Kraak & Smaak feat. Ben Westbeech - Squeeze Me hits # 2 in IDJ Mag Heavy Rotation Chart

Those of you who listen to BBC 6 Music in the morning will have heard Oscar from K&S being inteviewed today to celebrate
Squeeze Me being Record of The Week on the Breakfast Show.

Support continues to flood in with fans including old hands like Groove Armada and DJ Yoda and hot newcomer Micky Slim putting their weight behind the record.

- 10 specialist plays so far on Radio 1 (Pete Tong / Annie Mac / Zane Lowe / Annie Nightingale)

- Guest mix on Annie Nightingales show on Radio 1

- BBC 6 Music Breakfast Show Record of the Week

- XFM plays from Unabombers & Eddie Temple Morris

- Kiss FM Plays from Jo Ransom / Ali B / Steve Smart

- DMC Update Record of The Week
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LISA MILLETT & DJ DEVICE
"ONE DAY YOU WANT ME"

A sensual, heartfelt, vocal House track of the highest order, "One Day You Want Me" kicks off with R.K's key-charged minimal dubby Club Mix which lets Lisa rip across the hypnotic swinging groove. Working the floor, this is the one the pirates have been rinsing. Bad To The Bone and Booker T's Remix opt for a streetwise, urban styled filtering bassline and keys groove that's also got that old skool uplifting stamp all over it. Rounding off is Dj Device's Original Club Mix, a classic old skool house stomp that showcases Lisa's super vocal.
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Kraak & Smaak feat. Ben Westbeech "Squeeze Me" featuring mixes from Trevor Loveys , A Skillz, Jem Stone and Lack of Afro

Marrying the Kraakers future funk and hip hop beats with a sensational Westbeech vocal made this track a sure bet as the first choice single although the band did release a couple of warm up EP's to remind everyone why their debut album "Boogie Angst" was a worldwide success.

"Funk Ass Rotator / Mad as Hell" was aimed firmly at the dancefloor and has earned the boys a Radio 1 guest mix later on this month while "That's Our Word" showcased the bands more leftfield side featuring a collaboration with Stones Throw rapper Dudley Perkins.
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SYSTEM 7
release their new album "PHOENIX"

Saturday March 8th: Concorde 2, Brighton, System 7 + Eat Static
Friday 14th: King Tuts, Glasgow - System 7
Saturday 15th: Manchester Academy 2 with EatStatic Live and DJ Purusha (Manchester)

Saturday April 12th: Phoenix Centre, Exeter -System 7 + Eat Static

Having immersed themselves heavily in Japanese culture for the last year, System 7 emerge with their new artist album, "Phoenix" rising on A-Wave at the end of January 2008. System 7's ceaseless energy and thirst for new sounds and creative avenues to explore, sees them refine their unique musical sound with the latest techno beats and trance sounds. Collaborating with leading production talents such as Germany's Jam El Mar, Eat Static and Son Kite, System 7 create an exhilirating diverse musical soundscape, having also clocked up an amazing 12 Live shows at some of the world's leading dance festivals in 2007.
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LA BOMBA! 1st Anniversary Party at Ministry of Sound on Friday 8th March 2008

London's explosive and essential Latin rave, now with live Reggaeton acts flown in directly from Latin America!

La Bomba now goes monthly with a special live performance in March from Puerto Rico's famed Reggaeton pioneer act Las Guanabanas and celebrates its 1st anniversary at the Ministry of sound

"All ethnicities bienvenido"

The resounding success of La Bomba - The Latin Explosion has created shock waves across London's club scene with its effervescent hot mix of urban Latino sights and sounds and has already created a rush for more parties across the UK and internationally including events in Brighton, Germany & Spain

La Bomba returns to Ministry of Sound on Friday March 8th 2008, hosting the exclusive live show of legendary Puerto Rican reggaeton act Las Guanabanas, on their only UK visit since their European tour 5 years ago!

