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Stellar Music
Features the world's best DJs and producers from London, Singapore and every other city in between - spinning exclusively sets of the latest underground music in minimal, progressive, tech, tribal, techno and electro.
DJ KeanJin, one of the founders of event promoter, plussixfive in London, gives us a showcase of genre-bending 4/4 music in it's full glory.
It was in the warehouse and campsites of Southern California, USA that KeanJin was awakened to the pleasures of house music.
Playing alongside house music luminaries like Roy Davies, Junior Marques Watt, Colette, John Tejada and Jay Tripwire at venues like Los Angeles’s Key club and Nacional, KeanJin moved to London in 2006 and have since further stamp his sound on the deeper and techier side of house music.
KeanJin is now based in the Asia Pacific region.
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Jez Pereira began as a teenager in the nineties spinning in Mumbai, then known as Bombay at Illusions, the club that became the birth place of Pereira's freestyle sound. Now, with at living headquarters in Streatham in South London, Pereira always knew working in a coffee shop was acceptable for actors, however, this wasn't quite his cup of tea. He continued to perfect his sound, whilst continuing to be recognized amongst the elite in his musical field. Inevitably Pereira's sound would be captured and claimed via large credible corporate events and then residencies swiftly followed. The infamous Kaleidoscope on Push FM finally got the man on radio as Pereira, continued to build on his musical path and push his own boundaries.
Eventually he got to play at legendary venues - The Cross, KOKO'S, Heaven , Turnmills and of course Ministry Of Sound. Pereira was never overwhelmed when playing to large crowds and organizations or sharing the stage with superstar DJs. In many ways, that's what made him feel so comfortable - he was in his element and that's what got him respected by the superior producers. Pereira was a part of Paul Van Dyk’s 2008 album Launch night at London's Koko club, and quickly got recognized as a future name in the business, he was later involved in events at Heaven, working at the Bedrock label with John Digweed. It was there that he managed to rub shoulders with Norwegian's finest musical export, Eric Prydz. Pereira's name is conventionally connected to significant momentous occasions, London Fashion Week… Eivissa opening parties….. Innovative, energetic, invigorating, uplifting and refreshing start to any contemporary cutting edge event is what Pereira precision concise & precise sound brings…. During 2008, Pereira began what would become an unending run of successful collaborations, working with Vee Dale M.Currently, Pereira is focused on his home residencies, although he has just returned from Goa, where he played for a festival "Sunburn" headlined by Defected and Eddie Halliwell. He is also working with Submerge, which is run by co-founders Nikhil Chinniappa and DJ Pearl. Although not in India for long, he managed to hit the morning headlines over there for his memorable set and crowd connection. Whatever route Pereira follows, his musical values and continued commitment to excellence will be music to everyone’s ears.
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Slicing in some sexy beats just in time for the Digital Disco party at the beautiful Hacienda club in Singapore this weekend, next up on Stellar Music is DJ Kane Ian - one of Singapore's biggest DJ/producer exports, all round nice guy.His love for spreading his style of house music, seamlessly incorporating funk, soul, jazz and whatever else catches his fancy to jack the party has allowed him to make rounds in the local club circuit and in New York City and Brooklyn where he headlined clubs — The Tank and Laila Lounge. He was also invited to play at the ‘We Love House 2nd Anniversary' party at Zouk, Singapore, where his own productions were performed with live vocalist, Elisha.
In 2008, KANE IAN performed at the Winter Music Conference in Miami where he held a Dustpan Recordings party alongside fellow house music label Clean House Music featuring an amazing roster of artist such as Cubase Dan, Homero Espinosa, Kingsley Flowz, Jason Merle, Giano and Brandon Black. He also performed at Montreal's Kinjo Music party at the WMC.www.dustpanrecordings.com
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Besides currently working in record label Love International, DJ Nic Liu is also one of the creative partners behind East London shindig 'This Is Not a Rave'. While performing alongside luminaries Tomoki Tamura of Saw Recordings and Mikki Most from Trailer Thrash, he's gone ahead to tear the place apart in clubs such as Aquarium (Old Street), The Egg (King's Cross) and Hoxton Pony (Old Street).Nic will be headlining alongside Stellar Music founder Keishi in the Digital Disco tour at Club 9 and SiX Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (20th March 2009) and at Hacienda in Singapore (27th March 2009).
