1) The Detroit Experiment-Think Twice-Juno
2) Motorcity Drum Ensemble-You Got It-Prime Numbers
3) Marc Poppke-Far Away From You-Freerange
4) Tom Middleton-Hypnotizer (Francois Dubois Classy Disco mix)-Urban Torque
5) Jay Shepheard-Last Days Exit (Jimpster mix)-Freerange
6) Chrisitan Prommer & DJ Hell-Freak It (Spencer Parker Gun For Hire mix)-Buzzin' Fly
7) Bent-Swollen (Ben Watt Dub)-Godlike & Electric
8) Shit Robot-Simple Things (Serge Santiago mix)-DFA

Biog:
Paddy Freeform – The Sounds of the Universe...

As a DJ, producer, radio presenter and label boss of Universal Vibes, the next few months look an exciting prospect for Paddy Freeform with several new projects in the pipeline all based around his passion for only the very best in deep house. Don't just take our word for it, however, as both DJ and iDJ magazines have shown their support recently and given the Universal Vibes compilation, 'This Is What The Universe Sounds Like', superb reviews. DJ have made it 'Compilation of the Month' with five stars in their May issue, while iDJ awarded it 9 out of 10.

After picking up the DJ bug while working in a record shop in the early 90s, Paddy went on to forge a career taking in several high profile residencies and playing at just about every party in North East England, as well as promoting several events of his own. He also played alongside the likes of Carl Craig, Zed Bias, Bugz In The Attic, Gilles Peterson, 4hero and many more. A move to London soon followed where Paddy set up Universal Vibes. Originally conceived as an internet radio station five years ago, the website has gone on to attract around 50,000 hits per month and includes a wide selection of guest mixes and editorial content. Labels like Buzzin' Fly, Compost and Freerange have all been involved, while Paddy himself provides the 'Shakedown Sessions' dropping deep house for the dancefloor and the 'Freestyle Blend' featuring an eclectic mix of soulful grooves and deep house, hip hop, broken beat, disco and Balearic flavours.

In the summer of 2007 Universal Vibes expanded to become a record label and has released singles from Tim Scott, Jafar & Bobby Strobe, Poussez, The Onaz and OK_Ma among others. The label has received plenty of club and radio support, and is now reached its eleventh and twelfth releases by Young David and Keep the Secrets with the 'FuJi' and 'Nightlife' EPs respectively. The latter also features two remixes from Paddy under his Soulsonics name that take the jazzy vibe of the originals and turn them into dancefloor bombs. 

His DJ schedule has been no less hectic playing at many of the capital's best clubs over the last twelve months including The End, Egg, Turnmills and East Village, as well as regular sets at venues like The Light, Dex, Zigfrid and the Lockside Lounge. Last year also saw Paddy play in Athens and Dubai, and impact an on the festival scene with sets at the Isle of Wight, Bloom, Secret Garden Party, V Festival, the Electric Elephant and Garden Festival in Croatia, and Lake of Stars in Malawi.

His skills and versatility as a DJ have gained Paddy much attention and he's equally at home playing underground, tech-edged house as he is playing more downtempo sets taking in everything from soulful house and broken beat to hip hop and dubstep. Last year saw him join the Éclair Pro Team demonstrating the techniques and creative possibilities of their DJ equipment including live sets performed with Ableton Live. Paddy also works as a tutor with the Subbass DJ Academy teaching production courses.

With so much going on, it's hardly surprising that Universal Vibes came to the attention of DJ magazine last year and most recently iDJ where it received the accolade of 'Label of the Month' in the April issue and a full page feature. The guys at We Love have been pretty impressed too and included a laidback summer mix from Paddy on their website. There’s a real buzz building around Universal Vibes, in fact, and summer festival appearances for Paddy are already confirmed for the Garden Festival, Secret Garden Party, Free Rotation, V Festival and Bestival, while recent London dates have included Eastern Electrics and a new bi-monthly residency with Always Fridays at Egg.

On the label front, Universal Vibes have recently released the 'This Is What The Universe Sounds Like: Part 1' compilation mixed by Paddy himself. There will also be two 12-inch vinyl samplers featuring Soulsonics remixes of the label's back catalogue and support has already come from a wide range of DJs including Gilles Peterson, Xfm's Nick Luscombe, Dubfire and Nacho Marco. Paddy's debut Soulsonics EP is also forthcoming on Universal Vibes, while Paddy is currently collaborating in the studio with Matt Masters from Freerange Records.

paddy freeform
paddy@universalvibes.com
www.universalvibes.com

For DJ Bookings contact:
info@seditiondjs.com

DJ Mixes at:
www.universalvibes.com/podcasts

stretch | marc-paul gauthier | torquecast #21 | 08.10.09
 
Track List:
Cowboys – Dusty Kid – Kling Klong ( Tides – Beanfield – Compact)
Raw Cuts #5 – Motor City Drum Ensemble – Faces Records
Tropical Chicks – Alex Kenji – Hotfingers
Here come the Beats – JT Donaldson, Fred Everything – Lazy Days Music
Beautiful But Weird (Stel Remix) – King Roc – Process Recordings
Advance Panorama (Paul Nazca Remix) – Christian Fischer – Definition Records
Ill Califfo (Robsonic Remix) – Radio Marelli – Gasoline
Humm – Town Crier – Viva Music
My Angelic Demons (Dub 2) – Justin Martin – Buzzin’ Fly Records
Know Your Jazz – Kevin Yost – I Records
Pills & Champagne (Christopher Norman Vicodub Remix) – Discount Rhinos – Sharpie Style Records
Volviendo Loco – Alex Kenji - Hotfingers

Marc-Paul is DJ and producer out of Toronto Canada.  After years of spinning drum n bass and hosting a popular weekly radio show, he began a move into tech house and hasn’t looked back.  After years doing the club circuit in and around Toronto and Ontario, Marc-Paul has now focused on studio work collaborating with established Toronto artist Hibernate and female vocal artist Melissa Lauren.
 
