DJ Arlen de Silva has been playing music in nightclubs since the summer of 1988.he started his career way out in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne at a nightspot known as “Lasers” where he was given a job due to his heroic effort of rescuing the DJ booth which had been abandoned by its resident DJ who had fled the venue due to that it had been sprayed with mace by a local street gang. Even though nobody stayed back to hear his set the club owners thought his effort to keep the music playing should be rewarded in some way.
The following summer Arlen found himself playing and running his own night, which then created waves that reached the management of town’s most prestigious nightclub of its time “Chasers”. You can say that the rest from here on is history! Chasers, Cadillac Bar, Warehouse, Chevron, Inflation, Silvers, Tok H, Metro, Zu Zu’s, Redhead, Saratoga, Prince of Wales, Razor, Savage, Tasty, Hellfire, Freakazoid, Wonderland, Palace, Eve, Seven, Boutique, Trak & Love Machine, Bottom End, First Floor, The Social, 161, Baroq House, Captain Baxter, Prince of Wales & Day Spa to list a few of the clubs and nights Arlen has played as a DJ and helped revolutionize the music of its time.
His skills as a DJ have taken him to many cities interstate and international. In the years 1999,2000 & 2001 Arlen attended and also performed at the Miami, Music Conference. Here he made many friends and allies in the dance music industry, which has helped develop some of his finest club nights, events and parties to date.
In later times Arlen has been known to be the director of music for many high end events and parties for Melbourne’s social calendar like both the “spring” and “Melbourne” fashion festivals, spring racing carnival, polo and Melbourne Grand Prix.
The music Arlen is renown for playing is soulful, sophisticated but always funky. No matter if he plays the latest house set or old school disco classics he guarantees to be groovy and keeps any musically orientated environment alive with his taste that transcends all generations winning over his hardest critics by always giving them a gift of something they never new they would like, wrapped in something familiar.