# KETBOI69
KETBOI69 (also written Ketboi69) is the back-to-back (B2B) performance project of Irish DJ KETTAMA (Evan Campbell of Galway) and Australian DJ Partiboi69, billing themselves as a duo under that name from August 2024.[1](https://www.insomniac.com/events/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-trax-unit-2024-08-03-los-angeles-ca/) Their sets pair Partiboi69's playful theatrics with KETTAMA's rave beats, and their first twelve months included a Los Angeles afterparty, a North American club run, a New York debut at Webster Hall, and a sold-out Australian tour.[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024) The act is primarily a live proposition: its recorded footprint on Apple Music includes a 2021 track, 'Freq U All Nite (feat. Partiboi69 & KETTAMA)'.[3](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ketboi69/1549250799)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Members | KETTAMA (Evan Campbell, Galway, Ireland) and Partiboi69 (Australia)[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024) |
| Named as a duo | From August 2024, first billed by Insomniac in Los Angeles on 3 August 2024[1](https://www.insomniac.com/events/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-trax-unit-2024-08-03-los-angeles-ca/) |
| Earlier joint set | B2B set from the Stingzone published 7 February 2020, about 2.4 million views on YouTube[4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSqRMioRik) |
| New York debut | Webster Hall, 1 November 2024[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024) |
| 'Taste the Grapes' tour | 20 December 2024 to 17 January 2025: Perth (two shows), Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney[5](https://www.thenote.com.au/news/ketboi69-australian-tour-2025) |
| Sell-outs | Perth 21 December and Sydney Roundhouse shows sold out; Melbourne Timber Yard show sold out[5](https://www.thenote.com.au/news/ketboi69-australian-tour-2025) • [6](https://mooj.live/event/ltec-presents-ketboi69/108250) |
| Recorded output | 'Freq U All Nite (feat. Partiboi69 & KETTAMA)' single, 2021; later collaboration 'Pumpin Robbie'[3](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ketboi69/1549250799) • [7](https://bythewavs.com/partiboi69-kettama-pumpin-robbie/) |
## Origins and formation
The partnership predates the name: in February 2020 [Partiboi69](https://www.edgepedia.org/partiboi69) published the first installment of his Live 69 session series with special guest KETTAMA, a house, electro, and techno set recorded in the Stingzone; the YouTube upload runs about 68 minutes and has drawn around 2.4 million views.[4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSqRMioRik)
The two came from different scenes. Partiboi69 serves up what Gray Area's event copy calls "a wild, full-throttle, high BPM dose of techno, ghetto tech, electro, and '90s rave heaters backed by his wacky green screen visuals".[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024) KETTAMA is [Evan Campbell](https://www.edgepedia.org/kettama) from Galway, whose posting of "ecstatic, retro-flavored house tracks" during the 2010s quickly attracted attention from DJs like [Mall Grab](https://www.edgepedia.org/mall-grab).[8](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kettama-mn0003904889)
The named duo emerged in mid-2024. Insomniac's event listing for 3 August 2024 bills the act as "Ketboi69 (KETTAMA B2B Partiboi69)" with Trax Unit in Los Angeles, categorized under techno, electronic, and house.[1](https://www.insomniac.com/events/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-trax-unit-2024-08-03-los-angeles-ca/) Setlist.fm lists KETBOI69 playing HARD SUMMER 2024 in Inglewood, CA with a 4:00 PM start,[9](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ketboi69/2024/barunah-plains-barunah-park-australia-435c034f.html) while Insomniac and Exchange LA list a "KETBOI69: HARD Summer Afterparty 360°" at Exchange LA, 618 S. Spring Street, on Saturday 3 August 2024 with doors at 10:00 PM PDT and support from TRAX Unit, 21+ only.[1](https://www.insomniac.com/events/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-trax-unit-2024-08-03-los-angeles-ca/) • [10](https://exchangela.com/event/ketboi69-hard-summer-afterparty-360-edm-dj-music-concert-show-tonight-tomorrow-2024-aug-3-best-night-club-near-me-los-angeles/)
## Show history and tours
After the Los Angeles launch, the duo crossed North America in November 2024. Gray Area promoted their first New York performance at Webster Hall on Friday 1 November 2024 at 10 PM.[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024) The same run took in [The Church Nightclub](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-church-nightclub) in Denver on 8 November 2024 at 10:00 PM, with tickets at $15 to $25 and artist presale on 15 August 2024,[11](https://do303.com/events/2024/11/8/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-tickets) and 1015 Folsom in San Francisco on Thursday 14 November 2024 at 9 PM, 21+ only.[12](https://dothebay.com/events/2024/11/14/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-tickets)
