Time to mow the lawns and bust the sprinkler out Auckland, we have a brand new inner city garden boogie, headlined by none other than Fatboy Slim.
Join Fatboy Slim & Friends @ GARDENS MUSIC FESTIVAL - at the new home of AUCKLAND DOMAIN on SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 2023. Joining Fatboy Slim on the Gardens main stage are US Producer LP GIOBBI, hitmakers PEKING DUK, SET MO and JOHN MORALES, with local performances from DICK JOHNSON and MISSB.
FATBOY SLIM
Fatboy Slim needs no introduction but we are going to do it anyway. A career spanning over four decades and one of the original godfathers of dance music, Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook, was a key pioneer of the big beat genre of the nineties, with certified hits “Right Here, Right Now”, “The Rockafeller Skank” and “Praise You” coming from four albums since 1996.
LP GIOBBI
Producer, DJ, pianist, entrepreneur, and activist LP Giobbi is an unstoppable force in the music industry, whose passion for her craft extends far beyond the stage. Since emerging in 2018, the Austin-based piano house queen has played to thousands of fans across the globe, performing on the stages of Coachella, EDC, Firefly, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and ACL, and supporting such heavyweights as Galantis, SOFI TUKKER, MK, Fatboy Slim, Madeon, and Diplo.
PEKING DUK
Peking Duk are an electronic music group made up of music producers Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles. The pair first garnered attention in 2012 with the release of a Passion Pit bootleg remix. Their biggest hit High reached 5 on the ARIA Singles Chart, achieved a triple platinum certification and won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014. Notable festivals Peking Duk have performed include Rhythm and Vines, Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass and Big Day Out.
SET MO
They’ve got 100+ million streams and counting, a platinum plaque and multiple golds on their wall, numerous ‘most played’ triple j hits, a global following of committed fans and the undisputed title as one of Australia’s most-adored dance acts. Now, Set Mo kick off their 2022 with an official remix of esteemed electronic rising star Fred Again, share a brand new single, sign a global label deal with AWAL, and tease a few hidden surprises to come along the way. Set Mo are well and truly back - and they’re ready to go.
JOHN MORALES
John Morales one of the most recognized names in dance music history, as a Remixer, Producer and DJ. Mixing and producing some of the biggest dance music tracks of all time, as well as DJ’ing at some of the most famous and prestigious venues in the world. John Morales has become one of the most in demand and respected DJ’s. He has toured Australia, New Zealand and countries around the world, John has his Defected Glitterbox at Hi in Ibiza and Ministry Of Sound London. John has also performed at various world renown festivals Including Defected Croatia, Southport Weekender, and 51st State in London to name a few. In dance music, the person you’re talking about is John Morales.
DICK JOHNSON
Based in Auckland, New Zealand and with a long standing (15 years) weekly show on local radio station George Fm, Dick continues a busy DJ schedule and it’s a rare weekend indeed that he is not behind the decks electrifying a crowd of dedicated followers and testing his tunes on dance floors around New Zealand and beyond.
MISSB
MissB played her first DJ set on a bright yellow and black double cassette deck in 1989.
Since upgrading her technology and mixing skills, she has played at AUM, Brazen, Burning Man, The Lucky Star, Kiwiburn, Ponderosa Ranch, Relish, Rhythm and Alps, Splore, Taniwhas Den and WaipuPaLooza. MissB has played support for Crazy P, Dr Packer, Pitch Black & Greg Churchill, and can be found playing events and clubs around NZ.
