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Mike Callander - BIO
What kind of DJ warms up for SuperMayer, John Aquaviva and Alex Smoke on the same weekend? Or before Lindstrom at a festival, before Marc Houle at a club gig, and then a closing set after Stephan Bodzin on the same night? This is the pivotal role played by Mike Callander in his beloved hometown of Melbourne.
Mike Callander's experience as a DJ is as diverse as one of his sets. With a unique and edgy sound that defies typical definition, and a versatile approach to mixing and programming that is equally suited to dancefloors and dinner parties, Mike is one of Melbourne's only DJs who might play to a house, techno or progressive dancefloor on any given night.
Mike has held long-standing residencies at some of Melbourne's most important clubbing institutions such as Sunny, Fokus, Nano, and his current homes, Poison Apple and Pretty Simple, but perhaps his most treasured residency was at Honkytonks, for which he also recorded a mix CD that made its way into record stores across Australia and as far away as Japan.
Since then Mike has toured all across Australasia, and as far afield as Berlin, Madrid and Malaysia, playing alongside artists as diverse as Mathew Jonson, Michael Mayer, Radioslave, Agoria (at Berlin's Watergate), M.A.N.D.Y (both in Melbourne and Berlin), and Mr C (in Melbourne and Berlin).
Of course it’s impossible to capture on paper the diversity and feel of Mike’s sets, but perhaps the best indication is a snapshot of some artists alongside whom Mike has played in the last months - including Sven Vaeth, Gaiser, Optimo, Monolake, Tiefschwarz, Petter, Phil Kieran, Ben Watt, James Zabiela, Joris Voorn, Ellen Allien and Dubfire plus bands such as Booka Shade, Trentemoller and Fujiya & Miyagi (in Madrid).
Mike DJing has also earned accolades from countless touring international artists, with many labelling him one of Australia's finest - most notably Get Physical’s DJ T., who invited Mike to play in Berlin at his anniversary event to celebrate 20 years of DJing.
Outside the clubs, Mike has made numerous appearances on radio such as Triple J's Mix Up (both as a guest and seasonal resident DJ), and on Melbourne’s Kiss FM.
And yet he feels this is all just the beginning, with his first productions scheduled for release in 2008, and his first remix projects already underway.
Mike Callander : DISCOGRAPHY * 2008
- Mike Callander & T-Rek - Lose Lose – Freakshow Disco Productions ft. remixes by Harmon and Timmus
- Mike Callander - Sky Traveller - forthcoming on East Point Sounds ft. Christian Vance remix
- Mike Callander - Feeder - forthcoming on Dieb Audio ft. Steve Ward / Jamie Stevens remixes
- Christian Vance - Too Long on Venus - Mike Callander remix - forthcoming on HAUL MUSIC
- Mike Callander - Drone – forthcoming on HAUL MUSIC ft. Christian Vance / Craig McWhinney remixes
- Craig McWhinney - Deep in the Hurt Locker – Mike Callander remix – forthcoming on HAUL MUSIC
- T-Rek - Take That - Mike Callander remix - forthcoming on Freakshow Disco Productions
- T-Rek - Vice Queen - Mike Callander remix - forthcoming on Freakshow Disco Productions
- Ronnie Gordon - I Need U - Mike Callander & T-Rek remix - forthcoming on Freakshow Disco Productions
- Mike Callander & Phoebe Kiddo - Love Is Louder (including Mike Callander remix)
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