It’s back, yes that’s right get ready for a two disc spectacular featuring the road’s hottest tracks of 2007 and 2008’s sure-fire winners – all brought to you by the scenes leading TV station Channel-U!
Channel-U has become one of the UK’s leading urban music TV channels since it was established in 2003 with the largest urban playlist in Europe. The best UK urban music: Grime, Niche / Bassline House, UK Hip Hop and R&B are all covered by the stations broad music policy and we’ve captured all that goodness (or badness depending on your persuasion) on this 2-disc extravaganza! After the critical acclaim for the first album, this sequel features the hottest tracks from the past 6 months and some of 2008’s hottest dubs: Bashy’s underground monster ‘Black Boys’, chart friendly N Dubz’s ‘Better Not Waste My Time’ plus bangers from Akala (a certain Miss Dynamites’ younger sibling), scene legends Flirta D, NY, Blak Twang plus an army of new and upcoming MCs, producers, vocalists all representing the UK, yeah baby that’s how we roll!
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After a road block debut at Ministry of Sound in December with the awesome Sasha, legendary clubbing institution Renaissance return to officially launch their exciting new London residency @ Ministry on Saturday 16th February.
Supplying the soundtrack to the evening in the main room will be one of the defining names in progressive house Satoshi Tomiie, a DJ/producer whose contribution to the scene is unquestionable.
Moving on from his days as one of the Def Mix Crew, Satoshi has gone on to develop his own style, setting up his label Saw Records as a platform to showcase ideas and creativity that are more experimental and underground.
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Having established itself as the home of London’s underground trance scene, Delirium is about to celebrate its first birthday with a very special one-off event at Ministry of Sound.
Dave Pearce (the UK’s most in demand Trance DJ) once again returns to Ministry’s famous decks on Friday 22nd February 2008 with another storming line-up.Over the year Pearce has been joined on the decks by Richard Durrand, Sean Tyas and Cosmic Gate. Now, for Delirium’s birthday celebrations, Dutch ‘bon vivant’ Marcel Woods and John O’Callaghan, cited as “one of the most exciting producers in the world today” by none other than Paul Van Dyk, will be completing the main room line-up.
Soul Avengerz, The Beginerz and Rich Murray will be taking over the bar, while keeping it tidy in the Baby Box, Sleazy-G will be releasing a new track alongside Graham Hubbard, Neri Jass, Jamie S, and Safka.
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Everyone knows Exceeder, the massive club anthem which made it to No.3 in the UK pop charts following a mash up with Princess Superstar, but the story behind iO Music’s latest signing runs much deeper…
Born Lason Chronis, Mason has always had music in his blood. The son of a Dutch actress and a Greek sculptor at the tender age of six he knew he wanted to play violin and began taking lessons in classical and jazz music.
Sometime in his early teens he saw footage of hip-hop DJs in America and was hooked and even though he was too young to legally be allowed in bars he fast became a notable DJ on the local club scene. At the end of the ‘90s Mason’s profile was on the rise and he began to integrate his violin (with effects) into his DJ sets, needless to say this proved a hit and his DJ schedule went mental, just as he had begun studying Music Composition and Performance. After graduating he dropped his debut release Helikopter EP in 2004. Whilst DJ’ing in South America, Tiësto saw Mason perform and asked him to play electric violin alongside him during his Tiësto In Concert events which saw Mason tour the world as well as offer support DJ slots at selected events.
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Harmless Records keep up the pressure, with another top-notch ‘Watch The Ride’ from rising drum & bass superstar TC, accompanied by his MC partner in crime, Jakes, out January 28. The high-octane mix features tracks by Sub Focus, Marky and Ben Westbeech, plus Lynx’s innovative anthem ‘Disco Dodo’ and three exclusives from TC himself.
As the quotes suggest, over the past year TC has joined the top-rank of drum and bass producers, gaining much well-deserved limelight for his turbo-fuelled anthems. When gracing the turntables, matters are no different, as the mix veers from the spiky synth lines of Crisssy Chris’ ‘Us’ and ‘Rubbish’ by Clipz, to classics (Marky & XRS’ ‘LK’), to the deep (‘Soul Time’ by TC and Jenna G’s ‘In Love’) to the cowbell insanity of ‘Druggy’ by Sub Focus and even old-school reggae jungle from Taxman (‘Too Bad VIP’).
TC on producing and DJing
‘I want to make music that can be enjoyed by anyone. I make every style of drum and bass because you never know where you are going to be playing. You might turn up to the gig and there’s 8000 people standing in front of you wanting you to smash it or maybe just 300, but you have to have the right tools in your box to get the job done and take them on a journey.’
