One Year Of Blackout Frequency

Blackout Frequency began its life a year ago as a small independent warehouse collective, built around an idea. To provide spaces for Drum & Bass to thrive in Melbourne; properly catered sound systems and events focused around community.

The first event was thrown with barely any funds, a handful of people and little to no idea whether anyone would come through. Blackout Frequency never started with the intent to create a big brand or overproduce what we were doing. The goal was to simply provide something for Melbourne’s underground DnB scene; throw warehouse parties that felt connected to the music and culture surrounding it.

Warehouse after warehouse, we’ve moved around the city with various collabs and spaces throughout Melbourne’s underground. Some nights have run absolutely smoothly, others have come with the headaches that are all too familiar with independent events; last minute venue issues, sudden location changes, production nightmares, financial stress, council interest, police trying to shut us down, general Melbourne madness.

There have been moments where it was hard to want to push the project forward. Like many underground music crews in Melbourne, Blackout Frequency has relied on the support of the scene; artists who believed in what we were doing, and people who cared enough to offer their time, skills and energy to throw an event. It wouldn’t of made it one year without you.

Above all, Blackout Frequency has always kept the music as its driving force. Melbourne has an incredible electronic music culture. There is a lack of spaces dedicated to the DnB community though. We started Blackout Frequency based around the idea that the genre is too good to not have spaces built for it. Spaces built to cater specifically to Drum & Bass; not fitted in as an afterthought.

From event to event we have built friendships with local DJs, MCs, Visual artists, Photographers, designers, Sound Engineers and visitors from all over Melbourne and regional Victoria. Collaborations with other crews, all night warehouse sessions, outdoor events and independent production have slowly molded Blackout Frequency into what it is today.

365 days on from our first event, Blackout Frequency will be throwing V3; a one year warehouse anniversary party encompassing everything we have been working towards since we started.

Featuring a Melbourne Bass heavy lineup across all varieties of DnB, alongside visual installations throughout the space, merch, food trucks and local independent producers. Hosted by Melbourne’s legendary Soleil Sound System, we will continue our strive for sound quality and atmosphere; a community driven showcase of underground culture.

Above all else, V3 is for you. Every artist who sent their support, every visitor who came to one of our events, every friend who offered a hand along the way. Everyone involved with Blackout Frequency helped shape what this project has become over the last year.

It’s only year one folks, and we want to continue building for the drum & bass community in Melbourne. If you’d ask us what we want our goal to be for year two, we’d tell you the same thing;

Push forward independent events with the music always coming first.