Nic Liu started DJing at Image in Nottingham, England: with a Thursday club night called “Our House” inviting local guest djs and international guests. The success of this clubnight led to guest appearances of “Our House” in Nottingham’s Pelham’s + Market Bar.
In 2008, he moved to the East End of London and with him came “Our House” to ‘Exit’ in the hipster area of Shoreditch. This one year residency and hosting of the crazy sunday night sessions, led to Nic teaming up with a group of upcoming East End djs to form This Is Not A Rave.
This Is Not A Rave has went from strength to strength and has been tipped for big things in London during two thousand and fine. The first party was held at Aquarium Club, Old Street in October 2009, which was such a resounding success Nic + his crew were asked to keep going for the Redlight after party until 9am the following day.
The next party was a massive success, the This Is Not A Rave Christmas party at the Egg on Sat 13 Dec with Nic having the honour to play alongside Tomoki Tamura from Four Twenty and SAW recordings. The third party had BBC radio 1 dj Andy George and Mikki Most from Trailer Trash. Keep an eye out for This Is Not A Rave @ the Egg club Kings Cross and 333 in Shoreditch.
Amongst these parties Nic has also played in the Hoxton Pony alongside Dj Sonny, S Café with Matt Jam Le Mont, Kensington’s Twenty Club and recently became a new resident at new club night WORD with Boombox resident DJ Rokk in the Bar Music Hall.
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This week, the Stellar Music Podcast airwaves is occupied by DJ J-Six (aka James Jan) - Taiwan's mighty LOOP Production’s nucleus. James is one of the oldest members of the LOOP team (both in experience and age) and plays a prominent role for amassing this brilliant team of DJs, lighting crew, soundmen, and design artists.
The club / event planner for 2F to now Luxy, from Kenting’s Spring Love to TWTC2’s Winter Love & been the pillar in pushing Taiwan onto the international music market. James is currently working on a live DJ + vocal set with the gifted Taiwanese singer Angie.
Feedback from international artists have been phenomenal and their act headlined Taiwan's National Day’s ceremony 2006 - the 1st electronic party hosted by the government. This year in 2007, J-Six launched his Dirty Saturday club night (every Sat) in cooperation with 55DSL as the best Electro party in Taiwan.
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Stellar Music is BACK - and we promise we're going to cause more mayhem on the podcast airways! Did we mention we're now based in London - so that kinda explains why we're been quiet for the last quarter of 2007. We're all set to kick off 2008 with some new concepts but first up, here's an exclusive mix from one of North America's most groundbreaking progressive DJs we've heard in a while. You may not have heard his name yet but we're pretty sure you will be hearing more about him!Born in Toronto Ontario, Canada and currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, DJ s007ii aka dj subRoutine had extensive musical training from the Trebas Institute of Recording Arts and learned to play 'live' under the careful guidance of Canada's top turntablist: DJ Lee - TheVinylKiller, using a pair of CDJ - 1000 MK2's and an Allen & Heath Xone 62 Mixer.
In the last 6 months, DJ s007ii has been causing a massive buzz on some of the world's leading dance music websites, including ProgressiveHouse.com (podcast), DJMix.netand Mixupload.com. He's has been working on the decks ferociously and has already released 7 promotional mixes that defines what progressive dance music is about today - deep, dark, dirty, driving and mesmerizing progressive house.
"A mix should be a bit trippy, a little innovative, sometimes experimental, but ultimately fun to listen. I strive to make each one as entertaining as possible." Tune your speakers up - this one is top notch tech house interlaced with progressive grooves and incredibly spicy electro tracks.Visit subRoutine's myspaceDownload MixSubscribe to this podcast with iTunesSubscribe via your RSS reader
DJ Damian Saint - one of Asia's best known Djs - has been flying the Ministry of Sound flag bearing the infamous crest before he even hit the age of 20. At the young age of 21 , Damian was already made resident DJ in the main arena at MoS Bangkok and opened for world class dj's such as Paul van Dyk & Oakenfold. It did not take long until the buzz spread across Asia and Damian was off on a tour of India for the world famous Bacardi Blast parties where he blew away the crowds of up to 5,000 people in Calcutta, Mumbai, Dehli and Bangalor.
After a year's residency in Bangkok, Damian was invited back to familiar territory, Blackpool as resident DJ alongside Dj Fubar for the grand opening of UK's largest nightclub, The Syndicate playing to over 10,000 clubbers a week.
