LAIDBACK LUKE
—————- From his origins in the house and techno underground through to his current more eclectic style, Laidback Luke has always been a leading light in music of present day as well as the future. Dutch hero Laidback Luke is enjoying a hugely varied and consistently noteworthy career in the game. With a reputation as a serious talent spotter and for being one of the nicest guys around, he has built himself a mightily impressive musical empire that has touched the highest reaches of the music industry.

Within his first year of producing in the mid-’90s, he was remixing dance legends like Green Velvet and Moodymann and having his tracks licensed by Carl Cox for his compilations, laying down a marker as an artist to watch. A prolific output saw him conquer the underground and by 2003 he was remixing the likes of Daft Punk. As the noughties progressed, he laid the foundations for the distinctive Dutch house sound that would provide one of the building blocks of the EDM sound and help bridge the gap between dance and pop / urban music.

Now with chart crossover hits and remixes for the likes of Mariah Carey, Robin Thicke, Madonna and Nicki Minaj plus three albums under his belt – not to mention hundreds of dance floor hits – he is a hugely accomplished producer. His eclectic third album Focus, released in November 2015, proved him once again to be an artist with wide ambitions and a very accomplished spectrum of styles, while his steady run of singles continues to keep him at the forefront of dance floors across the world on a constant basis.

His scouting skills have served up an impressive array of big hitters on their way up including Avicii, A-Trak, Bingo Players, Knife Party, Afrojack and Steve Angello to name just a few, all while pushing the commitment to unearthing and supporting new talent that is at the heart of what he’s all about. He has emulated that role in capacity of founder and A&R for his own Mixmash Records renowned for presenting music trends of the present and future. His wealth of experience and ear for talent have seen him assume the role of a mentor for the dance scene, while his dedication to personally replying to every tweet he receives makes it clear how much he values his huge, loyal fanbase.

As a DJ, he’s a continual fixture on all the biggest dance stages in the world, with dates across 2016 at Sensation India, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland Brasil and Creamfields to name just a few. His Super You&Me club nights gave early bookings to the likes of Skrillex, Snake, Dada Life, Zedd, Diplo, Hardwell and Avicii even made his worldwide DJ debut on one of the infamous Miami editions of this all inclusive event, again cementing his track record of supporting big names ahead of the curve, and it continues to swell in size with regular parties in Miami, Ibiza and beyond.

His popular weekly vlog The Real World: DJ Edition gives an insight into his intense life and maintains a direct connection with fans, while his healthy lifestyle sees him extol the virtues of tai chi, yoga, healthy food and his beloved kung-fu over hedonism and excessive partying. All this combined makes him a truly unique and inspirational figure in the dance music industry, and one who will contain to play a vital part in it for years to come.

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Doors open 8pm
89 Mitchell Street, Darwin City
www.discoverydarwin.com.au
18+ Event | ID Essential

DARWIN…
PREPARE YOUR APPETITE FOR ADLER! 

Former Guns N’ Roses drummer & co-writer Steven Adler ignites his ADLER’S APPETITE band and has today announced that he is to embark on a tour of AUSTRALIA, which includes Discovery Darwin on Wednesday 16th May!

🗣CALLING ALL FESTIVAL HEADS!

Discovery Darwin are happy to announce that we are hosting the OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY for Seaside Sounds 2018!

Fresh from their set at Seaside Sounds The Potbelleez DJ’s will be joining us & taking over the decks to help everyone continue the party!

PLUS we heard a sneaky rumour that The Artists from Seaside will be joining us at the OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY! 🙌

FREE ENTRY? YOU GOT IT!
All you have to do is show your festival wristband to our door staff to get in ABSOLUTELY FREE!

*STAY TUNED FOR FREE BUS TRANSFER DETAILS*

Doors 10pm | Sunday 6th May 2018
Discovery Darwin | 89 Mitchell Street, Darwin City
www.discoverydarwin.com.au

Tickets Available From Oztix

Last week The Smith Street Band announced the first round of artist for the inaugural Pool House Party and today the band announce they are also heading off around the country on their first headline tour in nearly a year. It is their biggest and furthest reaching tour yet, taking in every state and territory of Australia and will include a bunch of all ages and under 18 only shows.

