Strictly Vinyl 002

Overview

In Jack White’s eyes, “Vinyl is the real deal. I’ve always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don’t really own the album. And it’s not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.”

UNDR ctrl thinks so too. That’s why they’ll be ushering in the Queen’s Birthday in style, with Strictly Vinyl 002, the B-Side to the inaugural event, held at Easter. From 9pm on Sunday June 8, crowds at The Cliff Dive, Darlinghurst, will be treated to six hours of vinyl spinning — not a CD, laptop, USB or touch screen in sight.

Leading the lineup will be Touch Sensitive (aka Michael Di Francesco), owner of no fewer than 5,000 records and the man behind ‘Pizza Guy’. He’ll be spinning the funk, disco and Italo tracks that inspire his sound. Next up, there’ll be John Fuzzy, producer of epic festivals Parklife, Listen Out, Harbourlife and Field Day, whose collection exceeds 20,000 vinyls. He’s promised to play “some super rare ‘80s disco that [he’s] never heard out before, plus some Balearic and UK soul from ’89-’92.”

And rounding the night off will be Ariane, resident at Goodgod, Flinders and beyond, and expert in all things late ‘90s and early 2000s house.