After two years of planning, Damian finally opened Ministry of Sound Taipei alongside fellow resident DJ Buff Wise to a crowd of over 6,000. Working this time alongside the likes of The Crystal Method, Danny Howells , Sander Klienenberg , Nic Fanciulli his style evolve even further.
DJ Damian Saint is currently resident DJ for the Main Arena for the Ministry of Sound Singapore each and every weekend and he's gaining a great local following running his own night appropriately called FILTH. Damian reads his audience and manages to adjusts to his surroundings., showing his burning passion for what he does and it strikes those of us that stand and watch him play.
There's no else better to represent the sounds of the Ministry.
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Having started the art of dj'ing at the tender age of 15, DJ Romel has gone on to be voted one of the Top 10 most influential entertainers in Malaysia.
He first started dance music by playing Deep House & Tribal House, and soon on he managed to work his way up to get booked to play underground parties around Kuala Lumpur and even being branded by local magazine “JUICE” as the Finest Underground DJ in Malaysia & Singapore. As his exposure to dance music was fast expanding and soon he got hooked onto the sounds of Techno and changed his style completely towards Techno.
In September 2003 he entered the 1st Heineken Juice DJ Quest, and finished as Runner Up - permanently engraving his name into the industry and becoming a familiar face behind the decks of some of the finest clubs around Malaysia. In addition he was given a chance to host his own weekly radio show on 'Red 104.9' focusing on Techno & House where he had an audience of 2.1 million.
In 2004, he became the youngest person at the age of 17 to have been offered a major residency at one of Malaysia's most renowned super clubs, 'Atmosphere' where he fast build a reputation among local clubbers around Malaysia for his signature 3-turntable sets and having known to juggle an average of 35 - 50 records per hour.
His technical ability behind the decks has seen him support the likes of Christian Smith, Funk D’ Void, John Creamer, Joris Voorn, Benny Bennasi, Kevin Saunderson, Tall Paul, Pako & Fredrik, Trevor Rockliffe, Deetron, Renato Cohen, DJ Misjah, Q-Hey, DJ Mayuri, Shin Nishimura, Technasia, John Askew, Judge Jules, The Warp Brothers, Adam Freeland, Felix Da Housecat, Eddie Halliwell, Simon Coyle, Simon Digby, Veiga, Juri Menucci & Fuzion to name a few.
On Tour Romel has toured, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Indonesia & of course his native country Malaysia - playing for Redzone ‘The Official Ferrari F1 Pit Party' where he played infront of 15,000 adoring fans.
Romel is now busy with his own label ‘’Stream Recordings” featuring productions from artists such as Hertz (Sweden), Christian Smith (Sweden), Kazu Kimura (Japan), Marco Lenzi (UK), Allan Banford (UK), Juri Menucci (Italy), Veiga (Australia), Simon Coyle (Australia).
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His sound and style make him a favourite anywhere he plays and his productions go from Deep to Tech House, Tribal and Progressive. In recent years, DJ/producer Luca Ricci's taste and unique style which he translates into his records, has captured the attention of some of the world’s best DJs, such as: Danny Tenaglia , Chus & Ceballos ,Peace Division, X-press2, Steve Lawler, John Creamer & Stephan K, Tom Stephan, Peter Rauhofer, DJPaulo, Boy George, Satoshi Tomiie, Timo Maas and Dj Vibe.
In addition to producing under his name, Luca has also released works under different project names: Aenaria, Vibe Junction, Eugenie, Vesdino and Against the Grain.
In 2006 Luca Ricci launched his company Aenaria Recordings, aiming to be a stepping stone for young talent and a positive outlet for people that share the same passion for music!
Luca met Jaimy in 2005 when he asked Jaimy to remix his production ‘Sim City’. Later that same year the two planned a studio session together and became good friends. The spirit behind Jaimy's Fatal Music Group and Luca's Aenaria Recordings fit perfectly and therefore they have combined forces.Download MixSubscribe to this podcast with iTunesSubscribe via your RSS reader
Back in the day, Jaimy was one of the first producers who succeeded in making a living with house music. Being adopted by Amsterdam's Outland Records, just before their period of grandeur, Jaimy was responsible for half of all the music coming out of the Outland studios. He collaborated with many Dutch DJ’s, and engineered most of the other dance floor smashes.
