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Transitions 291 & 292
The past two weeks John has featured an hour of his set from the legendary Lush! in Northern Ireland, ripped straight from the mixing desk last fall. As ever, he was carting around some great music and this set gives you a great flavour of what was going on.
Date : 14th November 2009
Co-ordinates : Lat. 55° 7' 9" N and Long. -6° 39' 14" W
Country : Northern Ireland
City/Town : Portrush, County Antrim
Venue : Lush!
Location : Kelly’s Complex
Address : Kelly’s Complex, Bushmills Road, Portrush BT56 8LQ
Status : opened 1996
Website: http://www.kellysportrush.co.uk/
The Geography
Portrush (from the Irish: Port Rois meaning "promontory port") is a seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border. The town is well known for its three sandy beaches, the West Strand, East Strand and White Rocks, as well as the Royal Portrush Golf Club, the only golf club outside of Great Britain which has hosted the Open Championship.
Portrush is home to one of Northern Ireland's best known nightclubs. The Kelly's complex (Located in the Kellys Golf Links Hotel) consists of a multitude of bars and clubs and is Northern Ireland's largest nightclub complex. It includes the nightclub Lush! which attracts many of the world's top DJs and hosts BBC Radio 1 events.
The Club
Opening two nights a week (Saturday mainly for clubbers from all over Ireland and Wednesday for local University of Ulster students), the venue doesn't use external promoters or host club nights, being a self-contained operation. The promoter, and manager of the club, Col Hamilton, is also the resident DJ. Music on resident-played nights would generally be house music, but the regular guest DJs are more likely to play trance music.
Opened in 1996, it has played host to the majority of the worlds notable electronic dance music DJs, including trance heavyweights Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Tiesto and more cutting edge DJ’s like Sasha, James Zabiela and Diggers. Shortly after opening, CJ Agnelli of Agnelli & Nelson immortalised the club with one of his first releases, titled "Lush", and the later remixes, "Lush Gold".
Notably for a modern nightclub, Lush! still features a chip shop within the premises. From the late 90's and early 00's Lush was broadcasted on a few occasions live on Radio 1 - shows such as the essential mix, Seb Fontaine and Judge Jules were broadcasted to electric atmosphere's. Seb Fontaine was quoted as saying lush was one of the best club on the planet with an atmosphere not to be matched anywhere else he had ever played. Sasha recorded a live 1 hour essential mix from there during his 1999 GU013 days.
Club Specs
A recent £1.5 million make-over has transformed thirteen year old Lush and Diggers wqs one of the first batch of DJ's to road-test the new Clair Bros sound system. Embracing VJ culture there's also a high resolution PR Lighting Marveon LED screen P12 Indoor, with 12mm pixel pitch behind the main stage, while above the stage a 37.5mm V-LED Spell, nearly 20m long, running messages and graphic FX around the dancefloor .
Hanging over the dancefloor is a Litec truss, which has been there for a number of years, during the re-fit however it has been moved upwards towards the ceiling. The truss is fitted with 24 PR Lighting Pilot 250 moving heads which provides the main effect lighting for dancefloor.
The brand new audio system by Clair Bros is described as 'nothing short of outstanding.' Ten Clair Bros i212-1 line arrays have been installed, five on either side of the stage area, with a further ten CS218 subwoofers and infills provided in the form of Community Veris 28’s. Clair Bros amplifiers drive the line arrays and an Ecler DPA 1400 powers the infills, while processing is provided by four Soundweb SW9088ii DSP’s and a SW9010 Jellyfish positioned in the DJ booth.
The DJ booth itself is full of the usual suspects including, Pioneer CDJ-1000’s, Pioneer EFX-1000, Pioneer DJM-800, Allen & Heath Xone:62 and the Allen & Heath V6.