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On January 28th Great Stuff presents ‘A Thousand Nights’, the debut long-player by German producer Gregor Tresher. The album is a collection of deep, dancefloor-orientated tracks, existing somewhere between minimal, tech-house, techno and electro.
Add to this dark, trippy atmospherics and the result is a coherent body of quality electronic music. Moving from the understated minimal house of ‘Black Rain’ and subtle menace of ‘Running Systems’, the album slips into the uplifting, dream-like state of ‘A Thousand Nights’ and ‘Painkiller’, the latter reminiscent of deep, mid-nineties prog-house/electronica.
With its saw-wave bassline and sparkly riff, anthem ‘Full Range Madness’ was a peak of last year’s ‘Compilation F’ on Cocoon Records, winning support from many top DJs. The gear moves up a considerable notch on the growling, 6am darkness of ‘Anti’ before shifting subtly onto the jerky, click-house-gone-reverb-laden-techno of ‘Benthos’. The album closes with ‘The Good Life’, a classic piece of shiny, deep house.
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On February 2nd, Sick! On the Dancefloor returns to it’s home @ Seone, with the first party of 2008! A monster line up that headlines Leeds’ finest; Purrfect Electro. Expect this to be another roadblock and Sick! continue to become the most talked about event in London.
Sick! has gone from strength to strength over the past 8 months. Each time it has been full to capacity, churning out hard hitting electro and dirty bass-driven house which is simply unrivalled anywhere. It has been one of the most successful parties at Seone club since the Moondance days of the 90s.
This month, as a special surprise, the 2 most devastating forces of the NORTH & SOUTH combine in the mainroom to provide a night of debaucherous FILTH!
In March 2006, Purrfect Electro was launched at Club Mission in Leeds to devastating effect. With regular parties monthly at Mission, and arguably some of the best line-ups in the country (Sébastien Léger, Mark Knight, Martijn Ten Velden, Dirty South, Micky Slim, Paul Jackson etc), Purrfect electro is fast becoming one of the leading events in the dance music industry.
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Creative juices have been positively overflowing here in darkest London town during these past few months. Indeed, following Omid 16B’s third artist album (“Like 3 Ears and 1 Eye”) it’s already time for the second SexOnWax release of 2008 – and keeping it personal this time around is Navid Nourizadeh, younger brother of label founder Omid.
Navid has always shared his blood and bass brother’s passion for the electronic and has produced music since he was a teenager. In fact, Alola, a label Omid set up prior to SexOnWax, released one of Nav’s very first productions, the addictively deep ‘n’ techy “Space Chase”. The year was 1996, Nav was just 16 years young and “Space Chase” was just the beginning. Now, with over a decade of club and production experience under his belt, Navid returns, but this time to SexOnWax, and this time with a completely new inauguration, a debut three-track EP.
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On February 4th 2008 Reel People release ‘Amazing’, the second single from the much anticipated sophomore album ‘Seven Ways To Wonder.’
‘Amazing’ is an updated take on classic 80s soul, in the vein of Maze or Shalamar and marks Reel People’s first hook-up with singers Tony Momrelle & Imaani, both from influential UK band Incognito. Between them, the vocalists have sung with an impressive roll call of international artists, including Elton John, Janet Jackson, Gwen Stefani, Robert Palmer, Steve Winwood and Terry Callier.
As well as the original, top-notch producers Jon Cutler and Tarantulaz deliver two deep, vocal house remixes and one dub between them. Jon Cutler has been a key figure in house music for twenty years, best known for his massive anthem and, later, chart hit ‘It’s Yours’ plus a prolific production and remix career, with releases on labels including Azuli, Defected, Nervous and his own, Distant Music.
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Saturday the 2nd February sees the first edition of Electronation’s Satellite 31 parties at Egg in 2008, following a storming first year in action. Satellite 31 is consistently proving its manifesto of booking hot sought-after DJs and producers from around the globe that provide a musical education to the party’s ever-growing international cool crowd of clubbers.
After having started in 2007 on Friday nights, we continue in 2008 on bi-monthly Saturdays. Last year’s parties featured Alexander Robotnick, Mount Sims, Funk D’Void, Phil Kieran, Bart Skils, Agoria and James Priestley to name but a few, and we return for our first party in 2008 with Deepgrove, Freeform Five and UK debut for Get Physical’s Tiger Stripes at the helm. Joining them is our resident from Electronation, Terry Toner and Tania Von Pear who will be again heading up Going Places in Room 2 with their resident DJs Ben Gomori and Rick Maia.
