Over fifteen years of producing music and touring regularly, Adelaide producer Strict Face has quietly left his mark on the Australian landscape of underground dance music, establishing unexpected connections between contemporary electronic music and its predecessors.

Having cut his teeth in the world of instrumental grime during its second wave in the early 10s, his music caught the attention of Mumdance and Mr. Mitch, who went on to release his early work on their Different Circles and Gobstopper labels respectively, while a tour throughout the UK and Europe in 2016 helped cement his place as a producer and DJ to watch.

Upon its inception in 2015, Nina Las Vegas drafted him to join the ranks of her label NLV Records, resulting in a fruitful working partnership that’s continued to this day. The run of releases under the label mapped out the producer’s ever-developing craft, shifting from momentary flirts with pop/R&B production (2017’s This Heat EP and 2018’s New Racer mixtape) to the heady, no-holds-barred approach to club music he’s gained a notoriety for in recent years (2021’s Pulsers and 2022’s Focus, Explode), bolstered by equally-rambunctious DJ sets at the label’s parties throughout its history.

Strict Face’s music has gotten the seal of approval from selectors as varied as DJ Plead, Jamz Supernova, Skrillex and Lena Willikens over the years. Meanwhile, the ever-growing list of names he’s shared a DJ booth with – Ben UFO, Chloé Robinson, Eris Drew, Massimiliano Pagliara, Jossy Mitsu and Special Request, to name just a handful – speaks to his versatility as a selector himself, and the notches on his radio belt are no less strong, having graced the studios of NTS, Rinse FM, FBi Radio and triple j and being part of the team behind Adelaide community station duck! Radio.