tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78516246876599373512024-02-22T18:23:44.330+10:30Aaron Duff / Chinese Electronic Music Project | Official Artist PageDJ / Producer of the Chinese Electronic Music Project, Aaron Duff combines traditional Asian instrumentation with electronic music genres such as lofi, synthwave, breaks, progressive and dnb.
Based in Adelaide, AustraliaAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-32607200183931245612023-04-04T12:44:00.008+09:302023-06-25T09:27:22.320+09:30A New Christian Music Record Label for Australia<p>Christian music in Australia needs a shake-up, so I have joined forces with other Christian artists, singers, producers and creatives to establish an indie record label focused solely on original, Christian pop music for Generation Z.</p><p>Our website and socials can be found below. Thanks for all your support!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-3pNOpbOo79UXnWnShPvmRSMebwfNs1vQZMsiWR7UrMIDcQQ-_7bX3YnUEyuFkwj0aqOeGJJj4eGF-KqoVb68Ni1ZKHzGdWwx2Wt2G2NNiIawvM1O_uvlD8EGE4l9koz6zkM_giV3V5SpN0w-yYfdYS5QFihynSlnrL0_0aNnIaXSAZfheeKjmaB/s977/Christian%20Records%20Logo.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Australian Christian Records Logo" border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="977" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-3pNOpbOo79UXnWnShPvmRSMebwfNs1vQZMsiWR7UrMIDcQQ-_7bX3YnUEyuFkwj0aqOeGJJj4eGF-KqoVb68Ni1ZKHzGdWwx2Wt2G2NNiIawvM1O_uvlD8EGE4l9koz6zkM_giV3V5SpN0w-yYfdYS5QFihynSlnrL0_0aNnIaXSAZfheeKjmaB/w200-h200/Christian%20Records%20Logo.png" title="New Record Label Logo" width="200" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.ozchristianrecords.com.au" target="_blank">Australian Christian Records Website</a></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ozchristianrecords">Facebook @ozchristianrecords</a></p><p><a href="http://www.instagram.com/ozchristianrecords">Instagram @ozchristianrecords</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/ozchristianrecords">Youtube.com @ozchristianrecords</a></p>Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-46411612159018971382022-12-23T14:45:00.001+10:302022-12-23T14:57:45.312+10:302022: Year in Review<p>Where do I start?</p><p>Another massive year for me professionally with some big gigs including OzAsia, AnimeGo and Asia Oasis introducing thousands of Adelaideans to my music and other cutting edge Asian electronic sounds.</p><p>This year, I also produced a few songs with most of them unreleased for now. I'm thinking I may put up an album's worth of material on my <a href="https://a-duff.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> around Chinese New Year. </p><p>I of course also worked with Chinese Canadian 3D pixel artist <b>bkvoxel</b> on my very first NFT now up on probably the most exclusive NFT gallery in SuperRare. It was a huge creative challenge, ensuring that the soundtrack I composed was able to seamlessly and dynamically change according to the users timezone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-YQeTMije8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p>Another highlight was giving a guest mix for one of the world's favourite Asian lofi masters in Elijah Nang and his East Asian Fusion Radio show. It was a lot more laidback than my usual sound and I had fun recording it live in my home studio - I even filmed it and you can listen below:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4B9h9FIMdeI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So what is in store for 2023?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Aside from my album release, I'm looking forward to play at Adelaide Chinatown's Chinese New Year Street Party on January 28.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm also beginning to do some work with some inspiring up-and-coming young artists for a very ambitious project and I can't wait to share more about this project soon.<br /><br />Have a great holiday season and amazing 2023!!</div>Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-10943200787827741562022-11-12T15:48:00.007+10:302022-11-12T15:52:58.950+10:30Riverside Reflection: An NFT ArtworkUnquestionably my most technically challenging artistic project, I have been working with Chinese Canadian 3D pixel (voxel) artist and engineer BKVoxel since February of this year to combine our love for traditional Chinese architecture and music with the most modern of artforms.<div><br />We worked together step-by-step on the same vision, creating the music and art to complement each other and I drew upon my experience living in what was formerly known as Manchuria, I have also taken inspiration from video games such as Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Genshin Impact to combine traditional Chinese instrumentation with modern production techniques and sounds</div><div><br />The result is 3 distinct compositions that play seamlessly with BKVoxel's amazing diorama of Chinese village life across your real-life daytime, sunset, or night-time - no matter where on the world you may be.