TBT (42): 2manydjs Sydney Opera House takeover

Every Thursday I look back to the past.

In 2025, 2manydjs will be heading ‘down under’ again for a couple of dj sets. Fourteen years ago, they were part of the ‘Vivid’ festival, which took place at the Sydney Opera House.

Backstage, they made a radio show for Triple J on four executive days from May 31 till June 3rd. Not only did they interview some of the artists that were also playing at the festival, every day they made a short 10 minute mix (‘the 10 minute challenge”) loosely based around a central theme. Fans were asked to send in their requests on the 2manydjs facebookpage:

We’re ready for a challenge! Tomorrow we start our Radio Soulwax shows on triple j as part of the Vivid festival. On tuesday we kick of with a special on ‘1973’ (the year the Sydney Opera House was opened). But everyday we have set ourself a challenge: to mix as many songs as possible into 10 minutes, and we want your suggestions. You can request any song you like, they don’t need to fit the them of the day. So which song do you want us to mix? Leave a comment!

The theme of the first show was ‘1973’, the year the Sydney Opera House was built.

Tracklist here

The second night, the theme was ‘Italy’

tracklist here

‘Modish’ was the theme of the third night.

tracklist here

And finally the fourth night, the theme was “Australia”:

Tracklist here

Thanks to supwrman for archiving the tracklists on discogs and the mixes on mixcloud!


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