John Digweed - Transitions 291 & 292 (Kiss100) 28th March & 4th April 2010
------ Recorded Live at Lush!, Portrush NI (Saturday November 14th 2009) ------
Hour One
01. Olag Poliakov - House Of The Sun (Outro)[Circus Company CCS036]
02. Jamie McHugh - Wrong (Jesus Gonsev Remix) [Audio Therapy ATDIGI20]
03. AGF / Delay - Connection (Fritz Zander Remix) [BPitch Control BPC203]
04. King Roc - The Beginning (Jericho Dub) [Process Recordings PRCS116]
05. Ellen Allien - Lover [Bpitch Control BPC199]
06. Sasha vs Ray LaMontagne - Eclipse (Butch Remix) [emFire 08]
07. Martin Landsky - We Are Streaking [Push Communications PUSH013DIG]
08. Juan Sanchez - Dr Kneep (Anton Pieete Remix) [Break New Soil BNS006]
09. Seth Troxler - Panic,Stop.Repeat! [Spectral Sound SPC-75]
10. Oxia - Whole Life [8bit 8BIT025]
Hour Two
11. Pitto - Feelin' (Joris Voorn Can't Kick This Feelin' When It Hits Remix) [Rejected Music REJ009]
12. Pitto - Feelin' (District One's Feelin' Techno Remix) [Rejected Music REJ009]
13. Saints & Sinners - Pushin' Too Hard (Nic Fanciulli Remix) [Bedrock BED9NF2010]
14. Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Fever Mix) [Systematic Recordings SYST0112]
15. Egbert – Vreugdevuur [Cocoon Recordings COR12"068]
16. Miquell Santos vs Philip Michael Andersson - Endless (Guy J Remix) outro [Faith Music FAITH026]
17. ID
18. ID
19. UNKLE - Heavy Drug (King Unique Smoke Nest Mix) [Surrender All SURR 014D]
20. Nude & Lowkey - Easter (Jamie Stevens Tech Dub Mix) [East Point Sounds epss008]
21. Fiord - Zephyr (Fergie Remix) [Sprout Music SPT038]
The music
Renowned for a fantastic crowd & real party atmosphere, Lush! is popular with big DJ’s across the planet – everyone who’s anyone has played there. Starting off early into John’s set you get an insight into just how ‘Diggers’ builds and crafts his nights.
Hour one gets underway with the fade out of Olag Poliakov’s ‘House of the Sun’ which John had opened with at Bedrock (Shindig) the night before (the track is also a key feature of Transitions shows 271 and 272). So we know that at this point we are in the early part of the night.
As Poliakov’s ‘House’ fades the fantastic ‘Wrong’ comes in and is simply mesmerising. The stellar Jesus Gonsev mix was charted by the likes of Sasha in his November top 10 and by Audio Therapy label owner Dave Seaman. Jamie McHugh's ‘Wrong’ draws the listener in and setting a deep hypnotic groove as the dance-floor gets locked into the vibe.
At this point Lush! gets to hear some fine music, trusting John’s ear for a sound, with tracks from uber-cool labels like Bpitch Control (incl. ‘Lover’ from label head Ellen Allien) & artists like King Roc, who’s infectious ‘The Beginning’ has been a core element of John’s sets. But it’s not about dropping bombs (although, trust me, the huge tracks will be in there later) it’s the way John blends & fuses together a range of music (tech house, deep house, techno & progressive) into a cohesive & seamless hour.
Butch provides a driving remix of Sasha that works brilliantly with Landsky’s deep ‘We Are Streaking’ & will have you lost in the music. Troxler’s infectious Berlin vs Detroit destroyer rounds things off nicely as Oxia’s ‘Whole Life’ grooves out.
Hour one blends into hour two with a cool deep tech house groove c/o a Joris Voorn remix. Now, as promised, we get the big tunes as Diggers produces a sonic bombardment, testing the new Lush Clair Bros sound-system to the max. The infectious house groove of ‘Feelin’ leads into Bedrock anthem ‘Pushin’ Too Hard’ - always a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Nic Fanciulli’s fine update retains that iconic hook while keeping things current & fresh. One can only imagine the scenes/mayhem on the dance-floor at this point. John then drops another classic as the ‘Fever Mix’ translates ‘Dark Flower’ to the main room & festival arenas. Jam packed with chiming reverberating guitars & a funky bass backdrop underpinned by synth alchemy, Robert Babicz’s euphoric anthem is currently receiving global dance-floor appreciation.