<br /><br /></div><div>Out now on what is probably the most exclusive crypto-art auction house SuperRare, this 24 hour dynamic artwork has been minted as an NFT with a reserve price of 2 Ethereum but can be enjoyed by everyone for free at: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsuperrare.com%2F0xb67397c550a6198a34d2288d6c4418411518110b%2Friverside-reflections-3%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0iMIzs7WhH6gZSrpEBBu3bwuCiQNcZEsNKWwmpQwqRwQHSXxjcv9fxxj8&h=AT1CW4qZPdA9TPDS3krW3Fm6a7qaV6tDQJm6PNA_Z6s2_DyRAy1oIVzz2jEcJEIgZPryBf07b2R5TRQ-3x5-kASLxMqWaG3dM_0QUpOSNfbKWulO8x5WYZMWlLGNDRHjYw&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT14z_UZ1rckP9VTfCM4Z1jamIH5oRILjLRas89z3isK0_FZo8xuU0mMybxcPkevDg-s84Wef-44AkOLrbtXKD4-iP0SKWHgW5uZ7wNXAY2NYfh_iiCsHNnZQo0786EtgRAsExVi99UlC4d9hz83cxkMzaOOMbr3N-asR70">https://superrare.com/0xb67397c55.../riverside-reflections-3</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="285" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-YQeTMije8" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>STORY:<br />DAY (06:00 - 13:59)<br />The little robot is fishing while waiting for his friend. Running water flowing through the village evokes sunshine and a gentle breeze. As a wind instrument, the "dizi" or bamboo flute carries the lazy tune that floats through the air.<br /><br /></div><div>SUNSET (14:00 - 19:59)<br />As the moon begins to come around, villagers return home from work; children come out to play and kitchens get busy preparing for the night's festivities. Our little robot meets his friend by the bridge. The music in turn becomes livelier, with gentle percussion and a deep, drone bassline complementing those traditional sounds from earlier in the day.<br /><br /></div><div>NIGHT (20:00 - 05:59)<br />With the last of the sunlight gone, the soundtrack goes nearly all electronic with rich, retrowave sounds that wouldn't be out of place in an imagined future from 1980's Tokyo. Analogue synthesizers, airy reverb, and bubbling basslines that make it difficult to know whether you are in the moment or merely dreaming. In the echo of inspiring music, the little robot and his friend enjoy the night together.</div>Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-36636014834541268572022-09-28T18:14:00.000+09:302022-09-28T18:14:25.880+09:30OzAsia 2022<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HpV0fSFxH_eKzilf8Hi5xu_LJMWhdpK81bLGyXwhkWnekxvGMXHPZfPABKQkmvwCQur9vDYnMQuDEAFJOqsyKL-hZ6Argz_nN4CmRUwek6tLSzCDWouLgV8cjAsKrSKhNbpTX2RAx7wO4inHms1BlRudwumHpCtB4AIpwkgeILaomIvxuWi3MXdJ/s3517/OzAsia%202022%20Profile.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3517" data-original-width="2638" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HpV0fSFxH_eKzilf8Hi5xu_LJMWhdpK81bLGyXwhkWnekxvGMXHPZfPABKQkmvwCQur9vDYnMQuDEAFJOqsyKL-hZ6Argz_nN4CmRUwek6tLSzCDWouLgV8cjAsKrSKhNbpTX2RAx7wO4inHms1BlRudwumHpCtB4AIpwkgeILaomIvxuWi3MXdJ/w480-h640/OzAsia%202022%20Profile.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aaron Duff will be performing November 3 at OzAsia Festival</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Last year I performed a dj set on the opening night of <b>OzAsia Festival's Lucky Dumpling Market</b>. It was an incredible night with coloured lanterns strung up by Adelaide's River Torrens and maybe a thousand people sampling Asian street foods on the grassy hills of Elder Park. The weather was perfect, Adelaide Oval was lit up and I played some of my favourite tracks with many being my own productions through the sunset in what was a beautifully lazy evening.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">So I'm super excited to share I'll be back for OzAsia 2022!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'm busy preparing for another 2 hour set from <b>7:30pm </b>on <b>Thursday,</b> <b>November 3</b>. It will feature some of my own unreleased music from the Chinese Electronic Music Project as well as other artists I've discovered that like me, also combine traditional Asian instrumentation with electronic beats and sounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It's totally free admission, but I would love to hear in advance if you are planning to be there - just send me a DM on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/chineseelectronicmusic" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or Facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/chineseelectronicmusic" target="_blank">@chineseelectronicmusic</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">To get you in the mood, I've included a recording of last year's live set as well as the official write up:</div><p></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MA-YonzmpQw" title="YouTube video player" width="540"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><i><b>Aaron Duff, DJ / Producer of the Chinese Electronic Music Project</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>There's a place in North Asia where the Manchu, Han, Korean, Japanese and Mongolian cultures have intersected with each other over many centuries and created a rich, cultural legacy.