House is a frequency!

May 17, 2007 | New Label Lauch : RAISE
Raise promises some special releases over the coming months, but full focus has to remain on Raise's debut release from the *Inland Knights* themselves. *'The High Rise EP'* is vintage Inland Knights. The release has flavours of some of their earlier work, yet it its overall feeling is one of forward thinking and exceptional production quality. The EP has three distinct and immense house records. '*Do Your Thing'* takes centre stage on the A-side, and on the flip there are two equally distinct and quality cuts in the form of *'Straight **Up'* and *'Bust this'. *The EP was a highlight of the Lawnchair Generals set at this years Winter Music Conference, and for the very few who have this release on promo, it's considered a very special record.

*feedback*
Name: LawnChair Generals
Favourite Track: Do Your Thing, Straight Up
Overall Feel: Good
Comments: Andy and Lawrence deliver aas promised. Punchy kits and memorable hooks makee this a winner.

Name: chris coco
Location: london
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: good funky groove, great for summer gigs

Name: dj heather
Location: chicago
Chart Place: 2
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: The Knights keep getting better and better. Fantastic ep all round.

Name: phil weeks
Location: paris
Favourite Track: all is dope !!!!!!!!!!!
Chart Place: 1
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: i ve been killing "Bust this" for a while now
i love the 2 other cuts.

Name: Raoul Belmans
Location: Leuven, Belgium
Chart Place: 2
Overall Feel: Excellent
Comments: Been playing Do your thing already for a while now and still sounding super fresh to me! Works the floor everytime from Brazil to Japan! Bust this is also a wickek tune! Congrats with the new label!

April 19, 2007 | Stalter Hogan - Space Cadillac
that's right. one of the most anticipated records of the year is now available for pre-release digital download at

www.stompy.com

7 mixes in all, including several mixes that will not be on the vinyl release.

white lotus society "space cadillac"

original mix, jt donaldson remix, derrick carter vocal and dub, john larner mix, cubase dan vocal and dub.

vinyl will follow in two weeks

Disk 1 : Download HERE

Track list Disk 1
01 - Chuck Love - Beautiful Thang (Bryan Jones Remix) - OM
02 - Bryan Jones - Pictures & Sounds - South Ring
03 - Bryan Jones - No Job - Fetish
04 - The Sellars - Lets Live - Bryan Jones Housey Dub - Quiet City
05 - High Caliber - Free Your Mind - Guesthouse
06 - Bryan Jones - Everyday - Amenti
07 - Fraidso - Holdin On - Bryan Jones Remix - Greenhouse
08 - Bryan Jones - Jackmaster Jazz Jockey - Blackcherry
09 - Toe Jam ft. Rachel Modest - You Cant Hurt Me - High Caliber Dancefloor Bassline Mix - Robsoul
10 - Andrew Phelan & Origami ft. Brown - We Carry On - Bryan Jones Remix - Prismatic
11 - Bryan Jones & Aaron Perez - Night Job - I2
12 - Richard Les Crees - Sunshowers - Bryan Jones Remix - I2
13 - Bryan Jones - Back Again - Fetish
14 - Bryan Jones - Baby Fever - Jackin Tracks
15 - Bryan Jones - Groove Foundation - Jackin Tracks
16 - Bryan Jones & Scud Bloom - Devotion - Aroma
17 - Bryan Jones - Dutch Moonshine - Ringside
18 - Todd Edwards & Damon Trueitt - Stormy Day - Bryan Jones Remix - I2

DISK 2 : Download

Tracklist Disk 2
01 - The Sound Republic - Insomnia - Bryan Jones Remix - Control
02 - Bryan Jones & Scud Bloom - Devil Delay - Spatula City
03 - Bryan Jones - Make You Move - Ringside
04 - Bryan Jones - 100% Fly - Control Digital
05 - Bryan Jones - Get Loaded - Nine
06 - Bryan Jones - Vibe Like Tonight - Ringside
07 - Bryan Jones & Paul Anthony - Accelerator - Sure Player/Re-Freshing
08 - Leon Du Star - Filter Disco Revival - Bryan Jones Remix - Re-Freshing
09 - Bryan Jones & Paul Anthony - Frequent Flyer - Re-Freshing
10 - Bryan Jones & Paul Anthony - Got The Groove - Sure Player/Re-Freshing
11 - Bryan Jones - Face It - Control Digital
12 - Bryan Jones & Paul Anthony - The Other Side - Re-Freshing
13 - Bryan Jones - Flatline - i! Records
14 - The Sellars - Lets Live - Bryan Jones Electronic Vocal Mix - Quiet City
15 - Kid Creme & Harrison Crump - Cant Believe - Bryan Jones Instrumental - Hump
16 - Kaskade - Lets Live - Bryan Jones Remix - Ultra

March 27, 2007 | Interview with JAY WEST
Check the spotlight section for interview.

Pablo has been related to music in almost every way posible. Born in Rosario, Argentina; ever since his childhood he developed a huge passion for the art of sounds, and later, already in his teenage years, he formed and leaded several rock bands as a composer, singer, guitar, key player and front man. His love for the creation of rithms and melodies grew in time, and he began learning and falling in love with funk and disco from the past era. Obsessive collector of Lp´s and always opened to new sources of inspiration he discovered House Music while visiting the mediterranean coast of spain, and inmediately fell in love with this sexy branch of dance music that had all the ambition of the styles he got familiar with. Attracted by the sounds coming from the west coast of USA, where Chicago house was starting to fuse with different rithmic currents at the end of the 90’s, he developed a unique and particular style making himself heard as a dj and quickly earning a spot in the evergrowing local and international scene. He had important residencies in his city in the biggest clubs for thousands of people to discover the unknown sounds of house.

The memories of poolside afterhours in his hometown with hundreds of people dancing to the beats of funk til the sun comes out won´t ever leave his mind. Always considered a songwriter overall, his career inside the studio was rocketed fast. With solid productions (under his JAY WEST alias) that receive constant support and charts from a great variety of mainstream djs like Mark Farina (Who included one of Jay´s tracks on his Essential Mix Live for BBC Radio 1), Hernán Cattaneo, Inland Knights, Satoshie Tomiie, Dj Heather, Johnny Fiasco (Who licensed one of Jay´s tracks for his OM Records Winter Sessions CD), Amir Javasoul, Jason Hodges, Jay Tripwire, Tyler Stadius, Randall Jones, Jacob London, Grant Dell, and many more…it could be said that almost every house set around contains one of his works! Jay West has become a really solicited name for the main labels in the industry. Prestigious imprints like DROP MUSIC from UK, AGAVE, LOWDOWN, BLOCKHEAD or GUESTHOUSE, they already released several Jay west works really well received by the international house heads and critics.

In 2005 and 2006 he was part of the Winter Music Conference in Miami presenting his new material along with the biggest names in the scene such as Dj Heather, Johnny Fiasco, Jon Lemmon, Desyn Masiello, Justin Martin, Demarkus Lewis, Joshua Collins, Jay Tripwire, Asad Rizvi, Dan Berkson, Slater Hogan, Amir Javasoul, Dr Kucho, etc… He has already toured Northamerica several times with presentations in its most important cities and venues with great success, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, San Diego, etc, besides being a usual in the most important clubs all over southamerica. Pablo has already played in many cities and countries always carrying his particular style and his excellent dancefloor and mixing skills. 2007 will be the year of his first Europe, Australia and Southafrica tours. His sets, always fun, original and full of funk, have made thousands of people dance. He has been invited to share his music live in the most important radios and websites worldwide. He was also part of the Southamerican Music Conference (w/ Nick Warren, Dj Dan, Richie Hawtin, Green Velvet, Eddie Richards etc…) in Buenos Aires on december of 2004 as a panelist directing production workshops and seminars, and he played his dj set in some of the most important parties in southamerica (BUE Fest – Personal Fest). Artists the size of Hernan Cattaneo, or Inland Knights have called him one of the most promising house music producers and his presence in the best labels around with more than 15 releases, proved them right.

As Jay West he has produced a great amount of remixes for lots of labels (See discography), he has remixed important names like Shawn Ward, Sound Navigators, Troydon, Matt Shrewd, Can Costa, Joshua Reynolds, Samuel L, etc… He´s also been remixed by Greenskeepers , Patrick Turner, Morgan Page, Swirl People, Dj Freestyle, amongst others…. He has worked side to side with talented artists, always searching for originality and variety, teamates like Matt Shrewd (they work as Pushin Boundaries), Diego Cid, Manuel Sahagún or CPM (as The Candy Dealers) have worked with him. In 2006 he decidedto take a step forward and started his own label FLAVOR RECORDINGS, based in UK y along with his partner Matt Shrewd. Flavor´s first couple releases have made the label already one of the scene´s favourites. Artists like Da Sunlounge, Inland Knights, Toka Project, The Littlemen or Kinky Movement are part of the label´s roster (www.flavorrecordings.com). Always defying himself to improve and with a heavy schedule of gigs and releases, every year is a new challenge for Jay, with lots of new projects and trying to break more boundaries.

March 21, 2007 | Chris Grant WMC PROMO DOWNLOAD
That's right. Just look up at the top and hit the button and burn it and put it in your car and then make a sandwich and then enjoy and then turn up the volume and then keep driving faster. I could come up with a few more run on sentences, but in the meantime, just get the mix and pass the word!

Tracklist
1. Mastiksoul - Hula Hula - Tango
2. LC - Purple - Below the Radar
3. Rithma - I wish I Could Be Beautiful - Om
4. ?? - In Da Groove (Bryan Jones rmx) - CDR
5. The Sound Republic - Funkyard Junk - Spatula City
6. Anhanguera - Rock da Hauz - CDR
7. Organized Crime - Freak Delight - CDR
8. Loopity Goofs - Nervous System - Robsoul
9. Matthew Brian - Round Girls - 5280 Music
10. DJ Banjo From Japan - The Drunks Present - CDR
11. The Sound Diggers - Sugar Monkey - Kolour
12. The Trackheadz - I Believe - NRK
13. Unknown Artist - Gipsy (Kink rmx) - CDR
14. PARKER LEWIS CANT LOSE BITCHES

DOWNLOAD

Chris Grant MArch Chart
1. Leon Louder - Tell Me About It - Good Family
2. Chris Grant - Slow Your Roll - Odds and Ends
3. Sound Navigators - Shredded Groove - Lingo
4. Neil Bainbridge - Radio Tonic (Bobby & Klein rmx) - Kolour
5. Mr. Fuckin Busy - Dick In A Box edit (this aint gettin old for me) - CDR
6. Rock Da Hauz - Anhanguera - CDR
7. Greenskeepers - Lazy Nina - DAE
8. Craig Hamilton - School of Chicago (Chris Grant Rmx) - Bassmint
9. Trailmix ft. Alicia - Dutch Crunch - Tweekin
10. Frank Solano - Right Into Your Arms - CDR (Hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot)
11. The Littlemen - Whats The Time - Mobility Super Traxx Extreme
12. Mastiksoul - Whisper - Tango

February 23, 2007 | **********PRESS RELEASE********** Micky Slim, Kinky Movement, Jon Gurd, Anil Chawla, DIRTYdubbin , Frisky Crew & loads more!
DIRTYdubbin at Hidden 2nd March 07

Special guests: Micky Slim, Jon Gurd & Kinky Movement

DIRTYdubbin take over Hidden(Vauxhall) on the 2nd March 07 for a night of Filthy Grooving Electro House Technology.

Hidden will be transformed into a playground for like minded clubbers who will experience the best in Deep / Jackin’ / Funky / DIRTYelectro house by some of the best DJ’s the UK has to offer. The venue’s 3 floors will feature 27 DJ's, including 4 headlining DJ’s & percussion drummers, whom will all provide a backdrop for a night of pure un-adulterated DIRTYpleasure.

MICKY SLIM

Micky Slim, Godskitchen’s Resident and one of the world’s top producers alongside Jon Gurd, Mixmags future hero for 2006 headline the electro floor.

Micky Slim’s Love affair for house began well over 10 years ago but the last 2 years have seen him become a well respected DJ, producer and remixer. His remix of the classic ‘Plastic Dreams’ by Jaydee, ‘Raw Kemistry’ by Chad Lewis and Adonis ‘Rockin Down The House have all received massive support on Radio 1. Micky Slim caught the eye of Godskitchen promoter Mark Gillespie, and soon found himself playing in front of almost 50 000 people ,as well as having his set broadcast live on the Essential Mix. Take a bow Micky Slim.

JON GURD

Jon Gurd has established himself as one of UK’s finest up-and-coming DJ’s and whose studio productions find there way into many a DJ’s record box. His remix of Random House Projects ‘Freakin Me’ reached number 1 on the DJ download chart and number 4 in the Beatport chart and featured on the compilations ‘Addicted’ on Platipus (mixed by Luke Chable) and Electrolush. The release of ‘The Rendition’ alongside Dave Robertson on Cr2 received huge praise from DJ’s such as Sander Kleinenberg and D.Ramirez and featured in many a set on Pete Tong’s Essential Mix. His latest release ‘Our Execution’ on Cr2 is due for release early this year is set to do huge things in 2007.

ANIL CHAWLA

We also welcome Anil Chawla to the tables. Another Mixmag Future Hero, Anil’s releases are receiving huge support from the likes of Nic Fanciulli and Hernan Cataneo amongst others. With a load of new original productions set for release on labels such as Cr2 and Saved, 2007 looks set to be another fantastic year for Anil . DIRTYdubbin local boy’s Sleazy-G & Gavin Bellis will also be tearing up the main room, these two have been setting dancefloor’s alight at venues such as Pacha, Turnmills and the Cross with their blend of Tech and filthy Electro House.

KINKY MOVEMENT

Kinky Movement, hailing from Nottingham, will be headlining the Deep Jackin’ floor. The group consists of Andy Mcloughlin, Lee Eden, Chris Grocock, John Symms and Hugh Turrel. In 1997 Kinky Movement started out as a collective of DJ’s who regulary hosted quality nights of underground house music in and around the Nottingham area. Their DJing skills have also taken them around the globe playing at numerous cities including, San Francisco, Ko Phangan(Thailand) and Prague.

Top Jackin’ duo Bumps & Bonez will also be working their magic on the Deep Jackin’ floor, these boy’s need no introduction, their sets for Space at the Cross are still being talked about and recently having played alongside Troydon(Drop & Freerange records) and UK's Inland Knights they are definitely one to watch out for in 2007.

The Deep House Experiments, Jay & John, two of London’s top upcoming DJ's are joined by Camouflage, Jo Deepa & Jk on a floor that ‘Jack’ would definitely be proud of.

Frisky Crew (Papadiso & Space residents) headline the Funky House floor, with the gorgeous Shylo who is currently residing at Pacha, Hidden and in-demand by many a promoter. The Dirtwerkz boys Adam Robinson and Spencer Chapman well known South Coast lads from Bognor Regis will also be playing their blend of Funky House and Breaks.

TICKET INFO:

With early bird tickets already sold out, this is one event that you don’t want to miss!

Tickets info:
£10 Early Bird tickets - Sold out
£12 Saver tickets still available.
£15 General admission - Door
Ticket outlets:
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.grabaticket.co.uk
Info:
07783341110
07852935639
dirtydubbin@yahoo.com

February 16, 2007 | Catch interview with TROYDON on Radio S.a-Live in London!
greetings all ;)

"Saturday Sessions with the Spin_sta" .....is proud to present the first of our fort-nightly feature entitled "AUTO SHUFFLE" with TROYDON.

(1hour mix including exclusive interview!!!)

date:24/02/07
time:8-9pm (GMT)
venue: Radio S.A studios
how: Log onto www.radiosa.co.uk - and listen live!

Any questions or queries: leigh@radiosa.co.uk

MISS IT AND U MISS OUT!

Leigh...*

Miguel Mig's much anticipated sophmore artist album is finally now complete and is scheduled to be released March 23, 2007 on his own Salted Music label. Titled "Those Things", his upcoming album features many special guest artists such as Junior Reid, Sadat X, Aya, Lisa shaw, Tim Fuller, Fred Ross and Ivana Santilli. Expect big things this year including a huge album release tour.. Be the first to hear sample clips from the album right here! Stay tuned for changes and updates in the next couple of weeks.....

January 23, 2007 | WMC Line up @ Whitelaw Hotel
Party organised by Bryan Jones.

BRYAN JONES : Hey everyone, doing a label party for my 2 labels this year. Im doing the party I did last year as well with Trevor lamont and others on friday too...but that will be posted in a seperate thread.

TUESDAY - MARCH 20TH
"JACK CHICAGO"
12 Noon - 5 AM
Whitelaw Hotel
FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY/ALL NIGHT

There will be plenty of cd, vinyl, sticker, and t-shirt giveaways courtesy of Control/Ringside Recordings as well.

