Konedawg

04/01/2025

Heya Friends,

I was down in Melbourne catching up with Fams and caught a message from Cailan asking if I'd be keen to join the Art Valley Crew for a sesh on the Sunday evening.

I'd already locked in Art Valley; I just knew it was going to be another piece of history in the making (the lineup was so fu***ng stacked full of world class legends) so to be asked to share some tunes was the absolute icing on the cake.

Time was tight, so I spent just a couple of hours throwing together a bit of a musical story in the little window of time between day two of the India vs Australia Test Cricket Match at the MCG, and the drive from Melbourne to Art Valley via Sydney in Buchy (my iLoad Van) the very next day.

I love how this set came out. I really love these tunes and adore how they come together, flow-wise.

Please enjoy this re-recording of my Sunday evening set (up on my Soundcloud). Thank you to those who came out to join me live and to everyone who takes the time to listen here.

Big Love to you all for the coming year! I've got a really fu***ng good feeling about 2025.

Dream Big, Work Hard, Party Harder.

Love you all so much,

Josh x

Photo by Dimity Evans
https://dimityevansphotography.zenfoliosite.com/art-valley-nye-2024

13/12/2024

Heya Melbourne Friends and Fams,

I'll be in town this weekend and have just been invited to share some tunes at Sickest House' Secret Chapter this Sunday December 15th.

Going to hop up on the decks for an hour at 5pm. It's at 29th Apartment in St Kilda!

From the event page:

"𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖙𝖘 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖗𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖆𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖛𝖊𝖘 ⚜️ They lay within the pages on the walls of 29th Apartment on Sunday afternoons. A laid back environment with music and socialising.
A Free Entry weekly meet-up for the collective of Sickest House between 4 - 9pm.
A place to congregate, talk stories, share secrets and make more of our own. Calling the creatives of Melbourne and inviting all those who show interests in meeting the team.
While we showcase Sickest House Artists of all genres through the final daylight hours of the weekend, Secret Chapter is a haven for the Summer. The chance to properly wind down, express the lessons learnt from the night before and a place to solidify those late night talks you never got to conclude.
𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 - 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 usually 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩."

I'll also be heading along to the Wild Horses afterparties on Saturday evening. Hope to catch some of you at one or both of the above!

Love yas

-J

31/10/2024

Hey Fams,

Excited to share this tight highlight vid from my Dragon Dreaming Festival Water Stage Sunday evening set! Thank you all for rockin’ up for a proper boogie. That whole night was unreal fun 🤘

Huge thanks to Dane Alexander for putting this one together and to Mikey Hearson at afterdarkmedia.au for the boss shots.

Set is live on my Soundcloud (link via my bio)!

Love yas

-J

22/10/2024

Hey Frens,

Dragon Dreaming Festival have just thrown up a playlist of all of the 2024 set recordings (that have been uploaded to date) on their Soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/dragon-dreaming-festival/sets/dragon-dreaming-festival-2024

There's some absolutely spankin' sonic journeys over here. Fun to re-live a few and also glad to catch some rippers that I missed on the day.

Get amongst 'em!

Wee Jasper, NSW, Australia

16/10/2024

Hey Fams,

I'm so excited to be sharing my set from Sunday evening's takeover of the Freerange Water (Market) Stage at Dragon Dreaming 2024.

Where to even begin. The amount of tremendous experiences and stories coming out of Dragon (both my own and those of the community) is unparalleled. This Gathering has shaped me as a person more than any other. This year marks my 10th Dragon (had to check my ticket receipts! :D) and my second time being invited to play in an official capacity. Without sounding like a broken record, it was an absolute fu**in' pleasure and honor to play.

HUGE thanks to the Dragon Dreaming Team, Freerange for having me play your wicked stage, Mikey Hearson for the awesome shots, Dane Alexander for the video capture, Cam and James for the invitation, my legendary camp crew and of course every single one of you that came out to boogie on down.

I'd love to thank every other fu***ng amazing DJ and producer who also played this weekend (love yas to bits). I'd be here all day if I listed them all, but honorable mention to the Sunday Crew - Who Knows for their killer Hip Hop Set, Ange for rippin' phatties as always, Rennie for their amazing chops and incredible support and Anthony for bringing the session home so hard.

Love you all so much. Keep kicking ass, drink plenty of fluids, and party well.

Cheers everyone x

Photos 📸 dark media
Clips 🎥 Vivaek Jena

Set link @ Soundcloud.com/konedawg

30/09/2024

Hey Fams!

Dragon Dreaming Festival 2024 kicks off this Friday!

I'm absolutely pumped to have been invited to hold down the Market Stage for 2hrs on Sunday evening from 7:30pm, nestled in comfortably between legendary Who Knows AUS and filthy groove boss Not Jen , followed by the one and only tastemaker RENNIE.

