Armand Van Helden. Not to be confused with Armin van Buuren Armand van Helden (born February 16, 1970) is an American DJ and producer of electro house music from Boston, Massachusetts. He was one of the main proponents of the genre speed garage, remixing various artists such as Katy Perry, Daft Punk, Britney Spears, David Guetta, Bloc Party, Janet Jackson, Juliet Roberts, KRS-One, and Sneaker Pimps among others with this musical style. He is closely linked to the electronic music scene of New York. Van Helden often remixes and uses samples of funk, soul, rhythm, blues and rap. He also uses filters and dub progressions, as in NYC beat, dancehall and reggae samples. Biography[edit] Early life and career[edit] Van Helden was born to an Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) father and a French-Lebanese mother but traveled around the world as a child, spending time in the Netherlands, Latvia, Turkey, and Italy as his father was a member of the U.S.
He returned to Boston in 1988, moonlighting as a DJ in Boston clubs. 2005[edit] Robert Babicz. Robert Babicz (b. January 5, 1973 in Niemodlin, Poland) is a Polish music producer, mastering engineer and live performer living in Cologne, Germany. With a career spanning nearly two decades covering genres from techno to acid house to minimal, Babicz has also been known under the pseudonyms Rob Acid, Acid Warrior, Department of Dance and Sontec amongst many others.[1] He has released a number of very well respected records on labels such as Kompakt, Treibstoff, Bedrock,[2] Intec Digital and Steve Bug’s Audiomatique, as well his own labels, Junkfood and Babiczstyle.
He is well known as a live performer, never a DJ, as he uses synths and live equipment and improvises in every set he plays. Biography[edit] At the turn of the new millennium, Babicz strive to create new sound and thus began another label, Shortcut.[4] He also began to receive requests to do sound design for hard and software companies, and he did some sound design for Native Instruments at this time.[5] Albums Babiczstyle EPs.
Jan Wayne. Jan Wayne (German pronunciation: [ˌjan ˈweɪn] (born Jan Christiansen,[1] January 1974, Husum, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German electronic dance music DJ and producer. Discography[edit] Albums[edit] 2002 - Back Again2003 - Gonna Move Ya Singles[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Shapeshifters (band) The Shapeshifters[1] are a house music production duo based in London, England. They have a recording contract with Defected Records, and were previously signed to Positiva. Max Reich is originally from Gothenburg, Sweden, while Simon Marlin is British.[1] Biography[edit] The Shapeshifters are best known for their single "Lola's Theme" which went to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in July 2004.[1] The track was originally released as an instrumental promo in 2003 and was inspired by Simon's wife, Lola.
In July 2009, the Shapeshifters released the Young Dubs EP which included "Sideways" and "Nocturnal". The Shapeshifters have also worked on productions and remixes for George Michael, Faithless, Frankie Knuckles, Christina Aguilera, Moby, Leona Lewis, Todd Terry and Danny Howells. As DJs, the Shapeshifters continue to tour the world and are returning to their residency for Defected @ Pacha for the fourth consecutive year. Discography[edit] Albums[edit] Singles[edit] Remixes[edit] See also[edit] Stacey Q. The Attic (band) The Attic is a Swedish house band duo whose members are Eric Amarillo (Erik Sundborg) and Michael Feiner that started under the name of Stereopol with the track 'Dancin' Tonight' in 2003. The two mostly perform house music songs of other artists, but they have also written their own songs. The band played a concert in central Chişinău, Moldova organised by mobile operator Orange on 24 May 2008. 2006: The One2007: Remember Tomorrow "I Just Can't Help It""Destiny""In Your Eyes""A Life To Live""It's Beautiful""Baby""The Arrival" (The Attic feat Therese) (2007)"Music Will Turn You On" (credited to Michael Feiner and Eric Amarillo) (2010) Official homepage.
Thievery Corporation. Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C. based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists Rob Myers, Frank 'Booty Lock' Mitchell, Jeff Franca and Ashish Vyas. Their music style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern, and Brazilian (such as bossa nova).
History[edit] Thievery Corporation was formed in the summer of 1995 at Washington D.C.'s Eighteenth Street Lounge. The duo drew attention with their first two 12" offerings, "Shaolin Satellite" and "2001: a Spliff Odyssey" and with their 1997 debut LP, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi. The group released their fifth studio album, Radio Retaliation, on September 23, 2008. The language of the group's lyrics throughout their career include English, Spanish, French, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian and Hindi. They were the opening act on August 1, 2009 for Sir Paul McCartney at FedExField in Landover, Maryland. Politics[edit] Discography[edit] Studio albums[edit] Paul van Dyk. History[edit] Early life and musical beginning[edit] Paul van Dyk grew up in East Berlin in a single parent household;[4] his father left him and his mother when he was four years old.[4] While living there, he worked as a broadcast technician[5] and began training to become a carpenter.[4] Paul van Dyk claims his musical education came from radio.[6] Because where he grew up there were no record stores at which to buy music, he kept in touch with the world beyond the Berlin Wall by secretly listening to the popular but forbidden Western radio stations RIAS (Radio in the American Sector) and SFB and mixtapes occasionally smuggled into the country and copied among school friends.[7] In February 1993, van Dyk and Kid Paul hosted an installment of the weekly three-hour "HR3 Clubnight" radio show, performing for a nationwide audience on German radio.
