Fellow High Flyers,

Following on from a massive summer of events, the Dig Deep team are pleased to announce that we’re bringing it all back to where the Secret Warehouse parties first began for a monumental night of entertainment at Sun Studios! We might’ve had a short break since then, but we’ve been busy…

The ‘Hacienda’ is of one of the most iconic nightclubs in the history of dance music and to anyone who knows a bit about club culture, it’s synonymous with some of the worlds leading and legendary House DJ’s and acts.

We’ve been gently twisting the talented arm of a Hacienda legend to come play at our house for some time now, so we’re super excited to confirm that GRAEME PARK has agreed to grace our shores for the next Secret Warehouse installment on Saturday June 23rd!

GRAEME PARK…
http://thisisgraemepark.com
http://www.mixcloud.com/graemepark
http://soundcloud.com/graemepark
http://www.myspace.com/graemepark

Joining Graeme will be a stellar local lineup – to be announced next week.

We’ve been getting a great response on these events and as you’re probably aware they’ve been selling out a month in advance. To ensure all you loyal regulars get the best chance of scoring tickets, we will be offering them to all Dig Deep & Funkdafied regulars first before going on sale to the public.

First Release Tickets on sale – Wednesday 18th April 9.00am sharp!


We hope you can all make it for what we’re hoping will be our biggest and best warehouse event so far; we have a massive production going into this one, so your ears and eyes are in for a treat!

Please note first release tickets will only be on sale for a short time, so get in early to avoid disappointment!

Here’s a video clip of the first warehouse event to get you in the mood:
http://vimeo.com/13904877

Photo gallery of NYD at Sun Studios:
http://www.digdeeppromotions.com/gal...t-on-nyd-2012/

Full details below:

“HIGH FLYERS LITTLE SECRET”
Date: Saturday 23rd June 2012
Time: 8.00pm – 3.00am
Venue: Sun Studios – 42 Maddox Street, Alexandria
Tickets: First Release $49.00 Second Release $59.00 Final Release $69.00
Tickets On Sale: Wednesday 18th April 9.00am sharp!

Contact your usual High Flyers ticket sellers, phone 02 9557 7905 or alternately visit Moshtix or www.digdeeppromotions.com

haven't heard that name in many years. i thought he retired long ago

Very much alive and kicking still with a busy tour schedule, not been here in a decade though!

Also hosts a weekly radio show
This weeks radio show from Graeme Park, get this tunage into you people, you are in for a treat!
http://soundcloud.com/graemepark/thi...e-park-14apr12

wow - that's a blast from the past - saw the guy playing vocal house in 99 at home nightclub...the days when you had to wear dress shoes and smart shits... Lucky is an early gig - is Graeme over 60 now?

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wow - that's a blast from the past - saw the guy playing vocal house in 99 at home nightclub...the days when you had to wear dress shoes and smart shits... Lucky is an early gig - is Graeme over 60 now?

He's not quite a pensioner just yet, and I'm sure he will give us a great show, it's a personal pleasure to be able to showcase such an iconic legend at one of our events, check out his weekly radio shows which we will keep posting up here and you will notice he's still very present in the industry, far from cutting edge but we don't build the warehouse parties around cutting edge music, just good quality music to get people moving, and Graeme's the perfect fit for this next event.

Additional line up adding in the next few weeks...

Fellow High Flyers,

Our next installment “High Flyers Little Secret” is now on sale!


We hope you can join us for the winter warehouse madness on Saturday June 23rd at Sun Studio.
Joining Hacienda legend GRAEME PARK will be the following artists:

GRAEME PARK…
http://thisisgraemepark.com
http://www.mixcloud.com/graemepark
http://soundcloud.com/graemepark
http://www.myspace.com/graemepark

NICC JOHNSON (Pacha Funky Room Resident)
http://soundcloud.com/niccjohnson
http://www.facebook.com/djniccjohnson

MR THING
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Thing/144517611347
http://soundcloud.com/pushinon/mr-th...ve-at-pushinon

DJ HUDGE

http://www.djhudge.com/
http://soundcloud.com/dj-hudge

SIMON CALDWELL
DIGITAL LOVE DJ’S
KARL PRINZEN
RUSSTEE
DJ KOOLADE
MR GLASS

Plus More TBA….

The last winter warehouse event we did at this venue sold out some 6 weeks in advance and with the response we have had so far we are hoping for the same this time around!
Please note first release tickets will only be on sale for a short time, so get in early to avoid disappointment!

Full details below:

“HIGH FLYERS LITTLE SECRET”
Date: Saturday 23rd June 2012
Time: 8.00pm – 3.00am
Venue: Sun Studios – 42 Maddox Street, Alexandria
Tickets: First Release $49.00 Second Release $59.00 Final Release $69.00

Contact your usual High Flyers ticket sellers, phone 02 9557 7905 or alternately visit Moshtix or www.digdeeppromotions.com

Please join our facebook event page for further updates:
http://www.facebook.com/events/217061161732664/

See you all in June!

