dj brendon
After being at the forefront of the Australian dance scene for over 18 years DJ Brendon has done it all. In 2001 at Central Station's Dance Music awards he received an award for lifetime achievement, also voted best S.A Dj at the 2003 Motorola Australian DMA's and in national DJ polls ranked number 1 in S.A and number 25 in the country.
Starting out in the mid 80's Brendon's early influences were derived from the hip hop sound, thus starting his interest in the art of turntablism. Convinced by another local DJ, James Ingram, to enter a trick DMC DJ competition to make up numbers back in 88, Brendon ended up coming fourth against club DJ's with experience of ten years and more. The interest of promoters grew after witnessing his technical ability. A residency came in 1988 at Adelaide's first pure house club called The Strand alongside the Groove Terminator and HMC.
The years progressed and Brendon continued to enter the DMC DJ competition for another four years, coming second in 89 and 90, finally to take the state title in 91 and 93, where he placed second in the Australian competition. At the same time Brendon was pushing boundaries of music in the dance scene to become Adelaide's top resident at clubs like Deep, Arkaba, Metro, Star Club, Synagogue, Heaven, Le Rox, The Planet, Discovery, Q Bar, Nation, Red Room, Cargo, St Pauls etc.
These days he resides at Rise, Savvy, Tonic & HQ as well as doing regular guest spots at most other Adelaide clubs. His current music styles range from slick house to bangin electro.
DJ Brendon has also been a major part of the party scene including "The Big Day Out" most years in Adelaide having supported some of the world's biggest names in dance music including Moby, Faithless, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, Graeme Park, Carl Cox, Joey Beltram, Nick Warren, Laurent Garnier, Paul Oakenfold, Deep Dish, Tony De Vit, Kevin Saunderson, Paul Van Dyk, Derrick May, Pete Tong, Alex Patterson, Sven Vath, Mark Spoon, Dave Seaman, Sister Bliss, Taylor, Timo Maas, Eric Morrillo, Kevin Energy, Darren Emerson, Anne Savage, Lenny Dee, Grooverider, The Prodigy, Reel 2 Real, Stretch And Vern, Njoi, Sasha, Binary Finary, The Shamen, Ultrasonic, K Klass, Roni Size Reprazent, St Germain, Baby Doc, Space DJ's, Ferry Corsten, Anthony Papa, Kosheen, Crystal Method, Christopher Lawrence, Dave Clarke, Tayo, Adam Freeland, Tall Paul, KLF, Kraftwerk, Luke Slater, Lucien Foort, Smokin Jo, James Holden, Junkie XL, Paul Glazby, BT, Mauro Picotto, Tomcraft, Moguai, Planet Funk, Lisa Lashes, 4 Strings, Kid Crème, Junior Jack, Armand Van Helden, Benny Benassi, BK, Lenny Fontana, Byron Stingily, Soulwax plus many more and continues to support internationals on a regular basis.
Brendon has also traveled extensively throughout the country for the throughout the years playing in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, Brisbane, The Gold Coast, Canberra, Falls Creek, Mt Hotham and Geelong and DJed at most major clubs, including Home, Salt, Plastic, Dome, Gas, Sounds On Sunday, Room, Mansion, Discovery, Q, My Bar, Time and Viva just to name a few. He toured in 2000 with one of Australia's finest DJs, and good friend, Sean Quinn from Melbourne, to promote their Ministry Of Sound CD "Clubbers Guide To Summer".
He has featured on radio shows on Kiss Fm (Melb), Sydney Dance Radio, Triple J's Mix Up six times and at the moment is currently doing a show on Fresh FM called "Clubber's Drive" Saturday nights between 9-11pm with partner in crime super Steve Hart. They have won best radio show 3 years running at the S.A. Dance Music Awards.
Musically he has had numerous releases throughout the years both here and overseas on labels like Vicious Vinyl, Rabbit City Records, Amato Disco, Sony and EMI ranging from tuff club tunes to chillout tracks included on Ministry Of Sound selections cds.