Graham's
legendary shows on London's Kiss 100 reached out to hundreds
of thousands of listeners across the world) and his club night
Peach, the most successful club brand ever in London - the capital
of dance, made Graham the star that he is today.
His
committment to the scene to play exciting fresh new music is
almost unparalleled. Years of experience has taken him to all
corners of the world playing for all the major brands and festivals,
including Glastonbury, Homelands, Gatecrasher, Gods Kitchen,
Passion, Slinky, Impulz, Earthdance, W.E.M.F., Summadayze and
The Street Parade in Zurich in fact as clubland goes, there re
very few places in the world he hasn't played and Graham is a
welcome guest, time and time again.
He
has been in the DJ Mag Top 100 7 out of the last 10 years (2
years at 22 and 5 inside the Top 40) - no wonder clubbers and
the industry honour him with legend status! Voted Best
Trance DJ at the Underground Music Awards in 2003, Graham has
won every accolade in the Kiss 100 Awards for many years event
beating DJs such as Judge Jules and Danny Rampling.
Graham
has sold over 700,000 mix albums across various leading brands
including Kiss Mix, Kiss in Ibiza and Club Cuts. He has remixed
for Carl Cox and he also ran the highly successful Good As label
which gave Matt Darey his first ever UK top twenty single. Good
As also managed the UK diaries of Tiesto, Armin and Ferry Corsten
from 1998-2001.
Graham
was the first DJ/promoter book Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten,
Tiesto and The Flash Brothers into the UK.
He appears regularly in every leading dance music publication
and was even featured in the special GOLD edition of Vogue!!
Graham is still on top of his
game production today with Paul van Dyk caning the last 3 Gold
productions - "Glorified" (alongside Armin and Paul
Oakenfold) in every set, Graham's newest release on Recoverworld's
Flux deluxe label. It has also been signed to the massive Dream
Dance Vol 45 compilation-Germany's biggest compilation series
as well as the prestigious "Delirium" compilation from
Dave Pearce. That and other successes have justified Grahams
decision to reduce his gig schedule and buy his own music studio
- after 2 intense years of honing his already developed production
skills he is now turning out tracks that are indemand from the
World's elite.
And
if you needed anymore proof that you can't keep a good (or should
that be Gold) man down, his famous club night of 14 years, Peach,
has also returned to the UK's capital, making it once again,
THE trance night to be seen at in London. His weekly radio show
"Trancedayze" spans the UK, Australia, Slovakia, Russia,
U.A.E., Scandanavia and South Africa plus he has monthly shows
on the top global web stations: Ministry Of Sound Radio, DI.FM
and ETN.FM.
Graham's
fan base is huge and worldwide and his website gets around 30,000
hits each year with his bi-weekly podcasts are going out to a
regular 6000 signed up database and growing weekly.
Vicky Devine
is one of the most talented female DJ/Producers within the current
UK dance scene having been involved in music in some capacity
throughout most of her life, she was enticed into the dance music
world at the age of 18 and has worked within the industry ever
since!!!
Vicky
has been busy wowing fans around the world for many years now,
with a reputation built on her uplifting yet driving trance sets
- although versatile Vicky is just as recognised for her funky,
house and electro sets as well. Playing at numerous
nights in the UK including Gatecrasher, The Gallery (Turnmills),
Pams House (Norwich), Slinky (Westfest Festival), Escape (Swansea),
Passion (Coalville), Tranzaction and on a worldwide level including
on the SLINKY Asia tour in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the SMIRNOFF
EXPERIENCE tour in India and at clubs in Canada, South America,
Dubai, Australia and New Zealand to name but a few.
