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Ben Sterling
Ben Sterling is a British DJ and electronic music producer from London. He has been described as "a leader of the UK’s new school" by ''Mixmag''. Career In 2019, Sterling made his debut on the label Hot Creations with the release of his EP, ''The Energy,'' marking a significant milestone in his career. The EP features features three tracks blending acid and tech house elements. Sterling's connection with the label stemmed from his previous release, ''Anonymous'' EP, on Josh Butler's label, which attracted attention from Jamie Jones. Sterling, who gained early recognition through his residency at London's Ministry of Sound, has been influenced by disco, modern electro, as well as Chicago house and Detroit techno. In September 2022, Sterling made his debut on the label Solid Grooves with the EP ''Uno Dos Tres''. He has also worked on labels such as Hot Creations, Diynamic, Crosstown Rebels, OBLONG, and Hottrax. Sterling also owns his own brands, Planet X and X-Files, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diynamic
Diynamic is an underground electronic music label based in Hamburg, Germany. The DJ, producer and three time DJ Awards winner for Best Producer and Best Deep House DJ, Mladen Solomun Mladen Solomun (born December 27, 1975), better known under his stage name Solomun, is a Bosnian-German DJ, producer and remixer. He is a four-time DJ Awards winner for Best Producer, Best DJ and Best Melodic House DJ. Musical career After Sol ... is one of the founders along with Adriano Trolio. History Before Adriano Trolio and Mladen Solomun founded Diynamic Music on November 4, 2006, Adriano worked as a promoter. He was one of the first guys who introduce the electro-house to Hamburg around 2002. At that time Solomun and Trolio throw monthly parties in which Solomun met Stimming and H.O.S.H with the same idea, to create their own label. The ''DIY'' name came up to make a reference to DIgital music. They are called Diynamic Music instead of Diynamic Records because there is not specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomun (musician)
Mladen Solomun (born December 27, 1975), better known under his stage name Solomun, is a Bosnian-German DJ, producer and remixer. He is a four-time DJ Awards winner for Best Producer, Best DJ and Best Melodic House DJ. Musical career After Solomun was born in Travnik, Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina), he moved to Hamburg with his family, where he grew up. As a young boy, he worked for his father in construction. He later founded a small film production company with friends. He worked in film for about five years before pursuing a career in music. His cousin, who frequented nightclubs, brought him tapes whenever he came to town. These tapes showed Solomun that there is more to music than just commercial radio. From then on, he started purchasing vinyl records, and eventually playing at ''House of Youth'' at the age of 16 for other teenagers. Solomun started producing music at the age of 23. For about one year before he began producing on his own, he learned from a good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Layo & Bushwacka!
Layo & Bushwacka! is the pseudonym of British Disc jockey, DJ duo Layo Paskin and Matthew Benjamin, who released four tech house albums between 1998 and 2012. Layo Paskin Paskin, from London, began his DJ career at the age of sixteen while working at Camden Market. Not long after, he began DJing at Acid house party, warehouse parties with Mr. C. In the course of his work, Paskin's father discovered the building that would become The End (club), The End, a 19th-century stable for mail horses. Along with Mr. C, Paskin was the co-owner of The End nightclub in London. Labelled variously as tech house, house music, house or breakbeat, the pair usually record and DJ together. Paskin's father is an architect and designed the club. Paskin, along with his sister Zoë Paskin, is now a restaurateur with several hospitality businesses in central London. The pair's first site, The Palomar, opened in 2014, serving Jerusalem-inspired cuisine. The restaurant was voted Observer Food Monthly, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Francis
Terry Francis (born 28 July 1966) is a British tech house DJ and producer.Bush, JohnTerry Francis Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-23 Francis won ''Muzik'' Magazine's "Best New DJ" award in 1997.Comer, M. Tye (1999)Mixed Signals, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'', February 1999, p. 47, retrieved 2011-06-23 In October 1999, at the club's inception, he started a residency at London's Fabric, which has continued ever since. He has worked as a producer under his own name and as Housey Doingz (with Nathan Coles). He has released several mix albums, including two volumes of ''Architecture'' and the second volume of the Fabric mix series, '' Fabric 02''. Discography *''Gasworks'' (2015), Default Position *''Architecture'' (1998), ARK 21 *''Architecture Vol 2'' (1998), Pagan America *''Freezeinwithm'' (2000), Ches-nut-cat *''DJ Magazine Presents UCMG UK Selected Cuts'' (2001), ''DJ Magazine ''DJ Magazine'' (also known as ''DJ Mag'') is a British monthly magazine dedicated to electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnesia (nightclub)