Speaking of wizardry, the ‘blink & you might miss it’ transition to ‘Vreugdevuur’ is a piece of genius, one of those ‘how did we get here’ moments as the sublime & shivering melody then builds & kicks back in, taking over the whole room as JD lets waves of music hang in the air.
After a brief respite the pace then continues with King Unique’s massive remix of UNKLE shaking Lush to its foundations – this has been working great alongside the booming Jamie Stevens tech dub of Nude & Lowsky’s ‘Easter’. We end appropriately with Ireland’s very own Fergie and a piece of hard edged emerald isle techno via ‘Zephyr’.
Another great live set to add to our Kiss100 archive
Finally, John and Transitions have a massive following worldwide - I bumped into a Japanese girl at Easter Bedrock that outdoes most of us .. she flew in for Bedrock 10 too, and has this great t-shirt to commemorate the event !
Transitions 291 Guest Mix
Spencer Parker Guest Mix (Kiss100) 28th March 2010
01.Drakey And Griffbo – Rogers (Version 1)[Unsigned]
02. Drakey And Griffbo – Rogers (Original)[Unsigned]
03. Spencer Parker – Cuteface[Unsigned]
04. Lil Mo Ying Yang – Reach (Remix)[Bee002]
05. Zander Vt – Get Some More[Bpitch Control]
06. Voorn/villalobos – Blank (Bearweasel’s Bassqueen Re Edit)[Unsigned]
07. Paul Harris And Alex Tepper – Terris (Spencer Parker’s A Gun For Hire Re Edit)[Rekd]
08. Unknown – Unknown[Unsigned]
09. Spencer Parker – Harmonious Forms[Unsigned]
10. P’taah – Your Soul On Mine (Spencer Parker’s A Gun For Hire Remix)[King Street Sounds]
Biography
Spencer Parker is one of Europe's leading djs, his unique style of house music is in demand the world over and with his productions, remixes and re-edits being supported by such names as Radio Slave, Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Ben Watt, Nic Fanciulli and Pete Tong, the future looks bright.
Spencer's style is simply best described as underground electronic house music. Preferred record labels range from the techno stylings of M_nus, Planet E, Drumcode and Rekids through to the uber-cool house of Buzzin' Fly, Cecille, Tsuba and Objektivity. A set from Spencer would include acid house and techno alongside some cool jackin' tracks and the odd trippy vocal. Spencer has held some highly successful residencies in his home town of London and continues to regularly guest at the capitals best clubs, including Fabric, as well as being in demand worldwide, with recent visits alone including Russia, Germany, China, America, Australia, France, Italy and Sweden.
In 2005 Spencer began his production career with the release of his debut single "Open Your Eyes", his second release coming the following year in the shape of “Beautiful Noise”, on Radio Slave's newly launched Rekids label. Early copies garnered support from names such as Nic Fanciulli, Clive Henry, X Press 2, Ben Watt and Pete Tong. In addition to "Beautiful Noise" Spencer also released the much hyped single "Neon" in early 2007 on the London based Tsuba label. Already becoming an anthem for Nic Fanciulli after constant play at his Space (Ibiza) residency, "Neon" was supported by such names as Carl Craig, Dixon and Laurent Garnier with both John Digweed and Hernan Cattaneo adding it to their latest compilations.
In addition to producing original material, Spencer often remixes or re-edits some of the hottest tracks around to give himself an exclusive secret weapon to play and make his dj sets completely original. Recent official remixes include "Freak It" for Ben Watt's excellent Buzzin' Fly imprint, the lead single from DJ Hell's new album, featuring the vocals of P Diddy and "A New Day" on the recently relaunched Junior Boys Own label.
