Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Stellar Music 49 : KEANJIN (PlusSixFive London/ Singapore)
DJ KeanJin, one of the founders of event promoter, plussixfive in London, gives us a showcase of genre-bending 4/4 music in it's full glory.
It was in the warehouse and campsites of Southern California, USA that KeanJin was awakened to the pleasures of house music.
Playing alongside house music luminaries like Roy Davies, Junior Marques Watt, Colette, John Tejada and Jay Tripwire at venues like Los Angeles’s Key club and Nacional, KeanJin moved to London in 2006 and have since further stamp his sound on the deeper and techier side of house music.
KeanJin is now based in the Asia Pacific region.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Stellar Music 48 : JEZ PEREIRA (London)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Stellar Music 47 : KANE IAN (Dustpan Recordings, Clean House, Trendy Mullet, Blockhead)
In 2008, KANE IAN performed at the Winter Music Conference in Miami where he held a Dustpan Recordings party alongside fellow house music label Clean House Music featuring an amazing roster of artist such as Cubase Dan, Homero Espinosa, Kingsley Flowz, Jason Merle, Giano and Brandon Black. He also performed at Montreal's Kinjo Music party at the WMC.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Stellar Music 46 : NIC LIU (This Is Not a Rave London, Love International)
Nic Liu started DJing at Image in Nottingham, England: with a Thursday club night called “Our House” inviting local guest djs and international guests. The success of this clubnight led to guest appearances of “Our House” in Nottingham’s Pelham’s + Market Bar.
In 2008, he moved to the East End of London and with him came “Our House” to ‘Exit’ in the hipster area of Shoreditch. This one year residency and hosting of the crazy sunday night sessions, led to Nic teaming up with a group of upcoming East End djs to form This Is Not A Rave.
This Is Not A Rave has went from strength to strength and has been tipped for big things in London during two thousand and fine. The first party was held at Aquarium Club, Old Street in October 2009, which was such a resounding success Nic + his crew were asked to keep going for the Redlight after party until 9am the following day.
The next party was a massive success, the This Is Not A Rave Christmas party at the Egg on Sat 13 Dec with Nic having the honour to play alongside Tomoki Tamura from Four Twenty and SAW recordings. The third party had BBC radio 1 dj Andy George and Mikki Most from Trailer Trash. Keep an eye out for This Is Not A Rave @ the Egg club Kings Cross and 333 in Shoreditch.
Amongst these parties Nic has also played in the Hoxton Pony alongside Dj Sonny, S Café with Matt Jam Le Mont, Kensington’s Twenty Club and recently became a new resident at new club night WORD with Boombox resident DJ Rokk in the Bar Music Hall.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Stellar Music 45 : KEISHI (Singapore/ London) - PlusSIxFive London, Stellar Music
Early on in his pursuit for musical excellence, Keishi won several DJ competitions – one of resulted in him being Singapore’s 1st JUICE Magazine DJ Quest Champion in 2002. Between then and now and somewhere along that timeline, he went on to perform alongside DJs Sander Klienenberg, Dave Seaman, Slacker, Lucien Foort, Kasey Taylor, Electric Tease and Space Ibiza resident Jose De Devina & Tania Vulcano.; as well as residency stints at Centro Singapore (2003 – 2004) and Insomnia (2001).
In Singapore, his decade long experience behind the decks had made him one of the most recognized DJs in the house/ progressive/ electro genres. During those years, he played a range of respected venues in Singapore such as Café Del Mar, SupperClub, Le Noir/ Attica, HOME, Clinic's Aurum, Zouk's Phuture, the now-defunct Centro, Liquid Room and Suba, as well as for streets parties hosted by Sony Ericsson.
Through the years, Keishi has also chalked up some fairly decent air miles traveling to promote and perform in various cities in the UK, Holland, China, Hong Kong & Malaysia - churning out a unique style of of leg shaking and body gyrating progressive, minimal and electro tunes.
Since relocating to the capital of electronic music of London in 2007, Keishi has been running a minimal/ electro/ techno/ deep house music with ex-Zouk resident DJ and record owner of Mighty Rumble Records DJ Sonny (as well as business partner DJ KeanJin) called 'PlusSixFive London' - a boutique club night that lives, breathes & roams the streets and brick-lanes of east London.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Stellar Music 44 : VORTEX (Singapore/ London) - Exitmusik.com/ Rock The Dub Ltd
Vortex has shared deck duties with international DJs like Goldie, Pendulum, LTJ Bukem, London Elektricity, DJ Marky, Concord Dawn, Makoto, Jenna G, Nutone, Utah Jazz and more. Vortex has also spread his sound to other cities like Osaka, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur.