Vicky
is also a regular guest at many top nights in Ibiza including
her weekly main room residency at the massive JUDGEMENT SUNDAYS
at Eden where she plays alonsgide the likes of Judge Jules, Eddie
Halliwell, Lisa Lashes, Christopher Laurence, Matt Hardwick and
Ferry Corston (2005, 2006, 2007), - not to mention a weekly residency
at Majorca's superclub BCM for her own night - "Angels of
Funk" (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007). She is also one of the resident
DJ's at the most successful all female DJ event to date - "Charlys
Angelz". This has completed six successful years out in
Ibiza at which Vicky has played each and every one!
The
brand has also hosted nights at numerous clubs as part of the
Charlys Angelz UK and Worldwide tour, in addition to the brand
hosting rooms at other collaborating events such as the Big Reunion
in Skegness. Charlys Angelz remains an integral part of Vicky's
career and will be back in Ibiza for summer 2007 alongside a
new UK tour.
On
the production front Vicky has also seen success. She had early
productions as part of numerous collaborations which allowed
her to subsequently move on to work on solo productions and develop
her own sound. Her first release written back in 2001 (as part
of trance duo Sweet Asylum and also called "Sweet Asylum"),
was released through Infectious Distribution, and was licensed
to Pendragons "Power Trance and Nu NRG" album mixed
by Mark Sinclair. Her second track entitled "Angelz",
also produced under the Sweet Asylum guise was signed by UK based
record label Solar. Her third track entitled "Fearing Nothing",
co-written with Sophie Sugar, was released at the beginning of
2003 on Dutch label "F-Active Music" where the track
was produced. It is during the past year however that Vicky has
come into her own as a solo artist.
Her
first solo production - "Entravanse" - was signed to
Drizzly at the end of 2005 and released in March 2006 on their
Illuminate sublabel along with a remix from Passion's resident
DJ Andy Bagguley. The track was licenced to four compilation
albums, received excellent reviews in IDJ, Mixmag and M8 magazines
and has also received support from some of trance's top music
jocks including Dave Pearce (plays on his Radio One Dance Anthems
Show), Paul Kershaw (plays on Galaxy FM and voted 2nd in the
Sol Selection), Adam White and Gav Mytchell (MOS Radio), Guy
Ornadel and DJ Choose. Her second track entitled "Echoed
Kisses" was also released on Drizzly's Illuminate Records
with a fantastic Paul Kershaw Remix, and achieved similar success
with plays on Dave Pearce's Dance Anthems, MOS radio, Galaxy
and Vibe FM to name but a few. Echoed Kisses was also recommended
tune of the month in IDJ and had fantastic reviews in Mixmag.
Vicky has been back working hard in the studio throughout the
winter, and her next two tracks (Silver Whispers and Eternal
Dream) will be doing the rounds very soon as well as her very
own remix of Solstice's "Edge of the Ocean".
Radio
is also a massive part of Vicky's career having provided Ibiza
reports and interviews for Paul Kershaw's Saturday night Galaxy
FM show (2006), Steve Smart's Saturday night Kiss 100 FM Floorfillers
Show (2004), Bournemouth's Fire 107.6FM (2002-2004), and having
also hosted her own show on Ibiza's main dance music station
Holiday FM (2005). In addition Vicky has been involved in television
work with Balearic Babes (Rapture TV 2002) and also with an Australian
production which included Vicky interviewing DJ Tiesto at Ibiza's
Cream Closing party (2005).
Vicky
has also been the featured guest / mix on Eddie Halliwell's BBC
Radio One Show (Feb 2007), on Judge Jules's Global Warm Up show
(Dec 2006) and on Fergie's BBC Radio One Show for his "DJ
By The Sea" Feature (2005).
With
styles at the harder end of the spectrum undergoing a real rollercoaster
ride of peaks and troughs over the last couple of years, production
legend Pete Wardman has wisely used the time to not only get
back into his beloved studio but also to redevelop his love for
good honest house music. These days you are just as likely to
see Pete moving and shaking a dancefloor to sophisticated quality
mid-tempo house cut, as to hear him ripping the roof off at a
Slinky night with an uplifting hard dance monster. Because of
recent successes in the harder spectrum it's easy to overlook
a DJ and production history which covers a diverse range of styles
and tastes.
