paradise is the first artist from the world renowned 57TH DYNASTY to release a solo project.. U MUST LEARN is the first official release from his forthcoming album THE FORGOTTEN CURRICULUM, due for release in late 2006.
With 57 Dynasty PARADISE has been nominated for a MOBO and winner of several other hiphop & MC awards,
has recorded 3 albums and countless singles, sold over 50,000 units worldwide, toured across the UK, France, Italy, Finland, Germany, Holland, Switzerland and elsewhere, featured in many videos that have enjoyed generous airplay on UK and Euro cable channels recorded on many other artist projects and performed alongside The Roots, D Block, Common, KRS 1, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang and many others..and always enjoyed excellent coverage in hiphop/urban and mainstream press
paradise has just completed a critically acclaimed run in the GLYNDEBOURNE production of SCHOOL 4 LOVERS, a hip hop/opera collaboration that took place at the world famous GLYNDEBOURNE opera house in sussex ? the times, independent and other broad sheet press all reviewed the production proclaiming the opera/hiphop collaboration ?a hit? and its leading star, paradise as the conniving Don Alfonso, a performer to look out for the forthcoming album FORGOTTEN CURRICULUM features a host of uk artists such as: Skeme, Skinnyman, Jehst, MCD and others and US artists such as Shyheim (Wu Tang) KRS One and Common.
Since the wind down of 57 Dynasty, Paradise has been focussing his musical efforts with many young performers he has come across in the clubs, at studios and around the endz. The result of some of the work he has done has been conceptualised as THE GOOD SAMARITAN MUSIC PROJECT. The projects aim is to inspire young people to enjoy the positive messages that hiphop has espoused from day one and to encourage them to look for positivity in their own music and performance. Check out www.tgsmp.com
Following in the traditions of Tribe Called Quest, Boogie Down Productions, the Roots, Public Enemy and Jurassic 5 comes a new hip-hop classic.
Nothing but quotables here as ‘The Teacher’ himself, hiphop legend KRS-ONE trades verses alongside UK luminaries Skinnyman (Mudfam), MCD (silent eclipse), and Paradise (57 Dynasty/ TGSMP).
Head-nod factor peaks at 10 with this Charlie Parker (The Baptist) produced 12″ complete with live horns, piano driven loop and a scratch chorus which makes for a CLASSIC reminiscent throw back to the days of TRUE SCHOOL HIPHOP.
25-March-06 saw a simultaneous “first play” as world renown DJ Cash Money premiered U MUST LEARN to a highly ampted crowd at Ministry Of Sound, London, while in the studios of Choice FM, DJ 279 gave the record it’s first on air spin.
Closely associated with The Good Samaritan Music Project (a musical initiative to raise awareness and bring relevant issues to the forefront of young people’s minds via edu-tainment (educating & entertaining). TGSMP utilizes the essences of Hiphop, R&B, Contemporary Jazz, Poetry, UK-Garage/Grime, and G-hop to relate and deliver moral, social, and ethical value messages that are all but void in today’s popular music streams) the single is a breath of fresh lyrical air in the suffocating atmosphere created by corporate Hip Hop production.
Currently picking up increasingly strong Airplay from 1 Xtra, Choice, Kiss and beyond the tune has blown up at college clubs and radio also with a record number of 5/5 reviews returned on the tune to date for college promo agency Wild.
U Must Lear Video
On July 24th 2006 Uncivilized World are proud to present Blue Potential, a live recording of Jeff Mills? groundbreaking concert recorded with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra at Pont Du Gard, Provence, France. Seminal techno classics such as Amazon, The March, The Bells and Sonic Destroyer are performed with a 70 piece symphonic orchestra, the result of young composer and arranger Thomas Roussel?s inspired and loving adaptation and score, which was rehearsed in just four days last year.
The concert begins with Opening, by Thomas Roussel. This new composition, not in fact a Jeff Mills original serves to highlight the at-times radical adaptations and fully collaborative nature of the relationship between Mills and Roussel, who states: ?Jeff often thought about some of his tracks in an orchestral sense, so it was very easy to adapt these pieces. For other more minimalist pieces, we needed to go beyond the arrangements and actually work on the compositions.? It is for these reasons that at times, such as during Opening or later, 4 Art that Mills opts out of the performance, letting the orchestra fill the space, seeing no need to embellish Roussel?s picture.
The album isn?t simply a techno DJ tagging his beats on to a piece of classical music. When Mills? distinctly Detroit drums do appear on the breezy and innocent-sounding Imagine, the two seemingly disparate musical elements join for the first time (much to the delight of the huge crowd seen on the DVD). Mills? drums weave in and out of the composition, and occasionally fuse with live percussion. All the beats were tailor-made for the concert, to cut through the massive sound, envelopes and grooves created by the orchestra.
