HeikkiL (Dallas Superstars, Cristal Snow)
Joonas Hahmo live! (Anjunadeep)
Beliar (Conspiracy Recordings, liQuid)
MarkusS (NorthernPalz, liQuid)
Marcel Woods (Sensation / Holland)
Dont put Marcel Woods in the same room as a box. Chances are the box wont make it out alive. Boy does he hate those boxes!
"Its nothing personal" explains Marcel, "I just cant stand being put into them. People try to define my sound, style and influences down to just one or two genres, but if youve heard me then youll know thats impossible. But the result is a severe hatred of boxes. Boxes and pigeon-holes. I dont like pigeon-holes either to be honest. I just dont fit into them, never have and never will.
Exactly what doesnt fit is Marcels mind-blowing mix of raw and energetic dance music. Dancefloors and festivals have fallen before him in swift succession. Global Gathering, Mysteryland, Dance Valley, Trance Energy, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, Escape Into The Park, Planet Love and Sanctuary just in one summer run! And possibly more than anything else underlining Marcels diverse nature, 2008 saw him become the only DJ ever to play the White AND Black Edition Sensation parties in the Netherlands.
In the studio, hes been responsible for some of the biggest productions of the last two years, including the official Trance Energy 2006 anthem Advanced, the Pete Tong Essential Tune Monotone and the smash hit Lemon Tree. Support has flooded in from all the major players Tiësto, Marco V, Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell and Sander van Doorn are just a selection of the big hitters using Marcels material to devastate their dancefloors.
Marcel's legendary 2006 High Contrast Presents double mix album included one CD dedicated entirely to his own productions and this year saw him compile and mix the prestigious official 'Trance Energy' album to support the festival.
As 2008 drew towards a close, a fresh new concept is boiling out from underneath Marcels creative hat. Released in October, 'Musical Madness 2008' represents Marcels musical and life philosophy.
In his own words, its doing your own thing, feeling free and not restricting yourself to any particular style.
In other words, this is yet another Marcel Woods production that wont fit in those irritating boxes. We think the world will be just a little bit better off for that.
'Musical Madness 2008' was released on High Contrast Recordings / Be Yourself Music in October 2008 and was accompanied by a club tour that took leading venues, including Godskitchen and Syndicate in the UK, Lush, Planet Love and Letrik in Ireland, plus numerous dates in Holland and across Europe.
Speaking of Musical Madness, Marcel has been sending dancefloors wild with his latest releases, including the synth fuelled 'High 5' and vocal inspired 'Can't Sleep' on High Contrast Recordings, plus remixes of Mauro Picotto 'Gonna Get Ya' and the official Trance Energy Theme for 2009 'L.E.D. There Be Light'.
HeikkiL (Dallas Superstars, Cristal Snow)
While Norway and Sweden have been given plenty of attention by the dance music community, theyre not the only Scandinavian countries producing hot electronic beats. Over in Finland, Heikki L has steadily built himself a career as one of the most exciting names in dance music, and over the last couple of years his energy-packed, feel-good take on peak-time house music has begun to find him big fans across the world.
Heikki started DJing at the prodigious age of 13, and beginning his career at such an early age meant that by the age of 19 he was already several years into producing, and some of his earliest work signed to Sony in Finland. From there onwards, he found success in numerous different projects, spanning the full spectrum from underground club bangers to big mainstream success. Thumping trance tracks under the name Modulation found their way on to Above & Beyonds now-defunct Hard On label, Paul van Dyks Vandit, and Ferry Corstens Purple Eye while his successful Dallas Superstars project saw him co-produce the album Rush with Darude, one of Finlands biggest musical exports of all time.
Since 2007 working under his own name Heikki L, he has found favour with the likes of Paul van Dyk (once again), SOS, Mark Brown, Filthy Rich and Judge Jules with a succession of huge, massively-memorable house music anthems. With a little help from his friends at Dutch label Fektive, euphoric belter Tum Tum was signed by Cr2 in the UK, while Deep At Night with Ercola has emerged as one of the most catchy and heavily-supported vocal tracks of the 2008, signed to huge labels Nervous (USA) and Data (UK), sticking in the US Billboard Dance Airplay Top 10 for 2 months and hitting the Cool Cuts Top 10 in the UK. Every release he brings out has a big impact and stands out from the rest of the pack with its big, bold, uplifting melodies and atmospheric sound and working with vocalists like Max C (the voice of Axwells I Found U), its likely that more anthems are on the way.
On top of his production success, he also co-runs his label Danceteria Music the HQ and starting point for his biggest productions and Finlands biggest monthly house music party, also called Danceteria. As an acapella-and-FX-loving, filter-tweaking DJ talent, hes shared the bill with the likes of Tiesto, Steve Angello, StoneBridge, Desyn Masiello, Luke Fair, Filterheadz, Junior Jack & Kid Creme, Marco V, Junior Vasquez and Nick Warren at various events, and displays as much creative with two decks and a mixer as he does with a full studio.
If you dont know about Heikki and you love anthemic, peak-time house music, go and listen to Tum Tum, Deep At Night and Loud Music and see for yourself why hes one of the most exciting producers around right now.
