Music : Jackin House, Electro House, Dirty House, Deep House, Progressive House, Tech House and Minimal Techno
Musika
Saturday 20th October
featuring
MICKY SLIM
Derek Martin
Neil Bartley
Gary Bowman
@ The Liquidroom, Edinburgh
Advanced Tickets only £9, available from www.musikanights.com
Doors Open 10.30pm
MICKY SLIM
As one of the most charismatic individuals to smash his way onto the house music scene in recent years, Micky Slim is the Birmingham-bred bad boy that has arrived and is ready to take over. For if 2005 was the year clubbers started murmuring about that boy Slim, then 2006 was the year they started shouting it from the hilltops. And who can blame them? With an outstanding production portfolio that has had a phenomenal success rate of being heard on BBC Radio1, an international residency that gives Micky global exposure, its clear that Micky is not just one of the UK’s finest up-and-coming talents, he is getting recognition the world over.
Micky’s love affair with house dates back over ten years, nevertheless it was two years ago that things really started to happen. After playing various bars and clubs around the midlands, Micky rented the Canal club in Wolverhampton in April 2005 to host a Tsunami fund raiser. The night proved a huge success and repeat bookings at the venue gave Micky the chance to shine alongside the likes of Yousef, Jose Nunez, Richard F and Tom Neville. At the same time Micky was making a big impact on the Birmingham after-hours scene, which gave him the chance to develop his style and build up his loyal fan base.
Micky was soon to come under the radar of Godskitchen promoter Mark Gillespie who was quick to install Micky as Godskitchen Electric resident, a very special moment for Micky especially since he had been a regular at the club from its beginning at the Sanctuary and had attended every one of Godskitchen’s colossal Global Gathering festivals. Micky’s Gods residency saw him play regularly to a rapturous home crowd alongside the likes of Erick Morillo, Chris Lake, James Zabiela and Fergie, as well as a debut at Global Gathering. Playing in the same arena as Deep Dish, Steve Lawler and Tiesto, Micky’s luck was about to take a mammoth turn when James Zabiela, who was stuck in traffic, was unable to show for his Live Essential Mix – Radio 1, who were familiar with Micky’s electrifying sets, gave him the opportunity of a lifetime by recording his live set for the Essential Mix. Micky duly responded by delivering 45 minutes of quality filthy acid, wonky electro and twisted tech house to a worldwide audience. This is without doubt the finest moment in Micky’s career to date. Such exposure catapulted Micky into the limelight which has resulted in Micky gigging around the world, notably the Sunrise Festival in Poland and Space in Ibiza.
If 2006 wasn’t big enough already for Micky, then the cherry on top comes courtesy of the creation of his own record label, Bomb Squad Records. The label’s first release was the awesome ‘Acid Is The Bomb’, which came with a Jon Gurd remix and received huge support on Radio 1
In 2006 we saw a collaboration with Chris Lake which saw the release of ‘Shake’, as well as remixes of Seb Fontaine & Jay P ‘Do The Do,’ Jaydee’s ‘Plastic Dreams’ and Adonis ‘Rockin Down the House’, all of which have been smashed on dancefloors worldwide.
Fast forward to 2007 - so far Micky has been snapped up by top London DJ agency IMD, who represent some of the top talent in the world, secured an eight gig residency at the infamous ‘Judgment Sundays’ in Ibiza plus a residency at the fabulous ‘Le Mix’ in Paris. On top of this Micky has been busy in the studio reworking House of Pain’s ‘Jump Around’ , remixed ‘Feel like dancin’ for the mighty Fingerlickin, ‘The Girls’ by Calvin Harris for Sony BMG, 2 remixes for Skint Records and a further remix of the colossal The Freaks ‘The Creeps’. There are clearly no signs of this young whipper-snapper slowing down.
Check out www.myspace.com/thatboyslim