Bit short but gotta run.  Can add more later.

www.torque.to

august promo mix | raxon | torquecast #20 | 19.09.09

1. Warbgasm - Dead Arm
2. Chelonis R Jones - pompadour (gorge dub mix)
3. Raxon - the mission (spiritcatcher remix)
4. Dibby dougherty - lost in harlem (Raxon remix)
5. pezzner - brooklyn new york (justin martin remix)
7. robert bosco - the way is always the same
8. oliver moldan - smokey eyes (dave robertson remix)
9.christian smith - mistral (anton pieete remix)
10. dibby dougherty  - se7en bells
11. myers briggs - red cooler

Raxon has developed a sense of addiction to house music since 2000, he started DJ-ing in 2005 in countless house parties which evolved into getting him to play in some of the biggest clubs in Dubai where he is based. Raxon has opened up for huge parties in Trilogy such as Global Underground and Renaissance and has done warm ups for big DJs like Jody Wisternoff form Way Out West, Ashley Cassely from The Remote, Spiritcatcher, Matt Tolfrey and many more. He also had many appearances on Audiotonic Live at Radio 1, The PerfectMix FM and Beattunes online radio. Another highlight in his career was getting three residencies in Dubai's hottest venues; 360, Club Submarine and NEO Club. He is now currently working on production, but his frequent posts of his sets online and charts on Beatport, earned him people’s ears and got his name and sound to be heard and respected between other DJs.

funky funky mix | jef k | torquecast #19 | 17.09.09

also featured on ben watt's buzzin' fly radio show

track list:
1. noir all about house acapella
2. ashford & simpson solid as a rock
3. stephanie mills you can't run from my love
4. chris carrier i'm in love today
5. skipworth & turner i'm thinking about your love
6. bb & q band imagination
7. jef & chris morning
8. jef & chris get up !
9. hot natured nikki norris
10. out of control feat capitol a carla prather (asad rizvi dub)
11. ron trent altered states

DJ JEF K BIOGRAPHY


A native of Paris, Jef K started mixing records in 1992 after spending nine
months in London. His deep, groovy and sexy house sets made him quickly earn
a reputation as one of the fastest rising DJs amongst the french house scene.

Jef has a Saturday residency at the legendary Rex Club since 1998
and is a resident for the "Respect" nights all over the world. He had a monthly residency
at Fuse in Brussels for four years and plays regularly at Robert Johnson in Frankfurt.

He has played festivals such as Les Plages Sonores in Montpellier, Soma,
Lunacy, Xanadu and Magic Garden in Paris. A huge traveler, bringing his skills
to the top clubs in Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Shangai, Sydney,
Melbourne, Auckland, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Dubai, Bahrein, Capetown, Johannesburg, Durban, Moscow, Llubjana, Sofia, Prague, Budapest, Sarajevo, Krakow, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, London, Nottingham, Brighton, Birmingham, Ibiza, Madrid, Barcelona, La Coruna, Lisbon, Porto, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Antwerp, Brussels, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and many other cities around the world.

In 1996, Jef worked A & R for the French label Distance. Since then, he has
been responsible for six compilations on the label- five volumes of the "My
House" series, and the third volume of the "French Sessions” series. These
compilations had a great response nationally and internationally,
and were rated “Compilation Of The Year” by magazines such as Coda and Trax.

In 1997, Krypton/ Sony France released Jef’s "Paris-Chicago Express" CD- a
Cajual and Relief compilation. In the same year, he and Cyril K (E-Troneek
Funk) produced a track called "First Step" which appeared on the "Aline Can
Dance" compilation project released by Small/Sony.

In June 2000, "Watch Out! 2000" was released- another mix-CD reflecting
Jef's residency at the Watch Out! Party at the Rex Club.

In 1999, Jef teamed up with his brother Antoine, aka DJ Tony Silver, to
launch the Silver Network and Fast Forward FFWD record labels. Silver
Network’s first release by Iz & Diz- the What We Need EP, appeared in the
Hype Chart of DJ Magazine and was given four stars by MUZIK. It was later
remixed by Pepe Bradock and Freaks.
The first Fast Forward release by E-Troneek Funk was rated a five out of
five twice in MUZIK and appeared in UPDATE reviews.

Silver Network's other releases include artists Kemetic Just (USA), Nightsource
aka DJ Rasoul and Miguel Migs (USA), Hanna (USA), Toka Project (UK), Ciudad Feliz (Argentina), Hanna (USA), Patrik Richard (Sweden), Neon Heights (UK), Karu (USA), Spirit Catcher (B) and remixers Pepe Bradock (F), Charles Webster (UK), Alex Kid (F), Dixon (D), Freaks (UK), Fresh & Low (UK) to name a few.
Fast Forward’s releases include work by Tim Shumaker and JT Donaldson (USA), Natural Rhythm (USA) and Swirl People (B).

Jef started a new label with partner Holmar Filipsson, Crack & Speed.
The first release were out in the spring of 2002. The c&s artists so far are :
Freestyle Man feat. G. Spruce (D), Volga Select (F), Krikor (F), John Howard (USA),
Scott Pace (USA), Dj Spettro (USA), Mr Negative (USA), Freaks (UK), Spencer Filipsson Experience (USA), Jerome Pacman (F), Phil Weeks (F), DJ Terry (F), Chris Carrier (F), Guillaume La Tortue (F), Formule Express (F).