Following in the footsteps of fellow electronic braniac Giorgio Moroder, Jeff Mills created a brand new score to Fritz Lang?s 1927 classic Metropolis of which Entrance to Metropolis features within, whereby Mills attempted to ?put myself in Fritz Lang?s shoes, putting to music the imagination of a futuristic city, long before computers were ever a reality.? Keaton?s Theme continues the cinematic aspect, Mills? original taken from his re-scoring of Buster Keaton?s 1923 silent parody Three Ages, its jaunty woodwind and brass serving to augment the images from the movie. Jeff explains how he ?needed to compose something that reminded the viewer of Keaton?s character and also his personality and what he stood for, not just in Three Ages but in other movies as well. I wanted to make something playful, kind of silly,? says Jeff. With Mills being a self-confessed film fanatic, despite their differing backgrounds, Roussel and Mills both share common celluloid influences. Thomas Roussel had always been impressed by film soundtracks, especially the work of John Williams (Stars Wars) and Mills has always been fascinated by cinema and science fiction - all renditions featured have a highly cinematic quality.
The best examples of where the orchestra has to work to fit Mill?s originals are the more dancefloor based tracks such as The Bells and Sonic Destroyer. As described by Roussel on the illuminating DVD ?tutorial?, using only the instruments and their players, his score recreates studio based effects such as delay and explains how many of the stabs, grooves and rhythms are quite unnatural to the orchestra. It is highly refreshing to hear how swathes of woodwind, strings or brass tackle the funky, jazz- influenced shuffle of the originals, where the rhythms are at times slightly behind or ahead of the beat, giving the loose-limbed shuffle synonymous to Detroit techno and sadly lacking in other lumpy, inertial styles of tribal, progressive, and electro-house, or music masquerading as ?techno.?
The choice of the Pont Du Gard Roman aquaduct as venue was made for the concert to mark the celebration of the site becoming identified as a world heritage site by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.) The concert came about as a natural culmination of Mills? previous film work and the movie scores performed by the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra. Uncivilized World had previously brought together the worlds of techno and classical when they instigated the concert and DVD entitled, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow in 2000, where the Orchestra collaborated with French industrial producers Manu Le Malin and Torgull.
On the fusion of techno and orchestral sounds, Mills states: ?These two musical forms share common emotions and expressive elements, their sense of atmosphere immersion and power; the characteristics that fire the imagination.? On the rehearsals (and performance), orchestra director Ren? Koering says, ?Jeff set himself the task of providing the rhythmical electronic parts and some of the percussion, working a lot in free form, at times improvising, as we might imagine a jazz chorus would do?. On top of this rhythmic base, explains Koering, were then added ?all the harmonics and colors of the orchestra that no machine or technology is capable of reproducing.?
Jeff Mills is a name synonymous with Techno and arguably the genre?s biggest DJ; an unwearied hero of raves and three-deck mix ?wizard?. Aside from the aforementioned classic singles he provided the influential Purpose Maker series and the much coveted mix Live At The Liquid Room (amongst many others). His productions range from the sparse and almost industrial to deep excursions into electronica.
Jeff also deserves his place in the history books as a founding member of legendary Motor City institution Underground Resistance. He helped build the artist roster and label ideology (as well as much of its back catalogue) with partners ?Mad? Mike Banks and Robert ?Noise? Hood before moving to New York in 1992 to pursue his solo and DJ career. He then started his own label Axis and rapidly conquered the global techno scene thanks to a fast mixing technique and inherent knack for rhythm. Jeff Mills also entered the canon of cockney/clubland slang, his name rhyming with a certain small object that makes people dance! Heroic DJ John Peel was also a massive fan.
As with London Sionfonietta performing the music of Radiohead and Aphex Twin, Montpellier Philharmonic orchestra director Ren? Koering states that ?one of the main aims of our orchestra is to attract new audiences to classical music.? Given audience numbers and rapturous applause, it?s been undeniably successful in this case. Whether an existing fan comparing the performance to the originals or a Mills virgin, the album will no doubt have merit for all. And, maybe even a few classical music lovers might now start getting into techno?
Jeff Mills exclusive UK dates:
May 26th Tribal Sessions, Sankeys Soap, Manchester
May 28th Lost - 10pm - 6am, The Bridge, Weston St. SE1
Tickets ?15
Jeff Mills (axis)
Sleeparchive (live)
Steve Bicknell
65d mavericks (live)
James Ruskin
Oliver Ho
Paul Mac
Max Muley
sound & vision.
Steve Bicknell featuring kim bilir
Steve Stasis
Jeff Mills
Blue Potential
Live with Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra
July 24th
Uncivilized World
?Like hell did we think we?d be at this stage so soon??,? were event organiser Shaun Wilson?s remarks when asked how things were going in the final run up next weekend?s Love Leeds Festival.
Love Leeds is on course to SELL OUT, with the half way mark passed a whole THREE WEEKS ago. And in relation to last year?s event, Love Leeds has sold 3 times more tickets than at the same time last year, quite incredible considering it?s only 2 years old!
With what has already been described as one of the strongest festival line-ups this year, coupled with a fantastic tried and tested venue, the only thing stopping Love Leeds from kicking the sh@t out of last year?s efforts is the lord above! At the time this PR was written, he was telling us there will be sunshine! And, even if the lord does decide to flush his chain come next weekend, the people at Love Leeds will be moving heaven and earth to ensure the day and night is enjoyed!
There are still a few ways you can WIN yourself tickets to greatest show on earth. First up, and if you haven?t already been doing so, then get tuned into Galaxy 105. Right now and thru? next week, the UK?s biggest independent radio station has been giving away tickets like they?re going out of fashion. If radio isn?t your thing, or you fancy your chances somewhere else, then get yourselves well prepared for Kissdafunk on Friday 26th at Mission, where the crew will be dishing out a few more.
