The mighty trance label Anjunabeats continues its long running love affair with The Gallery with an all-out label night on Friday 12th Feb. Headlining the Box is none other than Andy Moor who continues to rise into the trance ascendancy, alongside German duo Kyau & Albert who make a return to The Gallery and continue their extensive relationship with the Anjuna family. Super 8 & Dj Tab have just provided another killer compilation for Anjuna and are always Gallery favourites whilst Mat Zo continues to impress after another massive year in ‘09. The Bar is once again a massive Anjunadeep experience with 16 Bit Lolitas headlining alongside Jaytech and James Grant.

Kyau & Albert continue to set the trance world alight with their excellent Euphonic Records imprint. Last year saw them win ‘The Best HiNRG/Euro’ track at the 24th International Dance Music Awards in Miami whilst their remix of Cressida’s ‘6AM’ gained a great chart success.

Super 8 & DJ Tab join us from their native Finland where they continue to do the business with a bevy of heavily supported tunage and are always top draw performers on previous visits to The Gallery. Always providing massive tunes on the Anjuna imprint this duo are a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Mat Zo is a name steadily in the ascendancy at the moment and rocked the main room of the Gallery on his last visit to the club. A studio wiz kid, Mat is beginning to collect some serious air miles now as he graces some of the world’s best club nights and we are tipping him for big things this year. His latest track 24 Hours has been a firm favourite at the club for some time. Finishing off the main room with his usual trance finale will be The Viceroy.

And as usual we have 2 pairs of tickets for Djdownload Fans all you need to do is to email forums@djdownload.com or go to our fanpage on Facebook and write on our wall Here…Happy days…

Full Line up
Box

Andy Moor

Kyau & Albert

Super 8 & DJ Tab

Mat Zo

The Viceroy

Bar - Anjunadeep

16 Bit Lolitas

Jaytech

James Grant

Mark Landragin

Loft - Sketch

Kyle Watson

Bad Boy DJs

Sketchy J

Angrychaps

Dirty Barry

Simon Heightz

Baby Box - Anjunabeats Forum Winners

TBA

10.30pm – late

Ministry of Sound

103 Gaunt Street, London, SE16DP

Tube: Elephant & Castle

Prices: £10 NUS & Members // £13 Advance // £15 on the door // £6 after 3am

www.ministryofsound.com/tickets

www.thegallery-club.co.uk

Following the last 2 years editions, “Time Warp Festival Bus” returns for another intensive adventure from “UK to Mannheim”.
“The Time Warp Festival Bus”, is an event guest talked about for long time but also a major experience to remember in life for its unique adventures, atmosphere and international attendance.

Now, it is again your turn to make a final decision and take part on this crazy journey and start with us our 5th marathon to Time Warp. With the following confirmed line up so far, this event is definitely not to be missed.

DJs:
Sven Väth - Richie Hawtin - Laurent Garnier - Ricardo Villalobos - Loco Dice –Dubfire - Marco Carola –Turntablerocker - Chris Liebing –Speedy J - Magda – Monika Kruse - Ellen Allien - Karotte - The Disco Boys - Tobi Neumann - Felix Kröcher – Michael de Hey – Dixon – Lexy - Dorian Paic – Arian - Chris Tietjen - Livio & Roby –seebase – Gerd Janson - Robert Dietz – Matthew Hawtin – Nekes – Federico Molinari – Sasch Bbc – Stefen Baumann - Stefano Libelle - Blast Sl.
Live:
Laurent Garnier – Speedy J – Reboot - Martin Buttrich – Scan X - Subsonic Park.

Travel info:
Depart from Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham & London on Friday 26th March.
Arrive in Mannheim on Saturday 27th March in a 4* hotel next to the venue where you can relax before the marathon begins.
As Time Warp ends late afternoon on Sunday 28th March, you can return to your hotel and refresh yourself before to embark on the journey back to England..

Our different packages will ensure that all has been taking care before, during and after your trip, delivering to you the best experience ever.

