All About Plump DJs
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Emerging from the nuskool breaks scene at the end of the last century, the Plump DJs are the quintessential production duo. Over the course of fifteen acclaimed singles and three albums, Andy Gardner and Lee Rous have become heavyweights of cutting edge club music. Fans, producers and DJs the world over have waited anxiously for the next chapter of Plumps’ odyssey. In this climate of anticipation comes the duo’s new album ‘Headthrash’. Check it out in full with ITM’s exclusive album stream!
‘Headthrash’ is out now through Finger Lickin’/Inertia. The Plump DJs tour Australia as part of Parklife in September and October this year. Get the full lowdown with ITM’s Festival Page – www.inthemix.com.au/parklife:
Sat Sep 27th – Adelaide
Sun Sep 28th – Melbourne
Mon Sep 29th – Perth
Sat Oct 4th – Brisbane
Sun Oct 5th – Sydney
Plump DJs [Audio]: Ladies love it Plump too
If you don't know who the Plump DJs are, where've you been hiding? To repeat a terminally overused phrase, they're the 'phattest duo in breakbeat', and having toured Australia too many times to list, they're back for another NYE/NYD session. Yeehaw! [more]
Plump DJs: Phat and minimal breaks
So, what does it mean to be a plump one? To knock back a few too many hamburger and coke combos? That’s what I thought, until I discovered one of dance music’s truly outstanding acts, the Plump DJs, late in 2003. [more]
J-Lo has 'Glow', Britney has 'Curious' and now it seems UK breakbeat dynamic duo, the Plump DJs, have their own fragrance to flog. In a world first for the dance scene, Lee Rous and Andy Gardner have teamed up with Swedish firm Pherocom to launch their two scents' worth - 'Saturday Night Lotion'. [more]
Plump DJs are Andy Gardner Lee Rous - two mates who together decided that the world of dance music after the nineties was leaning to far towards Cheddar and desperately in need of some serious super-sizing in the breaks department. [more]
On the eve of their sold-out Fabriclive.08 album launch party, Plump DJs' Lee Rous is at home in London drinking up media attention with a bottle of wine. ITM's 6D gets 3D with the beaf-eater who's keepin' it larj. [more]
Before you start running down the street to catch your rolling eyes at the title of this piece, relax: this article is not another needless encore to the Plumpoids. [more]
Under the rolls of obese grooves, beyond the dirty basslines of navel-lint synths, amongst the rubble of broken beat bubble, ITM's sixthdegree uncovers the nether regions of one of the biggest breakbeat acts today. [more]
Candid confessions of a Plump DJs neophyte on the passion for rank dancefloor maneuvers and err... the electric existentialism of breakbeat. WARNING: If you're easily offended by one-eyed breakbeat fans, parental supervision may be required. [more]
It wasn't until Lee Rous and Andy Gardner took this sleeping giant of into the Laboratoire Plump that the genre was given growling definition. It's not just breakbeat - it's an incredible life force disguised as music, writes sixthdegree. [more]
What don't you know about the Plump DJs? With their Fabric Live mix CD and debut artist album Eargasm both doing huge things this year they have certainly managed to attract their fair share of attention. And rightfully so as well! [more]
Stream the new Plump DJs album on inthemix
Trailblazing production duo the Plump DJs have just unleashed their latest studio album, and for a limited time you can stream it in full on inthemix! [more]
Exclusive Plump DJs free mp3 on inthemix
The long awaited return of one of the biggest names in dance music is here! Get your taste of the new album from the Plump DJs on ITM with an exclusive free mp3 download. [more]
Get the Parklife lineup here - supported by ITM!
