Step into an upbeat house session with Paluma, a Sunshine Coast selector known for bringing groove, drive, and that effortless crowd control. 🔥
Paluma delivers a mix full of movement, bounce, and feel-good momentum. 🎧💈 With roots stretching from early punk, metal, and rap influences to a deep love of house in all its forms, his sound carries both character and depth without ever losing the groove. 🔊
Whether you’re after a daytime boost or the perfect lead-in to your night, this one hits with high energy, flow, and just the right amount of punch.
How I Got Into DJing
I started DJing on the Sunshine Coast, first playing at a friend’s bar. When that venue closed, I stepped away from the scene for a couple of years because I felt disconnected from the music being played in the more commercial clubs at the time. Things shifted when a close friend started a club night in Brisbane and invited me to play. From there, I began picking up more bookings across South East Queensland and eventually around the country, slowly building my craft and trying to earn a solid reputation as a selector.
Favourite Styles & Genres
House music has always been at the centre of what I love most. Whether it’s deep, techy, minimal or jackin’, I’m drawn to anything with an underground groove and a strong sense of flow. Outside of house, I also love listening to downbeat, acid jazz, and trip hop — the kind of music that can sit in the background and gently shape the mood of the day. I think that balance between groove, atmosphere, and movement really comes through in the way I play.
Standout Influences
Growing up, I was heavily into punk rock, heavy metal, and rap, so my early influences came from quite a broad and energetic place. I was originally born in New Zealand and moved to the Sunshine Coast when I was eight, so this part of the world has been home for most of my life. A major turning point came when I was sixteen and spent a summer in the UK with my mum. My cousins took me clubbing, and from that point on, house music completely took hold — it was all I wanted to listen to after that.