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Work your way through the dance family tree. Move around the dance scenes underground web. Branch after branch, stop after stop, youll keep finding the same name Nicky Holloway. In his various guises as DJ, promoter, club owner, recording artist, producer and oneman party, Holloway has been at the forefront of dance musics meteoric rise through the commercial and cultural ranks over the last two and a half decades.
It was in 1984 that Holloways profile began to build with the legendary Special Branch club at London Bridge where, for over four years, a trendy London club crowd became exposed to the exotic delights of Hip-Hop, Rare Groove, Soul & Jazz and even early House music. Household names like Pete Tong & Gilles Peterson also set their roots at the club. During this time, Holloway began a series of one-off events at unusual venues - The Natural History Museum, Lords Cricket Ground, Jubilee Gardens, and most famously London Zoo where all targets for Holloways balls, spreading outwards from the Capital to Thorpe Park, Chislehurst Caves and Rockley Sands Caravan Park in Dorset - an event with such ground-breaking music, diverse DJing and open-minded patronage that it became the natural springboard for subsequent Ibiza missions. When Nicky Holloway and a few others first took 300 people to Ibiza in 1985 they quite literally invented the Balearic scene. It was this jaunt and further group holidays that showed what Ibiza was like before it was Uncovered!" back in the UK.
1988 was a hugely influential year for the arrival and emergence of House music, although it had been brewing for a year already in certain clubs. It was a Holloway event that provided its most prominent platform the rip roaring Trip & Sin at Londons Astoria which kept two thousand plus clubbers on their toes for over two years solid, giving heroes such as David Morales, Todd Terry, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, and West Bam a first taste of this new scene and their first gigs in London.
In 1990 Holloway took House back underground with the opening of the Milk Bar. At one stage the clubs residents list read like a whos who of Twentieth Century dance music. Darren Emmerson and Paul Harris held court on Mondays, Danny Ramplings Pure Sexy took over Wednesdays, Paul Oakenfold and Nicky Holloway ruled Fridays, Pete Tong and Dave Dorrell looked after Saturdays with the weekend rounded off by Lisa Loud and Brandon Blocks F.U.B.A.R. on Sunday nights. Even Jamiroquai and the Brand New Heavies played some of their first live gigs there.
Throughout the Nineties Nickys venues were at the pointy end of whatever was cooking. The legendary Velvet Underground club, which opened in 1993 and closed in 1999, took over almost seamlessly from the Milk Bar when the lease had ran out and provided London with one of the coolest clubs around. Back in Ibiza he opened a Milk Bar in one of the most glamorous clubs in the world, Pacha, and another across the island in San Antonio. In the UK more Holloway weekenders were organized - this time under the Kaos banner at Camber Sands, and lets not forget THAT party the legendary transportation of 3000 people to Dance Europe to rave the night away at the newly opened Euro Disney! Nicky had also became the must-have DJ of the celeb party circuit DJing for, among many others, Madonna, Giorgio Armani and Jean Paul Gaultier and clocked up a fair few air miles playing guest slots in 34 different countries across the globe,
At the turn of the Millennium Nicky had quite literally burnt out and decided after a month in a very expensive private clinic it was time to move on to the next phase of his life, enrolling in a college course and learning how to programme and make music while putting together his own little studio. But new directions have not curtailed his passion for live work, I still love to DJ but keep it down to no more than 4 gigs a month - I used to be out every night of the week and would have gone to the opening of an envelope but now Im as happy as Larry in the studio making music". However its important as a DJ to keep my finger on the pulse and be aware of whats going on in the dance scene, so I cant ever see myself retiring. His regular gigs at Area in Watford and guest spots for KISS club nights prove he can still cut it among the cream of todays more recent DJ stars that, quite rightly eye the Holloway record box with more than a little envy. Nicky seems just as at home playing to an upfront crowd of twenty-somethings as he does a corporate-party of forty-somethings, something not everyone can pull off.