For more than 10 years Las Guanabanas have been one of the most popular Reggaeton acts in the Caribbean. Borne in the late 80's as a dance crew, Georgie and Joelito went on to record one of reggaeton's seminal albums The Noise, which launched their irreverent and fresh style of urban Latin music. They found fame and popularity amongst young Puerto Ricans, becoming the voice a whole generation long before commercial reggaeton and Latin hip Hop made it onto the airwaves.
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The return of SOOPASOUL with "BRAND NU"

props on "Swing Down EP" from Aquasky, Kid Kenobi, Freddie Fresh, Barry Ashworth(Dub Pistols) Nick Slater (Finger Lickin Records/Rock Steady), Tim Hancock (Capoeira Twins, Midlands) and more

Take some raw live drums and horns, throw in a killer funky vocal and stir with some dope bass and percussion, and whaddya get ? "BRAND NU' the urgent and moving new Soopasoul vocal outing on Jalapeno. First heard as a standout track on the recent hot "Jalapeno Funk Vol 1" album, "Brand Nu" is already pricking up the ears of Soopasoul's peers, and exploding outta tastemaker playlists. Don't sleep on the rollin' soulful funky live breaks jam

Kicking off the "Brand Nu" set is the killer vocal version featuring the talented Mississippi-born gospel newcomer, Nikeya , whose voice rings out in urgency across the soulscape. A sexy calling-your-partner-on-it funky number with extra breaks and horns flava, this is one helluva slinky ride with some killer drum breakouts. The Lack Of Afro Remix follows with its spacey breaks, and more minimal mono broken-beat funky breaks production as the vocal calls out across the groove. One for the DJ's and funk heads is the old skool classic sounding bonus cut, "Ya Lookin' Tight" guaranteed to get the party started in wicked horns, guitar and percussive J Funk style. Where the JB's and breaks worlds collide, this is nu organic funk that's working the dancefloor, especially on those hand-clapping breakdowns! And rounding off this impressive set is the housey Direckt Remix, 4 to the floor groovement with those lush keys, vocal and horns.

Soopasoul is that rarest of things in this electronic age of dance music: a band where everything is played in live, where loops and plug-ins are eschewed in favour of a drum kit in the living room, guitars and bass that are lying around and a funky horn section so steeped in tradition that you can feel the real deal being played out in front of your ears.
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Dr Rubberfunk Sunset Breakup EP

A1 Beats Working
A2 Come Back Breaker
B1 Part of Me (featuring Sitzka)
B2 Sunset Breakup
JAL 59 12" / Digital

Jalapeno Records are proud to present the latest addition to its roster.
Dr Rubberfunk.

One of the leading figures in pushing the funky side of breaks that we love, the doctor is now on his third album and while taking a break from his own GPS label, has been persuaded to join the J-Funk Family.

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Kraak & Smaak unveil their new album “Plastic People”

"The new album is a bit more grown up than the first album. We've worked with some of our contemporaries who we massively respect and that's had an effect" Wim Plug

"We were really pleased when Sander Kleinenberg licensed an upfront version of one of our new album tracks for his Renaissance compilation. That wouldn't have happened with our first album" Mark Kneppers

"I like the simplicity of playing live as there's only one goal - get to the gig - do the gig - do the after party - move on. There's no complications and you end up in these places you would never visit on holiday. If you go on holiday you go to a beach somewhere but the places we've seen we would never have seen if it wasn't for the band. We've already had some massive high points like pulling into LA in our tour bus to play a sell out gig at the El Rey with our name up in the classic American style on the front of the theatre but we're still a baby band, the best is yet to come - it will be a long time before you hear us moaning about going on tour" Oscar De Jong

Heineken, Van Gogh, Kraak & Smaak. The three most famous things to come out of Holland. Ever. In that order. Ok so maybe a bit of an exaggeration but the last three years have been an incredible ride for the band considered to be Holland's most credible export and as they gear up for the release of their second album things seem set to get even crazier.
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iiO - Rapture Reconstruction: Platinum Edition (Made Records)

early tastemakers support from Paul Van Dyk, Erick Morillo, Sander Kleinenberg Seb Fontaine, Matt Darey

Where were you?

You know, the first time you heard "Rapture" from iiO. Working up a sweat on the dancefloor of the hottest club? Hearing it being blasted on a car system or chilling out on the beach? Or were you at a festival, overhearing it in the distance on someone's boombox? Either way, as soon as that infectious hook kicked in you were hooked…an iiO junkie for life with no rehab on the horizon. You've just got to have more right? and iiO is back to fulfill the craving that can't be denied with "Rapture Reconstruction: Platinum Edition"

Spawning dozens of remixes and unstoppable international radio play, iiO's mighty "Rapture" has carved itself a niche as one of the world's biggest dance hits, and a classic anthem that's never fails to unite and mesmerise.
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SYSTEM 7 release their new album "PHOENIX"

