
Johnny Rocka

Johnny Rocka
Biografía
You'll usually find him pumping through the airwaves on his hit radio show "The Underground" on Kiss FM or destroying a dance floor near you with his high energy techno vibes!
What started as a hobby, has become an obsession for electronic music and performance. This has quickly transitioned into what is now his career; producer, DJ, radio presenter and creator of quality events.
Johnny Rocka is a techno powerhouse taking listeners on a journey into his signature sound. Providing dark, dirty, and uplifting rolling bass-lines with emotive melodic and progressive characteristics. His talent and versatility have given him the skills to bring the right vibe to suit any dance floor.
Taking influences from all things techno, his skills have been developed with careful precision inspired by the classic sounds of Sisyphos (Berlin) to Melkweg (Amsterdam). Mentored and motivated by world-class artists including the owner of popular techno label Patent Skillz, DJ Lion, Kaiser Souzai from Ballroom Records, Ash Roy creator of Soupherb Records, Cosmik Konnection and Minitech Project (Minitech Recordings).
His first release ‘23 Degrees’ was picked up by Berlin Techno label Ballroom Records. This was distributed as a part of their highest-grossing compilation pack ‘Secret Ballroom Gems’. Including top-tier producers such as Kaiser Souzai, Albird, Gunnar Stiller, Ben Champell, Alan Banjo, Arches, Against and Burnside.
This has taken him to perform alongside some of the biggest names in his field including DJ Lion, Loco & Jam, Gregor Tresher plus many more.
In 2017, Johnny Rocka embarked on his first European tour. Landing in Amsterdam, he hit the ground running with numerous bookings at world-renowned venues such as John Doe Club “UNDRGRND”, Berlin Loftus Hall Club, Bratislava Radost Club as well as playing bars and clubs across the Greek Islands.
Rainbow Serpent Festival 2019 was Johnny Rocka’s next dance floor dominance. He blew punters minds with his infectious and driving melodic techno on the Pelican Villa stage. This cemented him in the local scene and led to his presence at OneSixOne for the landmark 250th edition of the prolific Melbourne institution known as The Breakfast Club. One of Australia’s most internationally recognised underground club brands.
You can catch his radio show “The Underground” every Thursday from 10:30AM (AEST) thanks to Kiss FM Australia (87.6FM - 87.8FM | Melbourne). Rocka’s show celebrates everything about his favourite genre and has seen over 1 year, on Australia’s only dance music radio station. Winning over the hearts (and ears) of more than 100,000 listeners from all over Australia and across the globe.
If you see Johnny Rocka on a lineup, do yourself a favour. Because this guy is making huge waves in the underground techno scene. Stay up to date with all his new releases, tour dates and special announcements!



