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All About Me
Dj Grin aka Jono Oliver started his musical career at the age of 15 when he took up his other passion in life the drums!!
By the time Jono was 18 he helped form Western Australia's power metal outfit RAWKUS who's achievements included releasing 2 cds , playing at the legendary Bindoon Rock festival (in front of 20,000 people)an Australian national tour and in 1993 becoming the 'World's Loudest Band'when they cranked 136 decibels of wall busting sound at the now defunct Club O.
In 1998 he joined Perth industrial/metal outfit KIN where he started to experiment with playing live to keyboards and samples and released the 'Third Eye' ep. At this time he also discovered the sounds of underground House and Electronic music at a Club called DC's.
After departing KIN in 2000 he then partied for a few years at many festivals and club nights before deciding he would rather go back to being the entertainer rather than the entertained. In 2004 Jono had his first go on da wheels of steel and has been hooked ever since.
Spending the next few years perfecting his Dj'n skills playing at parties, Dj Grin was now set to hit the limelight once again but this time as a Dj and not a drummer!!
In 2008 DJ Grin formed the company BLACK DRAGON PROMOTIONS to promote all things HARD DANCE. BDP held their first event at the famous Gilkisons called REGENR8 featuring JAMES NARDI (INSEKT/KILLERHURTS RECORDINGS-UK) and then followed up another event in May 08 also called REGENR8 which featured ILOGIK (ELASICMAN RECORDS-UK) After injecting some spark back into the Perth Hard Dance scene DJ Grin was booked to play some massive shows including TANZISTOR,ALPHASIX,HARD WARS IX.In 2009 Grin was asked back to HARD WARS X and played a blistering back to back set with BENI C (Best Hard Dance DJ PDMA)and went on to play HARD WARS XI,XII,XIII.BACK 2 BASICS,SYSTEM 6 Featuring CHARLOTTE BIRCH (UK) @ EARTH NIGHTCLUB (South Aust.)UNDERGROUND SESSIONS,A.W.O.L. ,LIQUID VISION 2 and the HARD DANCE events of the year PULSE vs PHD,INFEXIOUS and SUNRISE NYE!
Dj Grin plays a selection of Hard House,NRG,tek, trance, breaks,psy and anything with a hard banging or rolling bassline with a dark demented twist!! Grin also plans to form a live electronic act in the future but for now look out for Dj Grin playing his hard and nasty twisted beats at a venue near you.
FOR ALL DJ GRIN'S UP COMING GIGS AND BLACK DRAGON PROMOTIONS INFO PLEASE CHECK DJ GRIN'S WEBSITES BELOW!!
www.myspace.com/dj_grin
www.myspace.com/blackdragonaustralia
DJ Grin's Gigs 2008-
REGENR8 -Featuring James Nardi (UK)
REGENR8-Featuring Ilogik (UK)
TRANZISTOR
ALPHASIX
BTB - specail guest
HARD WARS IX
2009-
HARD WARS X
PSYNWAVE
PULSE-CODE RED Featuring SCOTT SKINNER(SPACE SENTINELZ,TWISTED TRAXX-UK)
INFEXIOUS-Featuring PAUL GLAZBY (UK) & BEN STEVENS(UK)
HARD WARS XI @ Rise 17/04/09
A.W.O.L @ Bar Open 20/05/09
CR3 @ Secret location 13/06/09
System 6 with Charotte Birch (uk) @ Earth nightclub South Australia 03/07/09
HARD WARS XII @ Rise 17/07/09
INSOMNIAKS @ F.O.R.C.E. Megaplex 18/07/09
A.W.O.L. @ Bar Open 02/09/09
UNDERGROUND SESSIONS Vol 2 05/09/09
BACK 2 BASICS 10/09/09
Hard Wars XIII @ Rise 02/10/09
PHD vs PULSE @ REVOLUTION AA CLUB 31/10/09
LIQUID VISION 2 on the Swan River 07/11/09
SUNRISE NYE @ Secret Location 31/12/09
2010-
LISA LASHES @ RISE 28/02/10
HARD DANCE FOR HIATI 03/03/10
INFEXIOUS - BROKEN TOY (SAF) JON DOE/CLSM (UK) 10/04/10
DJ Grin is now taking bookings for 2010! Please contact djgrin@hotmail.com 0405 233 924.
