From a backyard party in the company of 200 party-crazed Aussies, local police and environmental health workers back on June 2001 (!), to a sell-out crowd of 20,000 up-for-it clubbers on the glorious grounds of Clapham Common (for the 3rd year running) and a debut sell-out festival in Cardiff on the August Bank Holiday Weekend 2006…
the South West Four gang have certainly come a long way since those humble, yet hedonistic early days. In the space of only 6 years, South West Four London has shot through the ranks to become Southern England’s leading outdoor event and one of Europe’s most important dance festivals, with South West Four Cardiff flying the flag in Wales. 2006 was a historic year for South West Four London – named after the London postcode it resides in, where tickets sold out in record time well ahead of the actual day of reckoning.
In fact, over 5,000 people were turned away in total, as the realism of just how big the festival has become really hit home. South West Four Cardiff was also deemed an instant success with all 10,000 tickets being snapped up, as an all-star cast of DJs including Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold and Armin Van Buuren rocked the show. Back in London, Carl Cox and Paul Oakenfold did the double, as Pete Tong, John Digweed and Judge Jules also lead the troops from the front. South West Four picked up 4 nominations at the UK Festival Awards 2006 for Best Medium-To-Large Festival and Best One Day Festival (both London) and Best One Day Festival and Best New Festival (both Cardiff).
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Launched in the golden days of 2001, Riot! ruled London clubbing with its hedonistic Sunday afternoon sessions at The End.
Now after a couple of years touring the three continents and launching its sell-out album ‘Filthy House for Dirty Stopouts’, Riot! is back in the Capital for one more party; this time triumphantly taking control at the hard dance ‘mother ship,’ Turnmills.
The infamous party will host one of the rooms, as Europe’s largest dance download website, Trackitdown.net, celebrates 3 years in the business with DIGITAL.
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What does it take to be heralded as the ‘godfather’ of a scene? Firstly, I guess, you have to have been pushing your trade for a respectable amount of time – a couple of years just won’t cut it. Secondly, you have to be groundbreaking and pioneering – making and playing music that nobody else is. Thirdly, you have to leave a legacy – something that people can remember you by when you’ve hung up your headphones, sent your vinyl off to Oxfam and decided to open a bed and breakfast in Clacton-on-Sea instead.
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On Saturday, 14 July, from 10:00 in the morning until 23:00 at night, we will be celebrating Dance Valley’s lucky 13th birthday. After the past two double-features in 2005 and 2006, there will be no ‘Dance Valley: The Weekender’ this time. This year the festival in Spaarnwoude will return to its original form. The coming edition will therefore be a journey back in time to the early stages of Dance Valley’s history, as well as the beginning of the future. As the loyal Dance Valley festival-goers have come to expect since 1995, the program is as diverse and exciting as always, with more than 135 artists scheduled to perform. The festival will also be bigger than ever, with a handful of new areas bringing the total to fifteen. The biggest difference, however, is that Dance Valley 2007 now has a theme that will appeal to everyone: THE CIRCUS!
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After a fantastic 1st birthday roadblock Purrfect Electro, will be hosting the sensational TOOLROOM KNIGHTS! Friday 20th April will see another one of the finest all night parties (spread across the entire 3 rooms), that clubbers have come to expect from this awesome Leeds clubbing brand.
Joining Purrfect Electro in April will be ‘Man of the moment’ Mark Knight with his Toolroom Knights tour that has already visited Godskitchen, Ministry of Sound and the Miami Winter Music Conference. For this session, Mark will be joined by the brilliant Martijn Ten Velden who has had dance floors rocking all over the world this year. Purrfect are waiting in anticipation for the Toolroom Knights to blow you away with their hypnotizing, electronic, phuture phunk soundz and beats…
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With a trajectory that mirrors The Prodigy’s transformation from hardcore outfit to chart-busting dance act, Israeli superstars, Infected Mushroom - Erez Aizen and Amit Duvdevani (aka Duvdev)—have grown from psy-trance scene leaders into one of the hottest dance bands on the planet. Incorporating infectious melodies, live instruments and vocals into their songs, they’ve played in front of well over a million people around the globe – something which has translated into record sales in many territories.
‘Becoming Insane’ is the first single taken from Infected Mushroom’s 6th and long awaited studio album ‘Vicious Delicious’. A key track from their global tours, it’s one of the upcoming album’s many highlights. The song blends flamenco beats and guitar driven riffs along with Duvdev’s haunting vocals, and features Gil Cerezo, the lead singer from Kinky, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed and successful bands.
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One year has almost passed since SeeMe (South-East European Music Event) presented Sofia as the centre of electronic music culture in South-Eastern Europe and earning the Bulgarian capital a well deserved place on the world dance music map.
This year’s event will be held from 17th to 19th May and for 3 days and nights Sofia will open its doors for DJs, producers, club promoters, label managers, industry professionals and the numerous fans of the electronic music. SeeMe was conceived to create a connection between the industry professionals in the region, but it’s mostly about a crossover between different styles and cultures. SeeMe is a great platform for industry professionals and dance music fans alike to join together, exchange ideas and keep up-to-date with the latest trends and developments.
With three basic components – conference, exhibition and festival, SeeMe promises to satisfy all needs and that everyone will find something of interest. The conference and exhibition will supply an extremely diverse environment during the day, which will be followed by in credible parties that will rock right through the night.
