Go behind the scenes with Aussie DJ Tommy Trash as he hits the Vegas club scene.
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2:45 P.M. TOMMY TRASH CHECKS INTO WYNN
Image Credit: Jessica Chou “I just love this place, don’t you?” asks Trash, indicating the plush and leafy surroundings of the Wynn Hotel Encore Towers’ private lobby. “Every time I come back I ask myself, ‘Am I really here?’ ” The night before, in Miami, he had played the first date of an eight-week, 28-city tour in support of his new EP, a somewhat experimental effort called Luv U Give. Tonight, from 1 a.m. until 3, he will be in residence at the Wynn’s high-end XS Nightclub, a 40,000-square-foot temple of hedonism (with an outdoor patio and pool deck) that has become a top showcase for DJs in a leading town for club-based EDM.
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4:35 P.M. TRASH GETS A TRIM.
Image Credit: Jessica Chou Stopping by the Claude Baruk Salon at the Wynn in Las Vegas on Oct. 16, the Australian DJ has an appointment with Baruk himself, an acclaimed French colorist-hairdresser to the stars.
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9:37 P.M. A QUICKIE JUSTIN BIEBER REMIX
Image Credit: Jessica Chou In a basement studio at the Wynn, Trash works intensely on a remix of “Where Are U Now,” the Skrillex and Diplo track featuring Bieber that hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and positioned Bieber as the new EDM-pop crossover king. Skrillex sent Trash the song. Using Bieber’s a cappella vocals, the prolific DJ creates a whole new track for tonight’s set.
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FIRST STEP
Image Credit: Jessica Chou Over a dinner of baked chicken and mashed potatoes, Trash talks about his new Luv U Give EP. “The whole EDM thing is wrapping up a bit and people are looking for different kinds of sounds in dance music,” he says. “They’re really ready for other forms of dance music rather than just being pounded away. I’ve been wanting to move away from the big-room stuff for a long time. This next EP is the first step.”
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WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Image Credit: Jessica Chou The son of fruit shop and grocery store owners from the town of Bundaberg, four hours up the sunny Gold Coast of Australia from Brisbane, Trash played in cover bands and worked a day job at the Bureau of Statistics before getting into the DJ scene. When he produced his first solo stuff, he needed a DJ moniker. “I was like, ‘I don’t have a name. How about Tommy Trash?’ My mom hates it. She’s always like, ‘Why don’t you use your real name? Trash is not your real name. People are going to think you’re trash.’ ”
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12:59 A.M. XS TIME
Image Credit: Jessica Chou After a nap and another double espresso, Trash enters the DJ booth at XS at precisely 12:59 a.m. As soon as the first beat drops, the house goes crazy — all laser lights and smoke cannons and confetti. It’s as if everyone in Vegas is starring in their own blue movie.
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2:15 A.M. MANNING THE BOOTH
Image Credit: Jessica Chou Fueled by Red Bull and water, the producer headbangs and pumps the crowd during his set. For two straight hours, there isn’t a moment when he stands still.
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RAIN DANCE
Image Credit: Jessica Chou As the set nears its conclusion, a hard rain begins to fall on the open-air section of the club, the drops making concentric circles in the pool, nature adding its own special effects to the mix.
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3:42 A.M. TRASH EATS AFTER-HOURS PIZZA
Image Credit: Jessica Chou After his two-hour early-morning XS set, the DJ grabbed a meal at Allegro, an Italian-American restaurant at the Wynn Hotel, before heading to the airport at 4:15 a.m. to catch a plane from Las Vegas to Orlando, where Trash’s tour resumes later that night.
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Image Credit: Jessica Chou Tommy Trash makes his way to the airport to continue his tour in Orlando.
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