This will be The Smith Street Band’s first Australian headline tour since the release of More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me, which debuted at #3 on the ARIA Album chart and saw the band sell out huge shows across the country, including two sold out home town shows at Melbourne’s iconic Forum Theatre. 2017 also saw the band tour America and Europe multiple times, play Groovin The Moo, triple j’s One Night Stand in Mt Isa, Splendour in the Grass, support Midnight Oil in Melbourne and LA and wind up the year with four massive shows at Falls Festival.

Forever on the road, 2018 will first see The Smith Street Band return to Europe for a 16 date tour with old friends The Front Bottoms. When the band return home they kick off the run of Australian dates with one enormous show, Pool House Party at Coburg Velodrome, featuring two stages and 18 of their favourite bands.

Then, March to May will see The Smith Street Band visit every corner of Australia with Bec Sandridge and Melbourne newcomers Press Club are along for the ride. Late last year Sandridge released her most unapologetic and meatiest work to date in single ‘I’ll Never Want A BF’ and toured Australia, UK and Europe. While Press Club launched on to the scene in 2017 with debut single ‘Headwreck’ which saw them nab supports with the likes of Ceres, Polish Club, Japandroids and Joyce Manor as well as play Bigsound, Falls Marion Bay, Festival of the Sun and Fairgrounds.

Tickets are on sale now for Pool House Party, with the rest of the tour going on sale midday Tuesday January 16th. Get them quick!

*WARNING: THIS IS A MASSIVE DRESS UP PARTY*

Hot100 Darwin & Discovery Darwin are taking you BACK TO SCHOOL! 📚🖇🍎

Playing all your ALL THE BEST HITS from your high school years…
TONNES of PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS
PLUS.. OUR BEST DRESSED CASH PRIZE!!!
1st Prize = $500 Cash
2nd Prize = $100 Bar Card
3rd Prize = $50 Bar Card

Free Entry for DRESSED UP guests!
Doors open 10pm!
www.discoverydarwin.com.au

Once again Darwin Trance Family is bringing back their epic night of Trance and Electronic Dance Music!

Australia’s Trance Queen, Pinkque makes her debut in Darwin. With her latest single, Mission Control, launched under MaRLo’s label Reaching Altitude she has found herself all over the world including Argentina and Germany.

DJ KRUNK Is returning to Darwin stronger than ever! Since his debut he has released songs with Timmy Trumpet, Kronic and Tima D! He has rocked the Electronic Dance Music with his signature “bounce” sounds that will make you want to jump up and down all night!

This is one night you don’t want to miss out on!

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Discovery Darwin and The Lost Arc present

GOOD FRIDAY HOSPO PARTY

Free Entry for all hospitality industry staff plus all night drink specials.

Open till 4.00am with BEER PONG, GOOD TUNES and our RESIDENT DJs.

Spread the word – if your usual watering hole is closed for the day, then we are open for business as usual, and happy to get your Easter Long Weekend started!

Not HOSPO? We got you!
INBOX us on Facebook NOW with the word ‘HOSPO’ to get on our FREE ENTRY FRENZY GUEST LIST!

