There was a time when house music was sound system music, free parties, under the stars, break of dawn.

Pack Up And Dance parties return to these roots, the rolling groove, the house sound. 

The Pack Up And Dance concept came out of parties on the beach in Barcelona in 2006.


Nice & Nasty records is one of Ireland's pioneering electronic music and dance music labels and remains the longest running dance music/ electronic music label. 

Releasing its first piece of vinyl in 1993 'Bolivian Angel by Ubiquity'. Running its first gig in 1992. Today it has over 180 releases online, 16 bits of vinyl and 3 CDs and been integral to the setting up of other Irish labels either directly or as an inspiration. 

Label roster includes the creme de la creme of Irish acts - Derek Carr, Pseudonym, T-Polar, The Parallel, Chymera, Rob Glennon, Sourcecode, Mick Chillage, Tr-One,  thatboytim and Mark O'Sullivan and a host of international stars, such as Klaina, Orlando Voorn, Terrence Dixon, Rennie Foster, Itokim, Andrew Duke, Nachklangmusik, Nasty Bobby, DJ Mourad, Katsuhiko, Tomas Jirku and Marco Bernardi. 

Also associated with the label are Matt Chester, Paul Mac, Fabrice Lig, Dave Ellsemere, Manuel Perez, Kenny Black, Lex Loofah, Arne Weinberg, Secret Groovers, John Shima, Elpierro, Ricky Sinz, Steve Boyd and a host of fresh faced people to watch out for including Katsuhiko, Secret Groovers, Tomi Chair and Lackluster. 

Nice & Nasty also has a sub label, a platform of expression 'Dublin Xpress' that Desy Balmer runs with Jay Riordan often assisted by Enda Rochford always on hand to help out. The Dublin Xpress roster includes SamJay, Sam Birrell, Nachlkangmusik, Pauric Freeman, Tony Craig, Cricky Lyttle, Jay Riordan, Captain Random, Produse and others.

Over the years Nice & Nasty has been supported by Laurent Garnier, Dave Clarke, Richie Hawtin, Brodinski, Layo & Bushwacka, DJ 3000, Alan Oldham, K Hand, Francois K, Slam, Santiago Salazar, Detroit Techno Militia, Carl Cox, Pete Tong, Nick Warren, Graham Gold, Mark Kavanagh, Sunil Sharpe, Marcel Fengler, Sean Deason, Robert Owens, Alex Smoke, Stacey Pullen, Mr C, Shane Kehoe, Slam  and many more. 

We are always interested in doing label showcases at your club and festival so get in touch and every artist is keen on gigs and some can be booked directly via N&N and some exclusively.

FOR BOOKINGS CONTACT:

DB
Email: niceandnastyrecords @ gmail.com
Twitter: @niceandnastyirl 
Tel: +353 (0)87 244 9083

Selector Digger since 1992 spinning Funk Soul Afrobeat Caribbean .....and much more 
Find more music here www.mixcloud.com/kobal

Musician and founder of Octopus Recordings.

Federico Mesclando is a dj producer. In 2009 he joined the famous group of DJs from Carcassonne FAMILLE ELECTRO RECORD. Henceforth he multiplies dates in legendary places such as the famous Rachdingue (Villajuigua Spain) Bikini (Toulouse-France), The Budha Bar (Saint-Martin Caribbean) during the evenings Family Electro Silicone Soul, Rainer Weichhold Kiko, Kavinsky, Greg Delon, Joris Delacroix, James Flavour, Clara Moto, etc..

Passionate house / tech-house, minimal / minimal-techno he turned to production and delivers several EP (Extented Play or Maxi) on various labels such as Documenti Sonori, Berlin Aufnahmen, code 2 records or Famille Electro Records. He works for the EP with various artists such as Matt Minimal.

Frederico Mesclando is since 2011, the president of the association and Electro label Family Records.

Bookings: will@fortsetzen.com

The Barcelona based DJ and producer's influence across the tech house and techno scene over the last 20 years is indisputable. 

His melodic masterpiece "Diabla", released in 2001 became a huge global hit and DJ Mag's 'techno record of the year'. Played by house, progressive, techno even trance DJs, its release saw the Scot’s career soar to new heights! 

Other hits "Jack Me Off," "Bad Coffee”, "Emotional Content", remixes for Underworld, New Order, and Laurent Garnier, plus releases for Bedrock, Drumcode, and All Day I Dream, are just a mere snapshot of his discography. 

Seminal mix compilations for Balance Series, Soma's Sci-Fi Hi-Fi, and Cocoon followed, further cementing his place in dance music history. 

Still not content with conquering techno, Sandberg was mystery figure behind “Francois Dubois”, with releases such "Blood" and "I Try" named as a big influence for Darius Syrossian, plus many other leading tech house DJs of his generation.

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