While researching Nicky to write this piece I did what everyone does these days and Googled him, I wasnt however, expecting to have to wade through so much thats already been written about him. Nicky Holloway has been in the dance music business for 25 years his status is legendary, ask anyone who has been around if they know the name Nicky Holloway and 9 out of 10 answers will be a resounding absolutely
Nicky Holloway
It was in 1984 that Holloways profile began to build with the legendary Special Branch club at London Bridge where, for over four years, a trendy London club crowd became exposed to the exotic delights of Hip-Hop, Rare Groove, Soul & Jazz and even early House music. Household names like Pete Tong & Gilles Peterson also set their roots at the club. During this time, Holloway began a series of one-off events at unusual venues - The Natural History Museum, Lords Cricket Ground, Jubilee Gardens, and most famously London Zoo where all targets for Holloways balls, spreading outwards from the Capital to Thorpe Park, Chislehurst Caves and Rockley Sands Caravan Park in Dorset - an event with such ground-breaking music, diverse DJing and open-minded patronage that it became the natural springboard for subsequent Ibiza missions. When Nicky Holloway and a few others first took 300 people to Ibiza in 1985 they quite literally invented the Balearic scene. It was this jaunt and further group holidays that showed what Ibiza was like before it was Uncovered!" back in the UK.
1988 was a hugely influential year for the arrival and emergence of House music, although it had been brewing for a year already in certain clubs. It was a Holloway event that provided its most prominent platform the rip roaring Trip & Sin at Londons Astoria which kept two thousand plus clubbers on their toes for over two years solid, giving heroes such as David Morales, Todd Terry, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, and West Bam a first taste of this new scene and their first gigs in London.
In 1990 Holloway took House back underground with the opening of the Milk Bar. At one stage the clubs residents list read like a whos who of Twentieth Century dance music. Darren Emmerson and Paul Harris held court on Mondays, Danny Ramplings Pure Sexy took over Wednesdays, Paul Oakenfold and Nicky Holloway ruled Fridays, Pete Tong and Dave Dorrell looked after Saturdays with the weekend rounded off by Lisa Loud and Brandon Blocks F.U.B.A.R. on Sunday nights. Even Jamiroquai and the Brand New Heavies played some of their first live gigs there.
Throughout the Nineties Nickys venues were at the pointy end of whatever was cooking. The legendary Velvet Underground club, which opened in 1993 and closed in 1999, took over almost seamlessly from the Milk Bar when the lease had ran out and provided London with one of the coolest clubs around. Back in Ibiza he opened a Milk Bar in one of the most glamorous clubs in the world, Pacha, and another across the island in San Antonio. In the UK more Holloway weekenders were organized - this time under the Kaos banner at Camber Sands, and lets not forget THAT party the legendary transportation of 3000 people to Dance Europe to rave the night away at the newly opened Euro Disney! Nicky had also became the must-have DJ of the celeb party circuit DJing for, among many others, Madonna, Giorgio Armani and Jean Paul Gaultier and clocked up a fair few air miles playing guest slots in 34 different countries across the globe,
At the turn of the Millennium Nicky had quite literally burnt out and decided after a month in a very expensive private clinic it was time to move on to the next phase of his life, enrolling in a college course and learning how to programme and make music while putting together his own little studio. But new directions have not curtailed his passion for live work, I still love to DJ but keep it down to no more than 4 gigs a month - I used to be out every night of the week and would have gone to the opening of an envelope but now Im as happy as Larry in the studio making music". However its important as a DJ to keep my finger on the pulse and be aware of whats going on in the dance scene, so I cant ever see myself retiring. His regular gigs at Area in Watford and guest spots for KISS club nights prove he can still cut it among the cream of todays more recent DJ stars that, quite rightly eye the Holloway record box with more than a little envy. Nicky seems just as at home playing to an upfront crowd of twenty-somethings as he does a corporate-party of forty-somethings, something not everyone can pull off.
While researching Nicky to write this piece I did what everyone does these days and Googled him, I wasnt however, expecting to have to wade through so much thats already been written about him. Nicky Holloway has been in the dance music business for 25 years his status is legendary, ask anyone who has been around if they know the name Nicky Holloway and 9 out of 10 answers will be a resounding absolutely
Nicky Holloway
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Jussi Lius, 14.4.2008 08:44:
No huh... !!
..tähän vielä jatkoks Brandon Block ja Alex P yhteiskeikka.. niin kevät on kruunattu.
- jussi
Kuulin sellaista huhua, että Brandon Block olisi tulossa kesällä Suomeen.