The second and final Visions of Shiva single "How Much Can You Take? " was released, and van Dyk and Cosmic went their separate musical ways. Funkstar De Luxe. Funkstar De Luxe (born Martin Aulkjær Ottesen in 1973) is a Danish House music producer and remixer. Discography[edit] Albums[citation needed][edit] Keep On Moving (1999)Keep On Moving (It's Too Funky In Here) (2000)I'm a Rainbow too (2000)Funkturistic (2002) Singles[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Alice DeeJay. 1999–2002[edit] The group's first and only album was Who Needs Guitars Anyway? , and was released in April 2000. It entered the top ten of the UK Albums Chart.[1] The group released three more singles from the album, "Will I Ever", "The Lonely One" and "Celebrate Our Love", and all reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom.[1] In 2002, the act made their final appearance together in a live concert in Utrecht.
Line up[edit] The group consisted of successful record producers Danski (Born Dennis van den Driesschen), Delmundo (a.k.a. Wessel van Diepen), their protégés Pronti (Sebastiaan Molijn), Kalmani (Eelke Kalberg), DJ Jurgen and face and lead singer Judith Anna Pronk.[2] Discography[edit] Studio albums[edit] Singles[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Vinylshakerz. Vinylshakerz (also known as Vanguard prior to 2005) were a German tech house/electro house act, formed in 2004 and best known for the 2005 remix of the Murray Head hit "One Night in Bangkok". The producers have also remixed material for other artists, mainly for dance compilation CDs. Discography[edit] Albums[edit] 2006 "Very Superior" Singles / Maxis[edit] Remixes[edit] 2004 "Dance United - Help Asia!
" External links[edit] Aquagen. Aquagen is a German electronic dance music group, consisting of Gino Montesano and Olaf Dieckmann.[1] They initially achieved success with their single "Ihr Seid So Leise" ("You Are So Quiet"), which sold more than 250,000 copies in Germany.[2] Discography[edit] Studio albums[edit] Abgehfaktor (2000)Weekender (2002)Nightliner (2002) Compilation albums[edit] So Far So Good (The Very Best Of) (2009) Singles[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Warp Brothers. Warp Brothers is the dance music group moniker used by German DJs Oliver Goedicke and Jürgen Dohr. Established in 1999, Their style includes techno, hard acid, house, trance and electro. Their most successful hits include "Phatt Bass", "We Will Survive" and "Blast the Speakers" which found success in several countries including the UK and Germany.
Singles[edit] Selected discography[edit] Warp Factor (2003)TranzWorld, Vol. 6.0 (2003)TranzWorld, Vol. 7 (2004)TranzWorld, Vol. 8 (2004)TranzWorld, Vol. 9 (2005)Live in Sydney (2005)Big in Japan (2006) References[edit] Jump up ^ Roberts, David (2006). Yello. Meier (vocals, lyrics), a millionaire industrialist and gambler, was brought in when the two founders realised that they needed a singer. The new band name, Yello, was chosen as a pun based on a comment made by Meier, "a yelled Hello".[1] Yello worked extensively with singers Billy Mackenzie and Shirley Bassey. Band history[edit] Yello's first release was the 1979 single "I.T. Splash". The LP Solid Pleasure, featuring the original short version of "Bostich" (extended to a hit dance single in 1981), was released in November 1980. In 1983, Yello received substantial media attention with the release of "I Love You" and "Lost Again".
A documentary on Yello, Electro Pop made in Switzerland, directed by Anka Schmid, was premiered at the Riff Raff cinema in Zürich in September 2005.[3] Yello was commissioned to produce music for the launch of the Audi A5 at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2007 and for the Audi A5 commercial in May 2007.[4] Musical style[edit] Discography[edit] Studio albums[edit] Yellow Magic Orchestra. Orbital (band) The first two albums are commonly known as "The Green Album" and "The Brown Album", after the colours of their covers.[3] Crucially, 1994 was the first year to feature intensive TV broadcasting from Glastonbury meaning that Orbital's set reached a huge audience.
Speaking to The Guardian in 2013 about the gig, Paul Hartnol commented: "I didn't know how much of an impact it would have. Being young myself, I just thought, 'It's about time – of course we should have acid house at Glastonbury'. It used to annoy me. Orbital gave an improvisational element to live electronic music as the brothers mixed and sequenced their tracks on the fly, wearing their trademark head-mounted torches behind banks of equipment. The third album, Snivilisation, was released in August 1994. In Sides, one of Orbital's most well-received albums. On 26 January 2009, their official website Loopz announced confirmed dates for their 20th anniversary tour.
Kylie Minogue. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (/ˈkaɪliː mɨˈnoʊɡ/; born 28 May 1968), often known simply as Kylie, is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter and actress, working and living in London. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before beginning her career as a recording artist in 1987. Minogue has achieved worldwide record sales of more than 70 million,[3] and has received notable music awards, including multiple ARIA and Brit Awards and a Grammy Award. She has mounted several successful and critically acclaimed concert world tours and received a Mo Award for "Australian Entertainer of the Year" for her live performances.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008 "for services to music". Life and career 1968–86: Early life and career beginnings 1987–89: Kylie and Enjoy Yourself. Goldie. KRS-One. José Nunez. Groove Coverage. Goldfrapp. Freemasons (band) Ferry Corsten. Adam Goldstein. Q-d0. STEVE AOKI. DJ Shadow. Roger Sanchez. Rednex. Royal Gigolos. Rozalla.
House music. Dj Keoki. Dj Irene. Benny Benassi. BT. David Guetta. Daft Punk. Boogie Pimps. Guru Josh. DJ Skribble. Anthony Acid.