Maitreya

Another weekend, another party, Another Maitreya. Another Monster Jam.
This was the second Maitreya and the second time we had the pleasure of being allowed to experiment with sound for 5 or 6 hours. I had a great time mixing the Jam Session in the chill area Sunday morning. Thanks D-Rectional and crew for trusting me on the Mix. All in all a great way to spend the long weekend.

Before dawn

4 hours in, two to go.

RobotChina and Miles and Moog Theremin

Vishnudata and D-rektional

Lap tops in the morning sunshine

fantastic trees you people got around here.

A Wedding and A funeral.

Wow! What a crazy couple of weeks. Two weeks ago I was a best man for my very good friends Steve and Max. It was such a beautiful wedding as far as weddings go. Not to big not to small, just right. Well done guys. They are off on there honeymoon in Fiji.




Then a few days after that I had to speak at my Good old friend Angus's (D J Bribes) Funeral. It was a lovely service and HE would have loved the wake. There was people there that I hadn't seen in 20 years. It was amazing.

http://djdomhogan.blogspot.com/2005/10/oh-80s.html


REST IN PEACE ANGUS. (A Brother from another Mother)

Rainbow after glow

Rainbow Serpent

This was my first Rainbow Festival in 4 years and I loved it. This is Allen. He drove me out there but then freaked out and took off back to Mebourne. Thanks mate. That's O K kind of to be expected. My Job was engineering for the 6 hour electronic/organic expression session on Saturday night. This is when my ride flipped out and took off. It was such a mixed bag of emotions.
Some people loved it and some people disliked it. I also D Jed off the lappy at Umaliciouses Coffee Tent. This is Saint Fiona patron saint of coffee. and the woman herself, Uma peaking threw the ganita machine. That was alot of fun and we really got a bit of a buzz going. It was so good to run into old friends. Ah Michelle and The Blue Lama in fine form.Kat & Marco the Prom King & Queen.
Bubba Andrew
Trucker or D J? You decide.
It was also very good to hang with some new Finnish Talent. I wonder if we will ever see Timo & Pasi back down here? This is Vishnudata & Haltia. Yes they rocked. The Finns never let us down.
Ah T R Storm.
It's always good to see Blue China Sky Thunder Monkey.

Yo Yo Yo Gumpy Gump & Fi in da place to be.

So many happy faces that I haven't seen in Years.

My camp and all I need. A Tent a laptop a midi controller and a few clothes.

Ah yes but how did I get home?

Thanks Nicola.

Expression session

Hey Hey Hey Come and Check out the 6 Hour creative organic expression session on the Chill floor on Saturday night starting at midnight. All the people involved are the real deal. The people that keep the vibe alive in the winter months when the "internationals" aren't around.

New Years Day

I'm on my way back!

will work for food

I Know I know. I haven't been here for ages. You probably don't even check in on me anymore, I've been a bit slack I know. Almost 2 months wow.
I did mention in my last blog back in January that I had finally settled into my new studio and that's why I haven't been here. I been jammin man!
I think gig wise the best one in the last couple of months for me was The Maitreya Festival. The Cosmic Jam was brilliant! Thanks Krusty.
Another big change in my life has been taking on the position of category co-ordernator for the electronic and hip hop shows at my radio station. Finding fill ins, looking for new announcers, putting on a little fund raiser and putting a CD compilation together seem to be my main tasks. This could be fun? (More on that in a blog soon). I may need your help?
Also go check these ppl out. That's who I'm working for this weekend. The Fool's Gold Booty Challenge After Party.
Oh also I should mention that I'm not working full time at Arck anymore and am looking for full time work. Anyone? Anything?
ps I just like that pic.

