al dente

27/08/2023

Spring is coming and we are excited 🌼🌸

27/08/2023

24/08/2023

Meet the DJ cooking up beats hotter than a pot of boiling pasta. Over 5 years, he's fine-tuned his sound, mixing deep house, prog, trance, electro and all things to ignite the dance floor.

From gracing Newy parties like Lass Bash and 404 to Sydney's stages—Sash, Sutra Sunrise, Ripples—Will's journey is as tasty as a plate of lasagna.

Formerly throwing parties with Motive Music, Will is now whipping up .au with local talent .

Catch Will’s warm-up mix—it's the seasoning your day needs.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Homemade pesto spaghetti
🎧 Next gig: by day this Sunday!!

https://on.soundcloud.com/a5DPYxqJ7PDB6wsdA

30/06/2023

See you tonight🤠

Cooked to perfection - al dente tonight from 6pm🍝

30/06/2023

Cooked to perfection - al dente tonight from 6pm🍝

15/04/2023

Set times for today!!! 🌞🍹

13/04/2023

The weather is looking be-au-ti-ful for our day party this Saturday at the The House of Music & Booze🌞🍹

Tickets are swiftly moving through General Admission now so grab yours now so you don’t miss out!

Tickets:

https://houseofmusicnbooze.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/b28f01d4-9b98-4c2b-a352-7e15c6ef5dfc?Event=163040

29/03/2023

We've been busy and back in the kitchen (aka. La Cucina) cooking up a delicious day party at the sunny The House of Music & Booze.

Flying in DJ Life for the main course on his first Aus tour 🤩

Tix:
https://houseofmusicnbooze.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/b28f01d4-9b98-4c2b-a352-7e15c6ef5dfc?Event=163040

13/03/2023

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23/01/2023

Do you know what sucks? Mondays. Do you know what doesn’t? This mix from Who is Darcy to get your week started in just the right way.

Who is Darcy? You might recognise this face from staple Eora dfloors such as S.A.S.H., Stanleys, Flinders, at our own al dente x Good Behaviour at BVH, and most recently at the Kings X Pavillion with Good Behaviour.

Who is Darcy brings a fun range of genres to keep you on your feet - from minimal to techno, groovy house to trance. Cracking out the vinyl collection for this one, this mix is guaranteed to show you something you haven’t heard before.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Penne bolognese

💿 Mix: https://on.soundcloud.com/7mkfVUoYK97e8Bt2A

20/01/2023

Our next mix comes from the roundabout city’s own: Cat.

Ngunnawal and Eora based, Cat has only been in the game for a year and already has a lengthy CV. Supporting acts such as Kettama and DJ Boring, and bringing her talent to the infamous Canberra doof scene at Sunburn cbr and Obelisk.

Cat brings the energy this week with 54 mins of straight techy ravey goodness.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Rigatoni with vodka sauce hehe

💿 Mix: https://soundcloud.com/aldente_music/022-cat?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=C7304AC61C4149C1BFD4EA6871246ED2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

19/01/2023

Taking la tempo down a notch with a soul warming, 'calm moments amongst the chaos' mix from Toaka.

Tongan musician Toaka makes music on Gadigal land under project , while also running electronic label Soul Spill Recordings.

Toaka gravitates towards downtempo, rnb, soul grooves and 'house music filled with love' 😍

🍝 Favourite pasta: Mum's fettuccine boscaiola

🎧 Next gig: Keep an eye out on socials

💿 Mix: https://soundcloud.com/aldente_music/021-toaka?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=A886BAF516A54465A086B7309B008E2B&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

13/01/2023

Tomorrow is the big day at the The Factory Theatre Courtyard 🏭 🌞🍹

See you there for half price double happy hour 1-3pm 🍻

09/01/2023

al dente x abundance | SOLAR SUITE

Solar Suite has been making serious waves with no nonsense, seriously good prog grooves.

Following releases on On Rotation and Echocentric, he graced our ears this year with his EP, Clear Skies, on Cardiff record label Haŵs.

