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CIRCO Festival Perf stage killer Tina Says has a rad new mix for the weekend.. Hard to believe that CIRCO Festival is only a week away (tickets HERE) and the office is well into festival organisation stress level mode engaged, but this new mix from one of our Perf Stage artists has definitely eased the tension. Tina Says is a local DJ/producer who's been carving a strong name for herself with some killer sets supporting some big name artists 'round these parts. This year she's started moving into the production world, and her recent dabblings in the house world have resulted in this new mix, featuring the likes of Zhu, Julio Bashmore, Golden Features and more. It's pretty bassy, and pretty bangin', and all gold. Follow Tina Says on SOUNDCLOUD // FACEBOOK

Attractive girls blowing up buildings with fluoro lights? I'll take that.. With only a couple of months between now and Porter Robinson's much-hyped debut album Worlds (Aug 8), the buzz for the US electro star's debut LP grows and grows. Following a couple of great singles in Sad Machine and Sea Of Voices, Lionhearted comes barrelling into your ear world with a visually impressive video clip directed by Jodeb. Doubling as Porter's acting debut, he's joined by a gang of Harajuku girls running riot in the night, smashing buildings into a sea of fluoro raver colour. You can enjoy it below, and pre-order Worlds via Robinson's WEBSITE.

Slappin' da bass ahead of CIRCO Festival.. How much can you accomplish in 12 months? I can think of one guy who could probably trump that. King of Bass and veteran in the Australian music scene, Michael Di Francesco – better known as Touch Sensitive – is one of the many amazing acts to be playing CIRCO Festival next weekend in Perth (got yo TICKET YET?). In between Pizza Guy, a US tour and multiple remixes and collaborations, Touch Sensitive has made a pretty reputable name for himself in the Australian and International Dance Music scene. We got to chat with him to discuss his recent success, being a perfectionist and what’s still to come.

One of the many rad artists playing this year's Hidden Treasures in Fremantle.. Presented by the City of Fremantle, Hidden Treasures is now in its fourth year of creating unique collaborations and dialogues between musicians and music lovers, softening the barriers between performers and audiences in some of Fremantle's coolest spaces. This year sees four venues in Fremantle’s West End playing host to Hidden Treasures every Thursday in July, including Fremantle Workers Club, The Navy Club, The Buffalo Club and new addition - the PS Art Space. One $10 ticket will grant a night’s membership to all four venues, which will host staggered performances so that music lovers can wander from one music hot spot to the next. You can read up more on what nights are on offer by heading to the Hidden Treasures FACEBOOK, but before you do, get to know one of the acts playing who also happen to have the most amazing band name ever - Aborted Tortoise.

Noap Studios road test their winter range with an unassisted hike over The Stirling Ranges.. A few weeks ago the guys behind Noap Studio set off into the West Australian wilderness to conquer Koikyennuruff - otherwise known as The Stirling Ranges. The plan was to road test their latest winter gear and put together a Lookbook of sorts. It was a three day, unassisted hike over 28.5 kilometres at over 1000 metres above sea level, so as you can imagine it was pretty taxing on the body, but Jack and the guys preserved and conquered the trial. Along the way the Lookbook got pushed to the side and it wasn’t until they got home that they realised they had captured this amazing adventure, which they have titled The Third Arrow.

Perth hip hop kid Coin Banks is hittin' the road.. Following the release of his killer EP Heads in March this year, WA born and bred hip hopper Coin Banks is taking the release (which features the likes of Ta-ku, 20syl and Homeboy Sandman) around the country. After being featured on Aus' music heavies like Rage, triple j, and our own RTRFM, Think Of You is currently killing it on the aforementioned youth broadcaster. After cutting his teeth with Perth hip hop outfit The Stoops, Coin Banks has spent the past couple of years honing his craft, and 2014 is shaping up to be huge. Check out the video clip for Hatches down the bottom, and catch him at one of the following dates: Click above for tickets via Oztix.

