What's the BPM?

2025 lets go!!!EP 15 features one of Australia's greatest dj's - Mark Dynamix. Mark has a huge history within the Aussie scene, from Raves to Festivals to Clubs, he has done it all.Mark has produced multiple best selling mix compilations, hosted radio shows, toured all over Aus and the world and produced many club hits in the studio.He walks us through the full story of his journey in the scene in this podcast. It was my pleasure to yet again meet one of my heroes in the flesh and what gentleman he was!PLURCheck out Mark's music here > https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iR8ZKA7y4sAiYtX64kRlACheck out Mark's YouTube channel here > https://www.youtube.com/@MarkDynamixCheck out Mark's Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/markdynamix/Follow the podcast page account here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to another episode of What's The BPM?This episode features the world famous dj and producer 'Tall Paul Newman' During the show we talk about Paul's early days as a kid in London. The inception of Turnmills Nightclub. We also chat about Paul's insane touring and dj schedule that inevitably took a toll on his mental and physical health. Nowadays his recent touring calendar is not as chaotic but the shows are still as big as ever.I learnt so much recording this one, I hope you guys will too!Thanks once again for giving me your time. Steve.PLUR check out Paul's Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/dj1tallpaul/ https://www.instagram.com/originalravers/ https://www.instagram.com/phree_d_recordings/Check out Paul's music on his YouTube channel here > https://www.youtube.com/@DJTallPaulCheck out Paul's Spotify here > https://open.spotify.com/artist/0RXgSe2pCSZ6DJitqJZ6ntDon't forget to give us a 5 Star Review on the podcast platform that you use.Check out the podcast page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back for another episode featuring the talented Australian Dj, Phil Smart. Phil has been involved in the Australian scene since its inception and has played a major role in creating some of best parties and club nights in the Country.In this podcast we cover Phil's story from the early days of raves and clubbing in Sydney, to the recent club events and chill out sets he plays sometimes today. Sitting and chatting to with Phil was a real treat and i'm grateful he took the time to sit with me and tell his story, I look forward to checking out some of his gigs in the future.Respect!Check out some of the links below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvAMj8VRRLo&t=1727shttps://soundcloud.com/philsmarthttps://www.instagram.com/dj_philsmart/Check out the podcast page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ PLUR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Batten down the Hatches. There's a Hurricane coming!!!!!Yesssssssss team! This episode is with the multiple Muay Thai and Boxing Champion Paul Briggs. Many of you might not know that Paul is also known as Dj Hurricane. Paul explains how he got into the rave scene and how he learnt to mix at the B Boy All Stars clothing shop in the Valley. He walks us through the ups and downs of being a professional fighter and a hardcore raver and Dj. He's lived a wild life but survived to tell the tail!Once again, thank you all the support team!PLURcheck out some of Paul's highlight reels here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh7yd9HJIPAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1ku1Ah7ZQ&t=82scheck out his Instagram page here > https://www.instagram.com/paulbriggs_theartofboxing/Check out the What's The BPM podcast page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast features an international guest, Ben Woods AKA Ben Lost. Ben has one of the most fascinating careers in the UK Dance Music scene, from working in a local music shop to working for one of the most influencial record labels in the world (Hooj Tunes) We learn about the beginnings of 'Lost Language' where nearly every release sold thousands of copies to the challenging time the whole industry faced when illegal mp3 downloading basically ended Vinyl sales. Ben had an international Dj career off the back of all the work he did for the labels, he recently he played at the massive trance festival 'Luminosity' and is still gigging regularly to this day.I really enjoyed this interview Ben was a top guy and I could have listened to him tell stories for hours.PLURCheck out Bens Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/_ben_lost_/Check out the live dj mix recorded at the Luminosity Festival here > https://soundcloud.com/luminosityevents-1/ben-lost-lost-languageCheck out the podcast instagram page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Episode features Noel Burgess.Noel was a founder of one of the first live Electronic bands in Australia (Vision Four 5). He talks us through the bands inception, tours of Australia, self funded record releases to getting signed to the majors.I won't spoil the Podcast but i'll say the chances are you have listened to Noels productions 100's times without even knowing, over the years he has been prolific in the studio and behind the scenes of the Aussie music business.If you are a dance music fan, you must check out his YouTube channel linked below, it has some of the best old skool footage online.Thanks for all the downloads team!PLURhttps://www.youtube.com/@visionfour5Please follow the What's The BPM podcast page on Instagram for more updates - https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another international interview this episode, featuring the super talented, super passionate, Super Progressive Journalist William Noglows. Will is seriously one of the most stoked up and passionate guys in the dance music scene, he was so fun and interesting to talk to!In this Podcast we discover how 'Super Progressive' was born and the story behind Will's passion and drive to create this type of content and also where he plans to take it in the future. Enjoy this one team and remember PLURCheck out Will's Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/superprogressive/Check out Will's Youtube channel here > https://www.youtube.com/@SuperProgressiveCheck out the podcast page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/Check out my personal page here > https://www.instagram.com/steve_woolley/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 8 and we are chatting to one of my personal Dj heroes, originally from Melbourne but moved to the UK to work for Dave Seaman at Stress records. Since that move, Anthony has risen through the ranks of underground house music djs. He's released multiple mix compilation CD's, toured all over the world and produced one of the biggest dance music anthems of all time. (Freefall - Skydive)His Facebook lock down live streams went into the millions of views and he currently has a calender of gigs booked in for this year as long as your arm!If he ever comes to your city, definitely check him out!Enjoy this one team, With the living legend..... Anthony Pappacheck out Anthony's instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/pappa.anthony/Check out Anthony's Facebook page here > https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyPappaDJThis is the Pioneer video we talked about during the podcast > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTrHiAbgks8Please follow the Podcast instagram page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/Please follow my personal Instagram page here > https://www.instagram.com/steve_woolley/Please give us a 5 Star review on your podcast platform that you listen on.PLUR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first in the series of bonus shows called Naughty Noughties, these bonus shows will feature guys who in the local or national scene were popular or cut their teeth in the 2000's. Rich is one of these guys, his Dj skills lead to gigs on local shows and national radio shows such as JJJ's mix up. He then began a studio career that boomed imediately and this lead to more gigs including international tours that we cover in this podcast.Be sure to check out Rich's music on Beatport here > https://www.beatport.com/artist/rich-curtis/161317check out his Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/richcurtisdj/check out the podcast Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/Check out my personal page here > https://www.instagram.com/steve_woolley/Thanks for all the support teamWe continue...... PLUR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back team, this episode features another of the original elite Australian Dj's, Abel Toro.Abel has done it all from promoting, dj'ing, Producing and touring.We cover It all in this podcast.Thanks for listening.PLURPlease check out Abel's socials here > https://www.instagram.com/dj.abeltoro/Check his website here > https://abeltoro.com.au/Check out this live set here > https://www.mixcloud.com/abeleltoro/mos-testament-dj-abel-11-june-2021/also check out my Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/steve_woolley/Finally the podcast page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to another story time EP, this one tells the story of Anthony Pappa and how he got me a tune I had been searching for years for.Stay Safe TeamPLURThis is the record I had been searching for > Zee - Dreamtime (Quivver mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXshlQdmxY0This is one of the Quivver tunes he played at The Met on the first promotion we did with him - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp4VN1JpRx0Unfortunately it looks like his Facebook live lockdown mixes have been taken down, if anyone can link me to any i'll add them to this later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Episode features one of Australia's biggest dance music professionals, from Djing to Producing music to running some of the biggest festivals in the world.Mark tells us about his first dj gig in Brisbane, how he grew his career and started his own clubs and record labels. Mark tells us some funny stories from the old days, we discuss some of the festivals he's ran over the years and also his latest creative project 'Two Tribes Records'Please check out Marks latest music here > https://www.beatport.com/artist/mark-james-au/713016Marks Instagram here > https://www.instagram.com/markjamesdj/For a full artist bio click here > https://ra.co/dj/markjames/biographyPlease follow the What's The BPM page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/PLUR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Viv Craske is the former editor of mixmag and Ministry magazine (Ministry of sound magazine) Viv tells us about his early clubbing days to running one of the biggest dance music publications in the world, we cover the dis, music and cover mount cds from that golden era. Viv has recently launched his own music project and has already been signed to two of the best labels out there. Check his Soundcloud here > https://soundcloud.com/snubbelriskMake sure to give us a 5 star review on your podcast platform (Spotify/Apple etc) and check out the instagram page here > https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/PLURWool Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just a little catch up show to keep this channel alive, In this podcast I give a bit of background of my own life and how I got into the dance music scene from Djing and promoting events.Share this one around with any Dj's and let them know I'm keen to get more guests on board.PLURLink to the Sasha gig here > https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sasha-brisbane-show/160486Link to Danny Clockworks book here > https://www.amazon.com/GOULD-BLIMEY-01-Book-1-ebook/dp/B07VBXMWV2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=JU29DTC2NOK0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ADNjdMdnmnwuJh2mnvZk74SB2rlQpP1j-6hF1oYKO-dcT8gbfKBFw-Se22OjGgNXGfzICGPZRultabLQMRhSBCQkFcLwUOz5DjJyQ85AiUF-W0pSxIio236bqHcvcW8_se-Zd2nX4XB7P7GTqa1m5E3ptJjfW75vDRMPUZtm90V8SoUis2XH0TBvgt_RoefN571D7TWkbavnngzzWJgZy2MPG_tRvc2-ngTvk_yjFPw.VfJKIIYSRx1-R4lK2KdtOp4UKwKJ235LSU5GIEqb-fE&dib_tag=se&keywords=danny+gould+clockwork+orange&qid=1710335239&sprefix=danny+gould+clockwork+orang%2Caps%2C302&sr=8-2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back with a really special show featuring the legendary UK Dj Phil Perry, what a story from Ibiza in the 80's to private parties at the Ministry Of Sound, this one is packed with loads of history.We continue......Please add the instagram page https://www.instagram.com/whats_the_bpm/ as I'll be posting all the updates there, who is keen for a Phil Perry part 2? check his Essential Mix here > https://soundcloud.com/iridiumdj/241-essential-mix-1998-01-04?si=0055f1e0096543e7bea00e790c7c7d28&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingPLUR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Dj Ken Jensen, Ken began his dj career in the 80's and is still rocking guest spots to this day. Ken talks about the early days of the Brisbane scene from Strawberry Fields to the site and more....PLUR check out his mix tape 'The Third Eye' here > https://youtu.be/OcA1LgJ-wF4Check out Ken live at this up coming gig here > https://thetriffid.com.au/event/sounds-of-the-underground-2/Kens Facebook here > https://www.facebook.com/djfarkengruven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second episode features one of QLD's most well known Rave Mcs, he has played every major rave in Brisbane, with nearly every major artist. He's a real larrikan and has some crazy stories from the 'old days'.Enjoy a good chin wag with Matt Gaffney AKA MC Splitboy.PLURcheck him out here > https://www.mixcloud.com/System6Brisbane/system-6-scott-brown-vs-mc-splitboy-overdrive-july-2003/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first Episode and its a banger! One of the original Brisbane Rave DJs, joins us for a chat about his long Career and his journey into the scene and loads more!Put your headphones on and turn it up!!! The one the only Barking Boy.Please share this with any old ravers who you think might enjoy it.PLURCheers Woolinstagram.com/whats_the_bpm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.