Fresh off a Europe tour with fellow Aussies DJ Life, In2stellar and Guy Contact, we can't wait to hear what tracks he's brought back from his European summer jaunt 🌞

14/12/2022

We're teaming up with Abundance and The Factory Theatre to present the day party of your dreams, bringing you a slice of Naarm/Melbourne for a summer arvo boogie - Solar Suite's first Sydney show... and it's FREE 🌞

Click going on the event so you don't miss out! 🍝

https://m.facebook.com/events/616061830319565?mibextid=Nif5oz

14/10/2022

Next up on the menu is a fiercly groovy mix from Raph Savage to bring you some stellar Friday evening vibes 💃 🪩

Following a residency at Starf**kers, Raph Savage plays around Sydney, most recently at Lost Sundays. You can also catch him at Lost Paradise this new years ✨️

💿 Mix: https://on.soundcloud.com/SEreFiuBxFDBmTP68

🍝 Favourite pasta: Anything with truffle

🎧 Next gig: Brief hiatus for Europe summer

05/10/2022

al dente Express post from the Sunny Coast, Le Crockett brings us a fresh mix to get you through to Friday.

Over her 2 years of DJing, Le Crockett has seen her style move across genres from disco to a more techy minimal sound as she settled into Sydney.

Her range of tunes brings you this weeks upbeat and vibey mix, a slice of the sunshine state.

💿 Mix: https://soundcloud.com/aldente_music/as-019-le-crockett?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=9762B996E3F045619885CF8221AA9224&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

🍝 Favourite pasta: Seafood Linguine

09/09/2022

We're in for a big Friday this evening with Zach Williams throwing down some traaacks.

Jervis Bay/Yuin bred Zach has been spinning since he was 15, taking inspiration from 90s dance music. Now in Wollongong/Dharawal, Zach is regularly on the decks at Heyday and house parties.

His song selection for this mix is on point, perfect combo of groovy house and high energy minimal.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Beef Lasagna

💿 Mix: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/FWFKhJAku3L3m7Ea9

🎧 Next gig: Lost Sundays this Sunday alongside our very own Sasha Milani

08/09/2022

If there’s one silver lining about this whole COVID thing is that people have had a bunch of time over lockdowns and they’ve decided to teach themselves how to DJ… enter Sam Weller who did just that.

He started spinning decks in his bedroom over lockdown, then to house parties and now you’ll find him playing at LABEL in Brookvale on the weekends, Kings X Pavillion, the Flinders, the Landsdowne and around clubs throughout Sydney.

Just you wait till you wrap your ears around this mix… it’s funky, it’s fresh and it’s a whole lot of good old housey fun.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Beef lasagna with extra parmesan

💿 Mix: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/Mzgqv3745NuiGhPD7

🎧 Next gig: You can catch Weller spinning at EETS at The Flinders this Saturday

26/08/2022

Andddddd just like that we're charging through final release... make sure you grab a ticket now so you don't miss out!

Club MAALI w/ MiSCREANT & al dente

25/08/2022

A few heavy hitters inbound for tomorrow night... we're super excited for this stacked line up with Dan Baartz (SASH) on headline duties supported by Will Collard b2b Max Power (Simple Things), Sasha Milani (al dente), Jasper Rowden, Jamie Glover and Dan Resinger (Miscreant Records) and good friends Jade Bourke and KSEA.

Check out the event for last minute tickets: ⏱ Club MAALI w/ MiSCREANT & al dente

19/08/2022

We’re super excited for our event next Friday evening at the brand new club MAALI with our good friends Miscreant!!!

New club, new sound system and some new tunes we’ll be spinning for you… what’s not to love? We made a little promo video to show you a sneak peak of the new venue 🤫

Check the link below for some cheaper tix for our al dente fam:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/club-maali-w-miscreant-al-dente-tickets-394969413147?aff=erelexpmlt&discount=FAM

17/08/2022

Since her emergence after Your Shot in 2019, Laloush has formed a unique sound combining minimal house with pop/rnb vocals. There's plenty of that in her mix, which is full of techy classic edits and rolling house.

You’ll find Laloush and her signature dance moves on Gadigal country at venues such as Marco Polo, Taylors Rooftop, Civic Underground, Yeah Buoy, Eros, Flinders, Sinaloa and Scope.

💿 Mix: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/je1QTBWmhSL9ep6z9

🍝 Favourite pasta: Basic spag bol with a sneaky addition of tomato sauce

🎧 Next gig: This Friday night at The Flinders

09/08/2022

Thank you to everyone who bought an early bird ticket!!! Which sold out on the first day 🦅

We’re now moving quickly through first release…. ⏰

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/club-maali-w-miscreant-al-dente-tickets-394969413147?mibextid=ghrler&fs=e&s=cl

29/07/2022

Happy Friday! Here is a mix to get your weekend started the right way! 🌞

Since entering the scene Luther has played at events with Velodrome and Lovejoy at Fredas and Wombat New Year, as well as Club Honey and Obfuscate.

To top it off Luther recently had a track released on the Lovejoy compilation, and has had tracks featured on Cosmic Boogie and Outer Shores' shows.