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By the time Jono was 18 he helped form Western Australia's power metal outfit RAWKUS who's achievements included releasing 2 cds , playing at the legendary Bindoon Rock festival (in front of 20,000 people)an Australian national tour and in 1993 becoming the 'World's Loudest Band'when they cranked 136 decibels of wall busting sound at the now defunct Club O.
In 1998 he joined Perth industrial/metal outfit KIN where he started to experiment with playing live to keyboards and samples and released the 'Third Eye' ep. At this time he also discovered the sounds of underground House and Electronic music at a Club called DC's.
After departing KIN in 2000 he then partied for a few years at many festivals and club nights before deciding he would rather go back to being the entertainer rather than the entertained. In 2004 Jono had his first go on da wheels of steel and has been hooked ever since.
Spending the next few years perfecting his Dj'n skills playing at parties, Dj Grin was now set to hit the limelight once again but this time as a Dj and not a drummer!!
In 2008 DJ Grin formed the company BLACK DRAGON PROMOTIONS to promote all things HARD DANCE. BDP held their first event at the famous Gilkisons called REGENR8 featuring JAMES NARDI (INSEKT/KILLERHURTS RECORDINGS-UK) and then followed up another event in May 08 also called REGENR8 which featured ILOGIK (ELASICMAN RECORDS-UK) After injecting some spark back into the Perth Hard Dance scene DJ Grin was booked to play some massive shows including TANZISTOR,ALPHASIX,HARD WARS IX.In 2009 Grin was asked back to HARD WARS X and played a blistering back to back set with BENI C (Best Hard Dance DJ PDMA)and went on to play HARD WARS XI,XII,XIII.BACK 2 BASICS,SYSTEM 6 Featuring CHARLOTTE BIRCH (UK) @ EARTH NIGHTCLUB (South Aust.)UNDERGROUND SESSIONS,A.W.O.L. ,LIQUID VISION 2 and the HARD DANCE events of the year PULSE vs PHD,INFEXIOUS and SUNRISE NYE!
Dj Grin plays a selection of Hard House,NRG,tek, trance, breaks,psy and anything with a hard banging or rolling bassline with a dark demented twist!! Grin also plans to form a live electronic act in the future but for now look out for Dj Grin playing his hard and nasty twisted beats at a venue near you.
FOR ALL DJ GRIN'S UP COMING GIGS AND BLACK DRAGON PROMOTIONS INFO PLEASE CHECK DJ GRIN'S WEBSITES BELOW!!
www.myspace.com/dj_grin
www.myspace.com/blackdragonaustralia
DJ Grin's Gigs 2008-
REGENR8 -Featuring James Nardi (UK)
REGENR8-Featuring Ilogik (UK)
TRANZISTOR
ALPHASIX
BTB - specail guest
HARD WARS IX
2009-
HARD WARS X
PSYNWAVE
PULSE-CODE RED Featuring SCOTT SKINNER(SPACE SENTINELZ,TWISTED TRAXX-UK)
INFEXIOUS-Featuring PAUL GLAZBY (UK) & BEN STEVENS(UK)
HARD WARS XI @ Rise 17/04/09
A.W.O.L @ Bar Open 20/05/09
CR3 @ Secret location 13/06/09
System 6 with Charotte Birch (uk) @ Earth nightclub South Australia 03/07/09
HARD WARS XII @ Rise 17/07/09
INSOMNIAKS @ F.O.R.C.E. Megaplex 18/07/09
A.W.O.L. @ Bar Open 02/09/09
UNDERGROUND SESSIONS Vol 2 05/09/09
BACK 2 BASICS 10/09/09
Hard Wars XIII @ Rise 02/10/09
PHD vs PULSE @ REVOLUTION AA CLUB 31/10/09
LIQUID VISION 2 on the Swan River 07/11/09
SUNRISE NYE @ Secret Location 31/12/09
2010-
LISA LASHES @ RISE 28/02/10
HARD DANCE FOR HIATI 03/03/10
INFEXIOUS - BROKEN TOY (SAF) JON DOE/CLSM (UK) 10/04/10
DJ Grin is now taking bookings for 2010! Please contact djgrin@hotmail.com 0405 233 924.
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