In 2008, Spencer's production schedule really stepped up a gear with releases on SAW ("Music Box"), Buzzin' Fly ("Chiho"), Tsuba ("e Lucia") and Rekids ("The Dreamer EP"). In 2009, he has already stacked up forthcoming singles on Rekids, Buzzin' Fly, Saved, NRK, Area Remote and Liebe* Detail as well as mixing his first compilation for Rekids, the aptly named "Rekids Revolution", which will be accompanied by an extensive worldwide tour.
Having now relocated to Berlin, Spencer has already played the cream of the city's clubs, including Panorama Bar, Weekend and Bar 25 and looks to becoming an increasingly popular attraction in his newly adopted home city, where, he is currently working on his debut album for the Rekids label.
Spencer is an experienced and adaptable dj that knows how to warm up for big names intelligently as well as rock a main room in his own right, anywhere in the world. Now, with his production and remixing skills developing at a rapid rate, and releases on some of the worlds best underground house labels, the package is complete.
Transitions 292 Guest Mix
Secret Cinema Guest Mix (Kiss100) 4th April 2010
Awaiting Tracklist
Biography
Jeroen Verheij aka Secret Cinema started producing as Meng Syndicate in 1990. His first record 'Sonar System' came out on the Hithouse label in Belgium (ARS) and was an instant rave classic. In 1993 Michel de Hey recognized Jeroen's excellent producing skills and convinced him to release his music on Michel’s Immaculate Music record labels. A string of tracks that shattered dance floors and charts followed under many aliases like Grooveyard, Point Blank and his most powerful identity: Secret Cinema.
The first hit came within a year of signing with Immaculate Music in 1994 on Brave New World Records: The melodic rave anthem Meng’s Theme. In later years it made its way on to the ‘Vintage R&S’ compilation alongside such legends as Model 500 (Juan Atkins), Aphex Twin, Kenny Larkin and Joey Beltram. At this point Secret Cinema was born to vent Jeroen’s more refined side as a producer. The first track he released under this alias was his second international hit for ’94, Timeless Altitude. It sold over 20.000 copies within six months and proved to be more timeless than anyone had expected at the time. It can be a challenge to follow up a success of this magnitude so Verheij came up with yet another identity: Grooveyard - Watch me now was the result. This energetic break beat driven track also made its way into musical history, sold ten thousands of copies and was licensed to dozens of compilations in ‘95. By now Verheij had become one of Holland’s most respected producers and started playing mainstage gigs for festivals like Mysteryland and Dance Valley. The follow-up of Watch me Now was Mary Go Wild which went on to top Dutch and Belgian charts and won Jeroen Update Awards for Best Dutch Producer and Best Dutch Single in ’97. His next Secret Cinema release ‘Masculinity’ was also rewarded with two awards in ’98. 2000 saw the production of another massive Grooveyard hit in collaboration with Michel de Hey; ‘Compound’, which sold ten thousands of copies as well and is still a popular track for many DJ’s.
In 2000 Verheij went on to reinvent his Secret Cinema liveset. A year later his first album was released; ‘White Men Can’t Funk’. A string of techno classics like Volt, Saccades and Another Sweater followed and the albums Revenge of a Nerd and Skunk & Espresso were released. The techno scene was booming at the time and Secret Cinema headlined many festivals around the globe including most major Dutch festivals and events. One of the highlights was the closing set at the main stage of Awakenings Festival. An honor that only Jeroen Verheij, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer and Dave Clarke have had.
During 2008 the ever versatile Verheij broadened his horizon and hosted eleven Secret Cinema Invites events throughout the Netherlands. Many sold out, some were truly legendary like the Beach edition in Scheveningen that left the crowd screaming for more after over twelve hours of dance floor madness. 2009 will be the year in which the Secret Cinema Sound label is launched. Promising artists like Peter Horrevorts and Egbert have been signed. Next to the label the early work of Verheij will be digitally available. 2010, Jeroen’s 20th year in the music business, promises to be his finest yet !