Apparently Only 20 packages left! so reserve your package as soon as possible here :
http://www.clubtickets.com/de/2010-03/27/time-warp-festival-bus

PACKAGES:
Option 1: NORTH UK (LEEDS/LIVERPOOL/MANCHESTE/BIRMINGHAM)
Option 2: LONDON
Option 3: SPECIAL COACH SERVICE TO AMSTERDAM (only from London)
Option 4: FLIGHT OPTION

PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• TRAVEL UK – MANNHEIM (RETURN)
• TWO NIGHTS ACCOMODATION IN A 4* HOTEL NEXT TO THE VENUE
• FESTIVAL TICKET
• ONE NIGHT ACCOMODATION IN AMSTERDAM ON THE WAY BACK TO UK

For more detailed info please visit:
http://www.techno-tourism.com

or call + 44 77 383 33 082

This month Kinky Malinki welcome Spanish House maestro Wally Lopez to Matter.. we caught up with him to get the low down

How does it feel to be referred to as Spain’s number 1 DJ all the time?
It’s always great to be recognised in your own country, and i really love to represent all Spanish djs and Spain all around the world.

What is the Spanish scene like?

It has changed a lot in the last years… I’m playing or somehow getting  involved almost in the last 20 years (yes I’m getting old) and it has changed so much. Now we have managers, agencies, magazines, radio stations…so getting very professional; nice clubs all around, good crowds and even when everybody forgets… we still have IBIZA

Did it play a role in you getting into music? If not, what did?

There was no scene in that time maybe the role it was I wanted to make something different so many people said ‘it is impossible to do’…like travel all around the world, my own stuff being played by worldwide top djs,  even put my artist name on the records..haha that helped me out to push so hard and maybe the reason i make so many things… I always had to do it by on my own…

You run a mini music empire with Factomania Group – how do you manage all those things, what is the approach of the brand, what are your values?

Mini music empire? I love that but we are just a family trying to make good things. Our values are quite definite.. we need good music productions, good djs but also good people… We don’t want an ego competition in a chicken farm  so that is what we ask for. Also with the agency we look at the promoters as clients not enemies as sometimes they are treated like… Not making more problems just helping out to resolve them..I’m also going to run a marketing division for djs and brand music which looks like its going to work very good… And we just launched a clothing division called Tremenda wear and my own shop called Tremenda shop! So we are still growing up…

You also do charity work and work with Oakley and an airline – how do you find time to search out music and DJ?!
Ask my wife! Haaha don’t sleep too much..! I can make a few things at the same time and the most important thing I have a great team who save my back and do a great job.

You’re known as a remix king – how do you approach each one and does it not restrict you always working with other peoples music/ideas and not your own?

Well there was a moment that I worked more on remixes than originals…but it is unfair to forget tracks as  Patricia never leaves the house , la luna, amman, strike me down… And when I make the remix I use lot of my own ideas. I usually just need a nice vocal or sound to create all around…

What can people expect from you at Matter?
They can expect some groovy sexy real electronic house, I hate to define music with words… They will hear how I see house music

What is house music to you?
The reason why I’m doing this interview

Resident Advisor reveals its round-up of the best tracks of the past decade as voted by users…

We’ve put a selection of them on Soundcloud..Click Here

FERRY CORSTEN ANNOUNCES LONDON DATE FOR LATEST WORLD TOUR CONCEPT ONCE UPON A NIGHT:

indigO2 at The O2 on Friday 9th April

Ferry Corsten is one of the hottest talents in the dance music scene regularly winning prestigious awards, creating club filling anthems and playing euphoric live shows. It’s a huge coup to announce the UK date on the Ferry Corsten World Tour - his first headline show in the UK for over a year - at indigO2 at The O2 on 9th April 2010. Corsten releases his new compilation album that accompanies this show ‘Ferry Corsten presents: Once Upon A Night’ at the end of March.

Once Upon A Night at Indig02 is set to a be a 6 hour experience, featuring three parts; Sunset, Night and Sunrise, each creating a uniquely enthralling atmosphere fusing trance and house styles. The show is set to be interactive and feed off the audience taking advantage of a never seen before living backdrop using state of the art production techniques. Ferry Corsten will be accompanied by 2 special guests, who along with Ferry will lead the audience on a journey into the night. Full line up will be announced over the coming weeks.

