Luminate & Whiskey

Luminate:
Macca Luminate has been at the fore front of the Perth rave scene since his first DJ sets on NYE 2006. Supporting the sounds of Freeform and Hardcore, In mid 2006 he was runner up in the Rise bedroom to Bigroom competition, catching the eye of Force Entertainment and quickly being snapped up to play his first official (Double) booking on NYE at Sunrise and Rise nightclub.
In the following year he went on to establish himself as one of Western Australia's fastest rising stars in the hardcore scene. Teaming up with Sydney ex pat Steve Whiskey he played every major rave and club party that Perth had to offer and placed second in the annual Perth Dance Music Awards in the Hardcore DJ category. It was during this year that Luminate got a taste for making the music he loves and he began to try his hand at producing.
2008 proved to be another strong year as he went on to play at huge events such as Insomniak 2, Reset 3, Nightmare 2, Sunrise 3 and continued to smashed the decks at Rise. Another successful showing in the PDMA's placing third behind hardcore legends Rousa & Hutcho shows that Luminate is proving himself to be one of the next big names in the Australian Hardcore movement.
During his time behind the 1's and 2's Luminate has had the pleasure to play along side some of the worlds biggest name's such as Breeze, Sharkey, Menis, Dair, Weaver, Darren Styles, Al Storm, Kevin Energy, Proteus and Scott Brown. A man on the up... With many upcoming Local & Interstate gigs and many different productions in the pipeline DJ Luminate is one name to look out for in 2009.
Whiskey:
Steve Armstrong is a DJ/MC Based in Perth, Western Australia. Originally from Manly in Sydney, From an early age he was influenced by the sounds of Hip Hop and Gangster Rap. Which lead to an interest in Hardcore MC’ing when in early 2004 when he was taken by a few friends to his first rave. Discovering the sounds of Hardcore, Steve was instantly hooked.
In January of 2005 he teamed up with Thrillseeka promoter and Gabber legend DJ Crystal who showed him the ropes and gave him an insight in to what the scene was all about. Later that year after establishing himself in the Sydney scene he picked up a fortnightly residency at popular Thursday club night Dosage and alongside other residents DJ Dover, DJ Focus and MC Rek formed the group Four Point Theory. It was around this time that Steve bought his first vinyl and set of turntables and began the long frustrating process of learning to mix.
2006 proved to be a successful year with bookings from a host of different promoters such as Sinizta Muzik (Adelaide), Aladdin Entertainment, MA-15+ Entertainment, Tigerlilly Marketing, Revolution Productions, Josh and friends Presents and Headstrong productions to name a few. Steve also jumped behind the scene’s and alongside Cranky Entertainment promoted two events. "A New Beginning" in January and “Nothing Suss” in June which was a complete sell out! During this time he played his first DJ set at Dosage B2B with Ryno.
In March 2007 Steve moved to Perth and decided to take time off from performing, but after 3 months the Hardcore itch returned and he hooked up with a promising new DJ/Producer by the name of DJ Luminate.
After their first back to back booking at Reset 2 the parties started coming in quick succession, playing regularly for F.O.R.C.E Entertainment they established themselves as one of Perth‘s most exciting Hardcore DJ duo‘s playing most of the events in 2007 and 2008.
In that time Steve also went on to play at WA’s largest hard dance nightclub, Rise.
In 2008 he was also voted in the top 3 category of the Perth Dance Music Awards (PDMA) "Best MC" award, no small feat as this category is usually dominated by Drum n Bass & Hip Hop MC's.
2009 looks to be even more promising with bookings from Perth’s newest all ages rave production company Future Dance, Under 18’s specialists Fuzion and Interstate gigs in Adelaide.
Along with studio colab’s with some of Australia’s most exciting producers such as...

S3rl (Relentless/Executive/AWF)
Sc@r (Raw Elements/Executive, UK)
Dover (Executive/Recycled)
Luminate (NSR Records)
Auscore (Executive/AWF)
Things are looking to be very productive and busy as he continues climbing the Australian hardcore ranks.
In Whiskey's time in the Sydney, Adelaide and Perth rave scenes he has been lucky enough to have performed alongside side some of the most talented Dj’s, Performers and Producers in the world, these people include...
Weaver, S3rl, AMS, Matrix, Suae, Haze, Al Storm, Uplift, Sc@r, Destiny, Antix, Impact, Team Rocket, Luminate, Auscore, Stompy, Menis, Dair, Seventy 7, Pulsar, Sharkey, Kevin Energy, DJ Dean, Nex Level, Alex Magane, Brooklyn Bounce, Promo, Hamunaptra, Dione, Lenny Dee, Outblast, Catscan, Rob Gee, Steve Tranzor, Simon Barwood, Hutcho, Greg Packer, ShockOne, DJ Hype, State of Mind, Sigma and Dieselboy.
For DJ bookings please contact:
Luminate - [email protected]
Whiskey - [email protected]
Or through this myspace.