Transitions 291 & 292
The past two weeks John has featured an hour of his set from the legendary Lush! in Northern Ireland, ripped straight from the mixing desk last fall. As ever, he was carting around some great music and this set gives you a great flavour of what was going on.
Date : 14th November 2009
Co-ordinates : Lat. 55° 7' 9" N and Long. -6° 39' 14" W
Country : Northern Ireland
City/Town : Portrush, County Antrim
Venue : Lush!
Location : Kelly’s Complex
Address : Kelly’s Complex, Bushmills Road, Portrush BT56 8LQ
Status : opened 1996
Website: http://www.kellysportrush.co.uk/
The Geography
Portrush (from the Irish: Port Rois meaning "promontory port") is a seaside resort town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the County Londonderry border. The town is well known for its three sandy beaches, the West Strand, East Strand and White Rocks, as well as the Royal Portrush Golf Club, the only golf club outside of Great Britain which has hosted the Open Championship.
Portrush is home to one of Northern Ireland's best known nightclubs. The Kelly's complex (Located in the Kellys Golf Links Hotel) consists of a multitude of bars and clubs and is Northern Ireland's largest nightclub complex. It includes the nightclub Lush! which attracts many of the world's top DJs and hosts BBC Radio 1 events.
The Club
Opening two nights a week (Saturday mainly for clubbers from all over Ireland and Wednesday for local University of Ulster students), the venue doesn't use external promoters or host club nights, being a self-contained operation. The promoter, and manager of the club, Col Hamilton, is also the resident DJ. Music on resident-played nights would generally be house music, but the regular guest DJs are more likely to play trance music.
Opened in 1996, it has played host to the majority of the worlds notable electronic dance music DJs, including trance heavyweights Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Tiesto and more cutting edge DJ’s like Sasha, James Zabiela and Diggers. Shortly after opening, CJ Agnelli of Agnelli & Nelson immortalised the club with one of his first releases, titled "Lush", and the later remixes, "Lush Gold".
Notably for a modern nightclub, Lush! still features a chip shop within the premises. From the late 90's and early 00's Lush was broadcasted on a few occasions live on Radio 1 - shows such as the essential mix, Seb Fontaine and Judge Jules were broadcasted to electric atmosphere's. Seb Fontaine was quoted as saying lush was one of the best club on the planet with an atmosphere not to be matched anywhere else he had ever played. Sasha recorded a live 1 hour essential mix from there during his 1999 GU013 days.
Club Specs
A recent £1.5 million make-over has transformed thirteen year old Lush and Diggers wqs one of the first batch of DJ's to road-test the new Clair Bros sound system. Embracing VJ culture there's also a high resolution PR Lighting Marveon LED screen P12 Indoor, with 12mm pixel pitch behind the main stage, while above the stage a 37.5mm V-LED Spell, nearly 20m long, running messages and graphic FX around the dancefloor .
Hanging over the dancefloor is a Litec truss, which has been there for a number of years, during the re-fit however it has been moved upwards towards the ceiling. The truss is fitted with 24 PR Lighting Pilot 250 moving heads which provides the main effect lighting for dancefloor.
The brand new audio system by Clair Bros is described as 'nothing short of outstanding.' Ten Clair Bros i212-1 line arrays have been installed, five on either side of the stage area, with a further ten CS218 subwoofers and infills provided in the form of Community Veris 28’s. Clair Bros amplifiers drive the line arrays and an Ecler DPA 1400 powers the infills, while processing is provided by four Soundweb SW9088ii DSP’s and a SW9010 Jellyfish positioned in the DJ booth.
The DJ booth itself is full of the usual suspects including, Pioneer CDJ-1000’s, Pioneer EFX-1000, Pioneer DJM-800, Allen & Heath Xone:62 and the Allen & Heath V6.
