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Dj Leroy Live @ Back to the Future

A true Perth underground favourite - this set was recorded at Back 2 The Future in 1997, from the golden era of hardcore and does not disappoint. Enjoy!

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Dj Menis - Est. 1996

Chris Menis first started playing tunes to crowds back in 1996 and quickly established himself with residencies at the now legendary Gravity nightclub, supporting some of the world's top Hardcore & Jungle DJs before he was old enough to legally buy drinks.

Known simply for the amount of energy he put into his sets and the ability to read a crowd, Chris quickly became a Perth favourite alongside Dj Leroy, playing at many of the big events throughout the late 90s, and becoming synonymous with the more lively side of underground music.

At the age of 17, Chris began to play abroad and has since toured as far as the UK to Sydney, headlining shows at events such as Fantasia, Future Dance (Bagleys), Club Diehard (Leicester), Bowlers (Manchester), The Arches (Sheffield), The Aquarium (East London), Teradome, Utopia, Prophecy, and Two Tribes (Olympic Stadium, Sydney).

In 1998 Chris broke boundaries of the harder and deeper sounds in venues that traditionally played it safe, bringing his unique blend of house and trance to life as a resident at Perth's Rise nightclub and regularly playing to large crowds. Branching into the full spectrum of underground electronica and landing spots that would see him on official warm up duties for super act as they came through Perth, including Ferry Corsten, CJ Bolland, Robert Miles & Paul Van Dyk.

From there he went on to feature at events on the east coast Dj circuit, headlining major events such as Fantasia, Two Tribes and Utopia alongside names like BT, Mauro Picotto, Hyrbid, BT & Fergie.

Production wise, Menis has collaborated with some of the biggest producers in the hardcore scene, resulting in selling records all over the world. Releases spanning from UK record labels Blatant Beats, Destructive Force and Hechtech records, Menis also had his collaboration with Marc Smith, 'Thick and Fast', featured on Hardcore’s most successful mix series of all time – Bonkers.

With the emergence of the festival circuit in 2004, Menis teamed up with MC Amani to run what would become their trademark 'house, breaks and live vocals' shows across Perth's Southwest and Great Southern regions, including Southbound Festival, Laneway and Hyperfest, as well as appearances across Perth's top nightclubs.

Jungle Shakedown @ Ambar / Coconut Club @ Southbound: 2011

From 2012, Chris took a break from doing regular live events to focus on raising a family, although the musical flame has continued to burn bright from his studio, with plenty of online sets being churned out as well as the odd sneaky live performance. Testament /Ministry of Sound 2024, Easter Roller 2024 have been recent highlights!

Today you can catch Menis by linking in to:

Twitch - Hit the 'Follow' button to be notified when Live Sets air

HearThis - Set recordings, catchup or play on demand

Facebook - Keep in touch, events and more shares

Menis on MixCloud - recordings and live sets

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Guest set for Dj Rino's Raving Mad pirate radio show, aired 17.2.17.

87-92 piano, house breaks and rave - This is a journey of classics from italian house to warehouse bangers: Raze's 'Break 4 Love', Pizzaman's 'Tripping On Sunshine', Sunscreem's 'Perfect Motion', DNA's 'La Serenissima' & Ce Ce Rogers 'Someday'

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Two of the best that ever graced Perth’s underground decks - double A+! Legendary

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Taking you back to the golden years of Hardcore

Heres a taste of the Boombox / Pure Oldskool boatcruise - March 2011

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Greetings from the Perth underground - we hope your all doing well. You have come to the right place if you have cut shapes to oldskool hardcore, jungle, breaks, house, trance, techno, electro or anything along those lines... or especially if you were ever part of the raving crew that made it out to the rave circuit, Gravity, Drum Club, DCs or any of underground clubs throughout the mid 90s - this ones for you!

Please stay tuned, as we keep the fires burning by unearthing some golden sets of the past (including unreleased relics from the crypt!) and plan to release some brand new goodies that are in the pipeline.