</i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Known to the west as Manchuria, this is also the adopted homeland of Aaron Duff, DJ and producer of the Chinese Electronic Music Project who having returned to Australia, remains immersed in the language, culture and music of the Manchurian peninsula.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Aaron has pioneered new music forms using classical, wooden instruments such as the erhu and guzheng, fusing together their incomparable sounds with the rainbow lights, beeps and beats of synthesizers and drum machines - something championed by very few in Australia or indeed the world. The same goes for Aaron's guest DJ sets for radio stations and podcasts around the world; where he shares his treasures found on the English and Chinese speaking webs for future bass and beats with a traditional Asian flair.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div></i></div>Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comElder Park, King William Rd, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia-34.9180527 138.5984192-34.921571722187323 138.59412766557617 -34.91453367781267 138.60271073442382tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-34999256788453713422021-12-31T10:57:00.001+10:302021-12-31T11:00:31.849+10:302021 Year in Review<p>It has been a long time since my first 'Year in Review' <a href="https://www.aduffmusic.com/2015/01/2014-in-review.html">post</a> in 2014 and it's pretty interesting to look back on how I've progressed as an artist, all the cool things I've been a part of, and also how my motivations for making music change over the years.</p><p>2021 saw me progress my <a href="https://www.aduffmusic.com/2021/07/introducing-chinese-electronic-music.html">Chinese Electronic Music Project plans</a> working with some amazing classically trained musicians in David Dai, Kangkang Huang and Zhaohong Liang and their beautiful instruments of the erhu, zhonghu, guzheng and guqin. </p><p>I started off the year with my now customary <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/aduff/chinese-electronic-music-project-2021-chinese-new-year-mix-fresh-fm-14-02-2021/" target="_blank">Chinese New Year's mix</a> for local radio station Fresh FM and followed it up with a <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/joewink2/broken-essence-088-feat-a-duff/" target="_blank">guest mix</a> for one of my favourite progressive breaks DJ's in Joe Wink who is based in Florida and seen the breaks scene grow up over many years. It was a real pleasure to join his Broken Essence show as I've been an avid listener for a number of years and I felt a real sense of satisfaction that I could play one full hour of nothing but my own, original music.</p><p>Big news came in June when I announced our first EP Mountain Water had been signed by UK label Break Wind Productions. The label boss Uncle Boba (Bobalino) is a titan of the global progressive breaks scene and was my first choice as our type of music fits in well with his back catalogue of releases that have a focus on melodic storytelling.</p><p>Further to our EP, we did some promotional work releasing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuR9z9lID6dG4VdPckuMuSg" target="_blank">3 music videos</a> and also appearing as the feature artist for UK artist Dovetail's monthly F.A.B. show.</p>
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<p>Undoubtedly the highlight of 2021 though was playing on the opening and closing nights for <a href="https://www.ozasiafestival.com.au/" target="_blank">OzAsia Festival</a>'s Lucky Dumpling Market. It had been my goal to play at OzAsia since putting together Chinese Electronic Music Project and to be able to play to thousands of people in the centre of my hometown as the sun went down was something to remember - especially while most events and concerts have been cut back due to COVID.</p><p>I'm particularly proud of my 2 hour DJ set from the opening night where I have scoured both the English and Chinese-speaking web over searching for outstanding electronic music tracks featuring traditional Asian instrumentation - including around 30 minutes from yours truly! You can listen to the whole set on my Youtube channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA-YonzmpQw&t=1175s" target="_blank">Traditional Asian Electronic Music DJ Mix</a>.<br /><br />
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MA-YonzmpQw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p>2022 will undoubtedly be different again from this year as my bandmate and fellow collaborator Kangkang has moved to Queensland, but rest assured I am still working on new music and have big plans.</p><p>If you are still reading, then you must be a true fan and I thank you for your support and wish you and your family all the very best in the new year!