An Australian time-travelling DJ has said that the Edinburgh Fringe festival is his 'favourite time of year' after a 'wheelie bin sound system' led to sold-out shows.
Tom Loud, originally from Sydney, goes under the alias of Hot Dub Time Machine (HDTM) and took his event to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time over a decade ago after falling in love with the 'weird creative energy' during the festival.
Now, the event specialist is back for this year's Fringe and will be returning to Edinburgh at the Royal Highland Centre on August 19, with the event set to be bigger and better than ever after the massive success of last year's sell-out tour visit to the capital.
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An exuberant journey through pop music history, with classic tracks and much-loved hits played in chronological order in a voyage through time, HDTM begins in 1977 and winds its way through the 80s, 90s, 00s and beyond, right up until the present day.
However, this year is a little bit different, instead Tom will be bringing his new show 'Boogie' and he can't wait to be here for it.
Edinburgh Live sat down with the DJ and discussed why Edinburgh, during the fringe is his favourite time to perform alongside some anecdotes about when he originally started out in the city.
Tom said: "Edinburgh has been very, very good to me for over 10 years now and it is my favourite time of year when August ticks around. As soon as New Year's Eve happens, my inbox starts to get full with people wondering when the 'Hot Dub' event will happen at the Fringe.
"There is nothing quite like the Fringe in the entire world and I have always been very attracted to that and now it is the loyalty, it is the relationship that I have with the city and with the people. There is just something about Edinburgh and Scottish crowds that if you keep coming back and you keep showing them that you care, they will repay you with loyalty and love."
"This is a slightly different show that I am bringing to Edinburgh, it is called Boogie, it starts in 1977 and goes through to 2023 and I want it to be the best two and a half hours of dancing energy for that time."
Tom, first visited the city in 2006 during the festival whilst backpacking with friends who were comedians. He quickly became fond of the weird and wacky shows that are routinely performed at the Fringe adding that he "loved the weird creative energy that goes on", finding it inspiring.
His first DJ performance of the dance party spectacular as Hot Dub Time Machine was in 2012 at the Gilded Balloon with the promoters of the show giving away free tickets, the second night only three people were on the dance floor and described the first two weeks of the festival as 'rough.'
However, Tom made a breakthrough after creating a 'wheelie bin sound system' which he played on the city streets and attracted the flyer distributor of the festival to come to his show and before he knew it, the last week of his show was completely sold out and according to the man himself "it has been like that ever since".
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Tom went on to say: "People seem to think Hot Dub has always been big but it wasn't, I did my time."
Throughout the years, Tom worked hard to grow the Hot Dub Time Machine show, coming backwards and forward from Australia to the Fringe.
You can catch Tom playing music that has spanned throughout the years as Hot Dub Time Machine close to Edinburgh Airport at the Royal highland Centre at this years Fringe.
The party will run from 7 pm - 12.30 am on Saturday 19 August. Minimum age for entry is 18 years old. Tickets for Hot Dub Time Machine are now on sale now from the website.
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