Amsterdam based DJ duo: Filip Lacor & Thomas de Raad // House Music

Paul Sparkes has been immersed in the world of electronic dance music for nearly 25 years. 
This British DJ has clocked up some serious air miles by performing in the US, Israel, India, Germany, Dubai, Russia, Bahrain, Finland, Croatia, Belgium, Bonaire and a slew of other exotic destinations. Armed with the latest cutting- edge music, he has rocked the cream of the world ́s clubs including Pacha New York, SXSW Austin, Rise Boston, Ministry of Sound London, Club d'Anvers Belgium, Blue Marlin Ibiza and more. Closer to home, he is resident DJ and promoter of Floorplay, a monthly night that’s been going strong forover11 year sat the legendary Club NL in Amsterdam. 
As a producer he has released on renowned labels such as San Francisco ́s Loöq Records, Omid 16B́s Sexonwax label, NYC's seminal Nervous Records, UK's Baroque Recordings and Ray Okpara ́s AMA records. He has also signed tracks to Under No Illusion Recordings and Slovakia’s Seta Recordings, Paolo Martini ́s Polar Noise Records from Italy and Horatio’s Natural Rhythm recordings out of Romania. 2020 saw him release on Collective Machine’s label with a two tracker, and Paul will see his debut release on Dave Seaman’s Seledaor Recordings in August 2021.
As a DJ, Paul has a bright future, with tours lined up for USA in November. Paul is also resident DJ of Wattrworld, playing on tall ships every month alongside Sasha, Patrice Baumel, 16 Bit Lolitas, etc.
Paul continues with the same hard work, commitment, enjoyment and passion for his music in 2021.

Multi-instrumental - Live Dance act - Producers

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The secret is officially out. An electronic duo from the Southern-most tip of Africa have gone from one of Dance Music’s best kept secrets to an act tipped by industry tastemakers as the band to watch this year.
Their genre-defying mix of live instruments, House beats and searing live performances has seen Goldfish go from impromtu jams at a tiny beach club in Cape Town to headlining Amsterdam’s Olympic Stadium, cracking a top 10 on the US iTunes Dance chart, a residency at Pacha Ibiza with David Guetta and DJ’s like Fedde le Grand knocking at their door to do remix their tracks. It’s almost hard to believe that not very long ago they were just Dom and Dave, two music students who lived a relatively chilled life of surfing and playing music in their home town Cape Town.

All that really did change when they decided to record an album. Not having a record deal or much money, they simply locked themselves in a bedroom...with a double bass, a saxophone and a couple of synths, recording their debut Caught In The Loop on their own. A charming dance record that received massive support from the international dance music scene, desperate for something fresh and new. Pete Tong even called it his Ibiza Poolside Album of the Summer.

The two guys quickly found themselves maintaining gruelling international tour schedule that saw them play sold-out shows from Amsterdam to Miami, from the Sydney Opera House to Sao Paulo, in-between still finding time to mix the covermount CD for DJ mag international, garnering a record-breaking 8 SAMA nominations, numerous number ones radio at home, as well as performances at Glastonbury, Sensation White, Ultra Festival Miami, 46664 and Get Loaded in the Park amongst others.

They even got their hands on a residency to die for; Friday night at Ibiza super-club Pacha. Here they developed their sound further and presented it on their second album Perceptions of Pacha. As no other album, Perceptions Of Pacha captures the carefree vibe of the magical island of Ibiza, with their track Fort Knox cracking the Top 10 on the US iTunes Dance Charts. Following that up with the SAMA award-winning album Get Busy Living featuring the smash Youtube hit video We come together that garnered millions of online views for it’s hilarious and ground breaking animation work that has become a Goldfish trademark.

With props coming from everyone from Dr Dre, Sebastian Ingrosso, Pete Tong, Sander Kleinenberg, Fedde Le Grand and Faithless, watch this space. The Re-invention of the DJ has arrived.

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