Fasten your seatbelts people; it’s going to be a bumpy ride as Party Proactive returns to the hallowed Turnmills venue for yet more demonic club based antics. Saturday 3rd November is the date for your diary, so get ready to unleash your inner devil for the time has come to pucker up as Party Proactive present, Kiss Kiss: Fright Night!

As this is set to be our final party of 2007, we’ve made an extra special effort to provide our loyal fans with an unmissable line-up of DJs that truly stretches the accepted definitions of what night clubbing is all about…Putting together legendary techno DJs, Dave Angel and Marco Bailey alongside the godfathers of hard house, Pete Wardman and Andy Farley would be pretty unheard of in its self but add the star of Parisian clubbing, DJ Paulette and New York City’s hotshot banging house spinner, Bryan Cox, and you know the speakers are gonna blow!!!

With so much talent for you lucky people to gorge yourselves on, we thought it only right to drip feed you fantastic mixes and profiles on our star guests so with out further ado, meet NYC’s finest …Bryan Cox!

Bryan’s prolific studio output (over 100 releases to date) have featured on mix compilations by Joey Beltram, DJ Dan, and Preach to name just a few. He has also broadcast on Fergies Radio One show, remixed Joss Stone, Hertz, and Ferry Corsten and held numerous number 1 best sellers on the download site, Juno Records.

As a DJ, Bryan has played huge international festivals like Ultra (Miami), Dance Valley (Amsterdam) and Rave Smile in China, whilst proving a popular fixture on the New York clubbing scene. He currently runs the mega successful Weapon Records label and promotes the Weapon parties in NYC- a weekly night dedicated to the funky and banging side of house music….

So Bryan, how’s life treating you right now?

Everything's great! I've been in Europe now for about a month from New York. Being based out of Berlin has been awesome. I really love the city, people, and central location. I've played some great shows so far and am really looking forward to the UK part of the tour! I've heard the scene is incredible.

I'm working on a load of really big productions right now that I'm really excited about. All the material is being tested out for the new artist album, and the crowds are really digging the new sound! Collaborating with a bunch of new artists and seeing the world.... life couldn't be any better!

For those who don’t know the name Bryan Cox, tell us something about yourself and how you came to be a DJ.

My first record was "Zaitech" in 2003. It was a electro/techno track on Bad Boy Bill's IHR. That record moved quite a few units and i started getting contacted by the techno label Bush, Donald Glaude's Eden, and Joey Beltram's STX. I flew up to New York to work with Joey Beltram because we both loved the bangin' sound. It was a great honor to work with the master himself. Then I started on a ton of tracks and remixes for various funky house and techno labels. I was always attracted to the funky peak time sound, so i really wanted to push that in my productions and dj sets. I went on to do production for Subliminal, Ultra, Antoine Clamaran's Fine Tune, System, Eden, Hert'z Sway, King Street, and more.

If I’ve done my research correctly, Party Proactive will be your first UK booking. Lots of people have said how excited they are that you’re finally coming to London. Are you looking forward to your Turnmills debut?

I'm very excited to play London! It seems like an exciting scene with so much going on. I love the fact you have major radio stations endorsing the music and so many venues pushing different sounds. Turnmills is an amazing venue, and I'm proud to have such a international club fixture for my London debut! I've heard of the legendary Party Proactive shows and this party is going to be off the hook! Jager shots anyone?

You’re part of a somewhat eclectic line-up that includes Dave Angel, Marco bailey and DJ Paulette. Here in London, we don’t often see DJs from different scenes coming together. Is it a similar scenario over in the states?

I think it's great when there are different styles of electronic music represented at one event. Especially if the music is in two different rooms. That way if you're not feeling one of the artists you can rock out to another style of music you might not have paid an entrance fee to by itself. Sometimes you can get turned on to a whole new style or find a new favorite artist this way. It's pretty common for the bigger parties in the US to have multiple styles of music at the same venue.

