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Renaissance (label)
Renaissance Music (formerly called Renaissance Recordings) is a British record label and live events promotion company, founded by the club Renaissance (club), Renaissance in 1994. It went into administration in September 2010 and the back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. In July 2011, after a year of inactivity, it was announced that Renaissance had been reborn, with founder and original owner Geoff Oakes guiding the brand. After a large period of activity, they ceased operations once again on 23 September 2014. In July 2017, they released a new digital remix of Age of Love's song "The Age of Love (Age of Love song), The Age of Love" by Solomun (DJ), Solomun that went to world No. 1 on the electronic music charts. In 2018, media and finance entrepreneur Scott Rudmann acquired a majority stake in the label and began working in partnership with Oakes. Renaissance label released a series of remixes of iconic dance music singles in collaboration with some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground Clubbing (subculture), club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat. By early 1988, house became mainstream and supplanted the typical 80s music beat. House was created and pioneered by DJs and producers in Chicago such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Jesse Saunders, Chip E., Joe Smooth, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, and others. House music initially expanded to New York City, then internationally to cities such as London, and ultimately became a worldwide phenomenon. House has a large influence on pop music, especially dance music. It was incorporated into works by major international artists including Whitney Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EmFire
emFire is a sublabel of Renaissance Recordings which is run by Sasha as an exclusive outlet for his original material. History In August 2007, Sasha announced the formation of his record label, Emfire, which will be the exclusive outlet for his new material in both vinyl and digital formats. Its first release is "COMA", a collaborative track by a group of the same name which features Sasha, Barry Jamieson, Charlie May, and Duncan Forbes. In 2008 the label released a collection of remixes of the tracks "Coma," "Park it in Shade," "Who Killed Sparky?" and "Mongoose." The second disc contains edits of the mentioned songs, as well as all the score from the surf film "New Emissions of Light & Sound" mixed into one song, all tracks where originally produced and mixed by Sasha. Catalog ''All release by Alexander Coe.'' *EmFire 001DIG Coma *EmFire 002DIG Park It in the Shade *EmFire 003DIG Who Killed Sparky? *EmFire 004DIG Mongoose *EFBOOT001 Coma (Remixes) *EmFire 005DIG The EmFi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faithless
Faithless are an English dance music Band (rock and pop), band that formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo Armstrong, Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band's initial period of success, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz contributed to studio recordings and toured frequently under the Faithless name, while Rollo served as a studio-only member, and has never performed live with the band. Their first album, ''Reverence (Faithless album), Reverence'', was released in 1996 and their most recent, ''All Blessed'', in 2020. They have sold millions of physical records, and their catalogue was uploaded to streaming sites in 2018. They average almost 3 million listeners a month on Spotify. Faithless' records have charted at No. 1 in numerous countries and they were voted the 4th greatest dance band of all time by ''Mixmag''. Their lyrical style has been seen as political sociology, sociopolitical. Their 2021 album ''All Blessed'' featured photo-journalist Yannis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transitions (mix Album)
''Transitions'' is a DJ mix compilation album by John Digweed released on Renaissance Records in 2006. Track listing #Partial Arts - "Cruising" (6:13) # Every - "Feelin'" (5:26) # Popnoname - On The Run (5:52) #Margot Meets The Melody Maker - "Torch (Extrawelt Remix)" (4:45) # Tigerskin - Neontrance (5:23) #Catwash - "Plastic Rubberband" (5:18) #David K - "Beautiful Dead" (4:00) #Diringer - "Flake Escape" (4:05) #Rocco* - "Roots 4 Acid" (5:46) #Trick & Kubic - "Easy (John Digweed Edit)" (3:56) #On Spec - "Knights Of Columbos (Original Mix)" (4:55) #John Digweed - "Warung Beach (Lützenkirchen Remix)" (5:17) #Michel De Hey - "Jetchi (John Digweed Edit)" (4:02) #Dana Bergquist - "McEnroe" (4:17) #Paul Kalkbrenner Paul Kalkbrenner () (born 11 June 1977) is a German musician and producer of electronic music. Because he breaks down his tracks into elements that are reassembled onstage, Kalkbrenner is considered a live act, as opposed to a DJ. He is most k ... - "Gebr� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Tomiie
is a Japanese DJ and record producer. Biography A lifelong student of jazz and classical piano, Satoshi had an influential impact from his very first record. His debut single ‘Tears’, which he co-produced in 1989 with Chicago's ‘Godfather of House’ Frankie Knuckles, was an instant club hit. In the early 1990s, he toured and played keyboard for Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (of Yellow Magic Orchestra fame). His reputation for crafting meticulous club rhythms led to him remixing some of pop's biggest names including U2, Mariah Carey, Photek, Simply Red and David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa .... At the turn of the millennium, Satoshi introduced a new club sound via 2000's ‘Full Lick’ album. The long-player featured dark twisted electronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behrouz