THE SYSTEM 7 "PHOENIX" LAUNCH PARTY 1 with SYSTEM 7(Live) + Eatstatic (Live) - stage times TBC
plus DJ sets from Ans & Rups (Nano Records)
Date: Saturday February 16th 2008
Venue: Trinity
Address: Trinity Road,Bristol, BS2 0NW
Time: 10.00pm - 4.00am
Tickets 14.00 pounds + Booking Fee www.gtickets.co.uk or www.seetickets.co.uk or www.bristolticketshop.co.uk
0870 44 44 400

THE SYSTEM 7 "PHOENIX" LAUNCH PARTY 2 on Thursday February 21st at London's legendary Heaven venue and club
SYSTEM 7(Live on stage 10.30pm) + Eatstatic (Live on stage 12.15am)
+ DJ sets from The Orb's Dr Alex Paterson, Slack Baba and System 7
Date: Thursday February 21ST 2008
Venue:HEAVEN
Address: 13 Villiers ST,(Under The Arches), Charing Cross, London, WC2N 6NG
Times: 9.00pm - 2.00am
TICKETS 14.00 pounds in Advance from: www.heaven-london.com
www.gtickets.co.uk; www.seetickets.co.uk or www.accessallareas.org Tel 0207 267 8320

STOP PRESS: ADDITIONAL LIVE SYSTEM 7 DATES ANNOUNCED
Friday Feb 15th: Rescue Rooms in Nottingham - System 7
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Announce 2 Launch Parties for their new "Phoenix" Album

including Dj set from The Orb's Alex Paterson & Special Guests
+ Extra Live Dates

Pioneering UK techno and trance duo, System 7 kick off the New Year with two major Launch parties for their hotly anticipated artist album "Phoenix" in February. Currently enjoying DJ Buzz & Hupe chart action with their "Space Bird" single, System 7 are on flying form as they ready the new Manga-inspired electronic artist album, "Phoenix". Featuring collaborations with leading talents such as Germany's Jam El Mar, Eatstatic and Son Kite, the "Phoenix" album is an "ambient techno house groove" musical soundscape crafted in spacey electronic style. Already soaring high in Japan's dance charts, there's also an incredible video for new single "Hinotori" which you can check out at www.youtube.comwatch?v=fxAx63r7qgo

LIVE SYSTEM 7 DATES ANNOUNCED
Friday Feb 15th: Rescue Rooms @ Masonic Place, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG
Te 08713100000 times 9pm-2am. Admission 14 pounds. System 7 + Eat Static Live + DJ Purusha
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JINKZILLA featuring ZODIAC "MAN UP" featuring Tiger Stripes mixesearly tastemaker support from Hernan Cattaneo, King Roc, Tony Humphries

Jinkzilla is the new more experiemental and twisted musical project from West London's ebullient collective The Jinks. Treading a darker and more minimal, raw path , the debut single "Man Up" is boosted even further by a corking minimal Tiger Stripes Remix. Already rocking tastemaker dancefloors and radio shows, this deep throbber hits UK promo ahead of its late February release on their own Jinks Inc label.
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System 7

as of Friday 1st Feb 11am

Beatport Main chart

No 1 Space Bird single - Dubfire Remix (5 days now)
No 16 Space Bird single - Liquid Soul Remix

Beatport Techno chart
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SYSTEM 7 release their new album “PHOENIX”

Launching the “Phoenix” album from their massive interest in the Phoenix books and images of Osamu Tezuka, and the manga visuals, System 7 blend and shade their own unique 'ambient techno house groove” in spacey electronic style. Opening the new album is “Hinotori”, cutting an energetic rhythmic swathe powered by System 7's powerful trademark spaced guitar. Merging with a bubbling rhythm track, it twitches and breaks down the beats in soaring style, and recently topped Japan's HMV Singles chart. Check out the mesmerising state-of-the-art manga video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAx63r7qgo

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Festive greetings..its gonna be a hardcore christmas!

Cd’s promos coming out today
HARDCORE ADRENALINE 3
MIXED BY STU ALLAN + DJ SEDUCTION
PLUS BONUS BOOTLEG MIX

Following on from the 'Top 10' success of “Hardcore Adrenaline Vols 1 & 2, scene legends Stu Allan & DJ Seduction team up again for the bigger and badder, Hardcore Adrenaline 3. With the first two albums topping the Compilation charts at No 2 & 6 respectively, Hardcore Adrenaline keeps the energy flowing as Vol 3 unleashes 56 tracks across 3 CDs, including another killer Bonus Bootleg CD. Jump around to the hottest, upfront hardcore tracks currently devastating dancefloors at raves across the world, all of which are 100% exclusive to this CD.

