Festival-goers at Australia’s Beyond The Valley bought greater than they bargained for when Dom Dolla and Rüfüs Du Sol — two heavyweights of digital music — shared the stage for the very first time.
During a secret set final Thursday (Dec. 30), Dom labored the wheels of metal whereas the lads from Rüfüs Du Sol (Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt) joined in the enjoyable and tweaked nobs to a remix of their Surrender reduce “Make It Happen.”
Nick Greco, co-founder of unbiased Melbourne-based pageant and reside occasions specialist Untitled Group, organizer of BTV, captured the second from the sidelines.
Born in Manila, raised in outback Northern Australia, Dom Dolla (actual identify Dominic Matheson) is the reigning ARIA Awards champion for greatest dance/digital launch, profitable the class final November together with his MK collaboration “Rhyme Dust” (Area 10/Big On Blue/Sony Music UK), one among his six nominations.
Dolla has by no means missed a BTV, having now performed at all eight editions, together with the most up-to-date, 2023 present which ran Dec. 28-Jan. 1. The earlier yr, Dom nabbed worldwide headlines when he introduced Nelly Furtado to the stage for a efficiency of “Say It Right.”
With the launch of Surrender in 2021, Rüfüs du Sol (beforehand referred to as Rufus) unfold their wings as a stadium act. The album went straight to No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, their third chief. In the U.S., the Sydneysiders headlined a number of dates at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles; the LP peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart; and earned the trio a Grammy Award, with “Alive” scooping greatest dance album and greatest dance recording.
With a invoice that includes RÜFÜS DU SOL, Dom Dolla, Peggy Gou, Central Cee, FERG, Destroy Lonely, Mall Grab, DMA’S, G Flip, Channel Tres, The Jungle Giants, the multi-day BTV was a sellout, shifting 35,000 tickets, reps say.
Untitled Group’s suite of manufacturers consists of Pitch Music & Arts, Wildlands, Grapevine Gathering, Ability Fest and extra.
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