Kontrol — Adelaide DJ

Kontrol aka John Morley

Also known as: John Morley
Kontrol, aka John Morley, has been part of Adelaide’s dance music community since the late 1990s. Named House DJ of the Year in 2004, he became a regular across the city’s clubs, raves and reunion events, including Heaven, HQ reunions, Elysium and Block Rocking Beats alongside Groove Terminator. During the mid-2000s he held a Thursday residency at Venus at the Arkaba with RMAC, Skot Holder and DJ Ben, helping soundtrack a period in Adelaide club culture. His sets move through house, club classics and tougher dancefloor material, reflecting years spent playing to local crowds. Away from the booth, Morley is one of the DJs behind Reunion Adelaide, working with Souli, RMAC and Audioporn to celebrate the venues, records and personalities that shaped the city’s nightlife. Recent appearances include Reunion Festival, MAYDAY 2.0 at the Old Adelaide Gaol, Long Weekender at Atlantis and Vinyl Destination’s Come Together series, keeping his connection with Adelaide’s dance community active.

1 upcoming event

Reunion Festival 2027 at The Drive
Sat 23 Jan · 2:00 PM
Reunion Festival 2027
The Drive, War Memorial Dr, North Adelaide

Reunion Festival returns for its fourth year, bringing Adelaide’s club and rave generations together for a huge celebration of local dance music. Across multiple stages, familiar favourites and long-serving selectors revisit house, techno, trance, drum and bass, R&B and rave classics live. TICKETS
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Past events

2026

Come Together 6 - The Halloween Experience at Arkaba Hotel
Sat 31 Oct 2026 · 7:00 PM
Come Together 6 - The Halloween Experience
Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Rd, Frewville

A vinyl-fuelled Halloween rave with two dance floors, killer local DJs, immersive visuals, and a massive nostalgic soundtrack from 7 PM to 3 AM.
Long Weekender at Atlantis
Sun 4 Oct 2026 · 9:00 PM
Long Weekender
Atlantis, Light Sq, Adelaide

Festival season kicks off with the October Long Weekend, and Sunday October 4, the crew behind the Reunion Festival and Superclub bring you a sweet Indoor/Outdoor event with some of your favourite taste makers dropping a blend of old and new house, club, disco and classics at Atlantis.
MAYDAY 2.0 at Old Adelaide Gaol
Sat 2 May 2026 · 4:00 PM
MAYDAY 2.0
Old Adelaide Gaol, 18 Gaol Rd, Adelaide

MAYDAY 2.0 at Old Adelaide Gaol, Adelaide — outdoor fancy-dress party with big DJ line-up in a historic prison courtyard. Interstate DJs Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock plus Nik Fish.
Reunion Festival 2026 at Morphettville Racecourse
Sat 17 Jan 2026 · 2:00 PM
Reunion Festival 2026
Morphettville Racecourse, 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville

Big day-to-night reunion of Adelaide club culture at Morphettville, headlined by HMC and Groove Terminator, with four arenas, classic anthems, and a packed local lineup built for serious ravers.

2025

Come Together 5 at Arkaba Hotel
Sat 18 Oct 2025 · 7:00 PM
Come Together 5
Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Rd, Frewville

Vinyl Destination's five year milestone party brings 20+ DJs and MCs from the Ark, Heaven, Synagogue and Enchanted days, including GTB, to the Ark Arena 7pm to midnight and the LeRox Level 9pm to 3am, with VJ Marchie on visuals. All vinyl, all night.
Reunion Festival 2025 at Morphettville Racecourse
Sat 18 Jan 2025 · 2:00 PM
Reunion Festival 2025
Morphettville Racecourse, 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville

A huge outdoor reunion of Adelaide club culture with four stages, House to Trance, and local legends rolling out anthems from the city’s most iconic nights.

2024

Come Together 4 at Arkaba Hotel
Sat 19 Oct 2024 · 7:00 PM
Come Together 4
Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Rd, Frewville

Vinyl Destination's classics reunion returns to The Ark over two levels, with the USA's Chris Lee joining Adelaide's pioneer selectors including and old school visuals from VJ Marchie. Upstairs 7pm to midnight, downstairs 9pm to 3am, all vinyl all night.

2023

Come Together 3 at Arkaba Hotel
Sat 21 Oct 2023 · 7:00 PM
Come Together 3
Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Rd, Frewville

After multiple sold out shows, Vinyl Destination brings its biggest old school lineup yet to the newly renovated Ark, spinning house to rave across two levels with the club sounds of the Ark, LeRox, Discovery, Synagogue, Heaven, Planet and Cargo, backed by Andy J production.

1999

Twice As Nice at Heaven
Sun 3 Oct 1999 · 9:00 PM
Twice As Nice
Heaven, 7 West Tce, Adelaide

UK DJ Rachel Auburn headlines a long weekend Sunday spread across three rooms, with Warehouse Anthems, Elysium and Elements each running their own sound and more than two dozen Adelaide DJs and MCs sharing the load.

1998

Experience Anthems at Heaven
Fri 27 Nov 1998 · 9:00 PM
AnthemsAU presents
Experience Anthems
Heaven, 7 West Tce, Adelaide

Six DJs and two MCs dig back into the old school rave records for a night built on shared memories, following a previous Anthems that drew more than 2000 people onto the floor.
Twice as Nice at Heaven
Sun 4 Oct 1998 · 12:00 AM
AnthemsAU, Elysium presents
Twice as Nice
Heaven, 7 West Tce, Adelaide

Two rooms, Warehouse Anthems and Elysium, with Nik Fish and Paul Holden sharing headline duties with Groove Terminator across both floors, backed by a deep bench of Adelaide DJs playing through the night.