Featuring tracks from some of the scenes biggest DJs and producers including Darren Styles, Dougal & Gammer, Sy & Unknown, Visa, Robbie Long & Stormtrooper, Adrenaline is also proud to support the cream of hardcore's up & coming and established new talent including Joey Riot, Darwin, DJ Kurt, Fracus, Audioscape and Al Storm to name just a few. On board too is JAKAZiD, who created the ground-breaking, advert-sampling, monstrous Internet sensation and hardcore anthem 'Cillit Bang' and who returns with to showcase his original production, engineering and remix skills
Hardcore Adrenaline's unique bootlegs CD concept offers the latest hardcore bootleg mixes, fresh from the studio and including covers of 'Umbrella', 'The Simpsons', 'With Every Heartbeat', 'At Night', 'Last Nite A DJ Saved My Life', 'Boogie 2Nite', 'Cheater', 'Tainted Love' and many more.
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BUZZ CHART
4 15 SYSTEM 7 Space Bird A-Wave Records
Ali Dubfire cooks up another deep and dirty headtrip for this Jam El Mar epic.

Original live techno duo, System 7 stamp their mark on the dancefloor once again with their new single “Space Bird” lifted from their forthcoming album, “Phoenix”, which opens their musical account in 2008. Just starting to escape on promo, this buzzing atmospheric Instrumental sees System 7 push the envelope for a minimal sound that embraces trance in truly hypnotic dancefloor style.

“Space Bird” is the first of the two Jam El Mar collaborations on the new album, and straight out the trap is man of the moment, Dubfire’s, excellent minimal trance and brooding tech house Remix. Liquid Soul tuffens it up with a charged stripped-down affair that rocks the floor fuelled by spacey loops, and rounding off is the Original version. It’s chunky beats underpin the seductive musical loops building into a full-on floorfiller that’s about to start ripping up floors in Europe.
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EXCLUSIVE
‘BOMBAY GROOVE’
the first release on Gladys Pizarro (Strictly Rhythm) label Launch
JOHN KANO Vs DJ DOME

Sampling Panjabi MC’s monumental 'Jugni', “Bombay Groove” ignites with DJ Dome’s Straight Out Of Calcutta Mix, a mesmerising bhangra-fulled groove with intense latin drums, chants, percussive crescendos and breakdowns that build and drop through this 6 minute journey. Banging the drum in stripped down style Dome’s Original Bollywood mix jams the beats and chants in a hypnotic whirl. Rounding off is John Kano’s Jewel Of Dubai mix, more raw beats, tranced out sounds and layered bhangra chants for some real late night shooking.
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System 7

“Space Bird” is the first of the two Jam El Mar collaborations on the new album, and straight out the trap is man of the moment, Dubfire’s, excellent minimal trance and brooding tech house Remix. Liquid Soul tuffens it up with a charged stripped-down affair that rocks the floor fuelled by spacey loops, and rounding off is the Original version. It’s chunky beats underpin the seductive musical loops building into a full-on floorfiller that’s about to start ripping up floors in Europe.
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BOMBAY GROOVE

One of NYC’s  leading Latin house DJ’s and producers John Kano aka Havana Funk teams up with DJ Dome to drop an explosive bhangra-fuelled club bomb guaranteed to get the bass bins shaking. Just starting to buzz on tastemaker promo, this mesmerising club quaker is also the first release on one of House music’s leading accolytes, Gladys Pizarro’s (Strictly Rhythm’s mighty A&R queen) new Launch label.

Sampling Panjabi MC’s monumental ‘Jugni’, “Bombay Groove” ignites with DJ Dome’s Straight Out Of Calcutta Mix, a mesmerising bhangra-fulled groove with intense latin drums, chants, percussive crescendos and breakdowns that build and drop through this 6 minute journey. Banging the drum in stripped down style Dome’s Original Bollywood mix jams the beats and chants in a hypnotic whirl. Rounding off is John Kano’s Jewel Of Dubai mix, more raw beats, tranced out sounds and layered bhangra chants for some real late night shooking.
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Soopasoul’s new tune ”Wild Mad Beat” available as free download from www.soopasoul.com BBC6 His current ”Swing Down EP” is No10 in DMC’s Zzub Chart and BBC 6’s Craig Charles is also digging it folks!