Jef K. is currently on tour for Silver Network and C&S
and rocking dancefloors around the world ...

For more infos : www.silvernetwork.fr www.crackandspeed.com

The Sound Of Subst@nce Vol 1

1. Kikumoto Allstars - Warehouse Days
2. Justin Martin - The Fugitive (Sei A Mix)
3. UNKLE - Hold My Hand (Innervisions Orchestra Mix)
4. Jimmy Hill - LateNiteSleaze
5. DJ Honesty - Bleep Me (Jimpster Perspective Mix)
6. Segeke - Deeper Side (Elon Mix)
7. Undo & Vicknoise - Submarino
8. Chris Lum - Feeling High (Acapella)
9. Ben Watt - Just A Blip
10. Chus & Ceballos - Low Frequencies (Acapella)
11. Tim Jirgenson - The Rabbit Proof Fence (Jamie Anderson's Detroit Sub Mix)
12. Sasse - Break Up (The Timewriter Droit Up Mix)
13. Techno Squirrels - Love Comes First
14. SHOW -B - On A String (Dub Mix)
15. Booka Shade - In White Rooms (Mexico Mix)
16. Booka Shade - Night Falls

Biog

Growing up in the Uk positioned between the 3 big cities of Leeds, Sheffield, and Nottingham Steve grew tired of always having to travel to get his fix of quality house music on a weekly basis, yet there was little on offer on his doorstep. After scraping together enough money to buy some turntables Steve and his friends (a collection of promising musicians, bedroom dj’s and budding young promoters) originally started promoting and djing at free outdoor events in and around his home city. Steve was not looking for money as a reward, just wanting to have a quality party of his own in his home town. At the time, a name for the night could not be agreed so they named it after the style of music they would play. Funky, grooving, tech house music. Funktec was born. From free parties to house parties to boat parties, regular gigs at most of the better bars in and around his home city followed. The music and their name was spreading and this led to longstanding residencies at arguably two of the best nights to grace the UK in recent years, Reach @ Ponana and Choobe @ The Cell. The latter was hailed by Mixmag magazine as one of the top 3 nights in the country at the time and featuring dj‘s such as Mark Knight, Cagedbaby, Pete Gooding and Inland Knights to name a few. Steve stayed on as resident for these two nights for a total of 6 years before moving to Dubai in January 2008.

Upon moving to Dubai Steve teamed up with Kazeen Events & DJ Agency after Adrian Galea (co-founder) heard his mixes posted online and asked him to get involved with them. Kazeen have staged numerous highly successful events and regular club nights in Dubai over the past 5 years, most prominently the immense Halloween party 'All Hallows 3' at Dubai World Trade Centre, where Steve played the main slot of the night to over 700 tech house loving revellers.

Steve, along with co-promoter James Hastings, has now turned his attention to promoting and djing at a new night that they have started in Dubai called Subst@nce. The premise of the night is to deliver uncomprimised music by quality home grown/local DJ's to a musically educated and up for it crowd in a non-pretentious environment, something that Steve feels is currently lacking in Dubai. After putting on two successful recent events Steve and Subst@nce are now looking to capitalise on the enthusiasm surrounding the night and push the night and the sound to the next level.

with ramadhan around the corner we felt a bit generous, so heres a bonus mix for august ;->

live @ club mania, sunny beach | gabriel delev | torquecast #17 | 20.08.09

1.Javier_Orduna_And_Inigo_Oruezabal-Frambalive_EP-(SD017)

2.The 4th Floor - The Mirage (Minimal Remix)

3.George Fotiadis, DJ Toti-Deepest Thought (Damod Remix)

4.Sasha - Coma (Gabe and Dimitri Nakov remix)

5.DNB - Promo

6.Ant'one - Promo

7.White Label

8.Phunk_Investigation-Outrage

9.Taster Peter - Audiorama EP

10.Promo Single

Gabriel Delev а.к.а. Gabriel .
Dj, Producer & Musician.
He was born on 02.09.1977 in Germany/Apolda, but with Bulgarian Nationality.
He was 6 years old when he stared to play piano classic music for 8 years.
During his sixteen, he was carried away by the gramophones.
In 1999 he starts DJ-ing professionally.
Since 2000 he has playing House & Techno music in different clubs in Sofia.
He is interested in that music from it nascence in the 90.
From 2003 to 2008 he is the resident DJ of club “Lifehouse”, one of the first underground clubs in Sofia.
In 2003 in Sofia he took first place in the contest for djs, in the memoriam of "Boby I".
He is playing in the best clubs with electronic music in Bulgaria

-Dance Club Mania-Sunny Beach
-Club PR-Sofia,Golden Sands
- Club69/Underground 2-Blagoevgrad-
-Comics Club/Club Momo-Varna,
-Club Lifehouse,Black Box,Spartacus,SPS,T-1000,Rezerv Bar-Sofia
-Club Enjoy,Club MOMO-Ruse
-Club Alibi,Exsses-Burgas
-Cacao Beach-Sunny Beach
-No Name,Oxyjen- Bansko
-Club Phobia-Stara Zagora
-Club Biju,Kanape-Pleven
-Club Faces - Gabrovo
-Club Energy - Turgovishte
-Club Bacardy - Veliko Turnovo
-Club Exsclusive,Club Alcatraz – Haskovo 
-Club Platinium,Club Colliseum/Uti - Shumen
-Club Bizzare-Pazarjik
-Club Plazma/Club Hazard – Plovdiv
-Club Warm Up – Marseille (France)
-The Gateway Café – Amsterdam (Holand)

He played also in France, Marseille and Saint’s Tropes,Amsterdam (NL)
He is taking part in big parties as Metropolis, Samsara Beach and Solar Dance,

NATO Street Parade 2004, Sreet Parade 2004.
In 2004 he took first place in the national contest for djs “STACKATTACK DJ
TURNTABLISM” in category “electronic music”
Since 15.03.2005 till 21-11-06 he had started his own radio show "DANCEFLOOR BEATS "on RADIO NOVA 101.7 FM.

