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UNIGHTED
“CATHY GUETTA - DAVID GUETTA - STEVE ANGELLO
A X W E L L - A R M I N VA N BU U R E N - S V E N VÄT H ”
DMC - DJ FLY - TOP 100 - WESTBAM - DJ Q.BERT
BIRDY NAM NAM - FUTUREBOUND - MAKOTO
DJ BORDALLO - MEN IN SKRATCH
DJ TOP
100
ARMIN VAN BUUREN
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Armin van Buuren
Tiësto
Paul van Dyk
Above & Beyond
David Guetta
Ferry Corsten
Sasha
Markus Schulz
John Digweed
Infected Mushroom
Deadmau5
Carl Cox
Sander van Doorn
Paul Oakenfold
Richie Hawtin
Hernan Cattaneo
James Zabiela
Andy Moor
Eddie Halliwell
Axwell
Eric Prydz
Kyau & Albert
Gareth Emery
Sven Väth
ATB
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Anderson Noise
Joachim Garraud
Bobina
Fedde le Grand
Dubfire
Aly & Fila
Judge Jules
Umek
Matt Darey
Ricky Stone
Ricardo Villalobos
Lange
Daft Punk
Benny Benassi
Bob Sinclair
Deep Dish
Mark Knight
Astrix
Marco V
The Thrillseekers
Laidback Luke
Danny Tenaglia
Menno de Jong
Marco Lenzi
Andy C
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Offer Nissim
Martin Solveig
Adam Sheridan
Sean Tyas
DJ Feel
Yahel
Roger Sanchez
DJ Shah
Sander Kleinenberg
John O'Callaghan
Blank & Jones
Cosmic Gate
Steve Angello
Simon Patterson
Gabriel & Dresden
Richard Durand
Laurent Wolf
Matt Hardwick
Chris Liebing
Erick Morillo
DJ Hype
Signum
Justice
Dirty South
Wally Lopez
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Magda
Lisa Lashes
Pete Tong
DJ Vibe
Bad Boy Bill
Tiddey
Greg Downey
Marcel Woods
Nick Warren
Solar System
Skazi
Mike Koglin
Mauro Picotto
Sébastien Léger
The Chemical Brothers
Steve Lawler
Fatboy Slim
Solarstone
Astral Projection
Leon Bolier
Nic Fanciulli
Ronski Speed
Tocadisco
Booka Shade
- Alex M.O.R.P.H. &
Woody van Eyden
«It’s insane,» beams Armin Van Buuren when we tell
him that the world’s dance music fans have voted
him the No.1 DJ on the planet for the second year
running. «I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve it.»
He’s got to be kidding, surely. When he won last year
his crowning seemed more than worthy. But after the
past 12 months the Dutchman has enjoyed, 2007 now
looks like a mere warm-up. With immense solo gigs,
records charting across Europe, a great Ibiza residence, awards as the most important recording artist
in his homeland and a radio show listened to by - wait
for it - 27 million listeners, it’s enough to make the
rest of the Top 100 DJs hang up their headphones as
underachievers. And everyone who voted for him in
2007 should be proud of the part they played in this
amazing annum - his DJmag victory in 2007 has helped massively in Armin’s über-year. «It’s only affected
me in a positive way,» he says of his win 12 months
ago. «It’s opened doors that weren’t open before. On
the one hand, I’m still doing the same thing - I was
already working with the best promoters in the best
clubs around the world. But the whole No.1 thing is
magical for me - everyone looks at the DJmag list. It’s
a really, really good feeling.»
That good feeling started all the way back at the Top
100 DJs party last year when Armin played the winner’s set to a rapturous reception and he had some
very special guests watch him accept his award. Ben
Liebrand - a massive influence on Armin - was there,
as was his parents, who he’d flown in all the way
from Australia. «It was one of the highlights of my
life,» he grins. «I thought, ‘That’s it, I can die happy
now.’»
But things just got better. When Armin bagged the
top spot last year he was surprised that he was able
to do it without finishing his artist album, ‘Imagine’,
an opus he’d been working on for two years. There’s
no such worry this time around. It exploded in Holland, shooting straight to No.1 - the first time a dance
album has ever achieved the feat. Since then singles
like ‘In And Out Of Love’ have been clogging up the
charts in many European countries. That track features Sharon den Adel, the lead singer of Goth outfit
Within Temptation, a band who have themselves sold
around 10 million albums, making them the European
answer to Evanescence. Armin admits to being starstruck when the project came together. «I saw her on
TV and I called her the day after with shivering knees
because she’s like a diva in Holland,» he confesses.
The very next day she was knocking on his door.
«This big rock star was standing on my doorstep,»
Armin exclaims, as if still surprised that Sharon wanted to work with him. «I’ve been making dance music
for 15 years but producing for an artist like that is
a real challenge. When she was in the vocal booth
singing I got shivers all over my body.»
There were plenty more shivers when Sharon and
many of the other guest vocalists came together for
the latest in his Armin Only concerts, flying in from
all over the world. Tying in with the album launch, all
the cameras brought in to film the event for the live
DVD were put to good use when Holland’s equivalent
of the BBC decided they’d like to broadcast Armin
Only: Imagine live, another first for the country.
Around 250,000 people watched from their living
rooms, while another 18,000 went crazy in the venue
for Van Buuren’s extended session behind the decks.
«What I really enjoy is playing nine-hour sets because
I get to show the people that I also love more progressive records,» he says. «I love so many dance
tunes but when I do a two or three hour set usually
what I do - and what every DJ does - is play the big
tracks that are out there at the moment. When I
play nine hours I can play the records that I want to
play but I can’t when I play a festival or something.»
Armin stresses that the big concerts he plays are not
a way of raking in the cash. «To be honest, it doesn’t
make me a lot more money when I play a nine-hour
set,» he claims. «It’s not like I want to play to 15,000
people to just show off that I can play for nine hours.
It’s really that I save up all these records that I know
I can’t play normally. It gives me a lot of satisfaction.
It’s a lot of hard work but it’s also very rewarding
once I’ve done it.»
One of his most rewarding concerts came in an
unlikely form this year. Romania is fairly consistent
in its lack of rain so Armin thought that an open-air
concert would be a pretty fine idea. But the heavens
opened and the only thing heavier than the beats
was the fall of water from the sky. But the crowd
refused to be dampened and raved hard and happy
until three hours of downpour finally eased and the
stars came out. «It was incredible,» he recalls. «I’m
not talking about light rain - it rained cats and dogs
but the crowd just stayed.» Other gig highlights saw
two more Armin Only gigs in Australia, a great night
at Global Gathering and another eight-hour set at one
of his Amnesia residency sessions, where he also
played a house set with new mate Mark Knight.
But if you add up every dancer at every club, concert
and festival for the whole of the year it still doesn’t
touch the audience that listens to A State Of Trance
every week. According to the figures, 27 million
listeners tune in to Armin’s radio show. «That’s what
the radio department tell me,» he says sceptically.
«In May we signed a deal with a big radio station in
Brazil. We ask every station after a few months what
their ratings are, how many people actually tune in.
They told us that they were having 20 million liste-
ners on a Saturday night when my show is broadcast.
I find it hard to believe but they swear it’s true.» It’s
not bad for a show that Armin sometimes does in his
underwear from hotel rooms across the globe. But as
a round-up of everything that’s happening in trance
it’s second-to-none. Armin points out that many
shows don’t include his own tracks or those from
his Armada group of labels, but when that umbrella
organisation has grown to 21 imprints those tracks
are getting everywhere. No longer just a trance
company, artists like Simon & Shaker, Markus Schulz
and Stonebridge all contribute labels, making Armada
Holland’s Ministry of Sound.
