Future Music Festival Just Added Darude To Their 2015 Lineup
After Peking Duk outed themselves as shameless crowd-pleasers at Stereosonic this year, dropping the oft-aped, never-fail 1999 trance anthem Sandstorm to rapturous acclaim, Future Music Festival...
View ArticleWatch DZ Deathrays Cover Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’ At Falls Festival
If you’re aching at the thought of your friends being at Falls Festival without you right now, this ain’t gonna help. Aussie garage punks and closeted trance fans DZ Deathrays smashed out an epic cover...
View ArticleDarude To Play Three Future Music Sideshows
Finnish DJ and trance hero Darude has confirmed he will play additional sideshows at various club, while he is in the country as a part of Future Music Festival. Speaking with Music Feeds at the...
View ArticleFuture Music 2015: Darude Talks Secret Shows & New Music Plans
He of Sandstorm fame, Darude, is currently touring the country after being named as a surprise addition to the Future Music Festival lineup and according to the producer himself his got even more...
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Future Music Festival 2015, Sydney – Randwick Racecourse, 28/02/15
Returning to Future Music Festival after a three year hiatus, I was a little skeptical. I ventured to Randwick Racecourse pondering my last experience. Future ’12 was full of fond memories and killer...
View ArticleFuture Music Festival 2015, Brisbane – Doomben Racecourse, 07/03/15
With this year’s Future crowd shrewdly split between Avicii, Drake and The Prodigy, musical battle lines were drawn and the festival was exactly what you made it. Back at its longtime home at the...
View ArticleYouTube Are Pulling An Amazing April Fools Gag With Help From Darude
Those feeling nostalgic now that Finnish DJ and trance hero Darude has left the country after his stint here for Future Music, now have a new way to get their Sandstorm fix, thanks to the fine people...
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Trolls Are Having All Sorts Of Fun With The Triple J Hottest 100 Wikipedia Page
Some pure blooded comedy geniuses out there have used the power of Wikipedia editing to wage an all out troll-blitzkrieg on the triple j Hottest 100 Wikipedia page. Update: Click here for triple J...
View ArticleUNIFY Gathering Troll You With Countdown Ft. Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’
UPDATE 22/06/16: The UNIFY Gathering 2017 Lineup Is Here. UNIFY – A Heavy Music Gathering sold out this year for the second consecutive time, leaving punters from all over thirsty for more. Shortly...
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‘Sandstorm’ Mastermind Darude Announces 2016 Australian Tour
Standstorm-ers, assemble! Finnish producer and DJ extraordinaire Darude has announced an Australian tour for this September, with shows already lined up in Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane, Sydney,...
View ArticleWatch This Collection Of Floppy Discs & Computer Hard Drives Perform Darude’s...
‘The Floppotron’ is back once again to gift the internet with a floppy drive cover of an iconic song we didn’t know we needed. Just in case you’re not familiar with ‘The Floppotron’, it’s a “computer...
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Darude Teases Possible ’Sandstorm Pt. 2’ & Rick Astley Collab In Reddit AMA
Finnish producer, DJ and man behind the meme-spiring trance hit Sandstorm, Darude, has used a Reddit Ask Me Anything session to discuss the possibility of Sandstorm Part 2 and a collaborative track...
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Darude Amps Up Australian Tour With 5 New Shows
The sandstorm is spreading. After blowing our collective brains with a humungous Australian tour announcement last month, trance wizard Darude is expanding his dominion by adding 5 – count ’em 5 – more...
View ArticleDarude – Victory Hotel, Brisbane 15/09/16
Given how quickly novelty pop can recede from history, there’s few who could have anticipated was the longevity of Darude’s Sandstorm. Cutting in at the clubbier end of hard trance, the uplifting...
View ArticleWatch Matt & Alex Do Their Own ‘Like A Version’ With A Bunch Of Special Guests
UPDATE: Hear Matt and Alex’s emotional (and inspiring) farewell to triple j. UPDATE: Here’s the final song Matt and Alex played on triple j after signing off for good. ORIGINAL STORY: This morning,...
View ArticleWatch Darude Blast Finland Into 2017 With ‘Sandstorm’& Some Fireworks
The musical mastermind behind the trance classic ‘Sandstorm’, Darude, has brought his native Finland into 2017 by performing the track right on midnight, complete with a buttload of fireworks. Darude’s...
View ArticleFederal MP Name-Checks Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’& Nickelback In Parliament
It’s been a very strange week in Australian politics. The worlds of popular music and Government have collided in increasingly bizarre and disconcerting ways, and tbh we’re not quite sure what to make...
View Article‘Sandstorm’ Producer Darude Announces 2017 Australian Tour
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun! Dun dun dun dun! That’s the sound of ‘Sandstorm’ dude Darude heading back down under to grace Aussie ravers with his trance wizardry. The EDM veteran has just snuck four...
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