The UK-based soulstress recorded a typically beautiful cover for Rinse FM's Rinse Sessions.. As part of a recent Rinse Session for influential London-based radio station Rinse FM, Eglo Records darling Fatima laid down this beautiful rendition of SWV's Rain, complete with indoor umbrella and all. You can check out the whole Rinse Session HERE, or head to the Rinse FM WEBSITE for more aural goodness. London-based peeps can also catch Fatima at a few upcoming dates, head to her FACEBOOK to find out more.

Recent WME signee Just A Gent is having a pretty great time of things at the moment.. After a killer start to the year getting props from the likes of What So Not's Emoh Instead, Just A Gent has had a stellar run of originals and remixes alike - most recently putting his touch to Madison Avenue's Don't Call Me Baby, and this week updating Tears For Fear's seminal classic, Everybody Wants To Rule The World. AND he's just signed with WME, AND he's about to embark on his debut Australian tour. Did we mention he's only 17? It's about time you got to know Just A Gent a little better..

A few of Golden Features' favourite things.. Header photo via AdamNOTeve / CAN'T SAY. CIRCO Festival is so freaking close AKA Saturday June 28 for those playing at home (go BUY SOME TICKETS if you haven't already), and one of the artists we are most excited about is Golden Features. The mysteriously masked man dropped a cracking (free) EP on us at the start of the year and has been backing it up with some huge sets since then. Over that time we've slowly learned more about the producer, whose real name is Tom Stell from Sydney, formerly of big room EDM duo Kyro & Bomber. We asked Stell to take a few photos of his favourite things, so peel a few more layers back behind the mask, and get amped for CIRCO Festival. 1. MY MASK First things first, this is my face. It was fabricated by the amazing people at Big Kahuna Industries who have made props for a bunch of movies including The Matrix. For anybody wondering, it's extremely hard to see through. 2. MY ZOOM H6 RECORDER Next up is my Zoo

Celebrate 10 years of Community Records with their 10 fave releases.. From a two person street art project to a collective of 30-plus, The Community is celebrating 10 years of awesome music, art and parties this weekend - Saturday 21 June, with one seriously epic show over two rooms at The Bakery. Featuring Naik, Mathas, Diger Rokwell, YLEM, Vishnu, Lowaski, Ouroboinc Plague, Maxy Bills, The Boost Hero Man, Archi, DJ Silence, Wisdom 2th, Empty, FG, Yarhkob, Setvice (Band), Arms in Motion, Sibalance, Tripl M.U.M and DVS, you can find out more details on the event HERE. We asked two of the Community's main men - and celebrated artists in their own right - hip hop head Mathas and worldly beatsmith Diger Rokwell, to reflect on the past decade of unearthing serious underground talent on the west coast with 10 of their favourite releases from The Communtiy stable. Enjoy them below, and keep up to speed with The Community's goings-on via their FACEBOOK and/or WEBSITE.

This year's biggest dance track gets the ODESZA flip.. Sometimes the stars just align and some of your favourite artists combine for rad results. In today's edition of that happening, one of the CIRCO Festival acts we're beyond excited about is ODESZA (check our interview with them HERE), and they've turned their attention to Zhu's huge (and getting huger) track, Faded. We have it on pretty good authority Zhu will be down under a bit later in the year (in fact there'll probably be a post about that tomorrow), but until then enjoy ODESZA's slightly darker take on what will surely end up being one of 2014's most played tracks. Along with CIRCO Festival, ODESZA are playing a few sideshows while they're in the country. It's criminal that it's taken them this long to get down here, so make sure you catch 'em: 21 June: Sydney @ The Roller Den DJ Set at RÜFÜS Afterparty 22 June: Sydney @ Enmore Theatre w/ RÜFÜS 25 June: Melbourne @ 170 Russell w/ Kele & Hayden James 26 June: Sydney @ The Met