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Peace Division
Peace Division is the production name for the tribal house duo Clive Henry and Justin Drake. Together, they have proven to be one of the most prolific UK tribal house producers starting with their first record in 1994. The duo have released EPs, remixes, and singles on Kickin Records, Eukahouse, Hooj Choons, Prolekult, Low Pressings, Junior, and NRK Sound Division among others. Peace Division have also produced remixes for a wide variety of music artists including Moby, Superchumbo and Yothu Yindi. Peace Division got its name from a UN peace keeping force. Justin Drake is the engineer of the duo and Clive Henry gained experience as a member of the Flying Records crew DJing at the Gosh and The Bone parties in London. Clive Henry started the Low Pressings label with X-Press 2 X-Press 2 are an English electronic dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel (Darren House) and DJ Rocky (Darren Rock). Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009. They were DJ Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickin Records
Kickin Records is an independent record label founded by Peter Harris (who died in 2008) in 1988.Ben CardeKickin Records founder and independent champion Peter Harris has died.January 9, 2008 Music Week The record label released music by artists including The Scientist, Shut Up and Dance, Blak Prophetz, Messiah, Grant Nelson, DJ Hype, Phil Asher, Matthew Bushwhack B, Dominic B of the Stanton Warriors and Rennie Pilgrem. The recording company eventually added the Slip 'n' Slide, Pandemonium Records, Hardleaders, Stoned AsiaShunjKickin Records founder diesInternational News 21st Jan, 2008 In The Mix and Slip 'n' Slide Blue labels, "and also had a publishing arm in the form of Haripa Music Publishing in 1990." Meat Machine Meat Machine were a rock band active during the first half of the 1990s.additional information from Tony Byrne's Single Minded Promotions & John Bourke's N.E.W.S PR AGENCY Press Releases for Kickin Records History Meat Machine was founded in ... and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooj Choons
Hooj Choons is a house record label formed by Alex Simons and Red Jerry (real name Jeremy Dickens) in 1990. The first release was "Carnival de Casa" by Rio Rhythm Band, however, it was not until 1992's release of Felix's "Don't You Want Me", which Red Jerry and Faithless founder-member Rollo co-produced, that Hooj Choons had their first crossover hit. Over the next ten years, Hooj Choons had several notable releases including productions from artists such as Diss-Cuss, Tilt, Oliver Lieb and JX. The label built up a roster of popular club hits and smaller underground classics over 20 years. Dissolution In 2003, Hooj announced its dissolution as a record label. Hooj Choons was dissolved having released 136 singles plus a dozen or so album-length compilations. It is survived by its sub-label Lost Language, which has subsequently released the album ''Oid'' by Space Manoeuvres. In early October 2006, Hooj Choons announced that the label would be coming back under managem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prolekult
Proletkult ( rus, Пролетку́льт, p=prəlʲɪtˈkulʲt), a portmanteau of the Russian words "proletarskaya kultura" ( proletarian culture), was an experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revolution of 1917. This organization, a federation of local cultural societies and avant-garde artists, was most prominent in the visual, literary, and dramatic fields. Proletkult aspired to radically modify existing artistic forms by creating a new, revolutionary working-class aesthetic, which drew its inspiration from the construction of modern industrial society in backward, agrarian Russia. Although funded by the People's Commissariat for Education of Soviet Russia, the Proletkult organization sought autonomy from state control, a demand which brought it into conflict with the Communist Party hierarchy and the Soviet state bureaucracy. Some top party leaders, such as Lenin, sought to concentrate state funding and retain it from such artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Press 2
X-Press 2 are an English electronic dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel (Darren House) and DJ Rocky (Darren Rock). Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009. They were DJ Award winners in 2002 and Ivor Novello winners in 2003. History Explaining the band's name, Darren Rock (aka 'DJ Rocky') explained that acid house legend Terry Farley of Fire Island came up with it. Rocky said, "We were originally going to call ourselves Rock 2 House, but arleywasn't really into that. So he renamed us X-Press 2. He basically liked the S'Express so kind of adapted that." X-Press 2 first rose to underground prominence through the tracks "Muzik Express" and "London Xpress" which were both released on Junior Boys Own Records. X-Press 2 also gained plaudits on the club scene for regularly playing in clubs with their multi-decked (up to six decks with three DJs) sets. Their debut US single, "The Sound" peaked at number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1996. 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
