Having drafted in Detroit legend Moodyman to round up 2007’s set of Deviation Sessions, Benji B returns to Gramaphone on Wednesday February 6th for the first of this year’s monthly shindigs.
Joining Benji on the decks for the February 6th event is respected Brooklynite Ge-Ology. Whether as a producer, DJ, or visual artist, Ge-Ology is a musical connoisseur who is famed for his ability to flawlessly span musical genres without limitation. Work with the likes of Tupac, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pete Rock (to name just a few) further cements his credentials, but having also worked with Welsh songstress Jem on her recent album, Ge-Ology is not one to be pigeon-holed into the box marked hip hop.
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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 21st. 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’).
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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.
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After the extremely successful and sold-out thirteenth edition in 2007, the Amsterdam Dance Event will take place from 23rd – 25th October in 2008.
Last years edition has proved that the international electronic and dance music industry is recognising the ADE more and more as the meeting place worldwide to do business.
“With the growing global support and after the huge success of 2007, we are confident that ADE 2008 will bring even more international artists and industry professionals to attend and that the conference will be sold out again. The challenge of growing bigger and better than last year’s edition is on” enthuses ADE’s general manager Richard Zijlma.
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Following a hugely successful debut Global Breakthrough returns for its second innings in February 2008 joining forces with premium beer powerhouse Miller Genuine Draft for a 5 day, full throttle ride taking in some of the coolest house DJs on the planet alongside South Africa’s awesome home grown talent with two distinct missions in mind:
1: Expose South Africa’s clubbers to some of the most cutting edge DJs in global clubland, covering a whole spectrum of genres.
2: Give International clubbers the opportunity to escape the cold, check out the city’s vibrant scene and party all day and night at some of the most jaw-dropping locations on the planet!
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Radio 1 and the GCAP network show their support and belief in The Journey Continues with full playlist additions across each station and network. Tipped to be a massive smash hit single and featuring a superb vocal from legendary St Etienne vocalist Sarah Cracknell, The Journey Continues was added to Radio 1’s ‘Upfront’ playlist an impressive 7-weeks ahead of release date and has steadily risen from the C-list to it’s current position on the B list.
Support from mainstream DJs Chris Moyles and Scott Mills give good indications the station are fully behind the record and show promising signs for a further rise to the A-list.
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Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? We can’t believe a year has almost passed and that February 2nd is the 1st birthday for one of the UK’s most exciting young parties!
Filth celebrates its birthday with a truly fierce line-up for a two part wonkathon featuring none other than Jonathan Ulysses and Out of Office as headliners, it’s a hidden little gem to contend with. Also headlining Part 1 is Cr2 records newest talent Danny Freakazoid. Known for his outstanding production work as much as he’s loved for his enthusiastic behaviour behind the decks, his filthily smooth grooves have bought him attention from A-listers all over the world. When the people behind Filth say it’s time to celebrate and party then it is something not to be missed.
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Mr Basshunter is sitting at No 1 in the midweeks, knocking off the X Factor winner. He’s achieved this without ANY national radio airplay.
DJ and Cyber Geek Jonas Altberg, aka Basshunter, wrote the European hit in his bedroom. The track, about his love for a girl he met on the internet, captured the hearts of Sweden and it went on to become an instant online phenomenon. It smashed its way to the top of the charts across Scandinavia and within weeks he had become their biggest debut selling artist ever!
With meteoric momentum Basshunter exploded internationally, going onto secure the number 1 spot in Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The track also caught on in Germany where it successfully stayed at the top end of the charts for six months! He’s now about to score his first UK No 1 with the English version of this track.
It was with a huge amount of excitement and some trepidation that DJ Marky & Friends launched in January 2005, with Marky’s first five hour set in the UK navigating totally uncharted territory in club land. The line up included Gilles Peterson and Bugz In The Attic, a marked step away from the conventional programming of drum & bass line ups in and around the capital. The night was one of the best ever here at The End, and one of the most pioneering drum & bass events in the world was born, pushing the boundaries of what people expected from a D&B night, paving the way for Andy C’s three hour sets at Ram, breaks and dubstep DJs in Shogun Audio’s main room and a rash of new nights round London featuring drum & bass DJs playing alternative sets.
