Interview V :: Featuring DJ PROMO (UK) :: Saturday 22nd April :: Tilt Bar, Melbourne


The Interview crew is proud to present the fifth installment of Interview: a quality night with friendly people, good tunes and that house-party vibe that they're quickly becoming known for! With German trance ace Martin Roth having torn Tilt apart in early March to rave reviews, we've got another A-grade International DJ lined up, this time taking things in the dirty house direction! Interview is proud to present DJ PROMO from the United Kingdom. DJ PROMO is currently residing in Melbourne while he prepares to undertake the daring challenge of breaking the Guinness World Record for "Longest DJ Set (Club DJ)" with a 100-hour continuous set at Federation Square in June. DJ PROMO's Interview appearance will be a very special 2 hour set with support from the Interview Crew: residents, Matt Belleghem, Ben Evans, Andrew Campbell, Julian Reynolds, Blinky and Interview guests Virginia Le, Jono Raftery and Drew K (preSSure). The Interview crew has certainly set the scene for another party that will leave you gasping for more! If you haven't yet been interviewed, we highly recommend that you make a booking. That's Interview V with DJ PROMO, Saturday April 22nd from 10PM.
Also with our new drinks sponsor on board, Vodka O; there will be a variety of special drinks and a 2 for 1 vodka special from 10pm till 11pm, then $5 vodka’s from 11pm onwards. Also a range of specially infused vodka bottles alongside a kick ass collection of Interview cocktails, so get down early and drink responsibly!!


Time: From 10pm till Late
Cost: $10 General & $5 Guest list [Email [email protected] for guest list entries]
Where: Tilt Bar, 272 Russell Street, CITY
When: Saturday 22nd April 2006

Lineup:

Julian Reynolds
Blinky (LIVE)
DJ PROMO (UK)
Ben Evans
Matt Belleghem
Drew K (preSSure)
Andrew Campbell
Virginia Le
Jono Raftery



DJ PROMO: BIOGRAPHY

END-OF-SCHOOL parties are usually noted for the destruction of friendships and common room furniture rather than the creation of world-class DJs. But 1986 bucked that trend and a new Deity of the Decks was born.

When some friends needed help staging a school leaving party for 2000 people, Matt Solo – who would later become DJ Promo – threw together a Party Survival Kit and grabbed the helm. One rebel-rousing party later, his destiny was determined.

Less than three years later, he was managing a group of British DJs and forging connections with clubs that still stand strong today. By the early ‘90s, he was running a London record store, staging his own events and helping others promote theirs.

In 1996, Matt quit the record store and started selling promos direct to the same DJs he’d served over the counter. At the same time, Crossbar invited him to launch a new night. Sidestepping their initial approach, he instead helped promote a company that made unusual mirrors and had been asked to exhibit in the Ministry of Sound. One foot now firmly in the Ministry’s door, he caved in to Crossbar and launched the infamous Aural Sex parties – and with them, his own DJ career.

In his first year behind the decks, DJ Promo played at some of the most famous clubs in London, including Ministry of Sound, The End, Heaven, Turnmills and Hanover Grand. So respected were his skills at the decks, he was called in to sound check Liverpool’s Cream and even London’s Fabric before opening night, making him the first person to DJ on the club’s legendary system.

It was time to turn his attention overseas and he was soon playing monthly in Europe and America and was then invited to play in Toronto, Canada. In 2001, he took to the turntables on the Greek island of Kos and then Ghent in Belgium.




Back on British terra firma, he launched the hugely successful Good Life parties at Sub Logic – a combination of “house anthems from yesterday and tomorrow” that broke bar records. A move towards the darker, more tribal and progressive side of house followed in 2002 and he established the 3D collective with Pedro G of Portugal and Spain’s Enrique Soto.

3D went Europe-wide and the trio occupied a monthly slot on Ministry of Sound’s internet-based radio station, where they played as guests on the Secret Sessions hosted by Ruanne Emmenes with an audience of more than seven million. DJ Promo has also guested on the All About Prog show.

In early 2003, back at Sub Logic, he launched Battle of the Diamonds: an experimental night in which he, Pedro G and guests were only allowed to play three consecutive tracks – keeping the energy level high and the music varied.

By summer 2003, he had completed seven new mixes and tweaked his first album to near completion. That December, he moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he rapidly established his reputation on the club circuit and is now bracing himself to break the Guinness World Record for the longest DJ (club) session marathon, which currently stands at 84 hours.

To date, DJ Promo has played in Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and the USA. His style encompasses a broad spectrum of house, from the sublime jazzy sounds of Europe and the US, to funky Latin, to dirty phat Progressive, Tech and his all-time personal favourite, Tribal House.



If you would like to know more about Interview here is a link to what we have accomplished so far

http://blogs.inthemix.com.au/Anomyst/9387/

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Last edited by Anomyst on Apr-02-2006 at 23:22