Lineup:

Gene Farris – Amsterdam/Chicago
(Farris Wheel, Defected, Cajual, Control)

Diz - Chicago
(OM, Classic, Robsoul, Seasons)

Terry Mullan – San Diego/Chicago
(Catalyst, Robsoul, F-111, Moonshine)

Bryan Jones – Chicago
(Control, Ringside, Jackin Tracks, Spatula City)

The Sound Republic - Chicago
(Spatula City, Control, Guesthouse, Aroma)

Olivier Desmet – San Francisco
(Amenti, Tango, Myna, Nightshift)

Hector Morales – Oakland
(Minority, Robsoul, Nightshift, Lowdown)

Kinky Movement - UK
(Drop, Amenti, Tango, Mobile Trax)

Fabio Bacchini - Italy
(Control, Ringside, Jackin Tracks, DAE)

Ricardo Rae - Australia
(Control, Guesthouse, Aroma, Tango)

Massimo Dacosta – Belgium
(Robsoul, Lowdown, Doubledown, Icon)

Ion – St. Louis
(Aroma, Blackcherry, Tango, Control)

Sound Navigators – Milwaukee/Chicago
(Control, Jackin Tracks, Doubledown, Blockhead)

Scud Bloom – San Francisco/LA
(Control, Spatula City, Aroma, Detour)

Chris Santiago - Chicago
(Control, Robsoul, Blackcherry, Uniform)

Leon Louder - Montreal
(Control, OAE, Goodfamily, UMA)

Luke McKeehan – Vancouver
(Nordic Trax, 2Guerilla, S-Sens, Play)

Bobby & Klein – UK/France
(Guesthouse, Control, Movim)

Filter Freq – San Francisco
(Kontrast, Control, Sucker DJs, In-Stereo)

Homero Espinosa – San Francisco
(Yerba Buenos Discos, Control, Ringside, Tango)

Craig Hamilton – UK
(Flatpack, Control, Kolour, Greenhouse)

J Phlip - Chicago
(2005 BPM Beauty & The Beats Winner)

Aaron Perez - Chicago
(Discodown, i! records)

January 19, 2007 | :::MIX DOWNLOADS!!!!
Fabio Bacchini 2007mix

Link : WINTER 2007 MIX

Track List
1) Leon Du Star - Filter Disco Revival (Bryan Jones Remix) [Refreshing]
2) Oriental Funk Stew & Olivier Desmet - Simple Things (Sound Republic’s Sexually Transmitted Disco Mix) [Tango]
3) Balage - Love We Left Behind (Macams Late Night Jack Mix) [Hermosa Cdr]
4) Groovy M & Naasty Andrew - Music [Cdr]
5) Count Funkula - Corruption [Blue Label]
6) Musical Globe - Digital Trip [Cdr]
7) Undercover Joe - Without Your Love [Cdr]
8) Mr Fuzz - The Gift Of Funk [Gotta Keep Faith Cdr]
9) Craig Hamilton - Can’t You See Me [Yakuza Cdr]
10) Fabio Bacchini - Nuff Said [Ringside]
11) Cubase Dan - Eye 4 Eye [Yerba Buena Discos]
12) Gawron Paris - Workaholic Man (Scud Bloom Double Shift Dub) [Kolour Cdr]
13) Blue Deep - U Got [Groove Sense Cdr]

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Chris Grant 2007 50/50 Jack Rock Project Mix

Mix Download : JACK Rock Project

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Introducing REAL TIME HAND MOTION on Spatula city

Live mix Download : REAL TIME HAND MOTION

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THE SOUND REPUBLIC

Mix Download : NYE MIX

Track List
1. Lamanex Turducken Cover [SpatulaCity Records]
2. D-Tech Merecat Music [CDR]
3. Tommy Largo I Wanna Funk [CDR]
4. Cozy Creatures Show You The Way (The Sound Republic's Midwest Warehouse Remix) [Guesthouse Music]
5. Inland Knights Not Crazy [Drop Music]
6. DJ Shark Talk Box (The Sound Republic's Refix) [CDR]
7. Kinky Movement & Special Interest Homage (Inland Knights Remix) [Phobic Recordings]
8. The Sound Republic Get Loose [SpatulaCity Records]
9. Swirl People Lose You [Aroma Recordings]
10. Anyo Housekeeping [Alphabet Music]
11. Real Time Hand Motion Break Ya Neck [SpatulaCity Records]
12. Pushin Boundaries Keep It Goin (Ricardo Rae's Bump N Wiggy Remix) [Guesthouse Music]
13. The Bald & The Beautiful Bacon Chambers [Odori]
14. Jesse Rose & Sinden Me Mobile (Duckbeats Ringtone Riddim Mix) [Made to Play]
15. Playgroup ft. KC Flight Front 2 Back (Switch Remix) [ZYX Music]
16. Troydon Drop It (Chuck Daniels Egg Drop Mix) [Spatula City Records]
17. Sexual Chocolate WTF [Junky Trunk Records]
18. The Sound Republic Funkyard Junk [SpatulaCity Records]
19. Lamanex Sweat Pheasant [SpatulaCity Records]
20. Real Time Hand Motion Who Got It [SpatulaCity Records]

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BRYAN JONES

Mix Download : HOUSE DJ MIX

Tracklist

01. Lamanex - Turducken Cover - Spatula City
02. Solo - Groovin Tonight (Fabio Bacchini Remix) - Hermosa
03. Jazzy Eyewear - Found The Way - So Sound
04. Fabio Bacchini - Easy Love - Ringside
05. Littlemen - Hit Dat Dog - Mobile Trax
06. Tom Special Interest & Andy Kinky - Homage (Inland Knights Remix) - Phobic
07. Tommy Largo - Keep It Movin - Kolour
08. Tiger Sprouts - Late Night Shopping - Dirty South
09. Ricardo Rae - Lead The Way - So Sound
10. Jak Jaxon - Love On The Dancefloor
11. Count Funkula - Spudda Dudda Do - Blue Label
12. Ricardo Rae - Half Steppin - Guesthouse
13. Littlemen - Brassboot
14. Lamanex - Sweet Pheasant - Spatula City
15. D-tech - From The Soul
16. OCG - Pump Dance (DJ Sneak Remix) - Dlectable
17. Tommy Largo - Robbing & Stealing - Kolour
18. Jason Roomsa - (Johnny Fiasco Remix) - Revival
19. Mark Grant ft. Russoul - Guessin Again - Blackstone

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JOEY YOUNGMAN MIX

MIX DOWNLOAD : LIVE@META LOUNGE

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Manual Sahagun

Mix Download : Promo MIX

Track List :

01. Patrick Turner And Angel Red - Strange (Odori)
02. Lance DeSardi - Boing (Pacific Traxx)
03. Manuel Sahagún - Eternal Dream (UMA Recordings)
04. JV And Sifter - Sublime (Sensei)
05. Juke Joint - Say What? (Look At You)
06. Jay West - Hop Down (LowDown Music)
07. Subjekt - Come On (Freerange Records)
08. Hipp-E - Useless (Short Edit Mix) (Rique Music)
09. Sunday Scoundrels - Nothing Goin’ On (Lance DeSardi Remix) (Roam Recordings)
10. Toka Project - Revolution (So Sound)
11. Patrick Turner And Angel Red - Watermelon Man (Eviljack Rmx) (Odori)
12. Rob Brown And Leon Louder - So Confused (Odds And Ends)

January 13, 2007 | Undergroundhouseculture.com interview Lawnchair Generals (LCG)
UHC interwiew with LCG under spotlight Section.

Seattle duo Peter Christianson and Carlos Mendoza, a.k.a. LawnChair Generals have been shaping the future of House music out of their self-made studios since 2001. Based on the brief amount of time the duo has spent manning the controls, the success they have attained is staggering. As goes the old adage, it is quality, not quantity that breeds such success. Along with their talent, both behind the decks and in the studio, and a little luck thrown in for good measure, LCG have simultaneously blazed their way into the crates, mix compilations, and ranks of the world's top DJs.

Soon after the initial jaunt into the studio, their first sonic experiments were picked up by Viva Recordings and pressed into 'The Great Escape.' Their debut EP, called a "hot house hit" by Terry Farley in Muzik magazine (issue 77 Oct. 2001), was released to widespread praise by the likes of Mark Farina, DJ Heather, DJ Sneak, Derrick Carter, Doc Martin, Rob Mello, Yousef, and many more.

Then came the infectious 'U Dirty' EP on Westbound Records, containing the underground hit 'One Thing.' This claimed there was more where 'The Great Escape' came from and that LCG were more than a passing fluke.

'The Truth' on Dizzy's Lowdown Recordings is the label's most successful release to date and is firmly planted in the crates of all of the top House jocks. Tracks from this EP have been licensed for Derrick Carter and Mark Farina's, "Live at Om" CD as well as for DJ Heather's DJ Magazine front cover CD.

Shortly thereafter, LCG's next single 'Tell You Something' hit the street running on July 15, 2004. This second release on Westbound out-did the first, having peaked so much interest when it spiked several sets at The 2004 Winter Music Conference. 'Tell You Something - Else', LCG's remix of their own title track, was chosen by JT Donaldson and Lance DeSardi for their installment of Om's "San Francisco Sessions" mixed compilation series.

LCG kicked off a promising 2005 with their hugely anticipated 5th release, "You Got To / Stop Frontin'" on the Belgian imprint Aroma, licensed to DJ Sneaks upcoming OM Records Mix CD before its release.

The talent of this duo is undeniable, both as producers, remixers and DJs. They have been making dancefloor gold of other artists' work for almost as long as they have been creating their own. After dropping torrential re-workings of tracks like DJ Hal's 'Don't Give It Up' and Swirl People and DJ Heather's 'We Used To Party', LCG remixes are now on back-order.

From as close to home as Flammable @ Rebar in Seattle to as far away as the clubs of Australia and Europe, LCGs' rambunctious two-jock DJ sets have become a required experience for House-heads around the world. The LCG blend is a unique fusion of West coast and classic Chicago-style House with touches of electro, soul, and freestyle-era pop flavor. Their performances further cement the strong impression left by the music they create. And wherever the production path may take LCG, they're likely to embrace respect without forgetting their DJ roots. As Carlos puts it, "Peter and I are DJs first. We make music we want to play."

January 11, 2007 | HOuse in the HOUSE!
Belgium’s Kobbe, a tall towhead, and Miami’s Austin Leeds, a stubby brunette, have become one of house music’s most prolific and eloquent and best-liked production teams. The Friday before New Year’s Eve, they brought their sound — dirty, hard beats; slippery rhythms; “tribal” textures — to Rise for a five-hour set that kept the pressure on dancers almost without pause. Playing to an almost full dance floor, they were a true team: Leeds chose and Kobbe mixed, or Kobbe chose and Leeds mixed.
They stuck mostly to their own work as producers/remixers, to dance-floor hits like Katherine Ellis & Superchumbo’s “Dog” and Joe T Vanelli & Rochelle Fleming’s “Get It On.” But they also have a substantial repertoire of their own tracks, one that includes Kobbe’s “Slave” and his new “The Floor Is the Limit.” Except for a digression into a softer stream of “electro house” at about 3:30 am, the sound hardly changed.

The beat was sexy, the monologues were too, and sex was in the air: dancers hugged and kissed, egged on by a rhythm that was supple, strutting, horny. There were sleek guys and joe-college guys, tall curvy gals and petite gals in butt-tight jeans, some trannys, and a few guys in hoodies or scally caps — a crowd you might find at any bar or club in downtown Boston, house music or not. They were drawn by the sexiness, the funky but not soulful rhythms, the catchy beats, the simple and efficient mixes — overlays from one dark dirty beat to another or quick cuts from a vocal coda to the beat intro of the next track. It was dance music as basic as two-chord rockabilly, and just as raw.

December 11, 2006 | UHC interviews lined up before 2007!
Interviews lined up so far are :

Bryan Jones
Late Night Society
Joey Youngman (Part 2)

Stay tuned for information of their labels, upcoming remix's and new releases, what they have planned for 2007 and much more.

Also checkout the link for 2 of my latest mixes which are up for download on the demo section.

Thanks for the feedback and hit me up with any news or suggestions you would like for this site.

Keep it real
KJ

December 05, 2006 | Louie Vega 2 disk Release!!!
Internationally renowned house music DJ, producer and remixer Louie Vega will release a two-disc collection of mixes and remixes called Mix The Vibe: For The Love Of King Street on Jan. 30.

The King Street Sounds collection will be the 16th volume in the Mix The Vibe series and will feature tracks from some of house music's most progressive artists, including David Morales, Kerri Chandler, Urban Soul, Dennis Ferrer and Mood II Swing. Vega's own Masters At Work, a collaborative venture with partner Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, is also represented. Dope adds live sound effects to the album, while Mr. V MCs throughout.

Vega is one of the biggest names in house music. The two-time Grammy Award winner has a weekly show on XM Satellite Radio and travels to clubs around the world to spin.

Here are the tracks on Mix The Vibe: For The Love Of King Street:

November 23, 2006 | Kevin Yost Upcoming GIG dates
Nov 24 2006
Timisoara Romainia - The Note
Nov 25 2006
Athens Greece - Las
Nov 26 2006
Patra Greece - H2O

Dec 2 2006
Thessaloniki Greece - Sante
Dec 21 2006
Calgary Canada - Mint
Dec 22 2006
Vancouver Canada - Bar None
Dec 30 2006
Deep - Hagerstown MD

Jan 27 2007
Tokyo Japan - Club Yellow

November 23, 2006 | Message from Jay West
"Hello fellas in the east coast, Im gonna be playin boston and other places around, I have an opening in thursday nov 30 and friday dec 1st... Im lookin to fill these dates with fun gigs!!!

If anyone is interested in havin me play...please hit me up: info@jay-west.com

I have some new clips of upcoming tunes in myspace if u wanna check out also

Hope to see u all around!!!

kisses

jay"

November 07, 2006 | Bryan Jones Upcoming Tour Dates!
Here's some upcoming dates

Also....
Thursday November 30th or Friday December 1st - LOOKING FOR EUROPE BOOKING (contact jon@viva-recordings.com) will be in Russia on December 2nd

November 11th - Cafe Deville/Bar Bleu - New York, NY

November 16th - Moonshine - Chicago, IL

November 18th - Silkbar - Sacramento, CA

December 2nd - St. Petersburg, Russia

December 15th - Cape Town, South Africa

December 16th - Johannesburg, South Africa

December 30th - Smartbar - Chicago, IL

October 26, 2006 | New greenskeepers album out now!
Chicago's Greenskeepers have been called abstract, quirky, avant-garde,
irresistible and bizarre. They've written songs in the voice of the
psycho transsexual from Silence of the Lambs ("Lotion") and made
psychedelic-era internet videos starring Tattoo ("Da Plane, boss, da
plane!") caught in a sexual world of tall women ("Philipino Phil.")
They've toured the globe as a four man band of brothers and an ordinance
of auditory assault! Their 3 rd full length album 'Polo Club' is the
culmination of two years of touring the world as a cohesive unit. The
end result is a collection of songs that perfectly captures the insane
genius of the Greenskeepers.

"Best LIVE performance at Winter Music Conference." -BILLBOARD

"Greenskeeepers are the best avant dada group around, different:
idiosyncratic and highly danceable." -URB

"A really interesting band with great abstract story telling." -THE NEW
YORK TIMES

"Heavy rotation - what's blasting out of our offices." -SPIN

"This is good and fun, as dance music should be." -REMIX

*Also includes a special bonus CD featuring Greenskeepers' remixes and
original tracks mixed live at Love (NYC) by James Curd!

Watch for new 12" Single "Polo Club" / "15 Minutes" featuring remixes by
The Rapture, Tommie Sunshine, Derrick Carterand Dimitri from Paris
coming soon!

October 18, 2006 | Sound Republic on Troydon new EP (Patterns in Static)
Hey peeps!

Just wanted to get an official word out on the next SpatulaCity release. SPAT003, Troydon Patterns in Static EP will be dropping in the next few weeks all over the place, and we figured we'd hit you with the artwork and official samples of the tunes, which you can snag here:

Troydon - Shake That Groove Thang (Original)
Troydon - Shake That Groove Thang (TSR's White Ninja Remix)
Troydon - Drop It

And here we go with the official write up for the rekkid:
Fast on the heels of the exceptionally well-received first two SpatulaCity releases, we have another hot platter of wax courtesy of South African transplant TROYDON. With a slew of ridiculously high-quality releases on labels like Nightshift, Om, Greenskeepers Music, and more, we are happy to welcome Troydon to the SpatulaCity family. The first tune on Side A boasts Troydon’s original of “Shake That Groove Thang”, a classy funky number that will go over well with fans of the dubbier westcoast sound. A2 is an absolute terrorizer called “Drop It” and it has a raw minimal and straight-up nasty sound reminiscent of recent output on labels like Freerange and Dubsided. Flip the record over for the B-side, The Sound Republic’s remix of “Shake That Groove Thang”, a track that finds itself somewhere between the raw and minimal jacking business of “Drop It” and “Shake That Groove Thang”’s original. With a chopped piano hook thatwill be sure to get the floor hopping and a sub-shaking bassline, this track delivers on a fully well-rounded EP.

October 18, 2006 | Jazzy Eyewear new relases!
Exclusive pre-release available NOW.

From the upcoming debut album from Jazzy Eyewear, "Cruise Control" on So Sound Recordings, get these Pre-Released gems only at Stompy.

Cruise Control
Possessive
It's a Miracle

This link will take you there:

http://www.stompy.com/Ep/20376

WWW.SOSOUNDRECORDINGS.COM

Only at Stompy!

p/s. Download tha latest mix from Jazzy Eyewear at:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/wlbr54

October 18, 2006 | News From Jamayka Recordings! New releases comin soon (Funk'd, Jamayka, Superpunk!)
Not to fear, we are coming back this week with some dope new releases! After a short 4 month hiatus, The Jamayka Recording Group (Funk'd, Jamayka, Jamayka Soul + our new labels Superpunk and BumpjuicE) is back and stronger than ever.

October 16th brings us 2 new releases (mostly released outside of USA):

Ty Tek + Little Mike "Phrunkin' Ain't Easy" ep (Funk'd Records)

and...

Magik J "Perfect" (Jamayka Soul)

All avail. at fine record stores and coming soon on:

www.beatport.com
www.stompy.com
www.djdownload.com
www.juno.co.uk
www.3beatdigital.com
www.playittonight.com
.....and many more

We're always looking for new great tunes, so if you are producing tuff, funky, big room, electro-tech house bangers, send em to jamaykarecordings@gmail.com (yousendit.com usually works best).

Big love from Chicago:

Jamayka cru
www.jamayka.com
chicago
aol IM: jamaykarec

October 10, 2006 | Greenskeepers Interview
Click the link for the interview with chicago artist Dzine including sound clips of the new album "Polo Club"

October 10, 2006 | Jazzy Eyewear, this weekend in Portland & Seattle!
Don't miss Jazzy Eyewear live in the Northwest Pacific Coast this weekend:

Saturday - Portland
10/07/2006 02:00 AM - Ararat afterhours
111 NE MLK jr. Blvd, Portland, OR 97201,US
Portland Housing Authority Presents:
Jazzy Eyewear alone w/ residents: Matt e Starr, Scottie Soul,
Jon 'Anthem' Al Dente, & Adam Osuna

Sunday - Seattle
10/08/2006 10:00 PM - Flammable @ Re-Bar
1114 Howell at Boren, Seattle, WA 98101, US
Flammable presents: Jazzy Eyewear, alone with Wesley Holmes & Trevor

See you there!

www.sosoundrecordings.com

Get the Jazzy Eyewear digital catalogue only at STOMPY & Beatport
Coming soon the highly anticipated debut album from Jazzy Eyewear, "Cruise Control" on So Sound. 10 tracks, pure house!

September 25, 2006 | And the beats go on without End...
World-famous DJs have worked the decks at Endlessmusic, one of Belfast's most popular club nights, which is in birthday mode. By Patric Baird

The last thing anybody needs on a Sunday night is a history lesson, but when the teachers are some of the biggest names to have emerged from the dance music scene over the last 25 years, it suddenly doesn't seem so boring after all.

Celebrating its third birthday this weekend, Endlessmusic at Thompson's has been responsible for bringing some of the world's most famous DJs to play at its monthly Belfast outings.

Past guests who have graced the turntables at the city-centre venue include legends such as Marshall Jefferson, Tony Humphries and Francois K who, to all intents and purposes, 'invented' what is currently known as house and garage music.

As DJs in America in the late 1970s and early 1980s, these innovators gradually moved away from the popular disco movement by introducing a different musical style to their sets, incorporating a new type of music which was sweeping the gay clubs at that time.

