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Maximum fun on minimum funds.. Weekend vices at a nice price, so you'll still have some lunch money when Monday rolls 'round. (Image: Shane Lynam) TGIF RHYTHMS This Friday night spells free at the William Street Bird for Rhythmatism, a laid back club offering including a selection of Perth’s best beat makers Jack Doepel, Henry Maxwell, Rok Riley and Ben M. If you ain’t got much going on, you can get your dance on and groove away to free vibes all night. Guaranteed good time for somebody without much bank. - Charles  When & Where: Fri Feb 6, William Street Bird, 141 William Street, Northbridge FEEL ALIVE FOR FIVE Lo-fi dive bar The Hideaway is throwing out a bunch of drink specials for $5 to celebrate that it’s Friday – from spiced rum to schooners -  the best thing about this happy hour is that it goes for three hours. Three very happy hours. Local DJs Willliams and Monroe keeping the tunes flowing as fast and chilled as the cheap beers. – Dani When & Where: Fri Feb, 7pm – 10pm. The Hi

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The Melbourne disco-funk duo give us an insight to some of their influences.. GL are engaging in a hectic start to 2015 - with show announcements coming out the wazoo. Check down the bottom of this post for a full wrap because there's a heap, although Melbourne fans are in for a triple treat this March when they take up an artist residency at Hugs & Kisses starting March 4. Click the poster below to go to the Facebook Event, then revel in the glory that is GL's 'tiny' guide to some of their electro-funk favourites. GL'S TINY GUIDE TO ELECTRO-FUNK: Kevin McCord - From the band One Way and known for his hits with Alicia Meyers, but it's the stuff from his own label Presents Records that really gets us: Leon F Sylvers - You can pretty much listen to anything written or produced by Leon and know that it will be amazing: Hubert Eaves III - Best known for his work with D Train as the producer of the Boogie classic You're The One For Me, Hubert also wrote and produced this one for a group

Go storm-chasing to the tune of Tchami's banger, Promesses.. The father of future-house will soon be back in the country for Future Music Festival, and any time we find some news that's Tchami-related is fine by us. This video clip is a couple of weeks old, but we only just stumbled upon it today so we're gonna fucking talk about it. Why? Because it's pretty beautifully shot, and tells a pretty cool (although sadly fictional story) about Oaklahama's Struckist Subculture. What's a struckist? I'm assuming it means someone who chases lightning, because that's what seems to be happening in this video. And what a merry band of misfits they are - tieing forks to their persons, dressing up in full armour, all to attract the lure of the lightning, and get some sweet electrified body art in the process. Follow Tchami: FACEBOOK / SOUNDCLOUD

US producer pumps up the tropical-vibes with new remix.. Taking influence from the likes of Hudson Mohawke (catch our interview with him HERE), Cashmere Cat and Just Blaze, US-born producer AObeats has released a stellar new remix, flipping London’s tune Juice on its head and packing it full of tropical vibes. With his typical hip hop overtones evident throughout the track, AObeats transforms the original a capella into a future-esque, chilled-out track, overflowing with tropical xylophone, circling synth, some funky percussion and a heap of bass to top it all off. It’s a definite tune and up for free download HERE. Follow A0BEATS: FACEBOOK

PC Music's enigmatic female icon Hannah Diamond opens up in new web series.. Underground dance music has been talking in pop's language of late; with producer A.G. Cook's UK-based upstart label (well, more of a semi cultural movement, lately) PC Music leading the charge in this new conversation. Pilerats were lucky enough to have a first hand experience of the label when SOPHIE and SOPHIE's visually provocative female stand-in/mascot QT, performed at our Christmas party. While QT is usually the female most put forward in association with PC Music, her talent is mostly limited to standing around in metallic outerwear holding energy drinks. Producer / vocalist Hannah Diamond, meanwhile, has been putting in W-O-R-K.  She's recorded a series of singles, most recently Every Night back in November, has provided guest vocals for AG Cook's Keri Baby, co-edits/ directs photography for the tongue-in-cheek, visually intriguing online publication LOGO Magazine, and has modelled for London latex cl