Over the Summer the Outdoor Screen program has been showcasing performances from top DJs accompanied by visual mixes the best VJs. Check out the mix from Tinika and BlueMD!
Tinika
IT automation engineer by day, and Naarm based DJ by night, Tinika is renowned for her distinctive taste and adventurous track selection. Through sonic exploration she strives to surprise with each carefully curated mix but also bring with her, a sense of nostalgia to the dance floor.
Tinika grew up heavily influenced by the sounds she selects today, with her output being a feel-good fusion ranging from house, hip hop, future beats and R’n’B, to UK garage, bass, and everything in between.
Tinika’s biggest influence is Soulection radio, which led her to enter a career in the music industry, a platform and sound that has always resonated with her and pays homage to her musical upbringing during the 90’s and early 00’s.
Drawing on her queer black identity, you’ll be hard pressed to find a genre untouched by Tinika who seems to always give the crowd what they didn’t know they needed, fuelled by her ability to dig through the depths of multiple music platforms to find the best tracks.
BlueMD
Javier Calzada aka BlueMD is a visual designer/audio producer who expresses music through the art of interactive video performances (VJ-DJ). As a part of the Australian electronic music movement, he has been performing for more than 10 years since 2004 in a variety of events/festivals/club nights around Melbourne (BIG:RED:BUS, ThickAsThieves, Rainbow Serpent Festival, Strawberry Fields, Chiwowah Town, The Sound Garden, TwistedAudio, Myaeon to name a few). BlueMD's background in music production and multimedia design pushed his creativity to the next logical level, live video and audio mixing. Incorporating animation, natural elements, live video camera feeds, real-time video generation and a massive selection of video loops, Javier builds an immersive visual world that matches the music being performed live, creating a fully exciting and engaging experience for the spectators.
