Persistence is key and it’s in that very studio where Eli recently wrote two thumping house tracks for the Fifth Addition EP. Courtesy of Eora-based label Addiction by Subtraction, the vinyl-only release pairs Eli with Frenchman System V for an energetic trip, to say the least.
Eli’s contributions ‘Cop This Sally’ and ‘Chase The Dragon’ are sprightly weapons, littered with odes to rave culture from the ’90s and early ’00s. “For me, this was the golden age of dance music. Making this stuff means I’m not just playing the same tunes as everyone else.”
On ‘Cop This Sally’ (cheekily named after his landlord) Eli tells me he referenced an old trance favourite from 1995 which served as the record’s launchpad–while the story of ‘Chase The Dragon’ is straight up and down. “This one just felt like a bit of a wild ride, the high, the lows and journeys in between.”
Can concur.
In the making of both tracks, Eli envisioned tunes that’d really hit the spot on big dancefloors. “I was after music that would work in my sets, in particular at Lost Sundays”.
Lost Sundays is yet another pie Eli has his fingers in–a mammoth weekly party that takes over Sydney’s The Ivy. For the event’s creators, Lost Sundays is all about “the movement”. And of late, they’ve hosted some of the best overseas chargers in the business including Job Jobse, Jayda G, DJ Seinfeld plus home soil heroes such as Willo, Luen, Wax’O Paradiso, Moktar and Elijah Something himself.
I honestly have no idea where Eli gets the time but wait…there’s more. The eastern suburbs spinner is also one of the head honchos at events company/imprint Conspiracy.
