Select Projects
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Next DD pop-up coming up Sun Aug 25th in collab with Arabella Park Beer Bar!
We’ve given our wee baby, used record fair a name!
Hope to see you down for a dig.
FNF X BOSSI NOVA pres.
DIGGERS Delight
used records & music memorabilia
Fair
FNF X CDC pres.
Used Record
Fair
Friends Not Foes X The Yeti Cafe
Used Record
Fair
NYE 2023 @ LOLOAN LOBBY BAR
Come take an enchanting trip to the past splendor and opulence of the times of classical French Escoffier-inspired rich cuisine, vintage French wines, and early Jazz & South Seas sounds.
FNF x TWH Social pres.
“Sunset Selections”
Saturday’s 6-10 pm
Weekly Sunset Selections featuring Friends Not Foes head honcho Dean Dixon & guest DJs, Live musicians & more to help ease you through that golden hour!
Friends Not Foes X The Walper Hotel pres.
”MUSIC MATTERS”
Your new favorite place to connect and lounge locally every Thursday night in Kitchener, Ontario.
Taking over the 2nd floor of the incredible Lokal Lounge in the Walper Hotel, the space will be transformed into a vibrant oasis.
Expect eclectic soundscapes, fine regional wine, beer, regionally inspired bespoke cocktails & Djs from the tri-cities & beyond.
Many thanks to all the guests who joined us for the Music Matters Series in 2023.
Friends Not Foes X DON GIOVANNI Pizza Bar (Sydney,Australia)
~Playlists to drool over.
“INNER CIRCLES”
~ Our Sporadic Radio Show ~
The monthly radio show, “Inner Circles” is broadcast live from wherever the Director of Friends Not Foes, Dean Dixon (Friends Not Foes) happens to be on the planet that month.
The show was originally aired live on Paddygrooves at the TANTRA Studios overlooking tranquil rice fields on “the Island of the Gods” in Bali, Indonesia.
Listeners can expect candid interviews from time to time amidst quirky banter from friends far & wide when they pop onto the show.
If you happen to miss tuning in “live”, no worries. We’ll post up a link later so you can dial into the show at your listening leisure.
IF YOU’RE A FRIEND & WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US ON-AIR…
TIIIGA Clothing X Friends Not Foes pres.
“LA GLAMUROSA”
(Bali, Indonesia)
Bringing future Latin sounds to Bali for one night stand in sight & sound
We got together with the boutique, tropical clothing brand “Tiiiga” from Chile to create a one off night of booty shaking debauchery!
It all happened in a tiny hidden attic space off the beaten path in the Petitenget neighborhood of Bali.
An intimate affair, where guests were shaken by a ‘mezcla de vibraciones’ sourced up from the festive ‘gaiteros’ shuffling their feet in the sands along the Caribbean coast of Colombia and were moved by the syncopated rhythms sourced from the Carioca slums of Brazil; and get set to be spiced up with sounds ripped from the darkest alleys of Havana. - Sept 29th/19. El Nacional
- Check out the promo clip we made with Tiiiga! -
FRIENDS NOT FOES pres.
“POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE”
(Nusa Lembongan Island, Indonesia)
A Boutique Sunset Series
”Postcards from Paradise” is a boutique sunset series created by FNF.
The series has been held at iconic locations worldwide including; Sandy Bay Beach Club on Nusa Lembongan Island in Indonesia and Vadada Beach Lounge on Jeju Island, South Korea, for example.
It features Balearic soundscapes, island-inspired cocktails, and the finest sound selectors from around the globe.
For our 1st PFP event series, we collaborated with Bali-based, ex-pat artist; Stevie Anderson, a designer, creator of amazing stuff, and all-around legend to bring just the right flair to help us kick start our boutique sunset event series with some amazing artwork! (See Stevie’s PFP series#1 artwork below)
The one-of-a-kind piece he created for us displays his playful vision of the picturesque location where the weekly event series was held.
For our 2nd season, we worked with local Balinese artist Satria Nugraha who has previously designed for powerhouses including; Motion Skateboards, Channel Island Surfboards amongst many others. Satria has held exhibitions at key design institutions in Bali including “Deus Ex Machina” - exhibition space and “The Slow”-Gallery and received an Honorable Mention at the 1st NBC Tokyo International Screenprinting Biennale to list just a few of his select accolades. (See Satria’s PFP series#2 artwork above)
*Our Postcards From Paradise sunset event series on Nusa Lembongan continued for over 2 years and was the most consistently attended event on the island.
-postcard flyer-
Friends Not Foes x Vadada Beach Lounge
Postcards From Paradise - sunset series
(Jeju Island, South Korea)
Friends Not Foes X Vadada Beach Lounge
”Postcards From Paradise”
(Jeju Island, South Korea)
Friends Not Foes - Video Installation -
“NIGHTMOVES” @ Potato Head Beach Club (Bali, Indonesia)
This is a brief sample clip of the video installation created for the “Night Moves” event series held weekly during 2018 at Potato Head Beach Club (Bali). Here we utilized previously conceived art aspects from the PHBC creative team and then collaborated with local digital creative master Rama Rowi to create an hour-long video projection piece to engage the dancers under the mirror ball.
- Check out the sample clip below -
HAHA Industries (Australia)
Events, Artist Touring & Music Curation
Throwback to the summer of ‘05. HAHA Industries was co-founded by Dean Dixon and a close-knit group of like-minded pals and aided by many accomplices along the way during their more than decade-long lifespan in Sydney, Australia.
It was born out of a collective want to “save our souls” and those of other Syd-city folk from the onslaught of the subpar, banal, and quite frankly, downright yawn-able events that were all too common at the time in a city that was and still remains poorly supportive of the artistic community living within it.
So the crew at HAHA Industries set out to create nights with a soul born from classic house parties on a jammed living room (dance) floor/stairs/kitchen bench in a little ol’ Surry Hills terrace. The Collins Street domain saw it all. Wine on ceilings, pans on heads, and eviction notices. Not to mention a few polite interjections from the boys in blue. Thereafter; the hop from venue to venue, warehouse to warehouse, beach to beach, boat to boat, and beyond began. The primary goal in mind, solely to showcase some of the most forward-thinking, underground sound & interactive arts events around. Where you would find an unparalleled line-up of both well-established & unearthed talent, plucked out from across the city, country & globe - monthly for over a decade….until we decided to take a break from hosting duties in 2016. Collectively over the years, HAHA Industries hosted an amazing array of world-renowned artists.
Handpicked selectors at the top of their game and on the rise alongside local talent, across a wide spectrum of sound.