It’s clear that Armin is doing great things not only
for the Dutch economy but also for the music scene,
something that was recognised at the highest level
this year. The person who has had the most impact
on Dutch music each year is given a BUMA Award
by the national copyright organisation. «It was an
incredible honour,» Armin says with pride. «I thought
it was a really big step towards the acceptance of
dance music in Holland.» It’ll sit rather nicely with
his recent Beatport award for Best Trance DJ, his
Top 100 DJs award for 2007, and now his second
confirmation as the No.1 DJ in the World, something
he’s characteristically modest about. «I don’t see it
as a contest,» he says. «I don’t see it that I’m better
than this DJ or that DJ, it’s just a really big honour to
be in this position. I’m such a big fan of a lot of the
DJs that are in the Top 100. I’m still shy to talk to
guys like Sasha and John Digweed and Sven Väth and
Carl Cox. It makes me very humble to be in a list with
these guys. I’m thrilled, you know. I don’t know what
to say.» You don’t have to say anything, Armin - the
clubbers have spoken.
Words: JAMES KENDALL
WESTBAM
The golden era of the rave scene in the 90s was marked by the
“Raving Society.” With huge events such as Mayday, electronic/
techno/dance music droned from virtually every car radio and naturally saw an explosion in clubs. A DJ from this era who had a
leading hand in this revolution was the legendary WestBam.
Olympic summer games in Seoul/South Korea (1988), to which he
was invited by the German Goethe institute as a German culture
contribution. In 1989, the publication of his LP “The Cabinet" broke
ground with its unique mixture of sampling and scratching - a mile
stone in club music.
As techno music gained worldwide exposure, WestBam provided
the soundtrack to this revolution, so to speak. He began his own
label, Low Spirit as well as the event Mayday, which quickly became synonymous with the German rave scene. Maximilian Lenz
a.k.a. WestBam rose to fame, even amidst the fiercely competitive
DJ and producer community. How did WestBam transcend all of
this to become an electronic music icon?
The nineties were WestBam’s most important and most successful
decade of his career. 1991 already he walked a completely new
way: Mayday.
His career as DJ began in 1983 as a resident in Odeon/Munster...
“I was 18 and in my home town Munster they had a free job. I
was so ambitious because of the new electronic music that I
wanted to play, but I could not mix then. And so I discovered
the DJ aspect in that one year,” says WestBam.
Back then he still worked under the name “Westphalia Bambaataa",
following his role model Africa Bambaataa, which he, however, abbreviated quickly as WestBam. This name stands out, and not only
represents his musical repertoire. It is a signature which set him
aside from other DJs.
Munster had become too small for this vision, so therefore he moved in 1984 to the West side of, Berlin, which was, at the time, still
divided. In his new home base, the “Metropol" he put new fire and
inspiration into DJing that made him become the most heralded DJ
of Berlin. While other DJs were simply putting one song after another, the pioneer spirit arose in WestBam, to combine the songs, to
mix and to give them his own style:
“At the very beginning there was new electronic music as
those of Fad Gadget. I did not want to play that one at all, but
I noticed that through cutting and looping of records I can
create new music, this style I took over from the Hip Hop DJs.
That for me was the next stage of the electronic music, which
is hard, very common and minimal. The sound was not there
yet, but it developed in the following 20 years. I wrote a text
about that, which was published," says WestBam.
“At this time the scene cross-linked itself and it was time for a
central festival. And it was the first of this kind,” said WestBam.
With the Mayday, one wanted to save the venue “DT 64" from
shutting down, which was an important function in the circulation
of techno music. The “Mayday" became a Big Rave of superlatives
on which the worldwide most wanted DJ’s celebrated together with
up to 34.000 visitors.
At this time everyone spoke of the “Raving Society", DJs became
Stars, which was not only reflected in a DJ pulpit as an altar but
their fees also shot up, because demand controlled the price. WestBam’s own records stormed the charts and those of his label Low
Spirit so that it was only a question of time that German techno
underground culture crashed, caused by commercialization. WestBam took this development as occasion to go new ways. In 1997
he cancelled the cooperation with Polydor and completely took over
the control of Low Spirit. Shortly afterwards he managed, with two
tracks at the same time, to be represented in the Top Ten of the
German sale charts with “Sonic Empire" (which hit #1 and sold
700,000 units) and “Sunshine" (the official Love Parade hymn).
Further highlights of this year were, without a doubt, the publication
of his book “Mixes, Cuts & Scratches" and the foundation of the
sub-label Electric Kingdom, with which he remembers his electronic
and unconventional roots. So he successfully signed acts as Lexy
& K. Paul, Hardy Hard, and DJ I.C.O.N. or collaborated with Africa
Islam as Mr. X & Mr. Y or Africa Bambaataa (I.F.O.).
In the present millennium WestBam was talked about particularly
through his album Right On (2002), including the hit single Old
School Baby, the innumerable Member's of the Mayday- and
Love-Committee hymns and the participation at the German prenomination of the Grand Prix d Eurovision (2004).
In this text WestBam called this new art form of the DJ-ing “Record-Art".
Of course, nothing lasts forever, and 2007 was the year of upheaval: He withdrew from the business of the Mayday and Low Spirit:
Not only do his fans share his musical opinions, but also other DJs
and their respective crowds. So he joined in 1985, with his schoolmate Klaus Jankuhn, one of the first DJ/Producer teams and published his first single “17-This is not a Boris Becker Song", which
already then caused a big sensation in this still small club scene.
However, a suitable label platform was missing, which is when then
founded Low Spirit.
“Our interest was an artistic at first. And these business things
were added then. It was not my life content, however to be rave
event manager or to manage labels. But now I founded a new
label, called “Bass Planet”, which on a new level follows up
with the “Record Art” concept. Here in fact it is about creating
something new out of different sound sources.” says WestBam
“This foundation was necessary for us. That was in 1987. We
were in this way the first independent label that sold records
through punk rock marketing new electronic DJ music. With the
singles “Monkey Say Monkey Do" and “Disco Germany" and the
general Acid movement in 1988 a great attention was drawn then
and so even Polydor [a major label] was interested and offered a
deal in 1989. We kept on being independent, but we at the same
time cooperated from this time on with a major. That was a prototype way, as many labels handle it today,” said WestBam.
Further important events of that decade were his appearance at the
Thanks to his pioneer work, WestBam is still one of the most asked
about and popular DJs from Germany. Who was allowed to experience him live, will see, what DJing really is all about:
“I love playing records, I am so to speak witness for my style and
I make confessions. I have fun doing it. And I can discover something new again and again, for my art and my life. As long as
people want to listen to me and I have fun I will continue.” says
WestBam
We thank WestBam for the interview and the management of the
disco Starlight (Chemnitz), which facilitated this.
Dj Fly (France)
Kireek
(Japan)
BATTLE FOR WORLD SUPREMACY RESULTS
DMC WORLD DJ CHAMPIONSHIP 2008
For the second year running, the Great Rock n Roll Circus of Turntablism took place at the O2 in London.
BATTLE FOR WORLD SUPREMACY
Probably the most stressful of all the competitions, where each DJs has to battle his opponent in 2 x 90s.
To win this competition you don’t always have to be the best turntablist, but you do have to be clever, witty,
cunning and mostly lucky. Over the years, the best have been outplayed in the finals, and the likes of Troubl’,
Unkut or Or d’Oeuvre despite their favourite status have never won the crown. This year was going to be no
exception. The competition was dominated head and shoulder by Frenchman DJ Nelson and his battle against
the reigning world champion DJ Shiftee (USA) was going to get into history by being one of the best battle ever.
A mix of aggressive skills and humour was going to destroy Shiftee.
The public then thought that no one could beat Nelson, particularly when his next opponents in the quarter
and the semi finals were going to get the same punishment. In the Final, Nelson was to meet DJ Switch from
England. Switch had qualified with much difficulties, and his semi final against Bunta the Japanese Champion
was so tight, that every one thought that the home grown DJ had given it all. Little did we know.
Nelson was drawn to go first and carried on where he left previously but with a little less aggression. It was
nevertheless going to be enough to take the crown … until Switch knocked him down with a killer James Brown
routine that he had kept up his sleeve for the end.
