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A Noise In My Head Guide To Sex Tags Mania

Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

This weekend Sydney is blessed with an influx of some modern dance music masters, the Dutch underground house hero Young Marco, and the inimitable DJ Sotofett and DJ Fett Burger. It's an essential line-up prepared by the exceptional party throwers Picnic Touring and Events. For those unfamiliar with the work of Nordic brothers Sotofett and Fett Burger, they're behind the forward-thinking, self-distributed labels Sex Tags Amfibia, Sex Tags Mania, Sex Tags UFO and Mongo Fett, all of which cover new territory in dance music. Expect combinations of jungle, techno, dub, disco, house, punk, ambient and breakbeat. There's endless collaborations and support for artists of the past and present, from Frak to Tim 'Love' Lee, Tapes to Telephones. You could disappear for days exploring any branch of their extensive family tree. As DJs, Fett Burger and Sotofett's sets can and will lead anywhere, all you need to do is just surrender and go with it. In short, the siblings refuse to walk the line and are fiercely uncompromising. When I invited them to do a mix for Noise In My Head during the 3RRR FM years, I was only able to put it online if I recorded the broadcast on cassette and later digitised it. Sotofett's production requests come with similar rules – no digital and only snippets for online promo. Thankfully they haven't done a Prince and pulled down these 10 defining moments from YouTube. Watch the following, but don't forget to leave the computer in time for tomorrow's party.

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DJ Grillo Wiener - Disco Fire:

This is peak time spaced-out disco fyre. No idea who DJ Grillo Wiener is but his potentially fabled narrative leads to a former hot-dog seller turned DJ residing in Stjå, Norway.

Transilvanian Galaxi – Transilvanian Galaxi:

Something scary from the artist also known as Skatebård.

Doc L Junior - You Know How to Dance:

Massive disco house tune that'll have you bouncing off the walls.

DJ Sotofett & Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Main Bar Mix:

Balearic scorcher from Sotofett and a local tram driver guitarist whose an incredible artist in his own right and should be as big as Ariel Pink and Connan Mockasin combined.

DJ Fett Burger & Luca Lozano - Electric Blue:

Utterly bananas breakbeat collaboration. Berliner Luca Lozano is another producer worth investigating further.

DJ Sotofett & Karolin Tampere - Nondo Original Mix (feat. Maimouna Haugen):

Probably doing a disservice to their expansive catalogue by posting two tracks from Sotofett's latest Honest Jon's 2x12" but this master work was carved with deep feeling.

Frak - Second Coming:

Sex Tags pay their respects to veteran Swedish analogue unit Frak whose legendary story dates back to 1987. Spiked punch. Available now if you own a mint $.

DJ Sotofett presents Another Bhakti Mix - Trans-Jungle-Ride:

Played to best effect when juggled by the label head. Epic tripped out jungle riddum.

DJ Fett Burger & Stiletti-Ana - Seriously Goodbye:

Emotions.

Catch DJ Sotofett and DJ Fett Burger performing with Young Marco in a Picnic Presents gig, Saturday April 18th at Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney. Tickets available here