Selections For All Occasions—DJ Mixes by Brendan Clay

Normally, we'd collectively circle a date and eagerly await our next opportunity to catch up—beers, banter, laughs, and of course, the tunes. In this current climate/during this challenging period; said opportunities haven't afforded themselves, so we've been forced to get a little creative with regard to a platform for sharing and consuming music together... and flexing our creative muscles in th...

This mix is ripped from the old, dusty archives. Indeed, it will blow out 15 candles later this year. I stumbled upon it when trawling through some older storage space and flicked it on because, well, why not? It's very much of the nu-skool breaks variety and gets quite tough and pretty filthy towards its conclusion. This was Claymation—a duo I formed with long-time collaborator and great mate, Ga...

A lot can change in a month... While I recorded and delivered this particular set at Café del Mar in Sydney almost exactly a month ago; it feels considerably longer than that. Since this short space of time, there is a collective feeling—to me a least—that we've lost a lot our innocence... on both, a local and global level. At the time, I can recall considering the current COVID-19/coronavirus sit...

The Fazz @andrewfazzolari and I were kindly asked to open proceedings at S*A*S*H By Day on Sunday afternoon just passed. Despite it appearing to be a smoky—and later, a rainy—affair in its early stages; the show must go on... and it certainly did. We kicked off on the lower, slower, deeper tip, throwing on a selection of sub-110 BPM burners, setting the stage—and warming the floor—for Sondrio, Mo'...

The dust has settled on the last few busy weeks, and I'm finally making my recent solo S*A*S*H mix available—a deeper, warm-up effort in The Den, right before The Fazz and I took things big for the last couple of hours. (You can grab that one here: https://soundcloud.com/andrewfazzolari/andrew-fazzolari-brendan-clay-live-at-sash-10th-november-2019) In delivering this one; I tried to focus on build...

Where do seven years go?! Seriously. I blew the dust off this particular mix recently... and was very happy that I did! In short, it's a promo mix that I knocked up for our radio show, 'The M Shift' as part of one of our SPOiLT DNB takeover shows. Admittedly, I've not followed drum 'n' bass a whole lot since this era, however; a lot of these liquid cuts still sound very fresh—to these ears at leas...

It's not every day you have the opportunity to warm-up for your favourite artist... I was that lucky a few weeks back. We were fortunate to welcome Ethyène to our Attic fold as part of his very first Australian tour. Ethyène's sample-driven house and disco original tracks, remixes and edits have formed a significant part of our collections—and, indeed, our Attic sets!—over the last couple of years...

We've been pretty busy over the last couple of months—more bookings, more dates and subsequently, more recorded mixes! This is one that I really enjoyed putting together and executing. For context, Andrew and I had spent the afternoon cruising Sydney Harbour—literally!—supporting Bellaire at the debut Anchor Events event. That mix is actually available here: https://soundcloud.com/andrewfazzolari/...

Here is our recent set, recorded live at our Attic event at The Flinders a few weeks back, on warm-up duties for Nachtbraker. Our intention was to get the bodies moving and booties shaking with more rolling, percussive selections from our collective boxes—these actually worked a treat, setting the scene nicely for the expected Nachtbraker destruction! ;) Hope you enjoy this one! @atticsydney @andr...

Massive thanks to everyone who came down, packed out and partied with us at our Attic presents Cody Currie event. We enjoyed excellent, positive vibes right throughout the evening—from the deeper, disco warm-ups early on, all the way to the pumping dance floor burners during the early hours from Norm De Plume and Cody, himself! Special thanks also to Carly, Picnic Touring & Events and the team at...

We've been itching to get this one up and available since that glorious Sydney Saturday afternoon at Ivy Pool Club a couple of weeks back—and here it is! For context, we were asked to open up proceedings at the first 'Toast' event of the season and, despite the grim weather forecast; Mother Nature turned it on for all... so, we responded accordingly. "The Fazz" and I—unofficially waving the Attic...

Well, here is a new mix from me: something compiled, executed and delivered, just because... Since we kicked off our Attic project last year; the vast majority of my DJ'ing has been centred around a housier, disco-centric sound—for which Attic is known—for both, our own events and other ad hoc DJ bookings in around town. Of course, we love our Attic sound, however; during this last little while—so...

Here is a fresh new mix from us—and one that definitely gives us the warm and fuzzies! So, our 'Attic' brand as a whole, the music we push—and, indeed, Andrew and I as individual DJs—is often centred around music on the lower, slower, deeper, warm-up tip. That is a label we've always worn with pride. Well, in this instance, our good friend, Flynn—of 'Move 4 Mood' fame—was kind enough to book us fo...