Joonas Hahmo live! (Anjunadeep)
"Hahmos lovingly skewed take on the prog-trance sound is something to embrace. With its almost OTT bouncing bass, popping riffs and increasingly identifiable sound set-up, Cocktail Bar is another example of why this man should be ruling! Slipping on the remixers slippers, Ben Macklin does a comparably fine job, twisting and pressing the track into a jumping, housed framework."
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Only 24-year old, Joonas Hahmo has done this and that . We dont really want to bore you with all that usual stuff most artist biographies are full of. Honestly. We could briefly mention (just to pay respect for classical art of hyping) that Joonas really did play at such massive events as Love Parade and Ruhr in Love, and got his tracks present on MTV, as well as played around the globe by such DJs as Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, James Zabiela, Ferry Corsten and Hernan Cattaneo. And yes, Joonas is also the guy behind such succesful trance acts as Alt+F4 and Avanto, he has produced chart topping single tracks for platinum selling pop artists and co-produced new material for no less than Darude.
But all these great achievements are just consequences of strong feeling that lives in Joonas heart. This feeling is called passion. Passion for electronic music. That is the key for success of Joonas Hahmo sound. Because, despite of all merits, sound is what matters. Music attracts.
Unique. Fresh. Electrifying. These would be the 3 main characteristics for Joonas Hahmo productions. Combining Trance, Electro, House and Progressive in one awesome melting pot, Joonas cooks a delicious new product for clubbers all around the world crossover style, which cannot be defined and locked. This happy, joyful summer sound with Ibiza twist, yet not quite House, but definitely not Trance anymore, this music has only one acceptable name: Joonas Hahmo sound. And this new sound appears to be the next big thing in the world of dance music.
Remember the pioneers of trance, like Armin and Paul Oakenfold? Well, we think we have a new wave pioneer right here. We believe in that because Joonas doesnt follow any common paths, as a producer nor as a DJ. He makes these paths for others. Constantly seeking for something new, being on the edge of musical development and breaking the limits to produce an outstanding track. Hard work, extreme talent and burning passion is what Joonas Hahmo is all about.
Beliar (Conspiracy Recordings, l i Q u i d)
Uplifting sounds, energetic rhythms, good feeling, and unforgettable experiences - That all is about Beliar, experienced and fascinating trance DJ from Finland. Beliar has started to spin records in beging of 90's and during these wonderful years he has developed his own style and sound.
Besides that Beliar is a Dj and promoter of his own club called liQuid, he is also very
talented producer. Beliar's made trance music has got a support from the world current leading trance Djs like Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten and many many more. Beliar has remixed grand masters of the trance music like Paul van Dyk and Sean Tyas just bringing up a few.
His sound blends different flavours of uplifting trance: from aggressivest scorchers
through to most beauty melodic floaters. You'll find driving, kicking basslines throughout his sets and productions.
MarkusS (NorthernPalz, l i Q u i d)
This man is a House Lover from start to end. He grew up listening lots of music (disco and black music mostly), because his father used to travel alot and always bought music home from his trips. One day some of those cassettes and vinyls had music from artists such Coldcut, KLF, Innercity and Marshall Jefferson to name few. Markus was captured with that kind of music in a second. He was a 12 year old and his passion for music started growing. Housemusic was the thing that really captured this little fellow's attention though he might not have known what it was called back then.
After that, all kinds from deep and funky to speedgarage was popping into his record collection. 1993 at the age 14 he started playing records at the local youth disco and later on that year his best friend bought a pair of decks. Next 2 years went on practising dj skills everynight and at the same time Markus and his mates were arraging illegal partys in their home town! As a result of those partys he got first real gig in a club. This was at age of seventeen! Year 1998 he got slot to play in afterparty in a club called Pussy Club (Helsinki) and that's where it all really started.
During that time he was using the name Dj Maas and his sound and style was little bit faster and on the harder edge. Dj:ing took him to many different citys and to many different clubs, partys and raves in his home country. He was also co-promoting and had a residency in a club called Hooverdamn! A club which had a tribute track made by British jock called Chris C from Mohawk Rec. However, somewhere during 2001 that sound wasn't evolving in the way that Markus wanted . A new and intresting sound was called wet'n'hard which was made famous at that time by artist such Timo Maas, Corvin Dalek, Oliver Klein to name drop a few. It was a mix of progressive-, tech- and deephouse. Also his name changed to Markus S. During the same year, his residency at Dive started and that lasted till year 2003 when club was closed.
During those years Markus met Joonas Hahmo who ended up to make a theme song for Dive. At this time Markus was heading musically back to the funkier form of house, which he had always carried in his heart. He started playing at Cafe Europa's Club Attic, monthly every wednesday and then later on every third friday.When it comes to making music, Markus had made some tracks just for own fun before and had done bootlegs to be used for own dj sets. It was early winter 2004 when Markus and Joonas ended up working in the studio together. Little bit later Northern Palz was born. Under that name they have made some banging remixes and also produced two tracks for one of the leading artist in Finland. Currently Markus is playing around 6-8 gigs in a month and spendig time in the studio to come up with gems to be reveald to the world. As a dj he is waiting for a chance to open his recordbag for the people on the dancefloor everywhere!
Ennakkoliput:
FM-Musiikki, verkatehtaankatu 6, Tampere
Hinnat: 10 ennakko, 15 ovelta
Paikka:
Apollo live club, joka ennen tunnettiin nimellä Senssi.
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