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
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!
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.
Tidy and New State Music are getting ready to launch the ultimate hard dance album of the year. This album is said to be one of the most comprehensive representation of one of the world’s most popular music genres. Mixed by scene leaders such as Andy Whitby, Scott Attrill, Mark EG, Anne Savage and Sam & Deano – this is sure to be one killer album!
Hardstyle, bounce, hard house, hard dance, trance and much more! 100+ tracks spread over 4 albums, Hard Dance Anthems will unite all hard genres of music. More than 30 new tracks and remixes feature from DJ’s like Lisa Lashes, BK, AWsum and more, alongside current anthems from DJ’s like Wildstylez, Marcel Woods, Tony de Vit and many more.
Brand new remixes of classics such as ‘Music Is The Drug’ (Lee Haslam) and ‘What Ya Got 4 Me’ (Signum) will be included, as well as re-edits & mixes of ‘Such A Good Feeling’ (Miss Behavin’) and ‘Definitely’ (Yoda Inc), and also official remixes of ‘For An Angel’ (Paul van Dyk) and ‘The Dawn’ (Tony de Vit) by none other than Scott Attrill.
CD 4 mixed by new superstars in the making Sam & Deano (aka Tidy DJ’s), whist CD’s 1, 2 and 3 mixed by four of the world’s leading DJ’s. All CD’s are filled with a few of the biggest anthems from ‘back in the day’ as well as latest tracks.
Tidy label, now in its monumental 15th year, has become one of the biggest and longest Hard Dance brands in the world. With countless events, millions of record sales and a huge die-hard fan base, Tidy is to many the definition of hard dance.
The Hard Dance Anthems tracklist van be viewed by clicking here, and can be purchased by clicking here.
CD 1 – Mixed by Andy Whitby 01. Tom Parr – Chronic Gin’n’Tonic 02. Bk vs Sam & Deano – You Better (Tell Me) 03. Andy Whitby & Scott Fo Shaw vs. Leon B – Hedfunka 04. BK – Thump 05. Klubfiller – Penache 06. Scott Attrill – Lost Souls (Klubfiller Remix) 07. Defiant DJs – Knaz 08. Andy Whitby & Klubfiller vs. Cally Gage feat. Kyla – Everything’s Alright (BK Remix) 09. Dougal & Gammer - Models Are Ugly (150bpm Mix) 10. Miss Behavin’ – Such A Good Feeling (Iridium Remix) 11. AWsum All-Starz – Iguana (Energy Syndicate Remix) 12. Masif DJ’s – Attention 2010 (Steve Hill vs Technikal Mix) **Whitby’s Vocal Edit** 13. Leon B & Guyver – In My Mind (Andy Whitby & Klubfiller Remix) 14. Andy Whitby & Karlston Kaos – One Middle Finger 15. Andy Whitby & Klubfiller – Blam! – I Love It **Whitby’s Breather Bootleg** 16. Andy Whitby & Technikal – Rumble **Whitby’s Gangbang Bootleg** 17. Tom Berry – Make It Bounce 18. Klubfiller & Anne Savage – Dirty Days 19. Andy Whitby vs. MDA & Spherical – Raw Power! 20. Wain Johnstone & Energy Syndicate – Ounce of Bounce 21 Matt Lee – Over 4 Me (Andy Whitby & Klubfiller Remix) **Whitby’s Quick-fire Edit** 22. Panic – Rock The Jam 23. Jon Bishop – Stalker (Energy Syndicate Remix) 24. Tom Berry – Standby Mode 25. Cally Gage vs. Dave Curtis – Make My Day (Off-Beat Mix) 26. BK – Rave Monkey (JP & Jukesy Remix) 27. Andy Whitby & MDA & Spherical – Like It Hard? 28. Steve Hill vs Hardforze feat. Pete Millwood - Wonderwall
CD 2 - Mixed by Anne Savage & Scott Atrill 01. Hard Electrik Intro 02. Marco V - Red Blue Purple **Exclusive Album Edit** 03. Scott Attrill - Girls Love Techno 04. Ruff Driverz Presents Arrola – Dreaming (BK & Anne Savage Remix) 05. Tony De Vit – I Don’t Care (Lee Haslam Remix) 06. Scott Attrill - Never Forever 07. Paul van Dyk - For An Angel 2009 (Scott Attrill Remix) **Exclusive Remix** 08. BK - Wah Wah 09. Anne Savage vs Lisa Lashes - Release Me (In2ition remix) 10. Joe Rodgers – Let Me Hear You Shout 11. Tony De Vit – The Dawn (Scott Attrill Remix) **Exclusive Remix** 12. A*S*Y*S - Klick Klack WTF 13. Scott Attrill - Neon Baby 14. Phil York & Kidd Kaos - Lack Of Affection 15. Jim Justice - Dark Side 16. Fabio Stein - Panic Mode (Fabio Stein Remix) **Exclusive Album Edit** 17. Yoda Inc. – Definitely (DJ Scot Project Remix) **Anne Savage Album Edit** 18. Anne Savage - I Cant Hear Ya (Projekt.Tek Remix) 19. Organ Donors - Teardrop 20. Paul Maddox – Endangered (Wragg & Log: One Remix) 21. Andrea Montorsi feat. Diana J - Phantasy (Original Mix)
CD 3 - Mixed by Mark EG 01. Proteus – Fist Of The North 02. Gatty – The Book 03. Marcel Woods – Bottle (Showtek Remix) 04. A*S*Y*S – Acid Zombie 05. Bulletproof – Mistakes (Louk & Nik The Kid Remix) 06. Guyver – You’ll Know It (Wragg & Log:One Remix) 07. Lee Haslam – Music Is The Drug (Nomad Remix) 08. Stimulator – Nostalgia (DJ Thera Remix) 09. Signum – What Ya Got 4 Me (Mark EG & Chrissi’s Industrial Hardstyle Remix) 10. Vortex & Impakt – In My Dreams 11. D-Block & S-Te-Fan – Anger 12. Dynamics - Embrace The Darkness 13. Zany – The Fairy Legend 14. Zany – Psychedelic Trip 15. Noisecontrollers – Yellow Minute (Alpha 2 Remix) 16. Wildstylez – Delay Distortion 17. Headhunterz - Scrap Attack (Endymion Mix)
