Vic Zee is often referred to as one of the original pioneers of the Sydney techno – electronic music scene. Vic Zee’s involvement with electronic dance music had its genesis within the 1990s, where Vic performed on a regular basis within the Sydney Rave Scene, it was here that Vic first cut his teeth on the ‘wheels of steel’ – always at this early stage in his Dj career meticulously perfecting and fine-tuning his turntablist/mixing skills. Vic Zee has often also attributed his lifelong passion towards electronic music performance and production, specifically the heavily kick laden, percussion and bass driven techno sound, directly because of his childhood obsession with the world of early 8bit computing and electronic gaming in the mid to late 1980s. This intense addiction to computer-generated sound and synthesis within the context of gaming led directly to his subsequent immersion within the world of early electronic music. It was at this point in time that Vic began hosting and producing a weekly radio show called TRIP2SPACE on Radio Skid Row 88.9fm, TRIP2SPACE soon established a cult following, disseminating a mix of psytrance/goa, acid, techno and rave. The TRIP2SPACE radio show also gave rise to the production crew of the same name which as responsible for classic psy/techno events such as Trip2Space, Remain Insane, Tripnosis and Hypnopotamust. After five years of radio TRIP2SPACE, Vic Zee migrated to Sydney’s biggest full band community radio station 2SER 107.3fm where he hosted Sydney’s most popular weekly techno program at the time – KAOSCILLATION for over five years. In the midst of all this radio action Vic Zee hosted Back 2 Earth on three seasons at Radio DEX 96.9fm during its test transmission stages; this show also received massive listener support. Overall Vic Zee’s mission for more than two decades has always been about spreading the TECHNO SOUND, for better or worse he has always stayed true to the movement he is totally passionate about; techno with a tougher twist. Vic plus co-founder DJ Mookie have always held the attitude that their mission is to set the trend rather than follow it. It is directly because of this belief that the harder techno sound of SWARM (currently also a techno label) was launched in 1999. The SWARM series of events, (arguably one of Sydney’s most successful and longest running) was established as a haven for a genuine cutting edge, tougher, uncompromisingly underground techno-oriented dance floor experience that still exists to this day in Sydney. It is therefore precisely because of this underground based ethos as well as Vic Zee’s consistent commitment to his performance and especially production career that has so often been referred to by many as one of the original pioneers of the Sydney underground techno scene. Vic Zee has played locally and internationally alongside the likes of: Alex Bau, Speedy J, Chris Liberator, D.a.v.e the Drummer, Guy the Geezer, Space Djz, Pounding Grooves, Julian Liberator, Zebedee, Misjah, Ignition Technician, Mike Humphries, Chris Liebing, Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, Luke Slater, Green Velvet, Dave Clark, Umek, Valentino, Dj Pinch, Ben Simms and many others. Vic has also been producing his signature brand of chunky underground techno in his Sydney studio, with releases out on his SWARM DIGITAL and SWARM SOUND SYSTEM labels, London’s Stayup Forever label, the US-based Banging Grooves label plus Woody McBride’s Communiqué Label. No wonder then that over the last 20 years Vic has received wide respect for his intense layered mixing techniques and devotion to the highly percussive, phat chunky/funky generally ‘slammin’ or pounding style of trance induced techno that he produces and performs. As far as the classic DJ set goes, Vic Zee now primarily uses VIRTUAL VINYL technology such as Traktor, allowing him to still maintain his complete interaction between the turntables and mixer, as well as delving into some of the more live/experimental elements within his sets, this combined with his own custom studio material and a 20 year vinyl collection have taken his sets to a whole new infinite dimension.