deuce has worked with more than 100 local music producers, a diverse array of DJs and a broad range of VJs, video artists, installation and visual artists and fashion designers. for more information on music producers we have featured at deuce events click here
deuce is always looking for new artists to feature at future deuce events. if you would like more information contact us
8 Ball | jonathan craig
8 Ball (aka madball aka oddball) is an electronic music artist specialising in moody beat driven dance music ranging in styles from ambient to dub to breaks to harder styles of techno and electronica. his sound is unusual for the range of genres which it references, never quite fitting within any of them and featuring a more multi-textured approach than that seen in mainstream dance music. he has developed as an artist from humble beginnings in early 2001 when he first started experimenting with the sounds created by running a casio keyboard and a simple drum machine through various amplifiers and effects pedals. since then he has refined his art and established himself as a sophisticated producer, conversant with an array of equipment and with a commitment to live hardware performance.
8 Ball has worked in conjunction with other artists including cellist melanie robinson (as ether), munchie man & kezia (as deuce sound system), james dxu & VJ555 (as madball vs dxu:555) and mia roberts (as snowball).
releases |
1. rat trap by 8 Ball & munchie man features on deuce cd001 jigsaw.
2. deuce boots 001
3. deuce boots 002 - as oddball
4. deuce boots 004 - with james dxu & mia
pauly fatlace | paul bridge
pauly fatlace has been deuce’s designated dj, bringing his love of all sorts of music to the turntables. while breaks and hip hop are his lynchpins, dancehall, electro, underground 2 step, reggae, funk, or downbeat are all possible tangents. pauly has played many major and minor venues, clubs, backyard parties, living rooms, dingy pubs, a couple of engagement parties, and a school disco. while he enjoys the bigger and classier joints for pure sound quality (such as ambar, geisha, globe and HEAT), the impromptu and/or illegal ones are more fun, and the odd ones are the best for writing up on website blurbs. anyone got a slot going at a bar mitzvah? pauly is now rocking his own night in melbourne - check him and the melbourne hip hop massive oput at
turbine 37 | jay scroop
coming from an extensive and impressive background as a live musician (guitarist, vocalist) turbine 37 performs a full live production featuring guitar, drums and live samples, giving you spine cracking bass lines and floor stomping beats - a unique blend of breaks to drum'n'bass, and one hell of a live show!
jay is also deuce's resident graphic designer, putting together all of our flyers and posters for the past two-and-a-half years, and also the designer of the deuce presents jigsaw 002 cd inlay.
featured on jigsaw 002 with his track chalky
james dxu | james ward
As an experimental producer for the past 8 years James DXU has produced, followed and loved almost every style of electronic music. While being rooted firmly in hip hop his musical style can range from techno to ambient to drum ‘n bass and everything or anything in between.
fluid filled lungs by james dxu featuring mia roberts features on deuce cd01 jigsaw.
VJ555 | alan dougans
VJ555 comes from a family background rich in electronic music and a sophisticated experience in creating visual digital realisations from sonic sound scapes. he is a live performer in the true sense, collaborating with individual music producers to perform a visual set tailor made to the music. in the last year or more he has been involved in visuals for the last year as part of the DJ:VJ combo Resonance creating digital realisations from sonic sound scapes.
Jigsaw02 featured VJ555 collaborated with JamesDXU to create an audio/visual experience which left the audience in awe. VJ555 returned for Jigsaw03 pitted against madball (aka 8 Ball) for a set which punished the dancefloor and open minds alike. look out for him at another deuce event soon
www.resonanceonline.net
ether | mel robinson & jonathan craig
ether are electronic producer jonathan craig (8 Ball) and cellist melanie robinson (soloist, member of SQUINT, WOOD, Myrtle, twice Best Female Instrumentalist in the WAMIs, recipient of the 2003 ArtsWA Young Artist’s Fellowship).
in bringing together two highly experienced solo artists from two vastly different musical worlds, the duo’s goal is to merge the new with the old and demonstrate the excitement of creative fusion. ether’s music is a co-written blend of intricate electronics and the sweeping voice of cello, creating an exquisite and unique sound and a style of its own.
releases |
1. kru features on deuce cd001 jigsaw
2. deuce boots 001
web | www.melrobinsonmusic.com
snowball | mia Roberts & jonathan craig
mia roberts (aka coco pop of electric limosine, and solo as mia culpa) is a new perth artist whose quirky and eclectic sound blends electronic and acoustic elements to create a surreal kind of 'electronic torch song'. combining influences from the dark streets of wartime cabaret with kooky electronica, Mia's work is full of lilting melodies, dark harmonies and various sonic oddities, contrasted with moments of lighter, unobtrusive soft-electro-pop sounds.
snowball are a fresh collaboration blending the rich vocal textures and instrumentals of mia roberts with the moody broken electrickery of 8 Ball. beauty and the beast? if only it were that simple...
formed in 2004 snowball had their debut performance at jigsaw02 and they have since performed at jigsaw05, wami chillout party and at delirium's sunshine people 2005.
releases |
1. angel spit features on deuce cd001 jigsaw
2. deuce boots 001
3. angel spit features on the 2005 kiss my wami compilation
munchie man
perths original raggamuffin and mc extraordinaire munchie man has been wowing audiences across perth and beyond for many years since leaving jamaica. showing lyrical dexterity rarely seen amongst perth MCs, fluency across a range of genres from dancehall to breaks to drub n bass and a singular knack for improvisation, this is one mad rasta clot with the lot. munchie man first worked with deuce alongside dj pauly fatlace at step on up in 2003 and at various other parties including mekanizm at ambar in 2004. since then he has been collaborating with 8 ball together they formed deuce sound system in 2004.
releases |
1. rat trap by 8 Ball & munchie man features on deuce cd001 jigsaw
2. deuce sound system releases (below)
deuce sound system | 8 ball & munchie man
deuce sound system is dub & dancehall business by 8 ball and perth's mad raggamuffin mc munchie man. formed in 2004 deuce sound system is the perfect outing for those who like the munchie man but find their ears trailing after the quick vocal tricks of his tongue. deuce sound system also showcases a more stripped back style of beats by 8 ball, more dub than hip hop but with a definite bouncing groove. they've played to audiences at the rtr fm seriously sound system fundraiser, at the amnesty freedom festival (2004), as support for hermitude & the bird at the verandah and recently as support for dj olive (NYC).
releases |
1. rokstedy by deuce sound system feat kezia features on deuce cd001 jigsaw
2. deuce boots 005.