On July 11th 2009 two drivers will depart on a 10,000 mile drive from London to Mongolia, crossing Europe, central Asia and culminating with a dash across the mighty Gobi Desert.
They are raising money for Save The Children, in association with the Mongolian Charity Rally. Their specially equipped off-road vehicle will be packed full of educational materials and clothing to donate to the Mongolian people. They will also be donating the vehicle on arrival.
What Is The Mongolian Mixtape Marathon?
They’re asking DJs from all over the world, be they big names or bedroom DJs, to upload mixes for them to listen to all the way to Mongolia. They estimate they have 800+ hours driving time and they’re intending to listen to dance music non-stop all the way there! Each DJ will be asked to submit a one hour mix of their favourite tunes and also make a small donation (of at least £1). They will then put all the mixes together and listen to them non-stop, all the way to Mongolia!
To say thank you for caring so well for local young people with terminal illness, breaks music producer Simon Tagg aka Kouncil House put the call out to his contacts book and created a block busting album of exclusive tracks from some of the world’s biggest acts.
Released digitally through leading download store trackitdown.net in June on his respected ADHD Digital label. All proceeds raised through paid for download will be donated to the worthy cause.
Testament to the old skool empathy of the underground dance community and the power of the new skool digital era, 45 amazing breaks, house, dubstep and drum and bass tracks came flying in from such heavyweights as; Justin Robertson, Brookes Brothers, Slipmatt, Meat Katie, Krafty Kuts, Leeroy Thornhill and Deekline & Wizard.
‘It’s a pleasure to be involved in such a great project in such good company’ says acid house legend Robertson, while Brookes Brothers agree ‘[that] there’s not enough projects like these for producers like us to get involved in.’
Simon Tagg was also motivated by the recent and sad loss of his mother who helped inspire this payback project and he dedicates all the effort and hard work to her memory.
Ellenor Lions Hospice is based in Greenhithe in Kent and will benefit from any proceeds raised by the digital sale of this amazing package of cutting edge tracks. For many years they have worked in the local community to help people with terminal illness act in comfort and dignity, and all involved agree that this is a worthy cause; ‘it’s for a great cause and everyone should want to get involved’ states drum and bass godfather Mickey Finn.
Trackitdown.net is the UK’s leading dance music download store with well over 200,000 DJ’s registered as customers giving this project a great platform upon which to launch. Founder Ed Real states; ‘we really hope that every one of our customers and the wider dance music community seriously consider downloading this album – even regardless of the good cause, this is one serious set of tracks for the biggest acts on the planet!’
Format; Full length tracks plus DJ Mix available in 320 kbps and Wav file downloads
Tracklist:
1. Perfection & Will Streetwise- Tough Old Colin
2. Flore featuring Mc Runigga - La Cour
3. Krafty Kutz & A Skillz -Charles Bronson
4. Hardy Hard & Lady Waks featuring Afrika Bambaataa - Downstroke
5. Micky Finn & Kouncilhouse - You got Me
6. Mark Choice Featuring Lady MC - Rockin N Rollin
7. Deekline & Wizard - Warehouse
8. Justin Robertson - Running In The Water
9. The Egg - Free
10. Longrange - Dispel the clouds_(lee Coombs Remix)
11. Dom Kane - Acid Groove
12. Meat katie - Just Dont Break
13. Backstage Sluts - Lucy In The Sky
14. Cut La Rock - Disco Feelin
15. 601 - Crush (2009 club mix)
16. Groove Diggerz - Rock Da Beat
17. Jagged Slap - Something you got
18. Funkasaurus - Bomb#19_(Broken Planet Mix)
19. Vlad Sokolov Vs Shomi Woodman Featuring Sinovatz - Mr Pitch (Vlad Sokolov V.I.P mix)
20. Leeroy Thornhill - Connect
21. Loop DeVille vs Boonos - Heated
22. RCaine - System At Risk
23. Rennie Pilgrem - Don’t Burn
24. Slipmatt - Something Like This
25. Afghan Headspin - Beefdisco
26. Rico Tubbs - Bad Stylist
27. The Wrongstars - Running People Over On Tuesday Afternoon
28. Plaza De Funk_ - Do It
29. Rektchordz - Dizzy lounge
30. Angel Farringdon - Speed Of Thought
31. Shane The Cutter - Blood Runs
32. Soul of Man - Foxy moron (Myagi 2009 Remix)
33. Aquasky & El Hornet - Girls & Boys (Aquasky VIP mix)
34. Kouncilhouse & Micky Finn - Yes Man
35. Smallfry - Inline
36. I.D - Hurka Bob
37. Stenchman - The Madness
38. Wolfman - Touching the void
39. TomCraft - Airwolf
40. Atomic Hooligan - What we say
41. Humanoid & Kouncilhouse - Stakker Humanoid_(2009 Dirty Remix)
42. D’Cruze - Menus Precious Filius
43. KG - Sleep
44. Cling - Slipping Away_(Erb N Dub Remix)
45. Brookes Brothers - The Light
Joining Chris and Fearne will be Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Alesha Dixon, Ben Shepherd, Ronan Keating, Denise Van Outen and Gary Barlow.
They’ll be walking for seven days to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for Comic Relief - and they want your help.
