Nights out at the legendary Hacienda “Nude” nights in 1988 led to the meeting of minds and the beginnings of the K-Klass phenomena which took off in 1989.
Originally formed by Paul Roberts, Andrew Williams, Russell Morgan and Carl Thomas, the original idea was just to make a track that would get played in the Hacienda and 18 years later the K-Klass name is still going strong.
K-Klass had already gained underground support for their acclaimed “Wildlife e.p.” released in 1990 before they unleashed their sound onto a nationwide audience with the release of "Rhythm is a Mystery"(No.3 in U.K. Top 40) and the huge "Let Me Show You"(No.13 in U.K. Top 40) as well as a further four U.K. top 40 tunes and 2 K-Klass albums.
In the early days the live show had always been at the fore of the K-Klass ethos and had seen the band play over 200 shows and seen them tour Germany, italy, Spain and Australia between 1989 and 1994 but as the years went by the boys felt that they could reach an audience better in the form of the turntable and mixing desk.
The K-Klass studio bandwagon kept rolling as they moved direction to remixing and producing for other artists. Notable remixes have included the infamous Bobby Brown “2Can Play That Game” and other artists that have had the K-Klass treatment have included Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross , Kylie, New Order, Whitney Houston.The Corrs, Cher, M-People plus another 100 or so that are too many to list (check the discography for full list)
The highlights of their remix career has seen the boys win “International Remixers Of The Year 1995” and seen them nominated for a prestigious GRAMMY award in 2002 for their remix of Samantha Mumba.
Paul & Russ had both been Djing since 1990 just doing the occasional one off appearance. But in 1994 the official K-Klass DJ'ing experience began and is a coalition of their illustrious studio endeavours and a fusion of genres embedded in their eighteen year history.
As the K-Klass DJ sound took clubs by storm with their floorfilling sets which is always evolving and encompasses the many genres of “House music” from new to old skool and from funky vocal to minimal electro this has led to appearances at luminary UK venues (past & present) like:
Miss Moneypennys (Birmingham),
Love ToBe (Leeds),
Garlands (Liverpool),
Hacienda (Manchester),
Heaven (London),
Formula @ Pacha (London),
Smartie Partie @ Turnmills (London),
RETRO @ Tall Trees (Yarm),
The Escape (Swansea),
Shindig (Newcastle),
Zap (Brighton),
Déjà vu (Hull),
Golden (Stoke),
Colours (Glasgow),
Eye Candy (Edinburgh),
Club UK (London),
Miss Moneypennys Tours (nationwide),
Sminoff Ice Experience Tour (Nationwide),
Creamfields festival (Liverpool)
Whilst securing residencies for:
Pacha @ Ministry of Sound (London), Cream (1996-1998, Liverpool), Cream @ The Tunnel Club (1997-1998, Glasgow)
On the world-wide scene, K-KLASS have proved themselves just as popular:
Kent cigarette sponsored tour of Russia
Tangerine (Dubai),
The Embassy (Jakarta Indonesia),
Club Base (Brazil), Pacha (Portugal),
Smirnoff Experience (Jamaica),
Volcano, New Century and Heiniken NYE Party (Vietnam),
Love Boat Party (Hamburg featured in DJ Magazine), Amnesia, Privilege, El Divino (Ibiza), Diesel Fashion Show (Oslo)
As well as touring under the "CREAM" name in:
Italy, Finland, Dubai, Cyprus, Benidorm, Tenerife
Club 13, First Club and Kube (Moscow, Russia)
Club UK tour (Denmark)
Night Flight party (Varna,Bulgaria)
The Lucky Strike tour (Johannesburg, Durban, Cape town, South Africa)
2002 D-Club (Switzerland)
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Issue 8 released 29th November featuring cover stars Green Day and much more as usual!
ALSO, If you havent, please check out the monster track with Kobbe & mar-C titled "Hypnotic Rhythm".. Supported by DJ VIBE, DJ CHUS, ROGER SANCHEZ, DJ BORIS, CARLOS MANACA, HUGO RIZZO, FRANK MAUREL, KEITH BLACKSTONE
Monkee Platez next offering is the 'Fulltilt EP' from Glasgow outfit Mr Hajika. Streetdate 14th November 4 slabs of groove driven tech house...
Fulltilt original is a chugging, bass heavy track with a subtle musicality that develops throughout. Dr. Bergers remix is a stripped down deeper edit, with an infectious flow that maintains the essence of the original. Similarly to Dr. Berger, Alex Fiction strips back the layers to uncover an electronic soul which builds into an intelligently emotive interpretation, if slightly twisted. Completing the package is 'Nitemoves' which shares the big sound of Fulltilt, but with a more progressive, melodic vibe."
Congratulations to find me!I like Madchester and I'm your fan since '91..it's very funny,that I received a request from Oakey,too.16.11. is gig of Shapeshifters in Prague and I hope,that K-Klass also appear here.
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