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE!

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http://soundcloud.com/strangeways-djs

Strangeways Summer Gigs

 

Happy 2012!

Friends of Strangeways,

we have many gigs this summer for your listening pleasure. Spread between our new home of Melbourne and our old stomping ground of Canberra, there's no excuse for not getting out and about this summer!

Also, keep an eye out for our intruigingly themed Strangeways night at Transit (Ring of Fire maybe? Apocalypse Now? Heart on Fire?)

See y'all soon,

Strangeways

STONEFEST 'ROCK ON' PARTY! + free double passes

STONEFEST GOES BACK TO IT'S ROOTS!

Friends,

As most of you will know be aware, Stonefest 2011 has undergone some changes this year.

The Stonefest ‘Rock On’ Party will be held at the University of Canberra on Saturday 29 October, 2011. Tickets for this event cost $27.50 plus booking fees and can be purchased from www.ticketek.com.

The lineup for the Stonefest ‘Rock On’ Party will be:

The Aston Shuffle
Illy
Tonite Only
Flight Facilities
Sampology (AV/DJ set)
Diafrix
The Hump Day Project
Dept. of Defiance
Silent Party featuring: Strangeways DJs, Jemist, Pang! DJs, Architect DJs, PARTY BY JAKE DJs, Swim Team DJs, MUM DJs & M.I.T.

 As an added bonus, our friends over at Party by Jake and Fro and Mo are giving away some free double passes!


For only $30 this event is sure to sell out soon, so make sure you get your tickets ASAP!


See y'all soon,


Strangeways

Strangeways DJs supporting Sosume this Saturday night at Trinity!

Friends, Fiends,

Strangeways DJs are proud to announce we'll be supporting Sosume DJs this Saturday night at your new favourite ACT club: Trinity.

We'll be playing alongside Cheese, Princi & Celebrity Sex Tape, so make sure you check it out!

Strangeways.

STRANGEWAYS DJs @ STONEFEST 2011!!

Strangeways DJs are proud to announce we'll be playing at Stonefest 2011 alongside Jebediah, The Grates, Flight Facilities, Samplogoy and the Aston Shuffle!

This year, Stonefest is hosting FOUR stages for your listening pleasure, with a plethora of amazing acts.

Following the epic, 'Animal House-esque' party that was Silent Party 2010 (albeit with slightly fewer togas), Strangeways DJs are set to return alongside hosts The Hump Day Project, as well as several other friends of Strangeways including fellow mischief-makers Architect DJs & Party By Jake.

You can get tix from Friday August 19 through Ticketek, so make sure you jump on it nice and early!

Much Love,
Strangeways DJs

Splendour In The Bar: Kanye West Sideshow Edition

SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR: KANYE WEST SIDESHOW EDITION!
AUGUST 6 // TRANSIT BAR // FREE!

Yo BYRON BAY, I'm really happy for Y'all, and I'mma let you finish, But the STRANGEWAYS DJS are gonna do the best SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR of ALL TIME! OF ALL TIME!

That's right - The third annual SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR is here! And we hear your feedback from previous years so this year we are bringing:

A SYNTHETIC GRASS DANCEFLOOR! A FULL HOUR of NON-STOP KANYE WEST FROM MIDNIGHT to 1AM! A 2 HOUR SPLENDOUR ARTISTS MEGAMIX! Plus the awesome audio-visual spectacle that is The STRANGEWAYS DJS, ARCHITECT AND EDDIE SHAGZ! CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER?

Now watch as we include (almost) every SPLENDOUR ARTIST in a ridiculously long-winded press release!

Feed your (JANE'S) ADDICTION without getting THE HIVES as we PULP the fruits of the SPLENDOUR LINEUP to bring you the (BLUE) JUICE!
You'd need your own personal THEIVERY CORPORATION (or even have to CUT OFF YOUR HANDS and sell them) to afford SPLENDOUR TICKETS. But you'll never be one of the HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY at SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR - it's FREE!

OH MERCY - you won't even need to use FLIGHT FACILITIES to get there!

Don't chill your ELBOWs in the ESKIMO (JOE)-like COLD(PLAY) DRAPHT of the SPLENDOUR CAMPSITE. You may become a GHOUL or fade away to a (DJ) SHADOW. So come to SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR instead - it will be as warm as THE MIDDLE EAST in the cozy confines of the TRANSIT BAR!

Need to suddenly PNAU? Don't PANIC(S)! You won't be tempted to YELLE and have FITZ AND (THE) TANTRUMS because of THE HERD waiting for toilets, or embarass yourself by using THE GRATES outside - there's plenty of toilets at TRANSIT! You won't even have to AJAX all your dirty clothes afterwards!

We are MODEST (MOUSE) DJS who FOSTER (THE PEOPLE) a FRIENDLY (FIRES), HOLIDAY(S)-like atmosphere of GROUPLOVE that even CHILDREN (COLLIDE) would enjoy! You won't meet your (LIVING) END from WILD BEASTS and GUINEAFOWL with MUSCLES and WARPAINT at SPLENDOUR IN THE BAR, we can guarantee it!

So come, shake your D-CUP and have a (ASTON) SHUFFLE on the dancefloor! it will be LIGHT YEARS better than the real thing!

I BELIEVE I CAN STRANGEWAYS - this friday night!

 

 

I BELIEVE I CAN STRANGEWAYS!
TRANSIT BAR // FRIDAY JULY 8 // FREE!

Get ready for THE BEST YOU EVER HAD as THE STRANGEWAYS DJs return from their ivory tower in MELBOURNE to entertain the huddled masses of CANBERRA!

HIT THE ROAD, JACK, and 1, 2 STEP with us into the ever-changing, booty-shaking world of RHYTHM AND BLUES!
Give your WEEKND the IGNITION (REMIX) that it needs by getting ALL SHOOK UP to CLASSIC (and not-so-classic) R’N’B hits while watching TRAPPED IN MY CLOSET!

To ALL THE SINGLE LADIES: WHAT’S YOUR FLAVA? You might just meet someone IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR!

TO MY FELLAS: if you meet your LUCILLE or LONG TALL SALLY, why don’t you just TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS? Then say “I WOULD DIE 4 U!” (You can THANK ME LATER!)

So if you only ever do 1 THING, make sure that you come down to the TRANSIT BAR on JULY 8 for I BELIEVE I CAN STRANGEWAYS! YEAH!

STRANGEWAYS DJs @ Trinity Friday 11 Jan

STRANGEWAYS DJs are proud to announce our triumphant return for the new year!

We'll be headlining next Friday night at Trinity with Department of Defiance, Cheese and Ashley Feraude.

Best of all, it's all free so you have no excuse for missing this epic night in the making.

See you all soon!

Strangeways :)