Grant Smillie

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Grant Smillie (born 3 May 1977) is an Australian house music producer and DJ from Melbourne.

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He often plays sets in clubs around Australia.

Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough make up the production outfit TV Rock [1] and toured with the Future Music Festival in 2010. [2]

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