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Large Amount Of Soul 23.4@Gloria,Helsinki W/ SPREE(UK)
Midnight Sun Recordings together with Touching Down Recordings&Promotions
Presents:
Large Amount Of Soul 23.4@Gloria,Helsinki
SPREE (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 Giles 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.
Lyrical lady MC Kat aka Cathrine Nugent has been Performing in bands since the tender age of 14 . Kat has performed throughout Ireland and as far a field as The Burning Man festival in Nevada, U S A. Along side singing and MC ing Kat co runs 'Homespun' a Reggae, Hip-Hop and Drum and Bass night in Belfast and also promotes underground parties with The Force 10 Crew ( www.the-session.com ).
Originally from Liverpool Simon worked in studios with the likes of O M D 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 there 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. In the later part of 2001 simon partly composed the music for " Out of their heads" a stage play by Marcus Romer.
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.
Since providing the sax for sprees second single 'all mine' Lewis Smith has become an integral part of the spree sound. Lewis studied Music at the University of Ulster where he worked with contemporary jazz composer Brian Irvine and went on to perform at the European jazz/contemporary music festival with the Brian Irvine ensemble. Lewis is also a teacher of clarinet, saxophone, improvisation and jazz harmony and can often be seen performing at Belfast's Nightclubs alongside DJ's and also performs his own compositions with The Lewis Smith Quartet.
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 :
Roni Size, Kosheen, Giles Peterson, London Elektricity, Paradox, L Double, Jazzanova, Asian Dub Foundation, Richard Fearless ( Death in Vegas ), Daara J, Jon Carter, James Lavelle, Rennie Pilgrim, Psyconaughts, Kieth Tenniswood, Dirty Beatniks and Mark Rae.
MIKE E (Touching Down, UK)
Up rising star of drum'n bass Mike Kaila, a.k.a DJ Mike E, was an old trance & techno DJ in his early days of dance music. This is before locking onto the drum'n bass sounds, which he has always respected been a U.K. 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".
It was after Mike went to music college, that he decided to fuel all his energy into the drum'n bass scene. It became a fresh new challenge for him to go into a music genre from scratch. "I was hungry & want to been known for creating good sounds. Also at the same time pushing forward drum'n bass & helping push new talent through" Mike mentions. Since 2001 after his production course, Mike has seen his music reach radio shows from Pyrotechnic Radio, SBN, GrooveTech & other dance stations Worldwide. "I am also getting support from DJ's in the scene, from Nicky Blackmarket right through to L Double @ Radio1 Xtra who have played dub plates of my production & my forthcoming label releases".
Over the last few years Mike as been playing at venues all over the U.K. & Europe, alongside DJ's such as Randall, Phantasy, Nicky Blackmarket, Kano, Brockie, L Double, MC Fearless to name just a few. Add to this radio show slots on Pyrotechnic Radio, GaiaLive, www.planetdnb.com, drumandbasstv.com & various host of other stations. He has also been a bedroom producer winner for a competition on the Circumference show, at SBN digital channel 894 @ the time in 2002. "That was great for me, as gave me lots more encouragement & energy to reach my goals as an artist".
INFEKTO (Nine2five, Passanger)
nfekto (Riku Pentti) has been the brokenbeats pioneer in Finland since 1994. Co-founder 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.
Though a key player in the Helsinki scene, he is based further north in Tampere, another hotbed of Finnish music, home of house act U&K among others.
Many Finnish hip hop acts have hired Infekto's avantgarde scratching skills. He is also the founder of the eclectic breakbeat club Beatformers now stronger than ever in its 6th year. As his infulences he always mentions Spede (Finnish comedian/inventor), Chevy Chase & Biz markie. His most powerful inspiration though must still be crosscountry skiing in the cold dark woods of Finland.
Infekto's tunes and DJ sets combine the whole spectrum of broken beats from funk to hip hop to nu breaks to drum& bass not forgetting the raw ol' skool hardcore sound of 92' and a touch of jazz. 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 comp; on cover of a Muzik magazine. etc. And that was just opening the flood gates. What followed was wide variety of breakbeat mayhem and critical acclaim on such UK labels as Passenger and Hospital contenuing to this day.
Infekto's dare we say it, 'infectious', breakbeat bootegs on the unofficial "medcab" label ("Me Myself and I", "Infekto's Message" and "Warzone") have been among the most creative and enjoyable unofficial breaks mixes of the past year, gaining support from all the A league breaks DJs.
Also support by finnish playaz:
DIZZY (Nine2Five)
PHYSICS&RESOUND(GLO, Blindside, Counter Intelligence, Covert Operations)
UPSTAIRS:
D-Bex&Abraham (Pivotal Entertainment)
Present Sense (Archive Records)
Toni (Mbar)
Large Amount Of Soul 23.4@Gloria,Helsinki
TICKETS 6+booking fee advance 8 at door. k18 doors open 21-04
PRESALE TICKET INFO ASAP..