In the years since, Marky’s hand-picked line ups have ranged massively, taken in some of the biggest names in drum & bass as guests, such as Fabio, Zinc and Goldie, taken DJs right out of their comfort zones with Marcus Intalex playing techno, High Contrast playing disco and Total Science playing old skool hip hop and had a massive variety of non drum & bass DJs grace the decks too, from Patrick Forge to Ben Westbeech to Norman Jay. For the third birthday party however, DJ Marky has concocted a line up that perhaps perfectly epitomises the ethos of DJ Marky & Friends, with an eight hour set from the man himself in the main room and the incredible Jazzanova in the lounge.
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Will.i.am has lent his support to a new music education bus which Yoko Ono has dedicated to her late husband John Lennon.
Black Eyed Peas star and solo man Will performed at the unveiling of the bus in Las vegas yesterday (January 7).
Ono told reporters: “Music is power. Music is light as opposed to darkness. Let’s be a family of light.”
With her latest mission, Yoko’s bus will go on tour teaching children across America and Canada the basics of recording music.
“Let us be with the light and see that we can survive.”
State-of-the-art technology has been incorporated on-board the bus which will tour schools throughout 2008
The full registration details for this summer’s Glastonbury Festival have been announced.
Tickets for the event will again only be available to those who register, with the ballot opening from February 1- 29.
People interested in going will be required to register with a photo and contact details on the event’s official website or with a registration form.
As previously reported, tickets will actually go on-sale on Sunday, April 6. Visit www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk for more information.
Glastonbury 2008 takes place on June 27+28+29. There are currently no details about the line-up for the festival.
One of the biggest heavyweights of the global music scene, Godskitchen has been at the forefront of dance music since its inception in the mid 90’s. After the successful Godskitchen Global Gathering album released this summer, they return to deliver Godskitchen Trance Anthems, a journey into some of the biggest and best moments in the clubs history.
Godskitchen Trance Anthems is a triple CD featuring a varied mix of straight up anthems, fresh remixes and edits of ‘oldie …but goldie’ tunes, including rare mixes of much sought after anthemic tracks, AND showcases future anthems that have been vigorously road tested on one of the most influential dancefloors on the planet!
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These are tough times for our industry but there is always a place for people who are serious about what they do. Proving that we’ve never felt more sure of our talented Toolroom family, we are excited to be launching a brand new SUB-LABEL, entitled “LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL”.
As Mark Knight explains, “This is the evolution of our Leaders Of The New School EP series, which gives artists the opportunity to release on a bigger label… both up-and-coming artists who are creating hot music that’s rocking dancefloors across the globe, AND artists that have been working the scene for years but not necessarily had the spotlight they deserve.”
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Its that time again as SoulHeaven launch into 2008 with an almighty BANG celebrating another birthday only this time in heavyweight style as we very proudly present true LEGENDS of all things House . . MASTERS AT WORK !!!
On Saturday 26th January 2008 LOUIE VEGA & KENNY DOPE grace the hallowed turntables of SOULHEAVEN at the mighty MINISTRY OF SOUND for the first time in almost 5 years, and who knows when it will happen again so this event will be truly spectacular.
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Michael Jackson will play a record-breaking 30-date residency at the O2 Arena in London this year, it has again been claimed.
The pop superstar has been linked with a live return in recent months, both as a solo performer and with his old band, the Jackson 5.
According to reports in the UK press over the weekend, Jacko will be paid £1 million per show, raking in £30 million in total.
Last year, Prince hosted a 21-concert run of gigs at the reopened venue, which was formerly the Millennium Dome.
Michael Jackson is also said to be working on his first album of new material since 2001’s “Invincible” with will.i.am and 50 Cent.
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