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Work has already begun on Tiesto’s third full artist album (or fourth artist album if you’re picking straws) the hotly anticipated ‘Elements Of Life’ LP which coincide with a worldwide ‘Elements Of Life’ tour throughout 2007 with four key UK dates for you to catch the biggest DJ on the planet doing his ‘thang’
Anyway, keeping things nice and brief… here’s the first single to be taken from the album titled ‘In The Dark’ featuring Christian Burns previously of BBMak, now electro rock outfit Inhaler and as you’ve probably guessed …it’s a belter.
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On Friday 20th April, Tiësto will be touching down at Alexandra Palace in London for his only gig in England for the whole of 2007 – launching his stunning new artist album ‘Elements of Life’ to 10,000 of his biggest fans. Currently preparing for the biggest event in the dance music industry calendar, the Miami Winter Music Conference, Tiësto ook some time out of his hectic schedule to talk to legendary music journalist and global authority on DJ culture Bill Brewster in our EXCLUSIVE ‘Elements of Life’ Interview. Just follow the link to read all of the Dutch superstar’s thoughts on his new album, German minimalism, and how that Olympic Games opening ceremony gig came about…
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Over the last decade Ali B has held down residencies at two of London’s most influential clubs, The Blue Note and Fabric. He spent his teens working at the Acid Jazz label and then as a DJ, went on to host a weekly radio show on Capital FM for five years. Alongside compilations for Fabric, Y4K and his own Air Recordings label, Ali’s artist productions, including his recent track with The Jungle Brothers, have taken him, and his sound to an international audience.
Rennie Pilgrem Presents The TCR Allstars (Live)
This will be the first chance to see The TCR Allstars perform tracks from their highly anticipated new album. It was 10 years ago when Air hosted proceedings at the Blue Note and a young sprightly Mr Pilgrem performed live under his Thursday Club moniker. We’ve tried everything; moving house, changing phone numbers but still we can’t shake him.
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Based in Manhattan, New York, Armand Van Helden was born to a Dutch-Indonesian father and French-Lebanese mother, he spent time as a child in Turkey, Italy and the Netherlands, and as an adult he’s travelled the globe extensively, DJing Boston to Berlin and just about every city of note in between. The term ‘global citizen’ was undoubtedly coined for chaps like him.
With a devastating list of dancefloor destroying singles to his credit – including seminal house tracks ‘U Don’t Know Me’ and ‘The Funk Phenomenon’ and more recently crossover hits like ‘My My My’ and ‘Hear My Name’ – he’s also amassed a staggering body of remix work, adding his Midas touch to artists as diverse as Daft Punk, Britney Spears and the Rolling Stones.
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Lucca is one of Europe’s leading female DJs and producers. Her take on funky, underground techno and alt.electro has won her legions of fans. Whether it’s playing alongside Hawtin, Cox, Van Dyk or Tiesto, her innovative sound has brought her awards and praise in equal measure.
She headlined the Berlin Love Parade last summer, playing from the heights of the main column, and cemented her growing reputation in Germany as one of the leading young DJs on the circuit. Following recent tours of China and Eastern Europe, she’s about to hit British shores once again this spring.
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Tom and Andy announce details of their Soundboy Rock tour
One of the UK’s most popular live acts, Groove Armada are coming home. After taking their live show around the world several times, Groove Armada are set to tour the UK for the first time since 2004.
The Soundboy Rock tour goes nationwide this coming May in support of their new studio album. It culminates in a special Lovebox event in Birmingham on the 27th May. It kicks off a huge summer of festival appearances for Groove Armada, with headline shows at Rockness, and, of course, their own Lovebox event in London this summer.
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EQ Recordings continues its tradition of releasing premium quality electronic music with its next edition of the Balance Series. Canadian DJ/ Producer Luke Fair has worked his magic on Balance 011, and it’s been well worth the wait. Luke has carved quite a reputation for himself as a producer and passionately experimental DJ, making him the perfect choice to follow previous luminaries such as James Holden, Chris Fortier, Phil K, Paolo Mojo, Desyn Masiello, Anthony Pappa and Jimmy Van M.
Luke Fair’s music can be described as groovy, funky, housey and techy - all at the same time!! He has created a signature style for himself by creating and re-editing versions of songs for his own sets. In the studio, his genre-crossing productions run the gamut from dub house to melodic progressive.
“The mood of my Balance mix captures the sound of an entire night at a club, a full set from open to close. Starting out with deep house, then playing funky house and techno and continuing with melodic progressive towards the end. Every track has been heavily edited to personalize the mix a bit more, with lots of layering to make the whole thing as colourful as possible,” says Luke.
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Will Bailey is a leader of the nu skool. One of a growing breed of new, young producers taking strides in the electro-house revolution, making waives in the industry as he goes. A string of hot remixes & releases have brought him to the attention of some of the industries biggest names, with his productions now being played in clubs, festivals & parties across the globe. Will regularly plays at some of the countries leading nights & venues including Miss Moneypenny’s, Promise, Godskitchen, L’america, Creation, Liquid, Spin, and Fuel. He has also gained a residency at the huge Bristol based night ‘Kandybox’, which saw him spinning both locally and on European tours alongside many of his peers including Yousef, Seb Fontaine, Tom Neville, Lottie and even the man who influenced him most, Danny Rampling. We caught up with Will before Purrfect Electro’s 1st birthday to see what the nu –skool DJ was all about.
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