James Zabiela and Nic Fanciulli first struck up a friendship during gigs in Asia in 2005. Their mutual understanding of each other’s music coupled with the fact they had fun and got into all sorts of mischief together made them inseparable. Throughout 2006 the pair experimented playing back2back, including New Year’s Day in Nic’s hometown of Maidstone, the sunnier climes of Miami’s WMC at Cafeteria and We Love… Space, Ibiza. All received rave reviews (no pun intended) and it was proof indeed JZ and Nic needed to take this idea further – and so ‘One+One’ is born.
The concept will encompass a world tour, starting at Miami’s WMC 2007 with a One+One launch party; the USA leg will see the pair touring like rock stars as they get aboard a tour bus and gig their way around the country covering the length and breadth of America with up to five gigs a week. Following this is a month touring the UK’s hotspots, a month in Asia and Australia trailed by a full 3 months in Europe centred around Ibiza’s summer season. James and Nic will play back2back together on every show. It’ll be a multiple CD deck and laptop extravaganza of layering music, bending sounds and twisting beats to one mind-blowing effect. With gig offers pouring in from every country on planet Earth and nine Festivals already confirmed expect more to follow in early 2007!
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Global Breakthrough, a fantastic two week clubbing tour of Cape Town featuring some of the world’s biggest DJ’s and clubbing brands takes place in just under a month in this gorgeous city and with the added bonus of January sales on for flights and accommodation there is no better time to book your winter escape than now! With flights being as low as £300 and £500 direct* then now is the time to book!
The opening party kicks off on Saturday 17 February at Camps Bay in Global Breakthrough’s sundowner residency, Café Caprice. As the sun melts into the Atlantic Ocean in front of you, Norman Jay kicks things off in a way only this legendary man can!
At less than a pound for a pint and a fiver for a seafood platter Global Breakthrough gives you the opportunity to live like kings, even if it is just for 2 weeks!
After ‘Good Times’ at Café Caprice the party then moves up the road for a monster session with Global Underground aa the outstanding Lee Burridge at the warehouse adjoining Cape Town’s decadent club, Opium whilst Defected Records take control of Opium’s front room overlooking a glorious courtyard setting.
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VJ Anyone , under the guise of his new AV label Ne1Co and Meat Katie’s Lot 49 Records return once again to Clerkenwell House for another edition of The AV Social. Following our sell-out show in November , we can guarantee this will be one of the hottest AV events in the start of 2007!
The AV Social is quickly establishing itself as a not-to-be-missed night for any audiovisual enthusiast or lover of electronic beats. These events are especially tailored for media savvy audiences as well as industry regulars as well as forward thinking party people eager to take the pulse of new and exciting scenes.
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Four times Mobo award winning DJ Steve Sutherland has just launched a new feature called ‘Independents’ – a showcase of the best independent UK & international dance & urban music broadcast in his weekend show ‘Galaxy Presents Steve Sutherland’.
Each week across the Galaxy Network, Steve Sutherland will spin fresh independent material alongside major label tracks providing a major platform to showcase new talent which might otherwise be unheard of on a commercial station. ‘Independents’ will be smoothly mixed into the rest of the show underlining Steve’s vision of whether it comes from a bedroom producer or a major act its all about the music:
‘Independents is a groundbreaking platform for the freshest independent tracks that I think deserve radio play. Each week I want to educate listeners with great original music that excites me just as much as the latest major releases. My show on Galaxy has always been about being on the pulse of new music and Independents is just another way to keep that spirit alive’
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In the beginning of 2007 Black Hole Recordings will release the follow-up to the still successful Mr Sam artist album “Lyteo” being “Lyteo - Interpretations”.
This 2-cd package will include 20 remixes from Lyteo tracks as well as an new and unreleased track “Smeya”.
Again the album contains a variety of different styles of music, just the way Mr Sam likes it to be. The first cd kicks of with a piano version of “Insight”, which Kirsty Hawkshaw especially recorded for Mr Sam. “Insight” also gets the remix treatment on this album by German duo ATB and The Orange Project.
Jonas Steur proves to be part of the best trance producers of the world as you can hear on his interpretation of “Split”. This remix was released in December of 2006 together with aT4L remix and has proven it’s dance floor potential due to the enormous amount of positive reactions coming out of the club-scene around the globe.
