DJ Thief - Profile & Biography
The Legend
Nationally Thief's name says it all - he's renowned for stealing the dance floors from every capital city in Australia, regularly visiting the biggest parties in Sydney, Perth, Cairns and Adelaide. He's well known for playing different styles in each major city, adapting his sound to each crowd while maintaining his signature hard dance energy.
Career Highlights
Major Events & Residencies
On the local front, Thief has appeared at every major rave and dance festival in Brisbane over the years including his own parties:
- Overdrive
- Essensual
- Atomic NRG
- Recharge
- Big Day Out - Australia's biggest festival
Club Residencies
Thief has held residencies at all the major Brisbane clubs:
- Rhythm Zone - 1991
- Insomniac - 1992
- The Globe - 1993
- The Site - 1994-95
- Hard drive @ The Tube - 1996
...and the list goes on!
Creator of System 6
DJ Thief is the creator of Australia's massive System 6 - the ultimate underground club experience. A Hard house, NuNrg, Trance and Hardcore mentalist & all-round nutter!
Thief is one of the most traveled hard yakka DJ's and without a doubt Australia's number one Hard Dance DJ. In his decade devoted to music, Thief has not only mastered the turntables but has created Australia's only underground club event, turning it into Australia's answer to a super club with System 6 spanning into most Australian cities.
International Experience
Thief has put Brisbane on the map as a destination for interstate and overseas artists. Through his work with System 6, he's acquired international gigs in:
- London, UK
- Scotland
- Japan
In 1999, Thief headed to the UK and Scotland doing guest appearances alongside leading international DJs before bringing the future sound of dance music home to Brisbane.
Notable Support Acts
Thief has found himself supporting many of his overseas peers, most notably:
Carl Cox - Both in 1994 and 2001
Supporting one of the world's biggest DJs twice is a testament to Thief's skills and reputation in the hard dance scene.
Music Philosophy
Thief will capture the crowd wherever he is with his versatility on the turntables. His weapon of choice is the turntable and he is armed with Vinyl.
He is billed for all major dance parties and club nights both locally and all around Australia. Since his return from the UK, he has kept Brisbane in the forefront of underground music, making Brisbane a landmark destination for the UK's biggest artists.
Production Work - Es2
Recently, Thief has teamed up with legendary producer The Berzerker to form Es2, a production duo focused on creating cutting-edge hard dance tracks. Their collaboration represents the pinnacle of Australian hard dance production, combining Thief's DJ expertise with Berzerker's studio mastery.
Check out their tracks on the Music page.
DJ THIEF
Australia's #1 Hard Dance DJ