As this new breed of dance music slowly became more mainstream, the death of disco was heralded and the cult of the DJ was born.

Past guests at the Endlessmusic nights have included Chicago house pioneer Robert Owens, old-skool hip-hopper Jazzy Jeff, drum and bass trailblazer LTJ Bukem and BBC Radio 2's Norman Jay MBE.

Guest DJs read like a who's who of dance music.

That theme continues with an appearance on Sunday by one of house music's UK originators, David Piccioni. As the founder of Azuli Records, regarded as one of the most successful independent labels in the industry, David's career as a DJ began in Liverpool in the late 1970s, before moving to New York in the mid-1980s.

He played at NYC's The World club, alongside rising stars Frankie Knuckles, David Morales and Larry Levan.

He returned to England to launch his label in 1991.

Dave's latest project, Club Azuli, is a new CD compilation series, as well as a programme of worldwide events.

One of these you can witness right here in Belfast, as he plays alongside Thompson's resident Steve Boyd.

Tomorrow night at Belfast club Stiff Kitten, another prime mover and shaker of the dance scene, Mr Scruff, takes to the decks for one of his marathon sets.

Hard to categorise, he's happy to play just about any sort of music, ranging from Jamaican dance hall and reggae to deep house and disco boogie.

Although he's technically proficient, his philosophy is that "the most important skill for a DJ is to play great records in the right order - each record must complement the one before, and introduce the one that follows", so just don't go expecting any fancy mixing!

As more and more club nights strive to introduce something that doesn't just involve some bored-looking DJ playing the same old records week in, week out, several clubs have introduced a film show, before the dancing gets under way.

Monthly club Rinka, at Bedford Street's Sasta has gone one better - as well as a showing of Gorillaz' Demon Days Live In Manchester movie, local band Clone Quartet turn in a live performance, on Saturday night.

Rounding things off very nicely will be sets by the resident DJs Sinister Industry and The Voodoo Boogaloo, while Chewie Films provide the visuals.

September 21, 2006 | Bangkok Clubs: House-building
Two recent additions to Bangkok’s Royal City Avenue party zone suggest a greater acceptance of house music. ‘Time Out’ on the main strip had its official opening this month, soon after the arrival of the tucked-away ‘JazzIt’. Both opened as dedicated house music clubs, but how have partygoers responded in a scene dominated by hip hop? We met with the folks behind both venues to ask them.

It is a touch ironic that Marco Wong, the shaven-headed Music Director at Time Out, began as a hip hop DJ on Soi Cowboy sixteen years ago.

“At the time, I liked Run DMC and LL Cool J, so I got my tapes and played rap music. People went crazy, the girls went crazy... So I started DJing with hip hop tunes. That was the beginning of my career,” he recalls.

After graduating to Patpong, he formed an award-winning dance act before becoming Thailand’s first white hip hop singer. Tommy, Time Out’s larger than life Manager remembers it well. “You should have seen the videos when he had hair and everything. He was like the Vanilla Ice of Thailand! It's weird: He's German, but he's been here since he was seven.”

In Germany, Marco discovered techno and house music and was the first to book DJs from Germany to Thailand.

“I moved on from being a hip hop DJ because hip hop became too aggressive. You know, if you go to the Love Parade in Germany, there are more than one million people having fun without killing each other. But you put 300 hip hop kids in one room... So, I thought, hip hop is in the heart and I stopped listening to this kind of music. I started listening to music that makes you happy: trance, house,” explains Marco.

So, is hip hop dying?

“No, no. Hip hop will never die. Hip hop is just out, Time Out is in. I would never say hip hop is dead. Hip hop now seems like fashion. People just follow MTV, follow Channel V, it's not real.

“There's only good music and bad music... Cheesy music is music that makes people dance. It doesn't matter if it's cheesy or not, if the people have fun, they're happy. If there's a smile on their face, then the music is good.”

House music began to fall out of favour when the government began cracking down on drug use, suggests Marco.

“It used to be big, but because of the drug problems about three years ago, things changed. With hip hop, you don't need drugs. It will be the same, you know, but different. It's coming: house music, trance techno. It's coming. It's never-ending. Thai people's blood runs fast and they like to drink. When you drink, you want to move faster - it's human nature. I think, next year, house music is going to be big again.”

Tommy also moved through several different musical genres before finding his home in house. Growing up in Washington DC’s hardcore punk rock scene, he fell into the goth raver scene before working in nightclub security.

“I wasn't a very good bouncer,” recalls Tommy. “I was too nice. I was the bouncer who went into the ladies’ to hold back the hair of the puking drag queen… After that, I got into promoting. Then I started DJing.”

Managing a Virginian indie beer house for “hippies, goths, punkers… and executives” naturally led to a stint managing Bangkok’s QBar.

“Then I did something called Love Launch, all for charity. We only made 250,000 baht from the event, it cost us four million baht to put on. And BangkokRecorder reamed our ass. It was the first event, a lot of things went wrong.”

Tommy stumbled across the venue for Time Out when searching for a site for the city’s doomed ‘Mystique’. They decided to go with somewhere near Sathorn instead. When it was still called ‘Drift’, Tommy tried a few house and hip hop club nights with DJ Octo and DJ Ofay.

“But it was too different for Thai kids. Even the hip hop wasn't the radio-friendly hip hop they wanted. I brought in Lisa Loud, she did really well,” he recalls.

When Time Out launched as a dedicated house club, Tommy says he wanted “a farang at the bar to see a cute girl and be able to approach the table and I wanted a Thai table to see a cute farang and invite them over. I wanted to see what would happen, it's a risk. I don't know whether that's going to work, but so far it has.”

While giving shout-outs to Astra and Tapas for advancing dance music in Bangkok, Tommy doesn’t see them exactly as competition.

“It's something different,” he explains. “We complement each other. Thai-style is one big bowl of rice: We're all the rice and you can be this beetroot and you can be this piece of pork...but it's the same bowl of rice and the same people have to eat from it, so you don't have too much of one thing.”

One of the main attractions so far has been Daniel, the club’s 22-year old Argentinian dancer-slash-model.

“That's the funny thing. I had Angela and Ramona, two amazing women. They are the hottest, most alluring night creatures in the world. One Ramona or Angela meant 70 or 80 lusting guys. It turned out that one Daniel meant that I had more than thirty girls on stage gyrating and thrusting their parts at him. Daniel is the weirdest find in the universe: He's not gay, he doesn't drink a lot, no drugs and if he has a steady girlfriend, he's a one-woman guy - he's a freak!”

Answering critics in our forum that Time Out’s red-themed launch was too packed, Tommy says: “We had over a thousand people for the opening. I really wish we had more staff but we just couldn't hire enough. We had like 1,200 people and only 30 staff. I know on BangkokRecorder, some where like, ‘It bummed.’ It's all valid, I take it all... It's okay, I take all of it with a little salt.”

Across the road, and tucked inside RCA's Block C, JazzIt, opened by Jon Bellagamba, an Italian lover of house music.

After his first club in Thailand was destroyed by the tsunami, Jon moved to a safer destination.

“I always came to RCA and I always believed in this area. Then with the zoning, the parking, the fact that it's easy to get here, I spent three, four months looking around until I found this place. It was a very bad hip hop club. They used to have fights all the time. The guy who ran the club was very young, he ran away and left everything,” he recounts.

So, from hip hop to house, but is the music policy working?

“The idea was to play funky and hip house, but we changed because house... people don't like it,” says Jon bluntly. “And people who like house don't like to go to RCA for house. It’s starting to happen a little with Flix, it took one year. [Before] downstairs was very bad. They change the DJ, they changed the style and now it's better. Then there's Time Out, Astra is a bit of everything. So, maybe. But now [JazzIt is playing hip hop] because it's working. But sooner or later, we'll go back to the original concept.”

JazzIt has hosted several successful parties for the Britpop-loving Dude/Sweet and Arcadia mobs as well as live bands with SuperSub, but alternating genres can confuse clubbers, especially those that don’t read BangkokRecorder’s listings section.

“You've got to know where you want to go...you have to be focused on where you want to go, and go,” suggests Time Out’s Marco. “It's hard to start it off. For example, Pattaya is changing. There are a few clubs that are starting to change to house music. Next year, it's going to be big. Hip hop will never die, but it's going to slow down.”

So, is house music really making a comeback?

“House is coming, not coming back,” stresses JazzIt’s Jon. “All over the world, house arrived and stayed. House is the style and trend. I lived in Miami for seven years, and if you want to listen to [hip hop], you need to go with two guns... because this kind of music is played in the worst clubs. It's cultural, in Thailand there's a gap. The people who like house speak English, they travel or they went to a good school. They're not the normal people.”

However, Tommy from Time Out thinks that Thailand’s party people are ready for house music: “It could take ten years, but the idea is that I make this club strong, I help develop the music culture…

“Then we build a little Ibiza over here.”

September 07, 2006 | New release from Natural Rhythym!
Thomas White and Pete Williams aka Natural Rhythm return to Amenti two years after their outstanding "Looking For Trouble" EP with this superb two tracker. First up on side A is "Give It To You" - a prime time floor shaker with plenty of bleeps and Chicago influences. Check out the chunky bassline, "gotta give it to ya" vocal bits, and wicked keys. Hot! On the flip "You Don't Have To" takes things deeper with sexy female vocal drops and a massive Inland Knights type groove - already licensed to the upcoming Mark Farina Ministry Of Sound mix CD! This one is bound to be a huge record for Amenti.

September 07, 2006 | Advice at PLASA this weekend!
Are you a budding producer looking for that all important break? Do you have the next club smash on your hands but don't know how to get it signed? Then get yourselves down to PLASA this weekend!

Have you made the progression from decks to desk?

Are you ready to start sending your stuff to label?

Are you frothing at the mouth to get a platinum disc hanging up in your toilet?

If the answer is yes to anyone of those questions, you'd best make sure you get down to iDJ's very own A&R sessions at PLASA in London's Earls Court on Sunday September 10!

From 12pm to 5pm we'll have our very own A&R consultation desk with representatives from a collection of well respected labels happy to give feedback on your productions and advice on what to do next. Labels on board with us this year are… Defected, MN2S, Playtime, Adrift and Hospital Records.

Covering everything from funky house to filthy house via breaks and D&B, this is the perfect opportunity to get together with key figures from the industry and get that much needed push in the right direction. This really is an opportunity not to be missed!

Entrace to PLASA costs £18 but with the brand new iDJ you'll find a voucher that reduces the fee down to a cool £8… Not bad for what could be that career changing slice of feedback!

See you there!

September 01, 2006 | KJ - F!%$ That Mix up for download
30 minutes for your pleasure. This ones more dirty but still keeping it real with the beats and basslines.

Starting from Da Sunlounge and taking it all the way to The Sound Republic and then finishing it off with some Jake Childs. I promise the next one will be longer.

Hope you all enjoy it, find it at the download section under music :)

KJ...

August 31, 2006 | One Hundred Years Of The DJ: 1906 - 2006
For an entire century the DJ has been shaping music, pushing boundaries, creating new styles, using technology and discovering the genres which we all love today. Music DJ Centenary celebrates cultural and technological influences on the creation of musical genres by the DJ. You can find out how the DJ has been a driving force behind the creation of different music styles from hip hop and disco to pop and rock & roll. An interactive DJ timeline has been created to take people on a musical journey, with exclusive genre specific radio stations and music videos.

The growth in online communities means that everyone can become a DJ: today the DJ is evolving faster than ever before, people can podcast and blog their favorite tracks and swap stories and ideas in an instant. The era of democratised DJ is upon us, with thousands of personal musical sources to choose and listen too. At Yahoo! Music people can search thousands of tracks, build their own radio station, share it with their friends, plus ask music questions to real people across the globe on Yahoo! Answers – being a DJ does not get more democratic than that. So the next 100 years of the DJ is just beginning.

Discover a world of music and DJ facts

1906 - On Christmas Eve 1906 Canadian engineer Reginald A Fessenden sent uncoded radio signals – music and speech - to a number of astonished ships' telegraph operators out in the Atlantic. Fessenden became the world's first disc jockey.
1943 – Saw the arrival of the first ever club DJ, Sir Jimmy Saville.
1952 - Rock and Roll was born on the night of 21st March, by Cleveland WJW jock Alan Freed.
1965 - Terry Noel was the first DJ to mix records in downtown Studio 54 – and a legend was born.
1981 - DJ / producer / rapper Grandmaster Flash created the seminal record 'Grandmaster Flash and the Adventures of the Wheels of Steel' with 3 decks - paving the way for hip hop today.
1989 and 1991 - John Peel was a DJ driving force behind the search and discovery of fresh new music on the radio – between The Peel Sessions showcased acts from Nirvana and The Charlatans to Ride and PJ Harvey.
1997 - Sasha and Digweed were taking over New York with a residency at legendary Twilo.
2002 - going out to a club had turned too mainstream for some; driving the scene underground to smaller more intimate venues.
2006 – Grime hits the mainstream with rap artist Lady Sovereign hitting the UK charts

August 25, 2006 | TIM DeLuxe, @ THE END
Tim Deluxe, self-confessed ‘Little Ginger Club Kid’, lands at the End and AKA on Saturday 9th September, bringing with him pals Radio Slave and Talvin Singh for a night of top quality house music ranging from deep and funky to techno and acid!

Deluxe shot to fame in 2002 with Latin house anthem ‘It Just Won’t Do’, and since then the ginger one has been busy. He’s got remixes of the White Stripes, Coldplay and Blur under his belt, plus solo productions including ‘Choose Something Like a Star’ and ‘Mundaya’. In the last two years his productions have taken a more underground direction, with ‘Reflections’ and ‘I Don’t Care’ finding a place in Carl Cox and Tom Stephan’s record boxes. Tim is currently about to drop his second artist album ‘Ego Death’ – darker in name and in content to his debut album ‘The Little Ginger Club Kid’, with taster track ‘Espoos Rose’ taking a deeper techno-influenced vibe than his earlier productions. Tim always kicks the ass out of a dancefloor wherever he plays, so don’t miss the chance to hear him fire up main room soundsystem at The End.

Joining Tim Deluxe in the blue DJ booth will be remixer extraordinaire Radio Slave. This man has worked his magic on everyone from Kylie Minogue to X-Press 2, and seems to have the knack of turning everything he touches into a storming acid house dancefloor monster. Check his latest productions – his solo outing ‘My Bleep’ and his remix of The Knife ‘We Share Our Mother’s Health’ – for evidence!

Talvin Singh is one of the UK’s most innovative artists, whose unique fusion of bhangra, drum n bass, techno beats and electronica won him the Mercury music prize in 1999. Following a series of gigs in the USA last month, Talvin is currently in the studio working on new material before he sets off for Australia and New Zealand in December, so make sure you catch him at The End for a rare London DJ set before he goes!

The Blonde soundsystem will be taking over the lounge with their uplifting electro and house. Residents Luke VB and Tim Red will be joined by Front Room Recordings boss Jesse Rose whose releases on Front Room and Dubsided plus productions as Induceve with Dave Taylor (Switch) mean he’s one of the UK’s most in-demand DJs. They’ll be joined on the night by J Tempest.

Upstairs in AKA prepare yourself for five hours of deep bumping Chicago house with US legend Roy Davis Junior. One of house music’s original pioneers, Roy Davis Junior is a dance music legend and won’t disappoint fans of proper underground house music.

Saturday 9th September 2005

‘As One’ presents: Tim Deluxe & Guests

Main Room: Tim Deluxe, Radio Slave, Talvin Singh

Lounge: Blonde featuring Luke VB, Tim Red and guest Jesse Rose, J Tempest

AKA: Roy Davis Jnr (5 Hour Set)

August 04, 2006 | As One presents- Salted Records with Miguel Migs
On Saturday 19th August ‘As One’ presents a special Salted Records night at The End and AKA, as US legend Miguel Migs drops in to unleash a night of deep bumping house grooves.

Originally hailing from Santa Cruz, Miguel Migs has built up a global reputation with his productions and his DJ sets. His soul-drenched deep house fused with live instruments and percussion has created a much emulated and very distinctive Migs sound.

Migs began his career as a songwriter and lead guitarist with Santa Cruz reggae outfit Zion Sounds, and his productions clearly bear the influence of his live musical heritage. When the band dissolved he went into the studio and began producing electronic music, but continues to play live instruments on his own tracks, including guitar, bass, percussion and keyboard.

He consistently releases music that is beloved of DJ’s and clubbers alike, from the sublime funky beats of dancefloor anthem ‘Come On’, to his reworking of high profile artists such as Macy Gray and Lionel Richie.

Having released over 100 original tracks on various labels including Defected, Naked Music, Southport Weekender and NRK, Migs decided to launch Salted music in 2004 with the aim of creating an outlet to release forward-looking soulful electronic music that inspired him.

What can we expect from Migs when he arrives at The End on 19th August? “I like to mix it up and keep it moving smoothly, taking the dance floor through a very spontaneous mix into the realms of quality, deep house music depending on the mood in the room”, he says. “But, whether it’s vocal, tracky, dubby, moody, percussive or broken beat, the sound always remains soulful and funky”.

Migs loves both the DJing and production side of what he does, and tries to keep a balance between his production and his globe trotting DJ schedule. “Music has no boundaries and I get inspired by everything around me! I’m definitely looking forward to putting another live act together in the near future”, he says.

Joining Migs at The End will be international DJ and producer Marques Wyatt, who has been pioneering the deep West Coast house sound since the mid 80’s, with his residencies at revolutionary clubs Helena’s and MAC’s Garage, and currently at his own Los Angeles venue DEEP.

Upstairs, Freerange take over AKA with Kirk Degiorgio and Pash Ostovar dropping dancefloor shaking house, techno, electro and more.

Every Saturday The End & AKA join together to present: ‘As One’ 2300/0700 - £16 The End & AKA, £12 NUS, £10 AKA only - Advance tickets (£15) available from: www.endclub.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk call
08700 600 100 - Fully licensed bar until close

Saturday 19th August 2006
‘As One’ presents: Salted Records
Main Room & Lounge: Miguel Migs, Marques Wyatt
AKA: Freerange with Kirk Degiorgio and Pash Ostovar

July 31, 2006 | Down South!
Nostalgia*
* Noun, (sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past).
- Derivatives: Nostalgic adjective nostalgically adverb.
- Origin: Originally in the sense acute homesickness: from Latin, from Greek nostos 'return home'’ + algos 'pain'.

Think 'back in the day' (or, in this case, night).
Tiger balm, glow sticks and neon lycra, some things are better left in the past.

But it goes deeper than that.
Much deeper.

If you dive back into your favourite dancefloor memories - you'll doubtlessly have flashbacks of moments on some dusty dancefloor which, for a combination of reasons, were almost spiritual experiences.

