Music : Soulful House, Deep House, Tech House, Electro, Minimal Techno and Electro Techno
With the EUROSTAR coming directly from Paris into EGG’s neighbourhood of Kings Cross, we’re now the main London clubbing link to downtown Paris. With this in mind we will also be advertising the party in Paris, so expect some extra authentic fun in the form of our chic Gaelic clubland pals from across the channel, plus of course the crème of the French community from London. You can also be sure in true EGG in-house party tradition we will be laying on MAGNIFIQUE, opulent and amazing decor all around the open air/part covered garden and main venue. Think Paris circa 1900 and everything that comes with it. There will be free cocktails (before 12am) and with our fabulous kitchens now open – delicious food to keep you partying until the early hours. French martinis available from the garden bar all night.
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? ? DJ GREGORY (Defected/paris)
This year headlining on the terrace we have an extra special treat DJ wise in the form of Parisian House Legend and Defected Record’s supremo DJ GREGORY (myspace.com DJ Gregory began his recording career in the late '90s, producing tracks for the labels Basenotic Records and Yellow Productions, before affiliating himself with the celebrated Africanism project and ultimately founding his own label, Faya Combo, in the new millennium. Two of his signature productions are (click to listen..) "TROPICAL SOUNDCLASH" (youtube.com and "ELLE" (youtube.com Born Grégory Darsa, he became serious about house music around 1990, when he began making annual pilgrimages to New York City to explore the city's club scene. During the early '90s he became known in the French house scene importing underground New York dance music to France. This is how he met DJ Deep and by mid-decade he was making a name for himself as a DJ, most notably appearing regularly on Radio FG in collaboration with DJ Deep.
In 1996 DJ Gregory made his recording debut with a Cerrone Sample, "Take the Cash & Run," on Basenotic Records as Cheesy D. Then he hits the charts with his remix of cheek “Venus” Sunshine People. The following year he co-produced "Faithfull," a hit collaboration with Julien Jabre as Fantom for the EMI subsidiary Source. Throughout the remainder of the decade, he produced additional tracks under a series of monikers -- namely Bobby Ewing, .G, Prassay, Carinhoso Project, and DJ Gregory -- for a variety of labels, most notably Yellow Productions, home of DJ Yellow and Bob Sinclar. In 2000 he began producing tracks as Africanism, a collaborative project on Yellow Productions; two of his productions in the series, "BLOCK PARTY" (click to listen – you’ll definitely know this one! youtube.com and "TOURMENT D'AMOUR," (youtube.com became international club hits.
Established as a hit maker, DJ Gregory founded his own label in 2002, Faya Combo, and released "Tropical Soundclash," another sensation, this one billed to himself. His fifth release on Faya Combo, "Elle" (2003), was also a club smash. During this same time period, he and Bob Sinclar mixed the double-disc Africanism (2002); plus, he and Julien Jabre produced a series of tracks for Basic Recordings under the Soha moniker. In 2004 Gregory was awarded "MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCER" at the House Music Awards. In subsequent years, DJ Gregory affiliated himself with Defected Records, on which he released Faya Combo Sessions (2008), a three-CD collection of his work (the first disc a DJ mix, the second a compilation of his productions, the third a compilation of productions as remixed by others). Year 2008: Gregory relocates to Amsterdam, now exploring the Dutch club scene and collaborations with Holland’s finest producers. Meanwhile he takes on a couple of projects, traveling back and forth to Brazil and Angola and working with the local artists. 2009 looks promising so far. More studio projects, more releases, more travel, more collaborations. This versatile, emotional and ground-breaking producer is not done yet so definitely stay tuned.
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? ? SOPHIE BELLUKA SPARKS & GUESTS
Sophie has worked her way and earned respect from fellow DJ’s and musicians on the international music scene for the last three years. Born and raised in south of France,. Sophie quickly made her move to London after having graduated in France as she knew this would be the spot for her to be flourishing as a music maker. Poetry and melodies had merged, and she developed outstanding song writing and composing skills. Sophie started collaborating with talented and high profile artists in both acoustic, rock and house music.
