Nov232009
On Thursday 3rd December I will be DJing at club Gatecrasher in Birmingham alongside Mr Hudson and many more. This is a brand new Indie, Pop and Funky House night in Birmingham that is kicking off with a bang.
The line up looks immense and I’m sure the event will go off like no other. Earlybird e-tickets for this event are only £6 but you’ve got to get in quick! In one week’s time paper tickets will be £7 otherwise its £10 on the door if there are any left.
I was lucky enough to see Mr Hudson perform in Bristol a short while ago as he supported Calvin Harris on tour and I can tell you that you are in for a treat. Combined with the other acts on stage (as well as me 
) you’d be daft not to come.
The music policy for the night is a little different but theres sure to be something to suit everyones tastes:
- Indie
- Pop
- Funky House
- R’n'B
- Dance
For more info and to book your tickets click here!!
Oct152009
The British Music Experience is excited to present a unique chance to interact with one of the UK’s most successful DJ and Producer teams, the Freemasons.
On Thursday 26th November James Wiltshire (left of picture), Producer half of the dance duo will be presenting the music-making techniques that have made the Freemasons the most in demand dance DJ ’s, Producers and Remixers of the moment.
From producing massive dance hits of their own including ‘Love on my Mind’, ‘Rain Down Love’ and the anthem ‘Uninvited’ feat. Bailey Tzuke, to remixing Whitney Houston’s comeback smash- ‘Million Dollar Bill’, to Kelly Rowland’s ‘Work’, Beyonce & Shakira’s ‘Beautiful Liar’, to producing for Kylie and Sophie Ellis Bextor.
The Freemasons have led the way for dance and house music production and remixing. James will be explaining and taking questions on how they go about creating their trademark sounds in studio and live, including the software and kit they use and how they exploit it. How they got started in music production, started getting access to samples and vocals and how they begun to collaborate with big artists.
Freemasons Music Masterclass
Thursday 24th November
Start: 6.30pm
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Hosted by Gaydar Radio’s Maria Peters, this amazing unique evening will give you the chance to meet the individuals behind the music. Find out first-hand how it’s put together and tips for the route to successful production, plus behind the scenes of working with some of the most famous artists of our time.
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Sep202009
Tom Upton & Mark Masters proudly presents SHAKEDOWN @ HaHa, Guildford on Saturday 26th September. A new night to tingle those senses and take you on a trip through the biggest and best in all kinds of house music.
These 2 professional djs will be on hand to deliver you the best in Sexy, Funky, Electro House music all night long!!!!
“Starting off the night with some sexual funky house flavours, moving into some upfront funky electro, then working our way up to those big funky bangers and then climaxing in a fountain of uplifting vocal electro for all of you who wish to dance the night away to REAL music!!!”
Free Entry throughout the night, CD giveaways, and photo’s being taken! This is going to be an awesome night!
Don’t forget to invite your friends! Hope to see you there!
Ha Ha bar & grill
16 - 17 North Street
Guildford,
GU1 4AF
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Shakedown is sponsored by House Music Podcasts http://www.housemusicpodcasts.co.uk
Aug282009
Here are a couple of dates for your diaries over the next few days as its a bit of an action packed bank holiday weekend.
First of all, get yourself over to Platform Six where you can download the latest episode of my fortnightly radio show. Special guest mix this week from none other than Electro house DJ Piqué !!!! As always, the special guest mix is sandwiched between two very phat choice slices of hand cut funky house mixed by myself. Its a great show that also includes one of the latest tracks from Shola Ama and a bumpin’ cut from Crimes Against Disco!
Now on to the live events… Kicking off with TONIGHT. Yes yes, tonight you can catch myself on the decks up at the always funky, Funky End bar in Aldershot alongside the hairless wonder that is Tom Upton closely followed by the lanky legend Mark Masters. Free entry all night with music pumping out from 9pm until late.
If you haven’t got your fill of fresh upfront Funky House tunes by then, you can continue the party TOMORROW NIGHT over at the HaHa bar in Guildford. Usual suspects of Tom Upton and Mark Masters will be in control of your dancefloor, plus I will be there too to spin a couple of tunes. Once again, it’s free entry all night so to be fair you have no excuses not to turn up. Saturday will be a good one as I plan to have a couple of beers and dance around like a lemon.
Hope to see you there! Keep it funky.
Jul262009
Tom Upton & Mark Masters proudly presents SHAKEDOWN @ Ha Ha in Guilford, on Saturday 1st August.
A new night to tingle those senses and take you on a trip through the biggest and best in all kinds of house music. These 2 professional djs will be on hand to deliver you the best in Sexy, Funky, Electro House music all night long!!!!
