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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!)

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Expressing Your Inner Doof at the Pre Doof Markets

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]reamland Doof Magazine wandered through the humble gates of CERES Community and Environment Park in Brunswick East, Melbourne, to chat with a few stall holders on the importance of ‘The Pre Doof Season Market’. Doof attire has two purposes “they have to work together, form and function” says stallholders Jemima and Tiffany from Cuddle Puddle. […]

The Healing Powers of Walking Barefoot: Hippy Bull**** or Health Breakthrough?

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he basic idea of “earthing” or “grounding” is that by making direct physical contact with the earth’s surface we absorb gazillions of electrons that help our bodies function. According to believers, the systems in our bodies are in fact designed to be in constant contact with the earth’s frequency and by wearing plastic shoes and […]

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. […]

Underground Under Fire: Doofs in the Mainstream Media

There’s dust beginning to circle around your feet. The bass from a set of bfg speakers is turning the dance-floor into an organic smoke machine. A stomping sound fills your ears, in time to the beat. Look up, you’re under the stars. There’s something tribal in the atmosphere, some vibration the bass is matching to […]