Discovery Darwin
89 Mitchell Street, Darwin City
www.discoverydarwin.com.au

Allday is known for being nobody but himself. After a string of successful self-released singles, EPs and mixtapes, the LA-via-Melbourne Australia rapper dropped his debut album, ‘Startup Cult’. The record landed him a number 3 spot on the ARIA Charts – falling behind to only SIA and Ed Sheeran – and spawned hit singles in ‘Right Now’ and ‘You Always Know The DJ’, and caught the ear of seasoned tastemakers like Sway Calloway, Complex, and Pigeons & Planes. It’s safe to say that Startup Cult has fixed Allday firmly in the hearts of music lovers: the LP scooped up over 25 million streams and sold over 20,000 units just at home. It’s success has seen Allday headline festivals, tour the USA and completely sell out multiple Australian tours in a snap.A couple of features (Troye Sivan, Asta) and a mixtape or two later, and Allday’s latest full-length is Speeding – with ‘Sides’, ‘Raceway’ and the incredible ‘In Motion’ lifted from the recent release and setting off sparks of excitement amongst his 500,000+ social media followers. Another top 10 chart debut and a huge sold out album tour that took in concert halls like Festival Hall and Luna Park gives some indication of just how big the Allday juggernaut has become.

DATE: 29/03/18
Tickets on sale 9am (Thursday 18/01/18)
TIX: Eventbrite & Discovery Darwin
(Very Limited amount)

IF YOU LOVE OLD MUSIC – THIS IS FOR YOU!

It’s the first edition of 90’s & BEYOND, and this Friday night we’re giving you not one, but MULTIPLE decades of hits in one night!

Sing hallelujah, everybody, we’re gonna spice up your life! I gotta feeling we’re gonna rock this party, feel the love generation and mmmbop the night away with all the big hits, movies and fashion from 1990 & BEYOND!

INBOX US NOW on facebook with the word ‘BEYOND’ to get on our FREE ENTRY GUEST LIST!

Join us on Friday, 23rd March 2018 for our FIRST exciting instalment of 90’s & BEYOND!

TAG YOUR FRIENDS IN THE EVENT PAGE ↙ FOR FREE ENTRY BEFORE 11:30PM.

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PATTY HOLIDAY
DJ MYSTIC
ASHLEY BLENKINSOP
DJ RAYNER

DOORS: 10:00pm

Decade Of The Thundakat – 10th Anniversary Tour

Tickets Available from Eventbrite

Following their accolades and commercial success, it’s Thundamentals ongoing efforts to spread love and inspire a positive change in their own community that has endeared them to their legions of fans, quietly raising tens of thousands of dollars through their Got Love Initiative on behalf of the Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown and the The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence.

“Despite us being around for a decade, I feel like we have a lot of great music and creative energy left in us which I look forward to sharing with our listeners in the years to come. Thank you so much to anybody who has ever taken an interest in our music. We wouldn’t be here without your continued support” – Jeswon
Thundamentals – Decade Of The Thundakat – 10th Anniversary Tour

Doors open 7pm
89 Mitchell Street, Darwin City
www.discoverydarwin.com.au
18+ Event | ID Essential

Tickets available at Eventbrite

Rap legend COOLIO will return to Australia this February / March 2018, to perform a run of live headline shows across Australia!

The Grammy Award winning rapper, actor and record producer is responsible for one of the most successful rap songs of all time ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’.

Coolio, along with his live band all the way from the USA (including Saxophone and Bass player) will be performing the Billboard Hot 100 #1 single LIVE plus many more.

March 2nd at 10 PM – 4 AM

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Australia’s own In Hearts Wake are bringing their GREAT SOUTHERN LAND TOUR to Discovery Darwin in FEB 2018!

Tickets are ON SALE NOW!

MaRLo returns..