DigDeep Team

had no idea graham park still djed, do u have any recent mixes he has done saw him play ten years ago.. interested to here what he plays these days

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had no idea graham park still djed, do u have any recent mixes he has done saw him play ten years ago.. interested to here what he plays these days

He's still with us and has a very busy tour schedule fella, he also runs a weekly UK radio show, here's last weeks mix:
http://soundcloud.com/graemepark/thi...e-park-14apr12

Hope the bearded one approves

Fellow High Flyers,

We are very excited to announce our second round of acts that will be joining GREAME PARK for the warehouse event on June 23rd.
We have managed to twist the arm of the very talented MR TOM MIDDLETON!

Also due to extended capacity we are happy to announce an additional tech/house room headlined by Bush Records head honcho ERIC POWELL.

Line up as follows:

GRAEME PARK
TOM MIDDLETON
ERIC POWELL
MR THING
NICC JOHNSON
DJ HUDGE
SIMON CADWELL
ROBBIE LOWE
KERRY WALACE
MR GLASS
KARL PRINZEN
DIGITAL LOVE DJ'S
RUSSTEE
DJ KOOLADE

With still over 6 weeks to go we are already over 70% sold out and will be moving to second release sales on Thursday 17th May, so that give all the DigDeep regulars one week to snap up the early bird tickets!
We have a limited capacity and expect to sell out way before the event, so if you don’t want to miss out you know the drill…

Join us on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/DigDeepPromotions

Buy tickets
http://www.digdeeppromotions.com/lit...ttle-secret-5/

We look forward to seeing you all there for our biggest production to date!

DigDeep Team

Ha, taking it back to the old school...This looks like fun. Is it all on one stage?

I even joined ITM just for this party! Graeme Park! Can't wait!

Quality Line up, Parky playing in Sydney....can't ask for more than that. I was a regular at Tony Hannon's Up Yer Ronson and Soak nights many a year ago. Looking forward to this 1

http://soundcloud.com/djpaulmurray/g...-up-yer-ronson

We have had a great response with this one! second release tickets will be finishing next Wednesday, we have over 1,500 sales so far, so looking like one of our biggest in 12 years!
See you all in June!

Last few days of second release tickets before we move to the last handful of final release! we now have a packed house of 1,500! thanks for the support Sydney, we plan on rewarding you with a good show, bring on the 23rd!!!

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we now have a packed house of 1,500!

What's the capacity of the venue? I've been there before and never would've expected it to be able to hold that many people...

Can't wait for this now, should be a great night!

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What's the capacity of the venue? I've been there before and never would've expected it to be able to hold that many people...

Can't wait for this now, should be a great night!

We have DA for 1,700 for this event with the 3 areas but the venue has 7 areas in total so we hope to grow the events to 3,000 with police blessing in the future, work in progress i guess!

Thanks for the support!

Looking forward to this bad boy…...

2 hours each?

Extremely disappointing.

this appears to be happening a lot, is it down to the big dj's not wanting to play longer sets or is it a cost cutting excercise to make more profit by filling the line up with locals?

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2 hours each?

Extremely disappointing.

this appears to be happening a lot, is it down to the big dj's not wanting to play longer sets or is it a cost cutting excercise to make more profit by filling the line up with locals?

Not the case at all Basics, the reason both Graeme & Tom are playing 2hr sets is because we wanted to showcase them both in the main room and didn't want any of them playing the earlier times when the venue is still filling up.

If you read the message that we mailed out below you will see both acts are booked for another 2hr set at the after party, this will be a free event for our warehouse patrons, so 4hrs per international over the 2 parties.

We also have to pay for them to play the second shows and with no door charge to the regulars, we actually make a big loss on the after party, so I can assure you we are not in it for a quick buck!
We have a huge production in a brilliant venue with great acts and believe we deliver big bang for your buck!

Hope you enjoy the party on Saturday



Fellow High Flyers,



With just over 3 days to go until our “High Flyers Little Secret” warehouse event kicks off we have some exciting news…



With the sunshine out and due to the overwhelming demand we have now decided to open another room and release a further 100 tickets!

We have opened up a Discotastic room for your musical pleasures with a cracking local line up!

We also have a massive production planned for this party, our biggest to date!

Doors open at 8pm and we advise you get there as early as possible, we have a huge crowd to process and don’t want you waiting out in the cold too long!



*****IMPORTANT NEWS*****



- There will be no ATM’s at the venue, please come prepared

- We have 3 licensed bars so No BYO

- Wrap up it is winter & we will have a cloakroom







We are also very excited to announce our “SECRET” after party, this event will be free for all warehouse patrons, we have been gently twisting Tom Middleton & Graeme Parks arms to play intimate sets starting straight after the warehouse.



