Dustin McLean

Our Head DJ & musical director is Dustin McLean.

Dustin started his musical career studying jazz piano at the VCA in Melbourne before spending more than 15 years on the road as a touring musician & producer with a wide variety of groups.

During this time he performed nationally & internationally at venues & festivals like The Sydney Opera House, Falls Festival (4 x), Big Day Out (9 x), Splendour In The Grass, Meredith Music Festival, Pyramid Festival (2 x) Edinburgh Festival (UK), Kinestasia Festival (Singapore), Melbourne Concert Hall, Byron Blues Fest, Woodford Festival, Parklife Festival (3 x), AFL Grand Final, MCG (Pre Match Entertainment), London Jazz Cafe (UK) + heaps more.

He has supported or performed with acts like Ed Sheeran, Killing Heidi, Reggie Watts, The Bangles, Tim Rogers (You Am I), Eddie Perfect, The Bamboos, Hill Top Hoods, Adalita (Magic Dirt), Tim Minchin, Harry Angus (The Cat Empire), M-Phazes, Ruel, TZU, Megan Washington, Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool), Bart Willoughby (Yothu Yindi) + heaps more.

As a producer/engineer/session muso he has worked on numerous releases from artists such as Missy Higgins, Pete Murray, Jane Tyrrell (The Herd), Mantra, Illy, Briggs, Joelistics, Kav Temperly (Eskimo Joe), Luke Steele (Empire Of The Sun, Sleepy Jackson) and most notably receiving writing credits on Madonna’s 2016 Rebel Heart album as well as other US artists like rapper Lupe Fiasco (feat Guy Sebastian).

He was also part of the production team that won a coveted UK Mercury Award in 2009 for the debut album from UK rapper Speech Debelle.

In 2017 he co-engineered the debut solo album from Grammy nominated artist Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote).

… In between touring & studio work he has also spent the last 20 years honing his skills as a DJ in a multitude of venues in his native Melbourne. Prior to moving north, his main residency was 6 hours every Saturday night on the rooftop bar of legendary Melbourne venue “The Corner Hotel”.

He has also performed at literally hundreds of weddings, and loves it more every time!!!!

We respect the tradition & craft of DJing so all of our DJs use real turntables where possible.