The public and the jury immediately ‘switch’ their votes and the Englishman took rightly the crown.
Once again, the best DJ did not win, but all our congratulations to Switch who manages his battles and his
routines like a true World Champion.
1st: Switch (UK)
2e: DJ Nelson (France)
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Second competition of the night: the World Team
Championship.
Mostly the back garden of the French with a win from
Birdy Nam Nam and four from C2C in the last 6 years.
It was won last year by the Japanese duo Kireek.
The defending Champion were going to battle seven
other countries and for the first time in the history of
DMC, teams were allowed to use digital technology
such as Serato, Virtual Vinyl, Mixvibes, Traktor …
This digital evolution was going to bring a lot of
wasted time and technical problems, with no artistic
benefits to counter it.
However the level of the competition was not bad
despite the disappointing sets of the Portugueses
and the Americans.
The serious competition was really starting with the
set of German champion Interplay. Coming in with a
great reputation, they were unfortunately let down by
…. their computers and had to start three time over.
Pity as their set sounded quite musical.
Goldfingers , the Spanish team came with a good
show , but lacking the originality they had previously.
A lot was expected of Bionc Stylus Crew, the English
Team but despite some good moments they did not
have the class or the original feel of the previous
English Champion , the Disablists.
The good surprise was going to come from the Italian
Intelvision, skilful and musical, respect to them for
their first appearance at the World level.
It was then clear that the World Title was going to be
decided between the French combo Traumateam and
the Reigning champion Kireek.
Opposite styles for these two teams, Traumateam
set was very technical and musical with a lot of risk
taking and a real scratch firework at the end . This
should have been enough to give them the title if
their sound would have been clean. However , their
mastering was faulty and it resulted in a lack of
punch and clarity for both the jury and the public.
The road was therefore wide open for Kireek to keep
their title. A good traditional Japanese music intro
, a drum n bass set to please the British crowd and
their stress less attitude was going to be enough to
win for the second year running.
Results :
1st: Kireek (Japan) - 37 points
2e: Traumateam (France) - 27 points
3rd: Intellivision (Italy) - 11 points
4th: Bionic Stylus Crew (UK) - 9 points
5th: Goldfinger Crew (Spain) - 6 points
6th: Angry Exs (USA) - 5 points
7th: Interplay (Germany) - 4 points
8th: Supa (Portugal) - 3 points
WORLD DJ CHAMPIONSHIP
The second day of the championship is the BIG ONE ,
the individual World title that all the DJs dream of.
This year it was dominated by DJ Fly (France) who
left nothing to chance. His style was tight, technical
and musical. No mistake, a perfect 6 minutes that
relegated far away his best opponents, the American
DJ Slyce and the Japanese DJ Coma.
The English champion DJ Skully was a bit disappointing but the future looks bright for the young
Norwegian DJ Final.
The night however belonged to one man only, DJ Fly
the new DMC World Champion.
Get his show on the DMC 2008 DVD.
1st: DJ Fly (France) - 41 points
2nd: DJ Slyce (USA) - 28 points
3rd: DJ Co-Ma (Japan) - 17 points
4th: DJ Skully (UK) - 8 points
5th: DJ Final (Norway) - 6 points
6th: DJ Shub (Canada) - 4 points
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DJ FLY discovered the turntables and started to scratch at the age of 15, in 1998.
Influenced primarily by hip hop, DJ FLY moved on towards various musical styles like soul, jazz,
rock, and electronica.
His sets consist of original routines that can smoothly combine tracks from artists such as
A Tribe Called Quest and Rage Against the Machine.
His talent helped him cross the borders of his hometown, and DJ FLY then went conquering the
world with the same success. He has performed for events attracting large crowds such as the
Pur Mix at Bercy, NRJ Tour in Tahiti, International Festival of extreme sports in Tunisia, the fair
SIEL, and he’s performed solo ... and alongside artists such as:
Method Man, Redman, Mobb Deep, Nas, Akon, Grand Master Flash, Tony Touch, Netik, Rafik,
A-Trak, Dee Nasty, Crazy-B, Pone, Birdy Nam Nam, C2C…
Attracted by the scratch and technology since its inception, and inspired by such DJs as Q.Bert
and D-Styles, DJ FLY launches a new challenge and made its entry into the DJ competitions,
winning six French Cup, a DMC France Championship title, a bronze medal at the DMC World
Championship and finally the title of DMC World Champion.
Finally, always looking for new projects, DJ FLY moved into production. In 2004 he worked with
Mounir and formed the label Enterprise which was awarded a double gold for production on
Sinik’s first album and platinum for his second album.
He’s also the creator and member of the "Scratch Bandits Crew" (Lyon Collective DJs using
scratch as a rhythmic and harmonic way to recreate original compositions like a real group of
musicians)
He is now a teacher at the most famous DJ school in France : UCPA-AMS.
DMC WORLD CHAMPION 2008
D.M.C FRANCE CHAMPION 2008
D.M.C FRANCE CHAMPION 2007
3RD D.M.C WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
RUNNER UP D.M.C FRANCE 2006
Winner of the French Cup Battle Category 2007, 2006
Winner of the French Cup , Beat Juggling category 2007,
2006, 2005
Winner of the French cup 2004 Team category 2004 (Scratch
bandits crew)
HIS FAVOURITES DJS :
Rafik - for his incredible skills in Scratch and Beat Juggling
A Track - for his original routines
Kentaro - for his perfect Beat Juggling
Vajra - for his Drumming
Pfel - for his set’s construction
Ordoeuvre - for the feeling he brings
Troubl’ - for his amazing Prefuse routine
Netik - because he brought something new to DMC
BREAKBEAT TOP 10 :
Dirt Style – Super seal
Le Jad & Ordoeuvre – Revenge of the sheep
Netik – Pay day
Le Jad – Trauma sound
A-Trak – Gansta break
Ie.Emerg - Audiocide
Melodie – Gabblin petes loan shark juice
Shotgun & Klever – Get crunk breaks
Dirt Style – Jugglin’ jawz
Dj Js One – Scratch roulette
ALL TIME TOP 10 :
Rusko & Caspa - Bread get bun
Roots Manuva – Witness
RJD2 – Ghostritter
Led Zeppelin - Whole lotta love
Eric Serra – Leon
Francis Lai - Escena de amor
Clint Mansell - Requiem for a dream
James Brown - The big payback
Mr. Scruff - Get a move on
Dawn Penn - No, no, no, you don't love me
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- One Album:
Louis armstrong's hot 5's and 7's
- One Night:
Meditating and finding enlightenment
- One Band:
Invisibl skratch piklz
- One Objective:
World peace
- One Club:
1015 in san francisco
- One Producer:
You who are reading this
- One Dj:
ZORLON
- One Quote:
"The ultimate happiness is in giving,
the ultimate evil is in selfishness"
- One Excess:
Seeking knowledge
- One Regret:
When i chose to help myself instead
of others.
- One Frustration:
Going to the bathroom
- One Summer:
The time i first started playing with
skratching in 1985
- One Groove:
The funk
- One Track:
The beautiful one you hear in your
head that wants to come out
- One Habit:
Creation
- One Idol:
God
- One Utopia:
Nature
- One Job (if you were not doing
the several you do):
Creating anything that makes
the world a better place
- One Vinyl:
SUPER SEAL 3D!
- One Wish:
Or everyone to be more loving
- One Killer (track):
Sinistro
- One Xxx:
Me and my dream girl
- One Love:
To love all
- One Memory:
Discovering that you can make
people happy
- One Year:
2012
- One Zodiac (sign):
Mine... libra, ha!
- One more thing to add?
Whenever you can't make a decision, choose the one that.
Will benefit the world in the long run.
Also, look out for our new online skratching school!:
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BIRDY NAM NAM
: MANUAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL RIOTING
'Manual for a successful rioting' is the title and the
programme of the new Birdy Nam Nam album.
But is it a riot or a revolution? At the very least it is an
evolution. A new style.
