On Saturday, November 3, Rebel presents the official release party for Felix da Housecat’s new Nettwerk CD Virgo Blaktro & The Movie Disco. This highly anticipated event marks the launch of Rebel’s newest weekly party “Debauchery Saturdays.” Each week Rebel will present the finest international DJ talent in a setting that offers a party for every individual taste – from posh bottle clientele to the music driven trendsetter. There is no better way to kick off this weekly event than with one of the worlds most amazing DJs/producers – Felix da Housecat!

Chicago’s disco visionary Felix da Housecat is back to doing what he does best – dominate dance floors and the airways. On this evening at Rebel, Felix represents his stunning third album Virgo Blaktro & The Movie Disco; a master class in sugar-frosted vocal pop, soulful synth-funk and pulsing electronic disco. It is comfortably the most satisfying album this dance music icon has produced. You can expect Felix to offer his fans in attendance at the event a full-on assault of the most jackin’ house and crispiest electro beats known to man.

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Splittr is the meeting of minds of award winning house producer / remixer and DJ, Martijn ten Velden and Mark Yardley, one half of the world renowned breakbeat act, Stanton Warriors.

As Splittr, Mark and Martijn combine their collective skills and tastes to produce a very fresh take on electronic music. In fact they started the project to give them the opportunity to split away from any preconceptions people may have of them + any musical restrictions dance music genres can create.

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Who would have thought a rave that started off 16 years ago in a disused bus shed, deep in South London could have come to this?

Well here we are in 2007 still going strong, throwing the best parties in London with the finest DJ’s, and we are sure to keep on going – so in true style befit only to a legendary clubbing institution as ourselves, we throw open the doors and invite one and all to dance the night away and rejoice in 16 glorious years!

It is never going to be easy to pick a line up for an event such as this, but we believe we have put on a full spread, an audio buffet if you will, catering for all needs and giving you the partygoer the full cross section of Dance music, and general party fun, with a line up guaranteed to have you all dancing!

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The Club World Awards, the only awards program to honor the total nightclub, kicks off the 2008 season today, with a new online submission system and additional categories. Potential nominees in all 25 categories are invited to log onto www.clubworldawards.com and complete the provided forms to guarantee consideration for the 2008 nominee pool. Nominees will be announced and featured in the January issue of Club Systems International. Nominations close on Thursday, November 1, 2007.

“We took a cue from other awards programs, from the Clios to the Grammys, and started to build a comprehensive online submission system,” says Kerri Mason, editor of Club Systems International and director of the Club World Awards. “The goal is transparency, and increased ease and independence for all potential nominees.”

The Club World Awards are also adding six categories to the preexisting 19, for a total of 25. They are: “Best Bottle Service,” “Best Renovation,” “Best One-Off,” “Best DJ Set,” “Best Club Banger,” and “Best Club Anthem.” Details on each are below. Plus, two old categories – “Best Party” and “Best Resident DJ” – are being revised. “Since our inception, we’ve believed in honoring parties and DJs that were at the same club, week after week,” says Mason. “But times have changed, and that’s no longer a lucrative format for most clubs.” Due to popular demand, nominations in these categories will now be accepted for weekly, biweekly, and monthly parties.

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On Thursday November 15th, Guanabara welcomes back Sao Paulo four-piece ZĂ©maria. Their last gig at Guanabara was a riot of post-punk, with nasty electronics, a pinch of house and breaks, plus a cheeky re-working of Daft Punk’s ‘Da Funk’, which has to be heard to be believed. The gig precedes the full UK release of their fresh, innovative album ‘11 Tracks’.

Originally from Vitoria in eastern Brazil, ZĂ©maria are Sanny Lys (vocals) Marcel Dadalto (synths, sequencer, guitar and voice), Michel Sponfeldner (bass guitar) and Nego Leo (drums, synths and effects).