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGgVjh4NIFBifER7WSMbIxilI3YlQkOw6oK7_lIT-hxPSzepJ061FBVf-CyyezCoXoxjX2BlGmxbjycUzUxki1hCc85tjGAMaXbyuVibz7xEQHUAJyU04K9sWTMGUzVlGF0KDKIo3HDCw7HmqwPHG3XdvrWbS6Ahq2VhBvjPhZE12QiWRKcX1bVHy=s1770" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="1770" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKGgVjh4NIFBifER7WSMbIxilI3YlQkOw6oK7_lIT-hxPSzepJ061FBVf-CyyezCoXoxjX2BlGmxbjycUzUxki1hCc85tjGAMaXbyuVibz7xEQHUAJyU04K9sWTMGUzVlGF0KDKIo3HDCw7HmqwPHG3XdvrWbS6Ahq2VhBvjPhZE12QiWRKcX1bVHy=w471-h471" width="471" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(L-R) David Dai, Kangkang Huang, Zhaohong Liang, Aaron Duff</td></tr></tbody></table>Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-77118003291494904872021-07-29T11:13:00.001+09:302021-07-29T11:13:59.425+09:30Introducing the Chinese Electronic Music Project<h1 style="text-align: left;">Chinese Guzheng, Erhu & Electronic Music? Yes, Please!</h1><p>I first started learning Chinese the same year I began DJ'ing (1999) and in the 20+ years since, I have married a Chinese girl, had children together and lived in China for a number of years. Despite graduating from university with a degree in Asian Studies, I had very little exposure to traditional Chinese music until around 2013 when I was fortunate to work in an office with a guzheng, multiple erhus and pipas as well as team-mates who could play them.<br /><br />I became enthralled with traditional Chinese music and began working with organisations such as Adelaide's Chinese School of Arts and Music, Adelaide Festival Centre and OzAsia Festival in promoting Chinese music to my home state of South Australia. I even went as far as purchasing a guzheng which is now in pride of place in my lounge room and is played on by my 14 year old daughter and often accompanied by my 12 year old son on the dizi (Chinese bamboo flute).<br /><br />Naturally, some of those influences began to appear in my musical creations such as Hutongs & Alleyways, The First Day (which features my wife Crystal) and <a href="http://www.aduffmusic.com/2020/02/church-mice-music-video" target="_blank">Church Mice</a> as A-DUFF. Those tracks were the best I could make at the time and featured samples and virtual instruments to make those Asian sounds... but I wanted more!<br /><br />With COVID coming in 2020, I chose to pivot to a new direction looking to include live session instrumentation by classically trained traditional Chinese musicians. I was very fortunate to be connected to KangKang Huang and David Dai through the Chinese School of Arts & Music who play the guzheng/guqin and erhu/zhonghu respectively. They both graduated from university in China and Taiwan with a major in their respective instruments. KangKang is also very involved with electronic music and has worked in studios in China in the past and David has played for multiple orchestras around the world - even including the Taiwan Philharmonic Orchestra!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DgjEKD6LqjhHJQBxX-4T6bGT0BzPT6j3M-dXcI_ckc9TngeW2h1nC4H4AZ-NkqDgzVKLufv72rvUCynCsgsUKJ5nl0KKlV3NWwt2RJ3bP0Yri4gMrnpqC7sq3cmN54uqJURf-bmaMf4/s897/Chinese+Electronic+Music+Band.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="884" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DgjEKD6LqjhHJQBxX-4T6bGT0BzPT6j3M-dXcI_ckc9TngeW2h1nC4H4AZ-NkqDgzVKLufv72rvUCynCsgsUKJ5nl0KKlV3NWwt2RJ3bP0Yri4gMrnpqC7sq3cmN54uqJURf-bmaMf4/w394-h400/Chinese+Electronic+Music+Band.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(from L-R) Kangkang Huang, David Dai & Aaron Duff<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It was in August of 2020 that we began working on half a dozen songs with live session recordings at my home studio which ended up into a 3 track EP signed to the UK label BW Productions.</p><p>We are very proud of our work which combines traditional Chinese music with futuristic electronic breakbeats with a sound that ends up in a range between Rufus Du Sol, BT and Colombo. All 3 tracks have had incredible feedback from DJ's around the world. <br /><br />Enjoy the 3 music videos and please leave a comment and some love!</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fbwfld1XyMw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can follow Chinese Electronic Music Project on Facebook here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/chineseelectronicmusic">www.facebook.com/chineseelectronicmusic</a></div><p></p>Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-64188228375690886192020-07-29T14:37:00.001+09:302020-07-29T14:37:05.656+09:30Working with Jesustronic<div>Over the past year or so I have been able to build up a good relationship with a Christian EDM promotion group called Jesustronic. They are based in South America and have a focus on the Spanish-speaking world and so it has been interesting to see my music be shared and fanbase start to grow in exotic places like Guatemala and Columbia etc.<br /><br /></div><div>Jesustronic have been very good in promoting my One-Life album and music videos, but recently they asked me to do a 30 minute guest mix.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>After DJ'ing many years ago, it took a while to raise my courage for a live mix - and I had to learn the new style of decks (not CDJ's anymore!) using my newly purchased Traktor S8.