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BEDBUG present JOHN DIGWEED - TOMORROW NIGHT!


If you’re not an avid follower of dance music but are tuned into popular culture at all you’ve likely experienced music touched by the hands of John Digweed. Originally hailing from England but having clearly arrived on the global scene nearly a decade ago, John has long since cemented his name in the pages of dance music history. His list of achievements is groundbreaking to say the least.

Highlights would be the first proper dj mix compilation (“Renaissance”, done with Sasha), being the first British dj to hold a residency at what was then the world’s most well known club in NYC (Twilo, also with Sasha) as well as having remixed tracks by Danny Tenaglia, Underworld and New Order.

John Digweed is a DJ's DJ. The beauty of what he does lies in just how different he really is from his contemporaries. From his early beginnings in Hastings, England at the age of 15 in the blossoming scene of acid house to the apex of the international dj'ing world, he has created and maintained a level of integrity that is the benchmark for both dj’s and producers globally. In fact, he has reached the very top of his profession, being voted #1 in a voter's poll by DJ magazine in 2001. John Digweed has become the people’s choice while maintaining his longstanding presence in underground dance culture. His popularity as both a dj and a person seems to have no limits, but his efforts transcend dj'ing alone, he is as much a producer and promoter. His moniker “Bedrock” is actually three things: a record label, a promotions company and a studio production partnership (with Nick Muir).

His management and creative direction for the Bedrock record label has helped launch the careers of Danny Howells (with Dick Trevor as Science Department), Jimmy Van M, Chris Fortier and Phil Thompson (Moonface). He has had the vision and creative insight to seek out mixes and remixes from artists as varied as Rui Da Silva, POB, Freelance Icebreakers and the Second Hand Satellites. The label has effectively served as a foundation for artistic expression and a medium for creative output, allowing underground artists to break through to a much wider audience. To have a record released on Bedrock serves as the global stamp of production quality, ingenuity and integrity for producers worldwide.

In fact, the name John Digweed is synonymous with quality, ingenuity and integrity. From the nights he has either created or been a part of (Bedrock, Northern Exposure, Renaissance) to his world renowned mix cd's (Renaissance, Global Underground, Northern Exposure, Communicate and Bedrock) he has consistently produced characteristic products that stay in demand, himself included. Even with all of his global traveling he has still been able to hold down two monthly Bedrock residencies in both London (Heaven) and Brighton (The Beach).

As one half of Bedrock the production duo he has landed two tracks in the top 40 (“Heaven Scent” and “For What You Dream Of”) the latter of which made it into the hit movie “Trainspotting”. He has even tried a bit of acting himself ("Groove"). He and Nick Muir as Bedrock the production team also recently scored a Hollywood film (“Stark Raving Mad”).

His Kiss100 radio show is quickly coming up on its second year as one of the most successful dance music shows in all of England with internet broadcasts to all of the world. It has achieved a near cult status with listeners trading cd’s and mp3’s of the various broadcasts across the internet. John shares his platform weekly by bringing in worldwide guest dj’s.
As a person John's lack of pretense is enveloped in imagination and invention. Good reason for John being one of the most respected, analyzed and imitated dj's in the world. Digweed is both solid and durable with unyielding precision. His sinuous dj'ing and production sound has become its own convincing dance ethic. He is centered to the principles of life, living and friends in such a way that he generates an aura of self-explanatory excitement and enthusiasm. Without heroic pretensions his sets are filled with moodiness and musical mystery but held down with a punchy distinctiveness and earthly rhythm. Always emanating a sense of boundlessness he overlaps dream events that spill into reality with an enormous certainty.
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Posted Thu 06 Mar
Edited Thu 01 May

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Its on the Bedbug website HERE
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Posted Fri 04 Apr
Cheers dude. Tickets purchased!
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Posted Fri 04 Apr
Edited Fri 04 Apr
The Transitions 4 album is wicked. Dont forget to get your copy with our special ticket offer.
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Posted Tue 08 Apr
Absolute bargain !!!
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Posted Tue 08 Apr
looking forward to mine arriving but of course its not even released till next week :(
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Posted Tue 08 Apr
mate this is going to be off the hook.. lets hope he can bust it for 3 hours. looks like it might be a 5am er get in ....
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
Got a double whammie this weekend, digweed then hed kandi !!!
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
Oh my this is gonna be a heck of a weekend!
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
Gonna seriously have to pace ourselves...;o)
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
are frolic selling tickets for digweed and can u get the cd from there ?
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
ahh yes just checked the flyer
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
NEW ahh yes just checked the flyer

hush cobey, el muppett
Who laughed: anjel
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
looking forward to this,bmth needs more underground nights..i'll be their i hope diggers rips it up,that club needs it..picotto samshed it up...!! cant wait!!
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Posted Thu 10 Apr
see you there Looney

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Posted Mon 14 Apr
been listening to Transition 4 today, cant wait to catch Diggers in a few weeks now
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Posted Wed 16 Apr
Just received mine, looking forward to listening to it....
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Posted Wed 16 Apr
great cd...
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Posted Thu 17 Apr
Agree 100%.....only a couple of weeks to wait now....
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Posted Thu 17 Apr
I know get in.. cant wait to play some proper warm up tunes for the diggers!
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Posted Fri 18 Apr
Are you excited by any chance tim ??? lol
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Posted Fri 18 Apr

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