You'll recall the moments when house music stole your soul.

The guilty 'parties'’ include all our notorious weekend habitats: Fourth World, Foundation, 206, Reality, Sublime and Carnalita... which, like the tide, came in and out. More importantly though, you'll remember the music and the DJ’s, essential elements which still remain -unchanged.

Back then it was strictly vinyl.
Back then it wasn't on the radio.
Those DJs were the ground breakers, the torch bearers, the innovators and pioneers...
The original bad boys.

They are DJs of a revolutionary kind who then inspired, and continue to inspire today's 'hot', 'young' talent in an industry that they helped to establish. They're the people who produce world-class dance music, own SA's top record labels and work behind the counters of SA's finest record stores
- the people who make and move the music.

And they're still the people who'll make the music move you.

On Friday the 4 August they're taking you back, armed with original flavour, bad-ass, old school, deep house beats.

Soul Candi presents: Nostalgia
A Night of Deep House Nostalgia.

July 25, 2006 | Chicago House Music Festival fails to draw crowd!
Chicago's first attempt at throwing an all-encompassing festival honoring house music -- the homegrown brand of disco that transformed club culture around the world -- had all the right ingredients for success over the weekend.

The organizers of the Move! 2006 Chicago International House Music Festival lined up 16 highly regarded deejays and performers (including house "godfather" Frankie Knuckles, Steve "Silk" Hurley, David Morales and Danny Tenaglia) at a captivating lakefront location (the Charter One Pavilion on Northerly Island) to cap off the weeklong Gay Games.

But though the event was in many ways an artistic triumph, with galvanizing sets by house pioneers Jamie Principle, Andre Hatchett and Knuckles, it was a commercial bust. Move! aimed to draw as many as 8,500 fans a day but fell short of drawing 2,000 people for the entire weekend. Organizers were left to ponder what went wrong.

"This is an ideal location for this event, so I'm not sure why people didn't show," said festival director Randy Crumpton.

Hurley, whose sun-drenched Sunday afternoon set was one of the weekend's highlights, attributed the poor attendance to the factionalism that has long plagued the local house community. "I know some legendary deejays who were waiting outside the event because they weren't on the guest list," he said. "I know some people felt excluded, so they didn't help promote the event."

Hurley's business partner, Shannon Syas, thought the event gave the wrong impression to some of the out-of-town deejays. "They're used to playing to 20,000 people in Europe, and to see this kind of crowd in what's supposed to be the mecca of house music, it's like, `What happened?'"

That's a question that Crumpton and fellow festival organizers Frederick Dunson and Thomas Mathes will try to answer before they bring the festival back next year, as they had originally planned in cooperation with the Chicago Park District and the Illinois Bureau of Tourism.

Artistically, the festival offered booming affirmation of house's enduring power. South African deejay Glen Lewis made his first appearance in Chicago, and though disappointed by the turnout, was impressed with the first-rate sound system and the crowd's enthuasiam as he blended African hi-life and midtempo soul into his globetrotting set. Knuckles had his followers bobbing for three hours Sunday during a set that opened with his classic "Whistle Song" and included plenty of old-school disco and a frisky remix of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing." Hurley's set blended inspired out-of-left-field choices such as Ram Jam's "Black Betty" with new tracks from house pioneers Marhall Jefferson, Jesse Saunders and Principle.

Principle's rare live performance by itself would've made the festival a worthy enterprise. The alien sexiness of "Your Love," "Cold World" and "Baby Wants to Ride" remained intact, as Principle infused his two-decade-old classics with falsetto insinuation and high-stepping enthusiasm. "This is our legacy, this is our world, this is our house," he enthused to his madly dancing fans.

The festival got off to a slow start Saturday. Opening sets were delayed by nearly 75 minutes while sound checks were completed and, despite largely cooperative weather, the crowd peaked at an estimated 500, well short of organizers' projections.

Kicking things off on the main stage, DJeremy laid down a drum beat as constant as a metronome, lacing the background with disco and Latin flourishes, and the corduroy swish of scratching vinyl. On the Homegrown Chicago Stage, Lady D opened with a high-energy set that paired playful tempo shifts with robotic beats, soul vocals and free-jazz horn freakouts. "It's true that you feed off the energy of the crowd," Lady D said of her scarcely attended performance. "But you always have to be professional.You don't want to say, `Well, there aren't a lot of people here, so I'm going to bring my B game.'"

Chicago native Derrick Carter followed on the main stage, though he found it much harder to maintain his enthusiasm ("It was a little more like work today," he sighed after his three-hour set). With less than a hundred attendees milling about, Carter constructed belching walls of sound, such as James Brown's catalog reimagined by cyborgs, drumbeats hit with the impact of a Brian Urlacher tackle -- appropriate with Soldier Field nearby --and saxophone blasts rocketed above slinky bass grooves.

Still, an obviously dejected Carter found it difficult to work up any enthusiasm for the performance. "I'm disappointed for the city," said Carter of the sparse crowds. "But if nobody goes bankrupt, they should sort it out and try again. Maybe it'll be a grower."

Later in the day, as sporadic raindrops fell, a pair of vocalists temporarily broke up the propulsive DJ rhythms. Dajae, backed by Maurice Joshua on the turntables, delivered casual-yet-soulful versions of tunes like "Brighter Days." Barbara Tucker, supported by a trio of backing singers, turned her performance into a big-tent Gospel revival, a buoyant "Most Precious Love" cutting through the gray.

Ralphi Rosario closed the first day on the Homegrown stage with a solid, if unspectacular set, his soul-flecked groove attracting a few dozen stragglers.The remainder of the crowd gathered at the main stage where Tenaglia, the unassuming, balding New York City DJ, was holding court. With beats hitting like ricocheting lasers, Tenaglia's performance was part dance party and part intergalactic warfare, briefly transforming the cold blacktop into a pulsating disco.

It made for a weekend of few low points for those who actually attended. Most participants said they hoped the festival would get another chance. "These things take time," said South Africa's Lewis. "The rest of the world knows how great this music is. It's ironic, but in many ways, the recognition of house is still in its infancy in Chicago."

July 21, 2006 | Where it all began! MOVE This weekend kicks off!
House music originated in Chicago and this weekend Chicago will host the first International House Music Festival. ABC7's Karen Jordan presents a look back at how the music got its beat.

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After disco soared to the heights of its commercial success in the late 1970s and suffered a backlash it went through an evolution that was engineered by local DJs who mixed disco with many genres of music set to a heavy drum beat. That innovative sound is still a favorite in Chicago and in dance clubs around the world.
"It's music of the soul."

"They don't have to have a dance partner. They can just get out there, close their eyes and float with it."

"When you're out there on the dance floor and you hear all the beats and all those elements come together, you're in heaven."

"House music belongs to Chicago. Nowhere else."

For nearly 30 years, house music has been a staple in dance clubs throughout the world and especially in Chicago, where it was invented. It's a descendant of disco, which was under attack in the late 70s, resulting in the infamous "Disco Demolition" campaign at Comiskey Park by radio DJ Steve Dahl.

But instead of dying off, disco developed a new style characterized as a hard driving beat that incorporated parts of disco records and synthesizer pop music out of Europe. It also was sometimes paired with gospel influenced vocals.

This unique blend of music was pioneered by Chicago DJs who reached a devoted audience through different venues. One was a dance club once located at 206 S. Jefferson called the Warehouse, where it's believed the term "house music" originated.

"Chicago had no kind of dance club like that when I first moved here," said Frankie Knuckles, house music DJ.

Frankie knuckles moved from New York just to DJ at the Warehouse in 1977, and just recently, that block was named after him. He says the combination of a driving beat and innovative melodies kept club goers on the dance floor for hours.

"They feel uplifted and they feel satisfied," the DJ said.

At the same time, an even wider audience tuned in to radio station WBMX where the same type of hybrid disco was spun by a group of DJs called the Hot Mix 5.

One member was Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, who produced the song "Love Can't Turn Around" in the mid-80s with singer Darryl Pandy. It went on to reach the top 10 in the UK, where house music found mainstream success.

"Over there, we can do whatever we want, it's respected, it's huge. But Chicago understands its home grown music," said Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, house music DJ.

House music continued to evolve throughout the years, but it has remained mainly where it originated, in dance clubs and on the radio, sought out by passionate fans who say they connect to it on an emotional level.

"When I really realized that house music was touching people is when a guy came up to me and was crying when he met me," said Adonis, house music recording artist.

Adonis' song "No Way Back" is still a dance floor favorite.

So are songs by Chip E., who went on to produce a documentary on house music.

"It's not about being misogynistic, it's not about being depressed, it's not about being violent. It's all about bringing loving people to the party," said Chip Eberhart, house music dj.

And a party is what organizers are hoping for this weekend at Northerly Island. The house music festival will take place Saturday and Sunday. Many of the music's pioneers will take the stage joined by DJs from around the world.

July 19, 2006 | The naked truth about house music!
For decades, Brooklyn native David Morales has been a figure in the evolution of house music--and the internationally known star has no problem letting it all hang out.

Morales was once nabbed by a London newspaper while he relaxed on a nude beach, and he used to say that if he wasn't a DJ, he'd be a porn star. He'd even like to pose for Playgirl.

But there's much more to reveal about this Grammy-winning producer, who appears at this weekend's MOVE! 2006 Chicago International House Music Festival. He's worked with an immense list of stars (including Mariah Carey and U2), hosted MTV's "The Grind" and contributed to the YouthAIDS campaign.

Though we were jealous Morales was on a beach in Ibiza, Spain, when we spoke, we tried not to hold it against him.

How do you define house music?

The way I would define it, only the people that went clubbing out from 1984 to 1988 would actually know what house music is. House music is a Chicago sound, because it originated [there], and it was a really deep, dirty, underground sound. Very groovy, bassline-heavy.

How do you know when a crowd's responding?

I'll tell you when you know they're not responding: when they clear the dance floor. Some audiences express themselves louder than others. You may go to a club, and the floor is packed, and you do some great things and you never lose your cool, but they don't really express themselves so loudly. Then you can go some place where the people scream, they holler, they throw their hands up in the air and they show their expression.

I heard you were offered-- and turned down--Playgirl. [Turns out Morales' rep turned it down, without asking Morales.]

I would never turn down a spread in Playgirl! Never in a million years. What guy wouldn't like to spread his body in Playgirl, unless he's 300 pounds and fat? I'm definitely not shy. I want the centerfold. Do you know the number to Playgirl? Call them and say David Morales would like to do a spread in your magazine.

How has MTV changed since you hosted "The Grind"?

MTV in America is much safer; they're more into consuming the general public than breaking new ground. It's one thing to have reality shows, but when you're called MTV, which means music and is supposed to expose music from all around the world, I think it's kinda bulls***. When you go to MTV in Europe, for all kinds of styles of music you have videos.

Should they change the name?

Maybe Part-Time Music TV channel? Yeah, PT-MTV.

You were once shot. Do you have anything else in common with 50 Cent?

I lived somewhat his lifestyle, but I was a little smarter than he was. But at the end of the day, he's a multimillionaire and I'm not. He got himself a clothing line, and I don't.

Would you do a "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" album?

No. Because I'd rather get rich and live to tell about it.

July 13, 2006 | Fetish Recordings Summer Contest
Fetish recordings are holding a contest and all you have to is answer a few questions and send em off to contest@fetishrecordings.com

You can find the questions in the competition section of this site.

Prize :

5 x Records from Fetish
1 x Unreleased record by Fetish
1 x Mix CD from Joey Youngman

Winners will be announced in the first week of August so please get yur answers in soon!

July 07, 2006 | DEF Mix!
The eighth summer residency of Def Mix and Saw Recordings is now in full swing on the island of Ibiza. Subtitled the Peep Show, the night aims to add titillating eye candy to the Ibiza club menu. After all, who wants to stare at a DJ all night?

In the eighties and nineties the Def Mix production unit of Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Satoshi Tomiie and Hector Romero refined and defined the sound of piano-driven New York house. Tomiie and Romero have since shifted their focus to progressive stable Saw Recordings but each summer the foursome reunite for a combined residency at Pacha in Ibiza.

This season’s Peep Show is voyeurism all the way. Pacha has been known to pull a slightly older (but nonetheless sexy) crowd and with the audiences getting sexier by the year, just who will be watching who? The burlesque theme has been carried over to the flyers for the residency, featuring titillating shots by fetish photographer Timothy Dolph, who shoots suggestive but not slutty, pervy but not pornographic images for lad magazines Maxim and FHM.

Of course if you're really square, you can still just face the DJ booth the whole night and enjoy the vocal house of Def Mix and the prog of Saw on offer. But be warned, David Morales often DJs with his shirt off in Ibiza.

The Def Mix/Saw Recordings Ibiza 2006 residency is already underway and will run every Saturday at Pacha until September 30th. Guest DJs include Audiofly, Wally Lopez, Groove Junkies, Laurent Garnier, David Guetta, Lexicon Avenue, Chus and Ceballos, Shapeshifters and Pete Heller.

This Saturday, Satoshi Tomiie and Italy's Audiofly will be the DJs struggling to keep their eyes wandering from the pitch control. Check RA's Ibiza Events Listings for full details of the line-ups each week.

Event Details: Peep Show - Def Mix and Saw Recordings in Ibiza, Pacha, July 8.

July 06, 2006 | I came to break u!
My new mix is up for download " This is ME and I came 2 Break you". Please find it under the "download" section under music.

Hope you all like.

KJ

July 03, 2006 | Season Recordings (Update)
hey everyone,

we are back yet again with another seasons update on a bunch of stuff
happening this week in the seasons camp as we are in full swing of the
summer! this week is no different as we strive to bring you the best in
house music and keep those dj bags, ipods full of timeless music!

FIRST up we have the brand new release of JAKE CHILDS feat ALEXANDER
EAST "INSIDE" W/ CPEN REMIXES for the SEASONS RECORDINGS imprint. this
was a record that has really got our ears burning with ideas when we
first got jake's original vocal mix. this track had CPEN's name all
over it for the remix duties and he came to bat for it! please enjoy
this timeless vocal from the man himself ALEXANDER EAST and the
productions of one of house's new and up and coming producers here for
seasons recordings MR. JAKE CHILDS!

JAKE CHILDS feat ALEXANDER EAST 'INSIDE' W/ CPEN MIXES SEASONS
RECORDINGS

a1. JAKE's original vocal

a2. CPEN's 94 to the floor mix

b1. CPEN's egyptian be bop mix

this record can be purchase in any fine retail record store near you,
or will be on sale in digital format july 7th in these fine digital
retail shops world wide.

June 29, 2006 | Can U Jack???
Acid was a dance craze that became a culture. Read a lot of the literature at the time (at least in the U.S.) and you'd think you were reading early 60s descriptions of the mashed potato and the popcorn. (Something the music reinforced with all those "this is how u jack" lyrics and titles.) Early Chicago house was seen by a lot of American commentators (rightly, more or less) as a cut-rate extension of disco with some added Prince.
Pretty quickly, however, as house clubs became as briefly prominent in New York as hip-hop ones, house could not be denied. As with everything-- rock'n'roll, disco, punk, rap-- initially viewed with a cocked eyebrow as a "fad," acid (and house) thrived beyond all expectations. When it hit England, it promptly upended their entirely pop industry for a decade.

Today, "acid" describes both a moment (the mid-to-late 1980s) and a genre (house music made with the Roland 303 synthesizer). So does this compilation, impeccably timed by Soul Jazz to follow the hipster snout to the next truffle after punk-funk and early 80s electro. (By my estimation we should arrive at Detroit techno before year's end.) People who should know better rag on Soul Jazz, but if you already own all these songs on their original vinyl pressings, this-- despite a generous amount of liner notes and historical material-- isn't for you. But I am guessing you don't. I sure don't.

The first acid track is the last one here. Phuture (DJ Pierre, Spanky, Herb, and Marshall Jefferson) created "Acid Tracks" in late 1985, holed up in their apartments against the harsh Chi-town winter, abusing a piece of technology that was a commercial flop. The Roland 303 bassline synthesizer sounded so wack when put to its intended use that no self-respecting guitarist would touch it. So it was cheap, and that's how Pierre, Spanky, and Herb got a hold of it. There's a MIDI bleep lurking in the guts of the thing, and when the trio cranked the volume and began twisting the knobs the acid house noise came out.

It's kind of hard to describe-- a robot bullfrog imitating a car alarm played on an octave hopping keyboard-- but by now everyone knows it. Jefferson told them to slow it down 10bpm to 120, and showed them how to get it pressed to vinyl. By that point the name had been changed from "In Your Mind" to "Acid Tracks", as it had colloquially become known as "Ron Hardy's acid track." Hardy lorded over the sweat-tippled sardine tin called the Music Box that, along with Frankie Knuckles' Warehouse, was one of house music's two sacred sites. He had played the track on reel-to-reel tape at the Box to ecstatic response, and his kingmaking abilities allowed acid to thrive. As creation myths go, it's a pretty good one.

One the one hand, "Acid Tracks" is the only acid track anyone really needs. They're all variations on that bassline, essentially. The machine does a lot of the randomization for you: Take the batteries out and there's a whole new bassline waiting for you the next time you turn it on. On the other hand, with the right fingers on the knobs, there's room for endless creative variation. Acid is a strange mix of B-sides and lesser-known tracks with a few classics thrown in, but it still manages to hit most of the major acid tropes.

Like the cheesy (in a good way) vocals on opener "This Is Acid" by Maurice, which performs the "rock & roll will never die" role. (Only when a genre is newborn does it get to name more than 50% of its songs after itself.) "This is the ultimate acid track." It's not, really, but it is very charming. Or the spooky narrator of Sleazy D's "I've Lost Control", which anthropomorphizes that "too far gone" feeling of being nose bleedingly fucked up on cocaine. (Or, uh, so I've heard.) Or the synths running in the background of Mr. Fingers' "Beyond the Clouds" that sound like they could be straight off an Erasure record. Or the weird Oompa Loompa chanting on Fresh's "Dum Dum Pt. 2". Or the bracingly crude, jacking drum machines powering most of the songs here, drums that can sound like thunderclaps or a child's rock tumbler, often in the same song.

But here's the thing. Acid gets a little boring and samey in isolation and repetition. Plus, it's club music. Heard in your living room, I wouldn't blame you for pulling a shrug. Acid can be amazingly powerful, catalytic music, or it can be Eurodisco with funny whub whub noises overtop. So, if early house is still terra incognita, I'd actually suggest starting with last year's amazing (and more wide reaching) Trax Records mix. Or the more catholic Warp 10+1: Influences comp that came out in 1999 (and includes "Acid Tracks".) But if you've already jacked the box once or twice, Acid has all the robot bullfrogs and crass drum machines you could ask for.