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can watch me mixing live at:</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JesustronicOficial/videos/859511467790960/ " target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/JesustronicOficial/videos/859511467790960/ </a></div><div>or listen to the audio only here</div><div><a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/aduff/guest-mix-for-jesustronic-july-2020/">https://www.mixcloud.com/aduff/guest-mix-for-jesustronic-july-2020/</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Keep an ear out for some more interesting content that I'm doing with Jesustronic - hopefully I can share it very soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABhDcByLSImVes5cUGD-1Hm3L2VaKb3LfPJYxgpTIyFB_LRllT-WsZzivy66ebENwOuz1jngSsGnGZoYxBS8dDcc4SDWXPg_s0U6JnhjQvB3q1ahxiaw5ahsj5j3WUUd37pDWUoFBCXQ/s1440/Jesustronic+A-DUFF+live+set+long.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABhDcByLSImVes5cUGD-1Hm3L2VaKb3LfPJYxgpTIyFB_LRllT-WsZzivy66ebENwOuz1jngSsGnGZoYxBS8dDcc4SDWXPg_s0U6JnhjQvB3q1ahxiaw5ahsj5j3WUUd37pDWUoFBCXQ/w480-h640/Jesustronic+A-DUFF+live+set+long.png" title="https://www.facebook.com/JesustronicOficial/videos/859511467790960/" width="480" /></a></div>Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-65809039456391907782020-05-19T17:26:00.000+09:302020-05-19T20:28:06.822+09:30One Life: Anniversary EditionOn the 12 month anniversary of the release of my debut album One Life, I am pleased to share the definitive edition of the album to include new extended release tracks, b-sides, the 3 official music videos and the Native Instrument Stems files of 10 album tracks for DJ's using Traktor - and all for a new lower price of $10 Australian (around US$5).<br />
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This time, around, the album will be digitally released on Beatport as well as iTunes, Amazon etc. on June 23, but to pre-order and download all the extra goodies, please head to my Bandcamp site: <a href="https://a-duff.bandcamp.com/album/one-life-anniversary-edition" target="_blank">a-duff.bandcamp.com/album/one-life-anniversary-edition</a><br />
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🏮🐭 Happy Chinese New Year of the Golden Rat 🐭🏮<br /><br />As promised, I have prepared a little something to celebrate - a video of part of a train journey I took between Shenyang and Benxi in China's Liaoning Province last month set to my track 'Church Mice' from last year's album One-Life.<br /><br />China has been a large part of my life for many years. I first began learning Chinese 21 years ago at The University of Adelaide and then met the girl of my dreams in Dandong, China nearly 17 years ago and we now are raising an Australian-Chinese family.<br /><br />This song 'Church Mice' incorporates Chinese instrumentation overlaying electronic beats inspired by deadmau5 - hence the name. I hope you enjoy this latest audio-visual creation and have a fantastic 2020!!</div>
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month or more in China to visit family, I’m back in Adelaide and able to access
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">It’s hard
to think 2020 will already be 5 years since my first signed track, ‘The Ghost
Music’ was released by Deep Garnet Records. In this time, I have improved so
much as an artist in things like sound composition, automation, mixing, compression and
space, as well as performing live – yet I know I still have so many areas I can
improve. Got to keep chasing perfection!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">2019
started off with a guest <a href="https://www.aduffmusic.com/2019/02/exclusive-chinese-new-year-mix.html" target="_blank">DJ mix for Chinese New Year </a></span>for Adelaide’s EDM radio station Fresh FM. As someone who has married into a Chinese family and speaks
Mandarin, I really enjoyed putting together a cross-genre set that combines some of
the best Chinese and Western sounds and beats together.</div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Of course,
the big news this year was the release in June of my first artist album <a href="https://www.aduffmusic.com/2019/05/announcing-one-life.html" target="_blank">One-Life</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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over my musical heroes and all of them have released albums that I come back to
and revisit over time – and I do that much more than listening to their single
releases. Their albums define their musical journey for that period of their
career and I wanted to do the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have released it. I managed so get some really good and honest reviews from
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<li><a href="https://www.indievisionmusic.com/reviews/a-duff-one-life/?fbclid=IwAR3npRwqh1RKTBd7PEBcrMyxhOD5byuD_VmXZc4jRYAvbG9j67s5SatKqG0">Indie Vision Music</a> (Aust) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=8198%E2%80%AC&fbclid=IwAR3hG-IoOpRL2t08dfvjBdqqEU5zjjlB3110WajoXqVZWAzMayv77CKCH7Y">Louder Than the Music</a> (UK & US) </li>
<li><a href="https://www.ccmmagazine.com/news/indie-edm-artist-a-duff-releases-one-life/?fbclid=IwAR3Nv7GsWvOqKP3dwWBI6DM0hf3kU0kNa5y7EXT8EWdYRo4v9bxA9Nf07Fo">CCM Magazine</a> (USA) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/One_Life/65861/p1/?fbclid=IwAR1wqZb9jSN2a07Bf3_rNAv4FTnB2u89Xb8YVSmMvSbWFrQlhfvRh0rhO2w">Cross Rhythms</a> (UK)</li>