If you want to ensure you are part of this, then navigate your way to one of the following websites below and get your tickets NOW! As with any other festival, there will be a strictly limited number of tickets of the door, but that is all dependant on what happens before this time next week! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
www.ticketweb.co.uk ? www.ticketline.co.uk
Check www.loveleeds.com to see full line-up
Lotherton Hall, Aberford, Leeds
Bank Holiday Sunday
2pm till 6am
Following the show-stopping launch party in April, The Disco-Tech of Bob Sinclar returns to the capital on Saturday 3rd June as part of Monsieur Sinclar?s exclusive Turnmills residency and to launch his brand new artist album Western World. The idea of the night is simple; with Bob at the helm the main room explores the big room sounds of house music at its purist, whilst the backroom explores the deeper and darker sounds of the underground? all with a Gallic twist.
Clubland?s most dashing star offers his second (of four) super chic and stylish house sessions and judging by the queues that greeted the opening night, Bob Sinclar?s first ever UK residency has been a long time coming!! Having dominated clubs and airwaves alike last year with the summer smash ?Love Generation? (which sold over 1 million copies worldwide, was No.1 in 5 territories and stayed in the UK Top 100 for 25 weeks!), Bob Sinclar is at it again this year as his latest anthem ?World Hold On?, looks set to take the Frenchmen to even greater new heights. Together with the imminent release of his brilliant forthcoming long player Western World, 2006 could very much be the year when Bob Sinclar makes the leap from Parisian playboy to mainstream marvel.
The French maestro will once again take centre stage in the main room as he drops an extended 4 Hour set from midnight. For Part Deux: The Summer Session, Bob has recruited tech-house titan DJ Yellow. At every event Bob will be joined by one of his favourite French peers and after the amazing launch night with Defected label mate Martin Solveig, now it?s the turn of his Africanism partner to hit the decks. DJ Hell?s uber-cool label International Deejay Gigolos meanwhile drop an altogether different beat in T2, as his acclaimed record label take over the musical baton from Kitsune Music who hosted the last one. This time round French pioneers David Caretta and Play Paul have been called upon to drop the underground bombs, as the backroom prepares itself for this latest French house invasion.
THE DISCO TECH OF BOB SINCLAR: PART DEUX
WESTERN WORLD - ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY
SATURDAY 3RD JUNE 2006
Room 1:
BOB SINCLAR (4 HOUR SET)
DJ YELLOW
HUGO BASS
Room 2:
HOSTED BY INTERNATIONAL DEEJAY GIGOLOS
DAVID CARETTA
PLAY PAUL
ALEX MCCULLOCH (SHAFUNKERS)
Turnmills
63B Clerkenwell Road, London. EC1M 5NP
Capacity: 1000
Info: 020 7250 3409
Tube: Farringdon
Doors: 10pm ? 6am
Prices: ?15 in Advance / ?20 on the door
Advanced Tickets: www.ticketweb.co.uk // 08700 600100
www.turnmills.co.uk
www.bobsinclar.com
www.gigolorecords.de
Monday 10th July sees the release of ?Western Dream?, the luscious new album from bon viveur and International Playboy extraordinaire Bob Sinclar.
Raised and still living in the most fashionably bohemian part of Paris, namely Le Marais, Bob is intriguingly infamous: with former careers said to be spy, jewel thief, mercenary, high class gigolo, sunglass model and hardcore porn star, he is currently enjoying his status of pop prince and global DJ superstar. A lover of the good, good life, Bob?s obsessions include his brand new Ferrari and at least a couple of games of his beloved tennis a week ? another potential career?
? Well I wanted to be a professional tennis player, but I was a little bit shy?, he admits ?But I was really good when I was younger and used to teach tennis to raise money so I could continue to do music?.
This turned out to be a very sensible career move, as along with the likes of Daft Punk and Dimitri From Paris, Bob became part of the ?Le French Touch?, which went on to influence the entire music world from clubland to the pop charts ? right up to Madonna?s most recent singles. Having cut his nightlife teeth in legendary clubs like ?Le Palace?, Bob?s love of hip-hop, acid jazz, house and New York producers like Kenny ?Dope? and Armand Van Helden, led to his first massive hit ?Gym Tonic?. Having been influenced from early on by the likes of Prince and Michael Jackson through to Cerrone and Def Jam?s finest, he has released three amazingly diverse albums. Showcasing Bob?s ever moving fascination in music, influences came from all across the world including Africa,The Caribbean and Latin America.
His last single ?Love Generation?, which Bob describes as ?an injection of love? featuring the vocals of Gary Pine, lead singer of The Wailers ( yes, as in Bob Marley), sent Bob truly global and way past the dancefloor, selling over a million copies and hitting the no1 spot in territories including France, Germany and Australia. So how does enjoy his new popstar status? ?I like to play with my image as behind it is a lot of humour? he smiles ?It?s also nice to be sexy sometimes you know, have a nice photo for girls or boys !? he laughs.