After meeting his musical partner Kenny D - Jaimy & Kenny D. released most of their stuff with Black Hole Recordings, but also signed tracks and projects to United, Combined Forces and Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto label. Their smash hit “Keep On Touchin' Me”, got picked up and reworked by Erick Morill's Subliminal, and has been signed to Skint Records/Loaded for a UK re-release. They’ve remixed acts as Halo Varga, Lil’ Devious and Way Out West. 2001 saw the birth of Jaimy & Kenny D’s own label, Fatal Tracks, administered and distributed by Black Hole.
Jaimy's style is best described as progressive tribal house, very groovy with a lot of samba and tribal rhythms. His sets are a combination of groovy house with dark, sexy beats, vocals, lots of percussion and old classics that bring a great energy onto the dance floor.
Jaimy organizes his own Label night “Fatal Music presents Drum Mode” every month at different locations in Amsterdam and he holds a residency at the leading gay-event called Joystick Amsterdam.
Besides dj-ing, Jaimy is owner of the Fatal Music Group consisting of several labels like Fatal Music and Drum Mode. Through his labels, Jaimy will release his solo materials, projects with other artists and producers and Fatal Music will represent him as a DJ and Drum Mode will be another outlet for Jaimy’s solo productions. Already as from the beginning of both labels, they’re getting massive support by industry hero’s as Danny Tenaglia, DJ Vibe, Victor Calderone and Superchumbo, Chus & Ceballos, Tedd Patterson and Luca Ricci.Download MixSubscribe to this podcast with iTunesSubscribe via your RSS reader
As a top international DJ and producer, Saeed Younan has developed into a true artist of the global dance scene. Carving a sound all his own, Younan seamlessly blends house, techno, tribal, and percussive grooves with building momentum, making him a favorite among club goers as well as promoters.
Younans nomination for Best Breakthrough DJ at the annual DanceStar Awards is a testimony to his worldwide appeal. This milestone provided an opportunity to push his sound even further, and while doing so, hes captivating audiences worldwide.
A native of Washington DC (from a middle-eastern descent), Younan grew up listening to a variety of ethnic music. As a result, his musical sound resonates with percussive beats and tribal rhythms. Saeed Younan has headlined at prominent clubs across the globe in places such as Space and Cream (Ibiza, Miami), Pacha (Argentina, Israel, and Spain), Cave, Acabus (Dominican Republic), +Soda, and Venue (Greece), Vinyl, and Avalon (New York), Womb, (Tokyo), Sona (Montreal), and Boa (Toronto).
To date Younan has released 3 mix compilations: Tide Edit, Addictive Beats, And Remixed. These compilations showcase not only Saeeds tribal sound, but also his Tech-funk, and Electro-prog driven sound.
Younan is currently entering the busiest period of his life. Not only is he DJing at a different international destination on a nightly basis, but he has also stepped up the production work. He recently released several singles, Rock The Rhythm, on Sondos Recordings; Saeeds remixes of Club 69s Warm Leatherette and Suzanne Palmer's Sound Of The Drums on Star 69; and BPT's Moody on Tweekd Records
So, keep your ears and eyes open for Saeed Younan as he continues to push the boundaries of dance music. This is Saeed's mix - enjoy!
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From an avid clubber who spent most of her weekends soaking up the club scene in Singapore and around it's region since the 1990s, to quite a lovely beat-serving jock behind the console, pleasing the palattes of the masses and inspiring people to listen and dance without prejudice; it seems to be yet another natural progression for this chocolate addict whose influences includes Aldrin, DJ Sonny, Effen, Dennis Ferrer, John Tejada, Tiefschwarz, Andrea Parker, Henrik Schwarz and Joris voorn to name but a few.
A rapidly rising talent surging out of Singapore into the global arena, EJ is one of the youngest self-taught DJ to hold a weekly residency at the morrocan-inspired Balcony Bar and making various appearances at Q Bar Singapore, Coccolatte, PURE@Ministry of Sound, Amino, Aurum by The Clinic, and notably, Kandi Bar by Hed Kandi, pushing the myriad kaleidoskopes of House and the simplicity of minimal. She have also graced the decks of Ministry of Sound Main Arena and Hacienda for corporate events.
Truth is, she is not Magda and she does NOT make the tea. But she can make you cry with her deep and soulful electro styling, all while maintaining her diversity without compromising on her signature attitude and flawless technique.
When not on her toes as an event programmer and a marcom exec, she breathes by the dj consoles, meddling with the sound of house, deep house, tribal house, tech house, minimal, progressive, techno, and almost everything in between. The future sees her as being intimately involved in her very own music and video productions.