When not dropping red hot choons at the console, Vortex is packing heat with Exitmusik dot com, arguably Asia’s most respected underground music portal. The Face of Drum n Bass is also the man responsible for +65, the nation state’s own music and arts event by the people for the people.
DJ Vortex headlines 'plussixfive' in Horse & Groom, Shoreditch, London on 19th September 2008. Visit plussixfive.blogspot.com for more details
http://www.myspace.com/andyvortex
http://www.exitmusik.com
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Stellar Music 43 : PLUSSIXFIVE presents SONNY (Singapore/ London) - Mighty Rumble!, dontdressup, Slipped Disco Sundays
With gigs across Asia, Australia, US (Miami Winter Conference) to London venues (The Borderline, Big Chill and 93 Feet East), Singaporean London-based DJ Sonny has also been voted amongst the top 200 DJs worldwide in the prestige DJ Magazine top 100 poll.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Stellar Music 42 : NOMSTA (Singapore) - Gooodness Soundsystem, Kingsize Krew, TGVC
Nomsta* has been a lover of good music all his life. Childhood toys are his uncle's Beatles, Boney M and Deep Purple records, grew up through the eras of Disco and UK's Acid House, and formative years in the age of House.
Based in Singapore, he has played top gigs at Ministry Of Sound and Zouk, at venues around Asia and alongside cats like Roy Davis Jr (US), Andy Smith of Portishead (UK), Spiritual South & Mad Mats of Raw Fusion (UK), Zero dB (UK), Frank de Jojo (UK), DJ Siskid (FR) and MOS Australia voted No.1 DJ Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock (AU).
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Stellar Music 41: ANIL CHAWLA (London) - Global Underground, Together (ex Turnmills), Dusted
Anil’s tale began in Maidstone, Kent – as a resident for local night Mongo Bongo, which saw him mix it up alongside the then (relatively) unknowns Nic Fanciulli and Mark Knight. As word of his talent soon spread, it wasn’t long before dance bible Mixmag made Anil as one of their first ever ‘Mixmag Future Heroes’ and some of London’s leading clubs came knocking on his door.
As a Together resident (and a very popular one at that), Anil has shared the bill with some of the world’s most influential players including Green Velvet, Josh Wink, John Acquaviva, David Guetta and Felix Da Housecat to name a few and every time his sets have stood out equally alongside those of the more experienced global stars. Other regular commitments include gigs in in UK (Manchester, Brighton, Leeds) and abroad (Canada, Poland and Georgia), plus rather excitingly, the prospect of an ongoing international tour with cult label Global Underground.
Catch this amazing live set from Ministry of Sound's Global Underground party for the launch of Felix Da Housecat's GU Milan album in May 2008.
MySpace: Anil Chawla
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Stellar Music 40 : LESLIE JAMES (Singapore)
With his unique style of intepreting what he calls 'progressive sounds', Leslie had stunned clubbers nationwide behind the decks of numerous nightspots in Singapore, such as Attica, eM Studio, Zouk’s Flea & Easy, Fashion Bar and the now defunct Liquid Room and Cocco Latte. He also emerged as a semi-finalist in the much talked about Juice DJ Quest 2007 held at Phuture (Zouk).
His experience in different bar and club settings have led him to explore down-beat electronic music, this alter ego of his is reflected in his productions “The Life of Frankie Wilde” and “Empathy” both of which have since been on rotation on Lush 99.5 FM since early 2007. other productions have also been heard on internet dance radio station danceradio.gr.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Stellar Music 39 : PAKO & FREDERIK (The Netherlands) - Global Underground, Majestic Records, Sitrep
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Stellar Music 38 : HAC LE (Chicago) - Auralism Records, Listed, Play Co Music, Ampprod, Global Trip
The Vietnam-born Le spent the ’90s kicking around LA, absorbing the spacey, mind-warping West Coast sound and putting in a three-year residency at Melrose’s Kontrol Faktory party. After relocating to Chicago, giving up on and subsequently rediscovering DJing, he began producing his own dark, tech-y tracks under the name Kyaro with new ally and future Auralism founder Jason Short. (Le currently has several solo and collaborative projects in the works.)
