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Rotate at EGG Easter Saturday £5 earlybird guestlist
Catch Rotate one last time before the Ibiza season.
Contact Rotate for earlybird £5 guestlist before 11pm


Francis Harris (Adult Napper)
Martijn Ten Velden (Tool room records)
Bobby and Steve
Dollz at Play
Electric Sex


The Easter EGG party
Egg with its with heated garden!


Fallen Angels is the only place to be with the people who love to be seen and socialise, to dance and lounge equally in a bright glittering space...

Basement - Is Electric Sex
Dollz at Play
Electric Sex
Francis Harris (Adult Napper)
Precious People

Terrace - Rotate
Martijn Ten Velden (Tool room records)
Disposable DJs, Dankin Asz, Rhythm Method


Penthouse - High Society
Bobby and Steve
Little Andy
Jerry Drew
Murphy's Law
Clifton

Bio about Dollz at Play, Francis Harris and MARTIJN TEN VELDEN


Dollz at Play
Dollz consist of 2 female DJs, Xochitl & Bea who have been working together for as little as only 12 months yet have already achieved 2 residencies in Ibiza & caused quite a stir in London. Their first gigs together were in L.A in May 2004 which included playing at the hip Standard Hotel pool party.

Last summer Dollz at Play held down residencies at 2 of Ibizas hippest venues, the first being at the recently refurbished stylish Italian venue La Morgana to great acclaim & the second more importantly at Mr.Cs Superfreq partys at Underground helping to elevate Underground to ready legendary status amongst the Ibiza faithful.

They also rocked Blue Marlin, Cala Jondal & their set on the Space Terrace for the closing party of Whatsup² was one of the highlights of the summer on the Island.

This led to the Dollz obtaining a monthly residency at Superfreq at The End ,London from January 2005 as well as all Superfreq events in Europe & North America.

Francis Harris
In the four short years he has been DJ-ing, Francis Harris has made a significant impact on dance music culture. Through the co-production of one New Yorks premier club events, Overboard, and now with the launch of his much anticipated label, Matter-form Records, along with his own house production with production partner Erich Lee (forthcoming release on Surreal April 2003), Francis has established himself as driving force behind New Yorks burgeoning tech-house scene.

In the past two years, Francis Harris has zapped his way toward the top of the dance culture energy grid in New York City with a deft ability to find tracks and create mixes that fuel his experimental and innovative spirit. He has set down frenetic and hypnotic sets at venues like NYCs Centro Fly and Shelter, as well as The End and Fabric in London, Skizzo in Mexico and The End Up in San Francisco. Francis has played alongside established music talents like Terry Lee Brown, Timewriter, Terry Francis, Mr. C, Doc Martin, Darren Emerson, Layo and Bushwacka!, Ritchie Hawtin, John Aquaviva, and Pure Science... building an audience and garnering respect from those in the industry.

MARTIJN TEN VELDEN
Born and bred in Haarlem, Holland, Hip Hop was where Martijn made a name for himself early on in his career, tasting success as the DJ of Dutch hip hop collective 'Da Mad Scientists'. They played all over Holland between 1987 and 1989 at venues such as Paradiso, Mazzo, Rothanhuis, Akhnaton, and DMC Amsterdam 1988 and supported some of the great world renowned hip hop acts of the time like Kool Moe Dee, Stetsasonic, Cash Money and Marvelous. Martijn even found himself guest Djing with the Stereo Mc's !!

In 1990 Martijn decided to move to London and bring his musical talent to the shores of the UK. He found himself well and truly immersed in the UK hip hop scene and in 1993 co-produced and co-wrote an album for Ignorants. The album was recorded in Sarm West Studios over a period of 3 months and the single Phat Girls reached no 56 in the UK national charts, no mean feat for an underground hip hop record at the time ! It wasn't long though before the sound of house music won him over again and here begins Martijn's journey to become one of today's most respected and innovative producers on the scene.