Luther's mix is smooth minimal techy goodness featuring lush vocals and one of his own tunes 😍

🍝 Favourite pasta: Pappardelle bolognese

💿 Mix: https://on.soundcloud.com/8R8es5vf2thJW43v8

27/07/2022

Happy hump day folks! Coming in hot from Dharawal country is Grandmaster Gilbert 🧙‍♂️

When he's not playing house parties at the snow, the South Coast local is a regular at Gong spots such as TUSK and Heyday, and has had his go at Fairway Festival and Magikc Meadow Experiment.

Grandmaster Gilbert’s refined sound shines through in this one, a mix full of funky minimal and acidy house.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Spinach and ricotta agnolotti with pasta bake sauce and chilli garlic pesto

🎧 Next Gig: Jindy Rave @ the Station

https://facebook.com/events/s/jindy-rave-at-the-station-with/579830003514494/

💿 Mix: https://m.soundcloud.com/aldente_music/014-grandmastergilbert

07/07/2022

Up next on the menu we have a delicious mix from Tristan Meixner 😋 This lighter mix features some unreal vocals combined with vibey and fun house tunes that are sure to get you in the mood for a boogie…

Growing up in Germany and Australia shaped Tristan's sound into a creative mix of aggressive techno, house, minimal, psychedelic acid and breakbeat.

Since living in Sydney he has played his energetic sets for collectives such as S.A.S.H, We Love, Blueprint, Allfriends and Label.

His love for music is relentless, just as much as his passion for the dance floor, which is portrayed in his brands Midstreet and the Rave Underground making a mark on Sydney party goers since they came alive about a year ago.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Rigatoni with just cream and parmesan
🎧 Next gig: Tristan is currently gallivanting around Europe but he will no doubt be spinning tracks at a Mid Street later in the year once he’s back on home turf

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/22YMEfyuQ15tzagA8

06/07/2022

Big party vibes incoming from Mordi today 😍

Heidi Morris (aka Mordi) began as a Geelong/Djilang DJ, with a residency at nightclub Bloom and regular gigs at day-parties like Dr Daytime. She has warmed up for and closed events under impressive names like Papa Smurf, Merve and Cassettes for Kids. After making the move to Melbourne/Naarm, Mordi has played at clubs like Glamorama and recently The Gasometer for the 188Naarm’s first birthday event.

In this mix, you can expect to hear Mordi’s typical sound - all things keys, chords, pads and big synths with some old-school and modern house and techno intertwined to get your ass moving.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Carbonara the authentic way. No cream - ever.

22/06/2022

Stoked to be kicking off this evening with a heavier one from Skinny.

George Brown (aka Skinny) is a Melbourne/Naarm based DJ with a passion for minimal house, breaks and everything in between. From humble beginnings as a bedroom and kickons DJ, Skinny has graced the stages of SASH and Colour Club, as well as warming up for names such as Subjoi, Sondrio and Moopie.

When not behind the decks he’s actively involved in organising events for Good Behaviour and Marination across Melbourne and Sydney.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Baked Penne
🎧 Next gig: Skinny will be playing Marination: James Pepper 🌶 August 27

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/KVg2JL4uwCMZ4sJ79

Stoked to be kicking off the long weekend with a heavier one from Skinny. -brown-56 is a Melbourne/Naarm based DJ with a passion for minimal house, breaks and everything in between. From humb

27/05/2022

We’re super excited for our day party at 3pm tomorrow. The space is covered so we’ll be having a boogie rain, hail or shine 🍹😎

Check out our page for the event!

26/04/2022

Coming in hot with a mix from Melbourne/Naarm we have MIMI!

has had a passion for music her whole life and first decided to hop on the decks back in 2019 which she instantly felt a connection with. Fast forward to 2022, MIMI honed her skills on the decks during the last lock down and has packed up her bags and headed off to Melbourne.

This mix is a mouthwatering combination of the old and the new, representing MIMI's transition from syd to melb sound, and sprinkles some Australian artists in there too for good flavour 😋 We had a lot of fun listening to this mix which features upbeat tunes with tribal housey beats and some techy deep grooves.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Pasta Nero (fried squid and squid ink in a tomato sugo which ultimately turns the whole dish black hence the name NERO!)
🎧 Next gig: Keep an eye out on the socials for an upcoming melb boogie
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/pyvwq

04/04/2022

From the party city that never sleeps, Buenos Aires, came Emko Blues.

Inspired by a mix of blues, jazz, cumbia, roots reggae and electronic music, Emko Blues kicked off his DJ career in Eora/Sydney.