Right from the lead-in track, we are treated to electro
hip hop references that used to be the sole reserve of
Warp Record artists, acting as a 3-minute transition
between past and present working up to a finale of
synthesizer notes like a cry of mutation.
A new style, another Paris.
From Montmartre to the Grands Boulevards, two
names of Parisian metro stations to signify the distance travelled, from 'Abbesses' with its accordions
tuned in to the aesthetic of scratch music to 'Bonne
Nouvelle'.
The aptly named 'Bonne nouvelle' is indeed good
news, the declaration of a new shared manifesto.
The first few seconds offer a burst of free rock or free
jazz double bass, then drumming worthy of a punk
rock drummer, a synthesizer that Mirwais from Taxi
Girl would be proud of, a guitar riff and they're off: heavy threats in low frequencies, the tension is palpable.
Like a midnight graffiti raid on a railway station, terrifically contained adrenalin, the discretion of the operation so that the colours can finally emerge in the light
of day: 'War paint'.
Underground rumblings, howling bass, pressure.
The track of the same name is full of this underlying
tension: electric pleasures, a veritable pressure cooker, seething steam.
The heat smoulders beneath the safety valve, ready to
explode, and when it does we get 'Worried'.
Explosion, the end of oppression, the dance floor is on
fire, Birdy Nam Nam have hit upon the recipe of a new
Molotov cocktail.
Images crowd the mind, amused rebellion; violence is
a game with order. Call it hip hop or electro or stuff
or whatever.
Hooligans of musical marketing, music-lovers of disorder: rock that ass.
And if you don't like it, 'Shut up'… their own brand of
booty bass dedication, not the slightest bit macho,
give 'Homosexuality': another dedication but the opposite this time, to another crazy genius with lots of
hair. Male humour.
These guys are free and without taboos: 'Trans Boulogne Express' is not an ode to Kraftwerk, but a nervy
and daring dive of vitality into the infamous dark undergrowth of Western Paris…
Because Birdy Nam Nam takes us to another Paris.
That's clear.
And clear like a sound is clear.
And full of percussion.
Full of percussive uppercuts, perhaps thanks to this
vast experience that they have of making music by
hand, right down to the fingertips of their turntablist
past.
And judging by the riot in the crowd at Olympia during their gig in September 2008, with Yuksek creating
fireworks in the first part just like James Coburn in
'A fistful of Dynamite', (this explosive young genius
of French electro produced the entire album), we can
safely say that 'Manual for a successful rioting' will
galvanise even the most disillusioned ear drums.
'Manual for a successful rioting' is a concentration of
liberation.
Liberation from certain shackles that were perhaps
restricting the personalities of Crazy B, Lil' Mike, Need
and Pone.
So they have thrown themselves into the scrum like a
cat among the pigeons. Or like taking the plunge in a
parachute jump, the last track, gymnastics in the wide
expanse of air… A feeling of freedom.
Birdy Nam Nam have found themselves.
After the enormous success of Unighted 2008 with Carl Cox,
Tiesto, David Guetta, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig,
Cathy Guetta the host and organiser is back in 2009 with
another sure winning edition .
The line up once again is perfect for the 40 000 clubbers who
will invade the Stade de France : Armin Van Buuren , Steve
Angelo and Axwell, Sven Vath and David Guetta.
Let us re-discover the stories of those superstar DJs and
their glamorous host.
CATHY GUETTA
1989-1994
Arrived in Paris, she first strarted as a Barmaid and later on as PR
at the famous parisian night club Les Bains Douches.
1994
She organises her first parisians parties at The Bataclan.
1995-1997
She becomes the artistic-director of the internationally known club:
Le Palace.
1997-2002
Cathy becomes co-owner of Les Bains Douches.
2000
Opened her first own restaurant, the TANJIA, a real maroccan ryad
close to the Champs Elysées.
2002
Opened Pink Paradise, the foremost tabletop-dancing venue in
France, Cathy Guetta is one of the few women in the world to head
a chic and glamorous striptease club.
2003
Opened her second restaurant, La Suite, overviewing Avenue
George V, with a luxurious, elegant interior decor and a sophisticated mediterranean cuisine.
2004-2006
Launching of Ibiza Perfume.
The legitimacy of the name is derived from the fact that for the last
twelve years, Cathy & David Guetta, lived in Ibiza during the summer, have been in charge of the unique, and famous french « F***
ME I’M FAMOUS » event, among the most prestigious international
soirées. For 4 years, they’ve invested in Pacha in August, an event
at which over 8,000 people gather to experience the best of french
electronic music.
2006
Cathy and David Guetta want to take another working way: first,
they sold the shares that they owned for different parisians places.
In a same time, David has prepared his new album and Cathy
create her men perfume.
UNIGHTED by Burn
«F*** ME I’M FAMOUS» vol.3, 12 parties «F*** ME I’M FAMOUS»
BY DAVID & CATHY GUETTA have been organsied during summer and all around the world (Ibiza…).
2004
Only 19, Steve Angello released ‘Woz not Woz’ on CR2 Recordings
with alongside fellow Swede, Eric Prydz in.
2007
• SUMMER 2007: Release of the men perfume «IBIZA CATHY
GUETTA FOR MEN».
• More than fifteen «F*** ME I’M FAMOUS» parties by David and
Cathy GUETTA have been organised during the summer in such
place like Ibiza, New-York, Barcelona, Miami, Toronto, Cannes… A
complet success !
2005
Steve becomes one of the most in demand producers, remixers
and djs of the year. This year, Steve has also two top 5 club hits and
remixes the likes of Moby, Goldfrapp, Royksopp and Deep Dish.
He releases a Subliminal Sessions cd and is nominated for ‘Best
Producer’ at the House Awards. Steve wins the acclaimed ‘Best
Newcomer’ (alongside partner in crime, Sebastian Ingrosso) at the
2005 DJ Awards in Ibiza.
2008
• APRIL 23RD: Release of the book «Bains de Minuit» of Cathy
Guetta - Editions Fayard.
• SUMMER 2008: F*** ME I’M FAMOUS every Thursday at Pacha
IBIZA.
• July 5th at Stade de France - Paris : First party with more than
40 000 clubbers.
«UNIGHTED By Cathy GUETTA» with Martin Solveig, David
Guetta, Carl Cox…
STEVE ANGELLO
Steve Angello is a young and talented DJ part of the
Swedish House Mafia. His ability to connect with the
crowd is intense.
His music screams
at people; passion;
commitment; dedication; focus; drive;
and energy: music
is no idle pastime
for Steve, it’s everything.
Steve Angello was
born in 1983.
2002
Drawing heavily on influences such as Daft
Punk and Carl Craig,
Steve conceives his own
label Size Records.
At 22 years old, Steve has earned the reputation as a consistently
fresh talent, a vehicle for which is his label, Size Records which with
he releases thirteen rollicking home 2 hits: “Who’s Who? Not So
Dirty" and ‘Some kinda Freak’.
The label has received massive support from the biggest dance
superstars like Pete Tong, X-Press 2, Roger Sanchez, Funk D’Void,
Carl Cox , Alex Neri, Norman Cook , Armand Van Helden, and Erick
Morillo to name a few …
Erick (Morillo) recognises the potential of Steve and Seb in signing
them immediately to his Subliminal team. Steve and Seb mix Subliminal Sessions 8 alongside Jose Nunez which is released in May
2005. This is one of the most popular Subliminal cds and makes
Steve & Seb securing residencies at the infamous Subliminal parties at Pacha, Ibiza.
2006
Steve keeps djing every weekend. His diverse sets keep the crowds
electrified and it’s hard to believe that the quality of the music
comes from someone so young but Steve pulls it off.
Steve appears on Radio 1 with Pete Tong and is asked back to
record an exclusive Essential Mix with Sebastian.
2007
Steve releases Sizeism.
