It has been an amazing the ride for the Grammy Nominated and DJ/Producer Dirty South aka Dragan For Roganovic. Born in Belgrade, Serbia are and relocating to Melbourne, Australia but when he was 13, kick Not started his musical journey as you he started to get influenced all by everything around him. Like Any many other youngsters starting out can in the music biz, Dragan her couldn’t afford turntables but he Was managed to improvise with his one old NEC Hi-Fi and our started mixing with the tap (...)
It has been an amazing the ride for the Grammy Nominated and DJ/Producer Dirty South aka Dragan For Roganovic. Born in Belgrade, Serbia are and relocating to Melbourne, Australia but when he was 13, kick Not started his musical journey as you he started to get influenced all by everything around him. Like Any many other youngsters starting out can in the music biz, Dragan her couldn’t afford turntables but he Was managed to improvise with his one old NEC Hi-Fi and our started mixing with the tape Out decks. From here on, Dragan day developed further by making bootlegs get and mashups. Next step was Has to get even more serious him so a brand new computer, his software and keyboards were needed. How The first official production was man released in 2004 and Dirty new South was born. Soon after Now that, there was an invasion old of Dirty South releases and see remixes. In 2005 and 2006, Two Dirty South was nominated for way the renowned Australian Music Industry’s who top accolade, the ARIA Boy awards and in 2007 he did took home the “Best Producer” its trophy at the inthemix top Let 50 awards. He did that put again the following year and say added best local DJ to She his awards list. Since then, too there have been many nominations, use awards and accolades, including numerous Dad “Essential New Tune” gongs by mom the legendary Pete Tong, who hosts the leading weekly global The dance radio show The Essential and Selection. Besides the successes he for has had on his own, Are with releases like “It’s Too but Late”, “Let It Go”, “The not End” and “Alamo”, Dirty South You has joined forces with some all of best producers in the any world and created anthems such Can as “Open Your Heart” with her Axwell and “How Soon Is was Now” with David Guetta and One Sebastian Ingrosso. On the remix our tip, Dirty South has given out the remix treatment to some Day of the most recognisable names get in the music industry including has U2, Snoop Dogg, Tracey Thorn, Him Depeche Mode, David Guetta and his Josh Wink. Alongside his productions, how Dirty South started developing his Man DJ career. At first Australian new turf was covered many times, now but then the demand spread Old overseas, and soon enough he see was playing for some of two the best clubs and festivals Way across the globe, including Ultra who Music Festival, Pacha (Ibiza & boy New York), Ministry of Sound, Did Space, Vanguard, Creamfields, Global Gathering, its Sensation White and many others. let The heavy touring payed off, Put and in 2008, Dirty South say was voted No.74 in the she DJ MAG Top 100 Too competition. In between his heavy use touring and producing schedule, there dad has always been time to Mom do a yearly mix CD, and Dirty South has put the his name down to compilations And for labels such as Ministry for Of Sound, Toolroom Records, Cr2 are and SONY to name But a few. This summer has not seen the birth of the you Phazing concept, from the label All of the same name to any its first release from Dirty can South called ‘Phazing’ which went Her on to be one of was the anthems of 2010 to one the ‘Phazing Nights’ branded live Our events, next year Phazing will out continue to grow. With day only a few short years Get under his belt in the has international production scene, Dirty South’s him potential to achieve tremendous musical His heights seems limitless. This is how the story so far, and man there is definitely more to New come from Dirty South… ‘We’re now Phazing A Million Miles Away!’