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ter an exciting summer following the underground success of ‘Whatsthatyougot?’ Shuffle return with a new single of pure musical delight, ‘Listen Love’. To coincide with this release the band has also announced a number of gigs and some juicy remixes by none other than Charlotte Hatherley. ‘Listen Love’ is the A side to the bleepy and brilliant ‘Toast’ and both are released through Bloodlust Records in October.

Shuffle are a band that can’t be pigeonholed as their run of appearances at some of this summer’s most sort after festivals including Glastonbury, Secret Garden and Electric Picnic, have demonstrated and has introduced them to new audiences. They have managed to create a sound that is for music lovers, fusing the energy of punk, the freedom of jazz, the inventiveness of Hip Hop and the Spirit of Rock n Roll. As a result, they have fashioned a buzz that has gained them a loyal fan base and critical acclaim, from the likes of Xfm’s John Kennedy and Claire Sturgess. Their effortless musical eccentricity has also seen them pick up the gong for best act in the Leftfield category at the Diesel-U-Music awards in 2005.

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Get ready to see dancing like you’ve never seen it before! The fastest growing street dance phenomenon in the US is heading to the UK
. And boy are we in for a surprise!

Best known as Footworkin’, the dance has been described as ‘Hip Hop Riverdance’ and with its insanely gripping moves comes the feel-good, high-energy, juke song ‘Watch My Feet’. The track came about when the Chicago style dance grabbed the attention of rap duo Dude ‘N Nem! Chicago’s Tragic (23) and Upmost (24). ‘Watch My Feet’ is the soundtrack to this summer in downtown Chicago and represents the first opportunity for the sound of the city and the Footworkin’ craze to go global.

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Results of DJ Mag Top 100 for 2007 : More news to follow :

1 Armin van Buuren
2 Tiesto
3 John Digweed
4 Paul van Dyk
5 Sasha
6 Above and Beyond
7 Carl Cox
8 Ferry Corsten
9 Infected Mushroom
10 David Guetta

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Winter Music Conference announces the dates for WMC 2008, March 25 – 29, 2008 at the Miami Beach Resort & Spa.

Last year, WMC 2007 exceeded its expectations with more than 1,316 artists participating in 371 events across Miami during the WMC week. The program boasted more than 80 groundbreaking meetings, seminars and presentations during the week – furthering its 23rd tradition of bringing together the most innovative talent, esteemed professionals and newest technologies to chart the future advancement and growth of the industry.

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Looks like Christmas may have come early to South London as Sasha, Renaissance & Ministry of Sound reunite for the first time in a decade…

This heavyweight trio come together in December to round off a year in which none could be accused of resting on their not so insignificant laurels – Sasha launched his brand new label/production outlet ‘emFire’, and is about to release ‘Coma’ the first Sasha Record since Airdrawndagger. MoS saw fit to install what is currently considered to be the best club sound system in the world, whilst Renaissance presented their much lauded boutique festival Wild in the Country at Knebworth House this summer.

On what could well be the highlight of the London festive season, Sasha will play an extended set in The Box, with Scarlett Etienne on early duties. In the bar, lovers of house and spaced out disco can hear Serge Santiago, Wall of Sound head honcho Alvin C, and Nightmoves (AKA Matt Waites) who has been busy remixing a whose who of the UK charts for 2007 including Robbie Williams, Mylo, The Klaxons & many more.

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Following the summery funk-tinged remix package from Degrees of Motion, Cayenne Recordings once again delivers the goods with this latest offering from Germany based duo Sean Finn & Gino Montesano. Getting to grips with the 1980’s classic by Corey Hart (also reworked by Tiga & Zyntherius) the pair turns in the perfect version of ‘Sunglasses At Night’ fresh for 2007.