Details Below:



Venue – Burdekin Hotel (2-4 Oxford St, Darlinghurst)

Time – 3am-very late!

Line up:

Ollie Brooke

DJ Emme

RussTee

GRAEME PARK

TOM MIDDLETON

Paul Freeman

DJ Hudge

JC, (Funkdafied)



There will be a $15.00 cover charge for anyone without a wristband



To purchase the final handful of warehouse tickets visit:

http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx...ef=highflyers5



We look forward to seeing you all, get plenty of sleep!



DigDeep Team

I've been looking forward to this party for a long time, it is going to be the business. Big Saturday & Sunday ahead - mainevent, afterparty, and now church of techno. The wheels have now been put in motion for taking Monday off.

Corizzle back in town....

Tell me promoter - what are you going to do about toilets?

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Corizzle back in town....

Tell me promoter - what are you going to do about toilets?

The venue has toilets but we have brought in a large 16 pan block just as a back up and to avoid any wait.
We have it covered!

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The venue has toilets but we have brought in a large 16 pan block just as a back up and to avoid any wait.
We have it covered!

Good thinking, it will be welcome. Toilets there cannot cope with 800 people, nevermind a crowd your size.

Thanks for the response, still a bit disappointed to be fair, suppose im used to dj's playing in the uk for a lot longer for a fraction of the price

I received an email saying you were attempting to negotiate the 2 of them to play the after party....im assuming this has now been confirmed then

still at least the after party is free unlike when jamie jones and lee foss played Agwa where we paid $70+ for the boat and then we had to pay an additional $30+ for the after party (with both dj's billed at the same time)...... so hats off to you for that

fingers crossed the drinks are of a reasonable strength and price ........see you on the dance floor

Basics

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Thanks for the response, still a bit disappointed to be fair, suppose im used to dj's playing in the uk for a lot longer for a fraction of the price

I received an email saying you were attempting to negotiate the 2 of them to play the after party....im assuming this has now been confirmed then

still at least the after party is free unlike when jamie jones and lee foss played Agwa where we paid $70+ for the boat and then we had to pay an additional $30+ for the after party (with both dj's billed at the same time)...... so hats off to you for that

fingers crossed the drinks are of a reasonable strength and price ........see you on the dance floor

Unfortunately we can't compete with the UK prices, this is due to the costing of long distance flights/visas and many other outgoings to make the tour happen, we spend $5k per artist before they even set foot in the country, just the price we have to pay living so far away from Europe I guess, if we want to hear quality artists we all got to pay for the privilege.

We do have an after party that is indeed free, so you will get plenty of hours out the international acts.

Drinks prices are not going to be cheap either, but as you will see from the production we don't throw cheap parties, so I guess you get what you pay for.

Hopefully you will walk away feeling satisfied with the level of event for the money spent, that's all we can hope for.
We have done a few of these events over the years and people do seem to come back.

Maybe you can give us a review after your night with us?

Hope you have a good one

Anyone who went to the New Years Day High Flyers Party will know that these events are not to be missed..

This looks awesome, but i can't make it anymore.

I have 2 tickets for sale.. $80 for both. PM if interested and i'll have them reissued in your name.

It's been ages since I've had chance to enjoy a High Flyers party. Got my ticket. Can't wait to see some old friends..!

tickets sold

Davey check your PM's.

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Unfortunately we can't compete with the UK prices, this is due to the costing of long distance flights/visas and many other outgoings to make the tour happen, we spend $5k per artist before they even set foot in the country, just the price we have to pay living so far away from Europe I guess, if we want to hear quality artists we all got to pay for the privilege.

We do have an after party that is indeed free, so you will get plenty of hours out the international acts.

Drinks prices are not going to be cheap either, but as you will see from the production we don't throw cheap parties, so I guess you get what you pay for.

Hopefully you will walk away feeling satisfied with the level of event for the money spent, that's all we can hope for.
We have done a few of these events over the years and people do seem to come back.

Maybe you can give us a review after your night with us?

Hope you have a good one

It's funny you say that. just going off the average ticket price of $50 (this is just rounding it off to the first lot of tickets) with 1500 tickets being sold, not including the exorbitant $9 (average; same as the beer selection) price for alcohol.

Yeah it was a bit rich, but honestly, i had some of the best free-pours i've seen since Ibiza, last night. Great crowd for the most part too!

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It's funny you say that. just going off the average ticket price of $50 (this is just rounding it off to the first lot of tickets) with 1500 tickets being sold, not including the exorbitant $9 (average; same as the beer selection) price for alcohol.

$75,000

Jesus! Respect.