Leaving a mark on charts, dance floors and music enthusiasts the world over, Dutch born, Australian raised MaRLo has established himself as one of the worlds most in demand DJs. In 2016 MaRLo polled #49 in the DJMag Top100 and #1 at the ‘In The Mix Awards’ in Australia. 2016 also saw MaRLo launch ‘Altitude’, his curated headline tour. Selling out the infamous Festival Hall in Melbourne & Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, with 15,000 tickets sold across 4 cities.
MaRLo’s early inspirations were drawn from pioneers such as Mauro Picotto, Aphex Twin, Armin Van Buuren and The Prodigy. Driving an incredible talent in the studio he has risen to striking heights claiming top chart spots. Signed to Armin van Buuren’s Armada Music, with Armin personally noting that MaRLo knows how to program the best lead sounds.
The MaRLo sound reaches far and wide, ‘You & Me featuring Chloe’ garnering radio play globally. With Christina Novelli on vocal duties ’Hold It Together’ hit over a million plays on YouTube. His current single ‘Leave My Hand’ featuring Emma Chatt has been captivating dance floors worldwide. Crowd favourite ‘Dreamers’, featuring wife Jano has been streamed over one million times on Spotify. Constantly driven to be at the forefront of the scene MaRLo is pioneering a new wave of Trance, recently being commissioned by APRA to produce a one of a kind production. For the project MaRLo searched far and wide to incorporate elements not often heard in electronic music. He chose to collaborate with World Music artist Piotr to create ‘Magical’, wowing fans across the globe, leaving them in awe performing together on stage at Altitude.
On the remix front, MaRLo is in high demand. All the biggest Trance stars from around the world have received the MaRLo sound Remix treatment including heavyweights like Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Dash Berlin, W&W, Gareth Emery, Emma Hewitt and many more.
From Beatport #1’s to headlining some of the most sought after dance events in the world, MaRLo sets ablaze A State of Trance crowds from Ibiza to Beirut, Den Bosch and Amsterdam. MaRLo has graced the stages of the world’s biggest festivals including Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival, Creamfields UK, Stereosonic, Electronic Family and Beyond Wonderland USA. He has become one of the standout artists on the powerful Armada label with hit after hit, which have gained him a cult like following. The success of his releases combined with the energy MaRLo brings to every performance, have seen him become one of the most highly anticipated acts at events around the world.
The future holds an explosion of musical glory for MaRLo, The combination of his upcoming releases and epic spots on the world’s most incredible electronic events, he will continue to shine at every performance.

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Doors open 10pm
89 Mitchell Street, Darwin City
www.discoverydarwin.com.au
18+ Event | ID Essential

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British India emerged from the underbelly of Melbourne’s independent music scene to take Australia by storm in July 2007 with their acclaimed independent debut album ‘Guillotine’. With support from triple J radio their songs ‘Black & White Radio’ & ‘Tie Up My Hands’ became arm-raising, air-punching anthems at venues and festivals across the country. British India developed a reputation for their explosive live shows and extensive touring. They took out the 2007 AIR Award for Best New Independent Artist.

One year later the band released their second album ‘Thieves’. Thieves debuted at No 5 in the ARIA Top 10 and demonstrated the band’s growth, in both popularity and as songwriters ‘Thieves’ featured the foot-stomping single ‘I Said I’m Sorry,’ and earned the boys their first ARIA Award nomination.

The band released their 3rd album ‘Avalanche’ in 2010. Once again achieving an ARIA Top 10 debut. Avalanche featured one of their most popular songs ‘Vanilla’

The boys turned a new corner in their career in 2012, signing with Melbourne’s Liberation Records and Mushroom Music . Their 4th album ‘Controller’ again debuted in the Top 10 and the band achieved their first ‘Gold record, selling 35,000 copies of the hit single ‘I Can Make You Love Me’ . This also gave the band their 5th entry into triple Js Hottest 100.

British India are recognised as of Australia’s most popular and hardest working bands, regularly travelling Australia and visiting rural towns as well as capitals.

Riding high on the success of ‘Controller’, the band are set to continue their rise in 2015 with the release of their new album. ‘Wrong Direction’, the first single from their forthcoming LP, is out now.

Their National ‘FORGETTING THE FUTURE TOUR’ heads to Discovery Darwin on Friday 1st December 2017

TiX ON SALE AUGUST 3RD @ 8AM: http://nktix.com/v7md4

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Doors open 8pm
89 Mitchell Street, Darwin City
www.discoverydarwin.com.au
18+ Event | ID Essential

Discovery Darwin & LUCKY URBN Proudly present

SEAN KINGSTON LIVE at DISCOVERY DARWIN!

