Grant Smillie ticks all the boxes. Host of Australia’s biggest dance radio show ‘Overdrive’ on the Nova network nationally, he also has collected 2 ARIA Awards with his dance outfit TV ROCK and is co-owner of Neon Records two of the most successful dance labels in the country. In December 2008, Grant also collected the prestigious title of being the GQ DJ of the year, picking up gongs alongside Hugh Jackman, Bert Newton, Arthur Galan and Baz Luhrmann! … did we forget to mention that he is one of Australia’s busiest and most in demand DJ’s?
As one half of TV ROCK (alongside compatriot Ivan Gough) the duo broke all records in Australia- not only scooping 2 ARIA awards also spending the longest time inside the top 10 charts in history. TV ROCK are regularly heard on the Pete Tong’s Essential Selection and have recently collaborated with Laidback Luke and Zoe Badwi with a string of releases slated on their imprint Neon.
TV ROCK have also achieved 8 #1 ARIA club chart positions for their remixes and have remixed the likes of Groove Armada, Armand Van Helden, Dirty South Axwell, Fedde Le Grand and Paul Van Dyk to name but a few.
Grant is currently a resident DJ for Onelove nationally and has mixed no less than 6 of their 10 CD releases as well as mixing compilations for Ministry of Sound and his own imprint Neon.
Grant was voted #1 Victorian DJ in the 2006 Inthemix poll and is also an ambassador for Pioneer Pro DJ in Australasia. He was a runner up in the Cleo Bachelor of the year in 2007 and is again nominated in 2009 and has played private soirees for Prince, Kiss, Ferrari and has even played at the MTV Music Award and as the pre-game entertainment at the AFL grand final tennis to an audience of millions!
In 2009 he has bookings throughout the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Greece and Ibiza as well as his home country.
TV ROCK’S recent single ‘Been A Long Time feat Rudy’ went straight to the #1 position on the ARIA club charts in Australia and was signed to Axwell’s label ‘Axtone’ where it smashed the beatport charts as well. TV ROCK have a new single called ‘Feel It In The Air’ which features the vocals again of Rudy and is set for release at the Miami Winter Music Conference in March.