Pete
Wardman was first booked as a DJ when he was 17 years old, claiming
it was a case of either "either get behind the bar, or the
decks"! Fast forward to 1998 and Pete had set up Hampshire
based "Power FM", a radio station targeted towards
a (largely ignored) youth audience. Within a year the station
became market leader, and was later bought by the Capital Radio
group. In 1992, Pete was headhunted by KISS 100 FM - the UK's
leading dance music station to co-present the weekday breakfast
show, progressingto his own weekday show. Over the next two years
the ratings skyrocketed and Pete had become one of their 'new
school DJ's, also generating a rash of live bookings round the
UK
In
1995, when Kiss changed hands, Pete left the daytime schedule
and, with a helping hand from Danny Rampling, created a new weekly
specialist show under the 'House Nation' banner, and becoming
one of the regular presenters of BPM, ITV's Saturday night cult
dance TV show as well as releasing the milestone compilation
album 'Sherbert' which banged straight into a number 4 chart
placing. As a result the legendary club 'Sherbert' was born,
becoming one of London's most cutting edge clubs.
Pete
has also featured as guest on Pete Tong's 'The Essential Mix'
on BBC Radio 1, been a journalist and presenter for BBC News
and Current Affairs as well hosting a long running prime time
show on KISS 100 FM and in 1997 he became the new weekly resident
at Laurence Malice's legendary club TRADE and a regular headliner
at the cult clubs world tour dates for many years thereafter.
Yes,
we know we haven't mentioned the Pete Wardman Crown Jewels -
yep that rather impressive discography that has helped shape
dance music but there isn't the space to list them all but you
can click HERE
to download the full monty
Keri majored
in Vocal Music Education and Performance, performing with bands,
choirs, and in operas, and served in the US Air Force. This multi-faceted
lady got her DJ break when DJ Carlos needed a break at a house
party and she took to it like a duck to water. After years of
perfecting her skill, she incorporated her live vocals and rarely
spins a set without singing over it.Keri’s unique style
as a DJ/ vocalist has secured her multiple residences over the
years including The Masquerade & The Velvet Room in Atlanta,
GA, Havana Beach Club Discotheque in Aruba, The Kastle in St.
Louis and the most recent, The Ride in Atlanta. It is a club
that literally caters to the stars. Keri has also been the target
of many endorsement deals in the USA for an array of products
ranging from clothing lines, cosmetics, as well as DJ equipment
Lets
not foget Keri's good looks too, which won her the title of Ms.
Louisiana and a chance to represent her state at national level
beauty pageants - in fact so glam is this talented DJ/Vocalist
that she was voted 7th 'Hottest DJ on the Planet' in the 50th
Anniversary edition of Playboy Magazine, and thereafter graced
Playboy magazine twice (October 2003 and April 2004) and subsequently
FHM (Malaysia, Chona and Portugal) and various similar magazines
worldwide.
Keri
has been signed to many creative and collaborative projects -
with one original folk-pop album “Dreams”, released
in 1999 by HTC, Keri’s newest album “Dream Keeper”
was releases in early 2003 on Peace Continuum /MDI Distribution.
With the success of her first US hit “No Tears” on
Funkwax Records behind her Keri attracted a stream of willing
endorsees - DJ Supplies, clothing and cosmetic brands all keen
to share the stardust . Her fame skyrocketed and Keri is now
a well known name on premier club bills across the globe.
Despite
a heavy live workload Keri has recently finished her third album
"BEAUTIFUL GIRL", and is building up expectation for
the release by droping the content into her DJ sets in 2010.