His new single ?World Hold On? looks set to rocket even past this success - It?s already Pete Tong?s Essential Tune, it?s been added 12 weeks upfront on Kiss and 8 weeks upfront on Radio 1 and the likes of Roger Sanchez have been giving it major props saying ?There were a lot of big records in Miami, but this was the number one?. Bob?s album ?Western Dream? is a perfect home for both singles, as he delivers energy-packed global musical snapshots - from the Cowboy hoe-down of ?Tennessee? to the uplifting African flavoured tracks ?In The Name Of Love ? and ?Shining From Heaven?, to the sexy Latin fuelled ?Amora , Amor? and the sun filled Caribbean styled ?Miss Me? with Bob even throwing in a bit of punky electro London attitude on ?For You? into the mix. Bob cranks up the energy on ?Sing My Song?, mixing up some blues with a bit of gospel all with a non-stop four on the floor beat and also brings it right down with the lilting acoustic ballad ?Give A Little Love?.With Ron Carroll?s fierce remix of ?Love Generation? added as a bonus track, ?Western Dream? is a power house of perfect dancefloor pop.
Always up for a taste of adventure and the unknown, Bob is currently on a massive non-stop global tour taking in such fabulous destinations as Moscow, St Tropez, Marrakech, Las Vegas, Ibiza, Monaco and Sydney. ?Clubbing is glamour for me? he purrs. Welcome to his world!
?Western Dream? is released on CD on Defected Records on Monday July 10th.
With the Main Stage and Radio One / NME Stage line-ups now pretty much confirmed and only a very limited amount of day tickets available for both sites, the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals is clearly the only festival for those who take their music seriously this year. With the best collection of rock and guitar bands at any festival now on the bill, organisers Mean Fiddler are very proud to announce a very special day for the Dance Stage at both sites.
On Friday 25th August in Leeds and Sunday 27th August in Reading, the stage will be taken over by the clubbing phenomenon that is RADIO SOULWAX. Blending a cast of DJ?s and live performances into a night of genre splicing, dance mayhem, RADIO SOULWAX will be the daddies of the Dance Stage long into the night and the guys are sure to trump their performance under their 2 Many Dj?s guise a couple of years ago; recognised as one of the great moments on the Dance Stage.
Headlining on the live front for Radio Soulwax fittingly are SOULWAX who perform a bespoke NITE VERSIONS set. Having taken last Soulwax album, ?Any Minute Now? to worldwide critical acclaim alongside three Top 40 UK singles, the band then returned to their studio in Ghent to rework the album tracks into a more club friendly form. Within three months, they had re-played, re-recorded and remixed the entire album, creating extended and alternative versions of many of the songs from the album and a couple that weren?t in what is a genuine homage to the 80s extended mix . NITE VERSIONS are tracks that work both in clubs and on a live stage, blending the rock dynamics of the originals with the cutting edge club savvy of the 2 Many DJ?s experts. And that?s the best combination you can think of for the headline slot at this year?s Dance Stage.
Joining the live section of the RADIO SOULWAX evening of dance genius is VITALIC. Debuting in 2001 with the now classic ?Poney? Ep, VITALIC immediately became a name on every DJ?s lips. The four tracks on ?Poney? have become club classics and remain peak time plays to this day. They also focused attention on VITALIC, in reality Frenchman Pascal Arbez. 4 years after that initial release, and with remixes for the likes of Basement Jaxx and Bjork (with many more disappointed in receiving a polite ?non, merci? to their requests for the Vitalic treatment), VITALIC delivered his debut long player, ?OK, Cowboy?. Regarded by many as the most exciting electronic debut in years and the BBC as ?the best two fingered salute so far to the myopic prophets of dance music’s doom,? ?Ok, Cowboy? sealed Pascal?s position as the new electro-techno messiah. With his own Citizen Records providing ample work during the week and requests for live shows and remixes constantly coming to his door, these shows are a rare and special treat.
Before, between and beyond our two live RADIO SOULWAX moments are two of the finest DJ sets you will hear all year. They?ve been here before and were last seen handing out cocktails to the front row and beyond but hands in the air at the news that 2 MANY DJ?s will be visiting BOTH sites for more of their inspired mix of classics, guilty pleasures and bizarre yet brilliant bootlegs that spawned an entire sub culture in dance music and have yet to be bettered. Possibly the most popular DJ?s to ever visit the weekend, 2 MANY DJ?s are welcomed back with open arms and already twitching feet.
For those of you at the READING site, HEADMAN will be providing ample accompaniment to the live extravaganza and 2 MANY DJ?s.
For those of you at the Leeds site, the support comes in the form of Erol Alkan, creator of the (in)famous Trash Club in London and creator of many a cracking bootleg.
Before RADIO SOULWAX takes over the dance stage for the evening, some of the best and newest names in dance and hip hop will be mixing it up through the day.
COLDCUT are practically a national institution. The originators of the sample built record with 1987?s ?Say Kids, What Time Is It??, Jonathan Moore and Matt Black are true musical pioneers. From introducing the concept of the sample record, they then revolutionised the concept of the remix on their take (with vocalist Ofra Haza) on Eric B and Rakim?s ?Paid In Full?, a track that fills dancefloors to this day. Deserved winners of a BPI Producer of the Year Award in 1990, the duo?s experience with major labels led to their creation of an independent label, Ninja Tune, in 1993. Through the 90?s and into the new century, COLDCUT seemed to excel at always being first; first to really grasp what people wanted from clubs, with the award winning Stealth in London, first to really grasp the properties of the internet with their Pipe Website, first to really invest in UK hip hop with the Big Dada label through Ninja Tune and first to grasp the political power of the internet with the ?guerrilla netcasting? of piratetv.net. COLDCUT gigs became legendary as they used visuals to augment their live performance, fusing the two into what became known as VJing, powered by their own Vjamm software that allows them to scratch and mix visuals in the same way that you would with audio. With a new album in the pipeline featuring diverse talents from Jon Spencer to Robert Owens, Saul Williams to Roots Manuva, COLDCUT are still the indisputable masters.
