Pause Launch Party@Proud2 [Saturday 15th September]

Launch Party // Saturday 15th September // 10pm – 6am

Frank PR Statement 

Proud2 are delighted to announce the arrival of Pause, bringing the very best in underground House and Techno. Situated at the O2 Arena, we launch with a bang on Saturday 15^th September and we’ll be using our huge Martin Audio sound system and renowned Body Sonic dance floor to full effect.

Line Up

Darius Syrossian (ViVa Music, Get Physical, 8Bit)

Burnski (Hot Creations, 2020Vision, Poker Flat)

Glimpse (Hypercolour, Crosstown Rebels)

Waze & Odyssey (PetFood, Southern Fried)

Casino Times (Wolf Music)

The Beat Medics

Jim Rider

Headlining the inaugural Pause is ViVa Music star Darius Syrossian. Having grown up influenced by House legends Kenny Dope and DJ Sneak, Darius has gone on to tour every continent while releasing music  on some of the world’s leading House/Techno labels such as Get Physical, ViVa Music and 8bit. He consistently charts on Beatport and in DJ Mag’s top 100 tracks with efforts like “I Am The Creator Of Jack” and this summer’s “Freaky D” is sure to be a huge Ibiza hit.

His position within the ViVa Music team sees him present a monthly online radio show, including interviews and guest mixes from world renowned artists, going out to listeners in 30 countries across the world. Plus, this summer he releases his own ViVa Music Mix CD!

With one of the biggest selling releases in the history of 2020 Vision, Burnski was hailed as a prodigy upon first surfacing in the mid 00′s. Since then, he has cemented a solid reputation as an artist erring on the deeper side of the dancefloor, releasing consistently excellent music on labels such as Poker Flat, Dessous and Hot Creations.

We also welcome Glimpse. From the early days of his hugely successful ‘Black Series’ through to the groove-laden tech house of ‘Drifting’ on Planet E and, later, fully pursuing the deep and organic take on house via his Crosstown Rebels singles and album – this musical range has gained him the respect of his peers and culminated in two successive nominations in DJ Magazine’s prestigious ‘Best British Producer’ category.

Mysterious duo Waze & Odyssey (PetFood, Southern Fried) bring the best elements of nineties NY house and garage whilst still sounding totally fresh, W&O have seemingly appeared out of nowhere, clocking up their essential debut EP ‘Ah Baby’ on PetFood.

Casino Times are Joe Spencer and Nick Church from Oxford. They’ve been tearing clubs up recently as well as remixing the likes of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, MJ Cole and Jozif along the way. Ones to watch for summer 2012 and beyond!

Proud2, The O2, Peninsula Square, London, SE10 0DX

0208 463 3070 // www.proud2.com // Limited Earlybird Tickets £8

Contact: jim@proud.co.uk

 

Tickets Still Available – Bang The Box@Lovebox Festival Friday 15th June [Victoria Park-London]

 

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Newsflash! Skream’s Birthday Bash + Special Guests – Thursday 31st May

Sign up to attend Skream’s Birthday Bash and get an exclusive Skream mix!

Message to Blog & Twitter Followers – send in your suggestions for review!

Thank you for all of your tracks/artists/upcoming music events/and competition suggestions for review - keep sending in your YouTube/SoundCloud links and other music related ideas either by commenting on this post or sending an email at: renegaderaiders@hotmail.co.uk 

It has been great sharing and listening to all of your top tracks; my iPod is now positively heaving!

Raider Review: The Blitz Party – 14 April 2012 [Rated*****]

Girls and guys! If you long for the romanticism of wartime Britain; women donning vintage tea dresses, red lippy and hair curlers, and dashing men in slick military uniform or a braces and flat cap combo, swinging the night away with cocktails, yam and scotch eggs on tap - then you need to book a ticket for the next Blitz party; a fancy dress club night like no other in London. Set under the brick arches of an old underground bunker on Holywell Lane in Shoreditch, this venue is spot on in creating the perfect wartime ambience.