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album release went on iTunes, Amazon, Youtube and all over the place, but interestingly Spotify tells me I had listeners from 40 countries on their
platform last year which is really cool. For me though, the best bit is listening to my two children aged 11
& 13 plugged into their headphones at home listening and to my beats and asking why aren't I more famous for my music lol!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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working on new music for release in 2020 (but nowhere near as ambitious as a
whole album) and I have something exciting planned for Chinese New Year that I look
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;">Thanks for all you support in 2019 and have a
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<br />Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comAdelaide SA, Australia-34.9284989 138.60074559999998-35.7609274 137.30985209999997 -34.0960704 139.8916391tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-58552554358312740882019-06-23T08:56:00.000+09:302019-06-23T08:56:04.415+09:30Debut Album ONE-LIFE out today!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />The day has finally come! Having begun this journey at the end of 2016, it is with a mixture of pride and trepidation that I release my debut album ONE-LIFE into the world. <br /><br />This is without a doubt the most ambitious creative project that I have chosen to undertake in my life to-date and I thank all those many people who helped me put this together and those who have guided me over the years on my musical journey (see tagged below)<br /><br />Please support through a share, playlist add or album purchase. I would love to get your feedback and I hope this music can be a soundtrack of today's season in your ONE-LIFE.<br /><br />All glory to God!!Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-57281175733304869982019-05-19T15:36:00.004+09:302019-05-19T15:36:51.463+09:30Announcing ONE LIFE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is with much pride (and relief) that I will be finally releasing my first artist album titled [ONE LIFE] on June 23, 2019.</div>
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Having released a number of singles and EP's for a number of labels around the world, I considered it a personal challenge to see if I could create an entire album I would be happy with.</div>
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I cannot compare my amateur efforts to the master BT, but I am all the same proud of what I have been able to achieve in [ONE LIFE]. My tracks cover a variety in genres and I have even laid down some vocals; but in the end this release is still my uber-melodic sound sprinkled with heavy beats and some glitchy breakdowns thrown in for good measure. </div>
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Previews and pre-orders are available today on iTunes at: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/one-life/1462336475">https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/one-life/1462336475</a> and please share with me your feedback - message on facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/aduffmusic">www.facebook.com/aduffmusic</a><br />
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Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-29552614155876236652019-02-03T16:28:00.000+10:302019-02-03T16:28:06.095+10:30Exclusive Chinese New Year MixWith Chinese New Year just around the corner I have put together a very special DJ mix of some Asian flavoured electronica for public consumption and is the same mix that was aired on Adelaide's Fresh FM on February 3.<br />
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The mix contains a couple of my to-be-released tracks on my forthcoming album out on <a href="https://calligraphyrecordings.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Calligraphy Records</a>, but also some other tracks that mean a lot to me such as a medley of Jean-Michel Jarre's songs that he performed live in China as the very first Western artist to tour that nation after their opening up to the world. While a little dated, it holds up remarkably well for a recording made in 1981 which is also the year I was born. Having lived in Shanghai for a number of years it is great to also hear some samples of Shanghainese in that recording too.</div>
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Other favourite artists in the mix include the always incredible Way Out West and a nice little number I put of a Chinese guzheng artist over a Tosca classic.</div>
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<li>Releasing <<a href="http://www.aduffmusic.com/2016/07/blueprints.html" target="_blank">Blueprints</a>>. A sci-fi trip made with my good buddies One Arc Degree. We love everything about it - the artwork, the story and of course the music. All 4 tracks are still available for a free download.</li>