The show is based on his latest compilation brand “Once Upon A night” . The compilation is a fusion of trance and house in the most sophisticated way possible and contains around 24 of unreleased tracks that have been exclusively produced for this compilation by Ferry himself and/or other artists that Ferry works with or highly admires.

It’s easy to get hyperbolic and excessive when talking about DJs, but with dance music pioneer Ferry Corsten, whose musical productions and DJ sets have combined trance, house, and electro, the facts speak for themselves: Best Producer of the Year (Ericsson Music Awards). Best Trance DJ (Ibiza DJ Awards), and consistently voted as one of the Top 10 DJs in the world for almost a decade according to DJ Magazine.

Ferry Corsten’s has amassed best-selling albums, nearly a dozen gold singles, and countless other awards since his immersion on the scene in the late 1990s. Hundreds of thousands have been found singing at the top of their lungs in clubs, venues ,and festivals to all of his hits throughout the decade. Few DJs can inspire this level of pomp and furore. But then again, few have reached the levels of Ferry Corsten.

Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Electro pioneer Egyptian Lover flies in from LA for a London exclusive @ The Big Chill House on Friday 12th February. The ‘Lovers most famous hits include ‘Egypt, Egypt’, ‘Dial-A-Freak’, ‘Yes, Yes, Yes’ and his recent collaboration with Jamie Jones, ‘Egyptian Lover’. Ahead of the appearance at The Big Chill, DJDownload catches up with the main man himself!

What’s the first record you bought and what memories do you get when you think of this?

The first record I ever bought was in 1973 and it was a slow song on a 45 from the Chi-Lites entitled “A Letter to Myself” I use to listen to this record over and over to learn how to write. I wrote many love letters and poems and songs learning how to write from records I bought. I bought many records in my young age. I was bit of a Lover writing to all the girls I liked.

When did you start DJing and were you self-taught or did you get tricks / inspiration from a friend or other artist?

I started out making Mix tapes with a pause button tape recorder and made quit a few people loose their minds with my pause button mixes. I eventually taught myself how to mix records like I did on my pause button tapes. I taught myself all I know. There was no one mixing like that when I got started. I was the first. I even gave my mixes names like “Triple Threat”, “Thousand threat”, “Flashing“, “Playing records Backwards”, “Quality” and “Quick Mixing“. Many D.J.’s learned how to mix from me in Los Angeles while I was D.J.ing for Uncle Jam‘s Army. I was the first of my kind.

What’s more important- the mix or the next tune?

The Mix is more important. I always play vinyl and have two copies of every record to do my special mixes. It’s a must see for other D.J.’s.

You are playing a London exclusive @ The Big Chill House next week, what can the party expect to hear from you and are you excited?

I am very excited about playing London. I love the U.K. I will be playing like I did back in Uncle Jam’s Army in the early 80’s. I will be playing stuff like “Planet Rock” and I’m even playing it backwards. I’m also bringing my 808 to (((BOOM))) the crowd.

Do you sample, use old records, listen to them, or how does your producing process go?

I have been inspired by Kraftwerk, Prince and many early 80’s Jam’s so I just listen to them all the time and keep my true Love for that kind of music alive. I always listen to the same stuff I mix at the Party’s and I never get tired of them. Once in the mood of that Old School I go into the Studio and start my Productions.

Is there an all-time favourite track you wish you’d produced?

“PLANET ROCK”

Who is rocking your boat these days and who is your top tip for 2010? /What DJ’s and producers are doing it for you these days?

None! Music is not like it was back in the day. Music today is really bad. All of it made cheep and on a home computer. I like it the old fashion way. Go to a professional studio and get it Mastered at a professional place and put it out right. The sound quality is so much better this way. When I hear the songs made today I cringe.

Is a DJ a star today? Or does he / she have to be more than just a DJ? What do you think of the superstar DJ phenomenon?

I think it’s great that the D.J. is becoming the star today. I was a D.J. star back in the day with Uncle Jam’s Army so I know what it’s like to be recognized for your skill.

If you could have anyone remix any of your tracks, who would it be and why?

Prince! Because he is a true musician.

What are the top five most listened to tracks/songs on your iPod?

I don’t own an iPod. I’m old school. I still listen to the 80’s music in my car.