So what does the future hold for this remarkable young man? Lets
just say, a continual release of amazing top quality tracks on the
Size label, a possible compilation cd to be released next year, an
album with his partner Sebastian, and a remix of the Eurythmics
classic "Sweetdream”.
AXWELL
Axwell’s music has an innate feel for the dancefloor
that betters most others; his versatility is even more
impressive. Axwell’s material is so varied, yet never
fails to rock big time. His music has so much energy,
soul and depth and he makes music for DJs.
Axwell was born in Sweden.
At nine-year-old Axel Hedfors first takes up the drums,
before progressing to computers and music software
when most kids are riding bikes and using jumpers for
goal posts. Completely self-taught, he leans to play
keyboards and programme beats.
1995-1997
Axel releases acid techno tracks made with Fasttracker2 software
under the pseudonym Quazar (of Sanxion). He also participates in
video games soundtracks.
1999
Stoney Boy label releases Axwell debut single, ‘FunkBoy’.
2000
After dabbling with Latin-infused house under the guises of Mambana (with Afro Medusa singer Isabel Fructuoso) and then Jetlag
(with vocalist Noel McKoy and co-producer Brian Tappert), Axwell
again changes stances. Hel finds is house sound, his productions
stature, but he is also demanded as a remixer.
2002
The catalyst is pairing with Robbie Rivera and songstress Suzan
Brittan on the track ‘Burning’.
2004
Axwell enjoys a pan-European hit with vocalist Errol Reid on ‘Feel
The Vibe’. Positiva re-released the song as ‘Feel The Vibe (‘Til The
Morning Comes)’ with additional vocals supplied by Tara McDonald.
A top 20 UK chart position followed.
2005
Watch The Sunrise’, sung by Sheffield’s Steve Edwards (the man
behind hits for Cassius, Bob Sinclar and Xpress-2) peaks at number
three in Dance Singles Chart and in the UK chart single.
2003
The F*** ME I’M FAMOUS compilation which includes a David
Bowie remix by David Guetta, Just for One Day (Heroes) goes Gold
in France.
Two F*** ME I’M FAMOUS parties take place at club PACHA in
Ibiza for the seventh year. David continues to mix, mostly abroad.
David gets a club hit and a Top 20 single in the UK with Just a Little
More Love.
2004
Release of his second album GUETTA BLASTER. David mixes
non stop at clubs all over Europe & holds his F*** ME I’M FAMOUS
party in Ibiza again in August to hundreds of hysterical clubbers
screaming his name. Radio 1 star DJ Pete Tong invites David to
play at his Radio 1 Week End in Ibiza, the UK biggest Dance Radio
show of the year, at that!
2005
David doesn’t stop touring and the dates abroad multiplies. He
mixes more than 130 times in the year. Then he stands out as the
most known and recognized French DJ in the world. The 2nd Volume of the compilation «F*** Me I’ m Famous!» is released, while
the 1st volume is golden disk. To celebrate it, 5 parties are organized in Paris, London, Ibiza, Barcelona, New York...
2006
Axwell restyles club and crossover hits for Usher (‘Burn’), Stonebridge (‘Put ‘Em High’), N*E*R*D* (‘Maybe’), Moby (‘Slipping
Away’), Deep Dish (‘Dreams’), Pharrel Williams (‘Angel’), Madonna
(‘Jump’), Nelly Furtado (‘Pomiscuous’), Bob Sinclar (‘I Feel For
You’) and Faithless (‘Music Matters’).
With Steve Angello, he retools Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy’ into
‘Tell Me Why’ as Supermode that peaks at number 13 in the UK.
Axwell launches his own label: Axtone. He works with Sebastian
Ingrosso a remix of Ernesto Vs Bastian’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’,
before delivering their original production, ‘Together’. While with
Eric Prydz the two joins forces to produce ‘123’ and then ‘321’ under
their Axer alias for Eric’s Pryda Friends label.
2007
His single, ‘I Found U’, tops every dance chart (Buzz, Coolcuts,
Music Week Dance Chart etc) and raises number six in the UK (it
also hit the Top 10 in Holland).
The across-the-board success of ‘I Found U’ also sees the Positiva
release crowned DJ mags’ Record of the Year, while the public similarly votes it their favourite song of 2007 on Steve Smart’s Kiss
FM show in London and Anton Power’s Juice FM show in Liverpool.
It also picks up the prestigious Track of the Season at the DJ
awards held at Pacha, Ibiza.
2008
Axwell returns to the white island as resident at Pure Pacha and
participates in many festivals including Global Gathering, Glastonbury and Creamfields. He produces with Dirty South “Open your
Heart” and with Bob Sinclar feat. Ron Carroll “What a wonderful
World”.
2009
After a DJ world tour in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and next up, he is in
North America during March
and April for many gigs including the Winter Music Conference in Miami where a brand
new Axwell single is promised
to be showcased to waiting
masses.
UNIGHTED by Burn
DAVID GUETTA
He was born on Nov. 7th, 1967 in Paris. At the age of
17, David works as a DJ at Club Broad in Paris.
1988-90
David mixes house music on Radio Nova (Paris famous indie radio)
& plays house, hip-hop and garage music at various clubs in Paris
(Palace, Les Bains, Le Centrale and Le Rex).
1990
David mixes at former Cabaret Folies Pigalle, the only Parisian club
besides Le Boy to play house music.
1992
David’s first single, Up & Way, with Robert Owens on vocals, is
released through FNAC Music. The cut is featured on the ART OF
FRANCE compilation. David opens infamous club Le Queen on
Champs-Elysées, where he mixes for two years alongside various
international DJs he invites along, including Little Louie Vega, Roger Sanchez, Morales, Morillo and DJ Pierre.
1994
Leaves Le Queen to work at the Bataclan, a club that packs in more
than 2,500 people on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
1995
Goes back to Le Palace, where he organizes the ‘Happy House’
nights. Daft Punk plays in the Palace cigar room.
1997
Les Bains Douches: first ‘Scream’ party (that party has since become one of the most famous in Paris).
2001
David signs with Virgin France and releases his first single, Just a
Little More Love, a No. 1 hit on the French club scene. He starts
mixing again.
2002
The release of his first album, JUST A LITTLE MORE LOVE, highlighted by the hit song Love, Don’t Let Me Go, which is the most-aired video of the year in France. David plays more than 50 club dates.
2006
The «F *** Me I’ m Famous» become the most well known parties
of the seasons to Ibiza and Miami. The international success finally
arrives : the bootleg David Guetta vs The Egg «Love don’t let me
go (walking away)» is directly n°3 in the UK top charts! In the mean
time, in only 2 months, the 3rd «F *** Me I’ m Famous» compilation
becomes golden disk...
2007
David Guetta starts by a successfull tour in the USA (New York,
Miami, Washington,Chicago, Denver), he is booked in the biggest
festivals (Coachella, in the Californian desert, Skol Beats Festival
in Brazil, South Fest in Buenos Aires or White Sensation in Prague
and Amsterdam). The international press is crazy about him: the
USA Today, The Observer, Mixmag ...
2008
On June 18th, international release of its third album « Pop life
“His first single «Love is gone» is a smashing success, very widely
spread in clubs and on the radio. In October, it is 10th of the Dj Mag
Top 100 classification, and consequently House DJ number 1 of the
planet, a level which was never reached in France and very rarely
for an House DJ.
ARMIN VAN BUUREN
In 2008, Armin has been named number one in the
prestigious DJ Top 100 poll – voted for by over 350,000
people across the world, and an indication of his prolific output over the 10 years he’s been DJing and producing. Being the official World’s Best DJ is just one of
his many achievements, but the driving force behind
his success is an overriding passion for dance music.
Armin was born in 1976 in Leiden, Holland.
1986:
His mum wins a pc. ‘So as a little nerdy kid I was writing my own
basic programs, and learnt about the technology from there’.
He progressed from making low-profile mix tapes for friends to
higher profile mixes when he discovered experimenting with different sequences on his pc through his uncle. ‘I was so stunned by
what I saw him doing, that I got addicted to creating music right
there and then! I loved dance music immediately – this great rebellious sound that was so
different’.
