Music : Hard House, Hardstyle and Hard Trance
TRIPTONIC 19TH MAY @ BOWLERS COMPLEX BRIDGEND
PRESENTS
FORCE 9
AVALINE & CHARLIE G
STU GRADY
BALLY B2B ADAM UP
KEMIKAL 51
RYNO B2B FUSION
CHRIS WILLIAMS
HOSTED BY THE MC STICKY
doors open @ 10 till 5 , 7 pound b4 11 more after
MARC SMITH [ force 9 ]
NOTORIOUS BY NAME,…….. A NOTORIOUS LEGEND BY NATURE! Only a few other artists in the hardstyle scene can boast the pedigree, experience and talents of the Scottish rave legend Marc Smith. Still blowing back the rave boundaries today, Marc’s journey through turntable culture can be tracked right back to 1985 when the ultra charismatic Glaswegian began chopping up early hip hop in his bedroom, before teaming up with local rappers, beat-boxers and break-dancers.
It was two years later, however, in 1987 when a 17 year old Smith gained his first true rave culture experience, with his ultra quick wristed mixing and scratching deck talents securing him a long standing residency at one of Glasgow’s early acid house havens at The Warehouse. Offering invaluable early club experience, Marc’s intuitive talents didn’t go unnoticed with further long running residencies at ‘The Club Hacienda’, and ‘Euphoria @ Heaven’ following quickly behind. Spinning early dance classics like ‘Voodoo Ray’ and Joey Beltram’s ‘Energy Flash’, these nights and Marc’s djing skills were to become infamous in the formative Scottish clubbing culture, and made DJ Marc Smith a household name practically over night. With army’s of ravers following his every move, Marc soon earned a reputation as a truly versatile DJ who pushed the mixer, the turntables and his music to its absolute limits, merging the turntable intensity of his hip hop schooling with the electric energy of early rave culture.
Over the late 90s, Marc has continued to spread his banging party friendly DJ sound
The next few years were spent preparing and perfecting the awaited relaunch of his Notorious Vinyl whilst headlining DJ sets continued to roll in at the likes of HTID, Uproar, Slammin Vinyl, Vibealite and the infamous Tidy Weekenders. During this time Smith’s international diary continued to read like a Heathrow Airport departure board with sets in Australia, Austria, Holland, Canada and New York to reel off just a few.
Over twenty years at the top of his game and still as Notorious as ever, Marc Smith is………a true legend and entertainer like no other!!!
JAY M [ force 9 ]
For over 15 years Jay M had been pioneering the harder edged sound. His career started, when he was a just a 15 year old boy with a huge passion for music,
Over the years he has played at many of the uk events and partys aswell as ran his own hugely succesful events, he is one of the few djs in the harder scene who is not afraid to vary his sound when playing out.trance/hardtrance to hardstyle and european hardcore, and no matter what styles he plays there is alway something special about his sets that always set the dancefloor alight.
Nowadays Jay is more popular than ever and is one of the most in demand scottish djs in the harder styles he has played at many of the uks biggest events and partys (HTID, The Arches, Addiction, T in the Park, Vibealite, Harder they Come, Hardcore Weekender, Diztrusxhon, Vibealite, Binary, Absolute, Judgement Day to name only a few )and has also played in Germany, holland, Switzerland and Spain amongst others, aswell as djing under his Jay M name he also djs alongside his partner in crime Marc Smith as the hugely Popular FORCE 9 duo.
Production wise Jay has had tracks released which have had great reception from djs and clubbers he is signed to the Dutch label V-trax as himself, Italian label Future Sound Corporation with Marc Smith as Force 9 and to Notorious Vinyl UK along with JTB as Dual Core.
With some huge productions and many gigs already confirmed for 2007 it looks like Jays career will rocket even more and he will continue to tear dancefloors up wherever he plays.
AVALINE
Although a fairly new face on the Hard Dance production scene, Avaline aka Chris Johnson (Head of Tranzaction)has been causing quite a riot on club-land over the past year! His debut track 'Never Sever' recently came in as runner up Tune of the Year at the 2005 Hard Dance Awards. All his releases to date have seen mass DJ support worldwide, full mark reviews in all industry press, inclusion on over 15 compilations worldwide, not to mention cult anthem status from clubbers across the globe. Avaline is recognised and respected by industry, peers and clubbers alike for creating fresh, exciting, energetic and more imporantly floor filling music! Responsible for our label plan or Dareing to be Different!
CHARLIE G
Tranzaction’s Boy Wonder, Charlie G proves to be experienced far beyond his years, at just 21 he has rapidly established himself as an incredibly successful DJ, Producer, Label Manager, Promoter and even has his very own slot in the UK's number one dance music magazine, iDJ [International DJ Magazine].
He has played alongside every leading name in the Hard Dance and Trance world such as Yoji Biomehanika, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, Brandon Block, Benny Benassi, Tidy Boys, Lisa Lashes, Anne Savage, Mark EG to name just a few, and the list keeps on growing. 2006 saw debut tours of Ibiza and Ireland and so far this year he has made his debut in Amsteram and bookings in the dirary for Estonia and Lativa.
As a performer, Charlie thrives off interaction with the crowd and his infectious energy, passion and dedication to the music always shines through, a unique and deadly combination which never disappoints. Not content with seamless mixing he chucks in scratching, chopping and cheeky acapellas showing he is a true technician behind the decks and with a touch of utter madness the roof always ends up on fire, and Charlie has the matches.