Soopasoul debuts with the ”Swing Down EP”

Soopasoul goes back to the real deal with his totally live raw new funk n’ breaks debut, the three track ”Swing Down EP” ushering in a new era of Jalapeno Funk. Already pricking up the ears of his peers, Soopasoul’s main man, Danny Hibrid is about to hit the dex at clubs near you where people really are dancing to funky ass live sh*t!

Kicking off the ”Swing Down EP” is the killer vocal title track, with a drum roll flourish for openers. A sexy making-out funk number with extra breaks and horns flava, this is one helluva slinky  ride with some killer drum breakouts. The Instrumental follows for the heads and DJ’s before the percussive Jalapeno Funk of ”Twin Stix” erupts. Where the JB’s and breaks worlds collide, this is groovement in its rawest form. And rounding off this impressive debut set is ”Lookin’ For Freddie”, blowing strong where super don Curtis Mayfield left off, for more old but nu organic funk.

Soopasoul is that rarest of things in this electronic age of dance music: a band where everything is played in live, where loops and plug-ins are eschewed in favour of a drum kit in the living room, guitars and bass that are lying around and a funky horn section so steeped in tradition that you can feel the real deal being played out in front of your ears.

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Various Artists - Jalapeno Funk Vol. 1

featuring Unreleased Exclusives from Kraak & Smaak, Dr Rubberfunk, and Soopasoul
Bonus Mixed CD contains additional tracks from Skeewiff, Dr Rubberfunk, IKON & Torpedo Boyz.

As the sound of breakbeat funk producers moves out of the bars and onto the main floors, jalapeno Records captures this growing International ass-shaking movement on their debut Jalapeno Funk Vol 1”s collection. Spread across 2 CD’s (one mixed & one unmixed), 17 tracks stir up some of the phattest funk magic on the planet. Dropping beefy bass n’ breaksin funky style, its growing appeal around the world is illustrated by the international nature of this J-funk compilation.

Featuring tracks from the US with the All Good Funk Alliance mix of IKON and their own B-Team production; Australia ‘s Flow Dynamics via his UK label Freestyle; Germany‘s Telesfor and Sneaky Fox, producers from the superb Pulver label; Holland ‘s world-reknown Kraak & Smaak live trio and Belgium’s D-Stephanie, the first lady of funk who also produces for labels such as Sonar Kollektiv. Jalapeno Funk Vol 1”s also highlights heady home grown talents like Dr Rubberfunk, Skeewiff, Soopasoul and Flash Callahan, and with Exclusives and Unreleased gems, this is the start of something new.
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Latin/reggaeton parties taking over the capital

Puerto Rico Boat Party @ the Yacht Club.
Fridays 16th of November and 21st of December
Temple Pier,
Victoria Embankment,
London,
WC2R 2PN
0871 332 3603
From 9PM to 4AM
3 Rooms
Reggaeton Room: DJs - Jose Luis, El Moreno and Sami Sanchez
Kung Fu Room (Hip Hop & RnB): DJs - Mr Penfold
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This year’s must-have dancefloor tunes from one of the world’s wildest clubs including Unmixed CD also

If you could bottle the most famous sound from Ibiza's most infamous venue, and home to the even more famous Space terrace, wouldn't you do it? Anyone who's lost it at Space in Ibiza this year, or just dreamed about it, knows that the sound of Space is something special. As Ibiza’s best-loved 24 hour club (where the planes fly over the Terrace dancefloor) closes its doors on another amazing and busiest ever summer season, Azuli Records celebrate with the release of the mighty “Space Annual 2007” collection. From this summer’s anthem and soon-to-be chart smash, Samim’s “Heater” to the massive Dubfire corker, “Roadkill”, the “Space Annual 2007” captures the essential and unique vibe as it brings together 26 blistering tunes showcasing the cutting edge of the incredible Space dancefloors.
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Fedde Le Grand won the ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Ibiza DJ Awards and hit No 5 in the UK Top 40 with his blazing new anthem, ‘Let Me Think About It’ feat Ida Corr.

Crowned ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Ibiza DJ Awards ceremony on Thursday 27th September at Pacha, Ibiza, following a summer of outstanding DJ performances. Major White Isle recognition comes on the back of a series of rocking sets he has played on the island this summer including the sensational opening and closing parties for MN2S @ El Divino.

