Situated on Oxford Street you will find a club. And every Friday night, within this club you’ll find a party and something just a little bit more than what your average weekly night has to offer. Think popcorn machines, a giant rideable bull, fairy floss, Thailand cocktail buckets, giant Jenga sets and one of the most diverse music policies you’ll find anywhere in Sydney. “99 per cent genre free” is what the promoters guarantee, and it’s what you will get; plus a whole lot more! This place I speak of is Sosueme, every Friday night at QBar. If you haven’t been to Sosueme yet, it comes highly recommend and be prepared to party, as the organisers won’t settle for anything less.

In the same way that humanity evolved over time, so have the Sosueme DJs. Since kicking off in mid 2008 (excessive alcohol consumption has prevented the crew from pinning down an exact date), the last nine months have seen the Sosueme crew develop into what’s arguably one of Australia’s most exciting party collectives. Imagine 10 DJs, 6 decks, 3 mixers, 10 pairs of headphones, 10 different heads and 20 hands on one stage… It all adds up to the magic number of 59!

So it appears the magic number of 59 is the secret to Sosueme’s success! With this revelation in mind, ITM’s Lisa Percy caught up with the Sosueme DJs to find out in 59 words or less, what they’re all about and what’s in store for 2009!

Who are the Sosueme DJs?

We’re a drunken, abusive posse/collective/conglomerate of DJs, alcoholics, shelvaholics, hip-thrusters and serial indecent-exposer-ers. Members of our genre mashing ‘Society of Awesome’ include: 2onajoyirde from Spit Syndicate, multiples of Hey Now DJs, Mailer Daemon and super residents that are Mixtape:Mafia and Buzz Killington. Imagine the Power Ranger shit when combined to make that super weapon! 59 words EXACTLY!

How did you come to decide to collaborate as one super-group?
Take a solid dosage of party-lord, loosing their shit together behind a bunch of decks, playing big stupid party music – from Ghetto-Bouncetronica to Sugar-Bump-TurkySlap, and you got yourself an ultimate festival collective! We met through our respective passion for the Zen of Party, but were bound through our joint love of alcohol-fueled club-plundering.

If someone was going to see a Sosueme DJ set, what should they expect?

10 DJs, unnecessary amounts of pressure to select the raddest track ASAP, mix it and get outta the way without being eaten alive by your friends. We have standards: if someone fucks up, we take a finger… it’s simple. Fauce from Hey Now has nothing but stumps left! Expect nudity, human pyramids, Greco-roman wrestling, orgasms and other suggestive party-fodder.

59 elements in one DJ set is huge! How do you manage everyone’s input throughout a set?

“Survival of the Raddest” – if you can’t mix MSTRKRFT into Daryl Braithwaite, into get the fuck off the stage (and we’ll take a finger for getting in the way, jerk). The best part about having a collective of Sydney’s raddest is their ability to absolutely take the piss out of everyone musically – every track ups the ante!

What does each member of Sosueme DJs bring to the table?

2onajoyride often brings the Bounce-Fly Kick Potato Salad, Wheels from Hey Now usually stuffs a Rave Turkey whilst the boys from Mixtape:Mafia ride it like a Mexi-ho, Mailer Daemon brings the spiked Dub Punch and Buzz Killington ensures a high ratio of Mash-Party Mayonnaise to Tech-Jam Salsa Bangers.

What are the influences of the Sosueme DJs sound?

Electricity, booze and a certain brand of party: where everyone is running around a college campus in the nude, throwing down the slip’n’slide like in a sex-fueled Armageddon bash.

We know you like use crazy samples in your sets. What are the strangest ones people could expect to hear?

Acapellas from Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody over Big Bass Booty Jams. We are also big fans of the Round The Twist theme song, which turns out to one of the greatest party hip-thrusting tracks known to humankind.

In 59 words or less, if Sosueme DJs placed a personal ad, what would it say?

“Gang of horny, misdirected alcoholic sleazebags seek quiet, submissive virgin soul-mate who has a passion for cooking, cleaning and writing track lists on burnt CDs. Must be familiar with the expression ‘Screaming Eagle’.“

What is the strangest request you have received during your set?

One person came up to volunteer herself as the evening’s screaming eagle. It’s actually on our rider.

What is the Sosueme DJs party style?

Seizure-inducing rave blindness, pulled forth from a unfathomable dosage of Crunk Juice, Purple Drank & irrelevant cock-rock guitar anthems.

