They call their music electro-soul. Like the three very different individuals who make up Unklejam, it’s loud, colourful and funky but thoughtful too, with instant pop hooks and a heart full of soul. Listen hard and you’ll hear echoes of P-funk, the sweet sound of classic soul mixing with 80s electro-pop, all with an edge that’s totally contemporary, immediately commercial, yet oddly hard to place. It doesn’t sound like anything else around.
‘Love Ya’ is unadulterated fun. With its Rich Harrison style production, it’s call to shake it on the dancefloor. Carried along by a Prince- esque falsetto, its posturing and bravado are worthy of Rick James. The songs hard-edge grooves surely announce the return of the Super Freak. Putting the fun back in the funk they are a much needed breath of fresh air and counterpoint to all the serious looking skinny indie kids littering the airwaves.
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Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One are the Scratch Perverts - a name that has become synonymous with HipHop and battle DJing ever since their formation in 1996. Their reputation as one of the world’s most progressive DJ collectives is unparalleled; two consecutive World DMC Team titles, Plus One’s World DMC Champion and World Vestax Champion titles, Prime Cut’s back to back World ITF Scratching crowns, and countless showcases and gigs all over the world.
Having won all there is to offer in the competition circuit, the Perverts are ready to enter the next stage of their development as recording artists. But as DJs who have contributed countless techniques and pioneered such radical innovations developing the musical language of the turntable, what the Perverts define as HipHop is a long way off what people would expect. “HipHop is a celebration of all kinds of music just by its very nature,” explains Prime Cuts. “So it follows that our album is very much a HipHop album in the broadest sense of the term. We’ve tried to do what we see HipHop as being – a celebration of all music, taking on board everything that inspires us and channelling it into our tracks.”
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Producer and composer, Max Graham, is a multi-talented artist who has a keen ear for what makes a dance-floor hit. Max’s original material and his own catchy versions of classics such as ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ have made Max a popular name the world over.
He began producing in 2000, with the previous 10 years spent building his DJing skills in the unlikely house music city of Ottawa, Canada. Although Max was born in the UK, he lived in Spain, NYC and LA before settling in Canada in 1989. Starting out as a hiphop/scratch DJ, Max discovered house music in 1994 and was hooked.
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John Digweed hardly needs an introduction; he is undoubtedly one of the biggest and most in-demand artists in the industry. Now following the success of the first in the Transitions series, he returns with the eagerly anticipated second volume, to deliver another characteristically sublime mix.’
With this single disc mix, to be released twice a year, John is able to compile a contemporary snapshot of his current set taking in the most up-to-date material on the scene.
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This one’s a biggy, I’ll tell you that for free… Every now and again a tune comes through our offices that has Team Cypher staring long fully into each others eyes with tears welling, swiftly followed by hug - o - clock and this was one such track.
Nimrod is the alternative, underground name given to one of mainstream dance music’s most prolific producers Micky Modelle and Ryan Rafferty, one of Irelands fastest rising DJ talents. Together they blend hard club beats with emotional strings and vocals, alongside edgy percussive grooves to form this unique project. But we’ll rewind a little…
Irish-born Micky Modelle has been a firm fixture on the club scene since becoming back room resident for legendary venue Exit 15 in the mid 90’s, quickly graduating to the main room where he began his production career whilst working as manager for three of Belfast’s top underground record stores: Streetdance, Elite and Central Records, before long his tracks were being hammered by the likes of Tony De Vit, Steve Thomas and Lisa Pin Up.
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It was without doubt one of the biggest spectacles ever seen in dance music history. Now it’s back and even bigger and better than ever before! The Tidy Boys Big Night Out UK tour launches on Saturday April 7th at the Bournemouth International Centre – and it will literally blow your tidy minds!
The Tidy Boys are one of the most spectacular forces in modern day dance music. Very few DJs even dare to put on the size and scale of show that Andy Pickles and Amadeus
Celery (we kid you not) Mozart do. For the past ten years they have been instrumental in shaping the hard house scene as we know it and have one of the most fiercely fanatical
followings of any DJ.
