Highly recommend checking this out. Probably going to be one of the biggest events this year.
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Celebrate the birthdays of Jondy, Mike G, Josh Joseph, and Chris Vaughan.
Wear white & drink for FREE all night!
Plus, in his first Columbus appearance ever, DJ SNEAK will be pumpin’ the house!
More info on Sneak:
One of the second wave of influential Chicago house producers and a member of the vanguard of late-’90s American house producers, DJ Sneak wasn’t born in the Windy City but began listening to house soon after his family arrived from Puerto Rico in the early ’80s. Because he could speak no English, Sneak gravitated to instrumental music (as well as graffiti art), and became inspired by Chicago legends such as Marshall Jefferson and DJ Pierre. Many of those early innovators had left Chicago for the East Coast by the late ’80s, when Sneak was ready to start in the business; by 1992, however, Cajmere had begun a resurgence in the city’s classic sound by starting up Cajual Records. Sneak aided in the revolution with a series of singles on Cajual’s sister label, the harder-oriented Relief Records. Besides other productions for Strictly Rhythm, Henry St., ZYX, 83 West and Feverpitch (several of which feature Armand Van Helden on co-production, building on the Latin vibes of their heritage), DJ Sneak has also released mix compilations including 1996’s Kinky Trax Collection and the following year’s Buggin’ Da Beats.
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REMEMBER! Wear white and drink for free all night!
Try to get there a little earlier because this is going to be packed.
Make sure to check out the links below to get an idea for what an amazing night this is going to be!
1. Danger - 11h30 (Original Mix)
2. Andy Korg - Bitcrusher (Boogie Army Remix)
3. Emjae - Living With Video (Richard F Dub)
4. Thomas Penton, Hernan Serrao - Jacks Funk (Original Mix)
5. R.I.O. - R.I.O. (S&H Project Remix)
6. Phonat - Sonic (Original Mix)
7. Noel Sinner - Pull Over (Dabruck & Klein Mix)
8. Fred Pellichero - Planet Rock (Mox Codeta Remix)
9. Mixin Marc - Sexual Thing feat. Roxanne (Steve Angello Remix)
10. Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Salem Al Fakir - It’s True (Dabruck & Klein Remix)
11. DJ Tocadisco - Shrine feat Chelonis R Jones (Tocadisco Club Mix)
12. Chopstick, Eyerer - Make My Day (Haunting) feat Zdar (Dabruck & Klein Remix)
13. Gareth Emery, Runaway - Outrageous (Original Mix)
You guys deserve the best, and I haven’t been giving it to you lately. So to take the edge off, I’ve found some absolutely hilarious content that I thought I would share with those I love most, you!
Finally. Five years after entering the Top 10 of our DJmag Top 100 DJs poll, Armin van Buuren has been crowned the World’s No.1 DJ. After edging into the No.2 spot last year, he’s now clinched the title.
“It’s a really big honour, I’m kind of stunned, y’know?” smiles the top dog. “To be honest, I still haven’t got it into my head yet, it’s basically a dream come true!”
It’s been another crazy 12 months in the life of the Dutch don. Having wowed an 11,000-strong crowd last November at his spectacular Armin Only event at Ahoy, Rotterdam, with an unprecedented nine-and-a-half-hour set, it’s the trance superstar’s taste for the spectacular, as well as his untouchable skills, that have placed him at the top of the pile.
“Armin Only is definitely different to anything else I do. It’s a highlight of my career,” says Armin. “Everything I do comes together for an event like that. I really want people to go home from that with a good feeling, a feeling that we did something special.
“Putting a DJ on for nine-and-a-half hours is something special, but it’s been done before. What we wanted to do was to bring a whole show.”If the Rotterdam show wasn’t mammoth enough, the top DJ road-tested the Armin Only concept with two more huge shows in the States this summer - just to see if it would work outside his native Holland. Suffice to say, it did…
“We did a few special things to test out the Armin Only concept this year,” reflects Armin. “We did two big shows, one in New York City at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn Park, and one in downtown LA, in Giant Village. But this time, it was only me playing for eight-and-a-half hours, as I wanted to see if Armin Only would work in foreign country other than Holland.
“It really worked. It seems people are definitely ready for the Armin Only experience. It’s something really special, more than just a DJ set.”
Armin’s Armada parties at Amnesia, Ibiza, have also gone from strength-to-strength this summer, with their most successful season yet on the White Isle.
“The numbers were definitely up,” reports Armin. “We had 11 nights this year, with a bit of a rough start to the summer when Amnesia was shut down. But it was our best season so far, a very successful summer for us.”
In fact, so scorching hot were Armin’s sets there that he’s re-instated his mix compilation series ‘Universal Religion’ with a live recording of one of his best sets of the season.
“‘Universal Religion Chapter 3′ is a live recording from my set at Amnesia this summer, the last one was in 2004,” says Armin. “The idea behind the CD is to bring back the Balearic sound of Ibiza. It’s a different approach. It’s more about timeless tunes. It’s a live CD, it’s mixed live at Amnesia, there are no edits or whatever, and it just gives a really nice vibe. It’s slower records building up to a big climax at the end.”
