BK hits Cape Town!

BK, a.k.a. Ben Keen is recognised the world over as the most successful and prolific hard dance producer of all time. He has been voted ‘No.1 Hard Dance Producer’ of the year for six years at the ‘Hard Dance Awards’ and is still the best Selling Hard Dance Producer of all time’.

BK’s sound as producer and DJ is ever-changing, always full of energy and renowned for blowing up the dance floor with trance, techno and hard house. His tracks are irresistible to both clubbers and critics but the true measure of his talent is seen in the number of fellow producers and DJs who clamour for a slice of BK’s skills.



Unsurprisingly 2011 has already been a highly successful year for BK. His last five releases are receiving major endorsement from Radio 1’s Judge Jules and Kutski and reaching the number 1 spot in both beatports and track it downs hard dance / Trance charts. In 2010 under his moniker ‘Black Russian’ reached No.1 in the Ibiza club charts with ‘In for the Kill’ La Roux remix (receiving major support from Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren and Sander van Doorn).

He has recently collaborated with Hot chip and Bernared Sumner as part of a massive converse campaign and joined the likes of Vampire weekend, Pharell Williams and Paloma Faith as one of the faces of the brand.
As well as countless remixes he has signed an album deal with Moshi Moshi and featured on the front cover of DJ mag , been nominated for best british remix and producer of the year with his Hot city alias.

BK’s record label Riot! is continuing to storm the dance charts across several genres and becoming a resident club night consistently selling out Fabric’s awesome new 2500 capacity London club ‘Matter’, which boasts Andy C’s Ram, Sven Vath’s Cocoon and Paul Van Dyke as residents.

BK is a firm favourite at clubs and events around the world. He has had headline appearances at all of the biggest dance events, including Dance Valley, Global Gathering UK, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System UK, Impulse NL, Frantic Hard House Academy UK, Creamfields UK, Godskitchen, NEC UK, Judgement Sunday Ibiza, Lashed in Ibiza, Gallery UK, Slinky UK, and Code Japan.
He currently calls 2 of the most forward-thinking UK hard dance events home, holding residencies at Storm and of course Riot! at Matter.

SUPPORTING DJS:

STEVIE B
JERRY BADD
PSYCHO KEATON
JASON 47
BARRY COOKE

For more information check out the Facebook event at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150036855062232

Sy and Unknown - Essential Hardcore!

Monster Sounds are proud to present their third release in conjunction with rave-legends Sy and Unknown, a superb collection of fresh and inspirational Beats, Sounds and Samples for producers of Hardcore and Rave Music styles.

Essential Hardcore from Monster Sounds is a brand new collection of sounds, fresh from the Sy and Unknown studio bunker. The pack weighs in at a hefty 950MB, and includes 1395(!) 24bit samples, including 195 Loops between 170 and 175Bpm, and 1200 Single Sounds. Also included are 139 ready to play Bass, Fx, Synth, Pad, Vox and Drum Kit Patches for Reason NNXT, Halion, EXS, SFZ and Kontakt soft samplers. Apple Loops, Reason Refill and Ableton Live Pack versions are also available separately.

This is the complete package for Harcore and Hard Dance Producers from 2 of the most respected producers in the scene, and includes every type of sound from the whole Hardcore period right up to the present day – allowing producers to experiment with authentic sounds to make the next wave of Harcore releases!



For more info: http://bit.ly/mOOvou

Elemental - Future Movement

Hard Kandy has hit SA for the first time last week in Johannesburg.



52 minutes of thumping slammers to get the weekend underway. An uplifting approach, with a few Mental suprises along the way... Last tune should have the underground massive on their feet with one of the biggest tunes for May 2011.

Audio roadfood for those travelling toand from the party. Something fresh for the FUTURE MOVEMENT.