We headed to the Blitz Party last Saturday and had a truly spiffing evening! The entertainment was excellent, as was the authenticity of the glamorous revellers dancing; with any couple who could find room on the heaving dance floor attempting a charming mélange of swing, jive and the Charleston – myself included.  The queues for the bar were long and the cocktails were pricey, but frankly when one is surrounded with such novel jovial wartime spirit, complaints were few and far between. The flash of cameras were constant as groups of friends reveled in the success of their own outfits; heed this warning – you really will look like an oddball if you do not put a touching amount of work into looking like you were born ninety years ago. Everything about the evening was bona fide Blitz! My only complaint was that just as my swinging was really beginning to take hold across the full breadth of the dance floor, our wartime knees up came to an early end at 2:00am. Alas! You are in Shoreditch, so there is no end to the number of hotspots to visit after the french gin is well and truly flowing… and there is nothing like heading to a hipster East London bar swanked up in 40s clobber – take that scenesters!

The Blitz Party is back on May 5th, so get your tickets sharpish as this really has become the biggest thing since Vera Lyn. Tickets cost £20 - follow link to purchase tickets.

Visit the website for more information: http://www.theblitzparty.com/

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Run For Shelter – Blitz Party Here We Come! Saturday 14th April [London EC2]

The Blitz Party has been running in London for several years, but because they always sell out so fast, we have never managed to get tickets. Alas! We have finally secured tickets and are practicing our finger weaves and vintage shopping for that very special war-time outfit.

Blitz Party is one of London’s hottest nights, where cocktails, dancing and neighbourly spirit are the order of the evening. Revellers will make their way to a wartime East End air shelter, complete with sandbags, searchlights, blackout curtains, oil lamps and military bunk beds. Ration books replace bar tabs, scarce provisions line the walls, and spread under two arches, the room plays host to some of UK’s finest live swing bands, performers and DJs.
 
We are very excited for our war-time knees up, and I know the ladies cannot wait to be sipping Gin French with lots of men in uniform. 

Unfortunately tickets for the next event are sold out, but events are monthly so if you follow the link to the website below, you can sign up to the Blitz Party mailing list to keep updated on forcoming events.

http://www.theblitzparty.com/

Newsflash! Global Gathering Friday 27th & Saturday 28th July 2012 – Long Marston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon

Global Gathering Festival this 2012 is an absolute must!

Visit the website for more information: http://www.globalgathering.com/

Jaguar Skills and His Amazing Friends@Scala London March 17th 2012 [Rated Off the Richter]

Zombiemeat and Raider are currently recovering from a truly epic evening with the original ninja Mr Jaguar Skills, who played last night at the Scala for his Spring 2012 ‘Jaguar Skills and his Amazing Friends’ Tour. DJ Cable and Murkage were the first acts to start us off and they done an almighty job in hyping up the crowd-by 1:00am the main room was heaving and there wasn’t a reveller in sight who was not unleashing elated bass fury into their moves. Anyone who is fan or has already experienced a night with Jaguar Skills can just imagine how much buzz was flowing through the room by the time we were graced with his presence. The Radio 1 mixologist went down an absolute storm with his infamous lightning-quick mixing and uber mash-up skills. It was an aural assault of Dubstep to Drum n Bass, and everything in between, and I can honestly say I have never been part of such extreme dance mayhem. For the first thirty minutes of his two-hour set, we found ourselves being aggressively moshed around all four corners of the modest sized venue. The crowd went mental, and the epicness of his set done nothing for the safety of our internal organs. Suffering serious body crushing and headrush claustrophobia we battled our way to higher ground and relished a good deal of the set with ample body whipping and arms flailing space. An amazing night. At no point during Jaguar Skill’s set was there time to suck in the stitch and catch our breath; he banged out one epic tune after the next; having had the tickets and waited so long to experience the DJ on the top of our must see list it was certainly not a disappointment.  I would recommend absolutely everyone and anyone to hit up a night with Jaguar Skills! I wouldn’t recommend the cabby office near the Scala though. I get a need when I’m leaving the club and I’m wanting to please it (that’s going to bed) and I’m usually on the roam so I need a car when we leave clubs immediately; 45 minutes into our journey lost and driving the wrong way up a dual carriage way I’m thinking we need to get out, but the more that I need it the less that I believe it. Thankfully we are alive so it’s all good… moral to the Lindsey OCS, is get the bus. All I can say now is bring on the next one!