June 27, 2006 | David Morales - OXYGEN!
David Morales, pioneer of the New York house music scene, DJs at the Spirit Dance Arena at Oxegen 2006 on Sunday, the 9th of July.

David Morales has been DJing for more than three decades and has transformed the sound of New York house music and subsequently the sound of mainstream dance music.

David Morales was born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican immigrants. He spent his youth in a tough part of the Brooklyn projects and dropped out of school in the ninth grade. While working as a cook, he took his first tentative steps at DJing and was turned on to disco music in the legendary New York clubs, the Loft and the Paradise Garage.

By the early '80s, he had built a formidable reputation on the New York dance scene, having DJed in every major club in the New York area. Morales moved on to remix and production work in the '80s, hooking up with Frankie Knuckles to form the Def Mix Productions crew. Morales seminal Red Zone remixes were highly influential in the development of the progressive house movement.

As dance music moved into the mainstream in the '90s, Morales adapted his sound and brought his remixes from the nightclubs to daytime radio play lists. Morales' remix of Seal with Def Mix began a long list of high profile remixes and a growing reputation as remixer to the stars.

David Morales went on to work with artists like U2, Madonna, Mariah Carey and Bjork. Morales has had hits of his own with "In De Ghetto" in 1994 and released his own albums The Program.

David Morales is an expert DJ knowing how to pump the sound, push the crowd with his gospel of house music. So get your dance shoes on and check out the house stylings of David Morales on at the Spirit Dance Arena at Oxegen 2006.

June 23, 2006 | UHC UPdates and Plans for the future!
Site has been updated! FTP site is almost done so those of you patiently waiting for music, it will be up in the next 2 weeks.

New Section Added :
**Radio**

Sections Updated :
**Spotlight** Interview with Troydon (Source SA Media)
**Culture**
**Charts** (Will be updated weekly with the latest top 5 releases making the charts)
**Survey**
**Links**
**New Releases**
**Wallpapers**

I will also be launching a streaming radio session where you can listen to some of the latest and favourites from the sounds of Chicago and San Francisco.

I will also be starting a members section and I have 5 spots open for free membership. Please email me at kj@undergroundhouseculture.com, this will give you access to the FTP site where you will find all the latest music.

Take care.
Keep it real!
KJ

June 22, 2006 | Showing Pride....
The 26th annual Pride Week heats up the Church and Wellesley area with a rainbow-coloured assortment of musical acts of all genres from all over, all weekend long.

The biggest international name at the festival is undoubtedly house music legend David Morales, the Grammy-winning DJ and producer of Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner, who will spin at the Central Stage tomorrow night.

But there are dozens of great local musicians, singers and DJs to check out, starting with the wild Kids On TV show at Buddies In Bad Times tonight.

Montrealer Patrick Dream will give Morales a run for his house money on Saturday, which also features Enza Idol (formerly known as Enza Supermodel and Enza Mayoral Candidate) hosting a charity drag contest for Toronto politicians.

As well, there's DJ Denise Benson, rock bands The Cliks, Betty, Slave To The Squarewave and Bitch & The Exciting Conclusion, a cappella heroes The Nylons and the world music melting-pot sounds of Autorickshaw and Maza Meze to choose from.

On Sunday, San Francisco's Erase Errata headline a day of "alterna-queer" music that also features Dance Yourself To Death, Procon, Dandi Wind and Theo And The Skyscrapers, featuring The Lunachicks' Theo Kogan.

The Transcendence transgender gospel choir play the Freezone lineup, while Po Girl, Toshie Reagon, Jane Wayne's Tucker Finn and Oh Susanna provide rootsier tunes. And finally, there's a whole evening of salsa and swing featuring Evaristo, Swing Rosie and others, and house grooves with Ultra Nate and Sydney Blu. Have fun.

June 21, 2006 | Digweed gives his take on Spin success!
World-famous club DJs get a bad rap. Their reputation for short fuses, unreasonable demands and big egos have put them in a class with tyrannical chefs. But according to John Digweed, one of house music’s biggest names, humility is the essential ingredient in his recipe for continued success.

‘‘I know firsthand how being in control of large crowds can negatively affect people,” Digweed, calling from California, said in a charmingly thick British accent.

‘‘I’ve given opportunities to young DJs. But once they’re used to having a room full of people, their whole attitude can take a dive. It’s a control trip.”

Digweed, who comes to Boston to spin at Axis tomorrow, began his career as a teen in Hastings, England, during the acid house boom of the late ’80s. Alongside DJ-icon Sasha, he helped create what’s considered the first (and still most commercially successful) professionally mixed dance compilation: a document of progressive house music history titled ‘‘Renaissance: The Mix Collection.”

‘‘After you reach a certain level of success, you get put on a pedestal,” Digweed said. ‘‘The trick is to remember to let the music do the talking. After all, that’s what drew you in to begin with, right?”

Music is what Digweed’s latest project, ‘‘Transitions,”is all about. Named for his seamless DJ-ing technique, ‘‘Transitions” started out as a globally syndicated, weekly satellite radio show and now has evolved into a wildly successful podcast as well, with more than 100,000 subscriptions in five months. It’s also spawned a new series of CDs, the first of which arrives Tuesday.

‘‘The whole idea is to premiere fresh tunes on a weekly basis,” Digweed said.‘‘It’s very rare that I’ll play the same song twice on my show, so each week is a new experience. For the corresponding CD series, I think two releases a year gives an accurate snapshot of what the show is all about.

‘‘The music I’m choosing needs to be a bit hypnotic and trancelike with a fundamentally good groove, but it also needs to be a bit quirky. A lot of DJs fall into the trap of only mixing the big records and selling familiarity. I’m looking for the opposite, stuff that people haven’t heard that doesn’t sound at all bland.”

Life as a professional DJ boils down to survival of the fittest, but Digweed believes a swollen head won’t keep you afloat.

‘‘This is my 16th compilation, and I know I’m going to be under a microscope,” he said. ‘‘So I’ll spend six weeks sweating, making sure it sounds as it should.

‘‘But whether I’m mixing in a studio, playing in front of 100 clubgoers or a quarter of a million people on Brighton Beach, the spotlight is on the crowd. There’s no bathing in glory. At the end of the day, they’re not going to dance while looking up at me. I’m merely the conductor.”

June 20, 2006 | UHC Update!!!
Hello everyone. I just want to thank you all for supporting the site and leaving comments. I have not updated the site in a very long time, apologies for that, I am currently in the proccess of moving into my new apartment.

I have worked on an FTP site so i should be enabling access to this very shortly. Alot of music for everyone :)

I will keep you all posted about any changes and most of you have been recieving my email updates. I have not forgotten your requests ;) It sonly a matter of weeks until I do have something more for everyone who visits the site.

Keep it real....
KJ

PS : Thanks once again for your support and patience. I will be back! :)

June 19, 2006 | The Miami Sound!!!
To the untrained ear of a passerby, those beats blasting from behind South Florida's nightclub doors might sound like nothing more than thump-thump-thump.

But whether the music is house, trance, techno or some other mutation, a growing number of industry people say there's a common thread: the Miami sound.

DJs, producers and record labels slap the Miami name onto dozens of compilation CDs each year. But the styles range from disco to chill-out to soul in addition to the usual trance and house beats.

So what, exactly, is the Miami sound?

Swiss-born DJ Ivano Bellini -- whose mix CDs include The Real Miami House Sessions, Miami Afterhours and the new Gryphon Session -- has been a fixture in the Miami club scene for more than a decade, helping start the dance-music label SFP Records in the mid-1990s on Lincoln Road. He's as qualified as anyone to help pin it down.

''One of the biggest tracks in Miami now is called Electro -- it's a little electro with a tribal percussion behind it, and it's happy, but not cheesy. That to me is the Miami sound,'' he says. ``The guy who produced it made it thinking about Miami. He loves the vibe, so he went home and produced a few tracks with the Miami sound in mind, and he was right on the money.''

But being able to nail the local groove is a rarity for an outsider. Many mix CDs -- including the disco and funk-heavy triple-disc Defected In the House: Miami 06, from London; and South Beach Sounds: Miami Music Week, Vol. 1, a compilation of tracks from DJs including Britain's Pete Tong and Steve Porter and Australia's Infusion -- may have more to do with cashing in on the Miami mystique than capturing the local flavor.

BANDWAGON LOADED

''The problem is that most of those CDs aren't made by Miami-based labels or DJs,'' Bellini says. ``There's no such thing as bad publicity in the entertainment market, but it's a little sad that so many people not even close to Miami are jumping on the bandwagon and using the name to make money.''

And it's working, says Ray Kirk, dance music manager at Spec's South Beach.

''When customers come in, they want the Miami sound,'' he says. 'The popularity of putting Miami on the cover is becoming a good marketing tool, because in, say, Kansas, people know Miami is where to go for the clubs. So tourists are mainly the ones who buy them. But most of the compilations that say `the Miami sound' are from the U.K.''

''The worst part is, it's not like we're lacking talent,'' says Bellini. ``We have an exceptional pool of awesome DJs, clubs, record labels, everything. At least be a DJ from Miami if you do a compilation from Miami.''

Blame Winter Music Conference, Miami's annual dance-music blowout that attracts the world's best DJ talent, if you must. ''It's something that got so big that people finally realized Miami is a great place,'' says Bellini. But he feels something akin to the scenes in Detroit, Chicago and New York is happening here.

''The Miami sound is a special sound,'' he says. ``It's a little tribal -- we have a lot of Latinos and they love tribal because it's as close to Latin music as can be.''

Bellini's style has proved lucrative for him around the world.

`TRUE TO MIAMI'

''I try to play true to Miami when I play somewhere else,'' says Bellini, who holds down a residency at Plumm in New York in addition to Friday nights at Gryphon in Hollywood and Sunday mornings at downtown Miami's Club Space. ``That's usually why clubs ask me to play -- because they want to hear the Miami sound. Every DJ here is an ambassador of the Miami sound -- Oscar G or whoever. And I am one of them.''

On Gryphon Session, which dropped last month, Bellini mixes in a futuristic touch.

''It's electro, but not minimalistic electro -- it's got vocals and bass lines, with melodies, some borderline trance-y,'' he says. ``I really wanted it to reflect the sound I play at Gryphon, a progression that's energetic yet happy, still underground but with vocals.''

George Acosta, a native Miamian who started out playing house music but found his niche with trance (check out his new CD All Rights Reserved, plus Awake, Miami and Touched), is another ambassador of the so-called Miami sound. His high-energy sets at Shadow Lounge in the '90s are generally considered among the all-time highlights of the local nightclub scene.

BACK WHEN

''It was the best,'' he says. ``It was real homey, and everybody knew everybody, and I didn't have the pressure of going to the gig and making myself known. I was at home, playing records and enjoying every single part of it, trying new music, older tracks. It was more like a house party, and that's what made it so special. It was just a different time in life. I wish we could go back, but things change.''

Bellini feels the same about his Sunrise Sessions out on the old Club Space terrace. Veteran clubbers still talk about the sets even though Space moved up the street six years ago.

''It was a magical place,'' he says. ``It was something we will never see again -- the right time, the right place, the right sound, the right people.''

Acosta's interpretation of the Miami sound is less specific than Bellini's.

''Basically, it started with that 2 Live Crew Miami bass music -- it was born here,'' he says. ``But we do have a house sound from Oscar, Ralph Falcon and Robbie Rivera. And people say my trance is Miami trance.''

But this doesn't sound anything like Bellini's explanation. Maybe there are just too many DJs in Miami to describe the actual Miami sound; maybe it's more of a feeling, a vibe that captures the city's sultriness.

It might be easier, Acosta says, to define what the Miami sound isn't: the short-lived dance-music radio station WPYM-FM 93.1, which tanked a year and a half ago in favor of a more profitable modern-rock format. Party 93 continued to broadcast online, but it's since gone.

''They were playing a lot of the same old music,'' he says. 'Every time I'd turn on the radio, they were playing the same record they were playing a year ago. I'd always fight about that -- I'd send them music, new stuff, but then they'd just go back to . . . you know how many times I've heard Castles In the Sky? But they were doing surveys saying that people want to hear that, and I'm like, `Who are you talking to?!' ''

Bellini agrees: ``To me, it was kind of a double-edged sword -- on one side it was great having a radio station playing electronic music because we usually have nothing, but on the other side it could be a problem. People get used to what they hear on the radio because it's old and outdated. Then they come to the club asking for it and don't believe you when you tell them it's old and outdated.''

June 16, 2006 | Madrid Music Conference!
Proving electronic music is as strong as ever a new conference has arrived in the form of the Madrid Electronic Conference or MEC for short. The first edition of this pioneering event takes place in July at Casa De Campo in the heart of Spain’s capital city Madrid. The multidisciplinary day programmes will encompass debates, interactive stands, equipment displays, networking lounges, VJ and DJ performances and workshops. Full day programmes are coming soon. There will also be professionals speaking on the social issues that can affect the industry and youth culture in general; this will be unique to MEC. Topics covered will include drug prevention, addiction programmes, social integration and more.

Madrid Electronic Conference will bring together industry professionals, respected producers, artists and more under one roof for 4 days to swap ideas, create opportunities and generally have a great time linking the different area’s of music, art and media in one of the most cosmopolitan and welcoming cities in the world.

The Night events will take place over 3 evenings with one evening dedicated to trance, techno and house respectively. All the DJs have been hand picked for their global relevance to today’s scene. The below names will no doubt add energy and enthusiasm to an event that has been created out of a love of the music scene and a desire to create something new and fresh.

June 16, 2006 | From the creators of the massive SW4, Frantic, Heat and Push events comes a new Sunday clubbing experience King Roc . Jnr J . Raymundo Rodriguez .
Bringing together some of London’s finer purveyors of quality grooves + some very special guests
along the way, Audio sets out to explore and celebrate all genres of house music whilst guaranteeing to keep the crowd rocking and the full on party vibe ever swinging throughout the summer at the
ever popular White House in Clapham.

In our inaugural venture we bring together 3 of London’s most noted purveyors of the London house scene, Jnr J, Raymundo Rodriguez & The Ninja Cowboys are all well famed, each for their own unique sound and unending ability to stir up a frenzy on any respectable dance floor.
Also… introducing The Fox… a lady who is breaking through on the scene and has become noted
for her irresistible choice of funky fat breaks and deep infectious minimal grooves.

KING ROC is our main guest for the opener, a man that over the last year or so has exploded onto
the electro house scene with an impressive accolade of high profile remixes and solo productions, continually delivering to leading labels such as Kingsize, Azuli, London Records and Bugged Out.
A recent re mixer of the legendary New Order track Blue Monday, Mr Roc has also taken his unique sound across Europe and beyond over the last 12 months, pushing his deep & dark electro sound to the masses and the perfect end to the experience that is Audio.

June 16, 2006 | Boston’s homespun house guru mixes business with pleasure
When people think of house DJs, they generally conjure an all-out party character set on dropping tracks and staying up until sun-up, but ELI WILKIE leads a double life. In one weekend, he can go from corporate office to DJ booth and back again to Woburn, where he works as a sales specialist for a font company. “I’ve been in boardrooms and people have been like, ‘Hey, you’re that guy . . . and I’ve been like, ‘Yeah, heh,’ ” says Wilkie. “People don’t know my face, but they’ll see my name and be like, ‘Hey.’ But I downplay a lot of it, basically I’m just busy and I work on the weekends as well.”
Wilkie’s day job allows him to travel (“I’ve tied a few business trips together with DJ gigs”), but his DJ cred is pretty lengthy too. He’s produced tracks as Agent 001 with globetrotting partner DJ STEVE PORTER; he runs the REVERSIBLE record label and has DJed at clubs nationwide in addition to his main residency at Avalon. “People stereotype it as guido or Euro,” he says of the Lansdowne Street gig, “but I don’t think it’s like that anymore. There’s a mix of different people in there.”

Wilkie has always kept things local. Born and raised in the Boston area, he attended UMass-Amherst and met up with a crew that would go on to international acclaim. Christened Silky Wilkie by the Amherst crew, he was one of the last of the scene to begin DJing. He was always aware of raves and such but never thought to give DJing a turn until, he says, “my roommate bought turntables and I was like, ‘Cool! Do you scratch?’ And he said, ‘No, I’ve got this cool dance music from England.’ And I was like, ‘Awesome!’ ” Wilkie was quickly turned onto house, which he still spins today. “I like movement of house music. I like the speed of it, I like the bounce of it, I like the way it moves. I like the way almost every form of music can be expressed through it.”

In the 1990s, the vibrant Amherst scene spawned a laundry list of DJs centered on the GROWROOM record store run by DJ HUSH and BONS. “It was a small, tight scene, but it was some pretty cool people, so most people continued on with the music in some form and are still involved in it.” DJ Steve Porter in particular has gone on to tremendous success. “They hired Steve to work there. He was hanging around there all the time anyway, so they just gave them a job! Steve’s in the middle of a world tour. He’s in China right now, in cities I’ve never even heard of!” A quick check of Porter’s Web page shows him in Xuzhou, Changsha, Yueqing, and Changzhou. He still reps New England, though. His new mix CD, Porterhouse , which was all over the Winter Music Conference in Miami, features nine tracks from Wilkie’s label. “That was a nice push for us. And now that it’s out and going to be coming out in Europe soon, that’s going to help us out a lot. He’s been a big part of helping out a lot of these people, but they helped him out back in the day as well, get his stuff started. A lot of the label is centered on Boston guys, all from the Growroom scene. We’re all growing still and working with each other to put out so much music, but in a more focused manner now. We’re keeping a lot of things tight.” Wilkie regularly plays at Rise and Mantra, but you can catch him this Friday, June 16, at Avalon opening for funky house master DONALD GLAUDE.

Although the BEAT RESEARCH crew throw down every Monday at Enormous Room, they’re bigger than that. Check DJ C, Boston’s own M.I.A. link (his “URAQT” remix was licensed for an official XL 12-inch remix), who begins a 12-stop European tour next week. Mr. C, a/k/a JAKE TRUSSELL, will be bringing his crew’s patented Boston bounce to Austria, Ireland, Israel, and Belgium, and Circuits, for one, wishes him all the best. And though it takes real effort to keep up with the speedy local hip-hop scene, you can catch the Cliffs Notes version this Saturday when local promoters SIX ONE SEVEN throw the 2006 Hip-Hop Awards at John Hancock Hall in the Back Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley Street. Presenters include ESOTERIC, CHECKMARK, DTENSION, ENVY, and BIG HEK. For more info, head to Massive Records, 1105 Mass Ave in Cambridge. Most definitely, this thing will be all the way live. The show starts at 6:17 pm. Of course

June 08, 2006 | The White Isle gets JUICY!
International house label Juicy Music will be making its debut on the White Isle for the 2006 with four succulent house extravaganzas ready to shake-up Amnesia’s fabulous terrace.

