All you really need to know about Tom Piper is that Piper doesn’t like the pigeon hole, infact he hates generalizing music. Call it house, tech, rave, fidget, bassline, baltimore, garage, electro, disco.. whatever you want, but at the end of the day it’s all wrapped and folded into Tom Piper Freshness and dished out at clubs around Australia – week in & week out.

 

Limelite Presents Tom Piper @ Limelite – Friday July 17

 

Firmly rooted amongst the upper echelons of Sydneys house music scene, Tom Piper is the epitome of freshness, pushing boundaries and at the forefront of this era’s defining mashup sound coupled with a keen taste for a good banger. His uncanny ability to unify a plethora of competing styles into a sweet sounding mash have put the vinyl pusher front and centre nationally.

 

With accolades including 4 original ARIA chart hits, over 8 ARIA chart remixes including a recent placement in the Sony ITM50 DJ Poll, Tom Piper finds himself remixing for artists like Empire Of The Sun as well as multiple releases through labelsincluding Hussle, Ministry Of Sound, NEWS, bambamMuzik, 777, Electrodomesticos, Sony, One Love and Senso Disc.

Beginning like many other youngsters during the 90’s as a devoted raver, Tom quickly progressed from fan to DJ, sharing the DJ podium with legendary rave DJs at parties like Utopia and Godspeed. His career as a Rave DJ and producer also saw Tom collaborate extensively on CD and vinyl releases with his production mentor Alex K as well as supporting him on a European tour. Since progressing away from the rave scene Tom has crafted a unique style both as a house music DJ, producer and gourmet food critic(wtf?). Now in 2008 Tom Piper is one of the hardest working DJs in Australia with weekly interstate tours and residencies at many of Sydney’s most kickin’ nights.

But the grind doesn’t stop at DJing for Piper. He also established and runs independent label bambamMuzik with Pablo. It’s home to his and Tom’s new group, The Jump Off (releases include Point’n’Clap & Rackhunters), and of course Tom’s first outlet for his personal releases before signing things worldwide. It is Tom’s diversity as a producer that has allowed him to collaborate with key players from across the electronic spectrum including: hip-hop DJs Eko and G-Wizard to form production outfit battleSTAR; Tommy Trash (releases Fuck To The Bass & One More); and more recently with Nick Correlli from MYNC Project (release Indisco), Destroy Disco (release My Sound) & Jono Fernandez (release Rockstar). Also a master of the remix.. recent work have seen  Tom refresh tracks by Grafton Primary, Sidney Samson, Empire Of The Sun, Mobin Master, Ursula 1000 and countless others over the past few years.

Whether he’s handling business as a label manager, planning to overthrow a third world dictator, rocking a club or working his magic in the studio, Tom Piper is undoubtedly one of the most diverse, talented and energetic DJs making his mark on the Australian music landscape today.