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PODCAST: LovePulse

admin | September 21, 2011 - 2:57 pm

Feel the rhythm, feel the beat, feel the pulse of the music! Promoting LoveChild’s move from Fire to the new gay super club Pulse I have created a special podcast of 18 pumping tracks covering most of the genres i am currently playing. This 1.5 hours of pure uplifting and chunked up club house that hits you in your funky bone…

Right from the start you will find your butt grooving with the tough, yet funky  Let’s Get This Thing Started by the Pizza Brothers hailing a new direction and a new home for the club that won Best Monthly Club in 2010 at the www.seenqueen.com club poll. The tracks that follow maintain the pace and feel pumping your groove thing until  we hit some fantastic vocal fuelled track including my current favourite The Edge Of The Earth by Richard Dinsdale. This Producer/remixer has easily become one to watch with a funky and uplifting sound that is spearheading it’s way into the clubs. With Sykes & Sugarstarr cover of the Rolling Stones No Satisfaction hitting your ear drums, you will start to move like Jagger before entering the more old skool and edgier feel with the fantastic remake of My House. Now what would one of my podcasts be without a disco dip into the funky pool and there are a few tracks that do just that ooozing Hed Kandy style including Alex Kenji’s soon to be massive Emotion and another Richard Dinsdale track DJ You Got My Love. The mix goes a little techy with the hypnotic and sexy Knick Knack before going back to where we started with some electro tipped and the very funny tunes ending with Loca People by Sak Noelwho sums everything up by singing “What the f*ck!? All day, all night ,All day, all night ,Viva la fiesta, viva la noche ,Viva los DJ’s, I couldn’t believe what I was living….” Feel the pulse of LoveChild!

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TRACKLIST:

1. Let’s Get This Thing Started (Alex Kenji Rmx) / Pizza Brothers 2. La Sucia Pimp / Matiksoul 3. Wap Bam (Original) / Belocca, Soneec, Lauer, Canard 4. Born / Crazibiza 5. King Of My Castle / Bastian van Shield 6. Edge Of The Earth / Richard Dinsdale 7. No Satisfaction feat. Cosmo Klein (Main Mix] / Syke N Sugarstarr 8. Let’sRock / Peter Brown 9. My House (Booty Mix) / Marcel, Stefano Pain 10. Emotions / Alex Kenji, David Jones ft Aqua Diva 11. Ride The Rhythm (Phunk Investigation Phuture Disco Mix) / Joey Negro 12. DJ You Got My Love / Richard Dinsdale 13. Where Do You Go (Alex Kenji Remix) / Francesco Diaz feat. Michael Feiner 14. Shake It (Jean Philips Mat Holtmann Mix) / Ben Delay, Till West 15. Don’t Cry (Bass Kleph Rmx) / Kid Massive & Mark Le Sal 16. Knick Knack / Jon Rundell 17. We Gonna Play / Mattias & G80′S feat. Master Freez and Monica Harem 18. Loca People (Alvaro Rmx) / Sak Noel


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CLUBBING: Lo Profile A Retrospective

admin | January 12, 2011 - 11:38 am

Lo Profile continued to impress throughout the year 2010. While experiencing a somewhat ‘slow’ summer, a main room makeover adding laser, lights and creating a more spacious dance floor saw the venue immeditelty transformed. Lo Profile became hot all over again!

In Soho there really is only one clubbing destination, and most of the gaylist boys and girls know where that is. Usually closed for most of the week, it is the weekends where Lo Profile comes onto it’s own.

It is hard to say which is the better, the Fridya or the Saturday as each has it’s own charm. Perhaps Friday is the more social of the nights and Saturday is the clubbier. The crowd at times reflects this, although the Vauxhall promotions certainly make Lo Profile a fantastic pre-club experience before A:M Afterhours or Beyond.

2010 had many memorable moments for me at LoProfile. Perhaps the best was the 3rd Birthday where by 4am we literally had to push them out the doors to send them home. Toca’s Miracle proved to be one of the biggest tunes dropped that night, and despite its classic status, it just goes t show a good tune is a good tune no matter how old.

