Cosmopolitan ****: “…Heading to Ibiza , don’t take off without this, part chill-out, part trance, but all still amazing…”

Star **** (3 Sept 2007): “…sian evans’ voice has never sounded more powerful and versatile … great for pre-club warm-up or post-bash comedown. verdict: kosher…”

M8 – 7/8 (Aug 07): “When you come up with as many perfectly structured beginning-middle-end songs and instantly hooky choruses as these guys not much else matters. Sian Evans’ voice hovers between Joni Mitchell and Annie Lennox … these are timeless genre-defying songs that grab the heart…”

Glamour Magazine (Aug 07): “… a dark, sinister edge … evokes images of deserted beaches at midnight… Try it if you like Massive Attack, Faithless & Tracey Thorn”

DJ Mag. (Aug 07): “Sian Evans’ vocals are as potent as always and Decoder & Substance wrap their song structures around some rolling grooves and slick dance production with conviction … their finest work to date… their many admirers won’t be disappointed.”  Link

Rave Story – The Birth of a Nation

A sensational, action packed new book called Rave Story has recently rocketed up from the streets of London and is quickly securing its place on the best seller list. Rave Story is based upon the true story and life memoirs of record producer, entrepreneur and club owner Otiz F. Angel and his meteoric rise from the ghettos of London to success as an international performer and businessman. As well as shedding light on the history of Rave culture, the clubbing scene and the origins of various genres of electronic dance music, this book comes from a different perspective as it also takes the reader on an emotional journey through the turbulence of the author’s stormy life.

Although at the outset seemingly a quagmire of violence, sex, drugs, horrifying events and traumatic experiences, by the end an astonishing reversal leaves the reader uplifted and in a positive state of mind.

The author’s style moves between first and third person, dramatising and accentuating pivotal events inside the book by telling the story from more than one point of view.

Like other titles such ‘This is Not A Rave’, and movies like ‘Go!’ and ‘Rise: The Story Of Rave Outlaw Disco Donnie’, Rave Story dishes the dirt on rave parties, ecstasy pills, weed, clubs, festivals, and some of the other drugs found at the fringes of party culture, but never seeks to glamorise, only to inform. Coupled with its insightful views on the history of house music, the book has been attracted praise from many influential people within dance culture and beyond.

ravestory.com

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DatA Live… Passions Live… Wide Shut Live… Open Bar… Free with RSVP
Hiro Ballroom – Friday August 30

DatA are coming in from Paris to play live for us (think Justice meets Kavinsky in a dark alley – check their myspace page here)…
Then, if that wasn’t enough for you, Kitusne recording artists, Passions, will be playing live too (you can check out their myspace page here)
And if you come early, you’ll be able to catch a live set by French dance-rockers, Wide Shut (see their myspace page here)
And there is an early Open Bar too!!!
And it’s free if you RSVP here!!!

Drinks Specials:
Lucky Beer Open Bar 10pm-11pm
Two-4-One Vodka drinks 2am-3am
Two-4-One Vodka drinks 10pm-11pm.
$8 Tiger-Beer-and-Whisky-Chaser-Combo, and $4 Sparks all night
NO COVER ON GUEST LIST IF YOU RSVP HERE

NO COVER ON GUEST LIST. CLICK HERE
(Sign-up is free and simple, but only one sign-up per person – no plus ones!!)

Hiro: 371 W16th St. at 9th Ave. Doors Open 10pm.

Photo Birdyboo

Atlantic City Event: End of Summer Splash
Hosted by Stars of HBO’s Entourage… with DJ Ani Quinn
Saturday August 25 – The Pool at Harrah’s Resort Hotel & Casino

Kevin Dillon (‘Drama’) & Kevin Connolly (‘E’) of our current favorite guilty-pleasure TV show, Entourage, will be hosting our End of Summer party at Atlantic City’s amazing new venue – The Pool. The space incorporates a swimming pool, cabanas, a dancefloor, palm trees… it’s really something else. And it is all indoors – under a huge glass dome. Quite unbelievable really… but it is Atlantic City, so you know anything is possible…

This is going to be a huge party… hope you can join us

RSVP For $20 Reduced Admission – email event@gbh.tv with your name and number of guests.

Packages
$55 Round trip bus ticket deal (includes admission to event) – click here

$279 package (Hotel for 4ppl and entry for 4ppl) -
Call 1-800-642-8477 and mention the code “Gift Shop 1

$389 package (Hotel for 4ppl, Bus ride roundtrip for 4ppl, and entry for 4ppl
Call 1-800-642-8477 and mention the code “Gift Shop 2

Robot Rock Returns…
Andrew W.K. Live Solo Performance & DJ Set
Plus Ultragrrrl + Guests
Saturday August 4 at Highline Ballroom

Saturday night Robot Rock party.

Highline Ballroom – Live music, more dancing, a great sound system and a bigger party in general, Saturday night.
Andrew W.K. – Very special solo performance plus a guest DJ set this Saturday.

Ultragrrrl and Eli Escobar will also be DJing

Hosts Dagny, aMAYzing, Nico XO, Claudia, Mike Deguzman, Nicky Digital, Yuval Eder and Tom & Alejandro – for a night of live music, plus dance rock, electro, new wave, robot rock, rock’n'roll – and everything else that floats our boat.

RSVP here for $12 reduced admission guest list (just hit the RSVP button and sign up)
OR
Or For $8 advance tickets

Cost: $12 if you RSVP here

Well here I go, ripping something else off the pages of GBH.TV, but again, it was sent to me by my friend Ross Von Berg.

Thank you Ross, now I only wish those folks over at GBH.TV would resolve some of their server bandwidth issues so I can watch the videos without the music being broken up. You listening out there GBH.TV ?

Josh Wink – “Higher State of Consciousness“

Now this is unexpected. The last time we heard anything from Josh Wink, he was making minimal-ish techno records that people sort of liked, and doing minimal-ish techno DJ sets that people often liked, and now…he’s reissuing singles he put out ten years ago? Good for him, we guess…

It’s only appropriate that Wink’s people got him a video to match this change, too. We’re not sure who directed this, but something tells us he/she/it is part of whatever apparatus made all those titillation-crazy videos for Armand Van Helden and such. That, or two different directors use a lot of the same models.

Early pop remixes were fairly simple; in the 1980s, “extended mixes” of songs were released to clubs and commercial outlets on vinyl 12-inch singles. These typically had a duration of six to seven minutes, and often consisted of the original song with 8 or 16 bars of instruments inserted, often after the second chorus; some were as simplistic as two copies of the song stitched end to end. As the cost and availability of new technologies allowed, many of the bands who were involved in their own production (such as Depeche Mode and Duran Duran) experimented with more intricate versions of the extended mix. Madonna began her career writing music for dance clubs and used remixes extensively to propel her career; one of her early boyfriends was noted DJ John Jellybean Benitez, who created several memorable mixes of her work.