Amnesia is a nightclub on the Spanish island of Ibiza. It opened in 1976 and won the title of Best Global Club in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 at the IDMA, IDMA Awards in Miami. The club is located close to the village of San Rafael, Ibiza, San Rafael on the highway between Sant Antoni de Portmany (municipality), Sant Antoni de Portmany and Ibiza Town. History The (country house) that would become the Amnesia nightclub was sold in April 1970 by the Planells family, who had inhabited the house for five generations, to a widow from an aristocratic background. In May 1976, the widow signed a five-year lease on the house to Antonio Escohotado, a Madrid-born philosopher who had arrived on the island five years earlier to start a new life. Ibiza, which had become a destination for tourism in the 1950s, was in the 1970s a hive of counterculture and idealists. Escohotado sought to turn the old farmhouse into a place for hippie bands and culture. He launched a discotheque named ("The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC10 (nightclub)
DC10 is a nightclub located in Ibiza on the Carretera of Salinas. It started during the 90s as a music bar and began with a license for just 80 people, opened by two Spanish brothers, Deogracias lara Moreno and Antonio Lara Moreno. In 1999, Italian promoters Antonio Carbonaro and Andrea Pelino joined in force, becoming partner at DC10, and creating the Circoloco brand, which would soon become the Monday event during each Ibiza season. In 2020, the nightclub was voted 19th on the "Top 100 Clubs" list by the readers of DJ Magazine. History and description DC10 venue Over the years, the venue, which had started with the licence for a music bar, grew to an event hall with a capacity of 1,500 people. The nightclub is divided into three rooms, La Terrace, The Main Room and The Open Air Garden, each of which is dedicated to a different genre of music. DC10 is open two to three nights a week. Circoloco event The ''Circoloco'' event at DC-10 initially began as a free after-par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warehouse Project
The Warehouse Project is a series of club nights organised in Greater Manchester, England, since 2006. Unlike most other clubs, it has a limited seasonal approach rather than running all year. Each year's season runs from September through to New Year's Day, plus occasional one off dates such as Bank Holiday weekends. This period corresponds with the busiest time of the year and the student calendar. History The Warehouse Project was initially started as a joint venture by Sacha Lord and Sam Kandel, who both had previous involvement with the Sankeys nightclub in Manchester. It began operations in the disused Boddingtons Brewery in Strangeways, and then moved into a space under Manchester Piccadilly station, on Store Street, which previously served as an air raid shelter. On 14 July 2011, The Warehouse Project announced that the 2011 season would be the last ever WHP event at Store Street. This was followed by a later announcement on 22 March 2012 that the 2012 season wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Daisy Carnival
Electric Daisy Carnival, commonly known as EDC, is an electronic dance music festival organized by promoter and distributor Insomniac. The annual flagship event, EDC Las Vegas, is held in May at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and is the largest electronic dance music festival in North America as of 2024. The event features electronic dance producers and DJs, and incorporates a variety of electronic music, including house, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep. In addition to the music, event goers experience three-dimensional superstructures, colorful glow-in-the-dark environments, and LED-lit flora and fauna. There are also interactive art installations throughout EDC, free-roaming carnival performers, and carnival rides. Since its inception, other EDC events have been held in other states and abroad, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, the UK, Brazil, Japan and India. Currently, EDC is held annually in Orlando, China, and Mexico, along with the main Las Vegas event. In 2009, EDC bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Awards
DJ Awards is a celebration of electronic music, and aims to recognise and honour Disc jockey, DJs and individuals who have influenced electronic dance music worldwide. Held annually in Ibiza at the end of the summer season, DJ Awards has retained the same ethos since its conception. The fundamental philosophy is not that of a competition, as we are dealing with an art form whose merits are purely subjective, and therefore who can say what is the best. Rather DJ Awards seeks to shine a light on key talents in the industry. DJ Awards was formed in 1998 by José Pascual and Lenny Ibizarre. The ceremony is held once a year at a well known venue in Ibiza. Since 2018 the event has been held at Heart Ibiza. Previous editions were held at the Pacha club in Ibiza, Spain. The awards ceremony takes place towards the end of the Ibiza season. The awards are known internationally in the electronic dance music community as Academy Awards, the Oscars of the DJ industry. The event attracts a broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Music Week
Miami Music Week (MMW) is a weeklong marathon of electronic dance music that takes place in Miami, Florida during the last week of March. The event is attended by hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. In 2015, over 1,000 artists performed at over 260 events hosted at a myriad of venues across Miami. Venues include nightclubs, pools, boats, and pop-up spaces/venues in areas such as Wynwood, Downtown Miami, Miami Beach, and Little Haiti. Miami Music Week also leads up to the Ultra Music Festival, which is attended by 165,000 people over three days. History Miami Music Week began in 2011, taking place from 24–27 March, ending at the same time Ultra Music Festival had concluded its thirteenth edition. Since then, Miami Music Week has continued to grow every year, eventually becoming one of the world's largest congregations of dance music lovers. On March 21, 2018, Miami Music Week bought out the Winter Music Conference and the International Dance Music Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