Juicy Ibiza will be headed by label head honcho and global house star Robbie Rivera. Fellow A-listers Benny Benassi, Coburn and Antoine Claraman will also guest; with some surprises planned along the way too.

The brand new promotion will bring with it the very best of Juicy Music; oozing some of the best new level tracks from a collection of the world’s best house music producers. David Guetta, Steve Angello, Coburn, Stonebridge, Superchumbo and Sebastian Ingrosso are just some huge talents that have contributed to the label in the past year.

Everything from Balearic beats and sexy pounding basslines to dirty grooves and vocal stormers will be the order of the day for Juicy Ibiza. All set in the sumptuous terracotta clad surroundings of one of the world’s most famous terraces.

Juicy Ibiza will run alongside Amnesia’s legendary foam parties.
To celebrate their Island debut Robbie Rivera will mixing this summer’s Amnesia compilation which aims to squeeze all Ibiza’s wonderful shiny sunshine into one must have double compilation. Called People of Ibiza vs. Robbie Rivera it’s due for release end of June ’06.

May 31, 2006 | Frankie makes some noise
NEW YORK (Billboard) - If you want something released right, release it yourself. That is Frankie Knuckles' stand.

The genteel house music godfather is returning to the spotlight with a new album and a fresh reproduction of a 15-year-old classic, both of which will come out on his newly launched label Noice Music.

"I have learned that there's a lot of people who really believe in me and my craft," he says. "Even if I'm only making music for me and them, that's fine. I'm not going to lose my shirt, but it's better that I have control over it rather than put it in the hands of somebody who don't have a clue."

Knuckles' career during the last decade has focused primarily outside the United States because, he says, "you go where you're wanted." He is, however, still one of the most beloved figures in American dance music. Noice's first release is a rerecorded and remixed version of the 1991 instrumental hit "The Whistle Song." The track can still wrap a dancefloor with love. "It's kind of like an old blanket, isn't it?" Knuckles says.

Noice's other ambitious project is a track-by-track reimagining of Knuckles' 2004 album "A New Reality" called "DubJay's D'Light." The new versions were created by a who's who of house producers from David Morales to Blaze, and all are dub versions that feature snippets of vocals instead of the full vocal to add to the tunes' international appeal.

"I've noticed that a lot of DJs, especially around the world, rely more on dubs," Knuckles says. "It's easier when the songs are not convoluted with so many vocals, because depending on what country you're in, there could be a language problem."

"D'Light" was inspired by U.K. club-soul trio Imagination's 1983 release "Night Dubbing," which reinterpreted its 1982 album "In the Heat of the Night" in the same way, and included a remix by Larry Levan.

May 26, 2006 | Detroiters prep for DEMF booty shaking
The bass and beats will spill out into downtown’s streets this weekend as Paxahau, a local production company, hosts "Movement '06: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival." This year, the fest’s seventh, will see the many changes.

Once again, quite a few people were worried the festival wasn’t going to occur again after Kevin Saunderson announced he would not be organizing it.

“The festival is now a tradition,” said Sam Valenti IV founder, CEO and A&R of Ghostly International, an Ann Arbor-based electronic label. “It’s impossible to imagine kicking off summer without it. I was nervous we would lose it, but luckily a great team came to its aid.”

Valenti said he was looking forward to seeing “a lot of people,
especially the J Dilla tribute featuring Detroit's finest Hip-Hop MCs.” Spectral Sound, a division of Ghostly, will be featured from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Pyramid Stage.

For the first year, the festival will feature showcases of various labels, production companies and web sites. This allows festival-goers to support their favorite collectives — and ignore those they despise — much easier.

“They're all amazing to me,” said Valenti about the artists in the Spectral Sound showcase. “We're especially excited for the debut of our new artist Bodycode from South Africa. A perfect marriage of minimal techno and world rhythms.”

Arguably one of the most diverse festival line-ups, this year features subgenres within the realms of techno, house, trance, hip-hop, drum’n’bass, ghettotek, industrial and other styles of electronic music.

“It's an honor to be given a platform to promote our organization and music at an event that holds the attention of the world's dance music community,” said Gabe Real founder of Souldega. “We view it as a tremendous opportunity to show people what Souldega's brand of Detroit house music is all about and have one hell of a good time doing it.”

This year the fest will include a fifth stage. Stages include the Main Stage, in the plaza’s Amphitheater; Real Detroit Stage, west of the entrance; Beat Port Stage, west along the Detroit River; Pyramid Stage, east along the Detroit River, and Underground Stage, in Hart Plaza’s lower level.

This year’s DEMF has also received corporate sponsorship, by DaimlerChrysler brand’s Jeep and Dodge, mirroring 2001’s Focus Detroit Electronic Music Festival where the event received sponsorship from Ford Motor Co.

An additional change from the past six years is the price — granted last year was the first that the festival charged admission — but this year the festival price has risen from the last. This year tickets will be $40 for weekend passes, purchased either at the event or online. Daily passes are best purchased by presale at $15, however, they can be purchased at the event for $20. A ticket booth will be located east of the festival entrance on Woodward Avenue, where tickets can be purchased and will-call tickets can be picked up. Presales are available at Record Time Ferndale, Neptune in Royal Oak or www.wanttickets.com until Friday at 9 p.m. This year V.I.P. tickets are not being offered.

However, a few things will remain the same. It will take place at Hart Plaza, which was actually rumored to be the third choice of festival organizers.

May 25, 2006 | Multilayered house music has its heart in traditions
The lowdown: Tortured Soul is a live electronic house music band based in New York and made up of classically trained musicians: drummer and vocalist John-Christian Urich, keyboardist Ethan White and bassist JKriv, whose given name is Jason Khriveloff.

The group spends most of the year touring and playing festivals around the world.

Debut album, "Introducing Tortured Soul," was just reissued on R2 Records.

Ages: Urich is 37. White is 31. JKriv is 29.

Home: Brooklyn. JKriv graduated from Oberlin, White from New York University and Urich from State University of New York at Purchase.

"All of us were serious about music from a young age. We took theory and piano and all the things that go along with it and played with different rock groups, jazz groups, soul stuff and rap stuff," JKriv said.

On formation: "We basically broke off from another group and wanted to play house music live," JKriv said.

Sound: Multilayered house music spruced with elements of jazz and African percussion, built around lyrical, uplifting melodies about love, living and forgiveness. Listen for "I Might Do Something Wrong," "How's Your Life" and "Fall in Love."

"The style runs very deep and is based on a lot of tradition. We had been playing dance-oriented music for a long time," Urich said. "It's a logical extension of things three of us liked."

Said JKriv: "We're all coming from drum and instrumental backgrounds. It's a way to play dance music live in a modern context."

On their set: The band plays continuously for the entire set, "flowing from one song to the next much the way a DJ would mix records," JKriv said.

On the name: The name reflects a perfectionist philosophy.

"Something that the three of us share as band members of Tortured Soul is a relentless drive to make things as good as possible, and we're never satisfied and always wanting more," Urich said. "Bringing that to the people, hopefully they'll absorb that we're trying to provide a higher quality thing for everybody."

Little-known fact: The members are working production on almost a dozen side projects. Urich is working with DJ Spinna and N'Dea Davenport. JKriv is doing remixes for Goapele and Vivian Green. White is working with Michigan vocalist Marissa G.

Upcoming gigs: The group performs Saturday night at i-Lounge at Clutch Cargo's, 65 E. Huron, Pontiac. 248-333-2362. $10. Doors are at 9 p.m.; the show is at 12:30 a.m. Powdr Blu opens. The group's Movement performance is at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Main Stage.

May 25, 2006 | Frankie Knuckles in the house!
House music veteran Frankie Knuckles and rising stars Simon Marlin and Max Reich, a.k.a. the Shapeshifters or Shape UK, are joining forces during WMC to promote their respective new albums. If Knuckles's 2004 A New Reality is any indicator of what to expect for his new release, fans of house and R&B will be equally pleased with his signature upbeat songs laced with piano and soulful vocals. Knuckles's DubJ's D'Light (A Remixed Reality) album, planned for release in April on his new imprint, Noice! Music, will feature the talents of Blaze, Quentin Harris, Groove Junkies, and Jamie Principle. The Shapeshifters' debut album, Sound Advice, releases this month on Positiva/EMI. The disc will showcase the duo's songwriting abilities while incorporating three new vocalists into funky, disco-influenced tracks.

1. Frankie Knuckles, "Whistle Song (Revisited)" (Noice! Music)
2. Frankie Knuckles, "Gimme Gimme, Disco Shimmy" (Eric Kupper Remix) (Noice! Music)
3. Shapeshifters, "Incredible" (Positiva/EMI)
4. Groove Junkies, "Devotion" (Morehouse)
5. Frankie Knuckles, "Journey (Blaze and Quentin Harris Remix)" (Noice! Music)
6. The Beginerz, "Love Me More" (Nocturnal Groove)
7. Mike Polo, "Gypsy Woman Dub" (CDR)
8. Gerald Elms, "Faith" (CDR)
9. Etherfox, "Something Different to Say" (Nocturnal Groove)
10. Chris Lake, "Changes" (CDR)

May 17, 2006 | Update : Chicago International House Music Festival
MOVE! - the 2006 Chicago International House Music Festival will take place on Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23. The new lakefront outdoor venue Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island will house the event from 1 PM to 11PM.

The venture between CDM and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism (IBOT) will showcase the genre, which was cultivated in the city of Chicago. “The Chicago International House Music Festival is sure to provide a fun-filled weekend for music lovers,” said Jan Kostner, IBOT Deputy Director.

The 2-day festival will unite an International melting pot of people of all races, ages and sexual preferences as well as aficionados of House music. Move! features some of the most renowned performers including three GRAMMY® Award winners: Frankie Knuckles, Maurice Joshua and David Morales. The festival will introduce South African DJ Glen Lewis along with the legendary singers Jocelyn Brown, Barbara Tucker and Chicago’s own Jamie Principle and Dajae. Danny Tenaglia will be celebrating Saturday evening with an extended set in support of the closing of Gay Games 7 on the International stage. Also featured are Chicago’s born Ralphi Rosario, Derrick Carter, Terry Hunter, GRAMMY® nominee Steve“Silk”Hurley, DJeremy, Lady D and Andre Hatchett. Special celebrity hosts Lady Bunny, Phillip Bloch and Lee Ann Trotter will MC.

May 16, 2006 | SEASONS WEEKLY UPDATE FOR WEEK

the day has finally arrived to announce the release of FRANCK ROGER "WE
WALK TO DANCE" album for SEASONS LIMITED!

we approached franck with tis idea of this album after the huge hit "ME
MYSELF & I" went down after WMC 2005, we thought if there was anytime
for FRANCK ROGER to step up with is debt album the time is now! he has
been making hit after hit for his REALTONE record label as well for
MAW, SOLE CHANNEL, AND STRAIGHT UP records many years before franck
became a house hold name.

the direction of the album was created not only about franck roger but
franck said he wanted to feature the other people that have inspired
him in music over the years. franck featured many of his close friends
on this project, ALIX ALVAREZ "DUBBIN", OLIVIER PORTAL "FINAL TOUCH",
DJ DEEP "FOR ALEX" and the list goes on that has become a part of this
project.

this project is release as a double vinyl set and also full length MIX
CD by FRANCK ROGER.

so please enjoy this wonderful piece of work we all enjoyed putting
together, has this album will live on for many years to come!

this album can be purchased on WWW.SEASONSRECORDINGS.COM or any fine
record store world wide. also be on the look out in a few weeks for
this project to be sold in these fine digital store.

beatport.com
traxsource.com
itunes.com
dancetracksdigital.com
stompy.com
clickgroove.com

FRANCK ROGER "WE WALK TO DANCE" SEASONS LIMITED

1. FLUT' MOOD feat JOSH
2. INSIDE UR MIND
3. WE NEED HARMONIES
4. LITTLE PRAY FOR YOU
5. ME MYSELF & I
6. SAY YOU LOVE ME
7. CAN U REALLY DO THIS
8. FOR ALEX
9. WE WALK TO DANCE
10. NJ TRACK
11. FINAL TOUCH
12. FLYING HIGH

13. DUBBIN (ONLY RELEASED ON VINYL)!

May 08, 2006 | The KoncLusion
New mix uploaded. Mixed at 7 in the evening on the 7th of May after spending the day in Camden at Camden Lock. This mix is about life and the things we go through each day. Its not about what u go through, its how come out of it.

Hope you all enjoy it.

May 08, 2006 | Uber DJ/producer Danny Howells launched his conceptual night 'Dig Deeper' last year
After the musically limiting constraints of countless 2 hour guest slots in the World's finest discotheques Danny decided
to tailor his own evening to better reflect his famously eclectic tastes.

Of Dig Deeper Danny says: “I got to the stage where the usual 2 hour sets were becoming a bit stale for me personally - I do them when I have to but I've always felt a lot stronger when I've been in control of the entire night. It's what I enjoy the most, and it can be the most rewarding experience as a dj, which I why I'm looking forward to the next party so much!”

Literally digging deeper into his vast vinyl vault Danny intends to continue surprising dance floors with a broader more experimental mix of tunes new and old. "Dig Deeper allows me to truly be myself. It's about me playing for the whole night without any musical boundaries, and having fun doing it at the same time" says Howells.

May 03, 2006 | Defected In the House :: Pacha Ibiza 2006
Defected Records has announced is fourth season of House nights for Summer 2006 at Pacha Ibiza. Defected Records head Simon Dunmore states, "Pacha is to Ibiza what Studio 54 was to New York, it is a pure disco. It encapsulates glamour, kitsch and hedonism; it is arguably one of the most glamorous clubs in the world".

The entire Defected crew has signed on to regular sets including residents Junior Jack, Kid Crème, Sandy Rivera, Martin Solveig and Simon Dunmore. Also schedule to appear include Masters at Work, Bob Sinclar, Louie Vega, DJ Spen, Dimitri from Paris, Mr V, Chus, Brian Tappert, Jamie Lewis, Copyright, Aaron Ross and Dixon (Sonar Kollektiv).

This year the theme of the venue, the decor and the performers have all taken inspiration from ‘Tannit’ the great goddess of Ibiza, a mythical goddess of the moon who symbolises love. She will be brought to life by the iconic and infamous Ibizan personality Aphrodite who will dress to symbolise the goddess in her own inimitable fantasy way. There will also be mythical, exotic costumed dancers who will create a sexy and glamorous mystical dancefloor heaven. As well as over 120 disco balls and the superb Pacha sound system, we think we have bought the right elements together to create a fantastic atmosphere.

Defected Pacha Ibiza Schedule
Tuesday 13th June
Bob Sinclar
Martin Solveig
Simon Dunmore
Steve Edwards LIVE PA
Shovell

Tuesday 20th June
Junior Jack & Kid Crème
Chus
Simon Dunmore
Shovell

Tuesday 27th June
Louie Vega (TBC)
Simon Dunmore
Shovell

Tuesday 4th July
Sandy Rivera
DJ Spen
Shovell

Tuesday 11th July
Junior Jack & Kid Crème
Martin Solveig
Shovell

Tuesday 18th July
Sandy Rivera
Dixon (Sonar Kollektiv / Wahoo)
Shovell

Tuesday 25th July
Masters At Work
Mr V
Aaron Ross
Shovell

Tuesday 1st August
Sandy Rivera
Stephan Mandrax
Claude Monnet
Shovell

Tuesday 8th August
Junior Jack & Kid Crème
Chus
Shovell

Tuesday 15th August
Masters At Work
Mr V
Aaron Ross
Shovell

Tuesday 22nd August
Junior Jack & Kid Crème
Copyright
Shovell

Tuesday 29th August
Dimitri From Paris
Martin Solveig
Shovell

Tuesday 5th September
Sandy Rivera
Brian Tappert
Shovell

Tuesday 12th September
Junior Jack & Kid Crème
Jamie Lewis
Shovell

Tuesday 19th September
DJ Spen
Martin Solveig
Danny Marquez
Shovell

Tuesday 26th September
Junior Jack & Kid Crème
Sandy Rivera
Simon Dunmore
Shovell

May 02, 2006 | MN2S to launch Ibiza 2006 residency at El Divino
One of London’s most recognizable house music brand, MN2S is announcing the establishment of a Sunday night residency at El Divino in Ibiza this summer. This will continue a groundbreaking year for MN2S which has already seen the celebration of its 11th birthday, launch of its Masterclass compilation series, release a stream of celebrated singles by Jon Cutler, Hardsoul, The Jinks and Timmy Vegas & Barbara Tucker and return to Miami for another huge WMC party at Amika.

From Sunday 25 June to Sunday 17 September MN2S will be taking over the renowned port-side venue with a selection of the most sought-after artists in the House Music realm. Joey Negro and CJ Mackintosh, both driving forces in the global dance music scene for over 15 years, have been secured as exclusive 2006 residents.

“I've known the MN2S blokes since they were wriggling in their disco nappies and while they're nothing short of mad-house monkeys, they're truly experts at packing in one of hell of a party”, Joey Negro says. “My heaving production commitments in the UK have always meant I've resisted the lure of an Ibiza club residency. But a bloke can only resist temptation for so long and when I saw their sizzlingly cool but current line-up for this summer at the ever magical El Divino, I was tickled to climb on board.”

Similarly happy to be on board is CJ Mackintosh: “MN2S always do great parties, so to be offered a residency in Ibiza at El Divino wasn't gonna be a hard choice”, he says. “To also play alongside some of the biggest DJs in the world will always be a pleasure; I can't wait for it to begin. Bring it on!”

Joey and CJ will be joined each week by some of the biggest names in the international House music community including Todd Terry, DJ Sneak, Mousse T. and Masterclass #02 featured artist Tony Humphries who is looking forward to smashing the crowds at El Divino after bringing down the house at MN2S’s Miami WMC 06 party at Amika.

MN2S’s stylish production team will ensure El Divino is transformed into the ultimate Sunday night venue, guaranteeing an explosive atmosphere and a dazzling party to rival anything else taking place on the island.

On the label side, MN2S are about to enjoy their biggest ever crossover smash in the form of ‘Dutty Funk (We Can Do)’ by Timmy Vegas and Barbara Tucker. They have also just launched their hotly anticipated ‘Masterclass’ compilation series, the first volume of which is mixed by Peppermint Jam main man Mousse T…

May 01, 2006 | Music Downloads updated!
I have uploaded a new mix which I created on the 1st of May at 7 in the morning. Please let me know what u think in the survey.

Thanks
KJ

April 30, 2006 | Electronic Music Conferences Around The World
More proof of the global strength of dance music came this week, with the announcement of two new electronic music conferences.

