Rachel Auburn

‘Designer Rachel Auburn started out with a stall in Kensington Market in the early ’80s. Catching the interest of many including Susanne Bartsch she came to New York in 1984 to showcase her talent with other British designers for New London New York. They then went on to Japan which created even more interest for them as designers. In 1985 Rachel and Leigh Bowery opened a stall at Hyper Hyper in Kensington Market called Spend Spend Spend, the title of the store. Known for its cutting edge fashion it soon made its way to fashion magazines such as the Face and I D. Rachel herself soon became a regular gracing the pages of London’s top fashion magazines. Leigh Bowery asked Rachel to play at his club, Taboo. She was such a hit that she immediately became Taboo’s resident DJ. With enormous popularity and known for her high energy mixing, campy disco & glum rock-ish type tunes she soon became an enormous hit all over Europe along with the London trendy elite scene. Playing such clubs as Heaven & Café-dee-Paris this led Rachel to re-mixing and producing. She was the first female DJ to play in China and Johannesburg (a gig of over 17,000 people). In December 1999 Rachel was voted one of the top 100 DJs by DJ magazine. She then created her own record label which continues to product dance music successes. She continues to flourish creatively as a mother, DJ, producer and all around talent.’

Micky Modelle

Irish DJ Micky Modelle, DJ poll winner numerous times, finally won his hard earned chart success in 2006 with ‘Dancing In The Dark’.

Gaining Number 1 chart positions on video channels The Box and MTV, but without a shared of national radio support, ‘Dancing In The Dark’ still climbed to 10 in the UK national charts

In his impressive career as a producer and remixer, he has remixed artists such as The Source feat Candi Staton, Atomic Kitten, Samantha Mumba, Nomad and Pink, but chart success under his own name eluded him until he came across a ballad by Belgian singer Jessy, and transformed it into a huge dance crossover track.

Michele Adamson

Michele Adamson is a writer, vocalist, DJ & producer. Brought up between the fast paced technology of Hong Kong and the mystical culture of England, she tours the globe performing and collaborating with the psychotronic pioneers of future music. Her debut chill out album Fallen Angel was released in 2005 with global sell-out success and her new album will be out later this year with two cd’s of Ibiza-influenced music. Michele is a prolific contributor to the scene and her distinct vocals can be heard on numerous psy-compilations and artist albums such as Shpongle – Tales of the Inexpressible, Younger Brother – Flock of Bleeps, Infected Mushroom – Converting Vegetarians, Last Men Standing – This Is Ibiza. If you find yourself catching glimpses of holographic UV material flashing in the corner of your periphery, chances are Michele is around.

Currently touring the world with her new electro live show which she premiered at Pacha this year, Michele is also known for her high-energy, crowd-pleasing performances of material from Strange Arrangements and other trancefloor fillers, such as her collaborations with Astrix, GMS, CPU, Dynamic, & Dino Psaras, among other talented purveyors of psychedelic beats. You can catch Michele’s solo psyVocal trance, electro and chill out live shows in countries in the Far and Middle East, Europe, the US, South America, Russia & Australia.

Currently working on an new style electro live show, Michele released her second album “Strange Arrangements”, with the cream of the psy scene which was released with Fineplay (Japan) and On The Move Music in 2008.

You can catch Michele touring her solo psy-Vocal trance and chill out live shows to countries in the Far and Middle East, Europe, the US, South America, Russia & Australia. When not warbling Michele delivers wicked Dj sets of Electro, Trance and Eclectic chill (chillectro!!) as well as performing live with GMS, Shpongle & The Egg.

John Truelove

John Truelove is one of Britain’s original dance music producers. Best known for his moniker, The Source, under which he released the iconic ‘You’ve Got The Love’, that track remains one of electronic music’s enduring anthems and most successful commercial hits, having reached the top 10 of the UK charts several times since its first release in 1991.

Such is the influence of ‘You’ve Got The Love’,  that – after the band covered the track – it proved to be the catalyst in the success of  Florence & The Machine’s triple platinum selling album Lungs. It subsequently became the band’s highest charting single from the album, receiving a nomination for Best British Single in the 2011 Brit Awards, as well as being the selection for their appearance on the iconic ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ in 2010.  It was also the stand-out performance at the 2010 Brit Awards, which featured Dizzee Rascal combining his hit Dirtee Cash in a mash-up duet with Florence, ultimately leading to the successful single release “You’ve Got the Dirtee Love” reaching #2 UK national charts.