You live in LA. Where do you like to go out?

All over. I have been known to be everywhere at any given time. All kinds of music and styles. It’s a benefit for being old school, everyone knows you.

If there is one rule in life to live by, what is it?

Be yourself and be a leader not a follower.

What can we expect from Egyptian Lover over the next couple of months?

A new single and an album coming soon. Also check out “Freaky D.J.” Out Now!!!

Any final messages for those coming out to see you at The Big Chill House?

Get ready to Party and enjoy the Beats that started Electro with a Freaky taste of Egyptian Lover Baby!

Catch Egyptian Lover @ The Big Chill House, Friday 12th February for a London Exclusive. Support comes from Ali Renault (Heartbreak), Cocadisco DJs and How’s My Raving? VIP Crew DJs. This event is free before midnight, £5 after. For more info visit - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=289107742937&index=1

Since its release in 2008, „Ultimate Beats“ from producer talent Michel Baradari has evolved becoming an allround specialist among todays sample libraries. Many well-known producers such as Gregor Tresher and Stephan Bodzin gave their recommendation and value, that this sample pack offers everything not just to build respectable beats, but to produce entire tracks with it.

„Ultimate Beats Vol. 2“ sets the bar even higher and offers even more sounds and even more loops than its predecessor. Next to a diversified collection of different bass drums, claps, snares, cymbals, percussions, FX as well as powerful bass and synth sounds, also the successor again offers a huge loop section that meets all requirements with its fresh loops and is likely to cause tingling in the hands of Electro, Techno and Progressive House producers. All samples are produced at highest level to give the sounds maximum assertiveness.

Download Mutekki Media Presents - Ultimate Beats Vol. 2 [PRODUCER PACK]

Superfreq will be celebrating its 8th birthday on Saturday 13th February. The big bash will be at Paramount, perched 31 floors above London on top of Center Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1DD .

Mr.C will be coming back from LA joined by his production partner Adultnapper as the Sycophant Slags to celebrate not only Superfreq’s 8th anniversary, but also the release of the new Sycophant Slags EP & Video “Keep Off” which will be released on Poker Flat both digitally & on Vinyl on February 15th. This is hot on the heels of Mr.C’s 1st solo release in 6 years, Lunar EP on Wagon Repair. Joining the Slags will be London legend, the wonderful Dave Mothersole & of course Superfreq resident & co-host Luke vB.
As always the night will kick off at 11pm & run through until 8am.

Earlybird tickets are now available at £12 + BF
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?140897

CROOKERS Collaborate With MIIKE SNOW On ‘REMEDY’ Taken From Their Forthcoming Album ‘TONS OF FRIENDS’ on Southern Fried

Defected launch their Producer Competition 2010!

Following the enormous success of Defected’s Producer Competition last year, we can announce details of a second competition for 2010.

Last year’s competition generated a huge amount of interest from the dance community, clocking up 1,500 entries with close to 20,000 people registering on the site to rate and comment on the tracks. The standard of tracks was of the highest order, but eventually 19 year old Dutch producer Robacco Bossa’s track ‘Black Bird’ was selected as the winner and released on Defected Records. This time around Defected have teamed up with download hub , top sample resource Loopmasters and leading production software company Ableton to bring you another chance to hit the big time.

The rules of the competition remain the same; upload your tracks to the site where they’ll be rated and commented on. Phase II of the competition sees the Defected A&R team pick their favourite 10 tracks, which are then voted on by the public.

The competition launches on Monday 25th January and the first phase of the competition will run for four weeks. Then will then be a short break while the final 10 are selected. Once these 10 have been chosen, the final phase of voting will last for 10 days, during which time those in the running will have to promote their track as much as possible and get their friends and fans voting like their careers depended on it!

The winning track will be released on Defected or one of their partner labels – an incredible opportunity for any aspiring producers out there. But that’s not all there are some serious prizes to win …

The producers aren’t the only ones with a chance of winning though. Everyone who registers on the site to rate, vote for and comment on the tracks is entered into a competition to win a 160G ipod. Plus all those who register will automatically receive a 30% off voucher to spend on anything they like in Defected Store.

For more info contact greg@defected.com