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We are the Broken Hookers. Darren and Jay to be precise. Middlesbrough is our hometown. We enjoy playing music to strangers, friends and lovers.
We've played together for around three years now, during this time we've had our mixtapes played on various Radio Shows, won a competition or two, held residencies for the likes of Club NME, Sugarshack and Polaroid whilst making notable appearances at venues/nights such as:
* Turnmills - Get Loaded In The Park/Together
* Wax:On
* Skins Series II Premiere Parties
* Adventures In The Beetroot Field
* The Liverpool Carling Academy
* Dirty Disco
* Gatecrasher
* Radio 1's Big Weekend
* Modular Tour Parties
* Plus many more in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds etc...!
..we've been involved with festivals such as:
* Lake Of Stars (Africa)
* Snowbombing (Austria)
* Pangae (Manchester Academy)
..playing alongside acts ranging from:
Joakim, Optimo, The Juan Maclean, Clor, Vitalic, Midfield General, DJ Mehdi, Felix Da Housecat, Shit Robot, Matthew Dear, WhoMadeWho, Brodinski, Ladytron, The Glimmers, AutoKratz, Justice, Athur Baker, The Infadels, Bez, Casper C, Skull Juice, Matt Walsh, Eric Prydz, The Rakes, Filthy Dukes, Headman, Tomas Andersson, Bang Gang, The Zutons and many many more..
..holding residencies at:
* Polaroid in Leeds
* Tourist in Newcastle
* Club NME
ArePeopleReal is our world renowned Podcast. It runs on bi-weekly Thursdays and opened it's doors to the public on February 1st 2007. The show is available for free (subscription/download info. below).
Along with our own mixes (Broken Hookers) we invite the most exciting talent and acts around to take part in the show (in the form of guest mixes). The show also runs special features and interviews each week, along with a few little surprises thrown in for good measure!
The show (at time of press) has featured the following artists:
* APR01 Kissy Sell Out
* APR02 Yuksek (Relish)
* APR03 Duke Dumont (Turbo)
* APR04 Les Petits Pilous (Boys Noize)
* APR05 The Polaroid Soundsystem
* APR06 Skull Juice
* APR07 Ajax (Bang Gang Records)
* APR08 Plus Move
* APR09 ZZZ
* APR10 Curses! (Institubes)
* APR11 Lorn
* APR12 Crookers
* APR13 AutoKratz (Kitsune)
* APR14 DJ Gorky (Bonde Do Role)
* APR15 Hannah Holland (Bugged Out)
* APR16 Oli Faulkner (WeLove Space)
* APR17 Brodinski
* APR18 Den Odell (And Did We Mention Our Disco?)
* APR19 Casper Clark (Fluokids/Bloggers Delight)
* APR20 Pilooski
* APR21 Zombie Disco Squad
* APR22 Barry Dobbin (Barringtone/Clor)
* APR23 L-Vis 1990
* APR24 In Flagranti
* APR25 Bugged Out
* APR26 Matt Walsh (Turbo)
* APR27 Plimsouls
* APR28 Naomi// (All You Can Eat)
* APR29 Brodinski
* APR30 Ali Renault
* APR31 Midfield General
* APR32 Joe And Will Ask?
* APR33 Maelstrom (Eskimo)
* APR34 Rory Phillips (Durrr)
* APR35 Shadow Dancer (Boys Noize)
* APR36 Space Camp (Dublin)
* APR37 Fredksi (Tartelet Records)
* APR38 Stopmakingme (AITBF)
* APR39 Bobby O' Donnell (Bestival)
* APR40 Broken Hookers
* APR41 Allez Allez
* APR42 Crazy P (Danielle Moore)
* APR43 Headman
* APR44 Run Hide Survive
* APR45 Golden Bug
* APR46 Secondo
* APR47 Clouded Vision
To subscribe (for free) to the Podcast simply enter http://www.brokenhookers.com/podcast.xml into your favourite podcast software (iTunes etc).
..to SUBSCRIBE/DOWNLOAD in ITUNES click the Podcast image below!
TRACKLISTINGS
To find out the tracks played for a particular show, simply click the guests name that supplied the mix from the list of guests above..
For example, to find out the tracklistings for APR36 - Space Camp, click Space Camp from the list above! (Ingenious!)
Previous flyers are available in our "Pics" or HERE.
Our Demos can be found in the player above, we've got a good few ready so they'll be appearing every now and again in the coming weeks. For now, you can listen to Dig This, Get People and the most recent offering GoGo.
Our remix for the legend that is Midfield General is now finished and will be released digitally through Beatport etc on Skint Records in early 2009!
* "Other new British DJ’s to watch out for if filthy electro/rock/house is your bag are the Broken Hookers" (John Kennedy from "XFM")
* "If 2Manydjs came from Middlesbrough they would sound like these two kids. The word eclectic was invented for the Broken Hooker Deejays.." (Polaroid)
* "Love the Mix you gave me" (Paul Woolford "BacktoBasics/Space")
* "With an 'anything goes' attitude, the Hookers jump from The Rolling Stones to The Chemical Brothers, from Dizzee Rascal to Crowded House and anywhere in between, arranging this musical masterpeice in their own unique way." (IDJ Magazine)
* “New rising Stars, these guys are hot.” (Get Loaded In The Park Promo Material)
* No, they’re not over worked women of the night. They’re two up and coming DJs, they’re causing quite a stir; and in a fortunate twist of fate they’re heading to the Funktion Rooms. (Funktion Rooms, Brighton)
* "When I think of Middlesbrough, I think Football, I think Paul Daniels, I think the A19, and now I think the Broken Hooker Deejays" (4Clubbers.net Interview)
* “Broken Hookers come to you straight outta Middlesbrough, here come a pair of deejays that we found at the “Get Loaded Festival Launch”, playing what we love, with passion! The North has already embraced them and I’m sure London will too!” (Jeff Automatic, Transmission/Club NME)
* “Broken Hookers are a phe-fucking-nomenal. Everyone should seek them out and download their mixes. They’re almost better than Ajax (and that’s saying something).” (Discobelle Blog)
*"Are Darren and Jay, a duo who have been steadily making a big name for themselves.
This year has seen them play Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Turnmills, Get Loaded In The Park, The Skins Series II Tour, Adventures In The Beetroot Field, Dirty Disco, Gatecrasher, The Modular Tour, plus many more clubs the length and the breadth of the uk & Europe.
Their Radio show “ArePeopleReal” has featured guest mixes by such luminaries as The Crookers, Kissy Sellout, Duke Dumont, Brodinski, Pilooski and many many others
This Month sees them play for the first time in their new regular role as TOURIST residents." (Tourist)
*"Beats from Broken Hookers remind me of the first days listening to Mr. Scruff or Kid Koala: that perfect blend of beats and neutral grinding interwoven by amazing pops, squeaks, and other over-enthusiastic nibbles of sound..." (Sydney Sounder)
Drop us a line on - hookers AT brokenhookers DOT com
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