UK Legend Dave Seaman on Tour of the East Coast

The Selador label boss has been playing B2B sets with Melbourne’s Anthony Pappa, and has a sold out solo show for Lemon & Lime at W Brisbane this Friday.

Needing little introduction to fans of progressive house and melodic techno, the UK’s Dave Seaman has tried his hand at every aspect of electronic musicianship, with well-earned success, while still being true to the sound he is inspired by.

There aren’t many artists who’ve soundtracked the birth of dance music and are still leading its development more than three decades later. There are even less who have gifted both the club and pop scenes with unforgettable musical moments that get talked about in hushed tones years after their creation. Dave Seaman is one of a select few.

Whether it’s one of his spine-tingling Global Underground or Renaissance CDs that’s still burning a hole in your stereo years after its purchase, or the perfect pop of Kylie’s ‘Confide In Me’ that he co-wrote, produced and remixed, there’s very few with their heart in electronic music who haven’t been touched by his oeuvre in one form or another.

It’s a commonality that everyone from clubbers at Creamfields, to the biggest recording artists on the planet share. Having devoted almost every weekend over the last 30 years to moving dancefloors from Ibiza to New York, Berlin to Buenos Aires, Seaman has played the world’s most recognised festivals and clubs in more than 80 countries throughout his career, while still lending his production nous to the music industry’s A List. Along with crafting beats for Ms Minogue and Pet Shop Boys, everyone from David Bowie to New Order and U2 have enlisted his artistry.

Seaman played his first bona-fide professional DJ gig at the legendary Shelley’s in Stoke in 1990, stroking vinyl alongside a couple of emerging talents by the name of Sasha and Laurent Garnier. Acid house was blooming and Seaman’s boundless enthusiasm and creative spirit was petrol in it’s tank as he became the youngest Editor of clubber’s bible, Mixmag, giving a voice to a cultural revolution as electronic music swept across the world.

Teaming up with producer and friend Steve Anderson, the duo recorded as Brothers In Rhythm, birthing the seminal rave anthem ‘Such A Good Feeling’ which became a UK Top 20 hit, while also issuing the landmark ‘Mixmag Live Volume’ 1 with Carl Cox in 1991 – a release that stands as one of the first ever commercially available mix compilations.

Without a doubt, his relationship with Renaissance is one of the most renowned in dance music, with Seaman having contributed 10 mixes to the revered series. Global Underground view the Brit in a similarly lofty light, having secured his services to mix their Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Cape Town & Lithuanian volumes.

Today, Seaman’s passion to exhibit boundary-breaking talent is as strong as ever. Via the independent record label Selador Recordings which he co owns with long time friend, Steve Parry, his inspired A&R has helped nurture some of the finest groove-merchants in dance music. The label’s roster speaks for itself, with Hernan Cattaneo, Rodriguez Jr, Robert Owens, Timo Maas, Danny Howells & Hannes Bieger all contributing tracks and remixes recently.

30 years on from that initial boyhood dream, the places and people may have changed, but Seaman’s passion hasn’t. As busy as ever, he still continues to create. His recent releases on Mobilee, Poker Flat, Sum Over Histories and Einmusika have seen him enjoy both critical and chart success and with a whole wave of new material ready for release, you know Seaman’s always on the frontline of electronic house music.

Dave Seaman's Biography

Dave Seaman began his tour of Australia on the Voyage Boat Party on New Year’s Day, in Melbourne. Following that, he had a gig at Haven in Byron Bay on the Friday, then a back to back set with Anthony Pappa at Aura, in Sydney.

Dave will be supported by Sean Edwards from Protocol Events at W Brisbane on Friday. Sean recorded his closing set at the launch of Protocol Events at Diffuszed Studios in Brisbane, on Friday 12 September 2025.

It had been planned that Fergus Alexander, who is co-hosting Friday’s event with Lemon & Lime, would be playing a set during the event. That plan was changed so that we could have four hours of music from Dave. Fergus also recorded his set at the Protocol Events launch.

Fergus had the following to say about Protocol and this Friday’s event with Dave Seaman:

Protocol was a lot of fun and it was great to see Sean and Dean’s party get a great response for their first one, and I was honoured to be on the line up. I had just got back from Croatia where I had been at the inaugural Balance Festival and was incredibly inspired, so I just wanted to let loose.

I’m very excited to be co-hosting Dave Seaman at W Brisbane with Lemon & Lime, in collaboration with W Hotel. The W have been behind us 100% for this which has been fantastic. It’s not often an event sells out in the first few days so we can’t thank everyone enough for their support. We’re also very appreciative for Dave to come up and have this as his final gig of his Aussie tour and we’re definitely going to ensure it’s the best one!

Fergus Alexander