Starting off the night with some sexual funky house flavours, moving into some upfront funky electro, then working our way up to those big funky bangers and then climaxing in a fountain of uplifting vocal electro for all of you who wish to dance the night away to REAL music!!
Free entry throughout the night, CD giveaways, and photo’s being taken! This is going to be an awesome night!
Don’t forget to invite your friends! Hope to see you there!
Ha Ha Bar & Grill
16 - 17 North Street
Guildford Surrey,
GU1 4AF
Map
Jul052009
Aldershot. Hm. Bit of a step down from Ibiza and Vienna isn’t it?
On July 18th I shall be heading over to the Funky End in Surrey to go and play some of that funky house music stuff alongside the incredibly talented and (incredibly bald) DJ Tom Upton.
Tom recently won a DJ competition where the top prize was a 45 minute set at Guilfest this year. So you know he’s gonna be good.
If you are in the area, come along, the door price is FREE and the music will be superb. I guarantee it or your money back.
July 18th. Aldershot. Stick it in your diary.
Jun152009
Listen to the sound of the award-winning Glade Festival headliners with this twenty-track digital compilation album. In preparation for this year’s biggest three-day dance music event, Trackitdown have teamed up with Glade Festival to provide you with a Digital Album Bundle showcasing the incredible range of music and artists that the festival has become famous for.
This exclusive bundle consists of 20 full tracks from headline artists performing at this year’s festival in high quality 320kbps MP3 alongside a 70 minute continuous mix of all 20 tracks. Covering the wide range of styles you can expect to hear including: breaks, dubstep, tech house, psytrance, techno, drum & bass, ambient, minimal, electro and everything between.
This digital format is perfect for Glade’s hardcore fans that know their tunes and want to get excited about the best weekend of the summer festival season.
Glade Fesitval Digital Ablum
Feb212009
Wow, what an amazing night. This was easily one of the best nights I have ever had in my life.
I met with the guys who run the Friday nights at Skykitchen downstairs in the bar of my hotel where we had a drink and a chat before they took me to the club. The driver took the scenic route and I was kindly shown a whistle-stop sight-seeing tour as we raced around the city. There is simply so much to see and do here that it is impossible to see it all in a day, let alone in one night.
We arrived at the club which itself is quite different to any where I have previously played. The club is situated inside of an old office block that has been renovated and the club itself is several floors up in what used to be the office block’s kitchen, hence the name.
Following on in this culinary theme, the DJ booth is located under a huge cooker hood and there are tv screens inside of microwaves and ovens behind the decks. It’s quite a mad and somewhat quirky set up they have here. But it works. Any venue these days needs to have it’s niche to stand out in the crowd and Skykitchen most definitely has that.
It is perhaps not the biggest club in the world, but I do not believe that a club has to be big in order to be great.
A plentiful supply of drinks were supplied behind the DJ booth and after introductions were made to the resident DJs, a quick bit of setting up and it was down to business.
The club started to fill up around midnight and by 1am it was packed with the crowd primed for an evening of funky house, UK style!
One thing that I love about music is that it has no language barrier. Yes, there are vocals in some of the stuff I play but a groove is still a groove whatever nationality your ear may be.
I started off with some uptemp funky vocal, took it oldskool, went a bit tougher and really did my best to show Vienna how we do things back home. They loved it, the dancefloor was packed for the duration of my set and I could not have asked for a better crowd. I could not fully understand what everyone was saying to me from the dancefloor but their smiles told me all I needed to know.
By 4.30am I was shattered. I dropped Underworld’s Born Slippy followed by Plump DJ’s Scram and that literally blew the place apart. By now I’ve been awake for 21 hours and no amount of Redbull could keep me from flagging. I packed up, shipped out and headed back to my hotel room where I fell asleep in an instant.
My body clock decided it did not want to stay in bed so I was up and about by 10am. In a way I am glad. Even though I still ache a little and a bit of tinitus remains in my ears, I pulled myself together and took a tour of the city. My flight home did not leave for another six hours so I had plenty of time to have a walk around and see a few sights. Check out my facebook if you want to see some photos.
I am going to do my best to make it back here again soon as one day simply is not enough. Next time around I will check the weather and - at the risk of sounding like a girl - bring some sensible shoes to wear. Fashionable shoes are one thing, but having cold wet snowy feet is definitely not reccomended.
I’d like to thank both Florian and Oliver from Skykitchen for inviting me to their club to play their Friday night. There is a rumour that I may return back to this quirky, charming club again and this is something that I really hope will happen in the not too distant future.
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