This weekend Psycho Keaton returns to Club Liquid after 2 years!!! For those who don't know, Club Liquid was the home for hardstylers in Cape Town. Tomorrow night the old regular crowd returns to Liquid for the first time, in a long time.
X-Clusive presents World Domination tour, featuring GMT (NZ), Eddy Virgo (JHB), Jerry Baddass (CT) and none other than Cape Town's favorite Psycho. The first destination is Cape Town.... For more information on this event visit check out the Facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136637239729136
Also, South Africa now has an official hardstyle site that's run by X-Clusive. Check it out at: http://www.x-clusivehardstyle.webs.com/
Anne Savage website
1) For those who are not familiar with who you are, give a brief description of yourself and where you come from.
Hi I’m from the UK, I’ve been djing for over 15 years, I run a label called Siren Trax where I release my productions along with other artists, and I also have tracks released on Tidy, Riot, Traffic and many more. I have just mixed Hard Dance Anthems, a compilation of Hard Dance available on iTunes - http://bit.ly/hqy2zY
2) What genre of music do you play and produce?
I am mostly known for making and playing Hard Dance, everything from Tech Trance to Hardstyle.
3) Have you experimented with other genres of music?
Yes I have been djing and producing Breaks, House, Dubstep & Drum & Bass under a different name Dumb Blonde. I have been doing this for 10 years and have had releases on Tomcraft’s label Great Stuff, Streetwise and my own label Siren Trax.
4) At what age did you first realize you potential as a DJ?
I was 18 years old when I first knew I wanted to be a DJ. I was always the girl watching the DJ’s wishing it were me doing that, so I did something about it.
5) For how long have you been DJing/producing?
I got my first residency in 1993, at a club in the North of England called ‘Angels’. We had Carl Cox, Joey Beltram & Laurent Garnier playing regularly so I started out playing early techno. I started Producing in 1996 – my first release was under the name “Destiny Angel” called ‘You Take Me Higher’ on Transient Records.
6) What's the hardest part of being a DJ?
Missing all the Christmas’s and holiday time with family.
7) What well known DJ's have you collaborated with?
Pretty much all the UK Hard Dance producers over the years – Alex Kidd, Kidd Kaos, Lisa Lashes, BK, Tidy Boys, Phil York, Technikal, Dark By Design….I’m sure I have forgotten some!
8) Who are some of your favourite local and international DJ's?
Well I really like to see new, good young DJ / producers and there are a few in the UK, - In2ition and Argy for instance. My all time favourite DJ – from an inspirational point of view is Carl Cox. I love Fausto, Kamui and ASYS too. I like seeing dj’s from different genres such as D&B djs Andy C & Original Sin. I enjoy most dance music except really floaty trance and cheesy house.
9) Do you make your music readily available to download from the internet?
Yes it’s all on trackitdown.com. ITunes and hopefully soon hardstyle.com. My website is www.djannesavage.com a gateway to everything I do.
10) Do you DJ/produce on a full-time basis?
Yes it has been my full time occupation since I gave up my job in a record store in 1996. Thank you!
Andy Whitby website
1) For those who are not familiar with who you are, give a brief description of yourself and where you come from.
My name is Andy Whitby. I am an international Hard-dance DJ and producer from the UK. I own AWsum records which has 7 label imprints, AWsum events which holds parties in London and tours across the UK and AWsum clothing which designs and sells clubbing clothing with our biggest tracks printed on them.2) What genre of music do you play and produce?
I play and produce all-genres of Hard-dance; Hardhouse, Hardstyle, Tech, Hardcore …. If it’s hard, I’m rocking it!3) Have you experimented with other genres of music?
Yes, I also play Fidget house. I’m a huge fan of artists like Foamo and Calvertron; I love the massive range of styles and sounds the producers in that scene are using.4) At what age did you first realize you potential as a DJ?
I first played on a pair of decks when I was 16. The captain of the basketball team I was playing for invited me over to his house one weekend and there, sitting all loud and proud in his basement, were a pair of Soundlab decks. Belt-driven and with a pitch up to +6, at the time they seemed like the most amazing things I’d ever seen.
Finally, after a year of pestering my parents, they got me a pair and I set about learning to mix Happy Hardcore and making tapes for my friends. A few years later I discovered Hard-dance and after giving a demo C.D to a promoter was given my first set.
From there I played all over the North of England until one of my C.Ds landed on the desk of Will Paterson who owns Frantic. He signed me and it all started getting crazy from there; headlining shows across the country, Mixmag titled me ‘The Saviour of Hard-dance’ and Ministry of Sound brought me on board to mix their Frantic Euphoria albums. It was around that moment I knew I had a change of making a life of writing and performing music.5) For how long have you been DJing/producing?
I have been professionally DJing for 11 years and producing for 8.6) What's the hardest part of being a DJ?
The travelling… it is an absolute nightmare at times, but luckily all is forgotten once I get on the decks. Well, until I finish and then realize I have to get home somehow!7) What well known DJ's have you collaborated with?
I’ve played alongside pretty much every major DJ in the World at some point or another over my career.
Studio-wise I’ve written with BK, Technikal, Gammer, Klubfiller, Lee Pasch, Karlston Khaos and many more.8) Do you make your music readily available to download from the internet?
I do indeed. Vinyl is dead in the UK so the only way to sell tracks now is through the download stores; Beatport, iTunes, Trackitdown to name just a few. All Andy Whitby and AWsum tracks are available from hundreds of digital music shops across the world.9) Do you DJ/produce on a full-time basis?
I do indeed. During the week I run my label and promote my events, do admin work for my DJing etc and every weekend I travel around the world playing music to make people dance.