Obviously a remix of the first single “Lyteo” can’t be missed on this album. Nobody less than Rank 1 transformed Lyteo’s original track into a real tech-trancer but keeping it’s original theme in place.
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Thursday March 22nd, 2007 the third Annual Juicy Music event is hitting the beach! Nikki Beach that is and its exclusive Pearl Nightclub for a 17 hour WMC party of epic proportions. 24 DJs have been confirmed for what industry critics claim will be the must attend event of Winter Music Conference!
An expansion of last years sold out party at Opium Garden, this years event appropriately named JUICY BEACH will begin at 12 noon and continue on till 5 am, in all 3 areas of the Nikki Beach / Pearl complex. Sun, Food, Music, white Sand beaches and those infamous beach bed and teepees will be the atmosphere as Juicy head honcho Robbie Rivera takes the decks alongside Benny Benassi, Gabriel & Dresden, Judge Jules, Axwell, DJ Skribble, DJ Dan, Richard Vission, and a slew of others.
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You already know it’s going to be one of the fattest nights out of your life. That goes without saying – have you seen the line-up?! What you might not be aware of however is that for five
of our A-list DJs this is their very first outing at tidy & Extreme Euphoria.
On Friday January 26th Andy Whitby, the Organ Donors, Mark Sherry, Technikal and Kym Ayres will step out at London superclub Heaven in front of thousands of the UK’s finest
clubbers. They’ll be joining tidy & Extreme Euphoria veterans and hard dance legends the Tidy Boys and BK as well as stars like Guyver, Trevor McLachlan, JP & Jukesy, Lee Haslam
and Shaun M.
“Tidy, Extreme Euphoria and Heaven in London… I honestly couldn’t think of the last time I had a debut to look forward to as much as this one, it’s going to be HUGE!” said Andy Whitby. “I’ll be
showcasing some new tracks and bootlegs plus there will be 100 copies of my new FREE CD to give away, so don’t be shy kids, I’ll see you at the front on the 26th of Jan!”
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He’s not even hit 30 and yet the world’s No.2 in command (source DJ Mag Top 100 Djs Poll) has enjoyed a decade at the forefront of club culture and his latest album ’10 Years’ features a selection of Armin’s classic hits and remixes and lays testament to how this fine Dutch DJ is one of the most important DJs in dance music.
“It’s not really a ‘best of’ album,” says Armin, “it’s more like tying up the loose ends. I’ve produced a lot of tracks under different names - Gaia, Perpetuous Dreamer, Darkstar – and loads of people ask me how to get hold of them, why certain tracks were only ever released on vinyl… A lot of mixes I did exclusively for my sets, but there’s so much demand for them, this seems like a good time to celebrate their success and just put them out there.”
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The first SESSIONS album of 2007 sees a new look design and a two mixes from one of the hottest breakthrough artists of 2006. Fedde Le Grand is a name that is now very familiar across the world, due to the phenomenal success of his crossover hit ‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit’.
Fedde started 2006 as a reasonably unknown House DJ in Holland, holding down a residency at Panama in Amsterdam with his night ‘Sneakerz’. He was no rookie though; things were going well with his club night and 2006 looked to be promising year. What an understatement that turned out to be! What started as a simple bassline popping in his head whilst making his breakfast one morning, would later end up as THE number 1 dance record of 2006 by the end of the year. ‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit’ was initially released on his own label Flamingo Recordings and due to an overwhelming amount of support it was soon picked up by Cr2 and given a bigger push to make sure the track received the attention it deserved.
The number one summer anthem of Ibiza, it reached number 4 in the Dutch top 40 and stayed there for several weeks, masses of radio play followed including being added to the daytime A-list of Radio 1 six weeks before release, which is pretty unheard of for any dance record, let alone from an unknown artist with an electro house club track. On the 5th November the unthinkable happened for Fedde and his record went number 1 in the official UK singles chart and he became one of the hottest names in dance music. Not a bad year!
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It’s almost that time again, so come and catch some good vibes as W10 returns to Herbal
on Friday 9th Febuary. After establishing the successful W10 residency @ Herbal in 2006 with four successful parties, attracting a beautiful crowd and an ethos of bringing London’s creative underground together, high grade Drum and Bass, Jungle, Broken Beats, Nu Jazz with a touch of Hip Hop. The W10 collective are back with the fifth installment.
