Gearing up for Fort Knox Five

Posted by DJ Ego


January 31st, 2011

Fort Knox Five are the kings of new-age funk. Their signature rollicking basslines and horn-injected, soul-slapped beats have long been the benchmark for breakbeat producers. A quick flick through the record crates of any breaks, beats, or nu-funk DJ will be sure to show up a Fort Knox pressing or five.

So it’s with great pleasure to say that we’ll be doing a 4-deck AV set before FK5′s Jon H at Roxanne Parlour on the 11th of Feb (more deets here).

If you don’t know Fort Knox Five, here’s a crash course…

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‘Funk 4 Peace’ – regulars to our Nice & Ego nights at Loop bar in Melbourne may well recognise this rad vid from Fort Knox.

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‘Shift’ – As you can see, when you’re Fort Knox Five you can get the likes of Afrika Bambaataa in studio with you.

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‘Beatles – Revolution (FK5 Remix)’ – well tasty re-edit, nice clip too yeah?

See you at Roxanne!




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Slippy Cali Love

Posted by Mr Nice


December 25th, 2010


This is what happens when all the Scottish junkies head to California to find love.




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Mr Nice Rane 68 Showcase – 3 Deck Live Remix Routine (Lewis Cancut – Low)

Posted by Mr Nice


November 15th, 2010

Invited to showcase the all new Rane 68 Mr. Nice went to work a couple of moths ago, polishing a little routine to display the live cabalities of the mixer.. Plugging in 3 turntables and accessing a 4th channel loaded with samples Mr. Nice remixes live Lewis Cancut’s ‘Low’ by throwing in acapella drops, dicers and live 68 effect..

Get Lewis Cancut original track here:
http://digital.turntablelab.com/search/release.php?x=release_info&release_id=7924

CLASS ROOM SESSION.

Rane 68 info:
http://www.rane.com/sixtyeight.html




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Puppeteering with the Beastie Boys (No Sleep till Brooklyn Routine)

Posted by Mr Nice


October 19th, 2010

One of the first AV routines I came up with and an old time favourite.. – scratching ‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn’ by the Beastie Boys at the Fringe Festival to the beat of ‘Walk This Way’.




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We be stepping it up for Summer

Posted by Nice and Ego


October 11th, 2010

In between Mr Nice rocking the Melbourne Fringe and Ego working on his tan we’ve been getting busy in the studio and are stoked to announce that we’ll be unveiling an all-new ‘Nice and Ego’ show over Summer. We’ve decided to step things up a notch and have pulled together an Australian-first four deck AV DJ show which is truly something extra-special for your eyes and ears.

For the tech-heads: We’re combining four turntables, two Rane mixers, two laptops running Serato Video Scratch-Live, and an Edirol video mixer to blend the two visual sources.

For the regular party peep: We’re doubling your dose of dance-floor bangers and upping the ante of gob-smacking visuals, to deliver a show that’s bigger, busier, brighter and tighter than before.

We’re launching the show in Perth at the Marquee Festival on New Year’s Day and hope to see you at a Nice and Ego show in your home town shortly thereafter. Here’s the promo vid we did for the Perth gig to give you an idea of how we do…

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Mr Nice rocks the Fringe Opening Party – birthday party stylee

Posted by Mr Nice


October 4th, 2010

It was Mr Nice’s Birthday and what a great way to celebrate! The Fringe organisers made sure to get him well drunk and even the crowd all chipped in for a big happy birthday sing along at the end. In fact the gig went so well he got asked back to rock the closing party as well – with a whole new set!

Wish every day was a birthday…




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Gettin All Summery

Posted by DJ Ego


October 1st, 2010

Here’re a couple of quick mixes I whipped up in honour of the impending Summer. Best served with a burst of vitamin-D, a lizard lounge and a cold-ass mojito…
Ego – Gettin All Summery Part 1 by itsdjego
Ego – Gettin All Summery Part 2 by itsdjego




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Track Team turn an Animal into a monster

Posted by DJ Ego


September 15th, 2010

Hey yo. Big thanks to all the peeps who have made it down to a Nice and Ego gig over the past few months, they’ve all been an absolute blast. And the party doesn’t look like letting up any time soon as we’re coming across more and more great visuals and banging tracks, plus we’ve got some mad new ideas ready for Summer (but that’s a story for another day).

Many of the tunes that are blowing up in our sets at the mo’ have come from our good friends, the Track Team DJs who are churning out some epic edits from their home-town of Adelaide. From hip hop to breakbeat and drum n bass to dubstep, these guys are bass-hungry, funk-heavy, party-startin’ beat purveyors of the highest order. Check out their dubstep take on Miike Snow’s Animal (I call this my ‘Animals Went In 2×2′ video edit)…

Free MP3 Download: Miike Snow – Animal (Track Team Redub)




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Official video for Freestylers v Pendulum

Posted by DJ Ego


September 10th, 2010

Recently I got asked to re-edit the film clip for Freestylers v Pendulum‘s seminal track ‘Painkiller’ to fit Kouncilhouse‘s new drumstep remix. Check out the result…

Dubstep-heads, download the tune here.




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Mr Nice AV Set in Brisbane

Posted by Mr Nice


July 18th, 2010

With no tan and a big hangover Mr Nice returns from a short QLD tour. After shaking the zebra’s at Gold Coast’s Swinging Safari’s and then giving Brisbane’s X&Y a special AV show to conclude their first birthday celebrations.. Mr Nice returns a happy man. A few snippets as captured on a happy punter’s iPhone: (thanks for the upload dude!)




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