S3RL • BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
DJ S3RL from Brisbane, Australia, has been writing and producing his own tracks since the year 2000. Discovering PlayStation’s ‘Music 2000’ he taught himself how to write music and then eventually upgraded to Reason on PC and still uses that today. Before all of that, and most importantly, he was part of the rave scene as a raver, letting loose on the dance floor and going to every local event. S3RL stays close to his rave heritage even today.
S3RL scored his first break at the end of 2005 when Kevin Energy and Sharkey came down under. S3RL showed them his musical skills with a demo CD and it was only weeks later that contracts were being signed to join Kevin Energy’s infamous label The Nu Energy Collective (NEC). Releasing his first track ‘Transformers’ to vinyl made S3RL the first DJ in Queensland to be signed to a major, international Hardcore label and not long after he was already mixing it up with names such as Kevin Energy, Sharkey, Hixxy, Brisk, Scott Brown, Darren Styles and many more.
Since then S3RL has released a multitude of tracks on various labels such as the ‘NEC’, ‘Executive Records’, ‘Australia With Force’ and many more. His music has been featured on compilations such as ’Bonkers’, ‘Hardcore Underground’ and ‘Masif Hardcore’ and has mixed a CD for the Hardcore Energy compilation series. All this while show casing his talent to a worldwide audience, DJ’ing at events all around Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK and Europe.
Having multiple EP’s to his name featuring tracks like the smash hit that truly broke him into the scene – ‘Pretty Rave Girl’, the follow up track ‘Little Kandi Raver’, his new label’s ‘Pika Girl’ as well as underground rave hit ‘Dealer’ showing his spectrum of styles, S3RL has also worked with numerous bands from around the world doing re-mixes and collaborations. The most notable being his work with US band ‘The Medic Droid’ with his remix of their track ‘Fer Sure’ which also went on to become a worldwide hit.
Known 4 his intense stage presence and floor filling musical abilities, be sure to watch out for S3RL as he mixes up a storm and continues to keep the crowd jumping with all his future productions.