W10’s main room features BRYAN GEE (the god father of drum and bass,) alongside the mighty DJ KRUST (Bristol’s Full Cycle’s dnb legend), holding it down next to W10 founder and party organizer DANNY WHEELER, to add more delicious liquid vibes we have ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (V Records, who are liquid drum and bass’ hot property) while W10 discoveries the BROOKES BROTHERS and Original Jungle don DJ PROBE, will be bringing the Jungle Fever vibe. Vocal support comes in from the living legend that is MC MOOSE, alongside, DJ Hype’s favourite, True Playaz’ M.C.A.D, and Renegade Hardware and W10’s STAPLETON MC, the vibes, the people and the music are going be off the hook.
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On February 5th Gusto Records prepare for a filthed up February, as they release Ericke’s ‘The Beat Is Rockin’, a track that has already been tearing up dancefloors over the New Year.
On the Radio Edit, Ericke layers smutty synths over bawdy beeps and a robotic vocal style, before recent chart star, and long time associate, Fedde Le Grand chops things up and adds a heavy bassline to his remix. Further re-rubs come courtesy of Simmons & Christopher (better known to many as two thirds of the Beatfreakz), and Gregor Salto.
ErickE himself is a DJ and producer, who has been at the top of his game in his native Holland for the past decade. Whether spinning at his Saturday residency at Roxy, Amsterdam, at numerous events all over the world or at the Dutch Dance Award-winning Loveboat, Ericke’s energy, enthusiasm and charisma behind the decks has won him a dedicated audience.
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On 12th February Gusto Records follow-up their huge hit ‘Love Don’t Let Me Go (Walking Away)’ by David Guetta Vs The Egg, with the release of Starzoom’s stellar ‘Billie Jean (People Always Told Me)’
The single features the instantly recognisable lyrics from Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’, which featured on the 100 million selling ‘Thriller’, transforming into a crowd-pleasing slice of peak-time house, complete with anthemic strings and an infectious funky bass line.
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Great news for dance music fans….Pete Tong’s hugely successful Fast Trax has moved to iTunes and YouTube as a free weekly video show, uploading every Thursday.
Produced by Inventa Productions, Pete Tong’s Fast Trax has been the most successful made-for mobile music show in the UK, running for over 3 years in the mobile space, and having placed the first ever ad on a mobile phone.
Its move to being an online TV show this month has already exposed it to tens of thousands more people, and has made it available to a worldwide audience, currently riding high at No. 3 in the Music section of iTunes’s podcasts.
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Carl Cox would like to issue a warning after club promoters have falsely confirmed his billing at their event.
Most of these rumours have been quashed prior to advertising going public, although promoters for Club Gothica in Lima, Peru are claiming Carl will play on February 24th. No agreement was ever made for Carl Cox to appear at this event. Of course, this happens on an on-going basis not only to Carl but other DJs, which further highlights the need for people to be vigilant against being fooled by false advertising.
“I’d like to warn people against the unfair and blatantly fraudulent way a small number of promoters can work, especially as I’d hate to see a fan getting ripped off,” says Carl. “I recommend that anyone who’s unsure if I’m genuinely playing somewhere, to check the diary page on www.carlcox.com. To make double sure, you can post a question on the forum. Due to a busy schedule, I might not be able to answer it personally, but myself and the team welcome the interaction with people.”
In September 2006 a rapturous capacity crowd at The End were treated to an all night musical bonanza from one of dance music’s most popular characters. This unforgettable performance has heralded a swift return to The End’s main room turntables, as the inimitable Tim Deluxe gears up for another peak-time onslaught alongside a choice selection of guests on Saturday January 27th 2007.
Tim is a dance music veteran, scoring his first residency at Ministry in the early nineties whilst still under 18, and going on to produce some of the finest garage of the late 90s. However, it wasn’t until 2002, and the release of ‘It Just Won’t Do’ that Tim was fully catapulted in to the mainstream consciousness as he scored one of the biggest dance music anthems of recent years. That track was followed by his debut solo long player ‘The Little Ginger Club Kid’, which garnered both public and critical acclaim across the board. With his new album ‘Egodeath’ on the horizon and gathering steam, his name is finding itself back on the tip of everybody’s tongue, and with the cacophonous buzz that surrounded the release of the super-limited edition ‘Espoo’s Rose’, the album looks set to be huge! This main room set from one of the great party-starters is not to be missed as Tim slaloms his way through a peak time set of the finest across the board house, techno, breaks and more!
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