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aways the guy in the group to download new songs, put them on my iPod, and … supply the music for pre-drinks”) but it was a mate’s interest in a hardware deal that got him into DJing and creating his own music. “I thought, ‘Why not?’ I played guitar, and I thought 'I’ve got that knowledge behind me, so why not give it a shot?' It’s good to have that theory behind you as well, because you can hear the songs that are in key, you can break down a track, which helps with the production side of things because you’re not just winging it, you’re got a little bit of a plan.” Having supported Tigerlily's solo tour and Rudimental and Peking Duk's Vanfest stint during their various visits to Dubbo, Caleb’s now taken a step back to re-discover what it was he loved about DJing in the first place. “To build the passion for it again,” he explains. “It’s easy to lose yourself to that whole popularity thing, finding gigs, travelling. It turns more into a task rather than a passion that you once had.” Keep an eye out for Caleb coming to a Vanfest, Defqon or pre-drinks near you soon.

W hen Caleb Watmore started at Dubbo’s brand new JB Home store in September, he was listening to a lot of underground dance and trap. “I’m a big hardstyle head,” the DJ and producer says. “Its your uptempo, 150bpm, really hard dance music – you’ve got your Melbourne bounce and house which is sitting around 128bpm, but this goes one step further.” He still loves his dance, but listening to some of the other wares in-store prompted new appreciation for a number of existing acts. “Empire of the Sun’s new

one, Two Vines – I’d heard their songs on the radio here and there, but listening in-store gave me a chance to hear them and I thought it was unreal. I found out one of the guys is half of Pnau, I didn’t know that backstory!” He was also taken with SAFIA’s debut album: “I was pretty impressed – his voice is unreal,” he says. “SAFIA and Empire of the Sun would be equal second [releases of the year] to Flume, ‘cause you can’t really go past Skin ." The Movies and Music Co- ordinator has always been into discovering music (“I was

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