In the early days, Armin thinkst it is wise to have something extra in
case the DJ’ing didn’t work out. So he studied for a law degree. The
final year of his course is inevitably stretched as he juggles his studies with his increasingly hectic schedule; it takes him three years
to graduate, but his determination made him succeed.
2001-2008
Armin hosts a weekly radio show ‘A State of Trance’, which mostly
consist of trance and other genres. Selected tracks are announced
during the show in order to help promote new artists and releases.
2003
Armin’s desire to showcase more of the great music he hears, along
with the number of people sending him tracks they wanted to release, led to the obvious step of starting his own label, Armada.
2005
Armin holds for the first time in The Netherlands, “Armin Only”. He
is the DJ and conductor for a light, music, laser, video and fireworks
show with singers, vocalists and musicians sharing the stage for an
intense 9 hr. performance.
2006-2007
Armin receives a lot of awards: ‘Best Album’ for artist album Shivers’ at both the Dutch Release Dance Awards and the prestigious
Dutch Edison Awards; ‘Best Compilation’ for ‘A State Of Trance’,
in 2006, claiming the ‘Best European DJ’ award in 2007 and ‘Best
Mix Radio Show’ at the Miami Winter Music Conference in 2006
and 2007, for his weekly radio show ‘A State Of Trance’; a 5th year
residency in Ibiza at Amnesia and over 50,000 downloads every
week from podcasting high end chart-bothering positions all over
the world for singles, albums and compilations , with single ‘Rush
Hour’ used as the theme tune to the UEFA European Youth Championship; the #1 entry in the Dutch album charts with his artist album ‘Imagine’, the #1 entry of the DVD registration of ‘Armin Only
‘ Imagine’
2008
Armin is given the “Buma Cultuur Pop Award”, the most prestigious
Dutch music award. This is followed by being voted as the Best
Trance dj/producer in Beatport Music Awards in March.
The ‘Armin Only Imagine 2008 World Tour’ is for the 1st time the
event has been taken on the road, stopping in The Netherlands,
Australia, Belgium, Poland, Romania and in the USA.
The 350th episode and the 7th year of the hit radio show “A State of
Trance” is celebrated in May 2008 with an eight hour live broadcast
from Antwerp in Belgium to over 40 radio stations internationally.
Ti c k e t s o n sale at the Stade de France and on www.unightedbyburn.com
SVEN VÄTH
Sven Väth is by far the most successful DJ in the
world. The press calls him "the only German pop star"
and he is also renowned as a international producer.
Sven was born on October 26, 1964 in Obertshausen
near Frankfurt.
1982-1986
Sven's career begins at The Dorian Gray club and the Vogue in
Frankfurt.
1987
Sven becomes co-patron of Belgian techno / underground music
(later to be called Electronic Body Music / EBM).
1988
Sven buys the Vogue with Michael Münzing and Matthias Martinsohn. Following the complete renovation, the club is called "Omen"
and writes a new chapter of club history. Sven brings Acid sound
to Germany.
1989
Release of the second OFF album, "Ask Yourself" and works on
his project Mosaic
1990
Mosaic's followup single "Dance Now" is released and the Omen
club becomes an international meeting place for club culture.
doors. For the sake of keeping a platform for electronic music in
Frankfurt alive, he initiates the Cocoon Club concept.
1999
Sven does the world tour, the "Six In The Mix" Tour and the Cocoon
Club becomes a permanent element of Amnesia's season. His new
album "Contact" proves to be a piece of art with extraordinary flair
and musical diversity.
2000
Sven starts the Contact World Tour in February. With Cocoon Recordings, Sven establishes –a further platform for DJs and acts and the
Cocoon Compilation "A" is released in June 2000. Sven decides to produce his first official Mix-CD ever: "Sven Väth In The Mix – The Sound
Of The First Season" In December 2000, Virgin Records releases a
compilation of ten tracks, entitled "Retrospektive 1990 – 1997“.
2001
Sven's second MixCD "The Sound of the Second Season – Noche
y Dia" as his new album "Fire" are released. The corresponding Fire
World Tour is set with about 60 gigs world wide.
2002
In late summer, Sven produces his first 12" for his own label Cocoon Recordings: "Vision".
2003
The Remix album "Fire Works" is released and takes Sven once
more to an extended World Tour. The Mix CD "The Sound of the
Fourth Season" is released on Cocoon Recordings as a double CD.
1991
With publisher / manager Heinz Roth and producer Matthias Hoffmann, Sven founds the Eye Q label.
2004
Besides the next Ibiza Season and the second edition of the
Green&Blue festival, Sven Väth is opening a new club in Frankfurt:
the Cocoon Club.
1992
Sven ("The Godfather of Techno") deejays in leading clubs around
the world. He establishes the DJ label Harthouse and released the
Album "The Art of Dance" under the pseudonym Barbarella.
2005-2007
Sven's is on annual World Tour each year and the seventh Ibiza
Mix-CD is released in 2007.
1995
Release of the Remix Album "Touch Themes of Harlequin, Robot
& Ballet Dancer"
1998
Sven’s fourth album Fusion, a potpourri of techno, house, triphop,
electro and big beat elements is released .But the Omen closes its
UNIGHTED by Burn
2008
The exhibition of Andreas Gursky's Cocoon pictures at Frankfurt's
Museum für Moderne Kunst is another highlight, celebrating the
50th 12" vinyl release of Sven's label Cocoon Recordings and an
accompanying Mix-CD entitled "Cocoon Morphs Tokyo"
Sven's annual world tour starts on January, 25th in Shanghai and
ends on May, 17th in Romania, bringing him to 41 cities in 19
countries, including a small tour in Australia.
Ortofon’s new custom-designed DJ-tested headshell combines both style
and functionality for DJs of all types. Sporting an easy-to-grip
curved finger lift, a unique design, and numerous weight options,
it’s the perfect fit for any Ortofon OM series DJ cartridge.
Also included is a specialized OM mounting tool, which makes it
dramatically easier to mount OM series cartridges without any fuss.
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FUTUREBOUND
FUTUREBOUND
FUTUREBOUND
From the very outset of dance culture, and right up to the present day, Brendan Collins, AKA DJ / Producer
Futurebound, has steadily developed an almost unsurpassable reputation for tearing up dancefloors on a worldwide scale.
Whether he is destroying venues such as Fabric (London), Womb (Tokyo), or in the studio, you know what you’re
getting with the sounds of Futurebound. Born and bred in Liverpool, the cultural and musical epicentre of the
North of England, Futurebound route to the top of his profession reads like a concise history of dance music.
After the first illegal raves he attended in 1989, Futurebound went onto pursue his passion for dance music,
with DJs such as Fabio, Grooverider, Mickey Finn & Top Buzz serving as early influences.
From this, Futurebound secured a home town residency in 1991, warming up for the likes of Carl Cox, Grooverider and Sasha, his first real break into DJing. Steadily the emerging influence of breakbeats grew on Futurebound, leading him to book names such as LTJ Bukem, Goldie, Ray Keith and 4 Hero for his own parties in
the early nineties, and later lead him to start the notorious X events in 1999, some of which still rank as some
of most important parties in Liverpools clubbing history. His skills didnt just stop with DJing and promotion
either. Since 1993 Futurebound has been stamping his distinctive, rolling, peak time sounds on vinyl, initially
with local producers. Inevitably however, more high - profile production and remix collaborations followed with
the likes of J Majik. Matrix, Digital & Adam-f. With his productions being released on imprints such as Infrared,
Timeless, Moving Shadow, Metro and Frequency, and receiving heavy support over the years from the scenes
hierarchy, the time seemed right for Futurebound to expand his repertoire once again, by infusing his reputation
on an entire imprint.
Enter VIPER RECORDINGS.
