IRL at the Golden Dawn #2

Date: Saturday October 03, 2:30PM - 5:30PM

Address:
The Golden Dawn
5-6 Richmond Road
Ponsonby
AUCKLAND

Host: Russell Brown and Esther Macintyre

Keynote Speaker: AJ Bertenshaw, Aroha Harawira

The Panel: Murray Cammick, Sir Vere, Tina Turntables, Dubhead

Being a DJ is the best and worst of jobs. When it falls into place, it's brilliantly affirming: you're the king or queen of the moment, the people are with you and you are their joy. On a bad night, it's a very lonely place indeed.

All that counts double if you happen to be a working DJ playing several nights a week in venues where the punters may or may not be into what you're doing. But it's good for stories, and we aim to get a few of those told at next weekend's IRL at the Golden Dawn in association with Orcon.

Russell Brown will interview AJ Bertenshaw, the founder of Serato, the New Zealand company whose products – most notably Scratch Live, which allows digital music files to be manipulated with special time-coded vinyl on conventional turntables – have revolutionised live DJing and made it a global leader.

Serato has a verrry interesting announcement to make.

Meanwhile, Esther Macintyre will talk to Aroha Harawira, who has bucked gender stereotypes to become one of the country's hardest-working club DJs. Esther will ask the hard questions, like "why so many selfies, Aroha?"

We'll have a short set from Jafa Mafia, stalwarts of Auckland's underground dancehall reggae culture, who debut at their new (and hopefully long-term) venue at the Edinburgh Castle that very evening – patties, jerk chicken and all the bass.

And then Aroha will join Glenn "The Professor" Prosser (who's about to depart K Road's Unk Bar after an unfathomable 16 years), Murray Cammick, Tina Turntables and DJ Dubhead (who is currently celebrating 25 years on the airwaves at bFM) and Esther and Russell to answer questions from the crowd and tell stories about being a DJ.

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