Additionally, his latest collaboration with Ida Corr on the infectious ‘Let Me Think About It’, which has been one of the key summer bombs in his award-winning DJ sets, has stormed to No 5 in the UK sales charts this weekend. Congratulations Fedde – it has been quite a weekend!!
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SOOPASOUL..it's a funky breaks thang

Soopasoul goes back to the real deal with his totally live raw new funk n’ breaks debut, the three track “Swing Down EP” ushering in a new era of Jalapeno Funk. Already pricking up the ears of his peers, Soopasoul’s main man, Danny Hibrid is about to hit the dex at clubs near you where people really are dancing to funky ass live sh*t!

Kicking off the “Swing Down EP” is the killer vocal title track, with a drum roll flourish for openers. A sexy making-out funk number with extra breaks and horns flava, this is one helluva slinky ride with some killer drum breakouts. The Instrumental follows for the heads and DJ’s before the percussive Jalapeno Funk of “Twin Stix” erupts. Where the JB’s and breaks worlds collide, this is groovement in its rawest form. And rounding off this impressive debut set is “Lookin’ For Freddie”, blowing strong where super don Curtis Mayfield left off, for more old but nu organic funk.
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Luciana from Bodyrox surprised 2,000 party people at MN2S’s Closing party last Monday at El Divinos with a spectacular impromptu peaktime live set.

Kicking off with the massive Bodyrox “Yeah Yeah” hit Luciana tore the club apart and followed up with her new single, “What Planet You On’ . Unable to leave the stage due to the crowd pressing in, Luciana had to be carried off stage through the crowd by 3 male dancers, as the crowd screamed for more.

With Ibiza’s 2007 man of the season, Fedde Le Grand, once again on the dex for MN2S, the music was rocking, as Fedde’s blistering mix skills kept the crowd shouting and whooping all night long. Mobbed before and after his set for photos and autographs, Fedde was joined by his production partner, Funkerman for some back to back mix madness, and they kept the joint jumping until the sun came up.
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MC's Whizzkid and Storm Host Compiled & Mixed on 3 CD's by DJ's SY & Unknown, Dougal & Gammer and Supreme & Sunset Regime

As nu rave continues to spread its musical influence far and wide, it's no wonder that the original Hardcore sound continues to grow in mainstream stature. Tapping into this massive popularity is the new “True Hardcore” triple CD, three distinctive mixes from the scene's biggest players headlined by DJ's Dougal & Gammer, Sy & Unknown, Supreme and Sunset Regime. Spread across three CD's, its a killer selection of 51 tracks including the hottest, upfront hardcore tracks from the biggest names on the hardcore scene., currently devastating dancefloors at raves across the country.

Featuring tracks from the scene's biggest DJs and producers including Darren Styles, Hixxy, Dougal & Gammer, DJ Supreme, DJ Sy, and newcomers Pulsonix  and Starkillaz and many more. Unlike other genre mix albums, “True Hardcore” showcases the best tunes as made by the DJ's themselves with the majority of the tracks exclusive to this collection, and cannot be heard on any other album out there! Cutting edge and the sound of what's really banging on the hardcore dancefloor, the originality and impact of these mixes combine to make this a vital album. That fact, coupled with the long-overdue inclusion of the country's greatest Hardcore MCs, Storm & Whizzkid, ensures the originality and impact of their mix on this vital album for any UK Hardcore fan!
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MN2S Go Digital

Due to the high cost and associated overheads of vinyl production, MN2S are to become one of the first prominent independent label to make the shift to release their material via digital download only. “The price of vinyl is just too high and we've decided to pay our artists instead of the many middle men that get rich in the process. Distributors, pressing plants, printers, couriers, packers, shrink-wrappers etc have all been taking a cut out of the artist pie for too long” says MN2S Label chief, Dave Elkabas.

Able to retail to consumers at drastically reduced prices, with the artist actually receiving more for each sale is an irresistable new model for MN2S. All MN2S tracks are now exclusively available from www. mn2s.com and other good online retails.

“This not only allows our DJ customers to get our tracks cheaper and faster than ever before, but also allows our catalogue to become accessible by a far wider audience, both geographically and demographically, due to the reach of the internet and the recent plethora of portable mp3 players. You don't have to have a big old analogue record player to make buying our music relevant” adds Dave Elkabas.
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With Special Guest, the Godfather of Reggaeton, DJ Nelson

The resounding success of La Bomba – The Latin Explosion, after only 4 parties, has created shock waves across London’s club scene with its effervescent mix of urban Latino sights and sounds and has created a demand for more parties across the UK and internationally.

