2007 saw the creation of a hard working, formidable but fun new b2b duo: Matt Pickup & Andy Rise have been friends for years and first DJ’ed together in 2003, but they made things official (no, they didn’t tie the knot!) in 2007 and DJ’ed together most weekends. 88 Sets, over 100 hours of music in 35 venues across 19 towns and cities in 3 countries to be precise.
Production-wise 2007 also saw them make waves on big labels like Deprivation, Nosebleed, Breed & Oktane and they have more releases lined up for the forthcoming months.
When you go to see the boys expect a pinch of high paced NRG with some tasty bootlegs and mashups with a side order of scratching, served up with lots of bouncing around and interaction with the crowd!
They are also well known for their groovy warm up sets and have a reputation for being down to earth and tongue-in-cheek and never failing to entertain.
With joint residencies for superclub Frantic and smaller night Summit as well as their separate residencies the boys have already made their happy, smiley mark across the hard dance scene. They also hold regular slots at famous afterclubs Shine and Twist.
Notable gigs so far include Sundissential’s 11th birthday, Tidy Extreme Euphoria, Storm, Polysexual and Timeless, but the one that really rocked was playing main room at Tidy Weekender 14 earlier this year!
They have also launched their own labels – “Hard Up Digital” and “Hard Up Funk”, claiming the much sought for Christmas Number 1 slot on Tidy Digital with one of their releases (better than Mr Blobby!)
So far in 2008 they have seen the year in in style by playing Frantic NYE, been signed to UDJs and mixed the new Frantic Residents Album. With all this as well as being booked to play huge venues like Koko in London and more intimate gigs like Hi Oktane in Leeds, they’re definitely working hard.
2008 is without doubt their year, as main room debuts at Polysexual, The End, and the most famous club in the world, Ministry of Sound, confirm what many have thought for a long time – these boys are going places, and having a lot of fun in the process.
THANKYOU SO MUCH For ALL your support at the start of the label its launched so well and we are so pleased with all your support so thankyou for that !! We have 2 new releases out NOW !!
Paul Damixie - Cape Town Ep (BDR Music 006) 1) Original Mix 2) Kim Fai Remix 3) Lojak Remix 4) Sllash & Doppe Remix 5) Out Of Depth Remix 6) Africa (Bonus Track)
Lojak & Kim Fai - Granular (BDR Music 007) 1) Original Mix 2) Jorgensen Remix 3) Hy2RoGeN & Fr3cky Remix 4) Paul Damixie Remix
Hello Pickup & Rise! Hope everything is fine! Wanted to to advise you that my track Funk Management is now up on the huge release "Amigos Para Siempre" on Keep On Techno Records! TrackItDown features the whole release saying:"MASSIVE TECHNO ALBUM!! Those lovely people at Keep On Techno have compiled this awesome collection of techno beats from some of the biggest names on the circuit! Peppelino, Fer BR, Lucky RDU, Kali, Vortechral and many more! Chunky, funky and damn right sexy beats!" For more info visit: http://www.crazyteck.com/index.en.funk.html
NASTY & GASPAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE COMING OUT ON BEATPORT 4/20/09 NASTY & GASPAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (Original Mix)
NASTY & GASPAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (Jon-E Industry Remix)
FIDGETS LIVE IN SMALL HOUSES (Original Mix)
FIDGETS LIVE IN SMALL HOUSES (Young Nutz Remix)
Nu Industry Recordings is proud to bring you the debut EP from Cold Blank! (www.myspace.com/coldblank)
Go to http://www.nuindustry.com to check out clips of the tunes, as well as some heavy remixes from Jon-E Industry, and newcomers Young Nutz (WoNK & Dixxie).
PS. Watch for the Next EP out May 4th w/ remixes from Defunct!, Lazy Rich, and Bryan Mckinlay.
Nice one mate. Brilliant Tunes! Thanks for da interest to be party of your network! Keep on rock'n! Check out my mix cds at www. moltenwax. com Cheers!
Hey fellas, hope all good with you. Haven't seen you since Collosseum in 2007!! Tunes sounding wicked and glad to see the diary is busy. Keep up the top work. Lucy :) x