LoProfile was my nuFunk House testing ground. It was here a lot of the disco remixes and new styled funky house got it’s first airing. Some they took to straight away and others they grew to love. Another popular sound is the Latino edged ones. You could not fail with a good cha cha cha beat and percussive rhythms. Being the clubbing arm of Gaydar  one could expect LoProfile to be forum for commercial housel, but in truth the crowd often went for more an eclectic mix of tracks. Kelis ‘Acapella’ would just as welcomingly be recieved as something more dirty and underground. This gave the DJ a lot of scope to play with and as long as they did not go off the rails, it was usually well recieved. This made LoProfile, along with the freindly staff and amiable management, a fun gig and one of my favourite places to spin.

Of course the most significant differnece came when they installed nealry £25 000 worth of lights and laser and enlarged the dance floor. This impacted upon the music, the atmopshere and the club in the most positive way paving the way for LoProfile to become a true clubbing expereince in it’s own right.

If you like your men well groomerd, nice looking, muscular, gym built and a times with a bit of edge then LoProfile is for you. Although the crowd is  generally mixed, being ‘hot’ helps.

LoProfile is open from 10pm-4am Friday & Saturdays and boast some of the scene s finest DJs including Steve Pitron, Paul Heron, Mikey D, Alessandro, Jamie Head, D’Johnny to name but a few…

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Industri Moves To Barcode Soho

admin | December 10, 2010 - 12:26 am

INDUSTRI IS MOVING. Starting nearly three years ago…Minty, Paul Heron and Myself teamed up with Barcode Vauxhall and created an amazing night. Sure it had it’s up and downs, but the three of us just worked together so well…and the flyers we created, I was told, became collector editions…though depending on how you interpret that, it could sound a little stalker-ish. LOL In any case, Industri is starting a new era and moving to BCV sister club Barcode Soho. Being in Soho, it will help rejuvenate Industri and giving us a more central, glamorous and social environment which of course is so Industri! Below the the press release….

Industri BCS 15.12.2010

Industri BCS 15.12.2010

PRESS RELEASE: After nearly three years of social soireeing on a Thursday night in Vauxhall the glamorous social soiree Industri is packing its bags and crossing the river to bring style, gossip, funky grooves and one of London’s most iconic hosts, Minty, to Barcode Soho. With her will be Industri’s own two Westend Boys DJs Brent Nicholls and Paul Heron who will be playing a special back to back set .

Industri is a social soiree where you can meet up with friends, have a drink, groove to two of London’s best loved DJs playing an eclectic mix of house tunes, catch up on gossip and just hang out and be fabulous with the host Minty who will make you feel more than welcomed. While Vauxhall was a great venue for Industri, the crew thought it was time for a change, to spread the love and bring some of that special Industri atmosphere into the Westend. Being in Soho you can expect to see more of the scene-stars mixing it up with off duty gogos, local characters, drinkers, clubbers, DJs who are enjoying a night off, hunks, hunkettes and all that makes Soho a vibrant and colourful place. Everybody is welcomes to the melting pot that is Industri which has contributed greatly to the reputation that is a place where anything can happen, and it usually does.

Come and join us for the Barcode Soho Industri relaunch form 9.30pm @ Barcode Soho Archer St W1, Soho.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

Below is a collection of Industri Flyers…some official, others home made…chronicling our time at Barcode Vauxhall….



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Video: Lo Profile 12.11.2010

admin | November 17, 2010 - 12:50 am

Rapidly becoming THE club to be at in Soho, Lo Profile has taken another step up the clubbing ladder with a renovation to dance floor and an installation of £25 000 worth of lights and lasers. The effect? Well see the video.

Lo Profile 3rd Birthday Fri 19.11.2010

Lo Profile 3rd Birthday Fri 19.11.2010

The new lighting has made a major impact on the club…every tune dropped be it a funky house disco dipped number or a sexy underground and dirty tribal groove, the lighting would match the mood enhancing the dance floor experience. Friday 12.11.2010 certainly felt like Lo Profile was more than just a bar with a dance floor, but a real club, such is the impact of the new lighting. And the crowd, well sexy boys, glammed up girls and other members of the gay tribes who turned up for a quick dance and a drink or for a warm up to a weekend that would most likely end Sunday afternoon.

All this in time for their third birthday, and what a way to celebrate with a spectacular light show over the main floor. So the question is…where did you learn to funk like that, boy?