It’s perhaps Armin’s versatility - his ability to flit between styles and shred genre boundaries - that has so endeared him to his legion of fans. Although he’s a passionate advocate and defender of the trance torch, his sets typically incorporate techno, electro, minimal and underground house tracks, as well as his more traditional tech-trance fare, making for consistently exciting, surprising DJ sets that never fail to rock a floor and defy his fans’ high expectations. And although trance is more often focused on melodies over grooves, Armin likes to keep it just as funky as he does musical.
“Trance has always been my main thing, but if you look at my set, everything that’s labeled as minimal, techno and electro is in there. What I’ve found interesting is how all the styles are merging again, especially electronic basslines in trance records. The groove is definitely back in trance, which is a great thing.”
In fact, as far as Armin’s concerned, if you want to really master your art, you can’t afford not to mix it up.
“Playing across the board gives a bigger pay off,” reckons Armin. “If you’re playing for nine-and-a-half hours you can’t play just trance records for all that time. In order to keep it interesting for the crowd, you have to mix it up. People want to hear some classics, they want to hear some harder tunes, they want to hear an underground part of your set, to hear the odd vocal tune now and again. I’m not DJing for myself. They are coming to have a good night and that’s what I’m trying to give.”
Van Buuren’s long-running, mega-hit radio show A State of Trance continues to grow in 2007, with its syndication spreading further than ever around the globe.
“I think we’re up to 40 FM stations now worldwide,” Armin beams. “It started in 2001 on a small Dutch station. It’s grown to an international, weekly summit for trance music. It shows how strong the internet has been as a resource for getting my music out there.
On the production front, Armin’s latest track ‘Rush Hour’ was specially commissioned as the theme for the UEFA European Under 21 Football Championships, which has seen his profile expand into yet another dimension.
“That was really big, I was on TV for that, and it was all over the world so that was kind of a surprise,” says Armin.
He’s also been locked away in the studio working on a new artist album for 2008.
“There’s lots and lots of studio work at the moment. There are definitely some big names involved with the new album, which is really exciting.”
It’s fitting that the accolade of World’s No.1 DJ should be bestowed on Armin at the age of 30. Having already achieved so much in his 12 years in music, this couldn’t come at a better time for the affable champion.
Words: Ben Murphy
So I’m a big fan of DI.FM aka Digitally Imported Radio.
I think they have an amazing selection of tunes and just about anyone can find what they like on there.
So the other day I was listening to the DJ Mixes channel and couldn’t stop dancing around in my seat while I was working. Apparently, there’s some guy in Russia who’s a badass.
You can download a bunch of his mixes from his site. The one I’m talking about in particular is the Dance Essentials Part 2 @ Di.FM which can be found here.
So summer was great, but it’s definitely getting colder now in the evenings. It was great hanging out on the patios in all the various hot spots. Boma had awesome house music on its patio throughout the summer until a bunch of bikers starting to attend, which wasn’t necessarily helping them out any. Boma is really struggling and will need some serious help recouping everything that they invested in that place. It’s amazing how rumors of bankruptcy start spreading and everyone is immediately turned off to a venue. I always thought that Boma had a lot of potential, but their marketing and promo team wasn’t doing a very good job of getting people out there.
The same unfortunate circumstance with Karma. The post-Redzone venue had a lot to live up to and without putting forth enough effort, really went down in flames. Apparently they’ve closed down for “renovation” and are going to open back up with a bang. I really think they need to get their promo act together and get some good people to pack the place with fun and energetic bodies. It might cost them a bit more, but it will pay off big time in the long-run. That place would be packed every weekend if they got their shit together. They have probably one of the best sound systems in the area and it is absolutely beautiful inside.
I miss the days when there was actually a choice of where to go around Columbus. “Hey, what are you up to tonight?” “Oh, just the Arena District, again.” I like the fact that there is an entire row of bars and clubs so it’s easy to go bar hopping. But I absolutely detest that there is pretty much nowhere else to go! I’ll admit that there a few smaller and really happening places to go, but that’s about it.
Anyway, I got a little off topic. It’s party time! I’m really excited for the upcoming seasons. We have some amazing DJs coming into our small little piece of the Midwest. Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, DJ Mirco, Benny Benassi, Colette, and many, many more. Subscribe to the RSS Feed and add the iCal Feed to stay up to date with all these events…
I know what you’re thinking… isn’t it spelled Vegas? Well the fact that I wasn’t born in the States is not the reason why I’m spelling Vegas incorrectly.
Vegoose is one of the largest music festivals in all of the U.S. and attracts some 20 thousand people annually.
Check out this lineup, who wouldn’t want to go??
Rage Against The Machine
Daft Punk
Iggy & the Stooges
Muse
The Shins
Cypress Hill
Queens of the Stone Age
Public Enemy
Michael Franti & Spearhead
STS9
Umphrey’s McGee
Thievery Corporation
Ghostface Killah & The Rhythm Roots Allstars
Blonde Redhead
Gogol Bordello
U.N.K.L.E.
Ghostland Observatory
Pharoahe Monch
Battles
Plus, you’re in Vegas! If you’re bored with the music (which is not possible), you can just go explore the amazing city.