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Dedicating nearly his entire life to music and achieving superstardom when he was just 17, Sean Kingston has amassed an untold amount of experience as a singer/songwriter over the years. On his third-full length album Back 2 Life, the 23-year-old builds on that experience by greatly expanding his songwriting role, nixing the multi-producer approach of his last release, and pushing for a fresh new sound. Like his 2007 self-titled debut (featuring the double-platinum breakout hit “Beautiful Girls”) and sophomore album Tomorrow (featuring the smash singles “Fire Burning” and “Face Drop”), Back 2 Life fuses reggae, hip-hop, R&B, and electro to create melody-soaked pop. But on Back 2 Life, the singer/songwriter blends his newly strengthened vocals with fiercely inventive effects and hard-hitting live instrumentation—a formula that’s yielded his most passionately inspired work to date.

“This album’s a really honest reflection of where I’m at in my life right now,” says Kingston. “I’m proud that it shows everything, because it shows my growth too.” Teaming up with Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem, Red One (who produced “Fire Burning”) and new producers Nic Nac, Kingston found himself tapping into his musical roots like never before on Back 2 Life. “On this album I felt the need to get back to my culture,” says Kingston, who was born in Miami but moved to Jamaica when he was seven. “It’s much more organic than anything I’ve done before—the music’s real and it hits you on a gut level.”

Indeed, Back 2 Life emerges as Kingston’s most richly eclectic and ambitious album so far. On the album’s title track “Back 2 Life (Live It Up),” for instance, Kingston samples the vocals from the Soul II Soul classic of the same name and twists the lyrics into a triumphant call to action. Sweeping and celebratory, the song mixes pummeling beats with chilling synth effects and Kingston’s fearless assertion that “what won’t kill me makes me stronger.” After a masterful guest rap from T.I., “Back 2 Life (Live It Up)” dissolves into a stripped-down pairing of sampled vocals and delicate piano work that’s both stark and stunning.

Although Kingston keeps up that heady intensity throughout Back 2 Life, many of the tracks are built on party-ready hooks, such as his summer smash “Beat It.” The track featuring Kingston’s crew Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa, merges breezy melodies and bass-powered beats in a deadly catchy club jam that quickly landed the track on the Billboard Hot 100 chart upon its release this past spring. Bouncy and hip-swinging, “Bomba” combines flamenco-flavored acoustic guitars, soaring vocals, and pounding live percussion in the sonic equivalent of some epic beach party. “Seasonal Love” supercharges old-school R&B with dreamy synth, sultry beats, and a fiery guest verse from Wale, while “Shotta Luv” pairs ferocious guest-rapping from 2 Chainz with a velvety-smooth groove. And on the unstoppable post-breakup anthem “Save One for Me,” Kingston tells off the girl who broke his heart and then finds his own sweet revenge on the dancefloor.

All throughout Back 2 Life, Kingston boldly proves how far he’s come since he first began recording songs on the tiny personal studio his mother bought him when he was 11-years-old. Back then, Kingston would whip up his own reggae-pop hybrids and perform them local block parties and talent shows in Miami (to which he returned after spending several years living with his family in Ocho Rios, Jamaica). But when his mother was convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud and sent to federal prison, the 15-year-old Kingston had to put his music dreams on temporary hold.

After a brief period of homelessness, Kingston began bouncing around the homes of his friends and relatives and ultimately landed a lawn-mowing job to earn the money he needed to make a demo. Thanks largely to Kingston’s dogged persistence in pursuing every hit-making producer he could find online, that demo ended up getting him signed to Rotem’s then-newly-launched label Beluga Heights in 2006—a deal quickly followed by a joint contract with Epic Records and the release of a debut album that went on to sell more than a million copies worldwide and spawn three back-to-back Top 10 singles.

Kingston released his follow-up album Tomorrow in 2009, then—in May 2011—suffered a devastating accident while jet skiing in Miami Beach. After spending nearly a month in the hospital and undergoing two emergency open-heart surgeries to repair a torn aorta, Kingston two months to heal—and start plotting his return to the studio. “I couldn’t go anywhere while I was recovering, so I spent all my time writing songs and listening to beats,” recalls Kingston. “All I wanted was to get back to doing music, which is what I’ve been devoting my life to since I was eight-years-old.”

