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Peter "Mona"
McNamara first started mixing records, not for love or interest
- but by necessity.
"In
1986, I was working behind the bar at the Laird Hotel and one night,
one of the DJ's didn't show up..."
Spending hours
labouring over the decks after closing time, Peter eventually landed
his first residency - at the Laird Hotel! Soon after, word got around
and he was invited to play his first warehouse party - The ALSO
Foundations' New Years Eve 1989.
Who was your
first major influence as a DJ?
"The late great David 'Kitty' Kelly..."
Peter soon
expanded his residencies to include some of Melbourne's finest and
most respected underground clubs, Monkey, Tasty & Freakazoid
gave him the vehicle to pursue the sound that he is known and recognised
for today.
What are some
of the biggest and most memorable parties you have played?
"Sleaze Ball (twice), Mardi Gras (many times!), Red Raw,
Two Tribes, Summadayze and Adelaide's Sleaze Ball..."
Where are you
playing at the moment?
44 and Q Bar on Saturdays, Viper and Room, occasionally The Market
and I am a resident at CHEEKY..."
Peter McNamara
has long been recognised as one of Australia's finest - he has twice
been voted "God of the Dancefloor" at the Diva Awards,
a number of Pride Awards hidden amongst his record crates and a
selection of critically acclaimed CD's on his resume including Glad
to be Gay, SIN (ALSO Foundation), Monkey - Call of the Wild, Monkey
- Jungle Juice and another project that he's currently working on
for release later in the year.
Now comes the
natural progression - production!
"I have enrolled to study at the School of Audio Engineering
with Frisky, my good and one of the best of Melbourne's new breed
of DJ's...we can't wait to get into the studio and start making
our own music..."
Peter is also
half of the Deep Bitch Boys and has also recently starting exploring
using four turntables and two mixers again with Frisky at 44's "wet+deep_house
progressions".
Peter "Mona"
McNamara - the "Godmother of House...."
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