Charlie Hustle Interview

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:44 Written by Myjanne Jensen Wednesday, 03 February 2010 16:23

Get Your Hustle On

Brisbane DJ Charlie Hustle is one of those DJs that likes to push the boundaries of sound and mess with your mind, creating mixes you never dreamed possible.

There's no limit to what this DJ will do to stir a crowd, going as far as to morph a Dolly Parton track with hip hop great Ol' Dirty Bastard. Luckily for us, such creativity is within our midst - a talent that will hopefully continue to infiltrate the club scene for a long time to come.

Talking from Sydney, Mr Hustle is enjoying his first break in two years. Despite officially being “on leave”, this cheery Brisbane lad is more than happy to discuss work as he believes there's still a lot to be said about DJing, and is happy to promote the art he loves.

“(With) DJing people tried to tell me that there's all these rules you know and that 'you can't do this and you can't do that', and I sort of wanted to say, 'Well, why the fuck can't you?'” he contorts.

“I think a good DJ is a combination of everything - you've gotta have technical skills, you've gotta play the right stuff and you've gotta have a bit of presence behind the decks cause no-one wants to see a boring guy looking at his laptop,” he chuckles.

One of Hustle's first ever gigs was alongside one of Brisbane's most revered DJs, Sampology, and local DJ Clayton, where they played together as Triple Trouble; a four-turntable show.

Charlie is set to reunite with Sampology for his Super Visual Smackdown performance, including local acts Tom Thum, Katch & Tones and the Surecut Kids. To open for Sampology, renowned for his amazing visual compilations combined with fiery beats, is something Charlie says he's stoked about and can't wait to get the party started.

“We'll all just be doing our DJ sets to warm-up before Samp starts up his visual show,” he tells.

“Basically he mixes video clips and the audio using the program Serato that a lot of other DJs already use. It's not always the official video clip either, sometimes it'll be something he's edited himself or something he's found on YouTube, so it's pretty cool,” he enthuses.

Charlie Hustle will play at Sampology's Super Visual Smackdown, at The Globe Thursday February 4.