Music : Hard Dance
Next Up is Bang'ed Up presents XL
MLXL is the latest record label from Scotlands own Dj/Producer Mallorca Lee.
Launched in 2007 as an extension of his studio work it continues to showcase exiting new producers from around the world, hand picked for pushing the boundaries of Tech Trance & the Harder side of Dance - Lets have it XL!
HARD DANCE / HARD TRANCE / HARD HOUSE
MALLORCA LEE
MAC & TAYLOR
BEN NICKY (scottish exclusive)
WILLIAM DANIEL
IAN McNAB
Room 2 - The New Breed
DAVIE M
CRAIG LECKIE
WULLY BUIST
BEN MENZIES
SCOTT MCINTYRE
Doors 10-3 / Drinks from £1 / 500 Free CD givaways / Bang'ed Up Dancers / Live recording for Bang'ed Up TV (DVD) / Confetti cannons and lots lots more!
Tickets £8 from Ticket Scotland or from Dj's / £10 O.T.D
Bang'ed Up - First Friday of he Month / every month @ Byblos
Keep it Bang'ed Up!!
MALLORCA LEE
Having sold a staggering FOUR MILLION records worldwide (3 Million sales for Operation Blade !!!), Mallorca Lee is undeniably, Scotland's most enduring and groundbreaking underground DJ/Producers who has released over seven artist albums and countless singles that have blazed an unmitigated trail thru acid house, rave, hip-hop, rock and pop for almost two decades. This maverick DJ / MC / PRODUCER that some have called a mad man and even NME proclaimed "more rock and roll than Oasis!", hazards a kamikaze, DIY, Punk Rock approach to electronic music production that blows up the boundaries and pick locks the pigeon holes of modern day dance music.
Its not only in Tech Trance and Hard dance Lee has applyed his talents. In Nov 2005 he signed to the uber cool house label Subliminal Records as part of Scanners, the man of many guises Mallorca Lee shows no sign of slowing down and proves time and time again that music is not about what you should and shouldn't do, its just about doing it From his humble beginnings in rave as Ultra-Sonic to global chart success with Public Domain, busting rhymes with Chuck D and Professor Griff a.k.a. Public Enemy along the way, his collaberations with German producers The Warp Bros under the name Red Monkey and countless collaberations under many diffrent names with long time friends David Forbes, Mark Sherry & James Allan !
His indispensable Debunk Music imprint harbors some of the worlds best producers of House (Scanners, Steve Lawler, Mike Monday), Trance and Techno (David Forbes, Signal Runners and Mark Sherry) and his latest label MLXL launched at the end of 2008 continually blasts new solo productions from the man himself into clubs and festivals around the world. His latest tracks DOGMA & KISS IT BETTER have been Tried & Tested by Judge Jule (Radio 1) supported by everyone from Marco V to Scot Project and won praise from international dance bibles MIXMAG & IDJ.
"Mallorca Lee is defineltly more than just the voice behind Public Domain's chart assault or Ultra-Sonic early rave conquests.. He could just be the VOICE of our RAVE GENERATION !"
However its Mallorca's energetic live performances around the world (his first ever DJ set was at The Ministry Of Sound, London!) that continually remind us how he won his way into our head and hearts, not to mention our record collection, in the first place.
MAC & TAYLOR
Cruising Through the ranks as one of the most hotly tipped Tech-Trance acts of the moment Mac & Taylor are set to hit the heights in 2009.
Aptly named "New breed tech-trance legends" By top music download site Trackitdown.net this liverpool based dj/production duo have captured the attention of the worlds elite djs and the worlds trance scene in general.
Ever since Ste (Mac) and Peter (Taylor) joined forces to become Mac & Taylor back in 2007 they have achieved so far what most would wish to achieve in a lifetime
The Producers....
As Producers they have pushed the boundaries of Tech-Trance to the limits with there unique and distinctive big room sound! Churning out track after track and remix after remix they continue to impress and convince the world of there undoubtable talent!
Racking up support from the likes of Paul Van Dyk, Sander Van Doorn, Mark Sherry, Agnelli and Nelson, Eddie Halliwel etc etc the guys seem to have become some what of favourites of global superstar Judge Jules!! Going out to millions of listeners every week there productions have sat firmly in Judge Jules Track lists for near enough every show on Radio 1 from the beginning of there careers. Following on from Judge Jules inviting the guys on to his show for an interview he has now tipped them for Huge things in 2009!
Judge Jules Quote.... Over the past year Mac and Taylor have emerged as ‘must play’ producers in all of my sets. Every track they’ve been delivering has been simply awesome!
The Dj's.... As dj's the advantage of being able to showcase entire sets of there own productions has set them aside from the rest and seen them rock dance floors up and down the UK and Ireland. 2009 and a brand new chapter which is set to see them take there show on the road to the rest of the world!! With bookings flooding in from all corners of the world and a plethora of original productions and remixes set for release there foreseen and deserved success is well and truly underway!!!!
BEN NICKY - Scottish Exclusive
DJ, Producer and Abstract Recordings label manager Ben Nicky is one of the brightest new stars on the trance scene who is quickly rising to be one of the industry's biggest favourites.
Ben released his first ever trance track, ‘Dirty Dancefloor’ at the tender age of 21 and was astounded by climatic accent to number 1 in the international trance charts. Since then he has consistently reached the coveted number one spot on download sites such as audiojelly and trackitdown with Dancefloor smashes like ‘Filthy Creature’, ‘Turn On’, ‘Peanut Butter’, ‘Catapult’ and ‘Morning Breeze’
Ben's most recent productions have been signed to some of the world's biggest dance labels including Paul Van Dyk's "Vandit" Label , Armin Van Buuren's "Armada" and Holland's well respected Spinnin Records. In addition to this he has tracks signed on over 7 Cd Compilations including 2 of Paul Van Dyk's albums which were released and distributed internationally. Further to this Ben has recently released a rework of the legendary Calvin Harris hit ‘Flashback’ which was featured on the Judge Jules Radio 1 show 6 weeks in a row.
Although still in the infancy of his DJ career Ben has travelled the globe playing all over the UK and in countries such as Tunisia, Germany, Russia, Ireland and the Mecca of dance music, Ibiza, for Judge Jules legendary night Judgement Sundays. He has spun for other massive brands including Godskitchen, Fire It Up, Slinky, Gatecrasher and Wonderland to name just a few. This has seen Ben regularly playing alongside names such as Paul Van Dyk, Above and Beyond, Ferry Corsten, Eddie Halliwell, Markus Schulz & Pete Tong.
Ben has performed on radio stations all across the globe including regular support on BBC Radio One with over 14 of his tracks being played in 2009, In addition to this Ben was personally requested by Paul Van Dyk to do a guestmix for his "Vonyc" Radioshow.
From Early 2010, Ben will be represented by Most Wanted Global, one of the world's premiere DJ agencies representing artists such as Roger Shah, Leon Bolier, Scot Project & Tom Colontonio.
With all this talent and regular exposure it's just a matter of time before Ben is one of the biggest names in Dance Music.
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