Live Review: Sandro Dallarmi has dropped a monster mix celebrating 2016 in Aussie dance music

If anyone was going to create a sensational mixtape celebrating all the triumphs the Australian dance music world experienced in otherwise bleak year, it should damn well be SANDRO DALLARMI. Between being the mastermind behind FBi Click - one of the nation's finest dance music stations - and being a mainstay in the Sydney DJ scene, it would seem only fitting that he should be the one to compile arguably the most definitive Aussie dance mixtape of 2016.

Australian music had a monstrous 2016, especially for electronic music. Our golden child Flume made the year all his own, snagging an ARIA for Album of the Year as well as TWO GRAMMYS (!!!) for his stunning sophomore record Skin. Absolute queen Tkay Maidza completely dominated the scene with a take on both dance and hip-hop that is completely all her own and dropped one of the strongest Australian debuts all year. And, of course, The Avalanches made their grand return after 15 years to the music scene to the delight of pretty much everyone and their dog.

SANDRO DALLARMI's mixtape showcases all that and more. It bangs relentlessly for almost two hours but by the end you're still going to hit repeat. Besides the aforementioned legends, the megamix also features the likes of Nina Las Vegas, Moonbase Commander, Young Franco, Sampology, Hi Life, Roland Tings and so, so many more. You definitely need to get your 2017 off on the right foot by reminiscing on what was so fantastic, and give you hope that this year will be just as fruitful.

Tracklist:

Basenji – Chroma

Roland Tings – Eyes Closed

Hi Life – When I Get 2 The Club

Swick – Energy (feat. Henrik The Artist)

Collarbones – The Cut

V Kim – Gold Chains (feat. Divoli S’vere)

Pelvis – Dance Freak Anthem

Mall Grab – Kalumbo

Tkay Maidza – Always Been

Dro Carey – Elevate (feat. Cadell & Chocolate)

Moonbase Commander – Greyhound

Ruins – Gradient

What So Not – Divide & Conquer

Zeke Beats – Meltdown

HWLS – Gamma (w/ ShockOne)

Melt Unit – You Can Have This (feat. Simo Soo & Zsa Zsa LaFine)

Herzeloyde – Oh (No)

Rattraps – Swan Dive

Corin – Vexations

Tyler Touché – Feel That You’re Real

Young Franco – Drop Your Love

GoldLink – Dark Skin Women (Cosmo’s Midnight & Swindail Remix)

The Avalanches – Subways

Harvey Sutherland & Bermuda – Bravado

Prequel – Saints (feat. Cazeaux O.S.L.O)

Sampology – Thicker Than Water (feat. Tiana Khasi)

Christopher Port – Before (feat. Airling)

Null – Static

Jikuroux – Ruptured Pulse

Slim Set – Imports (feat. Kimchi Princi)

Air Max ’97 – Face Up

BV – 135 Doing It

Friendships – When I Feel Like Killing, I Murder

Denzel Sterling – Rev (w/ Amy Axegale feat. Moistbreezy)

Manu Crooks – Assumptions

Swell – Forgive Me

Strict Face – Murderer (feat. K-Major)

Flume – Numb & Getting Colder (feat. Kučka)

Nina Las Vegas – Ezy

Lewis Cancut – Say Ok (feat. Tigarah)

Words by Jackson Langford

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