With a voracious appetite for music including “everything from Taylor Swift to Ne-Yo to Musiq Soulchild to Paramore”—as well as a deep reverence for artists like Bob Marley, Outkast, and Lauryn Hill—Kingston has recently broadened his musical role by serving as a songwriter for such performers as Jason Derulo (“What Ya Say”) and Iyaz (“Replay”) and discovering new musical talents (including Iyaz, whom Kingston found online and signed to his Time Is Money Entertainment label). Still, having sold more than 12.5 million tracks to date, Kingston’s top priority is continually elevating his own music into new and unexpected territory. “A lot’s happened over the past few years—I’ve traveled the world and had relationships and dealt with breakups, so I’m singing from the heart about things that I actually went through,” says Kingston. In capturing those experiences on Back 2 Life, he adds, his main ambition was to keep positive. “I knew I needed to address some difficult things on the album, but my goal was to do it in an upbeat sort of way,” says Kingston. “So the songs on Back 2 Life are catchy and uptempo and everyone can have a great time to them—but at the same there’s no doubt that it’s all the way real.”

Catch the return of Sean Kingston at Discovery Darwin on THURSDAY 16th NOVEMBER!

Doors open 10pm
www.discoverydarwin.com.au
89 Mitchell Street, Darwin City
(08) 8942 3300

Lucky Ent. & Discovery Darwin presents

Will Sparks at Discovery Darwin

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At 24 years of age, Melbourne-born tastemaker Will Sparks has well and truly earnt his placing as one of the most esteemed and exciting electronic acts to break out of Australia this decade.

In his short career, Will Sparks has won the title of ‘Best Breakthrough Artist’ [inthemix – 2013], Australia’s #1 DJ, [inthemix – 2014], one of ‘Billboard Magazine’s 10 most exciting young talents’, #73 DJ in the World [DJ Mag Top 100 – 2016], embarked on countless world tours, playing roughly 300 shows every year across all corners of the globe, with residencies at some of the worlds most famous venues – Paradise Club – Mykonos, XS – Las Vegas and Pacha – Sydney to name a few, and hitting some of the biggest stages in the world including Tomorrowland, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ultra Music Festival and TomorrowWorld.

Since his genre-defining track, ‘Ah Yeah!’ hit #3 on the Beatport overall charts at the tail end of 2012, Will Sparks has been unstoppable, curating a catalogue of highly esteemed, energising repertoire by producing hit after hit and gaining recognition from a number of dance music heavyweights and the biggest names in the industry and winning him multiple Gold and Platinum records to decorate the walls with, including FOUR top 10 Beatport records before May, 2017 alone.

His SoundCloud page stands as testament to his phenomenal influence as a producer, racking up millions of plays on a single release alone and his countless original productions have spent weeks inside the Beatport top 10 in addition to signature remixes of global hits such as Major Lazer’s ‘Be Together’, Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’, The Chainsmokers’ ‘Selfie’ and a sync deal that saw his hit track ‘Ah Yeah’ featured as the main promotional track for hit US TV series ‘Ballers’ with The Rock.

To add to his impressive resume, Will Sparks has curated his own record label ‘Bourne Recordings – a joint venture with Lucky Ent and Ministry of Sound Australia, which has a mission of supporting young talent and emerging artists as well as acting as a home for his releases. Bourne now boasts multiple Beatport overall Top 10’s.

With a social reach in the millions, and the ability to adapt to an ever-changing musical landscape whilst still holding the signature Will Sparks brand and sound, there is no doubt Will Sparks is an artist that is here for the long run

Supported by local legends Chumsta & Patty Holliday Music

Friday 10th November 2017
18+ Event – Doors 10pm
www.discoverydarwin.com.au
89 Mitchell Street
Darwin City