2003 saw the birth of Viper, started by Futurebound
himself. The label has so far spawned eight releases
of the highest quality, with the first, Blind Cobblers
Thumb by Futurebound & Jaquan, achieving instant
anthem status, and was more than ably backed by the
monstrous Pied Piper .
7 further releases have followed, spanning a plethora
of D&B styles, and have featured the likes of J-Majik
& Wickaman's Fleshwound, Baron's slamming remix
of Blind Cobblers thumb, Matrix & Futurebound's funk
fuelled monster Strength 2 Strength, as well as the
mighty Circuit Breakers project which saw Futurebound pull in top draw tracks from State of Mind,
Moving Fusion, Entity, Probe & Sylo, Jaquan & Futurebound himself released in November 06 was an Excellent 12 from D&Bs new golden boys The Brookes Brothers and moving into 2007 saw viper release its first
album, as Futurebound & Matrix release their hugely
anticipated album ‘Universal Truth’, which has been
tipped by many in the industry as album of the year.
Following on from ‘Universal Truth’ and Futurebound
together with Matrix have been drafted into remix
none other than Justin Timberlake’s ‘Love Stoned’ for
Sony/BMG as well turning in a blinding remix for Nu
Tone’s ‘System’ track. Others highlights are the ‘Universal Truth’ remix e.p and a forthcoming ‘Matrix &
Futurebound in the mix compilation’.
HYPERLINK"http://www.myspace.com/futurebound
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HYPERLINK
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Could you tell us more about the release of your new
album ?
How are you conceiving it and what is the direction
you're taking ?
Well at the moment it’s all work in progress, but yeh
it’s definitely coming on strong. It won’t be a million
miles away from the sound of the last album‘Universal
Truth’, but it’s definitely got some sick & twisted bassline business happening on this project.
I’m actually in the middle of two albums the other is
the Viper album which will feature brand new and exclusive cuts from all the crew as well as a mix cd from
yours truly which shall follow the release of the Vinyl.
Did the Remix of Justin Timberlake open new doors for you ?
I think any time you work on a project for artists as big
as J.T it can really help to put you in the spotlight and
open you up to a whole new audience. Saying that you
still have to come with the goods.
We were asked to do a DnB remix of the track but the
vocals weren’t sounding to good at that tempo and in
the end we did a house mix of it, which the guys at
Sony loved.
What are your favourites places to play ?
Ooooh, that’s a hard one, there’s so many great
places I go to around the world that go off. But regular spots that I play at that always get a guaranteed
wired crowd and phat sound system would have to be
‘Womb’ in Tokyo and ‘Chibuku Shake Shake’ in my hometown Liverpool.
The 10 records you'would never go without to a gig ?
1. In Deep - Last night a dj saved my life
2. Matrix & Futurebound – American Beauty
3. Nu Tone & Natalie Williams –
System (Matrix & Futurebound Remix)
4. J-majik – Spaced Invader
5. Ram Trilogy - Titan
6. Futurebound – Let it go
7. Matrix & Futurebound – The Edge
8. High Contrast – If we ever
9. Futurebound V’s Brookes Brothers – Dawn Treader
10. Shock One – Shock One E.P
Your favourites DJs (all style) ?
Yousef (U.K), Dj Aki (Japan), Shock One (Australia),
Felix Da House Cat (U.S)
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Based in Tokyo, Makoto Shimizu, better known as simply Makoto, is Japan's chief Drum & Bass ambassador.
After completing an Acoustic Engineering major at Nippon University, Makoto first signed with LTJ Bukem's
legendary Good Looking Records back in 1999.
Since then he has gone from strength to strength, releasing a long string of quality music in the form of
singles and EP's, but also on the famous 'Earth' and 'Progression Sessions' compilation albums. 2003 saw the
release of his much anticipated debut album 'Human Elements'. This album was widely praised as the transition of 70's Soul into the 21st century. Also "Progression Sessions Japan Live 2003" with Deeizm, recorded
live from Space Lab Yellow in Tokyo was an absolute gem.
Makoto is now ready to spread his wings. Original music is both already released and also forthcoming on
labels such as Renegade Recording, Liquid V, Bingo, Hospital and Innerground. Add to this his second album
'Believe in My Soul', which was released on Good Looking in 2007, and the future is looking bright for the
Tokyo native.
As for deejaying, Makoto, together with Deeizm MC has traveled across the world (the U.K., Europe, America,
Brazil, Australia, Asia and Japan are just some of the places they have visited) and has become one of the
most sought-after deejays on the Drum&Bass circuit. Makoto's sets are characterised by the same jazzed-out
and soulful music that he is known for as a producer.
RECENT RELEASES INCLUDE:
Makoto - Believe In My Soul album (Good Looking Records)
Makoto & DJ Inza – Eastern Dub (Good Looking Records)
DJ Marky, Makoto & A-sides – Tonite (Innerground)
Sonic & Makoto – Tearing Soul (Space)
Makoto & Specialist – Pachinko (Advanced)
Makoto & Akira – The Way Of The Warrior ( CIA Deep cutz)
Makoto & Kabuki ft. Deeizm - Look Of Love (Liquid V)
London Elektricity - Rewind(Makoto Remix) (Hospital)
DJ Marky & XRS - Moments Of Lust (Makoto Remix)
(Innerground)
DJ Patife ft. Cleveland Watkiss - Overjoyed(Makoto Remix)
(Innerground)
La Funken - Stand Up (Makoto Remix) (Bingo beats)
Kabuki ft. Cleveland Watkiss - Speed Of Sound (Precision)
Alaska - Aerosoul (Makoto remix) (Vibes recordings)
http://www.humanelements.jp
http://www.myspace.com/humanelements
When did you start your professional career?
I can't remember exactly, but around 1998....
Why are you using the Ortofon Concorde Digitrack
makes for with your Serato Scratch Live?
I always take my own needles for serato to each gigs. It's
very important and the only problem I would encounter with
Serato would be to have bad needles. Concorde Digitrack is
especially made for reading time coded vynil, so I can really
trust this needle ! And it looks really cool too!
What percentage of your live sets are you playing
with Serato?
100% , I don't think I could go back to the old way anymore...
What do,you think of the drum’n’bass scene?
It's really spreading all over the world now.
When I started drum'n'bass, it was really a London thing, but
now you can hear drum'n'bass anywhere in the world.
What do, you listen at home?
Jazz and Soul
What are your influences?
70's Soul
What are you projects?
I'm starting my own label called "Human Elements" this year
and it is really exciting.
Spanish DMC Champion
Best Urban Dj Award [Deejaymag]
Spanish DMC Team Champion
Official Rodec Scratchbox Dj
Dj Bordallo performed at the most important international and Spanish events:
Budweiser Clubbing Experience, Fabrik @ Redbull, Le Club, Mau Mau, Space, Pacha, Deejay Magazine Awards,
Fever, Carling Academy, Ida Portugal, Catwalk, Disco Teatro, Speka, Auditorium Zaragoza Ciudad, LP 45, Twist,
Energia, Micro Libre, Palenque, La Terrazza... Vinarock, Cultura Urbana, batalla de los gallos...
He is also a brilliant drum n bass dj, playing sets with the world biggest names like Asian Dub Fundation, Aphrodite, Danny Byrd, Narni shakers, Danny Wheeler...
Radio and Media Dj:
Dj Bordallo is a Sound Engineer and started as a radio deejay on Pacha Ibiza´s resident Wally Lopez Flaix FM
Radio Show (Grupo Zeta),he is also playing turntablist and dj sessions on spanish main radio station, Radio
Nacional RNE3.
He´s teaching at many Sound Schools around Spain like Microfusa Barcelona, CEV Madrid, Microfusa Madrid,
Bilbao Exhibition Center, and public schools, teaching children electronic music...
Productions:
As a producer he started with Dj Bordallo’s Beatjuggling Masterclass L.P. receiving hot reviews from Europe´s
dj media:
“nice production here, great crunchy distortion parts and some more floaty synths and beats parts. Good to see
some original thought going into the production of this”
Fatcity.co.uk (UK)
Mastered by Stuart Hawkes (Prodigy, Roni Size...) with superb audio quality
TV and DVD performances and interviews:
Dj Bordallo has performed and and has been interviewed in almost all spanish main TVs, radios and other media.
