For their first party of 2025, Humanaut primes this year’s engine with not one, but two DJs who have an uncanny knack for deep cuts and forgotten gems. Coincidentally, they’re also both named Michael.
Michael Joyce, aka Truly Madly (@truly___madly), has been in the game for over thirty years at this point, and has a bag stuffed with impeccable records to prove it.
Truly started to cut his teeth in early 90s London, playing at clubs like Ministry of Sound and visiting all the legendary spots around the UK, from Hacienda to Quadrant Park. Throughout this time, he began to amass a rather serious collection of tunes, from quirked-up UKG dubplates to tech’d-out electro. Plenty of DJs have a similar story, but not many are still at the top of their game today, let alone run brilliant labels alongside it all (such as his Mind Helmet [@mindhelmet] imprint). Regardless of what the current trend is, Truly has always been laser-focused on tasteful, groovy selections – an approach that is still paying off today. Needless to say, we’re pretty excited to hear what he draws from his musical well for us.
On opening support, we thought no better pairing than another deep-digging Michael — Michael Kaiser (@mwkais). Part of beloved local outfit Transit and a master of earworms, any time Michael plays we walk away with at least one “damn what was that tune??” rattling around our heads. He’s pulling out the extra filtered stuff for Saturday so don’t be late!
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