Gab Oliver

There are few producers in the Progressive House world who command more respect than Gab Oliver. “You just had to be there” is an oft-repeated refrain whenever the “Melbourne sound” – the dark, stripped-down, and gritty progressive house and breakbeat that dominated the city’s dancefloors in the early 2000's – comes up in conversation. Gab Oliver created and nurtured a sound that eschewed the big, bold, and brash sounds of the late 90’s in favor of a deeper, darker, and more hypnotic aesthetic, in the process shaping an entire movement that cemented Australia as a creative force in the global dance music scene and led to the rapid maturity of progressive house and breakbeat. The legendary party Sunny Side Up (often fondly referred to as Sunny) was the key