Midnight Sun Recordings together with Touching Down Recordings&Promotions
Presents:
Large Amount Of Soul 23.4@Gloria,Helsinki
SPREE (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 Giles 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.
Lyrical lady MC Kat aka Cathrine Nugent has been Performing in bands since the tender age of 14 . Kat has performed throughout Ireland and as far a field as The Burning Man festival in Nevada, U S A. Along side singing and MC ing Kat co runs 'Homespun' a Reggae, Hip-Hop and Drum and Bass night in Belfast and also promotes underground parties with The Force 10 Crew ( www.the-session.com ).
Originally from Liverpool Simon worked in studios with the likes of O M D 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 there 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. In the later part of 2001 simon partly composed the music for " Out of their heads" a stage play by Marcus Romer.
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.
Since providing the sax for sprees second single 'all mine' Lewis Smith has become an integral part of the spree sound. Lewis studied Music at the University of Ulster where he worked with contemporary jazz composer Brian Irvine and went on to perform at the European jazz/contemporary music festival with the Brian Irvine ensemble. Lewis is also a teacher of clarinet, saxophone, improvisation and jazz harmony and can often be seen performing at Belfast's Nightclubs alongside DJ's and also performs his own compositions with The Lewis Smith Quartet.
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 :
Roni Size, Kosheen, Giles Peterson, London Elektricity, Paradox, L Double, Jazzanova, Asian Dub Foundation, Richard Fearless ( Death in Vegas ), Daara J, Jon Carter, James Lavelle, Rennie Pilgrim, Psyconaughts, Kieth Tenniswood, Dirty Beatniks and Mark Rae.
MIKE E (Touching Down, UK)
Up rising star of drum'n bass Mike Kaila, a.k.a DJ Mike E, was an old trance & techno DJ in his early days of dance music. This is before locking onto the drum'n bass sounds, which he has always respected been a U.K. 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".
It was after Mike went to music college, that he decided to fuel all his energy into the drum'n bass scene. It became a fresh new challenge for him to go into a music genre from scratch. "I was hungry & want to been known for creating good sounds. Also at the same time pushing forward drum'n bass & helping push new talent through" Mike mentions. Since 2001 after his production course, Mike has seen his music reach radio shows from Pyrotechnic Radio, SBN, GrooveTech & other dance stations Worldwide. "I am also getting support from DJ's in the scene, from Nicky Blackmarket right through to L Double @ Radio1 Xtra who have played dub plates of my production & my forthcoming label releases".
Over the last few years Mike as been playing at venues all over the U.K. & Europe, alongside DJ's such as Randall, Phantasy, Nicky Blackmarket, Kano, Brockie, L Double, MC Fearless to name just a few. Add to this radio show slots on Pyrotechnic Radio, GaiaLive, www.planetdnb.com, drumandbasstv.com & various host of other stations. He has also been a bedroom producer winner for a competition on the Circumference show, at SBN digital channel 894 @ the time in 2002. "That was great for me, as gave me lots more encouragement & energy to reach my goals as an artist".
INFEKTO (Nine2five, Passanger)
nfekto (Riku Pentti) has been the brokenbeats pioneer in Finland since 1994. Co-founder 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.
Though a key player in the Helsinki scene, he is based further north in Tampere, another hotbed of Finnish music, home of house act U&K among others.
Many Finnish hip hop acts have hired Infekto's avantgarde scratching skills. He is also the founder of the eclectic breakbeat club Beatformers now stronger than ever in its 6th year. As his infulences he always mentions Spede (Finnish comedian/inventor), Chevy Chase & Biz markie. His most powerful inspiration though must still be crosscountry skiing in the cold dark woods of Finland.
Infekto's tunes and DJ sets combine the whole spectrum of broken beats from funk to hip hop to nu breaks to drum& bass not forgetting the raw ol' skool hardcore sound of 92' and a touch of jazz. 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 comp; on cover of a Muzik magazine. etc. And that was just opening the flood gates. What followed was wide variety of breakbeat mayhem and critical acclaim on such UK labels as Passenger and Hospital contenuing to this day.
Infekto's dare we say it, 'infectious', breakbeat bootegs on the unofficial "medcab" label ("Me Myself and I", "Infekto's Message" and "Warzone") have been among the most creative and enjoyable unofficial breaks mixes of the past year, gaining support from all the A league breaks DJs.
Also support by finnish playaz:
DIZZY (Nine2Five)
PHYSICS&RESOUND(GLO, Blindside, Counter Intelligence, Covert Operations)
UPSTAIRS:
D-Bex&Abraham (Pivotal Entertainment)
Present Sense (Archive Records)
Toni (Mbar)
Large Amount Of Soul 23.4@Gloria,Helsinki
TICKETS 6+booking fee advance 8 at door. k18 doors open 21-04
PRESALE TICKET INFO ASAP..