come to this please

07 Let's Go!

Well it's been a while since I've been here. Wow over a month. Well the roller-coaster of life continues. So much has happened since I was here last, I don't know where to start? O K first of all I should say HAPPY NEW YEAR and all the best for 07 to you.
The Make Poverty History party was a great day in the park. The organizers really had there act together and the day just breezed by with chill beats and good company and no dramas. (Thanks Star) So this is what's been happening in my life.
Where I work during the day has moved to a new building in North Fitzroy. It's a very funky place and a lot better then where we use to be in North Melbourne. It's mixed zone so we can really crank the tunes and no complaints. Nice.
Then around the same time I moved house as well. The last place I lived in got sold on my birthday. The we had a month to get out. Yes it was a little stressful finding somewhere new. I now live a few streets away from where I was and it's a lot better house and I like it better then the last place. So then the next job was to get my studio set up again. Part of that job was waiting for my new MacBook Pro to turn up. I waited and waited. Then it turned up. I ran home and put the final piece of the puzzle together. When I booted it up everything looked cool until I started to try and install software. The Superdrive CD/DVD drive was NOT so Super. It was dead as a Dodo. I was Gutted.
Anyway 1 week later and my new machine arrives and @ the same time I picked up a brand new pair of Samson Rubicon monitors. I love me rubicons. I've never had a decent pair of self powered monitors. I've always monitored on top end Hi Fi stuff.


Then The NYE gig. Some friends from a far visited me and stayed the night. There was a Feller from the Shetland (Shetlin) Islands a young lady from Liverpool a lad from Ireland and of corse my American woman. I felt like I was in a different country. I played @ a gig on the other side of town. It was the best NYE gig I've had in at least 7 years. THANK YOU VOODOO CREW.
Now a week or so after all that the dust is starting to settle in my brain and it's time to start the new year.
All the best to YOU & YOUR CREW for 07.

Make Poverty History

Here's something a little different. Make Poverty History Festival Where and when: Saturday 18 November, Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne, 10am to 8pm Acts/speakers: A family day out with multicultural music and dance from David Bridie & Telek, Vox Congo, Bad Boys Batucada, and DJ’s Andrew Till, Dom Hogan, Sista BB and Jenni Daggers (more to be announced.) Also children’s activities, workshops, international speakers, stalls representing a range of Make Poverty History agencies, and a fair trade and sustainable living market. Speakers will include the Archbishop of Cape Town, Kumi Naidoo and Tim Costello, co-chair Make Poverty History. Yeah right how much? I here you asking. FREE!


Come on. It'll be fun.

Big Week

Whoa what a week!
First of all a big shout out and props and respect to all that joined me and the crew at the Horse Bazaar last Saturday night. It went OFF!!!!
Thanks to The Latvian League of Luscious Ladies. Pixelton Rocked!
Thanks also to the DJ John Carew for filling in for me on Creative Alternative Techno (106.7fm PBS Satmidnite). My spys tuned in and gave me a full report and it sounds like the show was in safe hands. Thanks JOHN!
This week I'm doing a groovie after dinner type thingy @ a new bar on Crackland St St Kilda. It's called ZA'BA. I've not played here before. It's kind of new.
Come down for dinner. Then shake ya booty after. I'll be DJing @ around 9pm - 1am but tune in to my radio show aswell. I'll be there aswell.12-2am (how do I do it?)

KAVORKA KAOS!! it's on again.

it's on again. YEEEEHAAAAA!! Kavorka Kaos. The League of Luscious Ladies are requiring my services yet again. Ask anyone that was at the last one. It was Fun and Funky. Well actually it got a bit out of hand at some point but I can't write about that. I'm in enough trouble with the R S P C A. If you're in the city Saturday night and looking for something to do. Come along and check it out. It's in a great little get away called HORSE BAZAAR. See all those Zebra's. They were at the last one. We had to chase them off. They wouldn't leave.

I'm not home

A couple of entries ago (see RADIO FESTIVAL) I spoke of a place called ARCK. I liked the place so much I started working there. Now I have somewhere to hang out and I'm surrounded with all the things I love, like Disco mixers, Computers, Samplers, turntables and all that kind of STUFF. Now if ya in North Melbourne or maybe @ the Vic markets come on in and say Hi. The address is 116 Peel St Nth Melbourne.