John Digweed - Transitions 291 & 292 (Kiss100) 28th March & 4th April 2010
------ Recorded Live at Lush!, Portrush NI (Saturday November 14th 2009) ------
Hour One
01. Olag Poliakov - House Of The Sun (Outro)[Circus Company CCS036]
02. Jamie McHugh - Wrong (Jesus Gonsev Remix) [Audio Therapy ATDIGI20]
03. AGF / Delay - Connection (Fritz Zander Remix) [BPitch Control BPC203]
04. King Roc - The Beginning (Jericho Dub) [Process Recordings PRCS116]
05. Ellen Allien - Lover [Bpitch Control BPC199]
06. Sasha vs Ray LaMontagne - Eclipse (Butch Remix) [emFire 08]
07. Martin Landsky - We Are Streaking [Push Communications PUSH013DIG]
08. Juan Sanchez - Dr Kneep (Anton Pieete Remix) [Break New Soil BNS006]
09. Seth Troxler - Panic,Stop.Repeat! [Spectral Sound SPC-75]
10. Oxia - Whole Life [8bit 8BIT025]
Hour Two
11. Pitto - Feelin' (Joris Voorn Can't Kick This Feelin' When It Hits Remix) [Rejected Music REJ009]
12. Pitto - Feelin' (District One's Feelin' Techno Remix) [Rejected Music REJ009]
13. Saints & Sinners - Pushin' Too Hard (Nic Fanciulli Remix) [Bedrock BED9NF2010]
14. Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Fever Mix) [Systematic Recordings SYST0112]
15. Egbert – Vreugdevuur [Cocoon Recordings COR12"068]
16. Miquell Santos vs Philip Michael Andersson - Endless (Guy J Remix) outro [Faith Music FAITH026]
17. ID
18. ID
19. UNKLE - Heavy Drug (King Unique Smoke Nest Mix) [Surrender All SURR 014D]
20. Nude & Lowkey - Easter (Jamie Stevens Tech Dub Mix) [East Point Sounds epss008]
21. Fiord - Zephyr (Fergie Remix) [Sprout Music SPT038]
The music
Renowned for a fantastic crowd & real party atmosphere, Lush! is popular with big DJ’s across the planet – everyone who’s anyone has played there. Starting off early into John’s set you get an insight into just how ‘Diggers’ builds and crafts his nights.
Hour one gets underway with the fade out of Olag Poliakov’s ‘House of the Sun’ which John had opened with at Bedrock (Shindig) the night before (the track is also a key feature of Transitions shows 271 and 272). So we know that at this point we are in the early part of the night.
As Poliakov’s ‘House’ fades the fantastic ‘Wrong’ comes in and is simply mesmerising. The stellar Jesus Gonsev mix was charted by the likes of Sasha in his November top 10 and by Audio Therapy label owner Dave Seaman. Jamie McHugh's ‘Wrong’ draws the listener in and setting a deep hypnotic groove as the dance-floor gets locked into the vibe.
At this point Lush! gets to hear some fine music, trusting John’s ear for a sound, with tracks from uber-cool labels like Bpitch Control (incl. ‘Lover’ from label head Ellen Allien) & artists like King Roc, who’s infectious ‘The Beginning’ has been a core element of John’s sets. But it’s not about dropping bombs (although, trust me, the huge tracks will be in there later) it’s the way John blends & fuses together a range of music (tech house, deep house, techno & progressive) into a cohesive & seamless hour.
Butch provides a driving remix of Sasha that works brilliantly with Landsky’s deep ‘We Are Streaking’ & will have you lost in the music. Troxler’s infectious Berlin vs Detroit destroyer rounds things off nicely as Oxia’s ‘Whole Life’ grooves out.
Hour one blends into hour two with a cool deep tech house groove c/o a Joris Voorn remix. Now, as promised, we get the big tunes as Diggers produces a sonic bombardment, testing the new Lush Clair Bros sound-system to the max. The infectious house groove of ‘Feelin’ leads into Bedrock anthem ‘Pushin’ Too Hard’ - always a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Nic Fanciulli’s fine update retains that iconic hook while keeping things current & fresh. One can only imagine the scenes/mayhem on the dance-floor at this point. John then drops another classic as the ‘Fever Mix’ translates ‘Dark Flower’ to the main room & festival arenas. Jam packed with chiming reverberating guitars & a funky bass backdrop underpinned by synth alchemy, Robert Babicz’s euphoric anthem is currently receiving global dance-floor appreciation.