Keri also owns her own label GPR established in 2003, which has
carried her vocal mix compilations, original productions, and
promo mixes. Keri's musaic has been licensed many times over
including to MTV, HBO, international movies, anas well as US
record labels, along with appearances on compilations. Keti has
also sung on TV in Indonesiia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Canada,
Souht America and of course her native USA
Along
with media coverage and endorsements have come the sponsor tours
and Keri has toured over 103 cities workwidewith well known alchohol
and tobacco brands, as well as Playboy TV/Magazine. Keri continues
to perform with other headliners such as Sandra Collins, DJ Dan,
DJ Rap, Chris Lawrence, DJ Sammy and Hybrid, however Keri is
still a peoles DJ - well known in the industry for her desire
to 'put something back' and has committed much time and energy
to fund-raising from Indonesoia Tsumai relief to U2's Bonoo (R)Ed
Aid event for Africa, and Breast Cancer Society Benefits in the
USA.
A
true renaissance woman, Keri has just about done everything -
singer, songwriter, promoter, beauty queen, model, air force
medical/surgical tech, fund-raiser, wife/mother & all around
sweetheart Keri’s powerful vocals & refined mixing skills
continue to expand her already impressive list of achievements.
Fans
of the mighty Platipus Records will be only too aware of the
extensive musical output of top act Art Of Trance (AOT). Since
1993, they've been unearthing gems of unparalleled purity. However,
delve a little deeper and be astonished and amazed by just how
linked to the label the act really is. For the AOT is none other
than Platipus owner and Tai Pan - Simon Berry
From
humble beginnings in the English countryside, Simon's attention
was turned from agriculture and rolling around in haystacks by
the progressive sounds coming from Detroit in the late 80s. His
peers' love of Rock and Indie meant the countryside could offer
little in the way of musical stimulation so it was logical for
him to get the next tractor out of town. He was London bound...
A
musical epiphany occurred at legendary clubs, "Troll"
and "Chemistry", where Simon heard music that ignited
his soul. Hardfloor's seminal classic "Acperience"
blew this country boy’s mind and gave rise to Simon's first
and foremost recording project as Art of Trance - the "Deeper
Than Deep EP", released on the newly assembled Platipus
Records label, set up as a vehicle for his and like-minded others'
music.
The
second release on the label was Poltergeist's "Vicious Circles"-
a secret Simon alias/project. While at the Drum Club one night
Simon met Darren Emerson, Charlie Hall and Carl Cox. All asked
for new copies of the record having worn out their acetates.
Simon was flabbergasted that these DJs he respected were all
after his record. Carl Cox loved it so much that he offered to
remix the track and it was re-released in early 1995 making number
34 in the UK National charts.
Art
Of Trance reworked several Platipus tracks, including a driving
take on John Occlusion’s ‘Psycho Drums’ and his
darkly melodic reworking of Jan Johnston’s ‘Calling
Your Name’ as well as nurturing the talents of Neo &
Farina (favourite of Radio 1s Dave Pearce) and Tony Rapacioli
(under numerous aliases Kansai, Praha, Ratio, Rouge and Space
Brothers) w Rapacioli had been duly crowned with two consecutive
DJ Mag Sure Player awards - Kansai’s ‘Rococo’
was hailed as: ‘a melodic trance record you can drop anywhere,
anytime’.
2004
produced what is popularly considered as Art Of Trance's defining
moment, in the form of 'Mongoose'. closely followed by the public
demand re-issue of Cygnus X remix of Madagascar & Monsoon
- both of which were out of press for some time. Art Of Trance
spent the earlier part of the year compiling & mixing a new
series called Tales Of The Unexpected, a whole new chapter in
the 12 years young of Platipus Records. This went on to be a
top seller for the label.
The
Art Of Chill 2 - a firm friend of many an 'all back to mine'
session was compiled by Simon Berry & mixed by soundtrack
extraordinaire Jon Hopkins while Art of Trance remixed of the
classic Union Jack track 'Two Full Moons & A Trout' as well
as collaboration with Transglobal Underground vocalist Natasha
Atlas, entitled 'Persia'.