There have been a few dances evolve over the last little while – the Melbourne Shuffle, Sydney’s Bang Gang Dance. If Sosueme DJs could have a dance, what would it look like?

Think Girl Talk crossed with Mr Bean, on acid.

What has been the ultimate party memory of the Sosueme DJs, to date?

Memories? We are only left with a slight residue of knowing someone, somewhere got naked and we all laughed about it.

Out of any ever written, what song best describes the Sosueme DJs?
Ghostbusters Theme Song! The Lil John vs Justice vs Devo remix-mega-mash edit tweak.

What makes the Sosueme DJs different and unique to other collaborative DJ groups?

Everyone loves to see piggy backing on a stage, and we do it for the fun and the love of party.

What makes the Sosueme club nights different?

Promoters must shy away from live bands ‘cause it can be expensive to put them on. If so, that’s weak as piss – we’ve never been in it to make more than 1 penny over our expenses. We also take the piss out of everyone because a lot of promoters are arrogant saps who take themselves too seriously.

What do you think makes a good party?

What makes a good party? Bands, DJs, bucket cocktails, fairy floss, popcorn, sumo wrestling suits, a movie-room and a welcoming ‘anything goes’ approach that any kind of person (especially deviants) can feel comfortable with.

If any, what are the challenges of running a weekly club night?

Alcoholism. Sleep deprivation. Over-exposure to extreme levels of consistent radness. Nathan Rees. Over zealous police. Running out of drink cards at 5am.

How do you keep things new and interesting each week?

We assume everyone else is like us and gets bored of complacent clubs who deliver the same program week-in-week out, capitalizing without innovating. If ever a time comes when we’re not giggling or excited about the next party, we’ll simply close the doors without warning. Hedonism comes first.

Q Bar is quite a popular and notorious venue, how’d you snag that?

By notorious we assume you mean the internal dialogue “oww-my-head-why-the-fuk-did-I-stay-up-to-8am-and-I-can’t-believe-I-shagged-my-boss-in-the-bathroom”. Yeah it’s notorious, OK. We think it was really a brand alignment thing. Q Bar is probably the only venue in town that can keep up!

What are some of the acts that have graced the Sosueme stage?

Live bands, we’ve had the likes of: Lost Valentinos, Snob Scrilla, Bridezilla, Grafton Primary, Art vs Science, Cassette Kids, Spit Syndicate, The Scare, Horrorshow & SPOD etc… and DJs including AJAX, Chew Fu Phat, Aston Shuffle, Miami Horror, Bag Raiders, Van She Tech, Gus Da Hoodrat, Ember, DJ Izm (Bliss N Eso), Ruby Rose (MTV), Funktrust DJs etc.

To Sosueme, define your interpretation of the word ‘rad’?

Radness is an aura, essence or thread of undeniable Amazingness and Awesomosity. So, it’s kinda like the booty-shaking version of ‘The Force’. Which would make Sosueme folk some off-breed of raving Sith-Lords.

How do you keep Sosueme 99% genre free?

By taking Sosueme out at the end of each weekend, buying it a good meal, spanking it for the insolence and filth-inducing times it creates and throwing it into a shower-block under a high-pressure hose, ridding it of it’s associated Genre Filth.

What is the most random party memory for the Sosueme weekly club night?

On our first birthday, one of the hottest girls in the history of humankind stripped down to nothing but the sexiest lingerie you can imagine, suspenders and everything, she then rode the bull like Kylie in that banned film clip. We got it on film! Fuck memory!

You have had fairy floss machines, popcorn makers, Thailand cocktail buckets, a rideable bull, giant Jenga and swings at many a Sosueme club night! Do you plan to introduce anymore exciting elements to help create the ultimate clubbing experience?

8 words: Full-Size Jumping Castle Mansion in a Club.

What do the Sosueme DJs have in store for 2009?

Festivals and the throwing the best parties this side of Candy Mountain. Stay tuned!

What does the Sosueme club night have in store for 2009?

We’re developing a way to tear a hole in the fabric of the space-time continuum, before injecting liquid radness into Europe’s underground large hadron collider, in an effort to create an accessible wormhole to the 5th dimension in the middle of Q Bar. 5th dimension – the final frontier! You should see the bouncers.

And finally, acronym Sosueme…

Set
Over the
Sun but
Under
Each
Moon is
Ecstacy.

Catch the Sosueme DJs at their spiritual home of Q-Bar at the QYE Block Party this Wednesday 31st December!