The Big Night Out is the Tidy Boys at their best. Full on production, eye-popping and exclusive tidy visuals courtesy of VJ Double Drop, jaw-dropping stage presence and thousands of
screaming fans. Old Skool Baz down the pub this ain’t, boys and girls. Taking on the magnificent Solant Room at the BIC alongside the mighty Godskitchen in the Windsor Hall,
this will be one night that the whole of the south coast clubbing scene will remember for years to come.
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House club phenomenon, Kissdafunk is to launch its own compilation series. The first double-disc album is scheduled to hit the shops at the end of March and will be mixed by Kissdafunk’s Rob Tissera and Radio 1/KDF residents,The Trophy Twins.
Released on New State the series intends to capture the energy and vibrancy of the night, which has not only rocked the North but become one of the Top 40 Clubs in the world. In summer 2006 it also re-wrote the rule book, when its Kanya Ibiza Monday night parties attracted attention, after managing to pull in record breaking crowds.
‘The Kissdafunk album has been a long time in the thinking and it’s great that it’s finally reached a time where it’s prudent to release it. For me and Rob this is the final piece of the kdf jigsaw and I’d like to thank when everybody at team Kissdafunk for three years work and all the people who attend our gigs, without them the album wouldn’t be possible” Explains KDF co-promoter, Glyn Tolley.
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Trentemøller and DJ Tom will play live alongside a “live movie” with visual projections and acting performance inside the same set with cinematic materials from David Lynch
and a live gig that develops like an abstract movie centered around its visionary title EYEROPHANY - the impossible act of seeing with the mystery “no one’s eye”.
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Ladies & Gentlemen is the new and special label for well selected discoid, but still underground sound of House with pop-appeal and a special touch of je-ne-sais-quoi. Ladies & Gentlemen will be run by gentrified connoisseur Phonique, the smart and marvellous DJ & producer, who is known for his releases on Dessous, Mood, Poker Flat, Crosstown Rebels, Brique Roue & many other labels and who travels the world with his sophisticated musical mission. On the new label he will present his best discoveries from various destinations.
Boris Fox is the first signing on Ladies & Gentlemen. Phonique came accross Boris‘ productions when he recently travelled Eastern Europe and finally tracked down the young talent in a Marina near Odessa where Boris is regularly throwing House -parties.
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It’s the new year and Nukleuz have some big news to announce, the launch of their spanking new Hardcore series ‘Hardcore Adrenaline’. Teaming up with GTV they’ve put together an anthem packed 3CD compilation mixed exclusively by the scene’s leading lights DJ Seduction and Stu Allan, and featuring a bonus bootleg CD. This compilation unleashes 55 of the hottest, freshest hardcore tracks smashing up clubland with 49 totally exclusive to this album that cannot be heard on any other album around!
Both DJs are scene leaders and have built a fearsome reputation over the years as the DJs to turn to when a dancefloor needs rockin’! These DJs live and breathe hardcore and have been in the studio working on masses of brand new material and banging them out in the clubs week in week out to ensure that the CDs sound fresh and give a real feeling of the energy in the raves that are going off all round the country drawing in masses of young and excited clubbers into this huge, vibrant, fun and innovative scene.
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“This is your school secretary speaking. I have here a message for the class of TW11 from your tidy Head. Please pay attention and listen carefully.”
On Friday March 23rd, Saturday March 24th and Sunday March 25th a large majority of you will be dancing your asses off to the sound of all things hard. While you may be
used to doing this across a single evening event, the tidy Weekender is of course three days and nights of the best music you could imagine.
The Head knows that this could leave some of you in severe states of fatigue come 6am each morning. At the School of Tidy we take your health and general well-being very seriously.
After reviewing the situation carefully the Head has taken the decision to have a fresh pint of milk delivered to your chalets each and every morning. This will be at no charge to students and is a goodwill gesture from the Head and of course the staff.
