DJ Dials + 1015 Folsom present SONNY FODERA DOM DOLLA Thursday October 24th -- 10pm-2am -- Ages 21+ SONNY FODERA Australian DJ and producer Sonny Fodera cut his teeth on straightforward house sounds before evolving to include elements of pop and other strains of electronic music. He merged four-on-the-floor bangers with EDM-flavored snare rolls and drops on his 2019 release Rise. Based out of Melbourne, Fodera began making music as a hip-hop producer in his teens, but his muse turned to house when he heard Derrick Carter's booming dance tracks. In his early twenties, Fodera was working as a DJ and making tracks of his own, debuting with the It's Time EP in 2013 on house maven Cajmere's Cajual Records label. A proper full-length, Moving Forward, was released later that year, and the more collaborative After Parties & Aeroplanes arrived the next year featuring appearances from Ari Lourdes, Low Steppa, Doorly, and many others. With 2016's Frequently Flying, Fodera incorporated more lead vocals and pop sensibilities. He kept busy with remixes, compilation appearances, live gigs, and the occasional EP releases before 2019's extended mixtape-like collection Rise brought his most polished, pop-adjacent material yet. No matter how close he leaned into pop impulses, however, Fodera's music maintained a core of deep house rhythms and acid grooves DOM DOLLA 2019 is Dom Dolla’s break-out year, named as one of this year’s ‘rising stars’ by Pete Tong and featured on Billboard Dance as ‘one to watch’ following the release of his Beatport #1 single ‘Take it’ - a hypnotic dance floor anthem, amassing 22 million streams with support from house music elite Chris Lake, Sonny Fodera, and Duke Dumont. Descending from Melbourne, Australia, Dom’s soulful hooks and Jackin-house drums have seen him sell out a spate of headline Australian shows, tour the U.S. with notable performances at The DoLaB/Coachella, Miami Music Week, and Electric Daisy Carnival, whilst preparing for his U.K. and European debut this summer. With remixes for Rufus, Pnau, Hayden James, Flight facilities, Purple Disco Machine, and Monkey Safari, ARIA nomination for ‘best dance release’ of collaborative single ‘Be Randy’ with Torren Foot, and successive ARIA #1 singles ‘Define’/’You’ - it’s all making cents.