nce music calendar, and it's also the party that heralds the beginning of the summer festival season - that’s right, it’s time to start thinking about Parklife! Get the full lineup here on ITM! [more]
Set times for Block Party
Canberra’s favourite (well, only) Block Party is back to kick off the year in style! Check inside for all the essential details you need to know for the day including set times and the official afterparty. [more]
Were you one of the thousands upon thousands of people who descended on the CBD on Saturday night to party at any of the free Festival First Night events around the city? Check out the photos that are online now! [more]
Saturday 5th January will see Sydney explode… With a massive amount of free music and cultural events right around the city, that will see the people well and truly taking back the streets. Festival First Night is nearly here, set times inside! [more]
How many times have you been sitting around on NYE moping because all of the massive acts are in Sydney or Melbourne? Not this year! [more]
With memories of their last tour still fresh in the mind of fans across the country, news that the phattest duo in breakbeat will be heading back to once again celebrate the New Year down under should be enough to set you into a spin. [more]
Along with Spank Rock, Chromeo and a host of other acts all over the city, they’ll be part of a massive party to launch the Sydney Festival festivities this coming January. [more]
Boomtick is delighted to announce the Boxing Day 'boutique' festival tradition: Breakfest 2007 [more]
Heavy weight breaks duo The Plump DJs will be funkin' up The Overflow (Rear of the Court Hotel) THIS Saturday, January 13th. It's sold out but for those eager fans who got in early read on for set times - be warned - it's an early starting gig! [more]
Are you ready for Sunshine State's biggest dance event this summer? We hope so! But to get you even more in the mood, we've got the set times for the 12 hour event ready and waiting for you to drool over in anticipation. [more]
As 2007 quickly approaches, Fuzzy have already released the set times for their seminal New Years Day event to give punters the chance to plan out their day. [more]
The fattest DJs in the Finger Lickin' posse are set to return to Australia this summer, undertaking their most extensive tour of the country to date. [more]
Breakbeat heavyweights the Plump DJs headline a summer of madness for Boomtick over the coming months. [more]
Fuzzy's legendary New Years Day event Field Day went onsale at 9am this morning, Wednesday September 20th, and all signs point to the 2007 party being one of the most eagerly anticipated yet with 15,000 tickets already sold - and in only 8 hours! [more]
Tickets for THE dance event of the year are now onsale here on ITM, so get your finger clicking to ITM shop today! [more]
Field Day is without a doubt one of the most anticipated events of the year and the 2007 instalment is now locked in with the artist line-up just announced... [more]
Agent Mad have just announced the line up for our 33&1/3 B.B.Q taking over the entire Espy complex in St Kilda on New Year's Day 2005. [more]
The headliners for Field Day 2005 have been revealed, with it looking to be one of the more eclectic and varied parties in recent times. Breaks and house feature, along with hip-hop, electro and tech-house. [more]
The Heavyweight Champions are in town - Kenny Ken and MC Skibadee - to battle it out in a knock-out show of drum and bass flavours with supports from our local players. Check out the set times here.... [more]
UNDERWORLD is heading to Sydney on Wednesday - here are the playing times. [more]
There's an awful lot happening this Queens birthday weekend, especially on the Sunday night. But if you're after an all-Australian lineup, look no further than F3. And if, like me, you're squeezing a couple of parties in on the same night and there's a few DJs in particular that you want to catch, here's the set times so you can plot your course. [more]
Breakspoll names its winners
Last Thursday night, the annual Breakspoll Awards took over London’s Fabric nightclub to recognise 2007’s movers-and-shakers in breakbeat. And, of course, to make the walls vibrate with a dream line-up of live acts and DJs. [more]
Plump DJs auction rare collectors items for charity
To coincide with the Finger Lickin' Spring Break, being held at The Key in London on Thursday March 24th, the Plump DJs (who aren't able to appear at the event) have placed a number of interesting collectors items on eBay to help in the Finger Lickin' team's quest to raise money for charity. [more]
Brandon Block Goes Back To School
Party house DJ Brandon Block and his label/management agency Mustard have announced details of a mini UK tour, which will be happening at colleges across Britain this autumn. [more]
If there is one event breaks lovers must pencil into their calendar, Breakspoll is it. Bring on next year! [more]
Lee Rous and Andy Gardener kept a near capacity crowd on their feet for two hours, providing an eclectic fusion of breaks and other styles. [more]
Dear Santa: there appears to have been some misunderstanding with my Christmas present this year. Yes, ok, I asked for a super hot Breakfest. I did NOT mean that I wanted it to be 50 degrees in the shade. [more]
Proving that things can be plumper by halves, Lee Rous joined the local Japan4 crew at Ambar for a night of the fattest breaks. Someone call the Guinness Records people, was that the biggest drop in music history? [more]