In 2000, Le co-founded Global Trip, a Mexico-based company that has imported everyone from Lee Burridge to Deep Dish to Dimitri from Paris; he also forms the heart of Play Co. & Friends, a cadre of producers, artists, and DJs who promote Chicago’s underground scene through parties, radio shows, and podcasts.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Stellar Music 37 : CLASH THE DISKO KIDS (Singapore)
Together as Clash The Disko Kids, they have been formidable on the dance floors. Out of nowhere, the trio seemed to have emerged out of the concrete jungle and reinvented the clubbing landscape in Singapore, putting their own sick twists towards house music and just about everything around it!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Stellar Music 36 : ZekK (Singapore)
Check out ZekK's blog and MySpace.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Stellar Music 35 : s007ii aka SUBROUTUNE (Canada)
Stellar Music is BACK - and we promise we're going to cause more mayhem on the podcast airways! Did we mention we're now based in London - so that kinda explains why we're been quiet for the last quarter of 2007. We're all set to kick off 2008 with some new concepts but first up, here's an exclusive mix from one of North America's most groundbreaking progressive DJs we've heard in a while. You may not have heard his name yet but we're pretty sure you will be hearing more about him!
In the last 6 months, DJ s007ii has been causing a massive buzz on some of the world's leading dance music websites, including ProgressiveHouse.com (podcast), DJMix.net and Mixupload.com. He's has been working on the decks ferociously and has already released 7 promotional mixes that defines what progressive dance music is about today - deep, dark, dirty, driving and mesmerizing progressive house.
"A mix should be a bit trippy, a little innovative, sometimes experimental, but ultimately fun to listen. I strive to make each one as entertaining as possible." Tune your speakers up - this one is top notch tech house interlaced with progressive grooves and incredibly spicy electro tracks.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Stellar Music 34 : MINISTRY OF SOUND with DAMIAN SAINT (UK/ Singapore) - Filth
DJ Damian Saint - one of Asia's best known Djs - has been flying the Ministry of Sound flag bearing the infamous crest before he even hit the age of 20. At the young age of 21 , Damian was already made resident DJ in the main arena at MoS Bangkok and opened for world class dj's such as Paul van Dyk & Oakenfold. It did not take long until the buzz spread across Asia and Damian was off on a tour of India for the world famous Bacardi Blast parties where he blew away the crowds of up to 5,000 people in Calcutta, Mumbai, Dehli and Bangalor.
After a year's residency in Bangkok, Damian was invited back to familiar territory, Blackpool as resident DJ alongside Dj Fubar for the grand opening of UK's largest nightclub, The Syndicate playing to over 10,000 clubbers a week.
After two years of planning, Damian finally opened Ministry of Sound Taipei alongside fellow resident DJ Buff Wise to a crowd of over 6,000. Working this time alongside the likes of The Crystal Method, Danny Howells , Sander Klienenberg , Nic Fanciulli his style evolve even further.
DJ Damian Saint is currently resident DJ for the Main Arena for the Ministry of Sound Singapore each and every weekend and he's gaining a great local following running his own night appropriately called FILTH. Damian reads his audience and manages to adjusts to his surroundings., showing his burning passion for what he does and it strikes those of us that stand and watch him play.
There's no else better to represent the sounds of the Ministry.
Visit Damian's myspace here
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Stellar Music 33 : ROMEL (KL, Malaysia) - Stream Recordings, Dark & Dirty
Having started the art of dj'ing at the tender age of 15, DJ Romel has gone on to be voted one of the Top 10 most influential entertainers in Malaysia.
He first started dance music by playing Deep House & Tribal House, and soon on he managed to work his way up to get booked to play underground parties around Kuala Lumpur and even being branded by local magazine “JUICE” as the Finest Underground DJ in Malaysia & Singapore. As his exposure to dance music was fast expanding and soon he got hooked onto the sounds of Techno and changed his style completely towards Techno.
In September 2003 he entered the 1st Heineken Juice DJ Quest, and finished as Runner Up - permanently engraving his name into the industry and becoming a familiar face behind the decks of some of the finest clubs around Malaysia. In addition he was given a chance to host his own weekly radio show on 'Red 104.9' focusing on Techno & House where he had an audience of 2.1 million.