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World renowned flying Dutchmen Pako (Sekander Raisani) & Frederik (Frederik Borgesius) have been part of the international dance scene for over 15 years now, gaining worldwide recognition for their productions, dj’ing and live sets.
Pako and Frederik joined forces in their early days to produce numerous club-hits such as: ‘The Magic Shop’ and ‘Seaside Atmosphere’. Since 1996, Pako & Frederik's early releases on their own label Majestic Music led to immediate worldwide recognition, leading to numerous requests for their remix work on labels such as Nervous, DMC, Acetate, Dorigen and more.
They were also working with the GU brand closely and had released several singles for the label, such as ‘Beatus Possessor’, ‘Western Approaches’ and ’45 Minutes’. The duo was first featured on Global Underground in 1999, when John Digweed included their track ‘Blue Steel’ on his GU Hong Kong album, and then followed by a couple of signings on his prestigious Bedrock label. Their tracks have featured on compilations mixed by: Sasha & Digweed, Carl Cox, Anthony Pappa, Jerry Bonham, Derrick Carter, Remy and Slam and the duo finally released their own mixed compilation in 2002.
For this reason, they were chosen to launch Global Underground’s music imprint GU Music, which is Global Underground’s artists based label for singles and albums. Their first album was entitled ‘Atlantic Breakers’.
Since 1995 Pako & Frederik have performed live at international festivals like I Love Techno, Dancevalley (mainstage in 2004) and at numerous clubs worldwide such as Amnesia in Ibiza, Bedrock in London and Zouk in Singapore. More recently they have played live sets in Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and the Dominican Republic.
In 2006 they started a new label called Sitrep. The first two releases are by the boys themselves, using their family names: Raisani & Borgesius. At the moment Pako & Frederik are busy working on their second album for Global Underground, and on several twelve inches and remixes for various labels.
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Born and raised in Singapore, DJ Reiki is a local breaks stalwart & one of the most well known Djs in the circuit. It was in 1999 when she stumbled upon the hard hops of Omar Santana and the nu-skool breaks of Adam Freeland. Since then, her style of breaks gradually developed to sets of high impact tunes, frantic beats, swirling analogues and monster hooks.
Since Reiki’s first well-received club appearance in Phuture (by Zouk) and her debut promotional mixed CD entitled Equlibrium 001: Dawn of Breaks, she has moved on to spin for leading local breakbeat events such as Sirens, Phuture Breaks, Guerilla, Assault and guest spot in other parts of Asia, headlining Breaks Centro & Flava Breaks in Kuala Lumpur, Salem Innovation Sessions in Hong Kong and recently Breakzelecta in Bangkok.
Known for dropping wicked tunes that heat up the dancefloors, she has even supported drum n bass heavyweight DJs Aphrodite, Mickey Finn & John B as well as Asia’s breaks ambassador, Tony Tay (Zouk) and UK breaks heavyweight, General Midi.
Scenewise, Reiki has been a pillar in gathering breaks enthusiasts to promote domestic breaks culture as well as writing articles / reviews, but more importantly, documenting the music’s growing movement in regional portal - http://breakinasia.blogspot.com
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Much like the film of the same name, 2001 was a Space Odyssey for the underground club scene as thanks to John Digweed, Pole Folder was introduced to the world with his debut single 'Apollo Vibes' becoming a genre defining classic in the years that have passed since.
This was followed over the course of the following year by the AA single 'Enter The Rhythm/Waxxx' and a third single, 'Dust', a track that many hold in high regard even to this day. From there, EP and single projects followed on such labels as Sunkissed Records and Mo-Do Records, whilst Pole Folder spent much of the next two years focusing on an artist album he had been commissioned to do by John Digweed, making him the first artist to produce an artist album for the prestigious Bedrock label.
The album, 'Zero Gold' featured collaborations with Brooklyn singer and songwriter Shelley Harland, fellow Belgian Sandra Ferretti and Kirsty Hawkshaw, and the album's blend of downtempo moods, brilliant melodies and cinematic soundscapes have earned it critical acclaim all across the world.
It's testament to this fact that tracks from the album have been licensed for use popular shows such as 'Nip/Tuck' and 'CSI'.