Madrid and San Francisco will both host major dance music meetings in the summer, based on the Miami Winter Music Conference format that has successfully attracted thousands of DJs and dance music fans for over 20 years.

The Madrid Electronic Conference (MEC) will take place from 6 – 9 July and like the WMC will be assortment of activities, workshops, discussions, and demonstrations during the day, with kick ass parties at night.

José Domingo, Communications Director of the Madrid Electronic Conference said: “Spain and Madrid in particular has a huge market within electronic music.

“However until now we did not have a conference celebrating this.

“MEC steps in to offer a high quality event filled with comprehensive day and night programmes - thus creating a platform of opportunity for people from all over the world in a hospitable and exciting city.”

April 28, 2006 | Clubs Inner city night for godfather of techno
LABELS like godfather of house and father of funk are slapped on artists all too often in the dance scene. But for a handful of exceptional individuals such sobriquets are entirely justified.

Kevin Saunderson is a case in point. Born in the home of house music - New York - he moved to motor city Detroit at the age of nine and, with fellow legends Derrick May and Juan Atkins , went on to create the music we now know as techno.

The three schoolmates mixing together beats in their basement could not have predicted the reach of the genre, but their names will be forever synonymous with that unmistakeable Detroit sound.

By the mid-1980s Kevin had become known to the mainstream music audience through work with his crossover dance outfit Inner City.

April 28, 2006 | Club Azuli is back in Ibiza for 2006
After a successful season of weekly parties in 2005, Azuli Records fast growing party ‘Club Azuli’ is back in Ibiza for 2006.

Last summer Club Azuli Ibiza resided at El Divino - one of the most stunning house portals on the island. Packing out the club every week
it’s no surprise El Divino wanted Club Azuli back again, but this year in a new Wednesday night slot in their even more stunning venue!

Kicking off on 28th June, Club Azuli Ibiza will make themselves at home in the newly transformed El Divino. Complete with a brand new sound
system, Azuli’s trademark sound of electronic and soulful house music will really make this a party to die for.

Guests this year include Italian house legend Joe T Vannelli, Ame, Juicy Music’s Robbie Rivera, and Big Love boss Seamus Haji. Azuli’s own
David Piccioni and Jo Mills will be club residents.

This year Club Azuli sees full time involvement from promoter Charlie Chester - the man who made the Monday morning parties at DC10 the most
sought after on the island. Club Azuli will also be working with Vertigo on a handful of collaboration parties. Vertigo is better known
for its long-running sexy and stylish Sunday night parties at The Cross in London.

Already this summer is shaping up to be an absolute scorcher. Azuli are one of the market leaders in musical output, so the success of Club
Azuli Ibiza can only be set for good things. More info and confirmed line-ups to be released soon.

Event: Club Azuli Ibiza
Venue: El Divino, San Antonio, Ibiza
Date: Every Wednesday from 28th June
Time: 11pm – 6am

April 27, 2006 | LAURENT GARNIER @ SOHO FRIDAYS
With DJs Brad Copeland, Greg Gow. Fri, April 28. This Is London, 364 Richmond W. Cover TBA.

Laurent Garnier is a deity among DJs. Why? Let me count the ways. A genuine music fan who was one of the first to play American house music in the UK, Garnier started spinning in Manchester in the late '80s. Since then, he's played and created sounds that incorporate house, Detroit techno, acid, jazz, funk and more. Based in France, he heads the F Communication label and has created some of the most ingenious electronic music albums in existence (see 2000's Unreasonable Behaviour and last year's The Cloud Making Machine). Bonus: check www.pedrobroadcast.com for constant access to the man's collection and current faves.

April 26, 2006 | TDK Cross Central!
Ableton Live convert Sasha will DJ at TDK Cross Central festival in London’s Kings Cross this August Bank Holiday.

The spectacular dance music double header will see the likes of Bloc Party, Ladytron, Annie, Alex Smoke, London Elektricity, Ellen Allien, Ivan Smagghe, and Joey Negro perform.

TDK Cross Central 2006, held this year on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 August, features an all-star line-up of underground DJs and dance music talent, plus some of the biggest and most credible bands around.

Unlike other festivals, TDK is held in the middle of London, highjacking The Cross, The Key, and

Canvas nightclubs, so no need to worry about mud or pongy tents, and it is often dubbed as the ‘thinking man’s festival’ because of its anti-mainstream stance.

Over the years, TDK has firmly established itself as one of the best festivals in London, and coupled with the mammoth Notting Hill Carnival, makes the August Bank Holiday weekend one of the best of the year.

Tickets are £25 per day to TDK Cross Central, with Saturday traditionally being a more guitar day, and Sunday being a the rave day.

TDK Cross Central Line-up (more to be announced later)

DJ SETS:

Andrew Weatherall
Ata (Playhouse)
Atrak
Bloc Party (DJ Set)
Ellen Allien
Ewan Pearson
Filthy Dukes
Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden)
Geddes (Mulletover)
Giles Smith (secretsundaze)
Grime Allstars feat: DJ Plastician, Skepta and JME
Gucci Soundsystem (Ben Fat Trucker/Riton & Crispin Dior)
Issst DJs
Ivan Smagghe
James Hyman (Xfm)
James Priestley (secretsundaze)
Jammer & Neckle Camp
Joey Negro
London Elektricity
Optimo
Plump DJs
Ruff Sqwad
Sasha
Statik & Drew (Baby Shambles) with MCs Scorcher,
Big H & Pres T
Vincent Vincent (solo)
Young Turks

LIVE ACTS:

Absentee
Alex Smoke
Annie
Booka Shade
Black Daniel
Clor
Gang Gang Dance
Good Books
Kid Harpoon
King Creosote
Ladytron
Shychild
Spank Rock
Super Thriller
The Bug
The Egg
The Eighteenth Day of May
The Research
Young Blood Brass Band

ARENAS & STAGES:

Xfm
The Lock Tavern
Adventures In The Beetroot Field
Secretsundaze
Vice
Mulletover
Druzzis Baltimore Rave Club
Deep Down And Dirty
Need2soul

April 25, 2006 | Miami Aftermath: FSB featuring Diane Carter "Dr. feelgood" (MoreHouse Records CD Promo)
"Dr. feelgood" by FSB (Funky Soul Bros) was one of those secret weapons in Miami this year that took the crowd in storm anytime it got played . The Groove Junkies take us on an irresistible journey into soulful funked-up house grooves that are created by chunky beats and a heavy bassline that get enriched with a killer piano line, wicked organ solo and great strings. And then there is the incredible vocal performance by Diane Carter that is full of emotion and passion, not to forget to mention the sexy spoken word message by the Doctor himself that is absolutely resistless and certain to drive the ladies crazy. With vocal, dub and acapella mixes included in the package, this soulful'n'funky bomb is not to be missed.

April 25, 2006 | Global Underground Ten Year Anniversary Tribute
We remember 1996 quite well. It was the year we created InternetDJ and Global Underground launched its first album. Few labels can compare to the strength of GU. For a decade, they have brought the excitement of an exotic locale with top-billing DJs. Heavyweights such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, and Darren Emerson have thrown in their sets for the GU franchise.

In June, GU will reward its faithful fanatics with a massive 3CD set (with a 4th limited edition CD and Vinyl option) featuring some of the highlights of their ten year history. The first two CDs offer timeless classics that have appeared on their collection of mix albums over the years, while the third CD is a special collection of tracks from the early 90s. This collection is a significant study of the most formative years of modern electronic music. It is recommended for those seeking a bit of nostalgia and new-comers wanting to learn the history of our genre.

"GU10"
Format: CD, Vinyl
Label: Global Underground
Released: June 6, 2006
CD1 96-06 Mix
1. Underworld –Two Months Off
2. Laurent Garnier – Man With The Red Face (Jan Driver Mix)
3. Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)
4. Pascal FEOS – Can U Feel It
5. Jark Prongo – Movin thru the System
6. Alex Dolby – Psiko Garden
7. Albion – Air
8. Libra - Calling your name (Original BT mix)
9. Polaroid - So Damn Beautiful (Amethyst mix)
10. Pako & Frederik – Steel Blue (GUX 2006 Re Edit)
11. Gypsy – I Trance You (Pappa and Gilbey mix)
12. Planisphere – Deep Blue Dream
13. PQM – You Are Sleeping (Accapella/Luke Chable Remix)
14. Private Productions – Sex Drive
15. Chable & Bonicci – Ride (Mashtronic Remix)
16. Felix Da Housecat – Silver Screen Shower Scene (Thin White Duke Remix)
17. Steve Lawler – Rise In (Original Mix)
18. Billie Ray Martin – Honey (Deep Dish Hoosee Dub)
19. Layo & Bushwacka – Let The Good Times Roll
20. Ian Brown – F.E.A.R. (UNKLE Mix)

CD2 96-06 Mix
1. Dark Globe – Break My World
2. Lustral – Everytime (Nalin and Kane mix)
3. Sander Kleinenberg – Sacred
4. Alcatraz – Give me Luv (That kid Chris Mix)
5. Breeder – Sputnik
6. Cass & Slide – Perception
7. Stage One – Space Manouvers (Pariah/Total Seperation Mixes)
8. Lostep – The Roots
9. Forth – Reality Detached (K Roxx 2006 remix)
10. Miss Kitten – Frank Sinatra
11. Moonface – Overactive
12. KC Flight vs Funky Junction- Voices (Pete Heller mix)
13. Pete Lazonby – Sacred Cycles (Jens Mahlstedt/Quivver/Original Mixes)
14. Talisman & Hudson – Leaving Planet Earth (GUX 2006 re-edit)
15. Danny Tenaglia – Turn Me on (Bedrock Mix)
16. Tilt – I Dream (Resurrection/Original Mix)
17. Hybrid – Theme From Wide Angle

CD3 87-95 Mix
1. Slam - Eterna
2. The Beloved - Your Love Takes Me Higher (Chillum Willum Mix)
3. Uncle Bob - Uncle Bob’s Burly House
4. 280 West – Scattered Dreams (Boom Chakka mix)
5. Reese Project – Colour of Love
6. De Melero – Night Moves
7. Double FM – Sound of Amnesia
8. Andronicus – Make Me Whole
9. Alfedo – Inspiration
10. Phurry Freaks – Gonna Find A Way
11. The Good Men – Make Up Your Mind
12. Coco Steel and Lovebomb – Feel It
13. Band In A Box – Get Dynamite (Dub Mix)
14. EGMA – Let The Bass Kick
15. Mental Cube - Q (Santa Monica Mix)
16. Reese and Santonio – Rock to the beat
17. Ralphi Rosario – U Used To Hold Me
18. Rejuvination – I.B.O.
19. Caspar Pound feat Plavka – Fever called Love
20. LFO – LFO
21. SAS – Amber Groove
22. Sublime – The Theme
23. SSR – To Be House
24. Playboys – Mind Games
25. Salt City Orchestra – The Book
26. Slacker - Scared
27. PKA – Temperatures Rising
28. Sasha and Maria – Be as One

CD4 GUMusic10 (Limited Edition only)
1. J&S Project feat. Spineless – Gone Days Gone
2. Swain & Collingwood – Never Be The Same (The Funk Temple Mix)
3. The Remote – Like You
4. Dark Globe – Far Leys (Attic Window Remix)
5. Sissy – All Under
6. Trafik – Salt In NYC
7. Dark Globe – Feed (Mylo Mix)
8. The Remote – Please Change Your Mind (Ashley Casselle and Asad Rizvi's Seaside Town Instrumental Version)
9. Sissy – I See You (Micah's Only When I'm Visible Dub)
10. Trafik – Smoke & Answers

April 25, 2006 | Top 50 Clubs In The World 2006
1

Name: Fabric
Location: London
Capacity: 1600
Website: www.fabriclondon.com

2

Name: The End
Location: London
Capacity: 1000
Website: www.endclub.com

3

Name: Turnmills
Location: London
Capacity: 1100
Website: www.turnmills.co.uk

4

Name: Pacha
Location: Ibiza
Capacity: 3000
Website: www.pacha.com

5

Name: Space
Location: Ibiza
Capacity: 5000
Website: www.space-ibiza.es

6

Name: Amnesia
Location: Ibiza
Capacity: 5000
Website: www.amnesia.es

7

Name: Womb
Location: Tokyo
Capacity: 1500
Website: www.womb.co.jp

8

Name: DC10
Location: Ibiza
Capacity: 1500
Website: www.circolocoibiza.com

9

Name: The Cross
Location: London
Capacity: 550
Website: www.the-cross.co.uk

10

Name: The Arches
Location: Glasgow
Capacity: 2000
Website: www.thearches.co.uk

11

Name: Zouk
Location: Singapore
Capacity: 3700
Website: www.zoukclub.com

12

Name: Guvernment
Location: Toronto, Canada
Capacity: 5500
Website: www.theguvernment.com

13

Name: Air
Location: Birmingham
Capacity: 1500
Website: www.godskitchen.com

14

Name: Honey Club
Location: Brighton
Capacity: 1200
Website: www.thehoneyclub.co.uk

15

Name: Panorama Bar/Berghain
Location: Berlin
Capacity: 2500
Website: www.berghain.de

16

Name: Yellow
Location: Tokyo
Capacity: 800
Website: www.club-yellow.com

17

Name: The Key
Location: Kings Cross, London
Capacity: 350 - 1000
Website: www.thekeylondon.com

18

Name: Razzmatazz
Location: Barcelona
Capacity: 4000
Website: www.salarazzmataz.com

19

Name: Warung
Location: Itajai, Brazil
Capacity: 3000
Website: www.warungclub.com.br

20

Name: Space
Location: Miami, USA
Capacity: 2500
Website: www.clubspace.com

21

Name: SuperCharged
Location: Audio, Brighton
Capacity: 320
Website: www.superchargedmusic.com

22

Name: Stereo
Location: Montreal, Canada
Capacity: 1200
Website: www.stereo-nightclub.com

23

Name: The Egg
Location: Kings Cross, London
Capacity: 720
Website: www.egglondon.net

24

Name: Lush!
Location: Kellys, Portrush, Northern Ireland
Capacity: 1200
Website: www.kellysportrush.com

25

Name: WeekEnd
Location: Berlin
Capacity: 300
Website: www.week-end-berlin.de

26

Name: Ministry Of Sound
Location: London
Capacity: 1200
Website: www.ministryofsound.com

27

Name: Chibuku
Location: Masque, Liverpool
Capacity: 1000
Website: www.chibuku.com

28

Name: Opera House
Location: Bournemouth
Capacity: 1925
Website: www.operahouse.co.uk

29

Name: Pacha
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Capacity: 2140
Website: www.pachabuenosaires.com

30

Name: Cocoon Club
Location: Frankfurt
Capacity: 1200
Website: www.cocoonclub.net

31

Name: Digital
Location: Newcastle
Capacity: 1500
Website: www.yourfutureisdigital.com

32

Name: Hum
Location: SeOne, London
Capacity: 600 - 800
Website: www.leylinepromotions.com and www.tcr.uk.com

33

Name: Nodisko
Location: Various clubs, London
Capacity: 300
Website: www.deepbluemusic.com

34

Name: D-Edge
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Capacity: 400
Website: www.d-edge.com.br

35

Name: Elevate
Location: New Delhi, India
Capacity: 2700
Website: www.elevateindia.com

36

Name: Panama
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Capacity: 1350
Website: www.panama.nl

37

Name: Spundae
Location: Circus, Los Angeles
Capacity: 2000
Website: www.spundae.com

38

Name: Sankeys Soap
Location: Manchester
Capacity: 850
Website: www.sankeyssoap.com

39

Name: Kissdafunk
Location: Mission, Leeds
Capacity: 1100
Website: www.kissdafunk.com

40

Name: Kristal
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Capacity: 2000
Website: www.clubkristal.ro

41

Name: Neighbourhood
Location: London
Capacity: 600
Website: www.neighbourhoodclub.net

42

Name: Ambar
Location: Perth, Australia
Capacity: 500
Website: www.ambar.net.au

43

Name: Robert Johnson
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Capacity: 450
Website: www.robert-johnson.de

44

Name: Cocoricò
Location: Riccione, Italy
Capacity: 2000
Website: www.cocorico.it

45

Name: Home
Location: Sydney, Australia
Capacity: 2100
Website: www.homesydney.com.au

46

Name: Herbal
Location: London
Capacity: 300
Website: www.herbaluk.com

47

Name: Cavo Paradiso
Location: Mykonos, Greece
Capacity: 3000
Website: www.cavoparadiso.gr

48

Name: Cielo
Location: New York
Capacity: 350
Website: www.cieloclub.com

49

Name: Circus
Location: Liverpool
Capacity: 1100
Website: www.circusclub.co.uk

50

Name: Rex Club
Location: Paris
Capacity: 700
Website: www.rexclub.com

April 24, 2006 | How to DJ Right!
DJs have gone from being underpaid live jukeboxes to becoming premier entertainers, producers, businessmen, and musicians capable of commanding admiration from thousands and earning serious money. Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was the definitive history of the DJ. Now they gather their mastery of the artistic and technical aspects of being a DJ into a clear, accessible, and entertaining guide. How to DJ is the perfect guide -- from the most basic keys to establishing a music collection and a distinctive sound, to elementary record-spinning, to the complex skills of scratching, hot-mixing, and beat-juggling, as well as the inimitable art of creating an evening of sound that is perfectly timed, balanced, and unforgettable. Diagrams throughout illustrate phrases, beat timing, and song structure with no reliance on music theory, and resource lists recommend everything from which songs are best (and most fun) to learn with, to good sources for building a library of disks, CDs, and MP3s. For those who want to turn pro, the authors give sage advice on the vagaries of the club and music business. Short quotes, anecdotes, and photos of famous DJs such as Grandmaster Flash and Derrick Carter are featured.

April 19, 2006 | Detroit's Electronic Music Festival
Detroit (Paxahau Promotions) - Just three weeks following their selection by the City of Detroit to produce Detroit's Electronic Music Festival in 2006, Paxahau Promotions Group today announced Chrysler Jeep Superstores and Motor City Dodge Dealers as the event's title sponsors, revealed a lineup of artists and confirmed that Hart Plaza will remain home to the international event slated for May 27-29.
'Our entire team has been working tirelessly to create a festival that truly represents and celebrates electronic music, and at the same time is a financially sound and viable event,' said Jason Huvaere, Paxahau's Managing Director.

'We are thrilled to have Chrysler Jeep Superstores and Motor City Dodge Dealers on board as our title sponsors,' said Huvaere. 'They understand that the festival is part of the cultural fabric of Detroit, and they see its significance internationally and within the electronic music community. We look forward to a longstanding relationship with these organizations.'

