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Hot Dub Time Machine

Tom Lowndes (DJ Tom Loud), known professionally as Hot Dub Time Machine, is an Australian DJ. He has had international success playing at festivals and events including the likes of: Coachella, Tomorrowland, Field Day, Stereosonic, Falls Festival, Groovin the Moo, Reading and Leeds Festival, Latitude Festival, FIB Benicassim and Splendour in the Grass.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Hot Dub Time Machine
Background information
Birth nameTom Lowndes
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationDJ
Years active2011–present[1]
Websitewww.hotdubtimemachine.com

He has toured extensively around Australia,[8] the UK,[9] Asia[10] the USA[11] and Europe.[12][5] He has played at Brixton Academy in London twice[13] and performed the biggest shows in the history of the Edinburgh Fringe at the Royal Highland Centre in with 13,500 people attending two shows in 2017.[14] He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe every year from 2012 to 2019.[14]

Background

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Hot Dub shows usually consists of a two-and-a-half-hour mix of popular music in chronological order, starting from the 1950s or 1970s going through to the present, although he often plays shorter festival sets.[15]  It’s an audio-visual show with Lowndes mixing live on vinyl turntables using Serato and Mix Emergency.[15]

History

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He developed the show for the 2011 Sydney Fringe Festival, but it first found success at the 2012 Adelaide Fringe, and 2012 Edinburgh Fringe.[16]

2013

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he sold over 15,000 tickets at the Edinburgh Fringe and was able to become a full time DJ at the age of 35.[17]

2014

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Lowndes transitioned from Fringe to mainstream festivals playing Falls Festival, Splendour in the Grass and played to 80,000 at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay NYE street party.[18][19]

2015

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Lowndes played at Groovin the Moo, Coachella,[2] Stereosonic and Sydney’s ‘City to Surf’ Fun Run to 80,000 people.[20][21]

2016

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He performed at the Australian Open,[22] British GP at Silverstone,[23] Melbourne’s Cox Plate,[24] Canberra’s Spilt Milk Festival,[25] along with his own UK and Australian tours and started Hot Dub Wine Machine (see below).

2017

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He performed at Latitude Festival in the UK,[26] the Melbourne Cup[27] and Beyond the Valley Fest.[28]

2018

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He performed at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games,[29] Isle of Wight Festival,[30] Rock Oz’Arènes in Switzerland,[31] Reading and Leeds Festival,[32] It’s the Ship Festival in Singapore[33] and before the Australia - India 20/20 Cricket games at the SCG, MCG and Gabba.

2019

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He performed in Hakuba Japan,[34] the F1 Australian GP,[35] Ability Fest,[36] Electric Castle in Romania,[37] Territory Day Darwin,[38] FIB Benicassim,[7] Tomorrowland,[5] Marquee Singapore[39] and Your’s and Owls Festival.[40]

2020

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While in COVID looked down Lowndes launched his ‘Hot Dub at Home’ livestream on Twitch, which was one of the biggest live streams of 2020 with over 150,000 unique viewers tuning into 13 free shows between April and October.[41] Hot Dub at Home continued in 2021 culminating in a ‘I Feel Good’ fundraiser stream, raising over 60,000 for Lifeline Australia.[42]

2021

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Hot Dub played at ‘Beyond the City’ NYE in Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl[43] and started 2022 at Sydney’s iconic Field Day Festival.[44]

Wine Machine

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Lowndes started the festival 'Hot Dub Wine Machine' with his former management in 2016 in McLaren Vale South Australia. Later re-branded as ‘Wine Machine’ the festival became an annual, national, touring festival from 2017.[45] They also launched New Years Eve in the Park in Sydney in 2017,[46] Stein Machine in Edinburgh[47] and Snow Machine in Hakuba, Japan in 2020.[48]

In 2020, Lowndes split with Wine Machine and is no longer at all involved in owning or running any festivals.As of May 2023 Hot dub still continues to play at wine machine festivals.

He is now managed by TMRW music[49]

