With an incredibly broad taste in music, Perth DJ and producer PARDEAUX is building trust with the crowd to stitch together sets that feel like a shared experience, rather than a performance.

Brett Pardo, the producer and DJ known as PARDEAUX, has spent eight years navigating the club circuit and even longer refining his craft in his bedroom. He likes the fact that people struggle to spell or pronounce his name (a stylised extension of his surname) joking that it gives him “the bbno$ effect”.

When asked to describe the exact vibe of his sound, he points to its duality: “some songs are made for roadtrips by the coast with your mates, windows down genuine pure vibes, and other songs are made for a tiny sweaty room where everyone’s losing it”.

We sat down with PARDEAUX to discuss playing to 10,000 people on a fold-out table, why he views DJing like a Sizzler buffet, and the magic of his brand new UKG edit.

Track of the Week: PARDEAUX… Melodic Electronic, Boiler Room Burnout, and the Beauty of a Sizzler Buffet

🥘 The Sizzler Buffet Mentality

PARDEAUX’s musical influences are intentionally broad. He describes himself as a “SoundCloud gremlin,” drawing heavily from future bass and dubstep, but actively weaving in chill cuts and indie rock. Because of this, his sets are constantly shifting.

In fact, if his DJ style was a fast food order, he describes it as “probably like a Sizzler buffet, a bit of everything, constantly switching it up, but it still somehow works together”.

To pull off that kind of variety, he relies heavily on reading the room. “I believe if you build trust first through your selections, your energy onstage and how you control the vibe, you can then showing people something different they didn’t know they wanted to hear,” he explains.

His advice for newcomers? “Go to local clubs to study how DJs mix and read the room, because you’ll learn more there than at big shows where the crowd is already there for the DJ”.

🔥 Boiler Room Burnout

That connection with the crowd is PARDEAUX’s driving force, perfectly illustrated by the two gigs he still thinks about the most.

The first was a massive milestone: his first festival, playing to 10,000 people. The setup was incredibly raw… just a table with decks rather than a proper booth, leaving him feeling exposed. “It honestly felt like a dream,” he recalls. “I was playing a sparkly future bass Justin Bieber remix while fireworks were going off above, and it just felt like a really special shared moment”.

The second was a deeply personal turning point. Right as he was starting to feel burnt out and questioning his path, he played his first Boiler Room at No Signal in Perth. Surrounded by people on stage, the entire dynamic shifted. “It didn’t feel like I was performing at the crowd, it felt like I was part of it,” he explains. “It made me realise why I do this and I want to keep doing this forever”.

🔊 Track of the Week: just for me (pardeaux edit)

Our Track of the Week is PARDEAUX’s UKG edit of PinkPantheress’ ‘just for me’.

Inspired heavily by the melodic UKG sounds of Sammy Virji and salute, the track’s personality is driven by its bounce and drum groove. But getting the arrangement right… specifically the second build and drop, was a massive challenge.

The breakthrough moment only happened when he played the track for his housemates, who are massive fans of global club sounds. Hearing a vocal in the second drop that had a distinct Jersey rhythm, it finally clicked. “I tried putting the kick into that same kind of pattern, and suddenly the whole section made sense,” he notes.

⚡ PARDEAUX Quickfire

Category	Answer
Origin of the Name	Wanted to build on his last name (Pardo). “Now no one really knows how to say or spell it… kinda got the bbno$ effect”.
Dream B2B Partner	Skrillex.
A Track That Never Leaves Your USB	Gasolina.
Guilty Pleasure Song	Time of our lives by Pitbull or Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield.
The 3AM Post-Gig Feed	Maccas fries.
Drink of Choice	Mango Jelly Yoghurt from Bobaboba.
Vibe Killer	Standing in the front row on your phone.
Underrated Local	Ownlife. “Making some seriously good music rn, all his own production and vocals”.

🔌 Pass the Aux

We ask every feature guest to answer a question left by the previous interviewee.

Incoming Question from Von-Tek:

“If your DJ style was a fast food order, what would it be?”

PARDEAUX:

“Probably like a Sizzler buffet, a bit of everything, constantly switching it up, but it still somehow works together.”

Outgoing Question for the Next DJ:

“Whats a small detail in your sets that most people wouldnt notice, but you think makes the biggest difference?”

Listen to the edit on [SoundCloud]

Follow PARDEAUX: [Instagram Link]