In the live arena, Pole Folder's career as a DJ and live artist continues to grow and has seen him perform everywhere from Europe to America and Asia, with such places as Miami, Moscow, Monaco, Tokyo and Buenos Aires just a few of the places he's been invited to perform, and this continues to increase on a monthly basis, with live tours and DJ gigs planned for the future in various continents of the world.
Pole Folder performs in Zouk Singapore this weekend - a night not to be missed!
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DJ ZekK or better know to many as Zach from The Contender Asia works as a Thai Boxing Trainer at a gym his friends owned. He honed his DJ skills in the gym - and before long, ZekK had been invited to perform at some of the best venues around the island. Known for his versatility in playing chunky progressive and electro house, ZekK has already done serious aural damage to the wheels of steel at KM8 (Sentosa), Suba and Aurum (Clinic) - not forgeting the legendary exclusive house parties @ 111 in the western part of Singapore.
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Clash The Disko Kids (CTDK) is a Singapore electro-techno-house trio consisting of DJ Itchi, Kurt and Weili. As individual 'kids', each had proven themselves worthily throughout various DJ competitions held in Singapore for the past few years, Between them, they have swept titles such as Juice DJ Quest Champion & Frontal Super Star DJ Project Champion, Pioneer PRO DJ Regional Final Runner Up & Heineken Thirst Studio Runner-up. Together as Clash The Disko Kids, they have been formidable on the dance floors. Out of nowhere, the trio seemed to have emerged out of the concrete jungle and reinvented the clubbing landscape in Singapore, putting their own sick twists towards house music and just about everything around it!
Inside the studios, the trio have remixed a number of singles, such as The Go! Team's "Grip On A Vice" and CSS's "Alala". Musically, they are known for incorporating a strong rock influence into their sets and image. Armed themselves with many influences from many music genres, you can only expect a mural of sounds when CTDK go behind the decks. Look out for the Kids in a city near you!
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Ever since he took control of his Catholic High School’s dance committee and started spinning the new wave and early electronic music he loved, DJ Hac Le has been exhorting audiences to dance, and audiences have listened. The listed resident & Auralism’s multi-talented Creative Director is a man of many hats, from world-traveling DJ, to promoter, to up-and-coming producer.
The Vietnam-born Le spent the ’90s kicking around LA, absorbing the spacey, mind-warping West Coast sound and putting in a three-year residency at Melrose’s Kontrol Faktory party. After relocating to Chicago, giving up on and subsequently rediscovering DJing, he began producing his own dark, tech-y tracks under the name Kyaro with new ally and future Auralism founder Jason Short. (Le currently has several solo and collaborative projects in the works.)
In 2000, Le co-founded Global Trip, a Mexico-based company that has imported everyone from Lee Burridge to Deep Dish to Dimitri from Paris; he also forms the heart of Play Co. & Friends, a cadre of producers, artists, and DJs who promote Chicago’s underground scene through parties, radio shows, and podcasts. Still, the turntables remain Hac’s true passion, reinforced when John Digweed chose Hac’s mix as the winner of FutureMusic’s Next Big Thing DJ contest and James Zabiela in the recent DJ Mag poll named him "Breakthru DJ of 2008". Le’s sets, which will carry him around the globe in the coming year, are where his longstanding infatuation with dance music comes alive. "On one hand, I have the Chicago house influence, on the other, the nearby Detroit techno, and my West Coast background. It all comes together in a very nice fusion which people enjoy and seem to have a hard time categorizing!"
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The name Pako & Frederik may not be overly familiar with some but the Dutch pair has been quietly gaining a solid reputation as producers and DJs for the last 10 years or so. Many of their production work has appeared on some the most highly respected compilations released, in particular Sasha & Digweed’s ‘Northern Exposure - Expeditions’, Carl Cox’s ‘F.A.C.T.’ and Anthony Pappa’s ‘Renaissance’.
Pako & Frederik first crossed paths in 1992, through an introduction by a mutual friend. But it took a 1993 meeting to bring their two styles together. The place: a studio in the south of France. The result: the birth of their first collaboration (with Remy): 'Vauvenage'. From this moment on Pako and Frederik joined forces to produce numerous club-hits for a Dutch label called Absolut Records. Their musical style attracted many; gaining them a spot on playlists from international DJ's such as Carl Cox, Sasha, John Digweed, Derrick May, Danny Howells, Chris Harshman, Jerry Bonham and Derrick Carter. Since 1995 Pako & Frederik perform live, appearing at numerous house-parties, clubs and internationally attended festivals such as I Love Techno (Belgium) and Dancevalley. Check out www.myspace.com/pakofrederikDownload MixSubscribe to this podcast with iTunesSubscribe via your RSS reader
Having exploded on the scene as a DJ to watch back in 2004, Anil Chawla has since soared through the ranks of the music world to establish himself as one of the UK’s most hotly-tipped electronic DJ/Producers.
