ArtistInfo

Maloonatic

GB
Dance
A.k.a. Micheal Aird

Maloonatic, hailing from Gabberdeen (Aberdeen, Scotland to normal folks) originally, started djing in 95' but was initially drawn to dance music after hearing The Prodigy - "Everybody in the Place" in 91'. In the mid to late 90's Maloonatic played a few gigs in Scotland under the aliases 'The Assassin', & 'HollowPoint' (after finding out there was already a Dj Assassin, changed to HollowPoint) playing support for dj's such as Gabberdeen, Lenny Dee, M-Zone, Smurf, Bass Generator, Chosen Few, Paul Elstak, Sharkey, Force & Styles, Ultimate Buzz, Scott Brown, and the usual local lineups every scene has. Being a musician, Maloonatic was always going to be drawn to the Turntablist side of djing and soon took to learning the craft that is the technical art of turntablism. Maloonatic moved to Australia in 2003 and initially began making in-roads to the breaks scene as on the surface there did not seem to be much hardcore around in Perth (How wrong he was!). Maloonatic found the Breaks scene very cliquey to break into and quickly became disenchanted with it. Luckily a friend of Maloonatic, MC Partee, came over to Australia around that time (also from Aberdeen) for a few years and was a bit more pro-active in searching out the Hardcore Massive in Perth and thus found F.O.R.C.E. Entertainment. After introducing Maloonatic to Dan F.O.R.C.E., Maloonatic played a set at 'A.W.O.L. Oldskool' and was consequently made a F.O.R.C.E. resident. That was around 2008, since then he has played at nearly all the F.O.R.C.E events, also featuring regularly at Perth's (now defunct), Hardest club night "Dominate". Over the last few years, Maloonatic has supported internationals D-BLOCK & S-te-Fan @ Magic City (Perth), SMURF (UK), TOMMYKNOCKER (IT), Art of Fighters (IT) & ANTRAX (NL) in Perth, & NOIZE SUPPRESSOR (IT) in Sydney & Perth,. Maloonatic also played at Defqon.1 Australia 2013, on Black stage, alongside internationals Anime, Mad Dog, Endymion, & Partyraiser! Sept 2011 saw his first release on The Harder View Digital THV011, a remix EP of Cytosynes track 'Lost'. Jan 2012: Fuck That Shit ft Slap N Tickle MC on UK based label Deton8 Digital, which reached #6 in the TrackItDown Dutch Hardcore charts. May 2013: Way of the Dead 2 tracker EP on Toxic Sickness Digital TSD003 A: The Way (also reached #6 in TrackItDown Dutch Hardcore charts) B: Stories of the Dead You can catch a Maloonatic set on UK based online radio station "Toxic Sickness" fortnightly on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month @ 8pm GMT & plays occasionally on Playhardstyle.com on the Perthcore Show hosted by Slap N Tickle MC. Check out the links: www.toxicsickness.com playhardstyle.com A Maloonatic set will be dark, hard, devoid of any cheesy melodies (if there is a melody it will usually be quite moody) and between the range of 160 - 220bpm. It will be more than just a dj set, doing things most dj's wouldn't dare think of doing live. Bringing the set to life with beat juggling & scratching (both of which he is renowned for) , and one of, if not the only hardcore/gabba dj in Australia (at least in Western Australia), using a blend of Vinyl, Traktor with Vinyl Timecodes (where applicable, at times has to make do with CDJ's), and the X1 controller. You can witness the energy & passion in a Maloonatic dj set and can hear it in his own tracks which have been breaking shins & causing MC's to fall of stages all over Perth! A set not to be missed.