So, as the dust has settled on our recent Attic event headlined by Laurence Guy—our fourth instalment—I am making available my recorded set from the evening. I opened up shop for the first hour on this occasion, so, accordingly; this is very much a lower, slower effort—105 BPM upwards—though, in doing so, I did my best to retain a lot of the melodic elements that make up our "Attic sound". I reall...

Here's a new mix courtesy of the Attic stable from Mr. Fazzolari @andrewfazzolari and myself—a warm-up effort on this occasion, recorded live from our recent takeover for 'Nights Like This!' at Goodbar in Sydney. We were handed the reigns of the upstairs bar for the entire evening, and we invited our new Melbournian friends, Milos and Jimmy from Kyoku Records @kyokurecords to join us! We all playe...

We headed over to Manly last Friday evening to spread the Attic deeper disco vibes at Havana Beach Club for the 'Original Vibe' brand @originalvibemusic. We arrived, loaded with plenty of new weapons we were itching to play: new cuts from Folamour's @folamour new album—no surprises there obviously!—as well as Ari Bald @aribald, Cody Currie @1codycurrie, Ethyène @ethyene and Black Loops @blackloops...

Here is my recorded set from last Sunday evening, closing up S*A*S*H By Day: the daytime stanza of the amazingly strong and ever-consistent weekly event. I played right after the day's headliner, Scottish house guru, Jasper James. The crowd—as is always the case with S*A*S*H—were extremely welcoming and certainly up-for-it, and lapped up the unseasonal warmer Sydney vibes with an abundance of smil...

Here is the recording from my set last weekend at the Queen's Birthday long weekend edition of Foxlife, playing alongside Slyfox resident, Rabbit Taxi @rabbittaxi, Pip Dalton @pipsda and Öncüm Yılmaz @oncumyilmaz. I was handed the closing duties on this occasion—a fresh change and a little different from the warm-up set times to which I'm generally used to!—and played right through 'till morning,...

Well, after a sizeable weekend, we can finally make available our recorded set from S*A*S*H By Day at Greenwood Hotel: Andrew Fazzolari—the other half of Attic—and I, opening the afternoon's proceedings. Of course, just two days before, we'd hosted our second Attic event—with Nachtbraker joining us as our very special guest—so it was fitting and incredibly enjoyable to share the bill with Maurits...

Here is my recorded set from my recent Peoples Club debut, playing upstairs in the bar from ten 'till midnight, last Friday night. The crowd — and, indeed, the bar staff — were incredibly receptive and seemed to be enjoying the musical offerings; as was I. I played a bunch of my current favourites, and snuck in a couple from a selection of Peoples Club @pplsclub favourites, too — Andy Hart, Axel B...

Here is my set from Apollo Arcade at Secret Garden Bar in Enmore, from a few weeks back. This was an incredibly enjoyable set, and a wonderful opportunity to play a complete, two-hour, vinyl only set! I've just managed to compile the tracklisting for this one — which you'll appreciate takes a little longer for such a set! — and, for what it's worth, I generally try and buy vinyl-only releases, too...

A massive thank you to the S.A.S.H crew for placing their trust in our Attic brand and inviting us to host The Maze at their incredible — and amazingly consistent — event. We had an absolute blast! Cris, Kerry, Matt, Jack and the crew: you really know how to make your artists and DJs feel valued and welcome. It's an absolute credit to you all. And with that, a big shout to all of those who listene...

Well, what a truly magical night that was! We're truly pleased to have brought you our first — of hopefully, many — Attic events and will reflect on this one with big smiles for a long, long time! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us — there were positive vibes right throughout the place from start-to-finish, and everyone in attendance was incredibly complimentary. To see a project...

Here is the recording from my recent set at S*A*S*H, closing The Den in the early hours of Monday morning! Massive shouts to the super-receptive crowd who danced right throughout — many of whom very likely kicking on from the 'Tell No Tales' festival from earlier in the day! I was able to play a wide range of tunes that are currently floating my boat: from my current 'Attic'-style cuts, some disco...

'Attic' is the brainchild of Sydney jocks, Brendan Clay and Andrew Fazzolari; devised as a medium to promote their love for low, slow grooves, thick basslines and loose, swinging drums. Attic is tailored to those searching for an avenue for deep, soulful, disco-infused and melodically-inclined house music. Fundamentally, its focus is the promotion of quality, hand-picked local talent, foremost; re...