In 2004, he became the youngest person at the age of 17 to have been offered a major residency at one of Malaysia's most renowned super clubs, 'Atmosphere' where he fast build a reputation among local clubbers around Malaysia for his signature 3-turntable sets and having known to juggle an average of 35 - 50 records per hour.
His technical ability behind the decks has seen him support the likes of Christian Smith, Funk D’ Void, John Creamer, Joris Voorn, Benny Bennasi, Kevin Saunderson, Tall Paul, Pako & Fredrik, Trevor Rockliffe, Deetron, Renato Cohen, DJ Misjah, Q-Hey, DJ Mayuri, Shin Nishimura, Technasia, John Askew, Judge Jules, The Warp Brothers, Adam Freeland, Felix Da Housecat, Eddie Halliwell, Simon Coyle, Simon Digby, Veiga, Juri Menucci & Fuzion to name a few.
On Tour Romel has toured, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Indonesia & of course his native country Malaysia - playing for Redzone ‘The Official Ferrari F1 Pit Party' where he played infront of 15,000 adoring fans.
Romel is now busy with his own label ‘’Stream Recordings” featuring productions from artists such as Hertz (Sweden), Christian Smith (Sweden), Kazu Kimura (Japan), Marco Lenzi (UK), Allan Banford (UK), Juri Menucci (Italy), Veiga (Australia), Simon Coyle (Australia).
Visit Romel's myspace here
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Stellar Music 32 : LUCA RICCI (Italy) - Aenaria Recordings, Fatal Music
In addition to producing under his name, Luca has also released works under different project names: Aenaria, Vibe Junction, Eugenie, Vesdino and Against the Grain.
In 2006 Luca Ricci launched his company Aenaria Recordings, aiming to be a stepping stone for young talent and a positive outlet for people that share the same passion for music!
Luca met Jaimy in 2005 when he asked Jaimy to remix his production ‘Sim City’. Later that same year the two planned a studio session together and became good friends. The spirit behind Jaimy's Fatal Music Group and Luca's Aenaria Recordings fit perfectly and therefore they have combined forces.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Stellar Music 31 : JAIMY (Holland) - Fatal Music, Drum Mode, Blackhole Recordings
After meeting his musical partner Kenny D - Jaimy & Kenny D. released most of their stuff with Black Hole Recordings, but also signed tracks and projects to United, Combined Forces and Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto label. Their smash hit “Keep On Touchin' Me”, got picked up and reworked by Erick Morill's Subliminal, and has been signed to Skint Records/Loaded for a UK re-release. They’ve remixed acts as Halo Varga, Lil’ Devious and Way Out West. 2001 saw the birth of Jaimy & Kenny D’s own label, Fatal Tracks, administered and distributed by Black Hole.
Jaimy's style is best described as progressive tribal house, very groovy with a lot of samba and tribal rhythms. His sets are a combination of groovy house with dark, sexy beats, vocals, lots of percussion and old classics that bring a great energy onto the dance floor.
Jaimy organizes his own Label night “Fatal Music presents Drum Mode” every month at different locations in Amsterdam and he holds a residency at the leading gay-event called Joystick Amsterdam.
Besides dj-ing, Jaimy is owner of the Fatal Music Group consisting of several labels like Fatal Music and Drum Mode. Through his labels, Jaimy will release his solo materials, projects with other artists and producers and Fatal Music will represent him as a DJ and Drum Mode will be another outlet for Jaimy’s solo productions. Already as from the beginning of both labels, they’re getting massive support by industry hero’s as Danny Tenaglia, DJ Vibe, Victor Calderone and Superchumbo, Chus & Ceballos, Tedd Patterson and Luca Ricci.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Stellar Music 30 : SAEED YOUNAN (USA) - Younan Music, Sondos, Addictive, Yoshitoshi
As a top international DJ and producer, Saeed Younan has developed into a true artist of the global dance scene. Carving a sound all his own, Younan seamlessly blends house, techno, tribal, and percussive grooves with building momentum, making him a favorite among club goers as well as promoters.
Younans nomination for Best Breakthrough DJ at the annual DanceStar Awards is a testimony to his worldwide appeal. This milestone provided an opportunity to push his sound even further, and while doing so, hes captivating audiences worldwide.
