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CC:DISCO!
From rural Victoria to the world, CC:DISCO! has built her life around one guiding principle: music first! CC’s career has given her the perfect creative outlets to express her first love – be it DJing around the globe, throwing dance parties with her best friends, or releasing her own music through her label Miami Daddy.
On her road from radio host to warm-up DJ to headliner, CC has never once compromised on her sound. Pumping, romantic, playful, uplifting – these are the feels that people around the world have experienced listening to CC in action. Ultimately it’s about connecting with other music lovers on a physical and emotional level: less chin-stroking, more dancing!
You could be chilling in a listening bar in her adopted hometown of Lisbon, getting freaky in the late hours at Sub Club, Good Room, Macadam or Pikes in Ibiza, or losing your mind during a headline slot at major festivals like Kala, Pitch Music & Arts, Waking Life, Glastonbury or Sonar – even on the biggest stages, it always feels like CC is playing just for you. She transmits this feeling regularly over the airwaves as well, appearing on Rinse FM, NTS, Boiler Room and Dublab, and featuring on banner shows like the BBC Essential Mix and RA Exchange.
As a music-maker, CC has produced a string of festival-ready groovers, first with her debut EP ‘Chez Moi’ (featuring Confidence Man) on Erol Alkan’s Phantasy Sound and then on her own label Miami Daddy, which she founded in 2024. The label’s first two EPs ‘Touch The Vibe’ and ‘Magic Is In The Tempo’, both featuring Jennifer Loveless, showed off CC’s three loves: Balearic, percussion and femme energy; and were hits with DJs internationally.
Local community remains a crucial component of CC’s work wherever she is, and in recent years she has been deepening her connection to the Lisbon scene, co-hosting her much-loved Club CCC dance parties and playing in underground clubs like Outra Cena and Planeta Manas. During her years on the road, CC has also kept in close touch with the Australian scene and the musicians she meets on her travels, channelling these relationships into two volumes of her First Light compilation. Perhaps that’s the real fundamental of CC’s path as an artist – the space she creates for others. It’s reflected in the reminder she often gives after a gig: that the DJ just plays the music, and is no more or less important than the security guard, the bartender or the cleaner. It’s a humility that translates on a global scale – and you’re included too.
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MOKTAR
Moktar is a DJ and producer effortlessly combining club and techno with traditional Arabic instrumentation, sampling and producing to emphasise his Egyptian-Australian background. A hybrid style, Moktar’s music is new to the clubs of Australia and is itching to make its way across dancefloors.
Moktar’s heritage has always been at the forefront of his identity. Navigating racism and abuse was an everyday reality growing up in the Shire, especially in the years surrounding the Cronulla riots. Regardless, Moktar’s Middle-Eastern background found its way to become a source of pride: and with that pride comes the inspiration to share the sounds of his culture through his own music.
Although he plans to split his years between London and Melbourne in the future, for now Moktar is resigned to Australian shores to share his signature sound. Signed to Mall Grab’s label Steel City Dance Discs, Moktar will release his debut self-titled EP, an expansive and expressive exploration of techno and IDM through the lens of Arabic percussion and instrumentation.
His first single, “SILK”, is a microcosm for this sound, embracing complex and traditional rhythmic ideas while traversing emotive melodic states. With a debut Australian tour around the corner, Moktar’s music is beginning its journey and is taking everyone with it.
‘My inspiration behind Silk has a lot to do with my struggles growing up in Australia navigating racism. I was ashamed of being Egyptian and embarrassed by my culture. I was made to believe that being Middle Eastern only came with negative connotations throughout most of my life. Silk represents how I feel today - the luxury of being comfortable and the ability to move around freely, both physically and spiritually. A constant reminder that racism is only one of many obstacles to overcome in life. I wanted to be able to share my story through this single.. today I am proud to be Egyptian.’
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RONA.
RONA. is a Kaytetye producer and DJ whose sound is deeply grounded in the vast desert landscapes of her home, Mparntwe in central Australia. Blending the rhythms and landscapes of desert Country with the pulse of club culture, she crafts immersive sonic experiences that are driven from her life moving between many spaces. Since her breakout 2022 release, Closure, RONA. has emerged as a force in electronic music, building a catalogue that channels the deep storylines she’s connected to.
Her Ancestors soundtracked the first sunrise and she continues their legacy, exploring rhythm, sovereignty in sound, and oral storytelling in evolving ways. A sonic and visual storyteller, RONA. layers synths with the textures of Country, creating journeys that resonate with the soul and move dance floors. Her latest releases, Raise It and Burn It, push sonic boundaries in her practice while amplifying movements for First Nations justice and Liberation.
A mainstay on the festival circuit in Australia RONA. has left her mark on major festivals, including Laneway, Pitch Music & Arts, Strawberry Fields, and Splendour in the Grass. Her Boiler Room debut at Sugar Mountain in January 2024 was a defining moment, a set of original music interwoven with nods to historical movements and resistance. RONA. is an artist creating music that centers connections to Country, self, and place across generations.
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AYEBATONYE
Well known as a festival fave across the East Coast, you might have caught her behind the decks at massive parties like Lost Paradise, Yours & Owls, and Pitch Music & Arts.
An artist that dances to the beat of her own drum, Ayebatonye draws influences from traditional and contemporary percussion and you can expect to groove along to Classic House, Techno, Jersey Club, Chicago House, and Detroit House while under her command on the dancefloor. Her legendary status in the local scene has been further cemented by call ups to support renowned artists including The Illustrious Blacks, CC:Disco!, Tygapaw, DJ Boring, and Claire Morgan, just to name a few.
Since 2018, Ayebantonye has headed up the interdisciplinary DIY arts platform Irregular Fit, a project that she founded to uplift Bla(c)k, Brown and POC (persons of colour) folks. Her passion for curation and pushing creative boundaries has also led her to premiere a short film titled Existential Bread in 2022, as well as presenting an artistic line-up as a part of the Art Gallery of New South Wales ‘After Hours’ program this year.
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