Known for his blissful early morning kick on sets along with gigs at Tropikana, The Rave Underground and our very own al dente launch at Stanley's.

Emko's progressive house mix is the most soothing and magical thing that has touched our soundcloud.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Ravioli with beef ragu

https://soundcloud.com/aldente_music/009-emko-blues

23/03/2022

Bit of a groovy disco ting up next with Andrew 88's latest finds. After spending some time in Eora, French born Andrew 88 has landed in Naarm. With recent gigs at Club77 and Revs this mix is the vibe to get you through to the weekend.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Pasta salmone

soundcloud.com/aldente_music/008-andrew88/

17/03/2022

The borders are back open and Mark McGowan has let us cross them to bring in this piping hot mix all the way from WA 🥵

Since firing up the decks not so long ago Brad Ford has become a very talented selector and people mover. With a highlight last year of spinning his tunes at the Good Behaviour Sinaloa event supporting Motor Vibe Council and Blake08.

Just you wait to hear this mix it’s an ab-so-lute ripper and is sure to get you in the mood for a boogie. Starting with some good vibe tunes filled with addicting acidy leads and transitioning into some naughtier heavier italo beats later on 😈

🍝 Favourite pasta: Chicken pesto linguini w/ extra sun-dried tomato
🎧 Next gig: Will likely be in Perth/Boorloo… but we will be sure to snag him for an al dente event as soon as he’s back on home soil

https://soundcloud.com/aldente_music/007-brad-ford

10/03/2022

Dancing is back and to celebrate we have a raucous and ravey mix from Fortue.

Since first emerging onto the club circuit back in 2020, Giordan Sprock, AKA, Fortue, has brought his multifaceted sets to a wide number of venues and events across Sydney including, Tropikana, Sinaloa, 871, The Flinders and more.

Through culminating deep, tribal sounds with heavier, driving, electronic beats, Fortue’s distinctive style results in a unique, wide-ranging, musical journey which this mix certainly does not stray away from.

Strap in for an hour of heavy hitting, rave rompers that will be sure to get you moving wherever you are… This mix is purpose built to bring you back to those secret location parties that you may or may not have enjoyed whilst clubs were closed 😉

🍝 Favourite pasta: Spaghetti Pomodoro
🎧 Next gig: Good Times Takeover @ Flinders

soundcloud.com/aldente_music/al-dente-selections-006-fortue

28/02/2022

15/02/2022

Comin in hot with a mid street x al dente combo for this Friday 🍝

Secret Location party 🤫 with a very, verrryyy special guest 🧙‍♂️

You won’t want to miss this one guys… tickets are nearly on final release 🚨

Message our socials for tickets 📨📬

Sasha Milani Flexy Ferg 🎧

03/02/2022

Next up is good friends of al dente Good Behaviour. Following on from their reign in Canberra, opening for the likes of George Fitzgerald, Shiba San and Claptone, and running their own events with Human Movement, Sondrio and Blake.08. Good Behaviour have touched down in Sydney playing gigs at Club 77 and Cruise Bar and hosting events at Stanley's, Flinders and a S.A.S.H chapel takeover.

This housey mix is smooth, jazzy and funky. Enjoy!

🍝 Favourite pasta: Chicken pesto gnocchi
🎧 Next gig: Marination @ Killing Time, Melbourne

https://soundcloud.com/aldente_music/005-good-behaviour

28/01/2022

First mix of the year is from the backyard doof king Sanchez X. Aiden is a sucker for a secret location party. He's also made his mark at iconic Eora venues including Goodbar, Ivy, The Island and Oxford Art Factory while running his most recent venture People's Party.

His upbeat mix is perfect to get you in a good mood on this fine Friday, it's eclectic, it's soulful, it's vibey.

🍝 Favourite pasta: Creamy Tomato Penne Pasta w plenty of parmesan and basil 😍
🎧 Next gig: potentially, a doof in the works while we’re all restricted 🤫

soundcloud.com/aldente_music/al-dente-selections-004-sanchez-x

30/12/2021

Closing out 2021 with this ravey mix from Miss Behave, perfect for your nye kickons 🤩

Miss Behave recently entered the DJ scene in Eora after lockdowns allowed to explore her passion for music. Since starting to mix she has experimented with a variety of sounds and has landed gigs on boat parties, at The Chippo Hotel and 871.

🍝 Favourite pasta: vodka rigatoni
🎧 Next gig: People's Party 1997 at The Bridge Hotel

https://soundcloud.com/aldente_music/003-miss-behave