Jazz, Funk, 80’s, Soul, Classical, Rock, Jamiroquai, Masters at Work, Todd Terry, MJ Cole, Kraftwerk, Paul Hardcastle, Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke, OMD, Harold Faultimire, Yan Hammer, Howard Jones, Thomas Dolby, Greggorian Chant Compilation CDs, Any 7 CD set compilations that "Are not available in high street retailers". Any music performed with Afro, Flares or tight fitting silver glitter lamay body suites (ie Cameo, Earth Wind & Fire etc). Any musical instrument with the words "CV-Gate, Cassette Save or Modulation Grip". Any band that has a 4piece bagpipe backing. Any music that is made on equiptment costing less than £100.
::: WIDEBOYS
The Wideboys consist of the dynamic duo Eddie Craig & Jim Sullivan. Jim has been running a full time professional recording studio since 1993 and is responsible for chart successes such as 'Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Power of Love' Revamp reaching No.6 and the follow up 'Two Tribes' which hit the number 15 slot along with a stream of remixes including N-Trance - Set You Free (got to No.4 in the nationals), Kyle Minogue, Geri Halliwell, Mario Piccotto, Utah Saints to name but a few. Jim has also recorded under different guises such as Kontakt, Vinylgroover & The Red Hed & Pier Francesco. Eddie has been djing for 17 years and producing for 13. He orignally ran a record store called Vip Vinyl in Chichester West Sussex for 8 years. Alongside the music Eddie is an accomplished 3rd degree black belt martial arts instructor and has competed in and won numerous competions. Before he met Jim he was part of a 6 member studio team called Airtight which also spawned massive drum and bass acts Friction and Nu Balance. He also worked with old skool Suburban Bass producer Austin Reynolds but when Ed called up Jim to hook up and have a studio session thats when things really started to get hot. The boys get on incredibly well, having never had an argument and are musically alligned (if only marriages lasted this long).
The Wideboys are managed by Matt Waterhouse from MWR / Hyperactive and in 2008 they signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing. The boys recently won "Best Dance Act" at The Urban Music Awards 2008 beating off stiff competition from Basement Jaxx, Booty Luv, Donaeo & DJ Q. Over the past few years they have worked on big projects with Def JAM USA for Rhianna's multi platinum "Good Girl Gone Bad" album and signed a singles deal with AATW for the tracks " Bomb the Secret" which reached No.1 in 3 of the Music Week charts in July 2007, there track featuring Shaznay Lewis from All Saints entitled "Daddy -O" which reached no.32 in the National Charts this year and for the new re-release and revocalled version of there classic track with Dennis G "Sambuca" which previously went to No. 15 in the Uk top 40. In 2009 Ed & Jim have delved further into pop production and produced the lead radio mix for the comic relief single by the Saturdays entitled "Just Can't Get Enough" which reached No.2 in the Official Uk Singles Chart, sold over 60,000 copies in one week and raised a ton of cash for charity!
Amongst others the boys have completed official remixes for some of the worlds biggest artist including Lady Gaga & Wale, Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Doggy Dog, Girls Aloud, Lilly Allan, Keri Hilson, Alicia Keys, Estelle, Pussycat Dolls, Bob Sinclair, Basshunter, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Just Jack, Souljah Boy, Janet Jackson, N DUBZ, T2, Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child), Ludacris, Cascada, Rye Rye & Mia, Ciara & 50 cent, Taio Cruz, Toni De Bart, Delinquent, N-Trance, Eric Prydz, Robin S, Sugarbabes, Artful Dodger, David Jordan, Toca Me etc. The boys have been working hard on a string of new remixes and projects for major labels.
The boys have mixed and compiled 5 albums for Ministry of Sound."Maximum Bass 2007" which was there first release and was the highest new entry in the UK charts reaching the top 5 position. There follow up "Ministry presents Garage Classics (2008)" went straight in to the National charts at number 3 and to date has sold over 100,000 copies. There 3rd album Ministry of Sound presents Garage Classics 2- The Summer Edition also went to the number 3 position in the charts only held off the top spot by NOW 70 and the massive film soundstrack "Mama Mia the album". There 4th album realeased in 2009 has been their highest selling compilation reaching and staying at the No.1 Official Compilations Chart for 2 weeks and is currently still selling, entitled "Addicted to Bass 2009".The boys have also compiled a budget album for Decadance (entitled No.1 Garage & Bassline album) which remarkably went into the top 30 of the charts..
The Wideboys believe pigeon holes are for pigeons and have written tracks in almost every genre from house, garage, bassline, electro, 4x4, 2 step, rock, hardcore, hiphop, r & b, acoustic, drum & bass, ambient, breaks and have written between them over 4000 tracks under various guises.
The Wideboys won Best Newcomer at the 2000 U.K. Garage awards beating stiff competition and pipping Wookie and Heartless Crew to the post and were presented the award by Mel B (scary spice) and Spoony.
The Wideboys reached the Top5 Charts and UK double platinum status with there original track and album entitled "Thinking it Over" which launched Liberty X's career and went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies and is still selling world wide. The boys have performed on Top of the Pops and the Nokia Green Room (Big up Jody Harsh) and have appeared on countless other shows including the Big Breakfast, T4, Liquid News, MTV, Nickelodeon, Pop world etc with their club smashes "Sambuca", "Daddy-O", "Snowflake" with Clare Evers. They also reached No.1 in the Uk top 40 charts on the b-side of Allsaints-Black Coffee and Liberty X's-Just a little as well as numerous other top 20 chart toppers including tracks and remixes for Sony Japan in Japanese!!!!
