About
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We are Friends Not Foes.
Music consultancy for experience-conscious businesses, brands, and venues.
Services we offer:
MUSIC DIRECTION (music curation, artist selection, and artist sourcing)
CAMPAIGN / EVENT SERIES CREATION (concept creation and implementation, logistics, art direction)
BRAND ACTIVATION AND EXPERIENCES (interactive installation creation, multi-media artist collaboration)
DJ SERVICES (Events and Activations)
FNF focuses on building unique experiences to attract the right people and position your business as a premium lifestyle brand.
Friends Not Foes goes that extra mile to deliver you a unique boutique experience fusing the perfect sounds with unique concepts and insight to better engage your clients and create fully refined interactions.
FNF’s Founder Dean Dixon has over 20 years of experience in event management in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, and beyond and has worked alongside a wide range of world-famous artists. Previously, he held a DJ residency at the world-renowned Potato Head Beach Club in Bali from 2016 to 2019, along with many other key establishments on the island, and was a regularly touring DJ across the Asia-Pacific region and further afield. He has spent the last few years bouncing back and forth between Canada and Australia with FNF while hosting the Inner Circles radio show in various studio locations around the globe on his travels. Some recent show locations include the CTRL room studios in Toronto and 6RCI Radio on Christmas Island off the coast of Western Australia.
Friends Not Foes is also involved in:
INNER CIRCLES - Our monthly radio show, broadcast live from wherever we might be based each month.
POSTCARDS FROM PARADISE - Our signature sunset event series, featuring hand-picked unique venues in memorable locations around the world matched with the finest local and international sound selectors. The PFP series has been held at venues such as Sandy Bay Beach Club on Nusa Lembongan Island in Indonesia and Vadada Beach Lounge on Jeju Island, South Korea.
“FNF X” EVENTS - Pop-up collaborations, like our “La Glamurosa” event with tropical clothing brand Tiiiga, the "Music Matters" series held in conjunction with The Walper Hotel, Kitchener, "Used Record Fair & Vendors jam session" held in collaboration with the Yeti Cafe, Kitchener.
DJ RESIDENCIES - Previous residencies include - Potato Head Beach Club Bali, W Hotel Bali, Karma Beach Bali, Kilo Bali, Mama San, 40 Thieves, Sandy Bay Beach Club, Rock Bar and Unique Rooftop Bar @Ayana Resort and Spa), Mano Beach House, etc.
DJ BIOGRAPHY:
Dean believes there’s great music in every genre, you simply require the passion, dedication, and patience to lay your fingers on it. It’s for that reason his DJ style espouses diversity. Dean takes listeners on unexpected journeys through a diverse array of soundscapes anytime he’s manning the helm.
Previously on the Australian underground music scene, Dean started and ran HAHA Industries and played regularly alongside Dave Fernandes (House of Mince/Aus) for over a decade. As D and D, they warmed the floors alongside some of the world’s most prominent international electronic music makers and forged a musical pathway down the side streets, forgotten laneways, and dark warehouse spaces that made up the more unique aspects of the Sydney late-night party scene.
Dean relocated to Bali in 2017 to take on a DJ residency at Indonesia’s highly lauded Potato Head Beach Club. He quickly also took on residencies at several other key establishments on the island, including Rock Bar, The W Hotel, Karma Beach Bali, and many others. Dean’s skills have landed him gigs further afield in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Australia, the United States, and his homeland, Canada. He’s supported everyone from heavyweights like Robert Hood, Juan Atkins, and Kenny Larkin to eclectic diggers like Optimo and Tim Sweeney on numerous occasions, to the bastion of Balearic sound, Jon Sa Trinxa. Dean has more recently decided to return to his homeland of Canada and presently hosts his monthly radio show, “Inner Circles” from the CTRL room studios in Toronto and other locations between his guest DJ appearances.
His endless pursuit to find weird and wonderful sounds and share them with others creates special moments each and every time he plays, whether that’s at a 4000-person venue warming up the dance floor for a platinum award-winning international act on New Year’s Eve or serving up more intimate sounds at a boutique beach club during sunset.
PAST DJ RESIDENCIES:
POTATO HEAD BEACH CLUB (Bali, Indonesia)
W HOTEL (Bali, Indonesia)
UNIQUE ROOFTOP @ Rimba, Ayana Resort & Spa (Bali, Indonesia)
ROCK BAR @ Ayana Resort & Spa (Bali, Indonesia)
KARMA BEACH - Karma Kandara (Bali, Indonesia)
SANDY BAY BEACH CLUB (Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia)
MAMA SAN (Bali, Indonesia)
LACALACA CANTINA MEXICANA and LACALITA BAR and COCINA (Bali, Indonesia)
SOM CHAI (Bali, Indonesia)
KILO (Bali, Indonesia)
40 THIEVES (Bali, Indonesia)
MANO BEACH HOUSE (Bali, Indonesia)
KEY GUEST DJ APPEARANCES:
CE LA VI (Singapore)
POTATO HEAD (Singapore)
BEAM (Thailand)
SUBSONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL (NSW, Australia)
PISCO BAR (Kuala Lumpur)
PAUSE FESTIVAL (Melbourne, Australia)
VADADA (Jeju Island, South Korea)
BESTIVAL BALI (Bali, Indonesia)
BURNING SEED (Burning Man Australia)
POTATO HEAD (Hong Kong)
SALON 10 (Hong Kong)
FIELD DAY FESTIVAL (Sydney, Australia)
BEERFEST ASIA (Singapore)
SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL (Sydney, Australia)
THE CAPITAL KEMPINSKI HOTEL (Singapore)
ARTEMIS (Singapore)
TANJONG BEACH CLUB (Singapore)
OXFORD ART FACTORY (Sydney, Australia)
WOO BAR - W Hotel (Sentosa Cove, Singapore)
VINYLHOUSE (Shenzhen, China)
BEVY BAR (Honolulu, Hawaii)
MOTOR CITY WINE (Detroit, USA)
GODFREY HOTEL (Detroit, USA)
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