Room 3 is hosted by those lovely types from the Glovibes collective, while the garden will be covered and heated for the night and the usual shuttle bus will be collecting Satellite 31 clubbers from King’s Cross station.
Freeform Five, the multi-national, multi-talented electro/pop group have received critical acclaim for their releases and have remixed for the likes of N.E.R.D, Justin Timberlake, X-press 2 to name a few. This time they return to mash up Egg with a storming DJ Set from head honcho Anu Pillai. After their first smashing performance last year, we just had to have them back!
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Goldfrapp will play a UK tour this summer to back new album “Seventh Tree”, it has been confirmed.
The electro-pop duo have announced six shows, which include a date at the historic Royal Albert Hall venue in London.
The dates follow the release next month of the follow-up to “Supernature”, which will be preceded by comeback single “A&E”.
The tour calls at:
June 2008
21 Bexhill-on-Sea, De La War Pavilion
22 Birmingham, Symphony Hall
23 Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
25 London, Royal Albert Hall
30 Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
July
01 Gateshead, The Sage
Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers are to headline this year’s Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem.
The Northampton festival, one of the highlights of the clubbing calendar is also set to feature live sets from CSS, Dizzee Rascal and New Young Pony Club.
Indie acts are also set to get a stint on the decks with Bloc Party joining the likes of Pete Tong and Paul Van Dyk in DJ slots.
Turweston Aeroderome will host the event from May 24-25.
Celebrate 10 years of Valve with Metropolis @ Ministry of Sound on Friday 14th March 2008!
You may have heard rumblings, felt a change in the wind and seen a darkening of the clouds. Get ready; big things are happening as northern giants and promotional powerhouse Metropolis prepare to move south for 10 years of the Valve Soundsystem!
Having conquered Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield there isn’t a clubber up there who hasn’t felt the awesome power of these the undisputed kings of Northern Drum and Bass, and now it’s our turn! Powered by one of the best soundsystems in the world, Valve founding fathers Dillinja & Lemon D will be leading an audio assault alongside a roll call that will have your knees trembling with excitement! Hype, Goldie, Pendulum, Friction, Noisia, Prophecy and Steppa will all be appearing, accompanied by MCs Eksman, SP:MC, Verse, Tonn Piper, Evil B and Switch Skeez.
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The Spaceman cometh.. French dance artist Shonky releases debut artist album ‘Time Zero’.
It has been clear since his very first release, in 2005 (with ‘Let Me Ask You’ on Freak n’Chic), that Shonky is an exceptionally talented producer. At 25 years of age and with little more than two years since his first production effort, Shonky releases his debut artist album ‘Time Zero’ on Dan Ghenacia’s Freak n’Chic imprint - get cosmic.
“The style of ‘Time Zero’ is kind of techno/hypno, with many roots coming from Detroit techno and San Francisco psychedelic house; always super hypnotic.. The album is spacey Shonky world, I used more pads, no vocals and all the tracks have an atmospheric feeling within. They all drive you into a universe which is why I gav
e them all spacey names.. Ultimately, I did what I do the best, danceable tracks.” - Shonky
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New Year, New start, New Me. We’ve all said it! With the glitz, glam and excess of the silly season over the New Year’s hangover and depression tends to kick in. Well not for Housexy!
With every great party comes an often better afterparty and to cure that new year hangover Housexy delivers a funky, fresh wake up call to the new year of 2008. With every party that we have played so far the vibe has often gone on way past closing and the funk, beats and sassiness has kept rolling into the early hours.
With over 130 worldwide events last year and a lot more to come in 2008 the after party looks set to be a long one! With the Housexy DJ’s covering all corners of the globe on their travels bringing our brand of house music to the finest crowds in the finest cities, we have had the pleasure of experiencing some great parties. Each Housexy event is aimed to be a personal experience, when we come to your town it’s your house party.
This album is a much more, sexy vocal affair this time, with tracks from ATFC, Chanel, Mischa Daniels, GusGus, Dave Spoon, Funkagenda and many more ensuring the party keeps rolling. This is now the ninth album in the series and gets us set for another year of the classiest, sassiest, sexxiest parties around. We sincerely hope that you enjoy these albums and parties as much as we do putting them together.
So next time one of our DJ’s hits town, Get yourself dressed for a great night out and make sure you come and say hello.
Welcome to the Afterparty !
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