CD 4 - Mixed by Sam & Deano F.U.N. Tidy Mash Up 01. Scott Fo Shaw feat. Stace – That Summer Track (Instrumental) / JX- Restless (A cappella) / Organ Donors – Turntablism / Paul Maddox vs Sam & Deano aka Tidy DJs - Nut Job 02. Lee Pasch – Feel It / Untidy Dubs – I Don’t Know (A cappella) / Brainbashers – Do It Now 03. The Generator – Where Are You Know (Untidy Dub) / Flash Harry – Give Up The Funk 04. Technikal feat MC Whizz kid – Music For A Harder Generation / Anne Savage – Centrefold (Nu Raverz Remix) / Untidy Dubs – Funky Groove 05. Andy Whitby & Matt Lee – Higher State Of Consciousness / Benedict Brothers – Honey Child (A cappella) 06. Rachel Auburn – Screwdriver (Olive Grooves Silly Disco Remix) / Jimmy Dean – Don’t Give Up (A cappella) / Jon Bishop – Stalker (A cappella) 07. Jon Doe – Good Timez / Steve Blake – Expression (Lee Pasch Remix) 08. Benjamin Leung & Tazix – Rain Drops (Ilogik Remix) / Untidy Dubs feat Emma Lock – Fine Night 2010 (A cappella) 09. BK – Rave Monkey (Original) / Hyperlogic - Only Me 10. BK vs Sam & Deano – Switch! 11. Andy Farley & Sam Townend – Dull Drums (Scott Attrill Remix) / Human Resource – Dominator (A cappella) 12. Tidy Allstars – The Homecoming (Magna Theme) / Ed Real & The Coalition – 20’000 Hardcore Members (A cappella) / Lisa Lashes – What Can You Do 4 Me (A cappella) 13. Alumina – Let The Bass Kick / Kym Ayres feat. Technikal – More & More (A cappella) / 12” Thumpers – Don’t Cross The Line / NRG – Never Lost His Hardcore 14. BK – Dreams / 12” Thumpers – Don’t Cross The Line (A cappella) 15. Robbie Muir – Body Rock / Ewok – Go Back / Lisa Lashes – Looking Good 16. Technikal – Teardrops / K Series vs Technikal – Closer / Base Graffiti – Scirocco
1) For those who are not familiar with who you are, give a brief description of yourself and where you come from. Hi! We are the Hard Dance double act ‘Sam & Deano’, formerly known as the Tidy DJs. We both come from the Northern UK city of Leeds!
2) What genre of music do you play and produce? Hard Dance.
3) Have you experimented with other genres of music? Our style is very ‘Mash Up’, so we incorporate all different styles of music into our sets. We re-work everything into a ‘Hard’ style, but our inspiration comes from right across the board. If it’s big, we play it!
4) At what age did you first realize you potential as a DJ? Deano has been a DJ since he was 3, he used to play the Working Mens clubs around his hometown of Rothwell, and I got my first decks when I was 17 and haven’t looked back since!
5) For how long have you been DJing/producing? Deano is 29, so he’s been DJ’ing for 26 years. I have been at it for just over 10 years, but on a club level for the last 6. Production wise I started getting in the studio around 5 years ago, Deano doesn’t do studios as he’s scared of computers after an unfortunate accident with Microsoft Word a few years ago. (He doesn’t understand we don’t use that program when making music, bless him!)
6) What's the hardest part of being a DJ? Probably the travelling, lots and lots of time spent in cars and on motorways travelling literally 1000’s of miles in a weekend to play for a couple of hours! Not that we are complaining, but it is crazy when you think about it!
7) What well known DJ's have you collaborated with? DJ wise we have lost count the new number of acts we have played back to back with, Tidy Boys, Scott Attrill, Ben Stevens, Stimulant DJs, Cally Gage, the list goes on! Studio collaborations we have worked with BK, Technikal, Andy Farley, Paul Maddox, Ben Stevens, Jon BW, Klubfiller and Scott Fo Shaw. You can hear some of our collaborations of the pur mix on the new new Hard Dance Anthems album, www.harddanceanthems.co.uk.
8) Who are some of your favourite local and international DJ's? We like all sorts of DJs, all depends where we are going out and what mood we are in! We were both really blown away by Laidback Luke at a recent gig he did in Leeds, the way he worked the crowd was awesome - the guy’s got skills!
9) Do you make your music readily available to download from the internet? Yes, the whole music industry and business model for releasing music has changed so much recently, and it’s important for artists and acts to make their music available for download in as many places as they can. We do keep some ‘DJ Only’ bootlegs to ourselves, but every track we do gets put out and released right across the board.
10) Do you DJ/produce on a full-time basis? I run the Tidy Trax record label as well as DJ and produce, so music is my full time occupation. It’s not known what Deano spends his time doing during the week, he’s always ‘busy’, but on what, nobody knows....we will put his occupation down as being a ‘Northern Man Of Mystery’.