On the subject of the USA dance scene…I always think of house music being the defining sound whereas you’re sound veers towards the primetime pumping house and techno beats. Has it been easy to build a following out there and is techno building a wider fan base in the US these days?

Yes, most of the scene in the US is very commercial. There are pockets of everything there, but in general you have the super-clubs bringing a rotation of the same 10 djs every 3 months. Techno is not a big sound in the US. But there's a new and exciting wave of fresh music hitting the US in the major cities. Fueled by blogs and skinny jeans, underground music is becoming the mainstream, and there might be a break in the monotony of progressive and mainstream electro and trance! Trance in your pants!

You released Motive, your debut Artist album earlier this year. Tell us a bit about what to expect from it and how did you find the process of writing the album?

Motive was a great completion to my original sound in the industry. It was sort of a "Greatest Hits" album of some of my underground techno/house productions. There are two discs, one concentrating on the funky disco influenced techno house, and the other more electro based. There was 32 total tracks ranging over the last three years of production. I really enjoyed picking the tracks and mixing the compilation. It's great to see these underground tracks getting some commercial recognition. It also marked the change into my new sound, which still has the same bangin' prime time party flavor, but with new futuristic elements. New shit to shake that ass too.

Not only content to DJ, you promote your own Weapon parties in New York and run the mega successful Weapon Records label. Is there anything else you would like to turn your hand to in the future?

Weapon is still putting out a flurry of funky techno jams, including a recent floor banger from Slovenia's heavy hitter Pette Vaydex. However, most of my attention right now is on my new label, Crux. Crux is dedicated to the bassline heavy, fidget, nu rave, old school, warble house. The first release, "Futuristic Fly," is a great track with an original vocal from rapper Alias Unknown out of Dallas, Texas, produced by veteran hip-hop whiz, Futuristic Fly aka Kai of 24skorpionz fame. My remix of the track has been played all summer long by Judge Jules on BBC Radio 1 and has been licensed to a bass heavy Ministry of Sound Compilation. Following releases are "Get Nasty," a wicked warble bass jam, my remix of Trash Fashion's "Rave Dave," and even a track featuring US Superstar rapper Chamillionaire. This label's intent is to be at the forefront of fidget and bassline house with some proper New York City attitude injected into it. The first two releases are out, but the rest of the songs are on hold while we sort out some major problems with our digital distributior. Figures!

Who are the DJs, producers, and labels that you personally rate at the moment?

Herve, Crookers, Pette Vaydex, The Bulgarian, Bart B More, Acid Jacks, Trevor Loveys, Brabe and any DJ who wears cool shades while they spin.

What about your all time top five dance tunes?

Ouch! Tough one there.... I'll keep it limited to one sound. Here's some off the top of my head!

EBE - Square 2
Rhythm Masters - Mutator EP

Filter Science - Darkness Falls (Joey Beltram Remix)
Garth - 20 Minutes of Disco Glory
Speaker Phreaker - Phreakydeaky

You’ve been releasing your own productions via the Weapon Records label for sometime now and have remixed the likes of Hertz and Ferry Corsten. One remix that did raise an eyebrow was for Joss Stone! So how did that come about and was she happy with the result?

I have a good friend Anthony who runs the world famous 5 points graffiti park in Queens. Joss Stone shot a video there for the title track of her new album. He recommended me for a remix of "Put Your Hands on Me Baby." Last I heard she went on tour, and I don't know if she's ever heard the remix!

We all know that nobody can (or really wants to) tread the DJ mill for ever so what do you see yourself doing in the long-term?

I love producing music. I think if you can adapt your sound, you can be in the music business for a long time. I also produce hip-hop, and am working on a new solo album at the moment. Maybe writing music for films, working with other artists, or trying my hand at the newest undiscovered sounds could be a possible future for me after djing.

Finally, give us five words that sum up Bryan Cox!

Will Work For Topless Birds

On that note, all that’s left to say is have a safe journey over and we’ll see you down at Turnmills for Party Proactive on Saturday 3rd November!

Hell yea! Going to be a great party! Looking forward to it! Viva Party Proactive!