Having found himself Djing to house crowds throughout the UK, Europe and Middle East, he decided to hook up with production partner and fellow DJ, David James to form the inimitable Audio Drive. Together they remixed the likes of Ms Dynamite 'Booo!', Michael Moog 'You Belong to Me', DB Boulevard 'Point of View', Agent Sumo 'Why', Eddie Grant, the Sugababes 'Angels with dirty faces' and Tom Novy 'It's Over' and found themselves at number 1 in the Hype Chart with the Audio Drive remix of 'Tide of Dreams' by Prophets of Sound. They also co-produced (with Grammy Award winner Rick Nowels) a track for Kylie called 'Whenever you feel like it' ,which was an exclusive on the Scooby Doo Original Soundtrack CD and found its way onto Kylies 'Fever Remixed' album.

Many of their own productions were released on their label Dirty Skankin Sounds and they found themselves licensed to a wide variety of international quality house comps (e.g DC10's Circo Loco and Pete Tong's Clubbers Bible). Then they did the 'Voodoo Magic EP' on Fluential / Defected Records followed by 'I Feel Good', which was the first release of the now renowned Toolroom Records. Their last production together was a remake of the classic 'Come Get My Lovin' by Dione, under the guise DJMTV on Fantastic House / HiBias. Roger Sanchez loved the track so much, he made it 'New York's finest' on his Release Yourself Radio show.

It was soon clear that Martijn and Mark had a winning formula and other projects including 'The Hedgetrimerz', released on Toolroom Trax in the summer of 2004, were not only popular club tracks but working on radio too - this track had seven plays in a row by Seb Fontaine on Radio 1! Martijn and Mark's latest production 'A New Reality' featuring E Man on MN2S, was released January 2005 and reached no. 2 in the UK Hype Chart........Watch this space !!!

It was only natural that with this success and demand, the boys would soon be remixing and they've now built up a string of high profile remixes ... Soul Central 'Strings of Life', Brad Carter 'Morning Always Comes too Soon', Portobella 'Vive Le Difference', ATFC 'Fall Down', Narcotic Thrust 'When the Dawn Breaks', Holmes St. Ives '8 Letters' and Ferrer & Sydenham 'Sandcastles', All of which have kept Martijn well & truly in the dance charts and on dancefloors around the world.........

And of course it comes as no surprise then that Martijn and Mark were nominated for 'Best Artist' and 'Outstanding Remix' @ the House Music Awards 2005, held at the newly refurbished Hammersmith Palais in London. However, keen to keep his name in the headlines, Martijn now also dedicates a lot of his time to working on solo productions - 'The Sureshot EP' came out during summer 2004 on Nocturnal Groove (Home of Shapeshifters 'Lola's theme' ) and reached number 8 in the Buzz Chart. He's crafted a sound which is undeniably funky yet tribal with progressive and electro overtones and as one major fan put it 'bye bye soulful house, welcome to the dark side. Shamone Mother F*****S'!!!!!!!!!

Djing is also a major part of Martijn's life and represented by Main Stage Artists Booking agency (Eric Prydz, Shapeshifters, Ali B, Ferry Corsten) Martijn is booked throughout the world to play his twisted house sets. He has played the DJ Magazine Arena at the infamous Opening of Space-Ibiza, becoming the first Dutch DJ to do so, headlined at The Fresh Master Class Festival alongside Tiesto and Sven Vath, played at "Another Twisted Halloween" alongside Mr C and Sister Bliss, played at the Get Loaded Festival in Glasgow alongside James Zabiela and Danny Rampling and is often at Ministry of Sound, the Cross, Fabric, Turnmills, Heaven, AKA and many other clubs. He has to be one of the most enthusiastic DJ's out there and was noted by Cooljunkie for this energy '....he smiles, he dances and he sends out this vibe that feels like he actually knows what you're feeling while he spins; he's in total harmony with the crowd!'

So it seems clear to all around that Martijn's diverse musical influences coupled with his love for all that is quality in house music, will ensure he continues his rise to the top.
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Posted Tue 04 Apr 2006
wrong rotate group i think...
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