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When Caleb Watmore
started at Dubbo’s
brand new JB Home store in
September, he was listening
to a lot of underground
dance and trap. “I’m a big
hardstyle head,” the DJ and
producer says. “Its your
uptempo, 150bpm, really hard
dance music – you’ve got
your Melbourne bounce and
house which is sitting around
128bpm, but this goes one
step further.” He still loves his
dance, but listening to some
of the other wares in-store
prompted new appreciation
for a number of existing acts.
“Empire of the Sun’s new
aways the guy in the group to
download new songs, put them
on my iPod, and … supply
the music for pre-drinks”)
but it was a mate’s interest
in a hardware deal that got
him into DJing and creating
his own music. “I thought,
‘Why not?’ I played guitar,
and I thought 'I’ve got that
knowledge behind me, so why
not give it a shot?' It’s good to
have that theory behind you
as well, because you can hear
the songs that are in key, you
can break down a track, which
helps with the production
side of things because you’re
not just winging it, you’re got
a little bit of a plan.” Having
supported Tigerlily's solo tour
and Rudimental and Peking
Duk's Vanfest stint during
their various visits to Dubbo,
Caleb’s now taken a step back
to re-discover what it was he
loved about DJing in the first
place. “To build the passion for
it again,” he explains. “It’s easy
to lose yourself to that whole
popularity thing, finding gigs,
travelling. It turns more into a
task rather than a passion that
you once had.” Keep an eye out
for Caleb coming to a Vanfest,
Defqon or pre-drinks near you
soon.
one, Two Vines – I’d heard
their songs on the radio
here and there, but listening
in-store gave me a chance
to hear them and I thought it
was unreal. I found out one
of the guys is half of Pnau, I
didn’t know that backstory!”
He was also taken with
SAFIA’s debut album: “I was
pretty impressed – his voice
is unreal,” he says. “SAFIA
and Empire of the Sun would
be equal second [releases
of the year] to Flume, ‘cause
you can’t really go past Skin."
The Movies and Music Co-
ordinator has always been
into discovering music (“I was
THIS MONTH at
1. David Bowie
Nothing Has Changed
2. The Beatles
Abbey Road
3. David Bowie
Blackstar
4. Matt Corby
Telluric
5. Adele
25
6. The Avalanches
Wildflower
7. Daft Punk
Random Access
Memories
8. Taylor Swift
1989
9. Various
Pulp Fiction OST
10. Rage Against The
Machine
Rage Against The
Machine
Chart Vinyl
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