After the overwhelming success of our ‘inthemix.05’ CD and tour featuring Tiga and Ajax, we couldn’t resist the temptation to do it all again this year; hold onto your hats, the ITM juggernaut is rolling into a town near you once again this December!

With the finishing touches now being put to our inthemix.2006 annual magazine, we’ve invited along forward thinking house DJ, producer and label kingpin Ben Watt, as well as local leading light Ivan Gough, to headline the launch tour and put together the accompanying CD.

Ben Watt is world renowned as one half of Everything But The Girl, and since branching out as a solo artist has established himself as one of the most in-demand musical minds in Europe. Pushing a sound intriguingly dubbed “deep house for the electro generation”, Watt’s sets in clubbing hot spots like Berlin, San Francisco and London, have him revered as one to watch in the future. His own record label, Buzzin’ Fly, have also continued to release a staggering array of quality tracks and mix albums. Ben’s mix is set to feature outstanding new music from the likes of Trentemoller, Sebastien Leger, John Tejada, Ashley Beedle and more.

As one of Australia’s most respected producers, in 2006 Ivan Gough shot to stardom alongside Grant Smillie as TV Rock. His solo work as a DJ and producer, however, is quite far removed from the commercial direction of TV Rock, and has seen him release more tracks and remixes than any other identity on the local scene. Ivan’s mix is a chunky slab of underground electro and tech-house, with cutting new music from Mike Monday, JohN Dahlback, D Ramirez and Tom Middleton to name a few.

Ben Watt ‘inthemix.2006’ tour dates:

Fri 1st Dec – Perth, Ambar
Sat 2nd Dec – Melbourne, Room 680
Thu 7th Dec – Adelaide, Crown & Sceptre
Fri 8th Dec – Sydney, The Gaff (w/ Ivan Gough)
Sat 9th Dec – Brisbane, Family (w/ Ivan Gough)

The ‘inthemix.2006’ CD will be in stores mid November, with tickets onsale soon for inthemix.2006 events across the country. Keep your eyes glued to ITM for updates!