References

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  1. ^ "Meet Hot Dub Time Machine".
  2. ^ a b "Hot Dub Time Machine Hit Coachella and This Is What Went Down". musicfeeds. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Inside Hot Dub Time Machine". www.themonthly.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Hot Dub Time Machine Latitude Festival". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Nguyen, Lisa-sun (13 June 2019). "Tomorrowland Releases Full Lineup for 15 Year Anniversary!". EDM Identity. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Field Day's 2022 Lineup Is Here Ft. Allday, Mallrat + More". Music Feeds. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Tate, Corey. "Benicassim Festival 2019 | Lineup | Tickets | Schedule | Dates | Spacelab Festival Guide". www.thespacelab.tv. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Oztix | News | Hot Dub Time Machine Just Announced A National Tour So Get Ready To Dance". www.oztix.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Hot Dub Time Machine - Tickets are now on-sale for ALL UK & Ireland tour dates, including Glasgow, London, Dublin, Liverpool and many more. On top of T in the Park, pleased to announce Reading & Leeds Festivals. It's going to be one big northern summer takeover! | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ "SWIM Into Saturdays With Hot Dub Time Machine". The Bali Bible. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Hot Dub Time Machine USA Tour". Facebook. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  12. ^ Tate, Corey. "Benicassim Festival 2019 | Lineup | Tickets | Schedule | Dates | Spacelab Festival Guide". www.thespacelab.tv. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Meet Hot Dub Time Machine: the man behind your new favourite night out". NME. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  14. ^ a b Pilcher, Ross (6 August 2019). "Hot Dub Time Machine on why Edinburgh changed his life". edinburghlive. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Hot Dub Time Machine on conquering musical snobbery and more". Band on the Wall. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  16. ^ Hot Dub History Part 2: Fringe Festivals, retrieved 3 February 2022
  17. ^ Hot Dub History Part 3: Moving to the UK, retrieved 3 February 2022
  18. ^ Hot Dub Time Machine - Hot Dub History Part 4: the Explosion! | Facebook, retrieved 3 February 2022
  19. ^ "DJ Tom Loud snubs Sydney for Edinburgh Hogmanay". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Sydney Herald Sun City To Surf - Join the fun!". Backpacker Job Board Blog. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  21. ^ "More than 80,000 runners compete in Sydney's City2Surf". ABC News. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Tennis fans enjoy the show as Hot Dub Time Machine performs on the..." Getty Images. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  23. ^ HOT DUB TIME MACHINE Silverstone 2016 (hey jude) final song, retrieved 3 February 2022
  24. ^ "Hot Dub Time Machine, Mashd N Kutcher Headline Cox Plate's Pure Pleasure Enclosure Music Lineup". Music Feeds. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  25. ^ "Brand New Spilt Milk Festival Drops Epic 2016 Lineup". Music Feeds. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  26. ^ Kelly, Rona. "BWW Review: HOT DUB TIME MACHINE, Latitude Festival". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  27. ^ "Music stars headline Melbourne Cup Carnival 2017". Just Horse Racing. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  28. ^ "Beyond The Valley 2017 Set Times Announced". Music Feeds. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  29. ^ "Gold Coast 2018 encourage fans to enjoy 12 unique concerts during Commonwealth Games". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  30. ^ "Isle of Wight Festival History - 1968 to today". Isle of Wight Guru. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  31. ^ "08/15/2018: Rock Oz'Arènes 2018 at Avenches, Vaud, Switzerland | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  32. ^ Champagne Supernova at Leeds Fest... - Hot Dub Time Machine, retrieved 3 February 2022
  33. ^ "Destination Clubbing It's The Ship 2018 - Party Cruise from Singapor to Phuket". www.destinationclubbing.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  34. ^ "Hot Dub Time Machine - JAPAN! My whole life I've wanted to ski the Hakuba pow... so I'm pretty stoked to announce we're doing the world's first Hot Dub Snow Machine ON the mountain this Thurs 7 Feb at the Happo Gondola Top Station. Pretty sure it's gonna be the Best. Snow Party. Ever. Details: Hot Dub Time Machine on Happo One! Tickets: from Blizzard, Jacks or Rabbit Hole. Arigatou gozaimasu! | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  35. ^ Fowler, Michael (10 March 2019). "All you need to know about the Formula One Australian Grand Prix". The Age. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  36. ^ "Ability Fest 2019". Concrete Playground. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  37. ^ "Electric Castle". JamBase. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  38. ^ "Cracker Night returns as Eskimo Joe, Hot Dub Time Machine join Territory Day line-up". Bunbury Herald. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  39. ^ "HOT DUB TIME MACHINE | Marquee Singapore". Marquee Singapore |. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  40. ^ "Yours And Owls Festival 2019 Lineup Announced". Music Feeds. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  41. ^ Noble, Kelly (10 December 2020). "DJ Hot Dub Time Machine announces NYE show for the ULTIMATE house party! • Glam Adelaide". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  42. ^ "I Feel Good fundraiser". The Music. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  43. ^ "Beyond The City 2021 — HOT DUB TIME MACHINE". www.beyondthevalley.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  44. ^ "Field Day's 2022 Lineup Is Here Ft. Allday, Mallrat + More". Music Feeds. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  45. ^ "Hot Dub Time Machine Announces 2017 'Hot Dub Wine Machine' Tour". Music Feeds. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  46. ^ "StackPath". amnplify.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  47. ^ "Hot Dub Stein Machine: Scotland's biggest Oktoberfest party is happening near Edinburgh this weekend". www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  48. ^ "Introducing Japan's Snow Machine and their debut lineup: Peking Duk, What So Not + more". PILERATS. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  49. ^ "Hot Dub Time Machine joins the TMRW Music, Poster Child rosters". The Music Network. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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