Playground presents NICK WARREN (UK) + ORKIDEA 14.10.2011 @ Helsinki

Playground presents NICK WARREN (UK)


ROOM 1:

NICK WARREN (Hope Recordings, UK)
www.djnickwarren.com
www.hoperecordings.com
www.facebook.com/nickwarrenhope

Orkidea (Jack, Unity, Love)
http://www.djorkidea.com/

Flink (Playground)


ROOM 2:

Tony Puerto (Euphoria)

R3ino (HouseMania)

Nikiki

Mr Sinner (Club Sunset)

Winberg

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DATE

Friday 14.10.2011 // 22:00-04:00 // Age 18

VENUE

Playground
Iso Roobertinkatu 10
00120 Helsinki

TICKETS

Advance: 13€ (+ bf 1,2€ = 14,2€ + service fee ) from Tiketti, http://www.tiketti.fi
Door: 15€

EVENT @ FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193045730729188




Nick Warren bio

You can tell when Nick Warren’s on the decks. The music emanating from the man is that perfect club mix of driving percussion and soaring musicality, bursting out of the speakers, soaking everyone in melody, drenching them in sound.

On the floor, where it really matters, his crowd experience all the peaks and troughs that make his music so unique. Locking on early, you’ll hear his deeper take on house, which morphs, as the club mood changes, into harder territory, music for sweating and losing yourself to. That’s why Nick Warren is so respected, because he knows how to truly work a club, and a crowd, delivering again and again. That’s what comes with vision and, just as importantly, experience.

Nick, a music obsessive who grew up on punk, reggae and pop was, like so many DJs turned onto the power of house music. Living in Bristol, he’d been playing tunes for a few years before, running his own club night finally catching the attention of a group of guys who had their own band, he was asked to be their tour DJ when they went to play America. The group was Massive Attack.

His sound is entirely unique, sourced by forging relationships with cutting edge producers all over the globe, most of his set still made up of unsigned new electronic talent. This is no better represented than in the continuing series of compilations and his bi monthly Soundgarden show.

He has also taken over A&R at Hope Recordings as the final link in the chain that allows him to represent the sound that he has so long championed.

Nick Warren isn’t for standing still, he loves what he’s doing too much for that, but you know that already.

Nick Warrenille tuli este 2.7, eikä hän pääse sillon paikalle. Bileet siirtyvät perjantaille 14.10.

Orkidea lisätty lineuppiin :).

OUT NOW!!

Balance 018:
Nick Warren

Release Date:
UK/Europe: 25th April
Label: Balance Music
www.balancemusic.com.au

Way Out West hero and DJ genius in his own right Nick Warren finally makes his mark on the inspiring Balance series – with a mix that exemplifies why he is revered by so many and furthers his reputation as a selector who truly understands the challenges and subtleties of a successful and enduring mix compilation.

Warren’s style is full of character, his sense of musicality stamped all over the mix, every track utilised and manipulated to its fullest to ensure that every last drop of juice is extracted from it. Just take a look at the succinct tracklisting; the polar opposite of say, Joris Voorn’s incredibly impressive Balance 014, it takes the converse approach and astounds in its own concise manner. Neither approach is “better”, but Warren certainly knows what he’s doing when it comes to ‘less is more’. This approach has been galvanised by his dynamic new DJ set-up: “I jumped ship to Ableton and the APC40 Controller some time ago and really enjoy it. I can do edits and multiple mixes on the fly, which is great fun. But I also am using the CDJ2000s as well - they are fantastic.”

Name-checking the likes of Egbert, Victoria R, Applescal, Solee and Petar Dundov as current faves, it’s clear that his long-time melodic leanings have now been bolstered by a love of imaginative, new school techno, and indeed this compilation blends the two immaculately. “This album treads a techier and deeper path while sticking to my template of sourcing music from every corner of the globe, once more finding some new and exciting producers” he explains. His dedication to seeking out unknown beauties has always been part of what makes his sets so enigmatic, and even more so in these times when producers become overnight stars and are rarely shrouded in mystery or anonymity.

Disc 1 gets off to a graceful, deep start - a warm sunrise feel surrounding tracks like Underset’s delicate Berlin - before unexpectedly twisting into the jacking techno throb of Fiord’s The Tribe Has Spoken (soaring melodies intact mind you). Paul Hazendonk’s stripped-down My Addiction throws our attention before Eelke Kleijn’s Monkey Movin’ connects the dots and brings the groove back. The mix hops and skips between percussiveness and melodic flourishes at will, keeping you on your toes in anticipation of what’s to come next. Nick W’s TLB keeps it stab-heavy, before Nomad In The Dark’s Drones (Send Me) juxtaposes squelching funked-up bass with psy-trance-esque acid shimmers. Giorgos Gatzigristos’ Tickless brings the first half down to a sub-aquatic close, laden with hazy pads and hypnotic tones.

Warren’s own remix of Tripswitch’s Collider kicks off the second disc with nods to groove-driven, atmospheric ‘90s house music, all cool and slow-burning, and demonstrating he’s a producer to be reckoned with. Beat Factory’s Let’s Take A Walk takes the mix to sensual new heights with its soft, morphing chime refrain and gorgeous synths, with Lank’s Ain’t No Problem stating its intent next with a killer, shimmying groove that builds to incessant and heady heights. Yamil Colucci’s Bristol Warm makes for a resplendent centrepiece with its heavenly pianos and lashings of warmth, leading us towards the ethereal charms of Solee’s Aragon and the techy splash and buzzing refrains of Steve Mill’s Someday, with Solee reappearing to add a cinematic lift to the end of the mix in his remix of Warren’s Flowers. It’s left to Pablo Acenso’s pulsing Bread to cap a beautiful collection off with its bold, melancholy chords making for an engrossing and tantalising finale.
“It’s the coolest end of the compilation market and an honour for me to be involved” says Nick of the Balance oeuvre, and he’s done justice to this acclaimed series with a hype-free, creation that eschews transient trendiness in favour of refreshingly mature musical sophistication.

Tracklist:
CD1

1. Ormatie - Only
2. Spieltape feat. Shamil - Morning Paper
3. Underset - Berlin
4. Fiord - The Tribe Has Spoken
5. Paul Hazendonk - My Addiction
6. Eelke Kleijn - Monkey Movin'
7. Jamie Anderson And Owain K - Without Sound
8. Nick Warren – Buenos Aires (Terry Lee Brown Jnr Mix)
9. Nomad in the Dark - Drones (Send me)
10. Franck Orff - Hibiscus
11. Giorgos Gatzigristos - Tickless

CD2

1. Tripswitch - Collider (Nick Warren Mix)
2. Julio Largente - Darkened Underpass
3. Beat Factory featuring Stamina – Let’s Take a Walk
4. Lank - Ain't No Problem
5. Yamil Colucci - Bristol Warm
6. Victoria R - Cosmos
7. Solee - Aragorn
8. Steve Mill - Someday
9. Steven Libby - 80D Test
10. Nick Warren - Flowers (Solee Remix)
11. Pablo Acenso - Bread