Speaking of wizardry, the ‘blink & you might miss it’ transition to ‘Vreugdevuur’ is a piece of genius, one of those ‘how did we get here’ moments as the sublime & shivering melody then builds & kicks back in, taking over the whole room as JD lets waves of music hang in the air.
After a brief respite the pace then continues with King Unique’s massive remix of UNKLE shaking Lush to its foundations – this has been working great alongside the booming Jamie Stevens tech dub of Nude & Lowsky’s ‘Easter’. We end appropriately with Ireland’s very own Fergie and a piece of hard edged emerald isle techno via ‘Zephyr’.
Another great live set to add to our Kiss100 archive
Finally, John and Transitions have a massive following worldwide - I bumped into a Japanese girl at Easter Bedrock that outdoes most of us .. she flew in for Bedrock 10 too, and has this great t-shirt to commemorate the event !
Transitions 291 Guest Mix
Spencer Parker Guest Mix (Kiss100) 28th March 2010
01.Drakey And Griffbo – Rogers (Version 1)[Unsigned]
02. Drakey And Griffbo – Rogers (Original)[Unsigned]
03. Spencer Parker – Cuteface[Unsigned]
04. Lil Mo Ying Yang – Reach (Remix)[Bee002]
05. Zander Vt – Get Some More[Bpitch Control]
06. Voorn/villalobos – Blank (Bearweasel’s Bassqueen Re Edit)[Unsigned]
07. Paul Harris And Alex Tepper – Terris (Spencer Parker’s A Gun For Hire Re Edit)[Rekd]
08. Unknown – Unknown[Unsigned]
09. Spencer Parker – Harmonious Forms[Unsigned]
10. P’taah – Your Soul On Mine (Spencer Parker’s A Gun For Hire Remix)[King Street Sounds]
Biography
Spencer Parker is one of Europe's leading djs, his unique style of house music is in demand the world over and with his productions, remixes and re-edits being supported by such names as Radio Slave, Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Ben Watt, Nic Fanciulli and Pete Tong, the future looks bright.
Spencer's style is simply best described as underground electronic house music. Preferred record labels range from the techno stylings of M_nus, Planet E, Drumcode and Rekids through to the uber-cool house of Buzzin' Fly, Cecille, Tsuba and Objektivity. A set from Spencer would include acid house and techno alongside some cool jackin' tracks and the odd trippy vocal. Spencer has held some highly successful residencies in his home town of London and continues to regularly guest at the capitals best clubs, including Fabric, as well as being in demand worldwide, with recent visits alone including Russia, Germany, China, America, Australia, France, Italy and Sweden.
In 2005 Spencer began his production career with the release of his debut single "Open Your Eyes", his second release coming the following year in the shape of “Beautiful Noise”, on Radio Slave's newly launched Rekids label. Early copies garnered support from names such as Nic Fanciulli, Clive Henry, X Press 2, Ben Watt and Pete Tong. In addition to "Beautiful Noise" Spencer also released the much hyped single "Neon" in early 2007 on the London based Tsuba label. Already becoming an anthem for Nic Fanciulli after constant play at his Space (Ibiza) residency, "Neon" was supported by such names as Carl Craig, Dixon and Laurent Garnier with both John Digweed and Hernan Cattaneo adding it to their latest compilations.
In addition to producing original material, Spencer often remixes or re-edits some of the hottest tracks around to give himself an exclusive secret weapon to play and make his dj sets completely original. Recent official remixes include "Freak It" for Ben Watt's excellent Buzzin' Fly imprint, the lead single from DJ Hell's new album, featuring the vocals of P Diddy and "A New Day" on the recently relaunched Junior Boys Own label.