In a collaboration Sophie created the song Lush in 2006, 30 remixes were created from all over the world under the patronage of Kid Crème, Robert Owens and Jon Pearn (Bodyrox). 2006 Also saw the birth of the song Sunshine which caught the attention of Chicago legend Robert Owens who recorded it. It was also the start of her radio show on Push FM (pushfm.com every Wednesday 2-4pm for the Sophie Belluka Sparks show. Sophie produced some exclusive interviews with: Little Louie Vega, Danny Rampling, Mark Knight, Robert Owens, Franckie Knuckles, Mark Moore (S Express), Jon Pearn (bodyrox), Rob Mello, Sebastien Ingrosso, Sergio Flores, Danny Marquez, to name but a few.
In 2007 she started her collaboration with DJ Producer Legend Nicky Holloway, with whom she is recording an album of the remixes of her acoustic songs. Nicky Holloway & Sophie are currently developing highly sophisticated and edgy electro beats in studio. Last year was the rocketing start of Sophie’s solo DJ career; having been mixing in the Push fm studio twice a week for the last three years, Sophie developed her style and her own listeners with whom she meets with great pleasure when she performs in clubs. With her very distinctive sounds and vibes, Sophie plays happy beats, she has been a Resident at the Burlington club, played at EGG, PACHA IBIZA, GLOBAL RADIO Base bar IBIZA, WHITE HOUSE, No. 5, DIVO, DEX. This year after the success of her sets with Ruggi Ruggiero's costume parties Sophie was proposed by Ruggi to become the resident DJ of his costume parties. (SEE SOPHIE PERFORMING AT PACHA IN IBIZA: vids.myspace.com (WEBSITE: sophiebellukasparks.com (MYSPACE: myspace.com
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? ? SANDEMAN & mR dIckIE
We are most excited to welcome the return of Sandeman & Mr Dickie who will be playing in the basement. They absolutely rocked this floor back in April when they hosted it with Patrick Chardronnet as their special guest, and we are sure this will be a repeat performance. Sandeman & Mr Dickie are gifted with the licence to Entertain. Since the Scottish duo set up camp in the capital they have clearly marked their territory on London's party scene, building a following of trendy creatives who expect more from their nights out and want to step out of the safe zone with their music. Party after party, Sandeman and Mr Dickie have rocked the dancefloor and upped the ante with their fresh electronic sounds of bouncy, plings, plongs, drrrrrrrrrrrrrrs, tings, whipping baselines and muffled vocals. Their recent party project “Family Affair” saw the likes of Claude Von Stroke, Tiefschwarz and Terry Francis turning up to play as secret guests.
Initially kudos came from their weekly residency at East London's quirky Moroccan cocktail bar Casa Blue. These parties became unmissable, with the crowd attending religiously. People regularly spilled out onto the street in front of the venue at these gigs, and the once unknown bar was now on the map. Right in the hub of things, Casa Blue is nestled perfectly on Brick Lane, one of East London's key cultural minefields. At a time when East London was bursting at the seams with cool, it would be easy to get lost in the tide of new talent, sunglasses and muddy plimsoles, yet Sandeman and Mr Dickie have established themselves as jewels in the crown of a booming scene. As minimal pied pipers they continue to lead a trail of musical boffins from warehouse to super club. Rarely playing faster than 122BPM their sets see them weave seamlessly for hours through stripped down beats, minimal tech and wonky house, influenced by labels such as Leftroom, Minus, Trapez, Frankie France and Mo’s Ferry Productions.
