Bangers Get Mashed Volume 2 - The New York Edition

Side A features the inimitable sounds of Kerri Chandler 'Bar A Thym' & Colonel Abrams  'Trapped' fused together for a bit of sauce.

Supported by:
AJ King (Kiss)
Benji Candelario
Booker T
Brandon Block
Colin Williams
D Vox
Dave Law
Eddie Amador
FatFly
Huckleberry Finn
Mason Maynard
Pagano
Rob Roar
Robert Owens
Salia Commandos
Thommy Davis
Utah Saints

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Deeptrak - Trapped In Thym (FREE DOWNLOAD)

DJ Groovy Q started his “attack on the dance floor” in late 1997 armed with a two-year work visa for the UK. Initially his interest was in creating music, but after experiencing the various vibes that clubbing in London, Leeds, Ibiza and North Carolina (USA) had to offer, he tried his hand at mixing. Groovy Q was soon cutting his teeth on the wheels of steel at private parties in and around London.

On his return home in 2000, he scored South African residencies at AKWA and Purple Fly, where he ventured into the commercial genre, but soon returned to his true sound - a melting pot of Funky, Vocal, French and Disco house when joining the resident DJ line-up at Therapy/GASS.

He has also played at the YSL Villa parties, the Gaulious Parties - Paris with Love, the AFDA Festival, Red Hill Rock Fest, and at one point he was mixing under the Red Bull Home Groove banner. Groovy Q has played at many venues around the country including Mojo, Foo Moon Fusion, Bitch, Truth, Oh! Bar, The Roxy, Mynt, Legends, Carfax, Lemon 8, The Pyramid, Vacca Matta, Mo’s, CCHQ, Statement, Aqua Lounge, 115, Sliver (CT), Baseline (CT) and Tiffendel (Muluti Mountain Ski Lodge) to name a few 

Groovy Q is presently resident for the recently re-launched Therapy nighclub, he is also resident and promoter behind the underground party troupe Clique, and was part of the team that put together the Swanky parties. He has also held a residency and was the co-Promoter for the Citrus Lounge Parties. Past residencies have included Cherry Thursday (Therapy / G.A.S.S.) and alternate Saturday residency at Therapy and the Sunday club Remedy (115/Oh). 

His style of music is laid back, jazzy and always fresh - mixing French House, New York styled Vocal Garage, and a little UK Two Step. He also includes some of his own tracks in his sets, and his trademark signature is house remixes of Sade. He is currently one of the Top 60 South African DJ's as voted by clubbersguide.co.za.

Groovy Q has played alongside local DJ’s including Stuart Hillary, Coco Loco, Mark Stent, Sista C, Thelma Klensch, Tasha Baxter, M’buso, Brian Banshee, Lady Lea, DJFKA, Doctor Stone, Lalicia, Trevthedev, Prince Vince, Delon Palm, Fluid, Warren Louder, Groove Element, Angelo, MissRed, Maximillian, Alan Inferno, Amanda, Blue Nova, Brett Jackson, Bren, C4, Dr Stone, Bart Marley and Flash Republic, plus Roger Goode, Erica Elle, Kevin Grenfell and Katherine all of 5FM. He has also mixed alongside international DJ’s, recently opening for Stephan Pompegnaque (Hotel Costes), Jose Padilla (Café Del Mar) and Ravin (Buddah Bar) plus Alan X (X-Trax), Mark Bambach & Luigi Rosso (Coco Latte), Femi B, Tony Finger, D’syfa (Bukola) and Beat Boy Pete. He has also worked with Tasha Baxter, Jennifer Jones, Vernon Joel, Black Rabbit, Pam Andrews and Bukola (UK) having them perform and sing live over his DJ sets on various occasions.

Groovy Q has also enjoyed radio airplay, recently his two step styled remix of a Sade track was picked up and played out during Roger Goode’s dance show on 5FM. He was also showcased on Mark Gilman’s Vinyl Frontier (5FM) with a 20 minute mix of all his remixes and productions. He has also enjoyed airplay internationally on BBC Radio as a SA music representative.

Besides mixing and putting parties together, Groovy Q continues to pursue music production, and recently completed a set of concept reworks for Noa Tylo, Lady Lea and Battery 9. Groovy Q was selected as one of the top 14 in the Transmix contest with a honourable mention. His music is available for download on the Internet and has been awarded a top ten download for three months running on mPulse. 

Presently Groovy Q is in the studio working with prose vocalist Cleo and ColorBlack, and he is soon to start recording the debut album for his live house group Soulversatile. Plus putting the finishing touches to remixes for Vocalist and Performer Vernon Joel, under the moniker of VJDJ. They have recently launched some of the new house tracks live to an unsuspecting club crowd who lapped it up and chanted for more! He was also commissioned by Ghetto Ruff Records to remix and produce tracks for SA soul sensation R.J.Benjamin, and interest in his work has been shown from a French record label at Midem 2006.There’s no doubt that the future is bright for DJ Groovy Q. Catch him if you can!

