2007 is Calvin Harris’ year. Just 23 years old and hailing from Dumfries, this young Scot has made a fast track rise from Marks & Spencers’ champion shelf-stacker to the dance pioneer on everyone’s lips within one year.
Since the release of debut single Acceptable In The 80s, Calvin has developed an impressive reputation and fan base, (both Mark Ronson & Groove Amada are noted fans) and has been propelled straight to the Top 10 of the charts.
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Two of the most prolific producers of this year, Mark Knight & D Ramirez, have joined forces to bring you their phenomenal ‘Colombian Soul’ which was one of the signature tracks of this years Miami conference. Also on this essential EP is ‘Throb’ which has been tearing up the clubs around the globe and ‘System’, an awesome underground tech banger!
If you are a fan of Mark & Dean, you will not be disappointed by these 3 mind-blowing tracks…
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For Underwater’s May party (also a bank-holiday weekend) D.Ramirez - currently one of the UK’s hottest producers, remixers and DJs - makes a welcome return to The End alongside Darren Emerson and Disciples of Sound in the main room. The legendary Faith DJs host the Lounge with Terry Farley, Dave Jarvis, Stuart Patterson, Rauol Galloway and Underwater resident Arveene, whilst Sancho Panza are in play in the AKA.
D. Ramirez is currently one of the biggest names in dance music. Since the huge success of his remixes last year, including his collaboration with Luciana on Bodyrox’s ‘Yeah Yeah’ which saw him reach the number 2 spot in the UK singles chart, Dean hasn’t stopped. He has just mixed the new MoS ‘Sessions’ compilation and has a new track out on his own imprint Slave Recordings entitled ‘Pleasure Me’. Collaborations with Mark Knight and Luciana will also be seeing the light of day soon. Dean released ‘La Discotek’ on Underwater last November and a remix package featuring Darren Emerson, Shakedown, Cagedbaby and Emerson Todd is also due in May.
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What with the Toolroom Knights shaking Purrfect Electro to it’s very foundations with a whopping four hour back to back DJ set at our last event, Purrfect Electro time rolls around again on 18th May with another top-drawer line up guaranteed to get the new-born electro fans of Leeds hopping and bouncing around Mission like a mosh pit on a bouncy castle. This month Purrfect has invited some of the hottest young producers around, Funkagenda, King Roc and Chad Lewis
A Birmingham native, Funkagenda has been producing some of the hottest electro house on the scene for a good few years now, quietly building up a fan-base from his releases on Toolroom, Big Love, and his own label Groovedigital. His sound bridges the gap between the brain food of electro filth and the feet fodder of the funkiest house. Imagine sliced vocals, clicky shuffling beats and dirty bass stabs being thrown into a blender switched to random and poured out into a frosted glass of funk. Sounds good? We think so. He will be joined by co owner of Groovedigital Chad Lewis, who has been rocking many a dance floor from London to Leeds and back.
We caught up with them to talk production, Djing and whats rocking in Birmingham
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If you’re fed up of looking out your window onto grey dreary weather and desperately need some sunshine in your life then you are in luck. Chris Lake’s new track “Carry me Away” does just that… described as being “reminiscent of a hot summer’s day dancing on the beach” this track is tipped for HUGE success.
Featuring the sultry voice of Emma Hewitt, “Carry me Away” is set for release in June on Chris’s own Rising Music Label. An uplifting piece of blissed out electronica, you cannot help but fall in love with Emma’s beautiful vocals over a hooky piano riff that is Chris’s trademark.
Complimenting the original, there is the Sébastien Leger remix which tears apart Chris’s mix to give you a deep, dark, electro-twisted journey; still keeping the vocal with a soaring orchestral break that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
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The hype around the massive WiLDCHiLD OUTSiDE London festival continues to grow! The line-up at Shoreditch Park on Saturday June 30th is practically bulging at the seams, with tickets sales reaching unprecedented levels as we go to press.
Each week we bring you news about each of the huge arenas showcasing the very best of UK and international dance acts. Today it’s the turn of one of the biggest brands in the world – Ministry of Sound.
The phrase ‘tour de force’ doesn’t even come close when it comes to Ministry. Their club is iconic. Their line-ups are among the best in the world. Every clubber worth their salt will, at one time or another, walk through their hallowed doors.
Now they’ve put their weight behind WiLDCHiLD OUTSiDE and the acts they’re bringing with them can only be described as phat! Yes that’s phat with a P and an H boys and girls. Cop a load of this lot clubland…
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Exeter-based Functional Records hits 50 in June following nigh-on 10 years of releasing some of the best breakbeat pressure in the scene. As part of the celebrations, the label prepare for two awesome release; a remix 12” featuring of two of the label’s finest tracks along ‘Functional’s Finest Moments’ a commemorative compilation album designed to showcase the finest this label has given.