Currently riding high on the nations? airwaves with her collaboration with The Ordinary Boys, LADY SOVEREIGN is rapidly becoming one of the names to drop. The Wembley born MC first came to notice with 2003?s ?The Battle? which led to a record deal and 2004?s ?Little Bit of Shhh!? and ?Ch Ching?, both of which garnered critical praise and widespread support from the specialist radio shows and BBC?s 1Extra. Signing a deal with Island Records, LADY SOVEREIGN began work on a debut album but the intervention of Jay-Z saw the UK rapper fly to LA to continue work on the album under the Def Jam head?s guidance alongside inking a worldwide deal with Island / Def Jam that sees her as the only non US artist on the label. With collaborations with Jay-Z himself, Pharrell Williams (Neptunes / NERD) and other very well known hip hop names bringing the album to a conclusion, 2006 looks very much like it could be the year of the girl with the rhymes from North West London.
SWAY has now firmly established himself as the hottest rapper and producer in the UK. After months of building a street level buzz through his mixtapes, guest appearances, and club shows, SWAY unveiled his ?This Is My Demo? debut album in February. The record was met with widespread critical acclaim and is increasingly viewed as a landmark for British ?urban? and hip-hop music. No stranger to the live arena, SWAY has been busy touring since his album’s release, joining The Streets for all of their UK dates, headlining his own tour, and supporting Staines massive Hard-Fi at two of their sold out Brixton Academy shows. SWAY’s quest for world domination continues with his first ever performance at the festival.
Despite the incredible creativity of hip hop, its ability to throw up new styles, to morph and reinvent itself, it?s not every day that something genuinely fresh drops in front of you. Welcome, then, to ?YoYoYoYoYo,? the debut album from SPANK ROCK. Drawing on the music of their hometown, Baltimore, Spank Rock make something genuinely unlike any record you?ve heard before. Of course there are antecedents ? Missy?s first album, 2Live Crew, the Beastie Boys and Dizzee Rascal all spring to mind ? but ?YoYoYoYoYo? demands to be approached on its own terms. These will be SPANK ROCK?s FIRST EVER UK FESTIVAL DATES.
Possibly one of the more easily noticeable names on the bill, SHITDISCO, convened in Glasgow from parts of the North of England and were immediately welcomed into the city?s thriving underground. Taking inspiration from all areas, ?from Dick Dale to Bobby Orlando and all points in between? in their own words, the five piece were rewarded for their play anywhere approach with one of the very few 12? releases on long standing indie kingpins Fierce Panda. That debut, ?Disco Blood?, gained the band many plaudits and moved debate on from their unconventional line-up of two basses, guitar, keyboards and drums. One of the highlights of this year?s Camden Crawl, SHITDISCO are a name that will become ever more noticeable over the remainder of the year.
With their debut album in August of last year, SUPERTHRILLER became one of the hippest names to drop on the club scene. Loved by Beck, who took them on tour with him on his European jaunt in the same year, the six piece gained a reputation for brilliant live performances on a par with their new celebrity fan, due in part to their shared background in theatre. With the Observer Music Monthly opining that ?The Thrillers put the sex in sextet? and Esquire dubbing them ?the thinking man?s Scissor Sisters?, the East London based band could be one of the big hits of this year?s festival.
An international charity is ready to get muddy in the fight against HIV/Aids by calling on the 25,000 people at Hi Fi Festival to support its campaign.
ActionAid wants every reveller at the North East?s first ever festival to pose for a photo holding a message to politicians.
World leaders are on record promising to provide treatment to all those who need it by 2010, and ActionAid wants Hi Fi to tell the likes of Blair, Brown and Benn to put their money where their mouth is.
The photo messages - which are designed to look like white-label records ? will then be sent to MPs and also uploaded to an online gallery at www.actionaidspace.org.
Brendan O? Donnell, ActionAid youth campaigns manager, said: ?40 million people worldwide are living with HIV&AIDS; 95% are in developing countries; but only 1.3 million have access to life saving treatment.?
?World leaders and UK politicians are on record promising to provide treatment to all those who need it by 2010 ? and we want to ensure that they keep their promise.
?Help us by getting On Record at AA Space at Hi Fi.?
People can get On Record at the ActionAid Space tent in the Hi Fi chill out area.
In the tent DJs will be providing a laid-back soundtrack and ActionAid campaigners will be on hand to chat about the campaign.
ActionAid will also be onsite at Global Gathering and Reading Festival in a bid to get thousands more people On Record and behind the campaign.