MASSIVE Thank you to all the DJ's that gave us the brilliant music on Saturday but more importantly all the crowd that supported the event! Was a great older crowd with zero incident again, credit to you all! We value your feedback and take on board both positive and negative feedback you have so we can keep improving the party, photo's of the night will be up some time this week when we have had time to shake the hangover!...Hope to see you all for the opening cruise on October 27th...

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It's funny you say that. just going off the average ticket price of $50 (this is just rounding it off to the first lot of tickets) with 1500 tickets being sold, not including the exorbitant $9 (average; same as the beer selection) price for alcohol.

Turkman, each to their own mate but if you think $8 Extra Dry and $9 Sol is exorbitant then you can't be getting out much!
You may not have noticed where most of the income was spent but I can assure you we won't be getting rich off that party!

There are many extra costs putting such events on at such venues including artists, production, security, cleaners and painters, not to mention $3,000 for extra toilet blocks to ensure all of our customers get a quality event and are looked after!
It's hard not to take your negative comment personally when I work 4 months on such an event for around $5 per hour, pumping 95% of the income back into the party!

I guess we can't please everyone and our events are not for you, we try to keep all our prices at a reasonable price, I pay $8 for a bottle of Extra dry in my local pub.

Sorry you felt ripped off, never my intention...

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, I pay $8 for a bottle of Extra dry in my local pub.

And what you don't see when you buy an extra dry for 8 dollars from your local, is all the extra costs that go into getting you that beer. Wayeno has to go down to dan murphies sometimes when they've ran out and pick up some cases on a bulk buy. Sometimes he gets hungry and has to get some hot chips & a dagwood. If it's a hot day he needs to grab a doctor pepper, so you can see the costs just keep adding up. Now I won't even get started on how much it costs to drive 5 minutes round the block a couple of times a month. Now add up all those costs & we're barely making 600% profit a bottle. It's outfuckingrageous.

I feel your pain brother

I'm sorry, I can't help but laugh at that post.

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And what you don't see when you buy an extra dry for 8 dollars from your local, is all the extra costs that go into getting you that beer. Wayeno has to go down to dan murphies sometimes when they've ran out and pick up some cases on a bulk buy. Sometimes he gets hungry and has to get some hot chips & a dagwood. If it's a hot day he needs to grab a doctor pepper, so you can see the costs just keep adding up. Now I won't even get started on how much it costs to drive 5 minutes round the block a couple of times a month. Now add up all those costs & we're barely making 600% profit a bottle. It's outfuckingrageous.

I feel your pain brother

600% profit, please get in touch with us ASAP as I would like you to run our bars from now on, you sound like your really clued up with how it all works.

^ Lolz

Well I had a fun night overall, and thought things were quite well run (my only gripe was that I felt the sound was too loud in the main room - my ears were ringing when we left...). Tom Middleton lost me for a bit in the middle of his set but that's another matter.

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^ Lolz

Well I had a fun night overall, and thought things were quite well run (my only gripe was that I felt the sound was too loud in the main room - my ears were ringing when we left...). Tom Middleton lost me for a bit in the middle of his set but that's another matter.

Your right Lavelle, we had a demo with a new system in the main room and did battle to keep the levels down, something we will be aware of next time.

think these warehouse parties are better than the boats - saturday rocked. Room 2 espesh was awesome given the main room was so busy. Will defo go back to that venue again

Warehouse party with $8 beers.

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Warehouse party with $8 beers.

Which closes at 3am

On a positive note...a few photos of the event
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...6723200&type=1

Thanks for the support guys

Whoever was playing before Tom Middleton around 2.30am at the Burdekin was very on point!

Bob Sinclar - Save Our Soul. Amongst many other solid tunes and proper mixing.

Media Player

Bob Sinclair - Save Our Soul - YouTube

The first YouTube clip has some horrible vocals.

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Which closes at 3am

you do have some understanding how licensing works, yeah?

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Which closes at 3am

We don't close at 3am cos we want to, we close at 3am cos we have to, that's why we always throw a free after part at all our events, warehouses and boats included, Burdekin closed at 8am, so 8pm-8am, a good solid 12hrs for your ticket price.

I think what Mindfull is trying to put across - and if he wasn't being so **** in cheek about it - is the age-old 'warehouse' argument. In popular consensus, a warehouse party is qualified by the policy of BYO. The minute a venue has a commercial bar, well, er, it's a venue.

i think people are really starting to become touchy about the use of a 'warehouse' party being bandied about these day, in fact, I know - it's been a hot topic on this forum quite a bit.

Sun Studios allows for BYO past those hours. Picnic, CO OP and other parties run until about 5/6am. Of course people will get iffy about paying for booze in a venue that for the most part has allowed BYO.

Congrats on a great party Dig Deep / Funkdafied. Had a blast!!!

Mr Thing was act of the night for me.