Joining up with the world’s leading website for all things breakbeat www.nuskoolbreaks.co.uk they bring you Functional Records 50th Release Party!
Born as an offshoot to the UK’s longest running monthly breaks club night Beatz & Bobz as a way to gain exposure for residents and to showcase music from west country artists, the last 10 years have seen Functional Records grow to become one of the most respected labels in it’s field. Originally focused on west country artists such as Spoon Wizard, Silken and Phantom Beats Functional soon grew to feature releases from some of the major players in the UK breaks scene and beyond including Dreadzone, Tayo, DJ Killer, Rennie Pilgrem, Rob Smith, Tom Real Vs The Rogue Element, Will White and many more!
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Having been recently been featured as “one to watch” in both DJ Magazine & IDJ, and having the Trophy Twins feature him on their excellent BBC Radio 1 show, DJ HAL the multi-talented producer from Nottingham, is back once again with arguably his most exciting production to date. The original mix of “Close My Eyes” is a radio friendly breakbeat orientated indie-edged song, complete with vocals from DJ HAL himself, that is utterly compelling. It’s been described as being akin to pogo-ing in a mosh pit with John Lydon, and that’s not far wide of the mark! To further fuel the fire and explore different dancefloor angles, DJ HAL and Advanced Records have enlisted the remix talents of a diverse selection of both new and established talent from around the globe.
San Francisco legend, Gavin Hardkiss (aka Hawke), can always be relied on to create something wondorous and original when he sets foot in the studio, and here he recreates the original song in his own distinctly original house style. Gavin is indelibly linked with a mystical form of electronic dance music that globally represents San Francisco. As one-third of the famed Hardkiss trio (with “brothers” Scott and Robbie Hardkiss), Gavin has helped to create and encourage a spirited, psychedelic approach to music and life with genre-defying songs and DJ sets. The Hardkiss label released various singles and one stunning compilation, “Delusions of Grandeur”, in the mid-90s, which served as a veritable blueprint for so many future artists, and one that continues to be referenced and admired throughout the world.
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Less is more right? Wrong. In the case of Pepe Deluxé at least, more is most certainly more. ‘The Mischief Of Cloud 6’, is the second single from the forthcoming album ‘Spare Time Machine’ and Pepe Deluxe have added a bit more of everything into the pot and all for the better. More sweet hip-hop beats, more psychedelic guitar crescendos, more of the same offbeat lyrics, retro vocals and more influences from around the world than you can shake a pocket atlas at. In contrast it also has less too. Less samples. Or to be exact, none.
Pepe Deluxé are two: James Spectrum (AKA Jari Salo) and JA-Jazz (AKA Tomi Paajaanen). These Finnish scholars of sonics formed in the Mid- ’90s. Probably best known for their outstanding use of samples as heard on their most familiar song ‘Woman In Blue’, which was used on the Levi’s Jeans ‘Twisted’ commercial and taken from their debut album ‘Supersound’ in ’98.’Supersound’ was so notoriously sample-laden that three versions were eventually created, each ‘cleaner’ than the last as it grew in stature and was licensed to Sony. Now ‘Spare Time Machine’ has arrived their third album, taking things up yet another level. It has all the funk of their best material but doused in the spirit of uproarious ‘60s psychedelia and ‘70s prog-rock. What’s more it’s entirely sample-free.
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In November 2006, Ed Banger Records released their very first album, it was called ‘Lucky Boy’ and it was by a certain young chap named DJ Mehdi. Since then things have changed a little bit…
DJ Mehdi, alongside his label buddies Justice, Sebastian and Busy P, haven’t just shaken up clubland, they’ve grabbed it by the balls lifted it way above their head and slammed it to the ground! The French are back and they’re bigger and noiser than ever, but with all the hype and screaming young fans, Mehdi’s music injects a healthy dose of soul, backbone and disco fever, and boy does it sound good!
The original version of ‘Lucky Boy’ didn’t just get journalists hot under the collar; his massive tunes ‘I Am Somebody’, ‘Signature’, ‘Wee Bounce’ and ‘Lucky Boy’ have been the soundtrack to the hottest parties of the last 6 months. ‘The Kids’, as they say, love him and there was no better example of this when Ed Banger threw their 4th Birthday party in Paris in March, when 1000 fortunate party animals crammed into the ‘Espace Pierre Cardin’ and rocked out till the very early morning. Where else do you see people po-going like Punks, headbanging like Rockers, breaking like B-Boys and screaming like fans at an 80’s Michael Jackson gig?
