Over the past 3 years Read The Crowd has forged it’s name across London clubland as an event firmly focused on bringing clubbers the best DJ talent based solely on the DJ’s ability to ‘read the crowd’ In this time promoter Dave Minns has meticulously booked line ups on the DJ’s reputation and ability in this field whether they be a big name or up n coming talent, if they don’t Read The Crowd they don’t play, simple.
Kicking off in January 2004, Read The Crowd has pulled in one of the most diverse DJ line ups over those three years, always supporting new talent alongside big names such as Drummatic Twins, Chad Jackson, NJoi, Jody Wisternoof (Way Out West) Jay cunning (Kiss FM) and Eren (Sancho Panza) plus they have hosted rooms for Boomslang (Cambridge) Smartie Partie (Turnmills) Electrik Circus and Papadisco (The Egg) The Mass and Networking Central outdoor festivals in 2005 as well as hosting a special Read The Crowd all night radio show on Bestival FM at last summers festival!

For their 3rd birthday Read The Crowd have pulled off possibly there biggest line up to date choosing one of South London’s most exciting venues Hidden in Vauxhall as the location for their celebration! Featuring three rooms of breakbeat, house, electro, old skool, dub and rare groove, as part of the celebrations RTC will also be offering all in attendance an exclusive birthday present in the form of free Bluetooth downloads Powered by Bluetooth specialist firm Qwikker these will feature ringtones from headline artists and wall papers to mark the event!

Supplying the beats on the night Read The Crowd are bringing together some of their favourite DJ’s, Musicians and Dancers from the last 3 years:

The Main Room focuses on breaks featuring The Drumattic Twins, the very first booking for RTC and they return alongside The Breakfastaz who perform their RTC debut alongside Apply The Breaks on 3 decks, DJ Eskimo of Magnet Men, DJ Whirley & Tom Real from Functional records and The AV Social fame.

In the House Room one of London’s most exciting DJ/ production duos The Cheshire Catz and Rik Parkinson, Pioneer’s own pro DJ return to RTC and we invite some of the freshest names on the London house scene: Dom Kane, 2 Phunked Up, Cubensis, Rasslin, Luke Danger and Billy Gonzalez to join in the celebrations.

Finally The Bar Room starts the night with the ‘Networking Central National House DJ Final’ between 9pm & Midnight. The final features the winners of the Newcastle, London, Brighton, Cambridge and Bournemouth regional heats. Rik Parkinson from Pioneer alongside select judges will be on hand to judge the winner.

From Midnight The Bar Room hosts a mix of the finest RTC party tunes featuring old skool, breaks, house, dub and rare groove provided by RTC favourites Barry Ashworth of the Dub Pistols, Joey G from Raindance, The Woolwyn Lookers, R-Taye and Mister T and Disco Stu from London’s Origin FM.

Onhand through the night will be the lyrical talents of Ken Mac and R-Taye. Visuals from The Organic Picture Show and NZ Technique firedancers, breakdancers, laser & live percussionists!

Join us for what looks set to be a massive party!

Read The Crowd Third Birthday
Date: 3rd February 2007
Venue: Hidden
Address: 100 Tinworth St, Vauxhall, SE11 5EQ
Time: 9pm – 6am
Line Up:

RED ROOM (house) Cheshire Catz (Fakt) Dome Kane (Xeton) 2Phunked UP (Comfortably Numbed) Rik Parkinson (Pioneer Pro DJ) Luke Danger & Billy Gonzalez (Tic) Cubensis (NZ Technique) Rasslin (Smartie Party) Visuals by The Organic Picture Show

BLUE ROOM (Breaks) Hosted by Ken Mac feat. The Breakfastaz, The Drummatic Twins (Fingerlickin) Tom Real (Functional / AV Social) Apply The Breaks (3 Deck Mashup) DJ Eskimo (Magnet Men) DJ Whirley (RTC) Visuals by NZ Technique, Lazer & Additional lighting by Prolase

BAR ROOM hosted by R-Taye. 9PM – MIDNIGHT the finals of the Networking Central national house DJ final featuring regional heat winners from Bournemouth, Brighton, Cambridge, London & Newcastle. MIDNIGHT – 6AM R-Taye (Funky Fashion) Joey G (Raindance) Disco Stu (Origin FM) Barry Ashworth (Dub Pistols) Mister T (Origin FM) The Woolwyn Lookers

Additional Extras: Poi by Firemonkey, Dancers Plus Bluetooth downloads and CD Giveaways. Live Percussionists.
Ticket Cost: £10 advance tickets/concessions & £15 on the door
More Info: 07906 177 436 www.myspace.com/readthecrowd or send an email to readthecrowd@hotmail.com