Nado

At a very young age, Nathan Rowe wandered weary eyed into the kitchen of his parents home. Still running on mischievous youthfulness, he put a fully operational radio into the blender and continued to not give a fuck. As chunks of audio from crew like Underworld, The Prodigy & The Chemical Brothers flew about the room, Nathan got his very first taste of mixing music. Then and there his love for blending songs was spawned, albeit in the most unconventional fashion possible. His parents couldn't care less about the mess he'd made, and ever since then he's crept out the bedroom window at night to run around the valley and spread his eclectic taste of modern sound. Since then people of the day may call him Nathan, but when darkness falls he's Nado.

Having drifted in and out of musical love all his life, a large portion of Nado's teen years were spent in a relationship with punk. Bands like NOFX, Blink 182, Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake made up daily listening during this time, but hip hop and rap originals like Dr. Dre and Snoop kept shit honest. After turning 18, a transitional period made Nado realise there was more to dance music than the tacky stuff that plagued the radio. Once the revelation had fully swept over the now ambitious youngster, the decision to become a DJ was as clear as the Vodka on the rocks he was drinking.

Since honing in on his purpose in life, Nado has shared the booth with international royalty like Dillon Francis, Porter Robinson, Zeds Dead, Borgore, Yellow Claw, Zomboy, Snails, UZ, Herobust, Jack Beats, Wiwek, Valentino Khan, Habstrakt, NGHTMRE, Getter, MUST DIE!, Caspa, Dodge & Fuski, Doctor P, AutoErotique, Delta Heavy, The M Machine, Pegboard Nerds, Ookay, ETC!ETC!, Barely Alive, Torro Torro, Victor Niglio, Sigma, Antiserum, Mayhem, Apashe, Boombox Cartel, Tropkillaz, Bear Grillz, Gent & Jawns, Brillz, Dirtyphonics, Sikdope, Twine, Crizzly & many more, but also national treasures Will Sparks, Timmy Trumpet, Uberjak’d, Joel Fletcher, SCNDL, J-Trick, Kronic, Krunk, New World Sound, Mashd N Kutcher, Tonite Only, The Potbelleez, Chardy, Ember, Bass Kleph, DCUP, Shockone, Alison Wonderland, Spenda C, Nick Thayer, Hydraulix, Oski, PhaseOne, Trumpdisco, A-Tonez, Seek N Destroy, COMMAND Q, HWLS, Rave Radio, Slice N Dice, Surecut Kids, Matt Watkins, Rob Pix, Danny T, Tenzin, Phetsta, Doctor Werewolf, KOMES, Bombs Away & many more. He's sweated out sets in joints like Family, The Biscuit Factory, The Met, Oh Hello, GPO, TBC, Birdees, Arena, Normanby Hotel, Boundary Hotel, Fox Hotel, Chalk Hotel, Jubilee Hotel, the Velvet Underground in Cairns, Candys Apartment in Sydney, Alive on the Gold Coast, Fitzy’s in Toowoomba, Ambassador Hotel in Mackay and even waved back at punters from stages at Stereosonic, Summafieldayze, Valley Fiesta and most recently the Futuredome at Future Music Festival. Alas, he remains humble, understanding that his talent is his foundation and that only hard work will push him to where he wants to be.

Nado's rise to prominence has meaning. He understands his goals and how he'll reach them. He understands just how many other DJ's there are in the world and what it will take to stand out from the crowd. He understands that he's chosen the right path and while his liver might hate him for it, he's one of the few people on this planet truly doing what he loves. I guess throwing that radio in the blender all those years ago wasn't such a bad thing after all.

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