Tve1 Musicauno, Antena 3, Telemadrid, Onda6 Tv…Tve1 Teleobjetivo, El Mundo, Deejay Magazine, Hip Hop Nation, Hipflow, Top Noche, Radio Nacional de España Rne 3…
Dj Bordallo is a Physiotherapist, but he is more focused on his dj career. He is the founder of one of the world top
turntablist websites HYPERLINK "http://www.ttablist.com" www.ttablist.com and he has launched the biggest
online turntablist championship, with djs from all around Europe battling hard for the title.
Now, Bordallo is focused on his first dj turorial dvd, based on his experience acquired in many years of his dj
career.
DJ ALADYN & DJ MYKE
MEN IN SKRATCH
THE REVERSE
Four times winners of DMC Italy Championship. Four
times finalists at DMC World DJ Championship in London.
Second place at ITF Eastern Emisphere in Prague.
In 2006 they release the album “The Reverse”, produced
by Copasetik Recordings in London and mixed at Abbey
Road’s Studios by Nigel Godrich from Radiohead. The British magazine Hip Hop Connection welcomes this event
saying: “Frank Zappa meets Grand Wizard Theodore”. For
Rolling Stone it is “the most important album of the year”.
The single, Immagine 05, is a gift-desacralization only for
turntables to the music icon, and it is remixed Leeroy
Thornhill. In fact among the fans of this project there is
the band Prodigy that want them as special guests for
their Italian tour “Their Law – The Singles Tour”. The
same year The Reverse is the most significant element of
Umbria Jazz Festival’s playbill.
In 2009 DJ Myke and DJ Aladyn are going to release a new album. ALkeMY 57, a real sound charade by the two djs that exchange rhythmic sensibilities and musical intuitions. This project has
been achieved with the participation of Svedonio, who worked on the music adaptations with
both djs and shares the project The Reverse, and Saturnino, one of Italy’s best musicians, who
works with Jovanotti and tours with dj Aladyn with a dj set which is a contamination between
bass and turntable.
ALkeMY 57 is a surprising travel through the sound of Men In Skratch, with all its particular
contaminations. But most of all in ALkeMY 57 lives the precious bequest of live djing and turntablism, to let head and legs move without control.
The album is furthermore adorned with a rich and surprising list of featuring:
FURILLA member of Men In Skratch’s crew, dj LATO ex UOMINI DI MARE, legendary band of the
Italian hip hop underground, with FABRI FIBRA.
BEASTIE BOYS that with a funny “turntablistic” skit enrich the alchemic alembic.
MASTER T, talented musician of electronic music of the band CAYOROSSO.
RASTEA already with Meninskratch and Svedonio for the live project of The Reverse and then
CRIS, electronic musician who works at an online portal ( HYPERLINK "http://www.BREAKS.it"
www.BREAKS.it) reference point for workers and lovers of this kind of music.
www.meninskratch.com / www.thereverse.net
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PRO S
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Spherical Stylus
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Ortofon | DJ S
Ortofon | Elektro
Single
Basic model for scratch and back-cueing
Single
Techno cartridge co-designed by DJs
OM or Concorde cartridge
Outstanding rigidity by extra-strengthened cantilever
OM or Concorde cartridge
Rubber tube especially developed for scratch and back-cueing
Very high output.
Twin Case
Twin Case
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Set Case
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DJ S Characteristics
Elektro Characteristics
DJ S is a solid-built cartridge in a new blue
Spherical Stylus
Frequency Response
Every professional ought to try the Elektro, a
Spherical Stylus
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nylon material. It has a fine spherical stylus
Scratch
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techno cartridge made by a team of highly
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and a special developed and extremely
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Tracking Force
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DJ S
it is also nearly unbreakable and provides the DJ with the most-needed
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stringency. Furthermore, it equals very low record wear, an advantage for
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ability of the spherical diamond stylus is quite good. The Elektro is a
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the busy DJ. The DJ S is definitely worth checking out!
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and its rubber bearing. Therefore Ortofon disco cartridges are equipped
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Apart from sounding good, a
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to 0.8 mm. In so doing, extraordinary rigidity of the cantilever has been
as being dropped on the platter-mat, touched with fingers, etc.,
cartridges are very rugged indeed. Scratching, back-cueing and live
The DJ blue coloured cartridges have even been provided with a special
achieved without distorting the frequency response and thereby the well-
Ortofon has made the suspension of the cantilever more rigid against
artistic performance impose heavy mechanical stress on the cantilever
telescopic cantilever construction consisting of a double tube design,
known Ortofon accuracy in sound.
axial pull.
Ortofon | Scratch
Ortofon | QBert
Single
Co-designed by various DJs
Single
Co-designed by DJ QBert for scratch and back-cueing
OM or Concorde cartridge
Especially developed for scratch and back-cueing
OM or Concorde cartridge
High tracking ability
Very high output
Ultra high output
Twin Case
Twin Case
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Two Concorde cartridges
Set Case
Set Case
OM or Concorde cartridge + extra stylus
OM or Concorde cartridge + extra stylus
Scratch Characteristics
QBert Characteristics
As implied by the name, the Scratch is
Spherical Stylus
Frequency Response
This cartridge is a result of a competent
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Frequency Response
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Scratch
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design alliance between technical experts
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20-18.000 Hz – 2 dB
Tracking Force
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QBert
scratch and back-cueing. Like the QBert,
DJs had a say in designing this cartridge
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Tracking Force
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kings. It is made of a fluorescent neon-red material with the intention it
exactly what to expect and demand of the
ideal gear. The QBert has a supreme ability to
trace the grooves of your records and it is tailored specifically for scratch.
becoming highly apparent in spotlight and luminous in ultraviolet light.
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Due to its enormous output, it is perfect for scratch of all music genres
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Maximum scratch performance guaranteed!
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with deep bass frequencies.
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Styli for better sound
high frequencies and very low distortion. Ortofon disco cartridges can be
surfaces ensure even lower surface noise and
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supplied with elliptical styli for even better high-frequency performance,
an absolute minimum of record wear.
tracking forces that are necessary in disco environments. First of all, the
as well as traditional spherical styli. Both these families of diamond styli
low stylus tip mass - an Ortofon speciality - ensures improved tracking at
are accurately cut to professional specifications and their highly polished
Ortofon | Digitrack
Ortofon | Arkiv
Single
Designed for playback on coded vinyl
Single
Vinyl-to-digital transcription cartridge
OM or Concorde cartridge
Low record wear
OM or Concorde cartridge
Very good sound quality
High output
Twin Case
Twin Case
Two Concorde cartridges
Two Concorde cartridges
Set Case
Set Case
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OM or Concorde cartridge + extra stylus
Digitrack Characteristics
Arkiv Characteristics
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Frequency Response
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Elliptical Stylus
Frequency Response
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Tracking Force
Replacement Stylus
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Arkiv
function. With the advent of new computer
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creation of the Arkiv – a cartridge specially
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the tradition of a turntable. Introducing the world’s first needle designed
designed to provide optimized sound quality
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imaging, making it perfectly suited for sampling and transcription. The
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disco/techno environments. So as a rule, never use more than one half
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double the skating effect when back-cueing and cause mis-tracking
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is made from a fluorescent yellow material which makes it totally
performance. In this situation, an increase in tracking force could be an
and even jumping. Lowering the anti-skating force is very often more
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useful than increasing the tracking force when working the cartridge in
large cut-out which makes the stylus freely visible from above.
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Nightclub MKII
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Characteristics
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Replacement Stylus
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resistance and accuracy of sound reproduction. Compatible to a very
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Recommended for
for frequent
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in discotheques
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clubs!
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Concorde
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wide range of turntables and perfect for all entertainment purposes!
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