1. Richard Dinsdale ft Wray / Pulling Me Under - Toolroom Trax
2. Loleatta Holloway / Love sensation (Mark Knight & Funkagenda LCD Mix) - AATW
3. Martijn Ten Velden / I Wish U Would (Dub) - Phonetic
4. Phunk-A-Delic / Rockin? - Phunkwerk
5. Sterling Void / It?s Alright (Chris Lake Mixes) - Simply Vinyl
6. Jay P / Kookoo - Monotype
7. Future Funk Squad / Audio Damage (D Ramirez Mix) - Default Records
8. N-Joi / Anthem (Mojo Classic Mix) - Alternative Route
9. Style Of Eye / Watch Out (Dub) - Eye Industries
10. Dj Exacta / Set Me Free - Compulsive Music
11. Tiefschwarz ft Tracey Thorn / Damage (Buick Project Mix) - Fine Music
12. Lisa Lindley-Jones / Firetime (Tony Senghore?s Straight Mix) - Eye Industries
13. A-Studio / S.O.S. (M-Factor Vocal Mix) - Absolution
14. Kurd Maverick / The Rub (I Never Rock) - Cr2
15. Last Rhythm / Last Rhythm (Martijn Ten Velden Remake) - Renaissance
16. Akabu / Phuture Bound (Ame Mix) - Z Records
17. Michael Gray / Borderline (Neon Wave Dub) - Eye Industries
18. Jon Cutler & Matthias Heilbronn / 640 (BT?s House Rework) - Distant
19. Chris Lake / Release (Luke Dzierzek Remix) - Rising
20. Nightcrawlers / Push The Feeling (Belocca?s Cheeky Bootleg) - White
For comments on each track please visit www.noir-music.com
After what can only be described as a complete belter of a first year the Sonica festival returns for it?s second year featuring a line up of the hottest live acts and DJs on the global psy trance scene. If you ever get bored of the same old UK festivals, why not pack your bag, book a flight and sample one of Europe?s most promising underground festivals.
Located on the edge of the glorious Lake Bolsena in Italy, Sonica 2006 offers 4 days and 3 nights of pure psychedelic heaven boasting one of the biggest line-ups of psychedelic, progressive and chill out live acts and Djs assembled at this summers outdoor festival circuit!
Boasting only two main arenas; the main dance floor which will be pumping out deep, progressive vibes through to full on psychedelic trance whilst the chill out/ alternative/ world music area offers a welcome breaks from the full on dancefloor, all located in one of Italy?s most beautiful destinations allowing you the opportunity to float away as you board the ride from beginning to end.
The Sonica 2006 is considered the main key European psychedelic event of the summer and will see tribes gathering from across the globe to celebrate summer. Over its two stages many artists from all over the world and as an extra special treat veterans of the festival scene OZRIC TENTACLES, the UK?s leading psychedelic-rock band for over 20 years will headline with a special performance.
The party is located in a 20 hectares field situated 800 meters from the shores of Lake Bolsena and will be divided into 7 main areas: the main dance floor, the ambient-chill out floor, healing area, cultural area, big market and restaurant zone, camping and car-parking.
The attendants will find on site contemporary installations and visuals, psy-deco, laser and fire shows, meetings and workshops, movie projections, healing and relaxing area, free wi-fi connection, camping with toilets and showers.
Sound systems will be top notch in both music areas and the line up is going to be one of the best ever seen in a festival with the best acts from the trance and chill out scenes.
For up to date information or to buy tickets please visit the official UK outlet:
Access All Areas: www.accessallareas.org 0207 267 8320
ULL LISTINGS INFO:
Name: Sonica 2006
Date 21ST ? 24TH July
Location: Lake Bolsena, Italy
Cost: First 1000 tickets or up until May21st will be 55e, 88e otherwise or 100e on the gate.
LIVE ACTS MAIN FLOOR: Allaby, Altom, Atmos, Bamboo Forest, Beckers, Dino Psaras, Etnica, Even 11, Freq, Frequncy Surfer, Jaia, Joti, Orion, Panick, Prometheus, Protoculture, PTX, Shanti, Silicon Sound, Space Cat, Space Tribe, Ticon, Tikal, Tristan, Wizzy Noize Wrecked Machines, Yage, Zen Mechanics.
DJ SETS MAIN FLOOR: Ans, Dimitri, D-Now, Edoardo, Gino, Josko, Kaio, M45, Mack, Marco, Marchello, Meko, Peter Didjital, Shane Gobi, Tommy, Marcello Vor, XP Voodoo.
CHILL OUT: Eat Static, OTT, Gaudi, Antonio Testa, Cell, Mauxim, Tripswitch, Aes Dana, Neil Perch (Zion Train) Solar Fields, Huva Network, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Sync 24, Greg Hunter, Mod Deluxe / Nagual Sound Experiement, Trotter, Phuture Primative, Chilled C?quence, Scene, LA Situazione, Nick Interchill, Nathalie Interchill, Nova, Vincent Villuis Aesdana, Mahiane Ultimae, Justin Chaos, DJ Soneca, Liquid James, Palo Polcari, Aliji, Simon Baring, Dubuddha Vs Madelena, Zizou, Naked Nick, Jay-Om, DJ Rob, Kala Production
Nearest Airports: Fiumicino ? Leonardo Da Vinci or Ciampino (both international)
More Info: www.sonica2006.com
So????. you?ve seen the line-ups, you know where it is, and by now many of you will have booked your flights to the white isle!
