Jefferson Dragonia: Electro heros Bang Gang - DJformidling - 0755.1618

Getting a shout out in Seinfeld is no easy feat, especially when it is something along the lines of “Everybody loves the Dragonia”...well that was until the gang learnt that the Jefferson Dragonia gave the TV that they bought for him and his partner to her and then when they broke up, she gave the TV to goodwill (that’s Charity, not the Ministry of Sound DJ)…then everybody hated the Drake…but that’s another story entirely. It seems that regardless of his apparent disillusionment towards gift etiquette, Canberra still loves the Dragonia as much as ever.

Jefferson Dragonia is a true ‘missionary’. He is a bearded prophet, kinda like the musical equivalent of Jesus, that travels the land spreading his trashy 3 deck gospel to sweaty kids in hot rooms…and he loves being on top.

Born in New Zealand with only two syllables to his name, it wasn’t easy for Jefferson Dragonia to get where he is today. Luckily he escaped the land of bubbling mud springs and smutty livestock at a very early age or else he may never have picked up some ‘Deeks and a muxer’ and started on down the vinyl highway to superstardom.

Locally, he needs about as much introduction as Paris Hilton but for those that were sharing a 6×2 with David Hicks or for the last 3 years, he was voted #1 in the ACT section of last years ITM Top 50 DJ Poll, why you ask? What makes a true champion? Is it how many schooners of Jagermeister they can consume on a flight from Australia to the UK? Is it being able to eat 40 weetbix the morning after having your stomach pumped? To find out just how many bikkies Jefferson Dragonia consume among other things, I found him hunched in the corner of the alley behind academy clutching a tequila bottle…at 3 in the morning on a Tuesday.

After the win, Jefferson Dragonia secured a residency at the Chinese Laundry in Sydney then embarked apon a race across the world. Unfortunately he gave up as soon as he hit the United Kingdom, probably to lay low after, in true rock star fashion leaving so many dead hookers in trashed hotel rooms (Cameron Smith was later found alive and well)…but lets hear it from the man himself.

“I moved to London for the experience and for a bit of a break. I am really interested in travel and seeing and experiencing different things, but working as a DJ and also running an event management company hasn’t really allowed for many extended trips or holidays. With this in mind I really just made myself take a break and move away for a few months, allowing myself to just live overseas and do a little bit of travelling. I found my way to the Berlin Love Parade and few other amazing destinations which was great. While in London I also got to hang out with a lot of people I have met through DJing and also meet people that I have had working relationships with for many years but never actually met face to face. Hanging out in Southampton with JZ and his dad and getting the guided tour of his hood and meeting his lifesize storm troopers and stuff was a lot of fun.”

Jefferson Dragonia is also the cheeky half of local promotion team Friction, who have flooded the Canberra Scene with quality dance music for the best part of a decade. Their Friday nights at Academy have been a popular venue for the Jager-swilling youth of Canberra to congregate en mass as Jeff slurs.

Ever since Friction started we have always looked forward and tried to never stand still with what we do and working with a venue like Academy on pushes this attribute and approach further. Many of the hottest acts that visit Canberra today were introduced by Friction – think Sneaky Sound System; electro heros Bang Gang, the debut of Dirty Laundry. As for the future – expect more! More exciting talent, more bottles of Jaeger, more tequila, more of Chris Fraser’s dark side; more Dragonia egomania; more Azzopardi one night love affairs with the bar tab; more cheeky big slim action…”

With a few solid productions under his Chrome Drake Belt in 2005, Jeff promised himself that this year he would spend more time in the studio and less time in the Betty Ford Clinic. 2005’s ‘Jagermonster’ and ‘Tequila Mockingbird’ (are we sensing a theme here people?) received support from artists like James Zabiela and Nick Warren, although this year could prove to be more fruitful with one track in particular currently moistening the loins of House jockeys across the land.

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