The energy of the mind is the essence of life!


Tony Nicholls and Grant Richards aka Deeptrak are two DJs that have traversed the London and Essex party scene for over 20 years, often crossing paths, but only starting work together several years ago. They have nearly 40 years between them of playing for two extremely long running events – Clockwork Orange and Kinky Malinki – and playing for those events has seen them tick off clubbing hot spots like Ibiza, Marbella, Croatia, Dubai and Amsterdam along with a variety of clubs across the globe and all over the UK.

Two down to earth, professional and humble DJs who know how to get the job done, whether that’s a mood setting warm up, or a hand’s in the air headline set. The pair very much respect their house music roots, which is often evident in their productions. Their sets feature plenty of their own material, edits and even their own updates of classics such as Toddy Terry’s ‘Jumpin’ or Victor Romero’s ‘Love Will Find A Way’.

Tony not only is a DJ and skilled producer, but he is a club owner in his native Essex. Grant has always been interested in the PR/Marketing side of the scene and has interviewed a variety of DJs including Simon Dunmore, Low Steppa and Sam Divine. 

Their most successful track to date has been their update of the UK Garage classic ‘Girls Like Us’ by B15 Project, which eventually signed to Armada after a bidding war after a promotional clip of the remix on their Facebook page went viral pretty much overnight amassing over 3 million views along with several plays on Radio One.

Recent success has seen their remix of Ridney & Terri B!s ‘Rise Up’ supported by a diverse variety of DJs including Claptone, Purple Disco Machine, SKT, Low Steppa, Tough Love and Apres whilst featuring on the Music Week Cool Cuts chart for several weeks reaching #13

The modern media landscape can mean that the next big thing can come from anywhere, but not every new whizz kid has the experience, sensibility, respect for heritage and work ethic that the Deeptrak guys bring to the table.

A lover of house music since I was 17. In 1987 I danced at The Hacienda and since that night, music as always been my love affair.
As a student I would play the early House sounds of Chicago and the early garage sounds of NYC with some soul thrown in.

I stopped DJing in 1993 due to my feeling to the music at the time was lost and I began to be a serious collector of underground vinyl from the disco era. A huge reader of anything to do with Larry Levan and the NY scene in the 70's and 80's I began bringing that passion to my sound.

Rediscovered DJing in 2005 with my trusty lap top as a much loved hobby bringing all my musical influences together, creating personal mixes for friends.
 
My sound is heavily Paradise Garage influenced with a strong sway towards the nu house sounds mixed with soul and disco. I love the classics from my Hacienda nights and I continue to play these as they are still so great. I love soundtracks so my mixes hopefully reflect the perfect soundtrack of a moment.

Mark Hughes , Promoter and Dj For twenty years playing in clubs and bars around the UK .
playing mainly good quality house music , funk and eclectic beats.




Chris has been DJ’ing for over 25 years, playing in bars and clubs around the country.
He specialises in house music of all genres, ranging from House Classics, Deep House, Funky House, Disco and Tech House. His vast experience see’s Chris playing at many different venues and nights and adapts to the crowd with ease. He’s booked as a warm up DJ or main slot DJ which proves his versatility in the DJ’ing world.
After winning the Evolve DJ competition at Digital in 2008, Chris won a slot to warm up in the main room at Digital, Newcastle, beating 8 other DJ’s in the final, playing his unique style of house music.
Chris’ vast experience has seen him play in various bars and clubs across the North East, including Tall Trees (Yarm) The Empire (Middlesbrough) Digital (Newcastle) and Gatecrasher (Leeds). Chris has also played in clubs in London and in Europe.
Chris held a residency for Retro, warming up for Paul Taylor and has also worked with Hed Kandi, KissDafunk and GoodGreef. 
He also co runs a night in Darlington at Avalon, called Terrace Sessions which has seen the likes of Darius Syrossian, Wade, Detlef, Flasmob, Denney, Danny Rampling, Raffa FL, Jacky and many more to grace the open air Terrace. Chris has also co-run a night called ‘Back in the Day’ oldskool events at Avalon too, with guests DJ Spen, Grant Nelson, Marshall Jefferson Jeremy Healy, Allister Whitehead and Graeme Park and lots more. The last few years has seen Chris play at a few festivals in the area and has been involved in organising a couple of events too
Chris also co-run conCept house events at Seen in Darlington, with stella guests such as Denney, Patrick Topping,  A Lister , Flashmob, Waze & Odyssey and Sonny Fodera
Chris has remixed and produced a couple of tracks a few years ago and they were played on radio stations U.K wide including tracks played out on the Hed Kandi Radio show.
You can catch Chris playing at Avalon most weeks where he's been a resident for 11 years now and their weekly Terrace parties bring people in from around the area and together with co-resident Paul Stoker the two have given many a new DJ a platform for them to start out in the DJ world

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