Honeysmack Interview: The History of Melbourne's Rave Scene

[@MikeD-hn9hf]

I STILL have those dirty Honeysmack breakloops indelibly marked upon my soul. That shit used to go SO hard at Lounge! What a legend!! Thanks for the wicked experiences, my guy!!

[@Sinkler-i4kbwo]

I am eight years older than honeysmack, and now retired. It has been very refreshing to get this perspective.

[@MezBC]

bloke has a fly on the back of his head for 15 minutes and doesn't give a fuck. Respect.

[@PlayerSalt]

im so happy its still on youtube but i still remember seeing voitek vs honeysmack on recovery , i would make video tapes and play them in our school chill room , really glad he is still doing stuff today, really enjoyed the live gigs he did online during covid never been much of a club person

[@wazza146]

What a legend

[@kemshasan8866]

Honeysmack had one of the most banging techno albums I ever bought in the 90's I wish I still had it!

[@HaydenCharlesFTW]

tell me about it! no idea which one of my mates "borrowed" mine... :(

[@jasonvoorheesismydad]

I still have both of the albums. Having no friends means no one will steal them.

[@subtorq]

Dave inspired me to go Live after I watched him play in the late 90s. I am glad I did follow his lead as I still play after all these years, I am still learning and discovering the endless possibilities of playing Live. Thanks for the great interview 🙏😎

[@katokennedy6631]

wednesday nights at club filter❤ boston crab , discotheque, are the faves on the club filter cd 😊

[@igloohead1]

Great interview Dave. I really enjoyed that.

[@robs2000]

the realest !! big up from London fella

[@kirkwoodwest]

inspiring interview wow... Hope to see him live someday.

[@bumblebee8289]

havent seen you since the 90s nice one

[@davidspark1533]

Well done. Great interview

[@imlickintheroof]

Inspiring interview. Cheers Dave

[@ObscureMachines]

Always an inspiration!

[@HaydenCharlesFTW]

i saw him at meredith in '98 (according to the internet). somehow i wangled a stage pass when i ran into a school mate who was doing sound there maybe(?simon d'argerville, wonder what he's up to now) - i had my mum's old pentax mx 35mm, a 50mm f1.7 lens and one roll of film. for the whole festival. a roll of 24. lol. they were terrible, but funnily enough I became a professional photog 20ish yrs later after deciding i didnt like selling my soul in the corporate world tldr - epic meredoof

[@xenonhealing]

Dargs did Meredith for years. He was working at ACMI a few years back and I believe he is still in Melbourne. He told me a story about rigging halogen festoons at Meredith, and when the rain was pouring down, they started to pop (just blow out, not physically explode) all whilst there were thousand of punters walking around underneath them.

[@HaydenCharlesFTW]

@@xenonhealing ha! awesome, thanks for letting me know

[@jasonvoorheesismydad]

Saw honesysmack at Big Day Out in 2000. I'd loved him for ages before that. He cheered to the crowd something I couldn't quite hear. It was either "I love everyone" or "I love heroin". Seriously. It could have been either.

[@vmro9446]

HONEYSMACK! LEGEND!

[@melixxxx]

Honeysmack played at my 21st. I knew a girl at the time who was his ex girlfriend and we had a combined 21st and her 25th and she got him to DJ at our party. Agnesika was her name.

[@JayIowa]

He's a bit of a weirdo

[@melixxxx]

@@JayIowa 😳

[@BobSaysWhat22]

Electronic Mail. 😂😂😂😂 I think first time I saw him was at Revs in early 2000s. Good to see he is getting more recognition now days. I agree with him that music scene collapsed in early 2000s and became one “industry” instead.

[@alpharisc]

G'day Bernard.

[@croftmire]

Hey, I remember you from the IRC days!

[@dogvip7688]

True.

[@ShlomirBareket]

There's a guy wearing a tinfoil hat. Honeysmack needs to make one as merch.

[@jaseyjae6835]

What a great shirt. Can u get them at dimmeys

[@StereoSat1AU]

FML Dave

[@danieliloski5627]

👑

[@kakoiigaijin]

Loved walk on acid!

[@MrRachele]

Zak needs so to vet who waking into his brewery!

[@64Sq]

Legand

[@JayIowa]

I would definitely be a supporter of Australians for Jesus! I was also a pill and juice n shard raver... Still use

[@gixerags750]

Lol..why did i buy all these shit records !! Because i was still tripping from the night before i went into Central Station records, Groundhog day. Simples

[@mustafainal1376]

So funny my mum and wife has a computer 😂....yeah I like Honey 🍯 smack .,if I had one question.,it be do you remember the moment when electronic sounds grabbed you ? You know where when, who's ,how that moment you took it ,walked the path...thank you honey 🍯 smack. David. Lol.ok drugs and DJs I somewhat disagree Im sure we know very popular artists that are Envolvedinhigherstateofconsiousness., however yes save your best side nose works for after your set .

[@Scotty-P]

Australia is Christian. Australians have been; and are supposed to be, for Jesus. Jesus is for us, in case you've 'forgotten'.

[@billba]

Jesus is Lord!!!

[@Scotty-P]

@@billba Amen.

[@ghostinplainsight4803]

Christianity was what caused the Roman Empire to fall. At the time people were basically serfs beholden to their landlord or their king, it gave them a voice and let them feel that they were loved by God and could reach heaven through Jesus. Through Christianity there were uprisings throughout the Empire and the rulers started to lose control, so embraced the religion and made it basically law. By giving the people what they wanted they maintained the status quo for a while longer. I tend to believe that Jesus is a myth that was used to spread and legitimise the Jewish religion to the Goy and take over the Roman Empire from the bottom up. It was a shield for them, they were portrayed as the bad people by killing Jesus and holding people to ransom with high interest, but also as "God's chosen people". This distinction meant they could do dirty dealings, they could operate within the monetary system, they could lie, cheat & steal without being killed by their host countries that they worked to subvert and control over Millennia. Now they own the worlds money supply which really boils down to your future time and labor, they own the Catholic church, they propagate their rule through the most powerful governments & institutions, they start all the wars and profit from both sides. Don't get me wrong, religion is good, it ties people together for a common cause, it gives instructions on how to live wisely, it allows them to move on from the past, it opens us up to the infinite nature of consciousness, but... White people would have had the same societies with our our narrative without the Jewish avatar because it was White People that conquered, built and then civilised the world. But through their Jesus myth our culture, customs and religion was completely wiped out and we pray to a Jewish God.

[@billba]

@@ghostinplainsight4803 Roman Empire fell in 1453……

[@winstonhhsmith]

btw since no one updated you GOD IS DEAD been over 100 years now, so you need to tend your own sin's No dout plenty in the Hatred & biggotry & harbouring Serial sexual Preadators, salvation: try seeing if it turns up in this Life( the only one, the important one) First before looking at the next, Lastly Australia is ... not what we say anymore so just Traditional Names of the area, I live in Melbourne which is now: NAARM=Place Kulim Nation Country=5 tribe's of People what Own it NEVER CEDED. Do You live in a Cave or Held hostage..... I know COMA you've had a brain injury off-course, so glad i wasnt mean. So we Call australia Home, our country, contitnent Island Home: not Christian or backwater or Racist. This Place our Island Home: like what the Girl sings a song about with Paul Kelly, So know You KNOW (.) (.)'s HH

[@winstonhhsmith]

You & filter and the crew.... Thank You guys. the Set's that you played always stood above, and I saw the beauty inside the noize because of it. A trick a put all across my life. HH