A native of Washington DC (from a middle-eastern descent), Younan grew up listening to a variety of ethnic music. As a result, his musical sound resonates with percussive beats and tribal rhythms. Saeed Younan has headlined at prominent clubs across the globe in places such as Space and Cream (Ibiza, Miami), Pacha (Argentina, Israel, and Spain), Cave, Acabus (Dominican Republic), +Soda, and Venue (Greece), Vinyl, and Avalon (New York), Womb, (Tokyo), Sona (Montreal), and Boa (Toronto).
To date Younan has released 3 mix compilations: Tide Edit, Addictive Beats, And Remixed. These compilations showcase not only Saeeds tribal sound, but also his Tech-funk, and Electro-prog driven sound.
Younan is currently entering the busiest period of his life. Not only is he DJing at a different international destination on a nightly basis, but he has also stepped up the production work. He recently released several singles, Rock The Rhythm, on Sondos Recordings; Saeeds remixes of Club 69s Warm Leatherette and Suzanne Palmer's Sound Of The Drums on Star 69; and BPT's Moody on Tweekd Records
So, keep your ears and eyes open for Saeed Younan as he continues to push the boundaries of dance music. This is Saeed's mix - enjoy!
Check out SaeedYounan.com and Saeed's MySpace
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Stellar Music 29 : EJ (Singapore) - Supperclub, The Balcony Bar, Boutique @ Pure, FoundationKL
A rapidly rising talent surging out of Singapore into the global arena, EJ is one of the youngest self-taught DJ to hold a weekly residency at the morrocan-inspired Balcony Bar and making various appearances at Q Bar Singapore, Coccolatte, PURE@Ministry of Sound, Amino, Aurum by The Clinic, and notably, Kandi Bar by Hed Kandi, pushing the myriad kaleidoskopes of House and the simplicity of minimal. She have also graced the decks of Ministry of Sound Main Arena and Hacienda for corporate events.
Truth is, she is not Magda and she does NOT make the tea. But she can make you cry with her deep and soulful electro styling, all while maintaining her diversity without compromising on her signature attitude and flawless technique.
When not on her toes as an event programmer and a marcom exec, she breathes by the dj consoles, meddling with the sound of house, deep house, tribal house, tech house, minimal, progressive, techno, and almost everything in between. The future sees her as being intimately involved in her very own music and video productions.
Check out EJ's MySpace
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Stellar Music 28 : PAKO & FREDERIK (The Netherlands) - Sitrep, Global Underground, Majestic Music
World renowned flying Dutchmen Pako (Sekander Raisani) & Frederik (Frederik Borgesius) have been part of the international dance scene for over 15 years now, gaining worldwide recognition for their productions, dj’ing and live sets.
Pako and Frederik joined forces in their early days to produce numerous club-hits such as: ‘The Magic Shop’ and ‘Seaside Atmosphere’. Since 1996, Pako & Frederik's early releases on their own label Majestic Music led to immediate worldwide recognition, leading to numerous requests for their remix work on labels such as Nervous, DMC, Acetate, Dorigen and more.
They were also working with the GU brand closely and had released several singles for the label, such as ‘Beatus Possessor’, ‘Western Approaches’ and ’45 Minutes’. The duo was first featured on Global Underground in 1999, when John Digweed included their track ‘Blue Steel’ on his GU Hong Kong album, and then followed by a couple of signings on his prestigious Bedrock label. Their tracks have featured on compilations mixed by: Sasha & Digweed, Carl Cox, Anthony Pappa, Jerry Bonham, Derrick Carter, Remy and Slam and the duo finally released their own mixed compilation in 2002.
For this reason, they were chosen to launch Global Underground’s music imprint GU Music, which is Global Underground’s artists based label for singles and albums. Their first album was entitled ‘Atlantic Breakers’.
Since 1995 Pako & Frederik have performed live at international festivals like I Love Techno, Dancevalley (mainstage in 2004) and at numerous clubs worldwide such as Amnesia in Ibiza, Bedrock in London and Zouk in Singapore. More recently they have played live sets in Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and the Dominican Republic.
In 2006 they started a new label called Sitrep. The first two releases are by the boys themselves, using their family names: Raisani & Borgesius. At the moment Pako & Frederik are busy working on their second album for Global Underground, and on several twelve inches and remixes for various labels.
Check out www.myspace.com/pakofrederik