His unique style is mix between Progressive House, Minimal and Techno with unforgettable vocals which one can’t mistake and pronounced bassline in the all styles.
At the moment he is producing his own project for Bulgarian and European records company as USB Digital, Cristian Records and more .. In 2008 he took part in the Winter Music Conference Miami with his signal “Sunday Morning “produced by USB Digital.
In the same year the signal “Sunday Morning “was added in the compilation of the Label: “Operating System” under the name Minimal # 3 together with the names as Robert G. Roy/Haito/Jobody and Тhe Source Volume 24 – together with the names as The Minimum,Chris Fortier,SergioMega,Groove Coctail,40 OZ,Eddie Enciu
In 2009 single “ForeverWithout You” was added in the compilation tin the same label “Operating System” under the name Minimal #6.
He has made a remix for the famous Romanian producer Cristian Paduraro - Express Yourself (Gabriel Delev Techno Mix). That remix was produced in the compilation of the Label “Worldwide Exclusive Records” under the name Wemix 111 – Minimal Tech together with the name as: O-Circle/Roby Mannarini.

The New Projekt for ArletforArt is name “The End Of Fashion” available now /MAD TV/ MM … and more
The definition for him is “The Pioneer of the Bulgarian Dance Electronic Music”.

HYPERLINK "http://www.djgabriel.net" www.djgabriel.net
HYPERLINK "http://www.myspace.com/gabrieldelev" www.myspace.com/gabrieldelev
HYPERLINK "mailtojgabriel@mail.bg" djgabriel@mail.bg

Radio:
Frisky Radio – USA
Alpha Radio -BG
Radio Nova - BG
Play.Fm – AU

TV:
Mad TV
MM
The Voice
Skattv
Kanal 1

Video Clips:
Gabriel Feat. Lora Karadjova  - Never Stop – Directed By:Kamen Kalev (2005)
Gabriel Feat. Lora Karadjova – The End Of Fashion - Directed By:Viktor Antonov (2009)

Compilation:
The USB Digital WMC Sampler 2008 – Label “U.S.B Digital” -2008-03-21

Minimal # 3 - Label “Operation System” - 2008-07-18

The Source Volume 24 – Label “The Source” – 2008-08-13

The USB Digital Christmas Compilation 2008 - Label “U.S.B Digital 2008-12-22

Minimal # 6 - Label “Operation System” – 2009-04-03

DJ Mix with my Singles:
John Dare – Building Momentum (Ric-Art Dj Minimal Tech House Compilation)
Label – 2LS 2 Dance
2008-03-06
Info: How to build momentum? Playing this new release by John Dare will discover you the dj-friendly combination between past and future Techno! Do you remember how was the first time you enjoyed Techno? Enjoy now Building Momentum and live the musical journey thru inspiring sounds. Tracks are supported by many good dj's and sound like Carl Cox, Sven Vath, Basic Channel, Adam Beyer, Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Craig, Aril Brikha, Cristian Paduraru, Trentemoeller, Gui Borato, Booka Shade.
Link: www.beatport.com

Gig`s with:
Sven Vath (DE) -Metrpolis
Umek(SL),Pedro Delgardo(UK),Misjah(NL)- Metropolis
Miss Wendy,Tall Paul,Andrew Kilzer,Darren Cristian-(Samsara-Beach)
Adam Bayer,Misjah - Solar Dance
Guney,Utkan,-(Turkey)
dj Timst`r (NL)
Synhro ( NL)
Cave (Norway)
Daniel Poli (GB)
Carl Cox -Sound Factory @ Metropolis
Apocalypse (USA)
Lori the HIFI Princess (Canada)
Sandy Rivera- (USA)
Valnetino Kanzyani- (SL)
Misjah (Rerun / Netherlands )
Sergio Fernandez (Beat Freak / Spain)
Xavier la Padellec a.k.a XARIC atlant rec.(France/Paris) @ Technology Clubbing 
Dimas a.k.a D-Formation (Beat Freak/Spain) 
New Year 2006 -: Lars Klein [LK Rec., Planet Rhythm, Bound Germany
Cave [Spilo, Primate, Ingoma / Norway] - live act + DJ set
Pedro Delgadro [Yin Yang, Intec, id& t / UK] @Black Box (Sofia)
Paco Maroto (Spain)
Saeed Younan-USA
Dj Rush-USA
Dj Bold
Palach (USA)
Adolf Marsan (Spain)
Starkillers a.k.a. Nck Terranova (Terratraxx - LA / USA)Tony Thomas ( UK )
and more ......

Tracklist
Poor man’s Son - Brandon Black - Alphabet
You Are (An Awesome God) - DJ Spen - Disco Dreams
I Like It (Giom Rmx) - Kirby/Damien Bailey - Like That EP
Just Funky - Hard Mix - Just Funky
No Stoppin - Jay West - Back South
Feeling Crazy (Hector Moralez Rmx) - Monoman - Feeling Crazy EP
What You Saying B? - Eddie Leader - The Rare Adidas Jacket EP
Stuntman 320 - Nick Curley - Series 1 2
El Hechizo - Alex Niggemann - Makayuni EP
Sunset - Thomas Schumacher - The Ooh
Gangsta Melody - Anhanguera - Robsoul
Bushey Hill (Camberwell Rmx) - Postino - Bushey Hill Jazz Jouse
Delicious Again - Joshua Heath - You Wanna Dance EP

Smokingroove have been pioneers of the UK House scene for nearly 15 years with their ‘Underground House Music Movement’ club-nights, Radio shows and tracks. They’ve built-up a solid global following based on their many years of experience tearing up dancefloors in some of the world’s finest locations, providing the world with a little bit of the old Smokingroove magic.