Simon
mixed and compiled 'Tales of The Unexpected Chapter 2' and started
a new series entitled 'The Big Freeze' which was released in
February 2007 to critical acclaim.
The
classic albums by Art Of Trance and Union Jack are about to hit
the shelves yet again , re-released with a host of new mixes,
and live version as well as another working of the classic Madagascar with new remixes by
Richard Durand and Phil Crawf as a follow up to the outstanding
'Swarm' - not only a classic track but a must see video on YouTube
too.
Art
of Trance/Simon Barry can be booked for DJ Sets or as a live
show as Art of Trance or with Union Jack
You''ll also
find Madam Zu an welcome addition to our urban section having
widened her style selection in recent years from her well-known
hard trance/danc/house rockers to include awesome Breakbeat and
Drum 'n' Bass sets which have a whole new set of dance fans going
nuts to her performances and rightly so - check the mixes to
hear why
Head of NILE
RECORDS, Madam Zu (Julia), is looking forward to another great
year of amazing DJ gigs, production and vinyl releases to consolidate
her profile as purveyor of one of the most exciting DJ sounds
around
Must have
releases on MOHAWK, NILE & AZTEC (who can forget scorchers
"The Red Pill" and "Spinback") that remix
of ANDY FARLEYS "The Warning" and a string of other
consistantly played hard house faves have pushed Julia to the
forefront of popularity, resulting in extensive club tours of
the US and Canada, as well as aking her from top UK nights such
as PENDRAGON, RIPSNORTER & CHEEKY LITTLE MONKEY to the bizarre
experiences of Japanese clubland in TOKYO and OSAKA
AJ
Gibson has been an integral part of the UK club scene for nearly
10 years. The reason for his current GATECRASHER residency has
been proven time and again to thousands of clubbers every week
alongside the other big names in the industry. For one club or
another AJ has played every major continent (except the very
cold one!) on numerous occasions.
But
this DJ is far from a one-horse jockey - recognised as one of
the most in-demand DJ's on the circuit by discerning promoters
worldwide he has several other residencies to honour including,
the other 'Big G' international club brand, GODSKITCHEN, Tonic
(Ibiza ), Oxygen @Studio 24 (Edinburgh), Goodbye Cruel World
@ Mosquito Coast (Leicester) and Tramps (Tenerife) as well as
guest appearances and cliub tours Godskitchen (UK, South Africa,
Malaysia, Greece, Turkey, The World), Slinky (UK, Malaysia),
Dance Academy (Plymouth), The Syndicate (Blackpool), Passion
(Coalville), Garlands (Liverpool), Fully Charged (Hull), Access
(Dundee), Peach (Liverpool) Crazy Daisys (Rugby), ROAR ,Time
Flies (Wales), Clockwork Orange, Enigma, The Met, The Coach (all
Ireland), The Honeyclub (Brighton), Pams House (E Anglia), Progress
(Derby), Frisky (Northampton), Hotdog (Nottingham), Freedom @
Bagleys (London), playing 6/7 times a week, at student events
and university tours all over the country.
AJ
has worked on various projects with his now regular studio partner
Scott Mac. Their debut track Deprogression v's AJ Gibson "Twilight"
was picked up by ATCR and received a many plays from Judge Jules
on Radio 1 and is being signed to a Ministry of Sound compilation.
His
combination of his trademark GK sets of uplifting euphoric trance
and harder edged, chunky, progressive house, plus an increasing
demand for his fanatically funky sound, captivate audiences compelling
them to jump around, scream and shout; bringing them together
as one in their love love of music. Whether it's in front of
10 or 10,000 people, Derby or Dubai promoters know that AJ Gibson
is the DJ's Robbie Williams - an all round entertainer
When you look
at the list of achievements of BeXta Australia's No1 female DJ
and possibly the most successful dance music producer in the
countries history, you wonder how she has done it all. And when
you ask BeXta that question, this quietly spoken talent admits
she feels she hasn't even started. Which makes it all the more
cool.