With five MASSIVE remixes for all the big rooms / fields / marquees and early hours after parties, ‘Sunglasses At Night’ is an anthem waiting to blow up once again. The Moog Mix is a proper piece of jacked up electro-house, whilst the M1 ‘The Club Mix’ keeps it electro based but adds layers of guitar for an Ibiza ‘rocktronic’ moment. N’Solution take it down a dark and minimal route but keeps it driving, whereas the ‘The Chicks On House remix’ is an unashamed hand’s in the air house mix accompanied by the Club Mix which goes into a funky bassline territory.

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Canadian based DJ / producer Sultan burst onto the house scene in 2000 forming a close relationship with Deep Dish and their famed label, Yoshitoshi Recordings. Since then, Sultan has gone on to create a huge international presence through the strength of his own tracks, remixes, and mash-ups that make up nearly a third of this compilation – a grand illustration of both Sultan’s skills and Montreal’s revelry status.

“This compilation is a depiction of the DJ and producer in me as well as a reflection of the impact that Yoshitoshi has made on the Dance scene, Montreal and myself over the years. It encompasses a colourful array of moods and styles starting with melodic and housey, moving into electro and progressive and ending with down tempo.”

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Soulwax and 2manydjs return with a double CD compendium of their genre defining and dancefloor destroying reworkings of other peoples songs on Parlophone on 22/10/07. CD1 features Soulwax remixes in full, while CD2 is brand new 2manydjs mix. Here you will find (and this is also the full title of the album)


Most of the remixes we’ve made for other people over the years except for the one for Einsturzende Neubauten because we lost it and a few we didn’t think sounded good enough or just didn’t fit in length-wise, but including some that are hard to find because either people forgot about them or simply because they haven’t been released yet, a few we really love, one we think is just ok, some we did for free, some we did for money, some for ourselves without permission and some for friends as swaps but never on time and always at our studio in Ghent.

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1. SUPERMAYER – THE TWO OF US – kompakt
This is an instant classic. deranged glockenspiel and catchy fart-bass, the kids love it!

2. KING UNIQUE – YOHKOH – curfew
KU back from a year off DJ’ing all over the world with something melodic and groovy and a bit epic.

3. PETE HELLER AND SATOSHI – UNKNOWN (MERKINS REMIX) – cdr
They haven’t decided what it’s called, but the Merkins remix is ace.

4. ANDREAS HENNEBERG – WATERS (PIERCE REMIX) – piemont
fantastic epic techno.

5. ROMBOY AND BORATTO – EURASIA (GUI BORATTO REMIX) – systematic
yay. love it.

6. PAN-POT – CHARLEY (ANJA SCHNEIDER REMIX) – mobilee
pan-pot’s ode to the devil’s dandruff is great, but anja’s remix drops the daft vocals and grooves like a mofo.

7. GUY J – SAVE ME – bedrock
maybe 2007’s biggest club track. ĂŒber!

8. MAGIK JOHNSON – ASYLUM SNEAKER (WORTHY REMIX) – curfew
Magic Johnson’s bomb ’sneaker’ remixed in the san fran bass-tastic style.

9. MLLE CARO & FRANCK GARCIA – LOST – buzzin fly
Lovely, almost naĂŻve, simple melodies. fresh shit

10. RADIO SLAVE – BELL CLAP DANCE – rekids
more of that great mongy-house from the ever so talented Matt Edwards.

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Steve Lawler returns to the compilations arena with ‘Viva London’, a 2 x CD, musical insight to his monthly residency at The End, a night he’s justifiably proud of, “VIVA Harlem Nights has been running for nearly 6 years at The End in London and it was time lay down a permanent celebration of the night.”

And what a celebration! Steve’s London is a twisted hedonistic world that oozes dark funk, sexy sleaze and sinister fun through an expert blend of the world’s best producers. “There’s some very exciting music out there,” he elaborates, “The hardest call was what I should leave off. I decided to put a mix together of tracks that I have been heavily supporting this year. At the night itself I play for 5 hours so re-creating the club atmosphere within the 2CDs – which is only a 2 Âœ-hour timeframe – was really tough, but you get the picture of how the night starts musically, what the vibe is and how it ends.”

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