Wandering listlessly into the Canberra night I realised that for me Plumps were best taken in the comfort of headphones, under the influence of a heightened state of awareness and with only the unremitting and chronic broken beat pounding my senses, [more]
What a spectacular night! Not only was the venue tip top, it was a very auspicious evening too. [more]
Fresh on the heels of New Years Eve carousing, Summafieldayze was the perfect veneer to the celebratory seeing-in for 2007. The potential of seeing BK, Freestylers, Mylo, BodyRockers and more, was a booast to my enthusiasm...... [more]
After the insane heat of last year's Field Day, punters were approaching this year with a touch of fearful apprehension. But the weather cleared for an event that reminded us why Field Day is still considered one of the city's most iconic parties. [more]
Summafieldayze yet again proved why it is QLD's biggest and best dance music festival with 12 hours of non-stop party mayhem. [more]
Plump DJ's, Andy C, Krust & Die and more. If breaks, drum n bass and hip hop is your thing, then Agent MAD rocked the Espy for a brilliant new years day in 2005. [more]
Electric. Off the Hook. Entertaining. Insane. These are the words that I have heard people described last Saturday nights return to Ambar - which had a couple of weeks of downtime to recharge the batteries since the new years adventures. [more]
Unless you've been digging salt in the Gulag, you would have felt the presence of Fabric across the globe. Especially in Australia, where our breaks-fancying crowds probably know it as the spiritual home and residence for touring faves the Plump DJs and party rockers, the Stanton Warriors. [more]
Fabric NYE....'nuff said! [more]
Two Tribes 2003 @ Melbourne Park, Melbourne (09/03/03)
by mmajor, Johntra_Volta, Fmillyn on March 14th, 2003
A couple ITMer's tell us their tales and experiences at Two Tribes 2003. [more]
inthemix podcast session 48; our last broadcast of 2007. We speak with the Plump DJs and feature their new single, as well as tracks from Spank Rock, Malente, Bass Kleph and more! [more]
Tracks and remixes from Coldcut, Plump DJs, Jono Fernandez, D Ramirez, Who Made Who and more. [more]
Plump DJs - Headthrash
'Headthrash' is easily one of the best new releases I've heard this year. The Plump DJs have progressed on from their seminal artist albums and genre-defining compilations to produce another confident step in their quest for world domination. [more]
Various Artist - Fatboy Slim: Greatest Hits Remixed
This is no Fatboy Slim obituary or au revoir. It's the cream of electronic music through the eyes of some of the world’s finest producers. From Justice to Junkie XL to Plump DJs, one of your favourite artists features on this compilation. Guaranteed! [more]
Fatboy Slim - Praise You (Mike D & Adrock Remix)/Everybody Needs a 303 (Plump DJs Remix)
Remixes of old classics rarely come out sounding even anywhere near as good as the original producers efforts. Thankfully the first release to be lifted off Fatboy Slims upcoming best of album are rare exceptions to the rule. [more]
Nine Ways - JDS
The latest release on FFRR seems to be getting quite a bit of play from a wide range of jocks around the globe. And with the remix work as varied as it is, it's not that surprising. [more]
Clear the roads, evacuate the cities and batten down the hatches: the latest mix album from the Plump DJs is about to hit the streets. [more]
Finger Lickin' has just turned five so it seems rather fitting to release this, the third in their compilation in the series It's a Finger Lickin' Thang. [more]
Marking the eighth episode in famed London nightclub Fabric's Friday night mix CD series, Fabric Live 08 comes courtesy of the ever-proficient Plump DJs, and has arguably been one of the most highly anticipated in the series so far. [more]
Aaaaaah!!! Thirteen tracks, 2.5 years in the making - the Plump DJs' fully loaded artist album is again destined to arouse senses we never knew we had. [more]
Right - hands up who'd like to see breaks tracks on the main floor more often? *insert footage of this lass raising both hands in the air* [more]
You know when you've got a hit on your hands when your track is the talk of the Miami Winter Music Conference, everyone is plugging it from Pete Tong to Derrick Carter. [more]
To coincide with their 10th anniversary, super UK label Cream have released a commemorative compilation of anthems, being the first release to exclusively hit Australian and New Zealand shores. [more]
Techno started in Detroit, but many would say the focus has long since moved to Europe. Philadelphia's Bob Brown is here to tell you otherwise... [more]
Breakbeat Uber stars The Plump DJ's lates offering is a double does of dancefloor finery. [more]
After the dust has settled from their release A Plump Night Out, and several successful tours of Australia in the process, the Plumps return with the sampler from their upcoming debut artist record Eargasm. [more]
Following the huge success of their debut album "Since I Left You", the Avalanches have released the first single from the CD; "Radio" and "Frontier Psychiatrist" and have also included a bonus track, the outstanding "Frontier Psychiatrist" video clip. [more]
Australia's sunny Queensland Goldcoast is home to Ash Tobia and The Covert Operative (Paul Sanderson) who have gotten together to produce two promo tracks called "Dreaming of You" and "Slinky Kitten" on 12" white label. [more]