Currently Sandeman & Mr Dickie hold down a residency at the home of their record label Ifidota, at Platinum in Shoreditch. As well as their dj-ing they are currently putting in the hours at the loft studio in Platinum where production work for the label is underway. All eyes are on Sandeman and Mr Dickie and with early production as cutting edge as their musical palette we eagerly await the next chapter. ( CLICK HERE FOR A SANDEMAN & MR DICKIE MIX: megaupload.com (MYSPACE: myspace.com
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? ? COZZY D
Cozzy D has been DJing since 1998 and has been fortunate enough to play for some of the best club nights in the country, such as Underwater, Type, Renaissance, Circo Loco, among others. He currently holds a residency with FERVOR and co-promotes London party JUST BECAUSE... He is one third Of the DJ/Production outfit "NINJA COWBOYS"... along with Johnny Mikes & Mark Storie. Ninja Cowboys exploded onto the London scene in 2004 and have been tearing up clubs all across the country ever since, quite often playing with 4 decks & 2 mixers! Cozzy is also one half of "D DUB" alongside Kid Dub. D DUB's first release "GENESIS" was released on Berwick Street Records in Feb 2007, with remixes from Audiofly & Timo Garcia. It received rave reviews in DJ MAG getting "The Money Shot" & 5/5*s!
Plus also featuring on the GU MIX Compilation from Global Underground, and was massively supported by John Digweed who featured it on his Transitions Radio Show on Kiss FM. Since then Cozzy D gone from strength to strength releasing some solo material for Berwick Street & Red Recordings as well as releases & remixes with D DUB & Ninja Cowboys! (COZZY D MIX: megaupload.com (MYSPACE: myspace.com
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? ? GIFTED PRESENTS…
THE FRESHEST UNDERGROUND HOUSE... Gifted was born in the early part of 2001 and initially staged events at the 1600 capacity Matrix Club in Reading. During these heady years Gifted joined forces with renowned club brands including The Big Beat Boutique, MTV and Serious as well as playing host to artists Norman Jay, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, Felix da Housecat and many more. Recently voted Number One Dance Venue at the Reading Bar Awards for the second year running.
Recent guests at the Gifted events include Giles Smith (Secret Sundaze), Tania von Pear (Ministry of Sound), King Roc (Mutual Society) and Jnr J (Jamm) who all had the capacity crowd rocking! Ably supported by Gifted DJ Rick Maia and often featuring extras from the Gifted faithful whether it's Drums or Live Sax from Half a Note Jack or a visit from some of our VJ friends – the Gifted parties are the event in the area to be seen at. Plus during the summer, Gifted also take over the garden to feature a unique and diverse range of sounds from Lost Classics to Indie Remixes and Modern Anthems. With three years of successful events under their belt, Gifted have expanded to stage events in London, Leeds, Italy and Austria testing the waters in a variety of new venues and countries before opting for two additional residencies in London & Spain.
Gifted’s annual two day Notting Hill Carnival Party at the Skiddaw Pub in W9 has turned into a must-stop visit on the house music carnivaler’s calendar. There really is something special about the Carnival and the streets filled with revellers; and Gifted has for the last 3 years taken over The Skiddaw, put a system in the street and played loud house music all afternoon and late into the night with merry makers dancing on every available surface! Fresh & fun, Gifted aims to keep the formula simple – good music, top class production, quality venues and a healthy dose of booty shaking on the dancefloor! KEEP IT GIFTED... (MYSPACE: myspace.com (VIDEO OF GIFTED: kyte.tv
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? ? MAKE THE GIRL DANCE
“Make the Girl Dance” are an Electro Indie Cabaret Act from Paris and will be appearing as Gifted’s guests up in the loft. They state their influences as: Daft Punk, The Rapture, Rinôçérôse, Friendly Fires, AC/DC, Birdy Nam Nam, Franz Ferdinand, Tahiti 80, The Gossip, LCD Sound System, Goose, Boys Noize, SebastiAn, Sebastien Tellier, Phoenix, Ed Banger's boyz, Public Enemy, The Hives.
The name of the band came to them from Franz Ferdinand’s frontman, Alex Kapranos, who once said that the original idea of their band was to make "music for girls to dance to." Speaking of Franz Ferdinand the group recently remixed their “Ulysses” track (MYSPACE: myspace.com (MAKE THE GIRLS DANCE PERFORM @ THE TECHNO PARADE: youtube.com (See their video - its a bit rude: dailymotion.com