Along the way, Smokingroove have held down key residencies and performed in some of London’s most prestigious, memorable clubs and promotions including:

• Ministry of Sound (London)
• Turnmills (London)
• El-Divino (Ibiza)
• Miss Moneypennys (worldwide)
• Ibiza Rocks Hotel (Ibiza)
• DirtyDubbin (various Locations)
• Heaven (London)
• Scala (London)
• Sneaks Beats @ El-Divino (Ibiza) with DJ Sneak
• Egg (London) with Mutiny
• Nokia & Timeout Magazine Party with Kenny Dope Gonzalez
• And the list goes on...



As well as a lengthy career on the airwaves, Smokingroove has spent the last few years working hard at mastering their sound of ghetto style Chicago/jackin House with a range of House-music Masterpieces and releases on Illuminati Records, Mixtura Records and releases on Pacha/Moneypennys Music. In 2008 Smokingroove made appearances on two very influential album compilations: (Om Dubai and Miss Moneypennys ‘A taste of Ibiza 2008’ compilation).

More recently Smokingroove have been charted by kingpin producer ‘Mark Farina’ (Om Records), charted #25 in the www.stompy.com top 100 download charts in May 09 and have been given props by the infamous ‘DJ Sneak’ in a recent interview for ‘keeping it real’ in London & Dubai with their popular podcast sessions which reached an all time high in 2008 with over 25,000 downloads across 19 countries via iTunes alone.

With all this in mind, the SG boys have been bouncing between London, Ibiza, Dubai, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, India, and Latvia promoting their sound and spinning to the masses in the clubs.

live @ Maktub Music Proton | arjun vagale | torquecast #15 | 02.07.09

track list
01 James Teej - Spending life (Affkt & Danny Fiddo Remix)
02 Oliver Klein - Lets Take It (Martin Eyerer remix)
03 Nick Curly - Say_Something
04 Solead - So What (Jalebee Cartel Remix)
05 Miniminds - The Muffler (Alex Tepper Remix)
06 Wombat - Helo (Shades Of Gray Remix)
07 Mark Knight - Mannhime
08 Namito - Zorro
09 Alex Celler - La Palma
10 Demir & Seymen - Valentine
11 Fog and Keiton - Hands Up
12 Hermanez & Ramon Tapia - Organo Scuro

Arjun Vagale is undoubtedly the most hardworking and prolific DJ in the Indian EDM scene. Having spent over a decade in an ongoing love affair with house music, he tirelessly promotes the genre in all ways possible, shuffling between a hectic DJ schedule, a super-successful live act, long studio sessions, running a promising record label, and moonlighting as a promoter.

His youthful aspirations to hit the big-time DJ circuit were kick-started by winning the 1999 DMC World DJ Championship, leading to a series of residencies in the best clubs across India. In a testament to his prominence in the scene, Arjun was appointed A&R/DJ Bookings Manager at the (now defunct) Ministry of Sound in New Delhi, where he brought down a number of premier international DJs. His instinct for knowing what’s hottest in the international music world can be heard on his radio shows, Deep Fried Jalebee on Frisky Radio and Maktub Music on Proton Radio.

With a back-to-back gig calendar, Arjun has racked up air-miles between France, Germany, Holland, Dubai, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, and every corner of India. He’s played alongside such heavyweights as Dave Seaman, Kasey Taylor, Judge Jules, Moshic, Brandon Block and Dousk. Clubs still resonate after his relentless techno sets!
In 2004, Arjun partnered with two close friends to form what would rapidly and unexpectedly become India’s hottest live act – Jalebee Cartel. With its genre-bending sets the band has generated the biggest buzz ever, being featured in MixMag, Rolling Stone, and Elle Magazine’s list of 100 Rising Stars. With a string of releases on labels like Baroque, Vapour, Mashtronic, Proton, System, and Platipus, Jalebee Cartel jumped right into the international arena, garnering support from the likes of Hernan Cattaneo, Moshic, Desyn Masiello, and even Tiesto. They have remixed artists like Neil Quigley, Avilo, Cbass & Mikobene, and Matt Rowan. The collective is probably the first Indian act to reach the Balance Record Pool Charts and DJ Magazine’s Hype Charts; their remix of Fitalic’s “No Way Out” was shortlisted for Nick Warren’s Global Underground Paris. 2009 saw the release of Jalebee’s critically-acclaimed debut album, ONEPOINTNOTHING, that’s getting heavy support by the likes of James Zabiela,.

Never one to play Top 10 tunes, Arjun’s always scouring for fresh underground tracks – the man never sleeps! This search lead naturally to his latest venture, founding and managing a young record label, Mak.Tub Music, with partner Logistic Soundz. The imprint already has an impressive roster of artists including Kosmas Epsilon, (Mashtronic) Bradler & Dualton, Ben Brown, Alter Breed, Chris Nemmo, George Delkos, and Alex Dolby, and has hit the coveted Beatport Top 100.

There’s good reason that Arjun Vagale’s name has become synonymous with high quality in the Indian EDM culture. Whether packing in the dance floor or producing yet another monster tune, Arjun’s absolute dedication to house music is apparent in everything he does.

