Dear First-Time Doofers: Get Your Head Out Of The Festival Gutter

Warning: The word “doof” is mentioned a ridiculously high number of times in this article. Dear First-Time Doofers, I hear this is the year you’re ditching the pubs, clubs and inner-city one-day festival scene to get among the fairies, pixies, and other wild things. Perhaps you’re planning on abandoning your “old self” and reconnecting with […]

Dust till Dawn at Pitch Festival

Words: Tori Biggs Photography: Adrien Rossignol The open planes bellow the lofty Grampians Mountain Ranges at Pitch Music and Arts’ second year festival delivered on their promise. The exceptional electronic line up was bounding with show stealers. Nature gave us tumble weeds, rave tornados (“Doof-nados”), glorious sunsets against cascading mountains and of course, heaps of […]

Psyfari: A Festivaluation Of The Best 2018 Doof (so far!)

I’ve got to be honest; when I heard Psyfari was going to be on the Tharwa site, I was a bit disheartened. Seemingly alternately dry and dusty or wet and fucking freezing, that site has never impressed me much (don’t yell at me in the comments, it’s just not my favourite site), and I couldn’t […]

Aussie Outdoor Music Festivals – Stuck and Stagnant or Moving Forward?

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nyone who has been a part of the electronic music scene in Australia for more than five years will likely be aware that it has changed a lot in the last decade. Although this can be said true for the culture since the beginning of its time, it is clear that social networking and media […]

5 Times it’s OK To Judge at a Bush Doof

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he magic of the bush doof lies not just in gathering with the tribe for a psychedelic boogie you won’t get anywhere else. It’s the freedom you discovered under a gum tree a million miles from the pesky world that makes doofing such a special experience! A doof is a place where, no longer bound […]

A Quickie with Bliss

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] appreciate nothing more than a true performance from an electronic music producer.  It is a rare thing and definitely not the norm from DJ’s to actually perform during their set.  A few arms movements and bobs doesn’t cut it for me.  BLiSS performs!  He not only creates amazing full on trance, but he entrances his […]

15 Doof Hacks

Make your doofing experience that much better with these nifty tricks up your sleeve. 1. Tweak your pluggers Urgh, your only pair of thongs and that stupid plug pulled through the hole and now every 20 steps it pops out! Solution: Use a bread clip over the plug to stop it pulling through.   2. […]

Musical Medicine with Wild Marmalade

In the lead up to Tropical Bloom, Dreamland had the very honour of getting to have a Q & R with Si from Wild Marmalde and it is definitely clear to us now how their tunes are so funky fresh and connected.  An earthy, mindful and cool soul, Si gives us a little insight to the […]