The year closed in Australia. KETBOI69 performed at Beyond the Valley 2024 at Barunah Plains, Barunah Park, on 29 December 2024 with a midnight start time.[9](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ketboi69/2024/barunah-plains-barunah-park-australia-435c034f.html) Around the same dates, triple j notes KETTAMA "popping up during a secret set as one half of KETBOI69 (with Partiboi69)" at Let Them Eat Cake on [New Year's Day](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-years-day).[13](https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/friday-mix/kettama-djset-2025/104782230)
**Taste the Grapes** was the duo's first Australian run as a named act, from 20 December 2024 to 17 January 2025.[5](https://www.thenote.com.au/news/ketboi69-australian-tour-2025) It opened with two shows at the Metro in Perth on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 December, moved to Melbourne on 4 January, Adelaide's Hindley Street Music Hall on Friday 10 January and Brisbane (listed as The Tivoli by The Note and as CYBER, Meanijn/Brisbane by triple j) on Saturday 11 January, and closed at Sydney's Roundhouse on Friday 17 January.[5](https://www.thenote.com.au/news/ketboi69-australian-tour-2025) • [13](https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/friday-mix/kettama-djset-2025/104782230) Beat Magazine covers the 4 January Timberyard date as a Melbourne show for the duo.[14](https://beat.com.au/kettama-and-partiboi69-are-now-a-duo-and-theyre-playing-a-melbourne-show/)
## Musical style and format
Gray Area frames the combination directly: "Ketboi69 combines Partiboi69's playful theatrics with KETTAMA's rave beats, guaranteeing a fun and indelible time."[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024) Beat Magazine describes the duo's sound as "high-BPM techno, powerful drum patterns, and intense basslines".[14](https://beat.com.au/kettama-and-partiboi69-are-now-a-duo-and-theyre-playing-a-melbourne-show/) The two halves draw on distinct lineages: Partiboi69's solo sets lean on techno, ghetto tech, electro, and '90s rave with green-screen visuals.[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024)
## Comparison with solo careers and other B2B pairings
KETTAMA's solo trajectory gives the duo its Irish-rave anchor. AllMusic records that Galway's Evan Campbell began posting "ecstatic, retro-flavored house tracks" in the 2010s, attracting attention from DJs like Mall Grab; his music embraced '90s trance and Euro-dance influences on releases like 2023's Fallen Angel, and his full-length debut [Archangel](https://www.edgepedia.org/archangel) arrived in 2025.[8](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kettama-mn0003904889) [The Irish Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-irish-times) adds that he established G-Town Records with his friend Cóilí Collins, otherwise known as Shampain, has released music with [Underworld](https://www.edgepedia.org/underworld), played Boiler Room, and Rinse FM, earned a BBC Essential Mix, and in September 2023 alone played Chicago, Toronto, San Diego, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Portland, Washington, DC, Brooklyn, Berlin, Ibiza, and Manchester's Warehouse Project.[15](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2024/06/22/kettama-on-his-first-big-dj-set-within-10-minutes-the-whole-place-filled-up-my-jaw-dropped/) Gray Area describes G-Town Records as his community to release music, support other artists, and put out original merchandise.[16](https://grayarea.co/artists/kettama)
B2B pairing is a recurring format in KETTAMA's orbit rather than unique to KETBOI69. Mixmag's cover feature records a first B2B with [Chris Stussy](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-stussy) before 20,000 people at Ormeau Park in Belfast, alongside the announcement of Archangel and an Amnesia residency with Ben Hemsley spanning 16 weeks;[17](https://mixmag.net/feature/kettama-cover-feature-interview-archangel-dj) triple j notes him headlining Boiler Room as Samba Boys with [Tommy Holohan](https://www.edgepedia.org/tommy-holohan) in Eora/Sydney.[13](https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/friday-mix/kettama-djset-2025/104782230) KETBOI69 is promoted under a shared artist name, with its own ticketing signup (laylo.com/ketboi69)[11](https://do303.com/events/2024/11/8/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-tickets) and a touring schedule of its own.