BeXta has
had 8 single releases to date, including a 5-star international
anthem (quoted by Radio One, BBC London, and DJ Mag UK), called
'One For The Road. She's release one EP - the Skirmish LIVE EP,
which entered the ARIA singles charts in 1999, and an album,
Conversations with ones and zeroes. The album reached number
8 on the ARIA independent album charts, which was released on
her own label in Australia - a notable achievement for a dance
music producer in this country achieving all of that? On
top of her own releases BeXta began the DJ compilation series,
'Mixology', in 2000, and we are just about to be hit with number
9 in the series, which she is introducing her first international
DJ to accompany her on the comps - Brooklyn Bounce. This
collaboration will surely propel and Bexta's production career
to a much wider international stage - a long running objective
of this personable and determined DJ.
As well as the
release of 'Mixology 9' , BeXta has embarked on a project to
introduce new talent into the industry, with the development
of her label, now called Mixology Digital Records. This will
feature new artists, as well as her own material, that will also
be remixed by internationals and also herself. The label will
feature collaborations BeXta has done with international artists,
including Public Domain, Dave Joy and Vandertraxx. MDR will be
entering the online download domain www.mixologydigitalrecords.com/
But vinyl junkies rest assured there will a be a vinyl release
to launch the label, which will be available internationally,
and will feature a new BeXta track, and will introduce 2 of her
new artists - Steve Black and TyDi.
Joyce Mercedes’
star has been rising fast the last few years. After successful
performances at Dance Valley & Impulz festivals her musical
career has lifted in the Netherlands evolving into a DJ of great
stature with a busy agenda speaks for itself, regularly visiting
several continents in one month and each weekend traveling from
her hometown of Amsterdam to the cornes of the globe, racking
up more than 20 different countries just in the first 6 months
of 2005.
Joyce
is exceptionally talented and is considered possibly the best
female progressive house DJ in the world - we can't argue with
that, her mixing and selection is some of the very finest in
the style we have heard here at Sparkle and she has righly shared
centre stage with the big guns; Sasha, Anthony Pappa, James Holden,
Paul van Dyk, Chris Fortier & Derrick May. Her flawless choice
of records shows a nose for a quality tune and her exceptional
mix technique takes the dance floor from easy and accessible
vocal harmonies through deep and funky foot food to deep, trippy
and hypnotic beats, soaring to stunning prog trance monsters
- a spectacular set that evidences a diverse musical vocabulary
From
her birthplace in Nijmegen Joyce began work as a dancer for leading
organizations Pantera and Extension, later moving to Amsterdam
and performing with her dance colleagueon the Strycker &
Holmes World Tour a sparkling dance show in some of the most
famous clubs in the World. Her passion for music lies in her
dancing as well as her singing. In the not to distant past Joyce
was part of “Centerfold”, the group that sang in 1998
to a sold out Amsterdam Arena during half time of the classic
football game Ajax-PSV Eindhoven . “Centerfold” also
added lustre to the 15th year anniversary of Playboy and Joyce
worked regularly as a model, featuring in campaigns for Heineken,
Campari, Gap-Star and Playboy.
Not
being content with success in two fields Joyces passion for music
drove her to invest in truntables and master the art of mixing.
Her first performance before an audience took place in sunny
Miami at a private party and very soon word spread and the bookings
started to roll in, culminating in a DJ residency at the well
known Amsterdam Superclub and a 2-year tour with Ibiza's Space
World Tour to crown it all off. At this moment Joyce has
performed in almost every major club in mainland Europe, North
and South America as well as many in the Far East..
Her
striving for success has naturally led her into the recording
studio to produce her own music, which will finally bear fruit
this year with a 12" erelease imminent, though Joyce admits
that she struggles to fit in production time around her busy
live schedule. If it's anywhere near as good as her
live sets it will be worth the wait!