The track has been used extensively in television and advertising, including in the closing sequence of the final episode of Sex and The City and the current CBS series 90210, as well as for blue-chip organisations such as Sky Sports and Vodafone.

John delivered further notable releases in the 1990s as The Source, including Sanctuary of Love on Pulse 8 Records and later Clouds on XL Recordings. Another alias, Lectrolux, provided the platform for a string of popular hard techno releases on his own label TeC.  This output, along with the Now Voyager pseudonym, contributes to an overall impressive production and remix catalogue for Truelove .

MC Sharkey

Jon Sharkey is one of the most established and recognised names in the Hardcore scene. The legendary, jack of all trades has tried his hand at everything; starting in the early days of rave in ‘93 as an MC at the Rhythm Station for DJ Druid, where he won countless awards for MC of the year, before moving on to production and Djing, co-producing ‘Toytown’, one of the biggest anthems of the era on Essential Platinum. More recently he has been instrumental in moulding the future of hardcore and freeform, with artists such as K Complex, AMS and Arkitech some of those who have evolved through Sharkey’s studio and tuition. His focus on guiding the talented bright lights and tirelessly harnessing the raw talent of upcoming production engineers is regarded as essential by Sharkey in ensuring the evolution of the hardcore scene.

He is the only UK hardcore artist to have found success in all aspects of the genre,   whether that be on microphone, in the studio, as engineer or as DJ. Jon’s achievements in these areas place him as the most prolific hardcore innovator of all time; only a select few can boast having had their hardcore tunes played on Radio One by John Peel. With his forward thinking artist album waiting in the wings alongside the exciting Kaotik project and yet more appearances and tours overseas, this is a reputation that continues to be enhanced

Dom Sweeten

Nick Sentience

Nick Sentience has managed to achieve a massive amount in his ten years as a leading dance DJ and producer. He has been responsible for some of the international club scene’s most devastating floor fillers, and has worked alongside the world’s top record labels and received support from the majority of top DJs. He has won and been nominated for multiple awards and toured the world many times. Nick is currently a resident on Clubbing giant Slinky’s global radio Station Slinky.fm

He has released 3 highly acclaimed artist albums, which have become recognised as classics of the hard dance genre and his release schedule has included him working with labels such as Nukleuz, Ministry of Sound, Riot, Postiva, Incentive, EMI/Virgin, Tidy Trax, Slinky and Data. He was an instrumental part of the Nukleuz production team that helped make that imprint so successful and his studio work has garnered accolades from Mixmag, Radio 1 and Kiss FM as well as support from all nearly all DJs within the hard dance and trance scenes. His Djing has taken him to play for leading brands like Cream, Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and The Gallery and includes clubs like Home in Sydney, Liquid Rooms in Tokyo and Amnesia in Ibiza.

Martyn Hare

With influences ranging from Aphex Twin to Jeff Mills, Martyn Hare has a unique hybrid sound that defies categorization and refuses to brand as one thing or another. New Rave? Techno Bass? Keep guessing! This eclectic blend of electronic sounds is carried through all his productions and DJ sets, combining the soulful with the truly dark.

While living in Leeds, UK, Martyn promoted and was resident of ‘Audio Science’, an uncompromising underground dance night that was repeatedly torn up by explosive sets from some of the leading names in techno. It was through these nights that he grabbed the attention of a number of labels, including Glen Wilson and Mike Humphries’ Punish, and later Ben Long’s Potential Recordingz. It was Martyn’s first two releases on Potential that earned him worldwide respect, scoring a “Top 5 Tunes of the Moment” review in Ministry magazine and numerous plays on international radio. With major releases on Tronic and Recycled Loops as well as managing and producing for his own labels Tremors and Emetic, numerous sessions for BBC Radio 1 have followed, plus a two month reign with the top voted mix on dj-sets.com. Now DJing and performing his Emetic Live and Classics Live sets across the world, Martyn Hare is considered amongst the most interesting and promising producers around.

Lisa Abbott

Lisa Abbott’s vocal talents are such that she is regarded as one of the most in-demand performers working across all genres of music and spoken voice, as well as television and broadcasting.