In 2008 the boys played a part in the signing of the massive No.2 National Chart anthem "What's It Gonna Be" by H"two"O and Platinum and recieved a prestigous sales award.
The Wideboys have djed across the world and on radio stations such as BBC Radio 1, Kiss, BBC 1xtra and have held down international residencies for Garage heaven / Garage Nation/ Niche / Download at venues such as Eden & ES Paradis in Ibiza .They have played almost every major club in the Uk including Ministry of Sound, Naughty but Niche, Download, Vibe, Zanzibar, GateCrasher, Bagleys, Ez's 4by4, Amadeus, Escape Swansea, Twice as Nice, Old School Masters, Simply Garage, Time & Envy, Ikon Diva's, Liquid etc and regularly play at festivals and clubs abroad. Highlights include the Zurich Street Parade Switzerland to 1,000,000 people plus and
last year the Stopplemarkt festival Germany 750,000 people. Over the Summer months the boys played in Kos, Ibiza, Portugal, Malaga, Zante, Jersey, Aiya Napa, Egypt, Russia, Spain, Malia, Germany, Holland and Nationwide all across the UK
A selection of Wideboys remixes from the last 12 months;
Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (Interscope)
Lilly Allen - The Fear (Parlophone)
Girls Aloud - Not that Loving Kind (Fascination)
Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Incentive)
September - Can't Get Over (Hard2Beat)
Rye Rye & Mia - Bang (Interscope)
Wale & Lady Gaga - Chillin (Interscope)
N Dubz - Ouch (AATW)
Alicia Keyes - Teenage Love Affair (Sony)
Estelle - Substitute Love (Warner )
Keri Hilson - Energy (Interscope)
Cascada - Faded (Universal USA)
Saturdays- Up (Polydor)
Brick & Lace - Love Is Wicked (DEFJAM)
Miley Cyrus - See You Again (USA)
Britney Spears - Break the Ice (Jive)
David Jordan - Move On ( Mercury)
Pussy Cat Dolls - When I Grow Up ( Interscope)
Souljah Boy - Yaaaahhh (Interscope)
Eric Prydz - Call On Me (Data records 2008)
Christian George - Stranger (US)
Janet Jackson - Feedback (Defjam US)
Bob Sinclair- Fireball (Data records)
Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted (Data records)
Basshunter - Please Don't Go (Data records)
Snoop Dog - Sexual Seduction (Interscope US)
Jennifer Lopez - Change (Sony)
N Dubz - Better Not Waste My Time
T2 - Heartbroken ( Powerhouse / Universal)
Toni De Bart -The Real Thing (AATW)
Magnet Man - Wanna Flex (Bassline Grindin)
Just Jack - No Time (Mercury)
Taio Cruz - Take You Away (Island Records / Universal)
Jody Watley - I Want Your Love ( Gutso)
Jamie Jay- To Make You Feel Alright
Anusha - Have it All
Sugababes - Change ( Island Records playlisted on KIss & Galaxy)
Outhere Brothers - Shake It ( Ministry of Sound)
Georgie Porgie - Lift Your Voices (US)
Rihanna - Question Existing (Defjam USA)
Rihanna - Shut Up & Drive (Defjam USA playlisted on Kiss & Galaxy)
Rihanna - Please Dont Stop The Music (Defjam USA)
Delinquent - My Destiny (AATW)
Eason Chan -Ya Dong (Japanese)
Eason Chan - Leap of Faith (Japanese)
Shanie - Give Me Your Life (AATW)
Ciara & 50 Cent - Can't Leave Em Alone (Sony US)
Andrea Corr (The Corrs) - Shame On You
Fedde Le Grande - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit (Data records)
Tito Puento featuring India - Oy Come Ova (Media /UMM)
::: WIDEBOYS & SHAZNEY LEWIS - DADDY O
Hold tight as singer and award-winning songwriter Shaznay Lewis fronts one of the hottest collaborations of 2008 so far. Daddy O is a slice of bassline and garage heaven from the ultimate ‘Old School Garage Meisters’ WIDEBOYS - currently dominating the UK and US club charts with their remixing prowess.
Daddy O was written by Therese Grankvist (Stonebridge vocalist on the classics Put ‘Em High and Take Me Away) alongside Thriller Jill (Ian Masterson and Terry Ronald). Therese reveals the area, the street vibe, the chatter & raga bars of Elephant & Castle (London) were the heavy influences, lyrically, behind the song Daddy O.
Shaznay (who in 2001 won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Songwriting) proudly stands as one quarter of the phenomenally successful band All Saints. While the girls are busy cooking up new delights in the studio, Shaznay just couldn’t resist Daddy O all for herself! It’s not the first time the 32-year-old star has ventured out on her own. Her solo album Open, released in 2004, spawned the inspirational Top 10 smash hit Never Felt Like This Before and the infectious and beautiful single You.
Daddy O was release on AATW on the 5th May 2008 and reached no.32 in the National Charts being a firm favourite in the UKG Bassline takeover of 2008. Daddy O was playlisted on BBC radio1, Kiss 100, 1 xtra, MTV, etc and was also the BBC Radio 1 weekend anthem courstesy of Nihal.
Still in the studio everyday of the week the boys constantly strife for fresh and interesting takes on the music business and they do it because they love what they do!!!! The Wideboys "Doing it for the Love".
"Superboy Loves Supergirl" Ice Cream Records/AudioMuiscStar....Video Coming Soon!!!! www.lilhonline.co.uk (Album Will Be Released Out this Year ( Will be on ITUNES) New tracks on Myspace/lilh2k9
