Onelove: Sound Machine 2009

Editorial

The latest instalment in One Love's Sound Machine is out. Spread over three discs and mixed by Ajax and Minx, it profiles the best in house, electro and everything in between. Naturally, there's a national club tour in support, with Ajax and Minx along for the ride.

Ajax has certainly come a long way in the last six or seven years. He started the decade as a breaks DJ who didn't like playing breaks very much. Instead, he'd drop a selection of electro and rock in the middle of his sets, confusing the hell out of punters. What no one realised at the time was that Ajax was formulating the blueprint for a new kind of DJ set - the mash-up kind that he and the Bang Gang DeeJays would become renowned for. Since then, he's won ITM's annual DJ poll, toured the world and set up his own record label. Oh, and he still plays whatever the hell he feels like.

Minx may have gotten her start in Adelaide, but the recent move to Sydney has really seen her career take of - a pretty familiar story. Signing on with One Love in 2006, she's been up and down the country for the last year making a name for herself. Mixing up electro, indie and house, she's a DJ to look out for.
Mikolai, April 2009