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Kosheen and Misja Helsloot on GDJB (06-21-2004)
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WPYM-93.1 Miami
The Global DJ Broadcast
www.tranceairwaves.com , www.ets-global.org , www.trancesphere.com and www.party931.com live
simulcast!
For Monday: 06-21-04
This week's lineup: (6am GMT)
1:00 am - 2:00 am - Markus Schulz
2:00 am - 3:00 am - Markus Schulz
3:00 am - 4:00 am - Kosheen DJs (Decoder & Substance)
4:00 am - 5:00 am - Misja Helsloot
Be sure to log on to the Global DJ Broadcast chatroom during the show!
#GDJB. We'd love to hear what you think of the latest sets as well as what
is on your mind. Our host, Markus Schulz is usually hanging out as well as
many of the guest djs!
Go to www.globaldjbroadcast.com and click on the "live chat" button to join
us!
Markus Schulz starts us off with the Essentials! Markus Schulz leads of the
broadcast with his signature dark melodic sounds. With summer now underway,
this is the perfect way to get your vacations started.
Kosheen returns to the Broadcast! Once in a while, a band comes along that
doesn't just ignore the rule book, but rewrites it. Since forming in the
late 90's, Kosheen have proved that success doesn't have to come on someone
else's terms. Fusing the plaintive, potent vocals of singer Sian Evans with
the darkly intimate electronica of Darren Decoder and Markee Substance,
Kosheen create songs where the sounds tell the story as much as the lyrics
while the boundaries of genres are blurred and challenged. In 2003,
individuality remains their calling card with their second stunning album,
'Kokopelli'. It takes the fearless, emotive blueprint of the band's debut,
'Resist', and couples it with Sian's more confident song writing, a heavier
rock influence and the experience of playing live around the world. It is a
natural progression, but a huge leap forward; confirmation that Kosheen are
currently one of the UK's most exciting, experimental bands.
The foundations of this revolution were laid years earlier when music
changed the lives of all three band members. Darren Decoder - aka Darren
Beale - played and wrote music for years in various punk bands at school in
Weston-Super-Mare, always recording their efforts and so developing a
simultaneous interest in the production side. When he went to university in
1989, though, he realized something was missing.
Together, Darren and former Glaswegian indie kid Markee Substance created
the seminal Ruffneck Ting club nights around Bristol and the South West.
Raised on The Smiths, Echo and The Bunneymen and, later, Stone Roses and
Happy Mondays, Markee became instrumental in the burgeoning drum n' bass
scene.
The pair soon got to know Sian Evans. Brought up in a small town in South
Wales, Sian had left home at 16 and moved to Cardiff to escape, living in
squats and friends houses while working several jobs at once and traveling
to parties and festivals all over the country. At the height of the rave
scene, in 1991, she gave birth to her son, Yves, and was forced to reassess
her priorities. For the next four years, Sian and her son split their time
between environmental protests like Newbury and working at summer festivals.
At night, after Yves went to bed, Sian passed the time by writing songs.
Realizing her future lay with these songs -in fact, most of them went on to
form the tracks on Kosheen's debut album, 'Resist' - she soon moved back to
Bristol to find someone to play them with. Enter Darren and Markee.
The world agreed they were something special. Kosheen's compelling, anthemic
track 'Hide U' reached number 6 in the UK, while 'Catch' hit number 15 and
'Hungry' reached number 13. The accompanying album, 'Resist', went on to
reach number 8 in the UK and made the top 30 in Australia, The Netherlands,
Belgium and Greece. It has since sold half a million copies worldwide. 'Hide
U' also won 'Best Remix' at the Muzik Dance Awards and Record of The Year at
the Dancestar USA Awards in Miami.
Ignoring the accepted protocol that dictates 'dance' acts don't play live,
Kosheen then set off on tour. With their debut album 'Resist' this equated
to an impressive 141 shows in 33 countries to an audience of over several
million.
