Retro-Sonics is born.
A new London based night dedicated to exploring the origins of house music.
LAUNCH PARTY
Saturday 31st January 2009
The Rhythm Factory
16-18 Whitechapel Road
London E1 1EW
11pm - 6am
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Shades of Rhythm :: LIVE PA + DJ set
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Liquid :: LIVE PA (Sweet Harmony/XL Records)
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Terry Farley (Boys Own/Faith)
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Steve Proctor (Shoom)
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Kid Fiesta (Bloom)
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Nicky Dungeons (Lets go Back!)
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Cosmo Sarson
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£8 Advanced Tickets / more on the door
"Shades of Rhythm"
1987 to 2006
Three bad boys on a Mission!!!!!!
Rayan Gee, Nick Slater and LANX (Kevin Lancaster) met when they were very VERY young. They produced music for themselves and for the gigs they DJ'd at in their home town of Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)
but they hit it big in 1989 when multiple tracks from their self pressed album "Frequency" took hold of the emerging Rave scene.
The track that caught peoples attention were:
Homicide
Exorcist
Sweet Sensation
Sound of Eden
Frequency
If you like Shades of Rhythm you my also like
the DrumAttic Twins
From a quite country town the boys got thrown into a rave whirlwind that still carries an inertia to this very day.
Performing 2 to 4 times a week with other artists like the Prodigy,Njoi or K klass at raves like Raindance and Fantasia to clubs like the Astoria to the Hacienda it was the time of there lives, Shades were constantly on the road and this meant no more REAL work for them, their dancers, lighting and sound team "every day was a party" and it seemed at that time the whole country between the age of 18 and 30 thought exactly the same thing.
Once they had been snapped up by a major record label in this case ZTT (Warned brothers)and between partying and gigging the threesome manged to cork up considerable success on the live scene and also in the UK National charts Sound of Eden getting into the top 30 and Extacy reaching number 14 and warranting an appearance on Top of the Pops (and the less said about that the better haha).
The band recorded many more singles after Extacy but due to major record label bureaucracy the music was never released >;-!
In 1997 Nick & Lanx decided to release some of there other on their own record label Drumattic records, they had three main releases, the reaction was so good the Twins were subsequently picked up by top independant breaks label Finger Lickin Records.
All the S/O/R back catalogue is planned for re-release on none other than Finger Lickin records complete with some tantalizing remix work by the worlds finest breaks producers..........
So the show goes on!!!
S/O/R are still doing shows around the world, please check out their dates to see if they're in your area
OK, so it's a few days late, I've been having babies!!! This one is deedicated to my beautiful new daughter Aaliyah...........................
This month we have another bout of exclusive articles for your reading pleasure including: Tony Rosenberg - owner of The Sanctuary, Milton Keynes. Matthew Collin and Brian Belle-Fortune, authors of two of the finest books written about the scene so far: Altered State and All Crews. The legend that is DJ Vinyl Junkie. Konflict-Radio, one of the best internet stations out there, who's roster includes the mighty DJ Pilgrim J-Tek show, Some diverse new material reviewed in New Releases, Poetry, Tha Kidz & more........................Also, NEW PAGE!!!!! Archive footage. We round up some of the best old skool rave footage from the interweb and host it in one place for you, the (armchair) raver!!!!!!
Please have a browse and feel free to sign the Guest Book. It's a work in progress!! Next month: Exclusive interviews with Altern8 & D-Zone Records!!!!
NEW YEARS EVE...the culmination of another year..by definition, the party on the 31st December should be the biggest and best event of the past 12 months, an event that totally stands out against anything that preceded it and that will only be bettered by the following party 365 days later! The Q Club, the midlands bigest and arguably best venue, steeped in character, history and tradition...the tradition of throwing the biggest and most cutting edge parties central England has seen....so with this in mind, NYE shouldn't dissapoint? And you would be exactly right!! This NEW YEAR'S EVE..we bring one of the most legendary brands in rave scene EVER!! FANTAZIA land at the Q club to throw a party as only they know how...and this is one you really CANNOT MISS!!
1 VENUE! 9 ARENAS! FUN FAIR! ATTRACTIONS! OVER 3000 CLUBBERS!! NEW YEARS EVE! THE Q CLUB! FANTAZIA!
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2009 @ THE Q CLUB PROMISES MORE…BIGGER NIGHTS….BETTER DJ’S….THE CONTINUATION OF A LEGEND!!! www. qclub. co. uk
Homicide
The band recorded many more singles after Extacy but due to major record label bureaucracy the music was never released >;-!
