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This sounds like an interesting set. I'm suprised I haven't seen Grant on here in a while to promote this.
Guy Keating
It wasn?t until HITZ FM hit the Melbourne airwaves in the early 90s that Guy discovered the music he?d be listening to for the rest of his life. Too young to go out and explore the clubs, he spent his nights listening to test transmissions and writing down the names of tunes he liked. Blissfully unaware of genres every style made the list. It was the same the time Faithless were making it big with Salva Mea and the old Renaissance tracks were getting hammered everywhere! Epic and progressive were words Guy was not familiar with, but at 18 everything changed. Now able to go out to a club and listen to music previously inaccessible, and he started to explore the music out there refine his tastes.
It was in the dark surrounds of the main room at Redheads where Guy would be most inspired. Melbourne DJs Luke Bowditch and Scott Ruddock encouraged and helped him along, and finally after spending every Thursday for 2 years at Redheads (and annoying every DJ there) Guy decided it was time and, in February 1998 he dumped his savings and became the proud new owner of a pair of decks.
In his first few years of buying records the tunes ranged from vocal house to banging progressive, and artists like Full Intention and Steve ?Silk? Hurley would sit alongside Bedrock and Way Out West in his crate. This diversity meant Guy got to play a variety of parties, downtempo, house, or prog, basically whatever was offer. His first paid gig came in the way of the annual electronic music night called ?Cybertrek? and then later at ?Latitude? at the university he was studying at. Guy became involved in the night from then, and played 2 more times until its untimely demise in 2001.
In 1999, after handing out house demos to anyone that would listen, he secured several guest spots at the infamous Q Bar in Melbourne. Although unable to secure more gigs from Q at the time, he was inspired and continued making demos and talking music to anyone that would listen. Persistence prevailed and he went on to score guest slots and gigs at Redheads, Silvers, Room, ZOS, and The Saint.
Wanting to play more he and Scott Ruddock teamed up to put on regular parties around town that started back in March 2000 and continued until early 2004. The nights were called Housebound (with Markus Dambergs), Kinky Yoghurt, and In Stereo (with Nick Dyrenfurth). At Housebound, the music was all house, anything you could groove to while sitting down was the unspoken motto. Friends were invited to come down and play a selection of their favourite tunes at each party, alongside the resident DJs. In Stereo was a club night, and the point was to get everyone on the floor and the music slowed from laidback house through to peak time progressive. Kinky Yoghurt was the most ambitious of the three nights running over two rooms, one house, the other prog where guests included Melbourne favourites Ivan Gough and Gavin Kietel.
Currently playing tunes from Sender, Traum, Kompakt and other ultra cool German labels, his musical preference leans towards German house, ranging from the deep and laidback to more peak time sounds. Although capable of playing any slot, Guy likes to get things going. He is a DJ who likes to warm the night up, and thrives on the challenge of a demanding room.
Guy Keating
It wasn?t until HITZ FM hit the Melbourne airwaves in the early 90s that Guy discovered the music he?d be listening to for the rest of his life. Too young to go out and explore the clubs, he spent his nights listening to test transmissions and writing down the names of tunes he liked. Blissfully unaware of genres every style made the list. It was the same the time Faithless were making it big with Salva Mea and the old Renaissance tracks were getting hammered everywhere! Epic and progressive were words Guy was not familiar with, but at 18 everything changed. Now able to go out to a club and listen to music previously inaccessible, and he started to explore the music out there refine his tastes.
It was in the dark surrounds of the main room at Redheads where Guy would be most inspired. Melbourne DJs Luke Bowditch and Scott Ruddock encouraged and helped him along, and finally after spending every Thursday for 2 years at Redheads (and annoying every DJ there) Guy decided it was time and, in February 1998 he dumped his savings and became the proud new owner of a pair of decks.
In his first few years of buying records the tunes ranged from vocal house to banging progressive, and artists like Full Intention and Steve ?Silk? Hurley would sit alongside Bedrock and Way Out West in his crate. This diversity meant Guy got to play a variety of parties, downtempo, house, or prog, basically whatever was offer. His first paid gig came in the way of the annual electronic music night called ?Cybertrek? and then later at ?Latitude? at the university he was studying at. Guy became involved in the night from then, and played 2 more times until its untimely demise in 2001.
In 1999, after handing out house demos to anyone that would listen, he secured several guest spots at the infamous Q Bar in Melbourne. Although unable to secure more gigs from Q at the time, he was inspired and continued making demos and talking music to anyone that would listen. Persistence prevailed and he went on to score guest slots and gigs at Redheads, Silvers, Room, ZOS, and The Saint.
Wanting to play more he and Scott Ruddock teamed up to put on regular parties around town that started back in March 2000 and continued until early 2004. The nights were called Housebound (with Markus Dambergs), Kinky Yoghurt, and In Stereo (with Nick Dyrenfurth). At Housebound, the music was all house, anything you could groove to while sitting down was the unspoken motto. Friends were invited to come down and play a selection of their favourite tunes at each party, alongside the resident DJs. In Stereo was a club night, and the point was to get everyone on the floor and the music slowed from laidback house through to peak time progressive. Kinky Yoghurt was the most ambitious of the three nights running over two rooms, one house, the other prog where guests included Melbourne favourites Ivan Gough and Gavin Kietel.
Currently playing tunes from Sender, Traum, Kompakt and other ultra cool German labels, his musical preference leans towards German house, ranging from the deep and laidback to more peak time sounds. Although capable of playing any slot, Guy likes to get things going. He is a DJ who likes to warm the night up, and thrives on the challenge of a demanding room.
