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Profile Generatorone of precious few djs who prefers to let the music do the talking, Micah’s humble approach, and endless amount of energy behind the decks has proved popular with the Perth dance music community, establishing him as one of the cities and indeed the countries leading DJs.
voted best breaks dj at the 2003, 2004, 2005 & by a huge 41% of the overall votes in the 2006 Perth Dance Music Awards.
ranked ..1st for WA and ..22nd nationwide in the inthemix top 50 DJ poll 2007, moving up from 24 nationwide in 2006
winner of the 2004 Heineken DJ competition in Western Australia.
plus he was also one of the winners of the 2003 Noise festival DJ mix competition playing a set on triple Js mix up program.
like most DJs Micah started out with a DIY attitude putting on small dance events in the mid 90s in what ever venues he could beg borrow or steal, his efforts culminating in the pines a 2000 punter plus attended free yearly outdoor pine forest party from 97-2000 that developed into such a phenomenon that authorities decided people were having too much fun and shut it down.
from here he moved into clubland becoming part of the awarehouse crew, DJing at and running the popular autophon night at ambar nightclub night for almost 2 years and beginning his now 4 year relationship with the club.
these days he co-hosts the beat suite with sharif galal every Friday at the Velvet Lounge as well as holding down a Saturday residency at Ambar, Perths breakbeat HQ as well as playing gigs around Perth at venues such as Heat, Geisha and Metro City nightclubs.
not only has he proved more than capable of organising his own events, micahs energy and skill as a DJ has allowed him to become a permanent fixture on festival line ups and won him a plethora of all-star support slots such as:general midi, barry ashworth from the dub pistols, lee coombs, kraymon, phil k, the plump djs, sander klienenberg, nick dem q from bamboo records, nubreed, meat katie, soul of man, phantom beats, solarstone, freq nasty, carl cox, cypress hill, chris liberator, elite force, hooknsling, the scratch perverts, hyper, BLIM, roger sanchez, rennie pilgrem, tayo, 10 sui, jessica joy, nick warren, aquasky, smithmonger, stanton warriors, the crystal method, the drummatic twins, Askillz, dynamo productions, krafty kuts, dj sneak. . just to name a few plus playing at Earthstomp 01, Global Dance 03, Sunshine people NYD 04, Parklife 05/06, Innercity 06, Goodvibrations 04/05/06, Summerdayze 04/05/06, Two Tribes 06, Breakfest 04/05 and Major Break 04/05/06 as part of the breakaholics a 3 man dexnFX act.
Aside from playing gigs Micah also hosts his radio show: Full Frequency, with Micah & Ben Mac, Mondays 3-5pm on RTRFM 92.1 www.rtrfm.com.au
beats that break or four to the floor; Micah can be heard playing a range of genres, but breakbeat will always be his first love. often mixing on 3 decks and bringing an energy and a connection with his audience so often forgotten as being the most important function of a DJ.
in 2005 Micah began to delve into the world of production knocking out a remix for local producer Lokey-fu released on Q-stik records, working on a number of his own tracks and collaborating with Lokey-fu on their Wax & Lo project both in the studio and in their DJ/Producer live shows.
2004, 05 & 06 also saw Micah head off around the country to play at clubs and nights like Fractured @ Platform nightclub in Melbourne, Funktrust, The Laundry and Sounds on Sunday @ the Greenwood in Sydney, The Monastery nightclub in Brisbane, at Broken Beats @ Kink in Sydney’s Arthouse nightclub and Honkeytonks and Revolver nightclubs in Melbourne.
2007 saw Micah take off over seas to do his first run of gigs in the UK playing at Timbuk 2 in Bristol, The White House and Platform 12 @ Canvas Nightclub London and at the legendary Supercharged night in Brighton.
guaranteed to fire up any room - any way you like it, micah puts his heart and soul into his music and always, always plays to the people that matter most.the people on the dance floor.
Quotes:
after seeing micah’s set at ambar last night i thought something had to be said. it was off the map. one of the best sets i’ve heard in ages and that’s with seeing almost every single breaks international on my wishlist in the past year. god we’re lucky. sometimes i find myself getting just as excited to see micah on an evening’s bill as i do the headliner.
ITM perth.
as 1am approached, if the time away had raised any doubts over who exactly may be Ambars favourite son, the man himself Micah stepped up to the decks and from the first track firmly re-established himself with the set of the night.
Review in ITM perth 21/1/06 Fuzzy vs Ambar party
Micah had the task of turning it over to the broken beat. Immediately, the crowd responded and the set to ensue was full of funked up broken beats with plenty of break downs and build ups within the breaks stylee. Micahs blatant ability to work with the crowd as well as incorporating his own flavour at the same time was on display and in full effect; its no wonder he was voted in the poll as number two in W.A. Micahs solid mixes and an arsenal of killer tracks saw the ITM party massive go nuts on the dance floor, or anywhere in the club for that matter!
Review in ITM perth 29/7/05 ITM Top 50 party
To finish off the night, local legends Micah and Lo Key Fu stepped up to the stage. Bringing with him his trademark sound of driving yet funky breaks, with ad-libbed bleeps and effects from Lo Key, Micah had the whole room to his attention. For the first time all night the pool tables were empty, as was much of the back half of the venue.
Review in ITM Perth 26/3/05 Slam on the breaks @ Swan basement