Behrouz, Behrooz, Behrus or bihuroz () is a Persian given name, loosely meaning ''prosperous''. It means "Success" and when translated word by word, it means " he man who hasgood lifetime" (''beh'': good, ''rooz'': day (and it refers to ''roozegar'': lifetime)). In old Maldivian calendar ''Bihuroz'' was the New Year Day, which was the seventh day of ''Assidha''. The name indicates someone that has good days in life, or simply, is happy or prosperous. People with the name Behrouz The following people have the given name Behrouz: *Behrouz Afagh, Iranian journalist *Behrooz Astaneh, Iranian Doctor, and medical journal editor *Behrouz Boochani, Kurdish journalist and author *Behrouz Gharibpour, Iranian theater director *Behrouz Nikbin, Iranian scientist *Behrouz Rahbarifar, Iranian football player *Behrouz Soltani, Iranian football player *Behrouz Javid Tehrani, Iranian student and dissident, currently in prison *Behrouz Vossoughi, Iranian actor *Behrouz lehri Behrouz, Behrooz, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mix Collection
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha & Digweed
Sasha & John Digweed are a British DJ duo comprising Sasha and John Digweed. Digweed had been DJing for ten years before getting a gig at Renaissance where he met Sasha, who had been working the past few years in various acid house music clubs and raves. Together, they honed their DJ skills, focusing on track selection and technical mixing abilities. In 1994, they released the triple CD mix album '' Renaissance: The Mix Collection'' on Renaissance Records. It contained many popular dance hits of the time from artists such as Leftfield, Fluke, and 2 Bad Mice as well as original productions and remixes from themselves. Two years later, the duo became "true superstars" (AllMusic) with the release of their double CD ''Northern Exposure'' on mega-label Ministry of Sound. This release was brought to the United States the next year in a single CD package on Ultra Records. 1997 saw the release of the ''Northern Exposure 2'' double CD mix album, again on Ministry of Sound. Sasha an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil K
Phillip Krokidis (6 May 1969 – 1 November 2020), known professionally as Phil K, was an Australian electronic music DJ and record producer from Melbourne. He was a member of the "Aussie breaks" music scene which also includes other Melbourne DJs such as Nubreed and Andy Page. In addition to DJing, Phil K also produced alongside Habersham and Dave Preston in The Operators and was also a member of Hi-Fi Bugs and Lostep. He was known primarily for his DJing of breakbeat music, but often weaved in other genres such as ambient, deep house, and techno and did not pigeonhole himself with a particular genre. Biography Phil K started DJing in 1985, performing at his school's disco. He soon started working for a disco hire company setting up sound systems at venues. In the 1990s, Phil K worked for DMC, a seller of DJ gear and records. In 1996, Phil K released his first record, "Summer Breeze", as the Free Radicals with Andy Page and Ivan Gough. He co-founded a new label, Zero Toleran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernán Cattáneo
Hernán Cattáneo (; born 4 March 1965) is an Argentine house DJ. He produces electronic music, mostly progressive house. Musical career Cattáneo began his professional career playing in the early 1990s for FM Z95, a local radio station largely responsible for the diffusion of electronic dance music in Argentina. In 1996, he won the residency at Clubland Pacha in Buenos Aires. Sometime during his residency, DJ Paul Oakenfold came to perform at Pacha while on tour. Paul was so impressed with his craft, that he asked Hernan to open for him on his tours globally. This exposed him to an international crowd that he otherwise may not have reached outside of Argentina. Shortly thereafter, he signed to Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records, which later led him to become a Cream resident in Liverpool, England and Ibiza, Spain. He has played at Creamfields, Exit and Refresh Festival. As a DJ he rose to No. 22 and then to No. 6 on the DJ Mag poll of the Top 100 DJs. In May 2007, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Kleinenberg
Sander Kleinenberg (; born 29 December 1971) is a Dutch disc jockey, VDJ, and record producer. He founded and runs Little Mountain Recordings and THIS IS Recordings. Kleinenberg is well known for his use of digital video in concerts, his "Everybody" and This Is brands of club nights and albums and his 2000 single "My Lexicon" as well as hits like "The Fruit" and "This Is Miami". Music career Sander Kleinenberg began DJing at a local bar in 1987 at the age of 15, playing a variety of music including rock and dance music. After sending demos to many European record labels, Kleinenberg released his first single "Bombay" in 1993 on Belgian record label Wonka Beats under the artist name ''Free Frogs'', a collaboration with several friends. The next year, he released a single on German record label Superstition. In 1996, Kleinenberg released "YDW (You Do Me Wrong)" under the moniker ''S 'N' S'' on the Dutch record label Deal Records and licensed by Strictly Rhythm. His early influence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Howells
Danny Howells (born 24 November 1970) is an English producer and DJ. His music is often described as progressive house, though he prefers to associate more with tech house and is sometimes described simply as "deepsexyfuturistictechfunkouse". At performances, he is well known to interact personally with the audience. Howells has mixed several albums for Global Underground in addition to his ''Nocturnal Frequencies'' series. Howells is also a member of the duo Science Department with Dick Trevor, which has produced the singles "Breathe" and "Persuasion"/"Repercussion" as well as remixes for artists such as BT. From 2008 he has run his own record label, Dig Deeper - named after his long running club night. Biography Danny Howells was born in the South East England town of Hastings in 1970. Howells's first event DJing came in the late 1980s and he began to perform at local clubs. In 1991, Bedrock founder John Digweed heard one of Howells's mix tapes and invited Howells to j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