For bookings, info, contact:

Jalebee Management
Dev Bhatia
Mobile: 0091-99993-69935

Email: dev@jalebee.in
Email: arjun@jalebee.in

Web: www.jalebee.in
Web: www.myspace.com/jalebeecartel
Web: www.onepointnothing.com
Web: www.myspace.com/maktubrecordings

Chris Coco is a producer, DJ, musician, broadcaster, journalist. A multifunctional renaissance man.

Chris is currently working on a new Chris Coco solo album and Acoustic Summer compilation for release in 2009.

Chris's band City Reverb release their album Lost City Folk in February 2009.

Key career moments:

2008 - started new band City Reverb, cult single releases Central Heating and City Of Lights and live appearances at festivals including Glastonbury and Green Man precede an album called Lost City Folk.

2008 - presented Live Work Music for Ministry of Sound Radio.

2005-2008 - presented Bank Holiday Chillout and music documentaries for BBC Radio 2.

2006 - DJ element on Robbie Williams world tour
Playing in the band at all 64 shows and DJ warm up sets at many dates including San Siro, Milan; Parc Des Princes, Paris and The Bowl, Milton Keynes.

2002-2006 - presented Blue Room on BBC Radio 1
Legendary, much loved late night weekend show with Rob Da Bank.

1999 - the present: freelance DJ and producer
DJing on every continent except Antarctica, all the major clubs in Ibiza, tours of Australia, far East, USA etc. Making compilations including Real Ibiza series, Solar Spectrums series, Blue Balearic, Dub Club, Chillin' at the Playboy Mansion, Ministry of Sound Sessions and The Big Freeze.

1990s - Editor of DJ Magazine
Pioneering dance music bible covering the club scene in its heyday.

1980s - DJ in Brighton, England
pioneering early acid house scene, resident at Coco Club at Zap Club.

Key releases:

2005 - Chris Coco - Heavy Mellow
LP including Drifting featured in Toyota Prius European campaign.

2002 - Chris Coco - Next Wave
LP including favourite Falling, featured on many TV shows including Nip Tuck, a cover of Fleetwood Mac's Albatross feat Peter Green and a cover of Velvet Underground's' Sunday Morning feat Nick Cave.

2001 - CocoDaSilva - Saudade
One of a series of 12" singles on Kismet records, an ongoing collaboration with dance producer Rui DaSilva.

2000 - Coco & Stonebridge - The Beach
Big room club tune collaboration with dance producer Stonebridge.

1999 - Coco, Steel & Lovebomb - Yachts
Lounge favourite, featured on many TV shows and ads incl Sex & The City and Frexinet, Spain.

1994 - Coco, Steel & Lovebomb - It
LP for Warp Records including club classic Feel It.

www.chriscoco.com
www.myspace.com/chriscocomusic

audio | kenny hawkes | torquecast #13 | 07.05.09

KENNY HAWKES (Rekids/Arcobaleno (Brighton, UK))

DJ/Producer Kenny Hawkes has been a pioneering influence on the British dance scene for 20 years. As a kid growing up in Brighton, Kenny soaked up the sounds of Motown, Ska, Hip Hop, Dub Reggae. As soon as he hit 18 he disappeared off to Southern Europe, where he spent endless hours developing his DJ skills by playing at some of Europe's most notorious after hours clubs.
He returned home in the early 90s, skint and unknown, and stumbled across a Pirate Radio Station called ‘Girls FM’. It wasn't long before Kenny moved to London and joined the station - and in no time ‘Girls FM’ was attracting up to a million listeners a month with him as the station manager steering its musical direction.
Due to Kenny's natural grasp of quality music, ‘Girls FM’ became the most legendary underground dance music station that London had ever heard. It soon boasted 22 DJs, one of whom was Luke Solomon (of current 'Freaks' fame) who soon became Kenny's friend and fellow resident at London's longest running mid-week house club, ‘Space’ at Bar Rumba, which they ran together for 7 years. Kenny and Luke prided themselves on bringing the world’s greatest spinners to Space, including Harvey, Stacey Pullen, Tom Middleton, DJ Heather, Fransois Kevorkian, DJ Sneak, Pete Heller, Mark Farina, Cajmere and Derrick Carter - where they would play for a pint, a packet of crisps and their cab fare home.
Nowadays Kenny is busy DJing across the globe, from Belgium, New York, Portugal, Paris, Australia, Chicago and Spain to San Francisco, and Southern Asia, holding down residencies at the legendary ‘Centro Fly’ in New York, ‘Smart Bar’ in Chicago, his own infamous ‘Fridays R Firin’ at Plastic People in London, ‘Café D’ Anvers’ in Belgium and currently Stompa Phunk in Brighton.
Kenny is probably as famous for his productions as he is his DJing with several classics under his belt that are a permanent fixture in many DJ box, such as ‘Ashley’s War’, ‘Sleaze Walking’, ‘Play the Game’ featuring Louise Carver and ‘Dance With Me’ featuring Marcel and Kimra, plus an array of remixes (please read his Discography which also includes the ‘Space’ compilation album on Slip N` Slide and the legendary ‘Nite:Life 017’ on NRK).
More recently Kenny has teamed up with David Parr (Stompa Phunk / Elite) to produce exclusive tracks for Rekids, Arcobaleno and 20:20 Vision. The pair are being touted as “one of the hottest new production partnerships around”, producing insanely catchy electronic house music that is deep and melodic, crossing the electro deep- and techhouse divides.