2012 sets to be another landmark year for our masked hero. His highly successful mix compilation for Toolroom Records received critical acclaim, and he has now been donned the“King of the Comps”. The demand for Jaguar Skills in and outside of the UK has gone to new levels; we literally cannot wait to see to see what he pull out the back this year. Keep an eye out for forthcoming event information.

The following  videos include “Ginger Pubes” and a rather special mash-up mix - more videos pending.

Also a special Raider shout out to the one and only legendary MC on the Mic Mr Stuuuuudiiiioooo…I’m sending one of these out to you (x)

Finally a message fellow lovers of the mighty Jaguar Skills – HoooOOOooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

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Raider Recommendations: Fabric London Presents Rinse 05/04/2012

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Newsflash: A Decade of Love – Raiders Attending LOVEBOX 15th-17th June 2012!

This year is the LOVEBOX festival’s 10th birthday on the earlier-than-usual weekend of 15th, 16th, 17th June 2012, bringing Victoria Park alive with some seriously epic performances. The three-day event will cater for all musical and artistic tastes reflecting the glamour and identity of the dynamic heart of London; defining Lovebox as the true festival experience anywhere in the UK. The Raiders have opted for the Friday ticket, given the line up is tremendously epic…

Tickets, priced between £29.50 and £99, are available now. For more information, visit http://www.lovebox.net/

Full Lovebox Weekender 2012 Line Up:

Friday – Bang the Box [Were going to be doing some serious running around the stages!]

Main Stage

• Hot chip
• Crystal Castles
• Madeon

Big Top (Hosted by Rinse 106.8FM)

• Magnetic Man
• Zinc
• Boy Better Know
• P Money
• Marcus Nasty
• Plastician
• N Type
• Roska
• Trim

The Stockade

• 2 Bears

Digital Soundboys Eastside Carnival

• Sub Focus Live
• Rusko
• Shy Fc + Stamina MC
• Breakage
• The Toddla T Sound
• Youngman Live
• The Heatwave
• B Traits

The NYC Downlow [Hessle Audio Presents]:

• Pearson Sound
• Ben UFO
• Pangaea
• Benji B
• Picture Music pres Lapalux b2b Dauwd

Saturday

Main Stage

• Friendly Fires
• Emeli Sandé
• Kelis
• Little Dragon

Second Stage

• Azealia Banks
• Crazy P

The Big Top – Hospitality

• Netsky
• High Contrast
• David Rodigan
• Camo & Krooked
• Danny Byrd
• London Elektricity
• SPY
• Logistics
• Nu:tone
• The Prototypes
• Fred V & Grafix
• Dynamite MC
• Wrec
• Lowqui
• SP:MC
• AD
• Risky

The Stockade – Crosstown Rebels present A Rebel Rave

• Damian Lazarus
• Maceo Plex
• Art Department
• Amirali LIVE
• Robert James

The NYC Downlow (Hosted by Warm & Electric Minds)

• Dixon
• Prosumer
• Move D
• Joy Orbison
• Gerd Janson
• Warm Residents

Sunday (Out & Out Fierce)

Main Stage

• Holly Johnson
• Azari & iii
• Nikki & The Dove
• Jonny Woo Etc

Second Stage (Hosted by Dalston Superstore)

• The Rapture
• Patrick Wolf
• Tyson
• Ronika
• The Golden Filter
• Penguin Prison

Big Top (Hosted by Gutterslut & Trailer Trash)

• DJ Hell
• Ivan Smagghe
• Gutter Slut DJ’s
• Pr QX
• Nic Fisher
• Ralf
• Miss Crystal MC
• Trailer Trash DJ’s
• Hannah Holland
• Mikki Most

The NYC Downlow (Hosted by Horsemeat Disco)

• Jim Stanton and James Hillard
• Luke Howard
• Severino
• Andrew Weatherall
• Tim Sweeney
• Optimo

The Stockade – This is…Circus

• Kris Di Angelis
• Jodie Harsh
• Joshyou Are

 

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Newsflash! Berghain Berlin Programme – Sat 11th-13th Feb 2012

“Quality over quantity has always been the principal for the London Techno Label Blueprint.” 