Mutta Nickyyn, olen saanut kunnian soittaa herran kanssa neljästi ja
aina on ollut yhtä hauskaa.
Viimeksihän Holloway oli Suomessa 2002, jolloin hän soitti Kappelin
kellarin "Rock Da House" klubilla ja siitä jatketiin Kermaan,
jossa oli jatkobileet.
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spoogy, 16.4.2008 17:02:
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Jussi Lius, 14.4.2008 08:44:
No huh... !!
..tähän vielä jatkoks Brandon Block ja Alex P yhteiskeikka.. niin kevät on kruunattu.
- jussi
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Kuulin sellaista huhua, että Brandon Block olisi tulossa kesällä Suomeen.
Mutta Nickyyn, olen saanut kunnian soittaa herran kanssa neljästi ja
aina on ollut yhtä hauskaa.
Viimeksihän Holloway oli Suomessa 2002, jolloin hän soitti Kappelin
kellarin "Rock Da House" klubilla ja siitä jatketiin Kermaan,
jossa oli jatkobileet.
OK,.. sounds like Bad Habits.
- jussi
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Rajoitettu erä ennakkolippuja tulee
myyntiin 21.4. Street Beatiin hintaan
7 (sisältää BF:n).
myyntiin 21.4. Street Beatiin hintaan
7 (sisältää BF:n).
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spoogy, 16.4.2008 17:02:
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Jussi Lius, 14.4.2008 08:44:
No huh... !!
..tähän vielä jatkoks Brandon Block ja Alex P yhteiskeikka.. niin kevät on kruunattu.
- jussi
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Kuulin sellaista huhua, että Brandon Block olisi tulossa kesällä Suomeen.
Mutta Nickyyn, olen saanut kunnian soittaa herran kanssa neljästi ja
aina on ollut yhtä hauskaa.
Viimeksihän Holloway oli Suomessa 2002, jolloin hän soitti Kappelin
kellarin "Rock Da House" klubilla ja siitä jatketiin Kermaan,
jossa oli jatkobileet.
..jee ja näissä kemuissa tulikin sit viihdyttyä liiankin hyvin :)
btw..Nick Holloway korkkasi Pussyn klubin historian ekatbileet käyntiin lepakossa 31.5-98, oih niitä aikoja*sydän*
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Tässä jotain flyereita menneiltä vuosilat. Ainakin
Smilen ja Nylonin flyerit puuttuu, jos jollain
löytyy lisätkää.
Nylonin flyeri on, mutta ei skanneria...
Smilen ja Nylonin flyerit puuttuu, jos jollain
löytyy lisätkää.
Nylonin flyeri on, mutta ei skanneria...
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hasseri, 27.4.2008 20:27:
Kun ikää alkaa tulemaan; jaksaa yhä harvemmin innostuttua lähtemään
likenteeseen, mutta kun Dj on itseä vanhempi ja on tullut
kuultua parit keikat ennenkin.
Helppo päätös: PAIKALLA!
Sähän oo vielä edes neljääkymmentä! Nicky on
44v., Yuhis 46v. ja meitisi poikasena 40v. eli
keski-ikä on 43,3333.... ja koko ajan tikittää
lisää!
anyway tässä soittoajat:
22.00-23.30 Spoogy
23.30-01.00 Yuhis
01.00-03.45 Nicky Holloway
PS. Ennakkolippuja on edelleen saatavana Streetistä.
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Tosi mukavaa kun saadaan vielä kuulla Hollowayta livenä. Olen ollut kaikilla keikoilla (paitsi Pussy jäi jostain syystä väliin) Smilestä lähtien Helsingissä ja sen lisäksi Hollowayn omalla Clubilla Lontoossa hurjina nuoruusvuosinani :) Tätä iltaa en jätä väliin! Taattua lempimusiikkia kaikilta soittajilta; Spoogy ja Yuhis takaavat 100-varmasti omalta osaltaan tanssituksen!
Holloway on näkemisen ja kuulemisen arvoinen tapaus!
Holloway on näkemisen ja kuulemisen arvoinen tapaus!
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Streetissä on abouttiarallaa 20 kpl ennakkolippuja jäljellä,
joten varmista pääsysi sisään.
joten varmista pääsysi sisään.