In the run up to June 6th, Extreme Euphoria and tidy have been holding special pre-season events, and have been packing them out! The next is THIS weekend and takes place in Cardiff, also known as the capital of song! Club Creation is Cardiff?s super venue. Club Ignition is Cardiff?s fastest growing outlet for the harder generation fraternity, and have opted for a line-up you just can?t beat! THREE HEADLINERS in one night ? you know it?s going to rock!
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Ignition, Club Creation, Cardiff
Saturday 19th May
LISA PIN-UP ? PAUL GLAZBY ? LEE HASLAM
Next up is a stonker of a night as the King of hard dance meets his new Queen. It could only be ANDY FARLEY and AMBER D together! Funky Bunny is the host of this event at Zoots in King?s Lynn. Supported by Bunny residents Nikki Else and Paul Wilkinson, this soiree looks set to blow the roof off one of the area?s most popular nights!
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Funky Bunny, Zoots and Priory Club, King?s Lynn
Bank Holiday Sunday, 28th May
ANDY FARLEY ? AMBER D
Nikki Else ? Paul Wilkinson
Next up on this show stopping tour is another bout of headlining magic! ROB TISSERA, NICK SENTIENCE, and LEE HASLAM. Now there is no faulting that! If you have no plans for Friday 2nd June, then make them now! The Zone in Wakefield is where this beauty will take place, and by the chatter on the boards, it?s gonna sell out!
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Kemistry, Zone, Wakefield
Friday 2nd June
ROB TISSERA, NICK SENTIENCE, LEE HASLAM
Plus residents!
Finally, and just two weeks after we launch in Ibiza, Slinky in Bournemouth is the setting of the final date in this series. It?ll be more of a celebration than anything else, and so if you want some to tease you a little further then make sure you?re down the front when this one gets going! Slinky wouldn?t be Slinky without the Tidy Boys, and so here they are, leading the pack! Tidy?s leading lady will be on hand to give the boys a run for their money in the shape of Amber D, and with Guyver to complete this line-up, you?ve no excuses for not attending!
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Slinky, Opera House, Bournemouth
Friday 30th June
TIDY BOYS, AMBER D, GUYVER
So, with all that in mind, it?s ROLL ON Ibiza 2006, as Extreme Euphoria and tidy ignite their plans to deliver the only weekly hard dance event on the Island.
For full details of this season?s shinanigans, check out the brand new microsite
www.tidy.com/ibiza
01. Michael Grey - Borderline (DC/Neon Wave)/Eye Industries
02. Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway (Ian Carey)/Hit
03. Eddie Thoenick - Together As One (Dub)/Houseworks
04. Caramel Club - Mama Say, Mama Sa(Delano & Crockett)/Spinning
05. Funky Junction pres. DJ Romao - Blow My Mind (Moussa C)/Sheeva
06. The Migrants - I Thought That (DJ Prom)/Lowered
07. Granite & Phunk pres SUSA Superstars - Make Me Feel/Funktion
08. Hernandez vs DJ Tyo - Let’s Get Down/Born To Dance
09. Fresh 27 feat Vicky Fee - Point of View (Playmaker)/Lowered
10. Iggy - Doin’ It (Gabriel vs Nilz RMX)/Mid-town
11. Solo - One Man/CDR
12. One Foot In The Grave & Alistair Montech - Sunrise/OFITG
13. Andy Cato - La Luna/Azuli
14. Copyright ft Song Williamson - He Is (Ferrer & Sydenham Inc)/Defected
15. Roger Sanchez - Lost/Stealth
16. DJ Dove feat Dana Gold - I Know I Want You/Essence
17. Francesco Diaz & Young Rebels - Ibiza (Thomas Gold & FD’s Club Mix)/CDR
18. Eddie Thoenick - Whatcha Want/Egoiste
19. Raul Moros - Old Skool Flava (Dub Injection)/Delecto Digital
20. Kortezman - My Love (Dub)/Sound4Group
Pure Pacha returns to Ibiza on Friday 9th June, with special guest Laurent Garnier joining Pete Tong at the helm for the openign Party.
Pure Pacha is now in it?s 4th consecutive year, after building a reputation for combining musical quality, glamour and escapism, with Pete describing it as; ‘A ‘wonderland’ for grown ups who don’t want to grow up just yet…!’
This summer will be slightly different, as there are less guest dj?s more often as Pete wanted to make sure that they booked dj?s that really understand the vibe of the night and what Pure Pacha is all about. Guests confirmed include Bob Sinclair, Groove Armada, F*ck Me I’m Famous and Steve Lawler who is exclusive to Pacha this summer. There will also be some choice live surprises as well! So watch this space!
Residents joining Pete will be Sarah Main and Angel Linde in the main room and Jade Jagger will host the Global Room with Jezabel. It will be a hedonistic heaven, with Jade as the ringmistress bringing you the finest up and coming DJs, artists and occasional superstars.
Pure Pacha is also renowned for its imaginative artwork and poster campaigns. This year they have enlisted the talents of Christian Audigier of Von Dutch & Ed Hardy fame. Says Pete: “It follows hand in hand that people who like music like fashion, so when producing the artwork & merchandise for Pure Pacha it?s important for me to find the right design. Christian is someone I am a big fan of - he understands the power of a logo, a brand and how to produce a high quality garment in a very crowded space!”