 

Only at the Berghain will you see such a line up, with a running order starting Saturday through to Monday. If you are in Berlin this weekend, the Berghain is the place to spend it; that’s if Mr Sven Marquardt will think you worthy of entrance!  

 

Running Order Berghain

• 23:59 – 5:00 DVS1
• 5:00 – 6:00 O / V / R LIVE
• 6:00 – 9:00 James Ruskin
• 09:00 AM – 12:00 Sigha
• 12:00 – End Marcel Dettmann

Running Order Panorama Bar

• 23:59 – 4:00 Clé           
• 4:00 – 5:00 Blondes Live
• 5:00 – 09:00 h vs. Bok Bok Jam City                                                                       
• 09:00 AM – 12:00 Thomas Schumacher

Running order Sunday

• 12:00 – 15:00 Mano Le Tough
• 15:00 – 18:30 Ed Davenport
• 18:30 – 22:00 Oliver German man
• 22:00 – 01:00 Magda
• 1:00 – End Nick Hoppner

Newsflash! Damn That Dutch Club Night@The Shoreditch – 02/02/2012 – [London]

After a highly successful launch party in December, the Damn That Dutch Club Night is back at The Shoreditch, Thursday February 2nd. From 9pm – 2am (free entry), Resident DJ Darren C and Special Guest Dutch DJ/Producer Luck Charmes will be playing the best in Dirty Dutch and Electro House. 

Located over two floors of a cheesy chic and decadent interior, a basement hosting the live music, an extensive Tiki cocktail  list including delights such as the ‘planet of the apes’ (rum, bananas and exotic fruits) or ‘Jack and Jill’ (Jack Daniels, raspberry and ginger beer mule) and a food menu of serving platters, The Shoreditch is a perfect week night music venue.

Everyone knows that Thursday is the new Friday, so start your weekend early and head on down to 144 Shoreditch High Street for what is set to be another big club night for Damn That Dutch.  

Visit the following websites for more information: http://www.darrenc.com/ [Darren C Website] http://www.lucky-charmes.com/photos.php [Lucky Charmes Website] 

Listen to the exclusive guest mix from Lucky Charmes on The Damn That Dutch Music Show with Darren C No.11 26th January 2012. Includes a  report on DJ Chuckie’s Dirty Dutch party at Ministry of Sound which happened last weekend; Big tracks from Afrojack, Deniz Koyz and something new from UK producer Adam F.

Tracklist:
Quintino – The One & Only
Afrojack & R3hab – Prutataaa – (Dada Life Remix)
Deniz Koyu – Tung
Hever Java & Da Jostick – Rock It One

=Lucky Charmes Guestmix=
Lucky Charmes Feat Perry Mystique – Get Outta That Corner (super massive remix)
Baby Blue vs Jacob Plant – Where’s the Noise
Joey Negro – No Sugar (Lucky Charmes Remix)
Rizzle_Kicks – Mama Do The Hump (Vato Gonzalez Remix)
Angger Dimas – Hey Freak! (Original Mix)
Tristan Gartner, Masters at Work – Work The Bounce (Praia del Sol Bootleg)
Mick Di Lano – Dynasty (Original Mix)
Lady Gaga – Marry The Night (John Dahlback Remix)
Benni Benassi – Close To Me (R3HAB RMX)
Lucky Charmes – Feel Me

Botnek – Jerpa
Basement Jaxx – Bingo Bango (Dirty Secretz Remix)
Adam F & Sonic C – In The Air