As fashions change and music evolves, Kenny has established himself as one of the most respected and consistently creative house DJs in the world. His sets always have an air of quality, flowing through different styles of music – modern soul - jackin’ house - minimal tech - Detroit techno – and mark him as a true house DJ with depth and soul.
EXTRACT FROM 365Mag.com SEPT 08:
Interview with Keith Reilly, owner of Fabric nightclub, London, talking about his inspiration for starting the Super Club:
“I remember very clearly telling Kenny Hawkes that I loved his club, Space at Bar Rhumba (pivotal London house mid-weeker circa 1995-2002), so much that I wanted to replicate its amazing underground vibe, but at weekends and for 2000 people! I'm glad you found out about that actually… I love Kenny Hawkes as a DJ, and loved Space as a night; that really deep, hypnotic style of house, with everyone in the groove, that was really amazing - and you couldn't get that at the weekend in London at the time, you
really couldn't. I've got the highest regard for Kenny, actually, he's someone I regard as having total integrity and real talent; a real unsung hero of the UK house scene, in fact.”

MYSPACE - www.myspace.com/kennyhawkes
LISTEN - www.elitemm.co.uk/mixes.php (Latest DJ mix)
PROFILE - www.elitemm.co.uk/kenny_hawkes.php

Gabbi started his DJ career in 1995 in Portugal, bagging himself his first residency in 1996 in one of the first Techno clubs ‘X-tema’ in north Portugal. In the same year Gabbi managed to play some of the largest Portuguese clubs at the time (‘Rocks’, ‘Enseada’) as well as doing a radio show on a local station. It was back in those days, that Gabbi started to get interest in electronic music with some of his friends. 1998 would be a year of change, Gabbi moved to London to start a University course on Music Production. Musically he specialised on House Parties and illegal Squat Parties.

1999 brought along another residency at ‘Circle Bar’ and a weekend job at the ‘Prime Record Store’ on Kensington Street, which broadened Gabbi’s knowledge of music genres. It wasn’t long when he was invited to play at infamous ‘Tony’s After Hours’ in Kings Cross, which was just the start of getting into London’s club circuit.

Always working his best when on the decks, it comes as no surprise that Gabbi bagged another residency at ‘Frequency’ parties playing alongside DJ’s like Jay Tripwire, Terry Francis, Richard Gray ,dave mothersole, Tyler Stadius, etc. british tech house at its best In 2003 Gabbi moved to trendy Brick lane, which saw him getting another residency at ‘Cafe 1001’ and started his very own music productions.

Since then he’s been playing many of the top clubs in London (Pacha, Ministry of sound, aka, the key etc…),his long deep and dynamic sets has made him a reference name with the east London party scene , and the Brick lane club community. He’s been involved in projects like very successful ‘Brickbeat’, promoting underground parties around London’s Shoreditch.

Currently he’s focusing on producing more of his own tracks. Aswell as with other artists with a few releases in some very well know inprints.

1. Stimming – Funkworm (Orginal Mix)
2. Haruki Matsuo – Dankan (Orginal Mix)
3. Marco Carola – Plaster (Orginal Mix)
4. Nick and Danny Chatelain – Y Que Mas (Mastiksoul Remix)
5. Tiefschwarz – Best Inn
6. Tigerskin – Take the E Train
7. Danilo Vigorito – Heka (Bright Side Mix)
8. Marc Houle – Techno Vocals (Acapella)
9. Chic Miniature – Kimono
10. Format B – 2 quite
11. Klartraum – Control C
12. Minilogue – My Teenager Gang

Heiko bought his first pair of turntables at the age of 14, since then he is
spending every free minute behind the decks. After a couple of weeks practice Heiko was well known in his neighboorhoud with loud music and nice house partys. He started of with Electronic music which always was his passion. His first gigs where shool partys and private functions. Within a year he was well known in his hometown south of Frankfurt/Germany, soon came the first residence at the local bar at the age of 16. Thanks to the huge support of his parents who
droped him and picked him up at night.

Heiko spendet all his money mainly on records and Dj equipment. He
switched his musical style from house to r&b, while constantly working on his skills to improve, which led him to his first residence in Frankfurt. Just turned 18 he started to discovery the big city Frankfurt. Heiko started the make himself a name in Frankfurt with bookings for small  Events and Night Clubs which where followed by an International Event in Turkey. From then on the world didn't seem big enough, he was booked for different Outdoor Events with the biggest Event in
Frankfurt "Sound of Frankfurt". 

After 3 years of r&b he came back to Electronic music starting of with a
live mix for a regional radio station in Darmstadt. This led Heiko to his
first house music residency after 3 years at the "Sansi Bar" including a
once a month live stream for an internet radio station based in Frankfurt.
In 2006 Heiko had his 10th Anniversary behind the Turntables.

Thinks kicked off a bit slow when Heiko moved to Dubai, it tooke him 6 month
to settle in the new city and the get all his music sent from germany to the
middle east. He started with private partys at friends house which led him
to OHM Records the only record store in Dubai. His first official booking in
the UAE was the After Dark Venue at the Shangri-La Hotel. Heikos next
booking was for  several venues such as "Trilogy", "Touch" and "The Loft",
followed by a residency at "Lotus One".

december 08 | sandy | torquecast #10 | 29.01.09

1. Luciano & Thomas Melchior - Father (KNM Special Marketing)
2. Dana Ruh - Miles Away (Einmaleins Musik)
3. Kate Simko - She Said {Barem Remix} (Spectral Sound)
4. Francisco Allendes & Gummish - Inner Words (Globox)
5. Anthony Collins - Rabouine House (Freak N Chic)
6. Disorder, Cesare - System Of A Down (Reopal Schallware)
7. Miss Fitz - Love Me Good (Raum..Musik)
8. Mathias Kaden - Shetani (Vakant)
9. Minilogue - Snake Charmer (Wagon Repair)
10. Paul Ritch - Crazy Madness {Luca Bacchetti Remix} (SCI + TEC Digital Audio)
11. SIS - Parle 2 Soul (Cecille)

Sandy’s love for music stems from clubbing in his home town of Pune, India. Being around like minded people fed his desire to grow in this industry. So like many DJ’s what started as a bedroom hobby grew into a fun job. He began playing at university parties and friends birthdays, which only amplified his need to make music his life. It was at this point that Sandy decided to leave the safety of university life to pursue DJ’ing full time.