Early in her career, she was heavily involved with the Stock and Aitken production house as a session singer and has go on to provide expertise and support for numerous artists signed to major labels like Warner, BMG, Sony and Universal. Lisa continues to compose, produce and provide vocals for a host of international labels across different genres. Perhaps most notably she has become a leading player in the hardcore and hard dance scene, providing lead vocals on a great many tracks with releases through labels like Nukleuz, Ministry of Sound and All Around The World.

Lisa has also worked extensively in television, providing lead vocals for title music to shows like Hotel Babylon, Bodies and Coast, as well as endless other jingles, title themes and soundtracks. Furthermore, her talents with spoken voice, singing, narration and compositions have all been put to the test in providing top educational materials and children’s broadcasts for clients such as Early Learning Centre, Tomy and Nickelodeon.

Shiloh

Shiloh’s rise to the top came fast and furiously with their very first single, “Will U Ever Come Around“, becoming one of the biggest dance releases of 2003. The progressive breaks genre that had taken over at that time was championed by Shiloh and 2007’s “Café Del Mariachi” reconfirmed their ability to create a dance floor bomb, getting constant play from Sasha for months. Their artist album Bleed gained almost universally positive praise from industry press and DJs alike.

As producers Shiloh, Colin & Justin Moreh are an icon of the dance music scene. Their discography has grown too numerous to keep track of with well over 100 entries of originals, remixes, compilation appearances and video game credits. They’ve done remixes for EMI and Global Underground, been commissioned by Jaguar Motorcars, and their music has made it into a handful of Sony PlayStation games. Their mix compilation appearances resemble a who’s who list.

Shiloh’s illustrious journey through this scene hasn’t been driven by marketing specialists or press juggernauts. Their success hasn’t been fulled by gimmicks. In fact, one thing has spearheaded their career and one thing alone… their music. It’s this fact that has made Shiloh an undeniably revered treasure to all progressive-minded dance music fans–a sentiment that has withstood the test of time and will continue to for many years to come.

Shiloh – Colin & Justin Moreh

Shiloh’s rise to the top came fast and furiously with their very first single, “Will U Ever Come Around“,  becoming one of the biggest dance releases of 2003. The progressive breaks genre that had taken over at that time was championed by Shiloh and 2007’s “Café Del Mariachi” reconfirmed their ability to create a dance floor bomb, getting constant play from Sasha for months. Their artist album Bleed gained almost universally positive praise from industry press and DJs alike.

As producers Shiloh are an icon of the dance music scene. Their discography has grown too numerous to keep track of with well over 100 entries of originals, remixes, compilation appearances and video game credits. They’ve done remixes for EMI and Global Underground, been commissioned by Jaguar Motorcars, and their music has made it into a handful of Sony Playstation games. Their mix compilation appearances resemble a who’s who list.

Shiloh’s illustrious journey through this scene hasn’t been driven by marketing specialists or press juggernauts. Their success hasn’t been fueled by gimmicks. In fact, one thing has spearheaded their career and one thing alone… their music. It’s this fact that has made Shiloh an undeniably revered treasure to all progressive-minded dance music fans–a sentiment that has withstood the test of time and will continue to for many years to come.

Mark Hawkins

An experimental and forward thinking techno producer with a rich back catalogue of releases and gig history that has taken him to seminal clubs like Tresor in Berlin and U60311 in Frankfurt. Beginning his career in 1999 with a split EP with Michael Forshaw, Hawkins was soon noticed by Saskia Slegers (AKA Miss Djax) for whom he recorded 6 EPs on her well known Djax Up Beats imprint.

He has also released on labels such as Pro-jex, Mosquito and Hoerspielmusik. Mark has also performed regularly over the past 8 years, both live and as a DJ in The UK, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Malta, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Russia and Australia.

His live-act is hardware only, going against the flow of laptop / Ableton sets that have become the standard for so many artists, allowing him to have his own unique, fat sound. By 2004 Hawkins was finding fresh influence from living in Berlin before beginning his debut album in 2006, ‘The Doomsday Clock’, from a new base in Poland. His latest projects are production guis and his own imprint Snork, which has been gaining immense interest with the likes of Richie Hawtin and Magda, ultimately leading to a remix of  EP01 by M-nus artist Hobo in 2009.