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In the two years since DJ Marky & Friends launched, it has become a cornerstone of The End’s roster of events and is always a crucial date in the drum & bass calendar. This conceptual night based around Marky’s unique ability to play extended and all night drum & bass sets, has put him in a class of his own amongst the drum & bass fraternity. Marky’s hand-selected innovative line ups consisting of friends and associates have been key to the night’s success, and this May sees another piece of genius as two of the scene’s most important protagonists go head to head.
The one in a million Brazilian, and the liquid funk master Fabio will be taking control of both the main room and the lounge all night long in an enthralling encounter that sees each spinner play two totally unique sets. While one plays a four hour drum & bass set on The End’s devastating main room sound system, the other spins a four hour alternative selection in the lounge, they then trade places and the roles are reversed.
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We are pleased to announce the schedule for this summers Cream Ibiza season and what a feast of turntable talent they’ve put together. The award winning event returns to the white isle to takeover the legendary Amnesia. Now in its 12th year the Cream team have put together a superb line up mixing some of the worlds biggest DJ’s with some fresh and exciting new talent. The worlds number 1 DJ Paul van Dyk returns as exclusive resident in the Main Room, accompanying him throughout the summer will be Eddie Halliwell, Ferry Corsten, Marco V, Riley & Durrant, Adam Sheridan and Above & Beyond.
This years world famous Amnesia Terrace will be hosted by Mixmag, and its all about electro! Featuring performances from the likes of Steve Angello, Annie Mac, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Touche, Mark Night, Tocadisco, Sebastian Leger, and debut performances from the Klaxons, man of the moment Kissy Sell Out, Simian Mobile Disco and Cassette Jam, all bastions of electronic house and guaranteed to deliver some full on four to the floor action.
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Chris Fortier finally releases his long awaited debut solo album “As Long as the Moment Exists” via Australia’s finest independent label EQ Recordings. After a long list of accomplishments that has seen him do nearly everything possible in dance music, Chris conquors the final personal goal of an artist album of his own material. This comes straight from the heart and sees the man spread his wings to become a true artist beyond his fame as a DJ.
The Album took all of 2006 to complete, and all tracks have been tweaked and sublimely edited to ensure the best possible sonic journey into deep sounds. ”As Long as the Moment Exists” explores underground sounds and electronic influences, with an experimental twist. At a glance the excursion starts with ambient sound-scapes before shifting to mid-tempo territory and quirky electronic cuts with searing minimalistic dips through dubby tech house and twisted melodic trips, before winding things back with chilled out vibes to round off an accomplished foray into electronica.
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LCD Soundsystem return with a new single ‘All My Friends’ on May 28th, taken from the massively acclaimed album ‘Sound Of Silver’ released earlier this year. With it’s frenetic refrain and rhythmic precision ‘All My Friends’ has quickly become both an album standout and live favourite, as the recent sell-out European tour showed to great effect.
‘All My Friends’ is backed by a spectacular array of new material and exclusive mixes in the form of covers of ‘A.M.F’s’ by both Franz Ferdinand (produced by Erol Alkan) and the legendary John Cale who recorded his amazing version in LA in early April, a radical dancefloor re-working courtesy of seminal NY based ex-pat Harvey, a new LCD cover of Joy Division’s ‘No Love Lost’ and ‘Freak Out’, a brand new clubtrack.
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What with the Toolroom Knights shaking Purrfect Electro to it’s very foundations with a whopping four hour back to back DJ set at our last event, Purrfect Electro time rolls around again on 18th May with another top-drawer line up guaranteed to get the new-born electro fans of Leeds hopping and bouncing around Mission like a mosh pit on a bouncy castle. This month Purrfect has invited some of the hottest young producers around, Funkagenda, King Roc and Chad Lewis
A Birmingham native, Funkagenda has been producing some of the hottest electro house on the scene for a good few years now, quietly building up a fan-base from his releases on Toolroom, Big Love, and his own label Groovedigital. His sound bridges the gap between the brain food of electro filth and the feet fodder of the funkiest house. Imagine sliced vocals, clicky shuffling beats and dirty bass stabs being thrown into a blender switched to random and poured out into a frosted glass of funk. Sounds good? We think so. He will be joined by co owner of Groovedigital Chad Lewis, who has been rocking many a dance floor from London to Leeds and back.
We’re very proud to be bringing Groovedigital Records up for their Purrfect debut so you can look forward to hearing some of their best productions pumped out through the Funktion One sound system. As always, the trusty Purrfect residents Viktor Valasko, Andras and John Marshall will be whipping out some top-notch bangers plus we have a special treat for 2nd arena.
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