Anil’s tale began in Maidstone, Kent – as a resident for local night Mongo Bongo, which saw him mix it up alongside the then (relatively) unknowns Nic Fanciulli and Mark Knight. As word of his talent soon spread, it wasn’t long before dance bible Mixmag made Anil as one of their first ever ‘Mixmag Future Heroes’ and some of London’s leading clubs came knocking on his door.The legendary (now defunct) Turnmills wasted no time in offering Anil as many gigs as they could muster and unbelievably the following year (2005), Anil DJ’d at the club more times than any other DJ in the world – something ridiculous like 35 sets in total… not a bad start for a rookie at the start of his career!
As a Together resident (and a very popular one at that), Anil has shared the bill with some of the world’s most influential players including Green Velvet, Josh Wink, John Acquaviva, David Guetta and Felix Da Housecat to name a few and every time his sets have stood out equally alongside those of the more experienced global stars. Other regular commitments include gigs in in UK (Manchester, Brighton, Leeds) and abroad (Canada, Poland and Georgia), plus rather excitingly, the prospect of an ongoing international tour with cult label Global Underground.Anil’s debut track with partner Dale - 'Disco Stew', was snapped up by Nic Fanciulli for his Saved Records label, whilst the follow up ‘Makes Me Feel’ featured on Fanciulli’s ‘Renaissance presents Nic Fanciulli Vol.1’ compilation. ‘Disco Stew’ and ‘Makes Me Feel’ are also set for a re-release this year complete with a new remix package.With so many of his own tracks (productions & remixes) to pick from, Anil’s sets remain highly charged, very unique and always entertaining. Anil is very much the clubber’s DJ… always unselfishly playing for the crowd and letting the mood of the night determine his next track. Anil is held in very high regard by his peers and big-hitters like Hernan Cattaneo, Funk D’Void, Pete Tong, Dave Seaman, Max Graham, Chris Lake, Tim Sheridan, Cass & Mangan, Tom Stephan, Greg Vickers and James Talk are constantly championing his sound all over the world.
Catch this amazing live set from Ministry of Sound's Global Underground party for the launch of Felix Da Housecat's GU Milan album in May 2008.
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Here comes another episode featuring one of Singapore's upcoming talents in the DJ scene - Leslie James. Starting from humble beginnings in the bedroom, he starting promoting his music mixes though national radio stations such as on Rico’s Liberation show (91.3 FM) in 2005.
With his unique style of intepreting what he calls 'progressive sounds', Leslie had stunned clubbers nationwide behind the decks of numerous nightspots in Singapore, such as Attica, eM Studio, Zouk’s Flea & Easy, Fashion Bar and the now defunct Liquid Room and Cocco Latte. He also emerged as a semi-finalist in the much talked about Juice DJ Quest 2007 held at Phuture (Zouk).
His experience in different bar and club settings have led him to explore down-beat electronic music, this alter ego of his is reflected in his productions “The Life of Frankie Wilde” and “Empathy” both of which have since been on rotation on Lush 99.5 FM since early 2007. other productions have also been heard on internet dance radio station danceradio.gr.MySpace: Leslie JamesMySpace: Stellar MusicDownload as mp3Subscribe to this podcast with iTunesSubscribe via your RSS reader
Nomsta* has been a lover of good music all his life. Childhood toys are his uncle's Beatles, Boney M and Deep Purple records, grew up through the eras of Disco and UK's Acid House, and formative years in the age of House. It then became an addictive life-long commitment to keep on discovering tasteful and cutting edge music – starting a music career in the record industry, led to independent music promotions, throwing events and parties, and now DJing to share the music that he loves directly to the masses.
Based in Singapore, he has played top gigs at Ministry Of Sound and Zouk, at venues around Asia and alongside cats like Roy Davis Jr (US), Andy Smith of Portishead (UK), Spiritual South & Mad Mats of Raw Fusion (UK), Zero dB (UK), Frank de Jojo (UK), DJ Siskid (FR) and MOS Australia voted No.1 DJ Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock (AU). Nomsta’s taste has been verified by many. His appearance in iconic events like Gilles Peterson's Worldwide and Australia's Good Vibrations festivals, his regular contributions on Singapore's LUSH FM style radio, fans of his mixtapes and even an invitation on a concert tour with Asian pop superstars F4 set his spot on the forefront of cutting edge music.
