SPREE::LIVE SET::(Basic, Aspect, Touchin Down,UK) MIKE E (Touching Down, UK)INFEKTO(Passanger, Nine2Five) Switch One(HJM,Midnight Sun) Resound&Physics(Good Looking,MSR, Counter Intelligence) + Lounge : Dbex+Abraham, Present Sense(Archive Rec), Herra Siren aka Toni (Mbar)


Midnight Sun Recordings together with Touching Down Presents:

Large Amount Of Soul 23.4.2005 @ Gloria, Helsinki






SPREE LIVE SET (Touching Down Records, Basic Recordings, Aspect Records

UK)

Since formation in may 2001 Spree have established themselves as rising players within the national drum and bass scene with tracks receiving plays and praise from the likes of Ray Keith to LTJ Bukem. Performing live in the UK in support mode alongside Roni Size, Daara J, Kosheen and Gilles Peterson, headlining a number of events across Europe and Central Asia, playing the highly regarded Jazz World Stage at Glastonbury 04 plus showcasing internationally at events such as SXSW in Austin, Texas have all added to the pedigree and development of a unique representative of Irish electronica. As testament to their growing popularity Spree found themselves up against London Elektricity and I Kamanchi in the last three of the Best Live category for the Knowledge Magazine Awards 2003.

Singer Cathrine Nugent aka MC Kat has been performing in bands since the tender age of 14. Simon has worked in studios with the likes of OMD and Echo and the Bunnymen before studying Fine Art for three years. On Arrival to Belfast Simon fomed prolific live d'n'b act Solaris who in their two years together released tracks on Hotblack records. As a side project Simon joined forces with Paul Brown (Bedlam) and Robin Wylie (Messyfuture) to produce dub reggae and also performed a live set
supporting the Legendary Lee "Scratch " Perry. Antoine has been performing since 96 in some shape or form, including New World, Cuban, Spanish Traditional and has also worked as a conductor for a large jazz ensemble. Antoine studied composition for four years and graduated in 2002 with a music technology degree from Queens University, Belfast. Recently Antoine also produced a series of jazz recordings with the cream of the Irish jazz circuit and is now house engineer at MADD House Studios.

The groups’ DJ Karl F has learned the skills of turntablism from DJing alongside some the finest Hip Hop DJs and Live Acts in the world. During his 4 year residency at Vicos in Belfast he DJed with no less than 6 DMC world champions including the legendary Cash Money. Other acts whom Karl has supported include Kosheen, Ugly Duckling, The People Under The Stairs, Mark B and Blade, The Herbaliser and The Scratch Perverts. An accomplished DJ in his own right, Karl has in the past been an Irish DMC finalist and in 2002 won the accolade of Mixmag Mixitmoto Northern
Ireland champion before going on to represent Northern Ireland at the final in the legendary Ministry of Sound in London. Karls DJing style encompasses everything from funk and soul to drum'n'bass.



Releases:

Spree - Move / Move (State of Play Remix) - Aspect Records (12") ASP019

Spree - All Mine / Watari - Basic Records - (12") BAS001

Spree - I Want Ya / Believe (Cappo Regime Remix ) - Direct recordings - (12") DIR 004

Spree - Intake / Intake (Cappo Regime Remix) - Basic Records

Spree - I Like It / I Like It (Danny C remix) - Touchin Down TDP002

Spree Related Releases:

Neon Junky - Skank (Solarised Dub - Solarise Remix ) / Bolder - Brightstar Records - (12"/CD) BSR12

Solarise - Sanctified - - Hot Black One EP - Hot Black Records - DEA -(12") HB3001

Belcrash - Full of Music (features Simon on rhodes) - Horizontal Beats sampler, Frequent Soundz

Recordings (12") FZ1201 -

Belcrash - Full of Music (Features Simon on rhodes) - Sunshine Enterprises (12") SRO39/1

Belcrash - Suzume Park (features Simon, Ant and Lewis) - Sunshine Enterprises (LP) SRO 37/1

Belcrash - Inside (features Simon on rhodes) - Island Hopper Vol 2 (12") IH002



Supported By:

Roni Size, Kosheen, Giles Peterson, London Elektricity, Jazzanova, Asian Dub Foundation, Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas), Jon Carter, James Lavelle, Rennie Pilgrim, Psyconaughts, Keith Tenniswood, Dirty Beatniks and Mark Rae.










MIKE E (Touching Down, UK)

Up and rising star of drum'n bass Mike Kaila, a.k.a DJ Mike E, started off with house usic in his early days of dance music at the end of 80s. This is before locking onto the drum’n’bass sounds, which he has always respected being a UK sound originally. He started listening to old electro tapes and hip hop at school. "I got influenced firstly into rave sounds when I heard a Top Buzz tape back in 91, which had these mad jungle sample breaks with hard kick techno samples & MC lyrics on top of them. "I have never looked back since these days".







INFEKTO (Nine2five, Passanger)

Infekto (Riku Pentti) has been the brokenbeats pioneer in Finland since 1994. Cofounder of the first finnish breakbeat/hip hop label Pyssy and half of the chart topping hip hop/beats producer duo Skillsters he has now been hired to produce and be a part of the live act of Bomfunk MCs - Finlands biggest dance music export. Infekto is releasing his debut album, Occam´s Razor (nine2five recordings 013), Spring 2005.Many Finnish hip hop acts have hired Infekto's avantgarde scratching skills. His first release on 925 "Left hand Jazz" got rave reviews from some of the biggest names in the business: Roni Size 5/5, "buy it Now" Knowledge magazine, appeared on Gilles Peterson compilation, on cover of a Muzik magazine. etc. And that was just opening the flood gates.









SWITCHONE (HJM, Midnight Sun)







Physics (Good Looking Records, Blindside, Midnightsun Rec.)

b2b

Resound (Covert Operations, Warm Communications)





Upstrairs Breaks and Beats lounge:



Present Sense (Archive Records)


D-Bex & Abraham (L.A.O.S, Pivotal)



Toni (Mbar)



Visual Effects (3 screens) in Main Arena by VJ:

XPLOITEC www.xploitec.org
XPLOITEC is visual collaboration of VJ PHOQ and VJ 304.
"Visualizations are based on live triggering and creating narrative compositions using prefixed video material. XPLOITEC is working on club events and at art scene by xploiting visual information surrounded us."
XPLOITEC operates in Helsinki, Vienna and Budapest.





TICKETS

Advance: 6 + booking fee http://www.tiketti.fi/liput/1826

At Door: 8

Doors Open 21-04, Age: 18

PRESALE TICKETS FROM TIKETTI:

Tel. 0600 1 1616

Yrjönkatu 29 C, Forum 3. krs

http://www.tiketti.fi





Also, don’t forget:

Pre-Party @ Mbar, 21.3, 20-03, Free

Present Sense LIVE

DJ Karl F (Spree) SCRATCH SHOWCASE