Music : Hard House
Kutski (taken from BBC Radio One)
Kutski started DJing aged 15. The first big event he played was Elevate in Bangor which resulted in a residency. His turntable skills resulted in Kutski being named Energyuk.com's 'DJ of the month' 3 times in 2004. Kutski's DJing has taken him across the network of underground and mainstream hard dance clubs in the UK.
His current residencies include Tasty (London), Ripsnorter (Bristol) and Elevate (Bangor). In 2004, Kutski released debut track "Making me itch" under the name SPX. He signed to the Knuckleheadz label and featured on compilations Insomnia 4 and Extreme Euphoria 3. His tune "Closer to God" released on X-Cite got rave reviews and support from Anne Savage, Lisa Lashes and The Tidy Boys. A collaboration with Ollie (Warp Brothers) has been signed for release on the Tidy Tools EP and has already featured on the Tidy Addict compilation.
Amber D (taken from Tidy.com)
Amber D has gone from rising star to super star in next to no time. Selected as a Mixmag Future Hero in 2004 she has since been on the fast track into the UK DJing elite, appearing on the cover of M8 Magazine, having a four page feature in Mixmag, as well as mixing the 'Hard Dance Republic' and Tidy Weekender 8 CDs before being selected to showcase her sounds for the best selling Euphoria brand as part of the summer 2005 Tidy Euphoria CD.
Ambers meteoric rise to fame has come on the back of devastating DJ sets at clubs around the UK, with her crowd pleasing tunes, amazing technical skills on the decks, not to mention her stunning looks all winning her over an army of fans that have grown with her career path, from early appearances at Golden and Goodgreef to headline sets at every leading hard dance event around the UK, including Polysexual, Frantic, Time Flies, Wildchild, Slinky, The Coach, Storm, Garlands, Dance Academy, Tranzaction, Room At The Top and Twisted to name but a few, culminating in summer festival appearances at Godskitchen Global Gathering, Creamfields and Tidy Weekender.
During 2005/6 the rest of the global clubbing community followed the UK's lead, with Amber the star of Extreme vs. Tidy in Ibiza season in the summer, then key festival appearances at Dance Valley and Strike One in Holland, plus further overseas dates in Ireland, Russia, Bahrain, USA, Australia and New Zealand all resulting in the same response - dancefloor destruction and hyped-up crowds demanding to know when Amber will be back in town.
A sure sign of Amber's arrival in the DJing elite came in October 2005 with her first BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix broadcast live from the decks to an audience of millions around the globe. A further radio appearance followed on the Judge Jules International Show, and with a spot on the Radio 1 Residency series in the pipeline, Amber looks set to rock the radio waves every bit as much as club land as we move into 2007 and beyond.