In 2008, Spencer's production schedule really stepped up a gear with releases on SAW ("Music Box"), Buzzin' Fly ("Chiho"), Tsuba ("e Lucia") and Rekids ("The Dreamer EP"). In 2009, he has already stacked up forthcoming singles on Rekids, Buzzin' Fly, Saved, NRK, Area Remote and Liebe* Detail as well as mixing his first compilation for Rekids, the aptly named "Rekids Revolution", which will be accompanied by an extensive worldwide tour.
Having now relocated to Berlin, Spencer has already played the cream of the city's clubs, including Panorama Bar, Weekend and Bar 25 and looks to becoming an increasingly popular attraction in his newly adopted home city, where, he is currently working on his debut album for the Rekids label.
Spencer is an experienced and adaptable dj that knows how to warm up for big names intelligently as well as rock a main room in his own right, anywhere in the world. Now, with his production and remixing skills developing at a rapid rate, and releases on some of the worlds best underground house labels, the package is complete.
Transitions 292 Guest Mix
Secret Cinema Guest Mix (Kiss100) 4th April 2010
Awaiting Tracklist
Biography
Jeroen Verheij aka Secret Cinema started producing as Meng Syndicate in 1990. His first record 'Sonar System' came out on the Hithouse label in Belgium (ARS) and was an instant rave classic. In 1993 Michel de Hey recognized Jeroen's excellent producing skills and convinced him to release his music on Michel’s Immaculate Music record labels. A string of tracks that shattered dance floors and charts followed under many aliases like Grooveyard, Point Blank and his most powerful identity: Secret Cinema.
The first hit came within a year of signing with Immaculate Music in 1994 on Brave New World Records: The melodic rave anthem Meng’s Theme. In later years it made its way on to the ‘Vintage R&S’ compilation alongside such legends as Model 500 (Juan Atkins), Aphex Twin, Kenny Larkin and Joey Beltram. At this point Secret Cinema was born to vent Jeroen’s more refined side as a producer. The first track he released under this alias was his second international hit for ’94, Timeless Altitude. It sold over 20.000 copies within six months and proved to be more timeless than anyone had expected at the time. It can be a challenge to follow up a success of this magnitude so Verheij came up with yet another identity: Grooveyard - Watch me now was the result. This energetic break beat driven track also made its way into musical history, sold ten thousands of copies and was licensed to dozens of compilations in ‘95. By now Verheij had become one of Holland’s most respected producers and started playing mainstage gigs for festivals like Mysteryland and Dance Valley. The follow-up of Watch me Now was Mary Go Wild which went on to top Dutch and Belgian charts and won Jeroen Update Awards for Best Dutch Producer and Best Dutch Single in ’97. His next Secret Cinema release ‘Masculinity’ was also rewarded with two awards in ’98. 2000 saw the production of another massive Grooveyard hit in collaboration with Michel de Hey; ‘Compound’, which sold ten thousands of copies as well and is still a popular track for many DJ’s.
In 2000 Verheij went on to reinvent his Secret Cinema liveset. A year later his first album was released; ‘White Men Can’t Funk’. A string of techno classics like Volt, Saccades and Another Sweater followed and the albums Revenge of a Nerd and Skunk & Espresso were released. The techno scene was booming at the time and Secret Cinema headlined many festivals around the globe including most major Dutch festivals and events. One of the highlights was the closing set at the main stage of Awakenings Festival. An honor that only Jeroen Verheij, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer and Dave Clarke have had.
During 2008 the ever versatile Verheij broadened his horizon and hosted eleven Secret Cinema Invites events throughout the Netherlands. Many sold out, some were truly legendary like the Beach edition in Scheveningen that left the crowd screaming for more after over twelve hours of dance floor madness. 2009 will be the year in which the Secret Cinema Sound label is launched. Promising artists like Peter Horrevorts and Egbert have been signed. Next to the label the early work of Verheij will be digitally available. 2010, Jeroen’s 20th year in the music business, promises to be his finest yet !
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