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Review: The Week

admin | October 9, 2010 - 12:14 pm

The questions is should I really be reviewing the clubs I work at…and the answer, why not…who else better than someone on the inside!

The Week

The Week

THE WEEK, direct from Brazil, saw FIRE return to form with a packed and up for it crowd out for one thing…fun! It was a rather mixed crowd in terms of quality…from Hot Brazilian studs to the dosed up Vauxhall trash…but it all seemed to merge perfectly into a crowd all out for a good time. Steve Pitron & Mikey D mixed a turbo charged sounding but very appropriate mix for the main room which looked absolutely stunning with pieces of art hanging from the ceiling, lasers , fantastic led wall (very Oliver M aka when he was in control of Matinee)…yes, the new main room at Fire was looking stunning!

The gogos were very good too, especially Mr White Shorts (see video), Edson Costa (who is usually behind the camera and not in front of it) and Rikardo Machio (search him on FaceBook). There was another one who was a little too girly and posy for my taste…at least these were men gogos being men and not dressed in ridiculous high heels and girly costumes which seem to infiltrate the London scene as response to the Spanish invasion of clubs. Bring back the hunks!

My room, the Latin Lounge as I called it, rocked longer than expected to a mix of percussive, progressive and tribal house…in the very NO AMERICAN way….but the call of Beyond sonn empties most of Fire by 5.30ish in the morning. Djing from 3.00 meant I missed the Brazilian carnival show which was typical of such show..tits, feather and hot near naked muscle boys!

The Mirror Arch, usually the centre of attention suffered at the hands of super star DJs Pitron/Mikey D on the main floor and the new lighting/laser/layout…but it still had its dedicated followers.

Disco Matt was in full form on the dance floor reviewing and grooving….you can  read his review too at http://discomatt.blogspot.com

Anyway..enough of words…check out my video I made for SeenQueen.com below or see the pics at http://seenqueen.com/web/2010/10/club-pix-the-week-18-9-2010/



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Back 2 Beyond

admin | October 2, 2010 - 6:48 pm

Beyond began it’s journey back in the early part of 21st Century; born at the time Funky house was fresh and new and gaining dominance over the old styled Hard House. Started by Wayne Shires (then of Crash) and Craig Elder (of Fire), it marked a new beginning for London after hour clubbing.

B2B Sat 2.10.2010

B2B Sat 2.10.2010

It could be said it was Beyond that saw the death of TRADE way back then. Beyond and it’s DJS fully embraced the funky house sound which the gAylist clubbers loved in all it’s forms. The sound had already penetrated the leading clubs of the time and it was this sound that saw Beyond grow from a ‘invitation only’ afterhours to a phenomenal success.

As time went on difficulty between the two promoters became more prominent, DJ line ups changed and funky house soon became too commercial and cheesy with Electro forging it’s way into the main stream. These factors saw Beyond slowly decline.

However for the clubbers at the time it herald a new start for clubbing, a new sound and was probably the last true club to have grown organically from a humble beginning to meteoric success. It certainly was the last club of that era based on ‘social’ aspects rather than ‘economic’ (but that is a completely different blog!).

Beyond attempted a few resurrections, gave birth to sister after-hours like Ultra but nothing could be compared to the original at the Colosseum. It wasn’t until Area was bought by Craig Elder did the current Beyond find a new home and was reborn as the after hours it is today. It could never be the old Beyond, that was a different time, but it was rebirthed as a new brand and worthy of the accolade of being London’s best After hours and winning the prestigious Seen Queen Best Club Award of 2009.

It wasn’t until recently that Alex Erfan gave birth to Back 2 Beyond (B2B), bringing the old Beyond back to it’s ancestral home and combining it with the current Beyond at AREA.

The first B2B had the original DJ line up, recreated the gAylist VIP room and reintroduced the Colosseum to a whole new generation of clubbers. That success was measured by B2B II which had an atmosphere that was electric. Everyone was out for a good time and that is exactly what happened. Each room started to develop it unique identity. Now this wasn’t the OLD Beyond, but a new version of THAT Beyond. There was a party vibe reminiscent of the first time Beyond came onto the scene.

