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BLEU (Movement Weekend) (Detroit)
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Bleu will also be hosting a stage during the event featuring:
SHAWN MICHAELS
ANTHONY ATALLA
MARCUS BEIER
KENNETH THOMAS
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Tickets only $15 @ www.wantickets.com
$3 Wells / Domestics 9-10:30pm (Both Nights)
Doors @ 9pm
18+
www.bleudetroit.com
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"A beacon of light in the darkness"
Time for a little R & R. "R & R" ("Rare and Remixed") presents a look back at BT's (a.k.a Brian Transeau) productions, either his own or for others, in a DJ-mixed forum for your listening and dancing pleasures.
"R & R" embodies BT's musical career to a tee, offering listeners a chance to sneak into the past by including earlier works, and a glimpse in the future as some of these tracks are exclusive to this release and have never seen the light of day, until now. While his ideas and skills are his own, BT has influenced many others to forge ahead in terms of creating sonic sculptures, and has become one of the most in-demand remixers in the world. By lending tweaking credits to the likes of Seal, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, N-Sync, Tori Amos and even "Mr. Tubular bells" himself, Mike Oldfield, Nettwerk presents "R & R", a collections of rare and remixed tracks, spanning the musical tapestry woven by BT.
Andy Gray (who has worked and programmed with Paul Oakenfold and New Order) sequenced and mixed the CD to offer a fluent flow, one that best enhances and compliments the genre of music offered. BT's "Remember" starts the voyage on disc one with a storming instrumental mix, while long-time collaborator Paul Van Dyk surfaces with his trance-induced anthem "Forbidden Fruit". We get reintroduced to BT's pioneering epic productions on Grace's "Not Over Yet", which virtually began what is now referred to as progressive house, and Mike Oldfield's "Let There Be Light" both include BT's sonic recipe of subtle buildups with massive breakdowns. Internationally acclaimed DJ/producer Sasha, co-conspires on two tracks, the majestic "I'm Alive" by Seal, and an unreleased exclusive track, "Heart of Imagination". DJ Taylor teams up with BT, under the moniker Anomaly to bring us "Calling Your Name" with vocals from Jan Johnston (who has been working with BT since his second record). Johnston's ethereal vox is sparkled throughout the two-disc set, also on the exclusive, unreleased "Sunblind" which starts off disc two. Disc Two focuses more on BT's own productions as were treated to "Movement in Still Life" 's single releases, albeit remixed and twisted to ebb and flow towards the climaxing end. The Plump Dj's breakbeat remix of "Smartbomb" segues right into "Fibonacci Sequence", a storming breakbeat track, which was exclusively on Sasha's "IbizaGlobal Underground" import release a year ago, surfaces for the first time domestically on "R & R". Kristy Hawkshaw (Opus III) lends vocal duties to the progressive anthem "Dreaming" while Tori Amos croons over pulsing rhythms and beats on "Blue Skies". The climax at the end of disc two mixes two club stomping anthems, BT's reconstructed, uplifting mix of Sarah McLachlan's "I Love You" and the seminal classic, BT's very own "Flaming June" closing out the disc.
BT has been a major force in pushing the boundaries of electronic music from his early collaborations with Deep Dish in the early 90's, right up to his first Nettwerk release, "Movement in Still Life", released last year. With pioneering production techniques, BT's initial inklings leaned towards a more atmospheric, celestial brand of progressive house featured on his debut record "IMA" and the sophomoric release "ESCM". Both elevated him to the coveted role of electronic music icon and helped to pioneer and refine the sound that has become dance music for the masses. Unpredictably eclectic and consistently class, "Movement in Still Life" pushed BT into the lexicon of innovators in electronic music that are able to amazingly span across both mainstream and underground culture simultaneously.
In the barren landscape of repetitive and mindless commercial dance music BT's powerful sonic collages gleams as a beacon of light in the darkness. "R&R" is a powerful collection of songs and remixes that embodies the spirit and flow of BT's productions past, present and now |
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"Unique musical vision"
As a dance music producer, James Holden needs no introduction. The original bedroom producer wunderkind who first burst into view in 1999 aged only 19 with the now classic "horizons" has in just four years made an impact on the scene of which many and older producer can but dream, with a string of consistently stunning tracks and remixes for just about every label that matters - loaded, bedrock, london, positiva, lost language, direction, nu life, perfecto, hope, deviant.
the revelation that they were all made using merely a PC and freeware music production software which anyone can download (legally!) from the internet sent waves across the old skool production industry and went a long way towards opening doors for a whole new generation of young producers to follow him. with his own tracks a fixture in the sets of every major dj from sasha, digweed, garnier and warren to tong, oakenfold, tiesto and armin, his collaboration on the track "bloodlock" appearing on sasha's "airdrawndagger" artist album, his recent full vocal track hit "nothing" with julie thompson and his own brand new buzz label border community, holden has cemented his reputation as quite a force to be reckoned with in the production world. many people would be satisfied with that, but with a period of hard work behind the turntables and heavy tours across the world now behind him, people everywhere are now beginning to sit up and also take notice of james holden the dj.
guesting on oxygen fm and in various clubs around the oxford area whilst at university, the demand for james as a dj grew naturally as word of his phenomenal productions spread. he has since played in north america, asia, australia and all over the uk and europe, including residencies at amsterdam's kremlin and the uk's passion, and regular appearances at clubs as diverse as plus soda (athens), the now legendary elements (london), slinky (bournemouth and bristol) and the club which started it all off, slide in oxford. with plans for first tours of the united states and south america in late 2003, james is very much a dj to watch for the future, one of a handful of young djs of a similar age to the majority of club punters who've been allowed to rise up the ranks in recent years. melodic and driving, dubbed out and hypnotic, his sets take in techno and deep trance along with his own tracks, special edits and remixes put together in his studio and a good deal of sampler wizardry, making his sets every bit as individual and genre-defying as the sound of his productions. it is this often unorthodox coupling of tracks which the purists have traditionally grouped into distinct genres along with james' dedication to hunting down exclusive new tracks from astounding yet undiscovered young production talent which makes Holden's sound a unique one as yet unrepresented across the musical spectrum. a dj who has in the past often be inaccurately pigeonholed as "progressive" or "trance", james holden is through hard work, dedication and an unerring belief in his own vision slowly converting all those who take the time to actually listen to his sets to his own as yet unclassified hybrid of the music we call house.
what is increasingly being recognised as a unique musical vision is now brought to life with holden's brand new record label border community, his first wholly independently owned and run label venture. border community promises to merge the more leftfield sounds which james listens to at home with a dancefloor dynamic akin to what he usually plays in his dj sets, a concept perfectly illustrated in the form of dancefloor and ambient mixes of first release, and first solo track from james holden for well over a year, "a break in the clouds". with plenty more exciting new releases lined up over the coming months, border community looks set to establish itself as a force to be reckoned with within the dance scene, providing an outlet for holden's more underground productions and hopefully kickstarting the careers of a host of talented young producers along the |
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| get your tickets now !!! open till 4am both nights. |
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