## Promoters, venues and ticket demand
The duo's bookings run through the major North American festival promoter [Insomniac](https://www.edgepedia.org/insomniac-music) as well as independent club promoters. Insomniac's own listing carried the Los Angeles date with Trax Unit;[1](https://www.insomniac.com/events/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-trax-unit-2024-08-03-los-angeles-ca/) Exchange LA hosted the HARD Summer Afterparty 360°;[10](https://exchangela.com/event/ketboi69-hard-summer-afterparty-360-edm-dj-music-concert-show-tonight-tomorrow-2024-aug-3-best-night-club-near-me-los-angeles/) Gray Area promoted the Webster Hall debut;[2](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024) and the Australian dates were presented by LTEC with the GARBAGE brand behind the Perth shows.[6](https://mooj.live/event/ltec-presents-ketboi69/108250) • [18](https://megatix.com.au/events/garbage-ketboi69-x-club-flansie-fukhed)
Demand figures from the Australian run show the duo outgrowing club scale. In Perth, the GARBAGE event with KETBOI69 and X CLUB. at Metro City on Saturday 21 December 2024 "sold out within minutes" during presale, prompting a second show on Friday 20 December with support from Flansie and Fukhed.[18](https://megatix.com.au/events/garbage-ketboi69-x-club-flansie-fukhed) The Note marks the Perth 21 December and Sydney Roundhouse shows as sold out.[5](https://www.thenote.com.au/news/ketboi69-australian-tour-2025) The Melbourne Timber Yard show, presented by LTEC at 351 Plummer St, Port Melbourne, was listed as sold out with a 5:00 PM start.[6](https://mooj.live/event/ltec-presents-ketboi69/108250)
Prices also point upward. Beat Magazine reported tiered tickets of $75, $85, and $95 (plus booking fees) for Melbourne;[14](https://beat.com.au/kettama-and-partiboi69-are-now-a-duo-and-theyre-playing-a-melbourne-show/) the ticketing page for the sold-out date showed remaining prices of $83.34 to $103.73.[6](https://mooj.live/event/ltec-presents-ketboi69/108250) The Sydney Roundhouse listing, at the University of NSW, carried a ticket price of $69.69.[19](https://amplify.sydney/listing/ketboi69-18/) Against the $15 to $25 Denver club tickets from the same 2024 run,[11](https://do303.com/events/2024/11/8/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-tickets) the Australian run took in the Roundhouse at the University of NSW, the Hindley Street Music Hall, and the Metro.
## References
1. [Ketboi69 (KETTAMA B2B Partiboi69), Trax Unit – Insomniac](https://www.insomniac.com/events/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-trax-unit-2024-08-03-los-angeles-ca/)
2. [Debut: Ketboi69 First New York Performance at Webster Hall | Gray Area](https://grayarea.co/events/ketboi69-nov-1-2024)
3. [KETBOI69 – Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ketboi69/1549250799)
4. [Partiboi69 b2b KETTAMA – Live from the Stingzone (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSqRMioRik)
5. [Ketboi69 Plot 2025 Australian Tour – The Note](https://www.thenote.com.au/news/ketboi69-australian-tour-2025)
6. [LTEC presents: KETBOI69 – Mooj Live](https://mooj.live/event/ltec-presents-ketboi69/108250)
7. [Partiboi69 & KETTAMA – Pumpin Robbie – By The Wavs](https://bythewavs.com/partiboi69-kettama-pumpin-robbie/)
8. [KETTAMA, Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews | AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kettama-mn0003904889)
9. [KETBOI69 Setlist at Beyond the Valley 2024 – setlist.fm](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ketboi69/2024/barunah-plains-barunah-park-australia-435c034f.html)
10. [KETBOI69: HARD Summer Afterparty 360° – Exchange LA](https://exchangela.com/event/ketboi69-hard-summer-afterparty-360-edm-dj-music-concert-show-tonight-tomorrow-2024-aug-3-best-night-club-near-me-los-angeles/)
11. [KETBOI69 in Denver at The Church – DO303](https://do303.com/events/2024/11/8/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-tickets)
12. [KETBOI69 in San Francisco at 1015 Folsom – DoTheBay](https://dothebay.com/events/2024/11/14/ketboi69-kettama-b2b-partiboi69-tickets)
13. [KETTAMA – triple j Friday Mix](https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/friday-mix/kettama-djset-2025/104782230)
14. [KETTAMA and Partiboi69 are now a duo – Beat Magazine](https://beat.com.au/kettama-and-partiboi69-are-now-a-duo-and-theyre-playing-a-melbourne-show/)
15. [Kettama on his first big DJ set – The Irish Times](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2024/06/22/kettama-on-his-first-big-dj-set-within-10-minutes-the-whole-place-filled-up-my-jaw-dropped/)
16. [KETTAMA | Gray Area](https://grayarea.co/artists/kettama)
17. [KETTAMA: The DJ Of The Moment – Mixmag](https://mixmag.net/feature/kettama-cover-feature-interview-archangel-dj)
18. [GARBAGE ~ KETBOI69 & X CLUB. – Megatix](https://megatix.com.au/events/garbage-ketboi69-x-club-flansie-fukhed)
19. [KETBOI69 | 18+, Roundhouse Sydney](https://amplify.sydney/listing/ketboi69-18/)
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