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With gigs across Asia, Australia, US (Miami Winter Conference) to London venues (The Borderline, Big Chill and 93 Feet East), Singaporean London-based DJ Sonny has also been voted amongst the top 200 DJs worldwide in the prestige DJ Magazine top 100 poll. Besides a former residency at the infamous superclub Zouk, the 28 year old has also done remixes for the likes of New York house pioneer Satoshi Tomiie, headlined the DJ Magazine Australia/Asia tour and is currently running his new ‘dontdressup’ (Thursdays) and ‘Slipped Disco Sundays’ at 93 Feet East with Ben Osborne (NME Radio). Earlier in 2008, he started his label ‘Mighty Rumble!’ from the streets of Shoreditch in London - earning rave reviews and plays from the likes of Filterheadz, DjFex, Peter Kruder (Kruder & Dorfmeister), Stephane K (& John Creamer) and Darren Emerson’s Underwater Records.DJ Sonny headlines 'plussixfive' in Juno Shoreditch, London on 8th August 2008. Visit plussixfive.blogspot.com for more details. Sonny X MySpaceSonny X MySpace: Mighty Rumble RecordsSonny X Official SiteDownload as mp3
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Vortex is easily one of the best-loved drum & bass jocks and also a pioneer in Singapore’s growing drum n bass scene. Behind the decks, Vortex’s signature blend of hard hitting beats with liquid smooth bass lines always gets the crowd grooving.
Already rinsing out the dance floor with rolling sounds, Vortex can also be caught exploring dubstep, broken beats, deep house, bossa nova, funk and hip-hop. A night out with Vortex is a musical journey to look forward to.
Vortex has shared deck duties with international DJs like Goldie, Pendulum, LTJ Bukem, London Elektricity, DJ Marky, Concord Dawn, Makoto, Jenna G, Nutone, Utah Jazz and more. Vortex has also spread his sound to other cities like Osaka, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur.
When not dropping red hot choons at the console, Vortex is packing heat with Exitmusik dot com, arguably Asia’s most respected underground music portal. The Face of Drum n Bass is also the man responsible for +65, the nation state’s own music and arts event by the people for the people.
DJ Vortex headlines 'plussixfive' in Horse & Groom, Shoreditch, London on 19th September 2008. Visit plussixfive.blogspot.com for more details
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With almost a decade of being involved in the electronic music scene through behind the decks, managing global artists bookings and running a house music podcast (Stellar Music Podcast), DJ Keishi has spun in some of the biggest brand name events known throughout the world - Global Underground, Ministry of Sound (New Year’s Eve party) + Space Ibiza (World Tour).
Early on in his pursuit for musical excellence, Keishi won several DJ competitions – one of resulted in him being Singapore’s 1st JUICE Magazine DJ Quest Champion in 2002. Between then and now and somewhere along that timeline, he went on to perform alongside DJs Sander Klienenberg, Dave Seaman, Slacker, Lucien Foort, Kasey Taylor, Electric Tease and Space Ibiza resident Jose De Devina & Tania Vulcano.; as well as residency stints at Centro Singapore (2003 – 2004) and Insomnia (2001).
In Singapore, his decade long experience behind the decks had made him one of the most recognized DJs in the house/ progressive/ electro genres. During those years, he played a range of respected venues in Singapore such as Café Del Mar, SupperClub, Le Noir/ Attica, HOME, Clinic's Aurum, Zouk's Phuture, the now-defunct Centro, Liquid Room and Suba, as well as for streets parties hosted by Sony Ericsson.
Through the years, Keishi has also chalked up some fairly decent air miles traveling to promote and perform in various cities in the UK, Holland, China, Hong Kong & Malaysia - churning out a unique style of of leg shaking and body gyrating progressive, minimal and electro tunes.
Since relocating to the capital of electronic music of London in 2007, Keishi has been running a minimal/ electro/ techno/ deep house music with ex-Zouk resident DJ and record owner of Mighty Rumble Records DJ Sonny (as well as business partner DJ KeanJin) called 'PlusSixFive London' - a boutique club night that lives, breathes & roams the streets and brick-lanes of east London.
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