La Bomba returns to Ministry of Sound on Friday November 9th host the exclusive European appearance of one of the most important figures of the urban Latin movement, the acclaimed Godfather of Reggaeton, DJ Nelson, from Puerto Rico.

Being named "The Godfather of Reggaeton" by Daddy Yankee bears some responsibility and DJ Nelson lives up to the hype as a major pioneer of the reggaeton movement. Nelson has played at the top of his game for over 10 years and is renowned as one of the most important DJs and producers of the urban Latin genre; with his record label Flow Music and his artist production for Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderon he has sold over a million albums. When in 2006, Nelson came to London for the first time to London it marked the beginning of a new era within the UK Latin scene. He sold out the SEONE club and showed people what all the fuss about reggaeton was all about! Performing a 3 hour master-class on mixing and crowd-rocking which took 1,500 people on a musical journey never experienced before in the UK. DJ Nelson is truly a legend on the scene.
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Last week temperatures soared as 2,000 clubbers enjoyed Ibiza’s hottest new Monday party, MN2S @ El Divino.

Breaking box office attendance, and bar takings records, with over 500 bottles of vodka being drunk on the night, dancers stripped down to their thongs, as the party people danced the night away to the sounds of Fedde Le Grand and Seamus Haji.

This is typical of MN2S’ second season having landed Dutch superstar and girl's favourite, Fedde le Grand, to kick the season off and play 4 exclusive dates including September 3rd and the closing party on September 17th. Mobbed in his Hummer after a massive opening night, Fedde’s villa location is now a closely guarded secret, (and may even have to change), as last week girls clamped out at the perimeter fence to get close to the Dutch hearthrob. The villa is so tucked away (and also home to Posh and Becks when they visit the white isle) even the driver couldn’t find it and Fedde nearly missed his flight home! Fedde is also npreviewing his amazing new forthcoming smash ‘Let Me Think About It’ with Ida Corr, which is already one of Ibiza’s summer anthems and set to dominate the Top 10 on its September release.
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The Jinks 'Like Music'

As the summer continues Milk'N'2 Sugars step up the heat by unleashing yet another gem from The Jinks. Cool, classy, and heartfelt: this soulful nugget will keep you grooving for months.
The Jinks are London the based duo, Chris Gau and Dan Savidge, who are currently living up to the Future Heroes status that was bestowed upon them by Mixmag in 2005. They are currently on fire in the studio, letting loose a string of fierce productions of which 'Like Music' is arguably the hottest!! 'Like Music ' is The Jinks 5th release on MN2S and features the sublime vocal talents of Zodiac
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AERONAUTICS featuring Greg “ELECTRICA SALSA”

Re-working original warehouse rave classic, “Electrica Salsa”, the 80’s inspired electro groover that featured Sven Vath on vocals, are Italy’s Aeronautics crew. Buzzing with a hypnotic twistin’ noughties kick,  “Electrica Salsa” is breaking out all over with its massive bassline break and vocoder vocal hooks. Hot on the new Muck label, this charged new version is hot for leading international DJ’s Judge Jules, Trophy Twins, Flash Brothers and has been championed on the airwaves across the UK.
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the H-MEN anthem “SHOW YOU LOVE”

Starting to buzz as one of the end of summer’s feelgood club anthems, “Show You Love” from The H-Men follows up the Brass labels’ first tune, “Let’s Go Together” from Soul Corporation. With promos just starting to circulate, “Show You Love”s infectious vocal hook is already raising hands in the air at some of the coolest clubs, as it continues to build and build ahead of its late October release date.
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MN2S @ BG, Amsterdam Friday 19th October

Fedde le Grand has been a name on everyone’s lips over the past 12 months and is possibly Europe’s most in-demand DJ. His 2006 crossover anthem and worldwide #1 smash ‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit’ continues to devastate the dance floors worldwide, while ‘The Creeps’, his second release featuring Danish vocalist Camille Jones, has also enjoyed massive success. Fedde has most definitely cemented his position as one of the most commercially-successful DJ/producers of recent years and has recently won THREE awards at the 2007 International Dance Music Awards. With a full schedule of DJ gigs for the remainder of the year, don’t miss this chance to see him in his hometown!!
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