In fact, crowds of up to 17,000 have since seen the band play in Europe,
Australia, South Africa, Asia, even America where fans who had only heard
Kosheen via Napster knew all the lyrics before anything had ever officially
been played there. The LA Times went so far as to proclaim the band one of
four hot new electronica acts to watch for. In summer 2001, Kosheen further
cemented their reputation as a world-class live act by performing to a
20,000-strong crowd in Serbia, the first international band to do so since
the trouble in the Balkans.
Inevitably while on tour, Kosheen turned their attention to their second
album. Enthused by the incredible reception they had received live, they
began writing songs with that in mind, tracks they knew would sound great on
stage. The resulting record - now named 'Kokopelli' after the North American
Indian symbol of fertility, individuality and music - is a hypnotic,
intimate collection of songs from the soul. The divide between Sian's folk
upbringing and Darren and Markee's electronica background is less pronounced
while influences including The Pretenders, The Cure, Kate Bush and Radiohead
all resonate.
For now, though, Kosheen are ready to hit that motorway again and bring
their new studio sound to the live stage, the place where they have truly
proved they are a band without limits.
Misja Helsloot makes his debut on the Broadcast! Misja was born on the 21st
of January in 1973 in Rotterdam. In 1992 Misja started to buy the records he
liked, and his choice was Trance and Progressive House.
Misja started to play at parties he organized together with a friend in
Rotterdam. In the mean time he became friends with DJ Tiesto, who was
already a well known DJ in Holland, and he gave Misja the chance to mix his
own CD. "In Trance We Trust 001" which was released in September 1998 on
Black Hole Recordings. This CD was well sold in The Netherlands, Israel and
Norway, which resulted in many dj bookings in these countries.
After a year Misja was looking for more than just a CD so he started his own
sub label at a record company in Rotterdam. In December 1999 his first CD on
his own label was finished and called "The Creation - Day One".
In 2000 Misja started to invest in a studio at home and the first result was
a remix of the Inkfish track Orange Envelope together with Alpha Breed. Soon
after, in August 2001 a whole new record company was born, Gesture Music.
Together with Roland K (San Project, 2 men strong) and Maarten v Oosten
(Orientalist), Misja started his real dream. Misja's first release at his
company was be "Misja Helsloot - First Second" in September 2002. This
release was played a lot by Paul van Dyk. In the summer of 2002 Misja played
at all major festivals in The Netherlands like Extrema, Love Fields and
Dance Valley.
Misja's name was steadily rising, both as DJ and producer. Several remixes
were made, and he had the honors to record the Impulz theme song, A
Different World, on his own First Second label. New mix-cds were released:
Capital and (back to were it all began) ITWT 007.
And DJ bookings brought Misja around the globe: from the Cocorico in Italy
to the Opium Garden in Miami to The Dome in Tell Aviv, and back home to
major gigs such as Impulz, Dance Valley and the end party of the FFWD Dance
Parade in Rotterdam.
In 2004, a new highlight was added to Misja's career. Ten thousands of party
people saw him opening the Main stage at Trance Energy. What more could you
ask for?
NOW ON LINE: www.globaldjbroadcast.com
Markus Schulz Top 10 (in no particular order)
1. Benz & MD - Still Rain/Dead Calm [Silver Planet]
2. FIlterheadz - Yimanya (Markus Schulz and Austin Leeds Remix) [CDR]
3. Tomonari & Tommy Pi - C Sharp (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix) [Skywarp]
4. Kajal - Exquisite [CDR]
5. Probspot - TV Dinner [CDR]
6. Andy White & Andy Moor presents The White Room - White Room [CDR]
7. Tadi & NV - Indian Hashish [Coldharbour Selections/EE]
8. Smith & Pledger - Forever (Aspekt Remix) [Anjuna]
9. Kalafut & Fygle - Lullaby [CDR]
10. Recluse- Isle Dauphine (8 Wonders Distant Horizons remix) |
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| UWM |
I was going to post this like 5 hours ago and forgot!
McFly! |
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| ninetyninej |
nice lineup
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| DJ Rat 187 |
| mmmmm, Misja, sweeet |
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