9th June - Opening Party with Laurent Garnier & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
16th June ? Alex Neri. DJ Ralph, Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde
23rd June - Steve Lawler & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
30th June ? Jeff Mills, Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde
7th July - Groove Armada & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
14th July - Fuck me I’m Famous party & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
21st July - Steve Lawler & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
28th July ? Cassius, Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde
4th August - Fuck me I’m Famous party & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
11th August - Steve Lawler & Pete Tong with Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
18th August - Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde
25th August - Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde
1st Sept - Danny Howells & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
8th Sept - Steve Lawler & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
15th Sept - Groove Armada & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
22nd Sept - Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde
29th Sept - Closing Party with Bob Sinclair & Pete Tong, Sarah Main, Angel Linde and Jade Jagger hosting her Jezebel Party in the Global Room.
The Galaxy Radio Network has been signed as the official radio partner of HI:FI North.
The 25,000 capacity festival takes place at the Matfen Estate near Newcastle-Upon Tyne on Saturday, 27 May. As part of the last Bank Holiday Weekend in May, there’s no doubt Hi:Fi with its Seven stages and arenas will launch music fans head long into the summer festival season.
Galaxy will be LIVE from Hi:Fi for a massive eight hours from 5pm-1am with DJ sets from the festival headliners. This means many more will be able to enjoy the Hi:Fi experience with 2.5 million listeners across the UK tuning into Galaxy every week.
Tune in to hear sets from the from the 8,000 capacity Godskitchen Arena being held in association with Galaxy where the headliners include John Digweed, James Zabeila, Sasha, Paul Oakenfold and Slam.
Being presented by Andi Durrant (of Riley&Durrant who are playing in the Godskitchen Arena) and Paul Kershaw there’ll also be behind the scenes gossip and interviews!
Andi says,”Being the first time ever this festival has been held we’re really excited about being there. It’s an added honour for Riley and Durrant to be kicking off the day by being the opening act in the Godskitchen Arena.”
Paul adds,”The high number of calibre acts and DJs all in the one place should make for a broadcast never to forget. Whatever gossip and
scandal is going on backstage you’ll be sure to hear it hear it here first on Galaxy.
The Galaxy Network: Galaxy Manchester, Galaxy Birmingham, Galaxy Yorkshire and Galaxy North East. Also listen on DAB Digital Radio, the
digital services of BSkyB, NTL and Telewest across the UK and online via www.galaxyfm.co.uk
Exactly two years after the phenomenal success that was Gilles Peterson in Brazil comes a new instalment of the very best music that Brazil has to offer, as we find Gilles Peterson Back in Brazil.
GPBiB is a double album with Das Velhas focussing on the timeless songs and performers of the 60s & 70s. For anyone who has checked Gilles behind the decks or over the airwaves, Das Velhas will bring smiles of recognition. Rare tracks by the incomparable Jorge Ben, the fabulously funky Trio Mocoto and the great Wilson Simonal sit side by side lesser known gems by Silvio Cesar, Wilson De Neves and Evinha. The accompanying Novas set is all about now, taking in Brazilian DNB, reggae dub, spiritual bossa jazz and the burgeoning new reggaeton sounding Rio funk scene including tracks by Drumagick, Bruno E, Rappin? Hood & Seu Jorge.
Quite simply Gilles Peterson has been one of the world?s most influential DJs for many years. As a broadcaster, DJ, album compiler and record company A+R his way of relating and applying the world of music has touched countless listeners as well as influencing and inspiring an abundance of DJs and respected searchers for musical truth. He has been instrumental too in encouraging new music through his association with the Acid Jazz and Talkin Loud record labels via artists such as Terry Callier, 4 Hero, Roni Size, NuYorican Soul and The Young Disciples.
And then there?s Gilles?s abiding love for the music of Brazil, which goes back to his teens ever since he first broadcast over south London from his back yard shed. Brazilian music has featured heavily in his worldwide DJ sets and on his ground breaking WorldWide show on Radio 1. In the legendary Jazz Room at the Electric Ballroom in the 80s he fed London?s dancers with a staple diet of hard jazz and obscure but much loved, percussion fuelled, Brazilian fusion. Today, he is still diggin? and discovering those lush jazz infected classics that provide the foundation for Brazil?s funk, drum ?n bass and hip hop modernists and for the global nu-skool jazz crew.
Who said hard house on the white isle wouldn?t work?? It did??and Extreme Euphoria vs. Tidy was one of last year?s few success stories. So it?ll come as no surprise that it?s back for its second season.
Bigger, better and with brand spanking new production and visuals, work is nearing completion to ensure 2006?s season is of seismic proportions - a mean feat, but they?ll pull it off.
As with last year, we?ve secured the cr?me de la cr?me of hard dance DJ talent that will fill 4 months of mayhem at our Ibizan home ? the marvelous ES PARADIS.
Kicking off on Tuesday 6th June are two of hard dance?s leading superstars. First up is a lady who is no stranger to the sun soaked island, she is the stunningly talented Lisa Pin-Up. Right by her side is fellow hard dance legend Rob Tissera and on warm-up duties is one of London?s longest serving stalwarts. DJ magazine and hard dance reviewer boss of Recharge Records ? Simon Eve.
In raking up a frenzy prior to the season, Extreme Euphoria and tidy have racked up a series of UK tours to get you right in the mood that run from this weekend to the 2nd June. Please visit www.tidy.com/ibiza for full details.
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