City of Detroit Chief Administrative Officer Lucius Vassar commended Chrysler Jeep Superstores and Motor City Dodge Dealers for their support of the event, saying 'It's good to see these two business associations that are a part of Detroit's automotive heritage partnering with an event that has emerged from our city's rich music and cultural heritage.'

'I commend Chrysler Jeep Superstores and Motor City Dodge Dealers for recognizing the value an event like Detroit's Electronic Music Festival adds to the cultural and tourism development of a city. With these types of partnerships in place, I expect the event to flourish and continue to draw people from all over the world here to Detroit,' said Vassar.

After carefully examining several festival venue options, Paxahau today announced the 2006 event will remain in Downtown Detroit's Hart Plaza. 'We considered several venue options in order to really determine the best location for the event, for fans, and for the City of Detroit,' said Huvaere. 'When it comes to infrastructure and ambience, it's tough to beat Hart Plaza.'

Fans won't be disappointed by the 2006 Festival's artist lineup, which features legendary ambient producers Orb, Detroit/Windsor/Berlin techno legend Richie Hawtin, Chicago House Music DJ and Producer Derrick Carter, as well as past festival directors Kevin Saunderson, Carl Craig and Derrick May.

April 19, 2006 | Detroit Music Festival Linup!
Photek, leading Jungle DJ from the United Kingdom. Pascal F.E.O.S., pioneering techno DJ from Germany. Derrick Carter, Chicago house music DJ/producer. Rob Acid, German acid techno producer. Ark, minimal techno DJ and first-time visitor to Detroit. Josh Wink, globally recognized techno DJ/producer. Orb, legendary ambient producers. Greenskeeper, rapidly emerging house music band. Tortured Soul, rapidly emerging house music band. Alex Under, German minimal techno artist. Mark Broom, British techno DJ/producer. Pantytec, vastly popular German techno act. Planet of the Drums, America's most popular Jungle DJ/MC ensemble. Krikor, German minimal techno artist. Superpitcher, leading talent from Cologne's Kompakt label. Richie Hawtin, Detroit/Windsor/Berlin techno legend. Collabs: Speedy J/Chris Leibing, European hard techno duo. Dandy Jack, Perlon Records (Berlin) popular live act. Doc Martin, West Coast house music legend. Roy Davis Jr., globally known Chicago acid house pioneer. Markus Guenter, German ambient artist. Klimek, Kompakt Records down-tempo live act. Jay Haze, minimal techno artist.Socks and Sandals, making their Detroit debut. Adam Marshall, international techno DJ/Producer making his Detroit debut. Daniel Bell, Detroit minimal techno legend. Jeremy Caufield, German techno DJ/producer. Donald Glaude, West Coast DJ/producer. Function and Regis, New York hard techno duo. Neil Landstrumm, Veteran Techno producer from Scotland.

April 11, 2006 | No Love Lost Between San Francisco and Berlin
July 15th 2006 marks the homecoming of Love Parade to Berlin Germany. So is there really any need for another one in SF? German HQ doesnt seem to think so.

Now that the Love Parade is back on in its rightful home of Berlin Germany, there really isn't much need for a festival of the same name over in San Francisco. The rumor is that the San Francisco organizers did not capitalize on the name sake as best as they could have, reporting dismal numbers and not capturing some key performance figures.

Apparently there were some problems with the organizers of the Love Parade with getting the right insurance for the actual truck to be secure for the DJs. We are all very lucky that nothing happened, but if something bad did happen there wouldn't have been any insurance for the person that might have been hurt. This is why we pulled out. Of course, if the float didn't drive up and down the street, I wouldn't have been able to perform on the float!"

Despite their efforts the San Francisco edition of Love Parade has been permanently dissolved with no mention of a return in the near future. Organizers who licensed the name from the German creators had sent out a email last week claiming that their license was taken away due to concentration on the events return to Berlin. However, there was some speculation by individuals within the organization that the numbers posted in San Francisco were not all that they appeared. At this time there is no evidence to support that this was the reason why the license was revoked.

April 11, 2006 | Good Times Banned :: NYC Clubs Closed by NYPD
Multiple clubs closed as NYPD try to alieviate their weekend boredom. Spirit and Avalon among those targeted.

Where would you rather be on a friday night? Chasing a killer through the Ghetto? Confronting a rapist in a dark alley? Preventing tourists from being mugged and beaten? Stopping terrorists from attacking our friends and familly? or hitting the clubs for some easier action? Yes New Yorks finest have done it again, instead of fighting real crime they have gone after a couple of soft targets in order to get a headline or two and a nice pat on the back from politicians who answer to bad parents who are incapable of keeping their sprogs in line. Once again we the nightlife enjoying public suffer as a result.

On Friday night around 10pm while the hard working employees of 5 Chelsea clubs were busy cleaning glasses for the impending rush of clubbers, the fuzz went into action piling through the doors of popular nightspots like a swarm of Roaches. Clubs Deep, View, Splash, Spirit and Avalon were all raided and closed. Why? well it seems cops witnessed assaults, bought drugs and were offered sex for money. Crap they better close Times Square, followed by Central Park, Battery Park, the length of Broadway, Union Square, the subways... actually might as well shut down the entire city.

April 07, 2006 | Get ready to Move at the Chicago International House Music Festival
House aficionados will be hitting the streets of the Windy City when it hosts Move, the Chicago International House Music Festival, on the July 22-23 weekend.

Though some will still argue over who was most responsible for the birth of house music - some say Frankie Knuckles others point to Ron Hardy - most will agree about the origins of the genre's name, the Chicago club, Warehouse. Come July, when the pavements of Chicago's streets really heat up, the city will showcase the electronic music genre it originally cultivated, via its first house music festival, Move.

The 2-day festival will take place at the lakefront Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island and feature some of the most internationally renown names in house music, primarily from the US, including Grammy® Award winners Frankie Knuckles, Maurice Joshua and David Morales, legendary vocalists Jocelyn Brown, Barbara Tucker and Chicago’s own Ralphi Rosario, Derrick Carter, Terry Hunter, Steve“Silk”Hurley, Jamie Principle, Dajae, DJeremy, Lady D and Andre Hatchett. South African house sensation DJ Glen Lewis will also take part in the festival with Danny Tenaglia scheduled to close the party on Sunday evening with a special extended set.

Move is also affiliated with the seventh edition of the Gay Games and will be hoping to attract a broadminded audience of music lovers.

"We want to celebrate house music at its birthplace. In addition, we hope to encourage a better understanding and relationships between cultures and their people through dance, to make a positive contribution to the art of music, " say the festival's Directors.

Move, the Chicago International House Music Festival takes place July 22-23, 2006 at the Charter One Pavilion in Chicago.

April 05, 2006 | Meastro...A must view!
Starring :

starring: Larry Levan :: David Mancuso :: Frankie Knuckles
:: Nicky Siano :: Francis Grasso :: Francois K :: Danny Tenaglia :: “Little Louie” Vega
:: Frankie Knuckles :: Tony Humphries :: Tom Moulton :: Patricia Field…)
Francois K. :: “Little Louie” Vega :: Danny Tenaglia :: Jellybean Tony Humphries :: Danny Krivit :: Joaquin "Joe" Claussell Richard Long :: Alex Rosner :: Tom Moulton :: Keith Haring Derrick May :: Kenny Carpenter :: Jose Padilla (Spain) Sven Vath (Germany) :: Mr. Mike (Switzerland) :: Frankie Bones Dimitri From Paris (France) :: Fantastic Plastic Machine (Japan) Mark Oliver (Toronto) :: Boyd Jarvis :: Danny Rampling (UK) Albert Assoon (Toronto) :: Alex Neri (Italy) :: Pete Tong (UK) Gregory Gray (Chicago) :: Bobby & Steve (UK) :: Fabrice (Italy) Craig Loftis, Benji Espinoza, (DJ International, Chicago) :: Ralf (Italy) Nori (Japan) :: Ivan Iacobucci (Italy) :: Yukihiro Fukutomi (Japan) Steve D'aquisto :: Ron Carrol :: Alan Thompson (UK) :: Antonio Ocasio Patricia Field :: Mike Stone :: Ri_chi el & Sauro (Italy) :: Billie (Artist) Original Loft And Garage Dancers :: Smokin Jo :: Cosmo Robert Clivilles
(C&C Music Factory)

Maestro, a feature documentary 4 years in the making, tells the story of how a group of people found refuge and a call for life outside the mainstream, what evolved was a scene that set the ground work for what was to come in dance music culture worldwide, a rare insight into the secret underground world. It’s the first time this story is told in a motion Picture, included in the film are pioneer dance music DJs and producers, ”founding fathers”, its center being Larry Levan, as well as high-profile DJs of today. It vividly portrays the world that spawned today's dance music from 2-step, to the eclectic sounds of tribal, to pop artists. Parties from Ibiza to Philly, all are influenced by the quintessential elements that made New York City's Paradise Garage and The Loft such a powerful cultural force in people's lives. DJs Larry Levan, (Paradise Garage) and David Mancuso, (The Loft), continue to be revered today as the leaders of dance music culture worldwide. This seminal movement-encompassing dancers, patrons, artists, DJs, sound designers, and more-gave birth to DJ pioneers in the film and contemporary dance club parties across the globe. Maestro, with a personal and candid approach, shows the true history of the people through a realistic creative aesthetic. Tracing the underground's dance origin, Maestro brings out a real understanding of this intense lifestyle, and the lives they lived and died for. It is far from mere nostalgia,
this film is like the music and experiences it chronicles.

April 05, 2006 | Something for everyone!
Music fills the body with peace, the mind with creativity,
The heart with love, the soul with complete union.
Music is the vehicle wherein humankind journeys
As one family of brothers and sisters without
divisions and barriers.
We travel with music to the wonders of the world,
Places of such breathtaking, astounding beauty and sweet ecstasy.
So wherever you may be or whoever you are,
Sing a song, play an instrument dance with joy
In this life-long ode to music.

April 05, 2006 | For everybody!
Music fills the body with peace, the mind with creativity,
The heart with love, the soul with complete union.
Music is the vehicle wherein humankind journeys
As one family of brothers and sisters without
divisions and barriers.
We travel with music to the wonders of the world,
Places of such breathtaking, astounding beauty and sweet ecstasy.
So wherever you may be or whoever you are,
Sing a song, play an instrument dance with joy
In this life-long ode to music.

April 04, 2006 | Numark Unleashes Another Round Of New Products
Numark is on a tear. The manufacturer has debuted close to a dozen new products since the NAMM show in January and shows no signs of stopping. Director of Marketing Gregg Stein discussed their new products and how Numark has been able to address emerging market niches more effectively than most of their competitors. Stein has only been with Numark for nine months, but has a comprehensive view of the market and a keen eye as to where the industry will be moving in the next few years.

At the January NAMM show, Numark was promoting half a dozen new products including the X2 Hybrid, something that we've been waiting for since the debut of the CDX CD turntable. The X2 Hybrid is the perfect combination of a vinyl turntable and a CD turntable. With its high-torque direct drive motor, aluminum platter and fully adjustable tone-arm. it behaves just like your beloved 1200, but now you can front-load a CD and utilize the same vinyl mixing mechanics. Just awesome! Unfortunately, the new X2 loses the useful built-in effects from the CDX, but it does retain the "Beatkeeper" BPM counter and 3000 cue-point memory. It can play standard and MP3 CDs and the firmware is upgradeable for future enhancements. The X2 will be available in June.

April 04, 2006 | The Top 100 Female DJs Announced
SheJay, a global network of female DJs, producers and promoters, posted their top 100 Female DJs on the planet based on a recent poll. The top slot went to DJ Rap who started her career playing Drum 'n' Bass, but now mostly plays house music! Check out the link for for pics and list!

April 03, 2006 | Drop Music releases Various Artists CD
Released today, this album features tracks from great producers :

1. Toka Project - "Give Me My Soul"
2. Jake Childs - "What Can I Do"
3. Inland Knights - "Sometimes"
4. Inland Knights - "Dub Hijack"
5. Toka Project - "Could've Loved Ya"
6. Inland Knights - "Want To Tell Me"
7. Toka Project - "Let It Go"
8. The Littlemen - "Deep Squeek"

April 03, 2006 | Frankie Knuckles At work!
DubJay's Delight

Frankie's new album coming April 2006
"Re-imagining the music from A New Reality with the aid of some of the most talented veterans in the biz such as David Morales, Blaze, The Groovejunkies, Shapeshifters, Quentin Harris, Eric Kupper and others, Knuckles’ DubJ ’s D’Light is a disc created with Dub-style disc jocks in mind."

March 31, 2006 | Love Parade back in Berlin!
The largest party in the world finally returns to Berlin after two years.

After two years of political struggles and financial problems, The Love Parade has a new sponsor and is ready to return to Berlin in full force on July 15, 2006. This year there will be a special voting area where fans will decide on the DJs to perform at the event.

The focus of this year's Love Parade is on the international music scene. Much like the parades of year's past, the 2006 event will feature series of floats hosting some of the best DJs and artists from around the world. The parade is free for the public and attendence is expected to surpass events of previous years.

March 31, 2006 | Defected Miami Launch
The Defected label has cornered the market on disco/house releases largely due to the success of its "Defected In The House". Over 600,000 have been sold to date featuring some of the world's best DJs and producers including Dimitri from Paris, Masters at Work, Bob Sinclar and Danny Krivit.

The latest release in the series "Defected In The House: Miami" features the sound of the 2006 Miami Winter Music Conference. The 3CD compilation attempts to capture the vibe and atmosphere of the Miami scene with a track selection prepared for daytime, nightime and after-hours. The package was mixed by Simon Dunmore and includes exclusive and previously unreleased tracks from Ron Hall and The Muthafunkas, Quentin Harris, Ashley Beedle and Kerri Chandler.

March 30, 2006 | Miami Winter Music Conference Wrapup!
Azuli's yearly compilation features underground tracks that capture the feel of Miami Winter Music Conference 2006.

Every year, millions of electronic music fans flock to Miami to experience the Winter Music Conference and its surrounding week-long parties. Many labels try to capture the feel essence os Miami conference week. This time, however, Azuli has answered the call perfectly. Miami 2006, out on April 3 from Azuli, features some current tracks as well as some you might not have heard of yet.

David Piccioini does a masterful job in seamlessly mixing bouncy, happy, funky house with a progressive/tech flavor. Heres a fill tracklist!

CD1
1. Teamsters - Feels Like Love (Morjac Club Mix)
2. Deepgroove – Fascinated (Dub Mix)
3. Cloud 9 - How Shall I Rock Thee? (Sunloverz Remix)
4. Kai vs. Kered – Believe (Discoclub Mix)
5. Kerri Chandler - So Let the Wind Come (Remix)
6. Till West & DJ Delicious - Same Man (Original Mix)
7. Emilia Majello - Back To Me (Scumfrog Remix)
8. Haji & Emanuel - Take Me Away (Dave Spoon Mix)
9. Mark Knight feat. Katherine Ellis - Insatiable (MTV+MK Dub)
10. Trick & Kubic feat. Valeska – Easy (Original)
11. Pashka - Island Breeze (Belocca & Soneec Remix)
12. Andy Cato – La Luna (Original Mix)
13. Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (Original Mix)
14. Todd Terje – Eurodans (Origina

CD2
1. The Egg - Walking Away (Tocadisco Remix)
2. Stretch N Vern – Guttersnipe (Original Mix)
3. Chris Lake – Changes (Main Mix)
4. Axer – 321 (Original Mix)
5. DJ Rooster & Sammy Peralta present The Digital Pimps – Atraktion feat. TripleXL & HCP (Rooster & Peralta Unregulated Mix)
6. Chab – Lover (Satoshi Tomiie 3D Remix)
7. Buick Project – Lumieres
8. Shauna Solomon – I Wanna Be (John Creamer & Stephan K Mix)
9. Armand van Helden - Sugar (Paper Faces Mix)
10. Tiefschwartz – Fly - cause there are too many traffic signs mix by Steve Bug
11. Âme – Rej
12. Theo Parrish - Falling Up (Carl Craig Mix)
13. Roy Ayers – Tarzan (Âme Remix)

March 30, 2006 | CD Release by Bryan Jones
This is Bryan's debut mix cd on Control Recordings. Great selection of songs and great mixing! Overall a great CD for the real house music patriot!

Preview available under new releases.

March 30, 2006 | Genre POLL!
The Poll in choice of house music currently stands at :

Deep House : 38%
Funky House : 26%
Electro House : 28%
Hard House : 9%

Final results for each poll will be released on the 7th April 2006

March 29, 2006 | New releases!
I have added a new releases section. Here you can preview some of the latest underground house music that is out there. Hope to Have it completely updated by sunday so everythign will be in place.

KJ...

March 28, 2006 | Interview with Joey Youngman!
Check out the spotlight section. Featured this week I had the oppertunity to get a few words from the busiest house music producer on his views about house music and how he started out.

March 28, 2006 | Music Section
Each week I will be featuring 5 underground tracks for download! They will be available from Mon-Sat. I hope you enjoy the music and would appreciate you feedback on the site as well as ideas as to what your would like to see and hear?

KJ

March 27, 2006 | Site Update
Greetings,

Finally this site is up and slowly I am going to be updating alot of information, music for your listening and downloads too.

Hope everyone will enjoy this little dedication to house music ;)

KJ...

March 27, 2006 | Bryan Jones (remixed by Joey Youngman)
Without a doubt one of the hottest names to emerge on the house scene this year, Bryan Jones (Aroma, Jackin', Black Cherry) kicks off the new Control imprint with this slamming ode to his hometown of Chicago. Plenty of heavy hitters helping out on this one, with the Sound Republic, Joey Youngman and Scud Bloom all contributing mixes. All very playable cuts, with Joey rocking his trademark swinging beats and cut-up samples galore, while the Sound Republic drop the thudding beats and twisted jazz-funk trickery for a smooth late night workout. Jones' original works an euphoric filtered groover suitable for prime time DJ Heather sets. Top notch record all t he way around for the underground house heads.

March 25, 2006 | Mario Fabriani – Fender Bender EP
From the warped mind of Joey Youngman comes a brand new house imprint –Jackin Tracks. After less than one year of running Fetish Recordings, the busiest man in housemusic has decided to start up yet another label to showcase the production talents of his Fetish comrades, and of course, himself. He will also be bringing new artists to the label in the very near future. The first release gets things going with a Jackin’ (no pun intended) EP by the old man from Italy – Mr. Mario Fabriani. This 2-tracker sees Mario going in a bit of a new direction, and setting the stage for the style that Jackin Tracks will be providing in releases to come. “Fender bender” is a slightly harder number, with a rolling bassline, and nasty rhodes loops – sporting a tricky breakdown that has proven to make dancefloors go crazy.

UNDERGROUND HOUSE CULTURE! Keep it real!