They need every Radio 1 listener to get behind Chris, Fearne and the other climbers. Click to find out how to donate.
The money raised from the Big Red Nose Climb will be spent 40% in the UK and 60% in Africa.
The money in Africa will focus on tackling the huge problem of malaria - a disease which kills a child every 30 seconds in Africa.
Malaria is the most widespread, potentially fatal disease present in the world today. In Tanzania, where Mount Kilimanjaro is situated, malaria is the leading killer of children.
In a population of 38 million, there are more than 16 million cases of malaria each year, causing up to 80,000 deaths of children under 5 years of age.
Insecticide treated bednets markedly reduce child illness and deaths from malaria in areas where malaria is common. Bednets can reduce episodes of malaria in children by half, and deaths from malaria in children by one-fifth.
Club Together is a special charity event raising money for Peace Home in Nepal. Money donated will offer shelter for orphans. Remix Bar in Woking is hosting this bank holiday event with help from some fine dj talent providing you with a mix of everything house, drum&bass, old skool classics, funk, chill out, 10 djs of different genres spinning on this special evening.
DJs to include:
Holly Bee
Dirty Retro
Michelle Ericsson
Anna Kiss
Ryan McGill
Paul Velocity
Matt Priest
Ash B
Jo Flannigan
Dan B
Tickets are a fiver and the night starts at 8pm. More info available at remixbar.com. If you plan on attending, add yourself to the Facebook event page.
Don’t Lose The Music highlights the risks to hearing from loud music in clubs, at gigs and from using personal audio equipment.
The campaign is aimed at 16-30 year olds and is paid for and run by RNID, the largest charity working to change the world for the UK’s 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people.
The campaign aims to stop young people from damaging their hearing through over exposure to loud music. We want to increase the number of people who are aware of the dangers and also increase the number of people taking action to prevent hearing damage.
Social noise levels in the UK have tripled since the early 1980s. This means we are exposed to more noise in our daily lives than generations before us.
Regular exposure to loud noise can lead to premature hearing loss. It can also cause ringing in the ears which can become permanent, a condition called tinnitus. Once hearing damage occurs there is no cure, yet noise induced hearing damage is preventable.
RNID research found that huge numbers of young people are experiencing warning signs of potential hearing damage (ringing and dull hearing) yet they don’t know what they should do to protect their hearing.
The Medical Research Council estimates four million UK adolescents are at risk of hearing damage from amplified music.
People, please please please look after your hearing. Seriously - can you imagine clubbing or DJing without your ears?
Oxjam is a music festival with a difference. Across the UK, from now until the end of October, people like you will be putting on Oxjam music events to raise money for Oxfam.
It’s not too late for you to organise something yourself. Whatever music you’re into - from folk to funk, rock to rave - get involved.
Fancy yourself as a bit of a player? Well, there is still time to organise your own Oxjam event - big or small. Visit the website for ideas on how to get started.
Or are you a bit more of a punter? You can show your support by going along to an Oxjam event in your area. People are organising all sorts of music events all over the country. Go along, listen to some great music, have fun and at the same time you will be helping to end poverty just by being there.
Make music, raise money and help end poverty with Oxjam.
We all enjoy our music each and every day of our lives. We are all guilty of taking it for granted that we have our ability to hear. I’d like you all to just take a moment to think about those that are not fortunate enough to have ever heard a single beat of music.
I really do not know what I would have done with myself if I was born deaf. I certainly would not hve the fantastic DJ lifestyle I currently live. Yet there are thousands of deaf people in the UK living a silent life.
As it happens, my own brother is profoundly deaf and has been since birth. He has accomplished so much in his life and I am extremely proud of him.
I would like to take the opportunity to point you in the direction of the NDCS. The NDCS is the only UK charity solely dedicated to the support of all deaf children and young deaf people, their families and professionals working with them.
The NDCS provide emotional and practical support through their freephone helpline, their network of trained support workers, their wide range of other support services and their publications and website.
The NDCS is there to help with welfare rights and benefit claims, making education choices, advising on health, audiology and technology, or simply provide someone to talk to.
I really like boobs. Don’t we all? This bank holiday Sunday, SoundCanvasMusic Promotions presents “We Love Boobs” — a fundraising charity event where all proceeds will be donated to Breakthrough Cancer Research.
This night takes place on 27th August from 7pm - 12pm at the Pizza Express in Crawley. DJ’s on rotation: Alex Rose, Mac, Simmo and Mike Hennessy. Minimum £5 donation OTD.
Below are details of a very special one off charity event to be held by Ministry of Sound for their donate to dance appeal for Nordoff-Robbins. The event will be held in the Baby Box @ Ministry. Donate To Dance: Saturday 2nd April. DJs: Jonty Skrufff, Mikey Gallagher, O.Bee, UDM DJs, Umberto Giannini.
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They are raising money for Save The Children, in association with the Mongolian Charity Rally. Their specially equipped off-road vehicle will be packed full of educational materials and clothing to donate to the Mongolian people. They will also be donating the vehicle on arrival.
Joining Chris and Fearne will be Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Alesha Dixon, Ben Shepherd, Ronan Keating, Denise Van Outen and Gary Barlow. 