Recently Deep House Australia engaged young Sydney DJs to enter our .darkroom DJ competition. The winning DJ was offered the chance at playing a live set at the next .darkroom event, opening for a touring international DJ, Owen Howells, plus a guest spot on The DHA Podcast!

A big congratulations to Hamish Radford, who has just been named our winner!

If you would like to hear Hamish Radford in action, playing live and opening for Owen Howells, get down to .darkroom in Sydney on Saturday 19th October (THIS WEEKEND!) from 2pm. Yes, it's an afternoon shindig, kicking on into the evening and late into the night, but Deep House Australia are taking over The Backroom of The Gladestone Hotel in Chippendale from 2pm in the afternoon. Don’t be late or you might miss all the action! We will also have a BBQ going, as well as the pub-food avaiblable from The Gladstone kitchen. The Gladestone is just a short 5 minute walk from Sydney's Central Station.

A massive thank you to all entrants of the competition, we received a much bigger response than we could have ever imagined. Because of the sheer volume of talented mixes we received, we will also be announcing a group of runners ups over the next day or so - and will feature those mixes on our SoundCloud page. We are also hoping to engage our talented entrants for future podcasts and events on our radar, so keep an ear to the ground and watch these young talents grow.

During our review of all competition entries, we rated each mix based on a number of different criteria, including: volume levels; track selection; originality; mixing; and effects. We also looked for a good structure of a mix, for example mixes with an introduction and outro, as well as use of vocals and instrumentals where appropriate. After reviewing all of these items, Hamish's mix was the standout.

For now, get into Hamish's mix...

Hamish Radford

Tracklist
01. Motor City Drum Ensemble | L.O.V.E
02. Riff Clichard | Through With Love
03. Max Graef & Seibt | Kotschleuder
04. J. Auger | Atomfunk
05. Alex Agore | He Will Always Be There
06. Female Energy | No Time To Waste
07. Nathaniel X | You F O (Self)
08. Emotion ll Emotion | I Need You
09. Dungeon Meat | True Force
10. Chris Cheops | Don't Make Me Wait
11. Beaten Space Probe | You Are My Melody (Beaten Space Probe Edit)

Bio
Hey Deep House Australia, my name is Hamish Radford, I am 21, and I have put together a vinyl mix for the .darkroom competition. It basically consists of a bunch a records that I love and go well together, lots of Detroit/Chicago influence also there are a few vinyl-only releases in the mix. I hope you like it!

Here’s a little about myself:
I am 21 I live on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

At the moment my favourite artists would be Max Graef, Kid Sublime, Leon Vynhall and Nathan X to name a few.

I have been DJing for about 4 and a half years. Turntableism inspired me to become a DJ, I started out just scratching and beat juggling for about a year and a half before mixing dance music. DJ's that inspired me were Mix Master Mike, Qbert, Dstyles, DJ Pump, Kid Koala etc I could go on.

As for my experience as a DJ, I have played at the Burdekin a few times for an event called Significant Others which I love, also my friends ran an event for a while called Into Deep which I played for but it is not running anymore.

I am a vinyl only DJ, my turntables I use at home are American Audio HTD 4.5 pretty similar to Technics 1200's. I use Ableton to produce but have not been using it for long.

I am also currently studying Cert 4 Sound Technician, it's great!

Here is my SouldCloud link: @dj-hamish