House music DJ and producer Carl Hanaghan has truly lived the dream, having traveled far and wide to headline the biggest festivals and nightclubs across the globe.

Hailing from Brighton, Carl was introduced to the house music scene in the early noughties, where inspirational sets from the likes of Masters At Work, Roger Sanchez, Full Intention, StoneBridge and Fatboy Slim would set the tone for Carl's development as a DJ. Through his passion for uplifting, feel-good house music, Carl firmly established himself as an official resident DJ for the international clubbing sensation, Hed Kandi, in 2006. Carl's dynamic technical ability complements his versatile DJ sets, which include a sublime selection of the finest deep, soulful, and vocal house music, a harmonious fusion of the classics you adore and cutting-edge beats that will ignite your spirit!

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DJ Based mostly in London ( UK ),Marbella, Ibiza ( Spain ), Val Disere ( France )  and across Asia.

Playing the best in Deep house, Electro. House, Old skool, Hip hop, RnB, UK Funky & UK Garage.



Originally from London,England. Dj Mark E Strut played the London Circuit for a number of years working with the likes of Kiss FM, he gain respect as a crowd pleaser and gained residencies at super clubs across London, Glass house, Camden palace & Ealing boulevard are to name a few.
 
After touring across Europe & Asia he settled in Southern Spain which in turn influenced his style and love for house music. After 5 years of living there he was voted one of southern Spain's top DJs by " Essential Magazine " and was also placed in the top 1% of best Dj's in the world by DJ-Ranking.com
 
With his energy,mixing style and knowledge of music past and present DJ Mark E Strut continues to dominate dance floors across the globe.

 This Ski season of 2013 he will be DJ-ing in the Alps Val D Isere..






 The story of UB40, and how this group of young friends from Birmingham transcended their working-class origins to become the world’s most successful reggae band is not the stuff of fairytales as might be imagined. The group’s led a charmed life in many respects it’s true, but it’s been a long haul since the days they’d meet up in the bars and clubs around Moseley, and some of them had to scrape by on less than £8 a week unemployment benefit. The choice was simple if you’d left school early. You could either work in one of the local factories, like Robin Campbell did, or scuffle along aimlessly whilst waiting for something else to happen.

By the summer of 1978, something else did happen, and the nucleus of UB40 began rehearsing in a local basement. Robin’s younger brother Ali, Earl Falconer, Brian Travers and James Brown all knew each other from Moseley School of Art, whilst Norman Hassan had been a friend of Ali’s since school. Initially, they thought of themselves as a "jazz-dub-reggae" band, but by the time Robin was persuaded to join and they’d recruited Michael Virtue and Astro – who’d learnt his craft with Birmingham sound-system Duke Alloy – the group had already aligned themselves to left-wing political ideals and forged their own identity, separate from the many punk and Two Tone outfits around at that time. The group had nailed their colours to the mast by naming themselves after an unemployment benefit form. Their political convictions hadn’t been gleaned second hand either, but cemented in place whilst attending marches protesting against the National Front, or rallies organised by Rock Against Racism.

By the time Chrissie Hynde invited them to tour with the Pretenders during the summer of 1980 and their debut single "King b/w Food For Thought" had sailed into the UK Top 5, all the essential elements of UB40 were already in place. Their line-up will remain unchanged for almost thirty years, and they will continue playing a mix of original material and inspired choice of reggae covers in a style that’s instantly accessible with its bright melodies and sweeping horn arrangements – one that’s allied to a formidable rhythm section, capable of holding its own with anything from Jamaica.

UB40’s first album was released the following September, on Graduate Records. Their deal allowed them more creative freedom than if they had signed with a major label. The cover artwork memorably duplicated an unemployment benefit card, with the title "Signing Off" rubber-stamped in red, but it was the music that quickly worked its way into the affections of a young, mainly student crowd with its knowing lyrics, solid reggae rhythms and dubby, instrumental passages, offset by warm horn solos and Jamaican style scatting. There was nothing else like it at the time. As a multi-cultural band from Birmingham, UB40 weren’t drawn into trying to sound "authentic," and there was considerably more depth to their music than that of many punk and 2Tone bands. "I’m a British subject, not proud of it, whilst I carry the burden of shame," they sang on one of the tracks. Accepting the truth of their own situation amidst a sea of other reggae songs proclaiming black heritage gave us a valuable insight into where UB40 were coming from. They were unafraid to stand up and be counted, and British audiences instinctively loved them for it. "Signing Off" duly went to No. 2 in the UK and stayed on the nation’s album charts for 72 weeks.

