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Hiphopedia

13 May 2009

Underneath those flat tops and sweet kicks, there are four components to being a true hip hop devotee. What are B-Boys – and B-Girls – made of? Breaking, or B-boyin’ This dance style started in 70s New York, in the South Bronx. It began at house…

Profile - Laidback Luke

24 Apr 2008

Name Laidback Luke Occupation DJ/producer Location Aalsmeer, Holland A Dutch guy playing house music – you must be having a giraffe... Understandably when you think of Dutch dance music you instantly think ‘trance’. Ferry Corsten, Tïetso…

Soma Skool

So you wanna be a DJ?

24 Apr 2008

Join the queue, kid. Or alternatively, get some hands on experience from the best in the business, as Soma Records’ annual Soma Skool, a day of workshops, demos and talks, all centering on the dance music industry, frugs its way over to your corner of…

Erick Morillo

Profile

16 Jul 2007

PROFILE Name: Erick Morillo Occupation: New York-based polymath of popular house styles; DJ; producer; label owner; allegedly one of the world’s top five (highest-paid) DJs. Background: Born in New York and raised in New Jersey…

Omar S

Profile

2 Jul 2007

Name Alex ‘Omar S’ Smith aka Omar S aka DJ Snotburger Occupation DJ/Producer What’s the lowdown? Omar S is one of Detroit’s hottest exports. He is the Henry Ford of underground, slightly avant garde techno and house. He is either producing or…

Sugarbeat in the Gardens

2 Jul 2007

HOUSE/BREAKS (Image: Utah Saints) When SugarBeat started in Leeds in 2000, it wasn’t intended as any sort of major new career move for the sometime Utah Saints partnership of Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt. The duo, who were described as ‘the first…

The Basement

2 Jul 2007

TECHNO/HOUSE Organic clubbing is alive and well in the form of the Basement, a night dedicated to house, electro and techno at the Soundhaus. The event literally started in a basement in the Southside of Glasgow and has grown into a club night to be…

Tony Wilson

Factory worker

1 Sep 2006

Factory worker - The legendary boss of Factory Records, Tony Wilson, tells Sandra Marron why he likes scremo and why there’s no place like the Hacienda.