By 2002 he had his first residency at a club called ‘The Elbow Room’, which later that year was listed as one of the best clubs in the country. After exhausting all avenues in and around his home town Sandy decided to move to Dubai in 2005.

He entered the Heinekin Thirst Competition in September 2005, and was selected as a finalist for the event. It didn’t take long for him to make a name for himself and Sandy’s versatility as a DJ led to him being offered a residency at Henry J. Bean’s, a local pub venue that gave him an opportunity to play every night and hone his mixing skills.

In 2006, Sandy was again selected as a finalist for the Heinekin Thirst Competition. Later that same year, he became the Store Manager at OHM Records, the only independent record store in the Middle East. As well as managing the store, he was also actively involved with the events department which put on some of the biggest and most famous dance events in the Middle East. By the end of 2006 Sandy was offered a bi-weekly residency at Enigma, which is the biggest club in Abu Dhabi, where he played along side the likes of Dave Seaman, James Lavelle, Alex Miles and Matty Wells (Smartie Partie).

By then a relative veteran of the Dubai DJ circuit, Sandy held residencies and guest spots at Dubai’s best nightclubs, such as Trilogy and Chi. He was also a regular feature at Warped, Dubai’s most famous techno night. From beach parties to yacht parties, main room to VIP rooms, he has been a part of nights such as Shindig, Cocoon and Global Underground, and supported the likes of M.A.N.D.Y., Scarlett Etienne, Adam Kroll and Aaron Ross, in and around Dubai.

This year is another big year for Sandy as his makes his move to Byron Bay, Australia, to become a full time student in the Bachelor of Audio Production (BAP) at the international headquarters of SAE. His quest to play the music he feels so passionately about continues…

Luke Solomon has been a fundamental part of the dance scene for over a decade now and his contribution over the years has been nothing short of phenomenal. Now in 2007, his sound is still evolving and his bizarre take on the new underground house sound is very exciting, a master of the groove and never afraid of a risk, his latest productions are arguably his finest work to date.

Luke began his professional DJ career in 1990 with a residency at Middlesex University, which is where he met cohort Justin Harris. After a spell working in a local record shop and as a part-time fishmonger he got a job at Freetown records, which led him to long lasting relationships with Rob Mello and Kenny Hawkes. Rob took Luke under his studio wing and taught him the ropes, together they went on to release for both Freetown and Prescription Underground – it was through Prescription that he got introduced to a certain Derrick L. Carter. A bond was immediately formed and through their passion for House music and crazy late nights they formed the legendary Classic Recordings.

Luke also formed a recording partnership with Justin Harris and are the masterminds behind their band Freaks and their own label Music For Freaks, 3 studio albums followed. This year Luke and the band enjoyed a top ten hit with the re-release of their classic 'The Creeps' through DATA. As well as that Luke has been working on his own solo productions and has recently released singles through Crosstown Rebels, Gallery, Icon, Cajual and of course Rekids with whom he will be releasing his solo album 'The Difference Engine' in January 2008. He also has a monthly residency at AKA called Little Creatures and Moxa Club in Mantova, Italy.

Luke Solomon's new album "The Difference Engine" is to be released by Rekids in January 2008

midnight snacks 9

1- timewriter - love is beautiful (funk dvoid remix)
2 - robert babicz - purple dance
3 - seva k - vignette
4 - seva k - deep seekin (vas floyd remix)
5 - seva k - far away
6 - royksopp - 49 percent (mandy remix)
7 - aruba - i need
8 - shur i khan - twist (with depeche mode - sinner in me accapella)
9 - justin martin – fugitive

The ultimate deep house specialist, dj by the night , producer by day Vas Floyd continues to spread his distinct deep tec house flair across the biggest range of audiences in UK , Ibiza , Germany , Eastern Europe and Dubai UAE. His debut release (Deep House Soul EP/ www.Night-Drive-Music.com) received critical acclaim in the dance music press wolrdwide and reached number 16 on Beatport Deep House charts.

When it comes to djing Vas has a magical ability to fill dance floors with his deep tech yet subtle and driving sets was gained by a long history of djing around the globe alongside some of the biggest legends in business like Jimpster, Nikola Gala , Spirit Catcher , Sebastien Leger, Chris Lake and Sin Plomo to name a few.

Vas currently holds a residency for one of the worlds most reputable outdoor deep house venue’s in Dubai called 360 and spends summers on the Balearic island of Ibiza playing at Esvive Cabaret Club.At a tender age of 25 vas has already gained a reputable career in the music industry.

His first project www.lushradio.com has just celebrated its second anniversary with one of the biggest online listening databases of sets from worlds most reputable joks. His highly successful project www.platinumlistdubai.com has now more than 20,000 members which causes frenzies amongst party goes every weekend. Also partly responsible for Audiotonic, Dubai’s biggest deep tec house night at 360 and Newdawn group regions largest events management company.

Some of the high profile collaborations included deep house legends like Nikola Gala, Neurotron, Jeff Bennet, Jp Jones, SpiritCatcher, Messenger, M-lito and Mindfeeled. Most recently Vas has worked with SpiritCatcher (2020 Vision), Steve Mill, Mr Jones & Mr Mr to finish his latest release "Louie Love" on Esacda Music. Out Feb 14th 2008.

www.vasfloyd.com
www.lushradio.com
www.torque.to