Katharine
Naarm/Melbourne
v i b r a t i o n : a p p r e c i a t i o n
4 d a n c i n g or m u s i n g
l u s h : m i n i m a l
*Just launched Selekt Sessions with Rupert Wall
9/5 Fifty Five - 4 hr vinyl set
15/5 The Music Room - 2hrs 4 Skylab
August: Rumbler Bar with Blana
Recent gigs:
Launch of Script Club :)
18/11 KT for Wax on Wax off with Lucca Tan
24/11 Supporting Silat Beksi at Killing Time
1/12 Comfort Creek Boutique Festival
8/12 Waxflower Bar 3hr vinyl set
22/12 Killing Time for Subterrania & Over
15/3 Section 8 4 Minima - 2hr set
24/3 Cable - Connect the Dots at Fitzroy Beer Garden
27/3 FiftyFive Bar - 4 hrs of vinyl
27/4 M:T:M & Subterranian at KT
29/4 - 2hr vinyl set Breakfast Club
4/4 - 2hrs at Danceflora, Howler
Fresh mixes out soon for Butter Session, Vadim Svoboda's Script.Clb, YARN Records, Gasoline Radio - Refugee Worldwide & Daisy Records
*Co-owner of modern electronic music label & party series @motiontheorymusic with Ben Abrahams & Jules David in Melbourne.
*Co-curator of Rupert Wall's Selekt Sound Series - Brooklyn
EP:01 Holographic Release - Jules David & Timmus remixed by Vincent Casanova
EP:02 soon: Jules David & Ben Abrahams remixed by Herck & Jay Tripwire
*Vadim Svoboda of Makesense about my Rupert Wall mix: "GREAT MIX Katharine, I have nothing to say but: tight, personal, varied but very homogenous... top notch."
*Feeder Sound Romania: “her recordings are intense and with a sophisticated perspective on sounds and rhythms."
Sublime sounds and hypnotic grooves stimulate her being, compelling her to source and mix, creating a micro, minimal, soul-stirring experience she calls astral:house. Those who crave nourishing sonic sessions have followed Katharine’s journey along the Australian East Coast alongside her musical partner Ben Abrahams for over two decades as they’ve influenced the scene with their exciting taste & consistent delivery of stimulating underground house & techno, both in clubs & outdoors.
Together they created ‘Strange Brew’, an all ages acid-house vinyl party at the Billinudgel Pub, Byron Bay, at which time the infamous 'Shed' was built; revelling in the Outback for sunset was deliciously surreal, dancing to stripped back house grooves amongst the gum trees.
They ran eight extremely memorable years of Saturday nights at Elsewhere Bar on the Gold Coast. Katharine played psychedelic house before Ben's killer 5 hour sets, then both joined together for the heaving sweaty early morning hours. Elsewhere won Best Music for a Club in Australia at the Sydney Bar Music Awards at that time. All vinyl back then.
Katharine had the first of her two children before returning to Melbourne and putting on high-vibe parties at the infamous Killing Time Bar & My Aeon, always with a tight crew of Australia’s best underground djs.
Katharine made mixes for Art-E Romania and the Microtechno Podcast series 9 years ago, having long been recognised for her way with intricate sounds, particularly with lovers of micro-house & the Romanian influenced minimal. She appreciates music which alludes to the transcendent - both gently & powerfully. As an undeniably charged up being she just keeps on lovingly creating fresh soundtracks for her friends’ lives. Last year she made 21 mixes for amazing collectives around the world, including Half is Enough Romania's Strangers in the Night: each session is an experience.
Her unique way elevates and deeply satisfies at both sunset & sunrise, and she has played magical closing sets out in the forest, most recently for the Comfort Zone crew on their final day on the main stage by the creek.
Find her playing at Killing Time Bar, at Motion:Theory parties & for local crews (Subterrania, Synergy, Cable, Over & Mood Pilot), but experience her anytime through the Motion:Theory mix series and the sessions she makes for collectives who appreciate her taste and storytelling ability:
it’s LUSH MINIMAL for the dancefloor.
*Latest mixes are made from vinyl & waves for 333 Flow Sessions - Byron Bay, Abartik - Switzerland, Sono Unica - Sweden, A:ritmi:a - Colombia, E-Series - Sydney, Destruct - Germany, Deepthreem - UK, Rupert Wall's Select Series - Brooklyn, Feelin' Station - Tehran, Rhizome Records - Seattle, Koche Records - Spain, Strangers in the Night - Half is Enough - Romania, Mood Pilot - Melbourne & Alterhour - London, Fratii.ro - Brazil, Abs_Track Label - Spain, Spclnch - Netherlands & next up Butter Sessions - Australia.
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"The researcher Majix says our brains are so sensitive, that they are like liquid crystal in response to the magnetic component of the earth. We are sensitive to earth’s magnetic changes, changes in the ionospheric cavity and resonate those frequencies ourselves. We are incredibly complex entities, beyond the layperson‘s comprehension. Our brains are indeed a type of bio-cosmic transducer." Nicholas Jones.
*Established the first Trip Hop section at HMV Brisbane Mall back in 1995 :)
*Follow Motion:Theory:Music on Soundcloud as well: these mixes of Ben's are essential for any true appreciator of the profound dance floor experience :-
http://soundcloud.com/motiontheorymusic
Jules David:
https://soundcloud.com/halfisenough/introspections-with-jules-david
www.facebook.com/MotionTheoryMusic
*For more details of the crew's history influencing Australia's East Coast scene, see the 'About' section on our Motion:Theory:Music fb page.
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