Plead Morimoto is an ongoing collaboration between DJ Plead and T.Morimoto. Perhaps best known (as a duo) for their self-titled release as Poison in 2018, and occasional back to back DJ sets, they will return to performing live after a formative residency period in Chengdu in 2024, hosted by Heling Gong at his Bian Li Studio. Their new sound combines DJ Plead’s signature leads, hooks and trills with cinematic sound design, granular flourishes, artificial vocals, pop-inspired chord progressions and syncopated rhythms. Their unique collaborative approach channels their previous work as DJs and producers of dance and club music, while simultaneously eschewing drum samples and conventional approaches to dance music production. Conceptualised through mutual feelings of drum fatigue, their tracks contain nods to a plethora of tropes, techniques and rhythmic templates gleaned from their extensive experience as producers working across genres. Their heady, psychedelic, hypnotic and emotive productions will be performed for the first time at Phoenix Central Park, and will be released later in 2025. 

DJ Plead is a Lebanese-Australian musician, DJ and producer born in Eora/Sydney and now based in Berlin. He has been producing, DJing and performing live under the moniker since 2017 and has achieved extensive international recognition. He continues to tour as a DJ and live performer in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Australasia. His music has been released by respected Australian and international labels such as Decisions, Livity Sound, AD93, Smalltown Supersound and Boomkat Editions’ Documenting Sound. DJ Plead has collaborated with the likes of Deena Abdelwahed, Horse Lords, Harvey Sutherland and Yaz Ahmed and has on-going projects with Logic1000, Big Ever, T.Morimoto, rRoxymore, TSVI, Azu Tiwaline and Xzavier Stone in addition to producing for artists including Alaa Fifty, Vv Pete and Maina Doe. DJ Plead’s label SUMAC, a collaborative project with Tom Smith and Jon Watts–has released music by such artists as Logic1000, Viiaan, Jannah Quill and Lavurn.

T.Morimoto is a producer, DJ and artist living in Eora/Sydney. He runs the SUMAC label with DJ Plead, and is a member of the Trackwork label collective alongside Utility, with whom he released the collaborative album Nexus Destiny in 2019. His music has been released on a variety of labels including Super Utu, Trackwork, Room 40, Sumac, This Thing, Illuminated Paths and Junk Mnemonic. As a DJ and live performer he has played in Australia, Japan, France, London, India, Germany, China, Vietnam and Serbia, and has appeared live on Rinse FM, Hong Kong Community Radio, N10 Montreal, Noods Bristol, Chengdu Community Radio and Cashmere Radio Berlin. He also works across speculative fiction, video, curatorial projects, critical writing and freelance composition/sound design.