<li>Releasing <<a href="http://www.aduffmusic.com/2016/06/ep-out-now-power-surge-world-needs-you.html" target="_blank">Power Surge / The World Needs You</a>>. These are 2 of my favourtie tracks I have made so far and I thank Box Set Records from Perth for asking me to release on their label. What was even more amazing was for the release to chart at #14 on the Beatport Breaks Releases chart.</li>
<li>Releasing <<a href="http://www.aduffmusic.com/2016/03/new-release-tribal-clouds-march-21.html" target="_blank">Tribal Clouds</a>> and having my buddy Spinnet just blow me away in improving the track in his remix.</li>
<li>Having my tracks played on radio shows around the world. Seeing my name on one of Retroid's tracklistings was also massive for me as I have been listening to his shows since around 2008.</li>
<li>Playing live in September for Sidechain. I really enjoyed hearing my tunes on such a great sound system.</li>
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a remix of their ‘Black Lipstick & Broken Hearts’ single to be released Saturday December 3 at the world-famous <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/940410962731180/" target="_blank">FutureSounds VI</a> - maybe just Adelaide-famous but anyway it's huge! It is completely free with entry to FutureSounds which itself is just $5 bucks.</div>
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Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-77248352332562081412016-09-20T08:04:00.001+09:302018-04-01T07:32:28.246+09:30Latest UpdatesIt's been a while since my last post and the release of <a href="http://33recordings.com/33rec072-a-duff-one-arc-degree-blueprints/">Blueprints </a>but that doesn't mean nothing has been happening in that enticing electronic music world of A-DUFF.<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I was invited to play again at SideChain in the Lotus Lounge as a last minute replacement. I really enjoyed the night and especially hearing versions of my in-progress tracks being played on a good PA system. Thanks to my buddie / roadie Adrian for the support on the night also! Here is a video of me performing 'The World Needs You': <a href="https://www.facebook.com/futuresoundsadelaide/videos/794536107316183/">https://www.facebook.com/futuresoundsadelaide/videos/794536107316183/</a><br />
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In other news, I have started stockpiling some of my ideas with the plan to put together my first artist album. This is going to take some time to put together but my overall feel is that there will be a variety of genres present (i.e. not just breaks) including progressive trance, half-time bass and more. One thing I really want to do is create a flow where one track naturally progresses to the other. I also want to invite some guest artists to collaborate with me on some tracks.<br />
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spacecrafts in 1977. A-DUFF contacted One Arc Degree to record, collate and
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mastered by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Joeious.Pamfagious" target="_blank">Joey Dianos 'Oxya'</a> @ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LemonSauce.Labs/" target="_blank">Lemon Sauce Labs</a></span><br />
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Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-36398535171856533432016-07-13T14:32:00.000+09:302016-07-17T20:52:59.774+09:30BLUEPRINTS: An EP by One Arc Degree & A-DUFFComing this Sunday July 17, 2016 is Blueprints: a free-to-download EP released by Greece's own <a href="http://33recordings.com/" target="_blank">33 Recordings</a>.<br />
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This has been a year-long collaboration with my good buddies <a href="https://www.facebook.com/onearcdegree/" target="_blank">One Arc Degree</a> who have previously remixed my single 'The Ghost Music' as well as some other projects. In my opinion, One Arc Degree have become the masters of deep, atmospheric electronica and Blueprints is no exception.<br />
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This 4 track EP consists of an A-DUFF original (Ethereal) and a One Arc Degree original (Boimarc). We then swapped our samples, stems and midi files to recreate our own interpretations of each other's tracks.<br />
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The final result is a moody, atmospheric journey over 20 minutes that I think is perfect for listening to late at night while reading a sci-fi novella with a mug of hot chocolate.<br />
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Previews are below and more information will be released along with the EP on July 17 (18th Australian time).<br />
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Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-34201797127378637152016-03-12T08:07:00.001+10:302016-03-12T08:07:13.759+10:30New Release: TRIBAL CLOUDS [March 21]Dropping March 21 (US time) on Beatport is my latest single TRIBAL CLOUDS for the deepest breaks label on the planet; Deep Garnet Records.
