Submitted by Shannon on 2nd October, 09:08PM

There’s very few DJs that can hold a candle to Agent 86. Fact. Sure, DMC champs may have the technical edge, but then how many incessant tweak scratch medleys can a crowd take before losing interest? Put simply, 86 knows how to fill the dancefloor. Yet he’ll do it in such an obtuse way, you won’t notice any obvious anthems. An underground cut here, a lost classic there; before you know it, the floor is jam-packed. And he’s not even breaking a sweat.

A fixture of the Adelaide scene for several years, 86 was regularly appearing alongside stalwarts such as HMC and Angu$. Playing a mixture of tech and old school electro, he honed his skills on the Technics and placed several times in the DMC and ITF comps. After a move to Melbourne, he started turning heads in the urban scene, throwing down hip hop and R&B with all the trimmings. But it wasn’t long before he again demonstrated his versatility, starting long-running electro-clash party Roxy, which ran for many successful years.

Forays into production have proved fruitful too, with the release of his Greatest Shit EP back in 2004. The cut So Hot proved an underground anthem on its release and could be heard in all kinds of clubs by all kinds of DJs (little did punters know it could be traced back to a local cat). It still sounds fresh today.

Versatile, humble, a skilled technician and (more importantly) a great lover of music, Agent 86 deserves all the plaudits thrown his way. He makes the difficult seem easy, and does it with a joie de vivre not often seen in an industry veteran. Electric_04 is a perfect snapshot of his skills, melding myriad genres seamlessly while bringing beats to the boil.


:: TOUR DATES ::
Friday 31 Oct - OneSixOne Melbourne
(additional dates to be added)


TRACKLISTING
1. Intro
2. 40 Thieves. Don't Turn It Off (feat. Qzen)
3. Aeroplane. Pacific Air Race
4. Morton Sorenson. Start Something
5. Bermuda. Tease Me
6. Toby Neal. My Love (Putsch '79 Remix)
7. Bumper. Detroit
8. Spektrum. Horny Pony (Greg Wilson Remix)
9. Casco Presents BWH. Stop (Bangkok Impact Remix)
10. Enzo Ponzio. My 80's Funk
11. Miguel Migs. So Far (Eric's Old School Revival Dub)
12. Drop Out Orchestra. Gibbon
13. DJ Agent 86 ft Kiti. Come To Roxy (86's Electro-Funk Mix)
14. The Spirals. Without Control (Spirit Catcher Goes To Infinity Mix)
15. LSB. Fog
16. Bary Mason. Body! Get Your Body (Faze Action Edit)
17. Bermuda. Galaxy Race (Jussi-Pekka Boring Acid Remix)
18. Mawkish. Formula Futuro (Glitch & Spiller Remix)
19. Soundtroopers. Shake That Booty
20. Groove Allegiance. Hunkle My Funkle



BIO:

In true block-party style, DJ Agent 86 plays Hip-Hop, House, Techno, Rock, Electro, Pop, Breaks, Disco, New-Wave, Funk, RnB and just about anything & everything in-between and outside of the box. His wide musical palette has led to him sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in the music industry including James Brown, DJ Shadow, Moloko, Booka Shade, Jeff Mills, Gangstarr, Soul II Soul, Peaches and countless others.

Beginning in Adelaide in 1989, he held down numerous memorable residencies, worked at Central Station Records, entered the DMC & ITF DJ Battles, hosted a radio show and began producing & releasing music. Following a stint in Europe, he moved to Melbourne at the end of 2000 and has since gone on to produce several notable releases, start the infamous “Roxy” club and become a headline DJ throughout Melbourne and, indeed, Australia.

His DJ sets have been described as “the stuff of legend”, he was voted joint winner of Impress’ Best Local Live Act of 2007 and has had people such as Q-Bert & Pharell pay their respects to his talent.

At this moment in time, he’s busy DJ’ing no less than 5 nights per week & squeezing in some time in the studio to work on some upcoming releases as well as working on an album.