BEYOND August 2002

BEYOND Mix August 2002

B2B, it seemed, it could stand on it’s own two disco boots.

So what can we expect fro B2B III? Come along and find out! If B2B I & II is anything to judge by…Back 2 Beyond will be a party not to be missed.

We welcome B2B back to the London clubbing calendar!

So what was the music like way back in 2002. Here is a mix I made back in August 2002 based on my Beyond set back then. Download it or click on play to take yourself back….way back!

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Back 2 Beyond: August 2002


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Barcode Soho- Saturday Night Viral

admin | September 29, 2010 - 1:55 pm

Barcode Soho is one of the clubs/bars I work at regularly on a Saturday night about once a month. My next gig is Saturday 16th October from 10-1 in the downstairs club. I generally play a mish mash of genres from NuFunk House, chunky house, some Latin and at times good remixes of more commercial tunes by the likes of Beyonce or even Lady GaGa.



The bar has a laid back vibe and attracts aa good mix of guys form the muscle bound to the more down to earth. Being in Soho you also get the secretaries and off work gay guys…there is often funny tales of off beat request for RnB in the middle of a house set; but I do not expect these pedestrian gays and their friends to know better it often ends up on my Facebook status early in the morning as a funny anecdote of yet another inappropriate request.

Saying that there is enough eye candy to even dissolve the most inappropriate requests.

Closing at 1am, the club/bar is the perfect place to start a night of clubbing or to have an early night where one can wake up on Sunday without a hangover. The music I play needs to reflect this balance between those who are out for a drink and those who are out to party, henceforth the eclectic mix of tunes from the underground to the overground that you will hear at this bar.

The video viral you see was made by Andrew Harris, one of London’s better graphic artists.


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DJ Roster

admin | September 17, 2010 - 12:27 pm

Just to let you know some of the GIGs I have coming up. Guestlists are avail, use the contact form and send me your name and mobile number and I will add you to my ‘text guest-list group’…

HOTWIRED

HOTWIRED Sat 9.10.2010

DJ ROSTER

Sat 18th: The Week @ Fire (from 3am)

Thu 23rd: Industri @ BCV (from 10pm)

Fri 24th: Lo Profile (from 10pm)

Sat 25th: Hard On 7th Birthday (from 12.30am)

Sat 2nd: Back 2 Beyond

Sun 3rd: The Return of the Cowboy Party | TTD

Thur 7th: Industri @ Barcode Vauxhall

Sat 9th: HotWired

Sun 1oth: Sweat @ SweatBox


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THE WEEK: Brazil Comes To London

admin | September 9, 2010 - 8:34 pm

The Week @ FIRE Sat 18.9.2010 Catch me spinning at THe Week  @ FIRE on Sat 18.9.2010 in the Latin Lounge spinning a gorgeous selection of Latin house tunes reminiscent of the the classic club PSP. The mix will follow very much in the style of my NO AMERICANO and include plenty of jazzy element, Latin vibes and foreign disco grooves.

The WEEK is one of Brazilis most famous clubs.

PRESS RELEASE:

We are getting ready for one massive party with some amazing firsts:

  • Not only do we get THE WEEK with DJ LEANDRO BECKER making their very first trip over to London, we will also have
  • DJ giants STEVE PITRON and MIKEY D doing a very special back 2 back set exclusive to THE WEEK
  • PER QX will be presenting LIVE his monster hit BLOW MY TRUMPET (recently snapped up by Seamus Haji’s label Big Love) with SANDRA GRANT on the sax
  • Sydney Mardi Gras Choreographer ASHLEY SWIFT and costume designer has been hard at work creating a storming, highly visual strings of shows for the night with some truly incredible costumes. Elements of OTT carnival and BATE CABELO combined with very modern dazzling pieces
  • FIRE Main Room transformation continues with some amazing large screen video wall installations and visuals as well as exclusive installations by Laser and Lights sculptor OBSQUARE flying in from New York to incorporate some 70 pieces of his amazing creations throughout the club

The Week has become an absolute institution in Brazil with clubs in three major cities, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Florianópolis. With the biggest amazing and full of energy Circuit parties hosted by the clubs throughout the year as well as some major international events across the world, THE WEEK is fast becoming a household name everywhere.

SEE YOU IN THE LOUNGE!


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