On September 2nd, 2013, UB40 released their latest album ‘Getting Over The Storm’ on Universal/Virgin Records.

Amnesia opened its doors in 1974 and since then have been one of the most famous clubs around the world and an Ibiza icon which has welcome inside its walls some of the best international Bands and Dj’s.

In 2007 Amnesia was awarded as BEST GLOBAL CLUB by the prestigious IDMA awards organised every year by the Winter Music Conference in Miami. Since then it has not stopped being awarded.
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Amnesia abrió sus puertas en el año 1974 y desde entonces se ha considerado uno de los clubs más famosos del mundo y un icono de la fiesta de Ibiza, por donde han desfilado las mejores Bandas y Dj’s del panorama internacional.
En 2007 Amnesia recibió el premio al mejor club del mundo otorgado por los prestigiosos International Dance Music Awards, organizados por Winter Music Conference de Miami; Amnesia no ha parado de recibir galardones consolidándolo como uno de los mejores clubs del mundo que ha sabido mantenerse siempre en la cresta de la ola.
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From Birmingham originally love the dance scene since the 90s. Parties all over Europe.

Home of all things POP and INDIE on a Wednesday at HMV Institute!

Like most DJs, Mark’s career started out in his bedroom.  A passion for collecting records from an early age saw him go through numerous sets of 1210s before he finally decided to keep a pair and focus on improving his skills.

Mark spent hours upon hours in a very geeky way mastering Tricks and Skills on the newly produced Pioneer CDJ’s reading magazines, Watching Tutorials, anything to train his brain on what every button or knob did or how these machines worked to which proved vital later on in his Djin sets… 

Mark often uses 3 decks when mixing running Acapella’s over songs, Recording Loops & Samples which he uses in all his sets.. Mesmerising tricks which makes Mark a little or totally different from the normal Dj and something which makes people know or aware when he’s on the decks.. 
 
From day one, Mark concentrated solely on playing the sound he loved - Vocal Funkyhouse music. A genre he now knows literally inside out. Mark has truly mastered the sound he loves, Mark is proud to stay true to his roots.

With his foot firmly in the door and with his confidence reaching new heights, Mark found himself in demand and became a regular fixture on Manchester’s gay scene resident at Queer Bar, Essential nightclub, and also Leeds most famous night SpeedQueen on which he was resident for nearly 5 years. 

In 2010, Venus nightclub moved from its former Deansgate home to a new club on Blackfriars and with the new venue, came new ideas. Some nights were not as popular as others and as such were facing the axe.  One of the fated nights was Venus Classics and eager to come to the rescue, Mark asked club manager Ben Egerton if he could take over the night. Ben agreed to give Mark a three month period to get Classics back on track.

With Mark at the helm and a dedicated funkyhouse team of Venus resident, Mark began booking and playing alongside his dream producers & artists DJs & Live PA guests such as Junior Jack & Kid Creme, Grant Nelson, Mark Doyle, Freemasons, Soraya Vivian, Warren Clarke, Lisa Millet, Julie McKnight, Stonebridge, Seamus Haji, KKlass, Paul Taylor - to name but a few - Classics went from strength to strength.  Mark’s vision of developing a true funkyhouse night was beginning to take shape and putting the Venus Classics night back on track.  With Classics now rating the busiest night at Venus, Mark’s passion and love for his music has finally paid off.

But Mark’s dream doesn’t end there.  Nostalgic for the mis-spent nights of his youth, and inspired by the popularity of his music in Manchester, Mark decided it was time to bring a slice of the good old days back over the Pennines to Leeds…

Thus was born his latest venture. THE FUNKYHOUSE CLUB LEEDS..   

A night totally dedicated to playing nothing but, True Funky Vocal House Music.. Bringing back the sounds and vibes that Leeds was once buzzing with, Mark’s dream is to keep playing the music he loves within a city he has fond memories of.  Bringing together equally devoted DJs, PAs and other artistes Mark’s vision of a night that puts a smile on everyone’s face whilst raising money for good causes.. 

Funkyhouse Club is still vibrant amongst the Leeds nightlife bringing likeminded people together enjoying the music they love..

Irish Producer & Radio Host based in London.
Every Thursday 7- 9pm on Select Radio
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