Not gonna lie, it's a competitive night, with a bunch of other friends and legends playing on no fewer than 3 other stages at the same time (not to mention the entire Festival!). But if you're looking for groovy sexy ~123-135BPM housey bangers then look no further than Sunday night Market Stage.

I'd absolutely love to see y'all there. The vibes from last year's Lakeside session on Friday afternoon were a next level experience for me, and I can't wait to throw down with you all again in just a few days.

Very excited for this much needed breather from the busy-ness of life!

Much Love everyone x

13/09/2024

Heya everyone!

Stoked to have made the trip back to gorgeous Waves Campground once more for this years GlowFest. I always come away from GlowFest feeling so rejuvenated and inspired. The workshops and performances are freakin' awesome. I adore the balance of relaxation and invigoration, and the space and the community are next level.

Along with helping manage sound, I also had loads of time on the decks!

My latest Konedawg upload over at Soundcloud comprises of selections from the Saturday session.

In the times where myself or Dylan weren't DJing, I loaded up some of my fav sets from the last little while. A big thank you to Vibase, Emmotica and Whompus for the use of their sets in these windows; from stomp to chillin' you all kick ass and myself and the GlowFest community love your work!

Huge thanks also to Soph, Becky, Karim, Dylan and Niki who made the work-side of the weekend a breeze. Love yas all lots!

So psyched for Dragon in just a handful of weeks. Can't wait to see a bunch of you there.

Until then,

Josh (Konedawg)

Photo by Mikey Hearson (After Dark Media)
www.instagram.com/mikeyhearson/

22/08/2024

Hey Fams,

Absolutely chuffed to announce that I'll be spinning some tunes at this year's Dragon Dreaming Festival alongside some of my absolute favs in the biz. An honor and a pleasure to play again at a gathering that's not only fu***ng awesome fun but has also shaped me and my values and passions. I can't wait to be back out at the Lake and I can't wait to see a whole bunch of you there and rip the s**t outta those dancefloors! Thank you DD for having me; lets goooo!
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10/08/2024

Hey Fams!

My set from the Art Realm @ Resonant Frequency Festival is now live. Some groovy dowtempo bass tunes with a side of funk in here.

Big Love to all the Fams that came together to make this one so special! I had such a blast and can't wait to get back up to this part of the world.

Wishing you all a kick ass weekend

240802 KONELIVE032 Some of my Sydney favs (Niki, Vivaek, Ash and Ryan) and I made our way up to the Sunshine Coast Hinterland for Resonant Frequency Winter Edition. I wasn't initially booked to play,

30/07/2024

Hey Fams!

Going to be sharing some more chill downtempo and funk at this weekend's Resonant Freqency: Winter Edition up in QLD. Will be kicking off at 7pm in the Art Realm. Hope to see a few of you there ^ ^

09/07/2024

Hi Frens,

Time for another KONELIVE episode, this time from a recent little gathering, Dune-In-June. A fun chance to run some sound through the new speakers and to catch up with some of my favs.

Much Love!

240629 KONELIVE031 Thanks fams for such a fun little gathering the other week. Big ups Maxi for bringing us all together. Stoked to give the new rig another rinse amongst such legends. Even with the

05/04/2024

Hey Fams!

I've just dropped another edition of KONECAST; Episode 16 is now live.

Mostly ~128BPM Tech House in this one. Gotta scoot, but will share the playlist in the coming days. In the meantime feel free to hit me up for any IDs

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12/02/2024

Good morning Fams,

My Astral Carnivale set is now live! Huge cheers to Soul Shack and Sickest House for having me once more. Thank you everyone for joining me on the rooftop; I had loads of fun journeying from dubstep to techno to DnB with some cheeky chillers in between and am stoked to have some movement on the dancefloor despite the tiny sound system 😃

I wasn't sure whether or not to play a 'safer' set once I realised it was a public bar- but Olly, Chris Jade and Mel were like 'f**k-it do ya thang' and I'm glad I did.

Big Love to you all!

240114 An honor and a pleasure as always to play tunes on a Sickest House/Soul Shack bill. Thank you everyone for coming out and getting sweaty up at the rooftop bar. Admittedly I hadn't considered t

21/12/2023

Hey Fams,

Out of temporary hibernation to excitedly share that I’m joining the lineup for Astral Carnivalè at the Kings Cross Hotel on Sunday Jan 14th. This is a Soul Shack and Sickest House collab feat. Kareful (UK) + Ytho as part of the Phantom Tour, plus a host of other unreal acts. I was keen for this one already, to join the lineup is such a sweet bonus! Early bird tix only $16.30. I’d LOVE to see a bunch of you there! Will throw ticket link in Bio/comments. Much Love everyone x