Monsters!!!

On my radio show tonight is one very interesting out fit from Brisbane called Monster Zoku Omsomb. Click here Tune in and check this shit out.

OSAKA - 11pm Sat
HELSINKI - 5 pm Sat
MEXICO CITY - 9 am Sat
AUCKLAND - 2 am Sun
MOSCOW - 6 pm Sat
CAPETOWN - 4 pm Sat
STOCKHOLM - 4 pm Sat
BANGKOK - 9 pm Sat
ARIZONA - 7 am Sat
NEW JERSEY - 10 am Sat
DUBAI - 6 pm Sat
RIGA - 5 pm Sat
MADRID - 4 pm Sat
COLOMBO - 7:30 pm Sat
VARANASI - 7:30 pm Sat

nice temp TEMPEST

Last week @ the Horse Bazaar was very, Umm? Different. I'm never quite sure how to act at a chill out gig. You can't be to excited can ya? I mean it's a chill gig right?
Anyway it was a good night. Very laid back. People chatting, not alot of dancing but then again it was a chill gig. It was great to put together a set on the total chill tip.
All in all a good night out. Thanks to the TEMPEST crew for allowing me to be a part of Escape from Kaos.

Up for something different?

TEMPEST RECORDINGS is proud to present:

Escape From Chaos
Serving up a slab of Downtempo, Dub, Chill & freestyle electronica
Featuring:
Hesius Dome (Psy-Harmonics)
Red Eye Express (Tempest/ Cosmicleaf)
Dominic Hogan (Psy-Harmonics)
Andrew Haig (Global Eyes)
Arcane Trickster (Tempest/ Cosmicleaf)

Free entry, doors 9pm
and it's happening @ HORSE BAZAAR
397 Lt Lonsdale St
Melbourne

look at me

Here's a pic of me and Miles from Electric BBQ

RADIO FESTIVAL

This Saturday night on 106.7 PBSFM @ Midnight on my radio show called C A T. I will be playing some of my all time favourite psychedelic trance tracks from the early 90's 'til now. I'm doing this as a special for our stations Radio Festival. Every year we have a Radio Festival. Back in the day we called it a subscriberthon. Over the years it changed to radiothon and now it's a radio festival. We can dress it up in many ways but the bottom line is to get as many Members (once called subscribers) as possible during this radio festival time. 2 weeks. July 5th to the 19th. The radio station I work on is a community radio station. We receive no money from the government. Only a handful of people get paid @ the station and the other 200 or so are all volunteers. To cut a long story short.....we always need mo'money mo'money. There are some fantastic prizes to win. A Car. A Surround sound system. Heaps of cool shit. Go and check out the web-sight for the full blag.
Also during my show I'll be giving away some other prizes as incentive to anyone who rings up while I'm there. I got to say a big thanks to the men in black @ PSY-HARMONICS for giving me some of there best releases to give away. I reckon I'll be giving one away every 10 to 15 minutes during my time (12-2am) Also thanks to Mark from ARCK. Arck is a very funky music shop that only deals with computers and music and all it's other little toys. It's in North Melbourne on Peel Street near the VIC markets. At night the shop also does short courses on the latest software like Ableton Live and Reason and stuff like that. If you are just getting started in the computer world of music this is the shizzel. Mark has given me a few places in one of his Ableton live courses to give away. They are short courses and value on ebay @ $350 howzthat! So tune in turn on and get ya wallets out this weekend and help keep a good thing going.

it's a chill kind of thing

Thanks Ladies!

WOW! Last Saturday night was a very funky affair. Lots of groovie ppl.
The Kavorka Kaos got pretty Kaotic.


I think this horse bazaar place is a fantastic venue. If ya in Melbourne check it out.
The Latvian League of Luscious Ladies really put on a good party. Thanks Ladies.