The school science department have been hard at work over the last few months genetically modifying the cows of Prestatyn to produce ‘super’ milk. Their souped up produce now contains all the vital ingredients and vitamins you could possibly need to keep you going over the entire Weekender.
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Azuli Records home-grown party Club Azuli will host its first party of 2007 at its London home The Cross, on Saturday 17th February.
The UK’s longest running independent label will open its doors at 10pm sharp for the bi-monthly party to commence. The Christmas party was one-in-one-out at midnight, crowds queued for two hours, and the club was still busy at 5:30am, so getting down early is advised!
Renowned for its uber-cool edge and quality electronic music, Club Azuli is set to woo the trash glamour crowds who flock there and what a line-up it has in store. Xpress 2 will be making an exclusive return to The Cross after their own night Music Xpress ended at the same venue last year. Xpress 2 members Ashley Beadle and Diesel have decided that Club Azuli is the perfect night for them to return to their hold haunt, performing in a 4 deck / 2 mixer spectacular. Azuli main man, David Piccioni will dish out his style of funky electronica and will be joined by Chibuku resident, Wandy, a Mixmag ‘Future Hero’ thanks to his style of cutting edge electronic house and deep, twisted techno.
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Voted the top house DJ in the world in DJ Magazines Top 100 of 2007 (coming in at #5 overall), DJ Dan has completed a journey that started with America’s early West Coast rave scene and has found him traversing the globe with his unique funky electro house sound. Never one to follow trends, Dan’s reputation has been built on a foundation of memorable underground hits such as Loose Caboose, That Phone track and most memorably That Zipper Track.
Hard work, a reputation for delivering consistently faultless sets and groundbreaking productions have earned him the respect and praise of his peers and led to remix work for the likes of Depeche Mode, New Order and the Scissor Sisters.
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Over the past 3 years Read The Crowd has forged it’s name across London clubland as an event firmly focused on bringing clubbers the best DJ talent based solely on the DJ’s ability to ‘read the crowd’ In this time promoter Dave Minns has meticulously booked line ups on the DJ’s reputation and ability in this field whether they be a big name or up n coming talent, if they don’t Read The Crowd they don’t play, simple.
Kicking off in January 2004, Read The Crowd has pulled in one of the most diverse DJ line ups over those three years, always supporting new talent alongside big names such as Drummatic Twins, Chad Jackson, NJoi, Jody Wisternoof (Way Out West) Jay cunning (Kiss FM) and Eren (Sancho Panza) plus they have hosted rooms for Boomslang (Cambridge) Smartie Partie (Turnmills) Electrik Circus and Papadisco (The Egg) The Mass and Networking Central outdoor festivals in 2005 as well as hosting a special Read The Crowd all night radio show on Bestival FM at last summers festival!
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DUBSPOT — located in NYC’s Meatpacking District — offers a wide range of courses in a brand new facility, outfitted with cutting-edge equipment and software. DubSpot is the future of music education.
With weekly courses ranging from mixing, scratching, and electronic music production, to even video and visual training, DubSpot is the creative hub for the new or experienced music enthusiast. Hailing from a diverse set of musical backgrounds, DubSpot’s experienced instructors provide a unique cross-genre approach to creative education.
Sessions are limited to a maximum of six students. Each student’s workstation is outfitted with the latest technological gear and software including: Serato Scratch Live, a 17-inch Intel iMac, two Technics 1210 turntables, a Digidesign Mbox audio interface, Logic Pro, Reason, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, and more. All course fees include supervised lab time, where students can come in to practice production techniques or hone their DJing skills.
The students at DubSpot range from a 10 year-old budding music prodigy to Lisa – the 30-something office professional seeking to fulfill a lifelong desire. In addition, the school has enrolled Sebastian, a bedroom DJ who wants to take the next step into music production, Nick - the NJ high school student looking for an after-school activity with friends, and Aranka, a professional artist looking to make VJ’ing her next medium. Then, there’s Mea, who commutes from Philadelphia each week. So as you can see from this diverse mix of students, DubSpot’s engaging, fun environment is open to everybody.
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