My previous efforts for the label include my first ever signed single, <a href="https://pro.beatport.com/release/the-ghost-music/1443975">The Ghost Music</a> as well as a remix I did for Rikki's <a href="https://pro.beatport.com/release/back-twang/1476620" target="_blank">Back Twang</a>.<br />
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Tribal Clouds didn't really take me very long to produce compared to some of my other tracks as I already had in mind I wanted to make a deeper track for Deep Garnet being one year since the release of The Ghost Music. I played around with some tribal sounding drums, added some atmosphere and bass and it all sort of came together nicely.<br />
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What did blow me away though was the remix by my good mate <a href="https://soundcloud.com/spinnet" target="_blank">Spinnet</a>. He reinterpreted my track adding a super-cool, bassline groove that will destroy any dancefloor.<br />
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Previews are coming soon together with a fiction piece written by the label. In the meantime, here is the official artwork:<br />
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<br />Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-60742381206292620102016-03-05T08:45:00.000+10:302016-03-05T08:46:12.305+10:30ELECTRIFY / CIRCUIT LOVE | Out Today!Inspired by Daft Punk and the clean upbeat sounds of some of my breakbeat heroes like <a href="https://soundcloud.com/underthis" target="_blank">Under This</a>, <a href="http://www.retroidmusic.com/" target="_blank">Retroid </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rick.tedesco.9" target="_blank">Rick Tedesco</a>, I am proud to announce my new and upcoming release 'Electrify' to be released by EXTY Records today on <b>March 4, 2016</b>.<br />
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Featuring hard-not-to-dance-to basslines, swerving synthesizers, a smattering of original and highly processed vocals over uplifting broken beats and a dirty breakdown or two, both 'Electrify' and the B-Side 'Circuit Love' will get you in a party mood to take you out of the Australian summer.<br />
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ELECTRIFY is available to purchase at Beatport at:<a href="https://pro.beatport.com/release/electrify/1713223" target="_blank"> https://pro.beatport.com/release/electrify/1713223</a><br />
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Check out the previews below:<br />
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The cover features one of my self-taken photos in a design by <a href="http://www.kempen-design.com/" target="_blank">Tony Kempen</a>.<br />
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<br />Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comAdelaide SA, Australia-34.928621199999988 138.5999594-36.602688699999987 136.0071859 -33.254553699999988 141.19273289999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-9325768985567244382015-12-23T14:02:00.000+10:302015-12-23T14:02:08.338+10:302015 in ReviewIt has already been one year since I wrote my<a href="http://aduffmusic.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/2014-in-review.html" target="_blank"> 2014 year in review</a> and what a lot has happened!<br />
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<li>Releasing 'The Ghost Music' and doing a remix for Rikki's 'Back Twang' for Deep Garnet Records.</li>
<li>Self releasing 'Bass, Synth, Arpeggio' and hearing it on Fresh FM a couple of times.</li>
<li>Playing live as part of Sidechain in June. That was a massive undertaking learning how to perform and thanks to everyone who showed up.</li>
<li>Releasing 'Lucidity' on Religion Breaks Records with remixes by heavyweights Jayson Butera and Alter Form AND CHARTING AT #14 ON BEATPORT!!!</li>
<li>Having my tunes played on international radio shows by DJ's such as Dave Gluskin (Digitally Imported) and Jayson Butera (Beyond Boundaries).</li>
<li>Getting a killer new look with a brand, spanking new logo, design and website refresh from Kempen Design as well as plenty of promotional photos courtesy Flavia Maria Photography.</li>
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2016 already looks like a huge year coming up with some killer tunes itching to be released and collaborations with some very cool artists in the works.<br />
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If you want to follow my ride then please hook up to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aduffmusic/" target="_blank">facebook </a>and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/a-duff" target="_blank">soundcloud </a>pages. Also don't forget you can still download Bass, Synth, Arpeggio for free: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/a-duff/bass-synth-arpeggio-very-much-free-download" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/a-duff/bass-synth-arpeggio-very-much-free-download </a><br />
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Thanks for all your support and remember: don't break sweat, break beats!Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-12477951866720117902015-12-18T19:56:00.000+10:302015-12-18T19:56:44.184+10:30Unveiling A New LookUnder wraps for the last couple of months, I'm super happy with my new branding redesign. What do you think?<br />
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<a href="http://www.kempen-design.com/" target="_blank">Kempen Design</a> from Vancouver, Canada was commissioned to redesign my branding to make it fresh, modern and professional and I am so happy with the result.<br />
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My new logo is particularly smart incorporating my artist name within the graphic<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Together with some bit-crushed imagery from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/flaviamariaphotography" target="_blank">Flavia Maria Photography</a>, I have my new logo and designs up on all my media accounts so check out the new look:</span></div>
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Thanks again to the brilliant Tony from Kempen Design and I can't wait to get your speakers partying with some new tunes soon!<br />
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Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737708553959753427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851624687659937351.post-67321081169347203322015-11-09T12:32:00.000+10:302015-11-09T12:32:03.999+10:30999 Plays!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As of writing this post I am proud to announce my official <a href="https://soundcloud.com/a-duff" target="_blank">soundcloud account</a> has had 999 online plays! This number doesn't include all the times my tracks have been featured on online and terrestial radio shows, remixes of my tracks and all my other platforms which could easily add another 5,000 or more listens to this number.</div>
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Thanks to everyone's support in my growth as an artist and also to those of you who purchased my recent release 'Lucidity' which hit as high as #14 in the Beatport Top 100 Breaks Chart.</div>
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