Yemanjo is a producer/musician/DJ making borderless beats for a borderless world.
New album "La Misma Fuente" (Wonderwheel Recordings) available now: https://yemanjo.bandcamp.com/album/la-misma-fuente

Booking
 (UK/Europe):
kyle@midnightmango.co.uk
(North/Central America):
luke@reciprocitymusic.world 

Upcoming Shows:
linktr.ee/yemanjo

I release with:
Wonderwheel Recordings/Sol Selectas/Cafe De Anatolia/Cosmic Awakenings

Yemanjo’s sound is a unique fusion of downtempo and organic house beats with traditional sounds from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The previous five years have seen Yemanjo touring the world while releasing prolifically with top labels in the genre such as Cosmic Awakenings and Cafe de Anatolia, and a full-length album for Wonderwheel Recordings dropped on May 10, 2024.

In performance, Yemanjo combines his original music with live singing in many languages, trumpet, percussion and other instruments in an electro-acoustic live set. Also providing hybrid DJ sets with live instrumentation, Yemanjo brings a refreshing sonic diversity and decades of experience as a dynamic live performer and frontman.

Lina Luv’s intention in performance is to share the positive musical vibrations that move her heart, soul, and body.  She sees music as healing, dancing as a primal expression of joy and celebration of life, and DJ’ing as the conduit for that healing transmission!  Her selections traverse genres and cultures and dance between the rhythms of folk in its variety of global origins: Balkan, Middle Eastern, Latin & South American, Indian and African.  

Lina Luv is very clear that this music is not hers but that of the ancestors’ bloodlines.  Her sharing of their music is her prayer to those indigenous peoples and the lineage of their music: she intends that the voices and souls of these cultures and traditions be heard through their eternal vibrations. Lina Luv is in service to the feminine offering of this music and the communion of love, music, and dance that it inherently brings, connecting people together. 

Lina Luv’s 15-year DJ history in Philadelphia has been blessed with many opportunities to produce her own events and open for infamous local and national talent at some of the most respected music venues in Philadelphia including (more recently):  World Café Live, Fluid, Silk City, The Arts Garage, The Blockley, Underground Arts, and The North Star where she opened for Beats Antique.  Since beginning her journey with PEX (The Philadelphia Experiment) in 2006, Lina Luv and her spicy global beats have become a darling in The Philadelphia Experiment community, and she has been blessed with many opportunities to connect and commune with people through the beat.  

In New York, she has graced the decks of the “Love That Fever” and Chemistry parties:  some of the most sought-after underground Burning Man-inspired events.

Lina Luv co-hosts Feet Active, a party at Studio 34 Yoga in West Philadelphia, where Yoga (with live musicians or DJ's), homemade vegan cupcakes, and a booty-shakin dance party all come together to fundraise for various local community projects.  

Lina Luv is inspired by, present to, and in love with the beauty that surrounds her everywhere in her life!  In addition to her musical outlets, she also expresses this inspiration through her joyful wombifestation of her healing arts practice (Acupuncture), facilitating transformational workshops, and exploring nature.

You can find Lina’s Luv online at:  www.linaluv.moonfruit.com, www.soundcloud.com/linaluv, www.linaluv.podomatic.com


Yukicito is a multi-talented DJ, producer, and musician whose “fresco tracks” are known to keep bodies moving across LA’s global music scene. A native of Osaka, Japan, Yukicito crosses borders and genres with rich mixes that range from Classic Soul to Samba, from Cumbia to Bhangra, from Afro-Funk to Japanese Minyo, and all the luscious grooves that fall in between. His style is highly influenced by world travel, giving him access to the authentic sounds of native musicians while expanding his skills as a multi-instrumentalist. Each “Yukicito Remix” blends traditional sounds with a modern twist. Also known for his skills as a dancer, Yukicito knows how to keep the crowd moving, and his remixes get people dancing weekly at some of LA’s hottest spots.

DJ booking contact: yukisamba (at) gmail.com

Bookings info@arcade-talent.com
All other enquiries bookings.arooproy@dr.com

Aroop Roy is a producer, musician and label head, who joins the dots between electronic music and borderless organic sounds. From house, garage and techno to jazz, disco and tropical rhythms, he has enjoyed universal acclaim as a producer and DJ.

Aroop's eclectic productions have become a mainstay for DJs  across scenes and generations, with Gilles Peterson calling him 'a brilliant producer, who never fails'. In recent years, he has been high in demand as a remixer, working for both underground and major labels. 

Like his productions, his sets are full of personality and style and have earned him a reputation as a uniquely gifted DJ. In 2022, his warmup for Mr Scruff at We Out Here Festival impressed the legendary UK selector so much, that he invited him to stay on the decks to close the festival back-to-back, describing Aroop as a 'ridiculously skilled selector, musically able to move in any direction with ease'.

In 2023, Aroop is enjoying huge momentum, causing wild scenes with his sets at Fabric, Printworks, Defected Croatia, Hi Ibiza and Gilles Peterson's Worldwide and We Out Here festivals. 


An eclectic digger and tastemaker, he has recorded guest mixes for the likes of Gilles Peterson, Freerange Records,  CO-OP,  Jazz FM and BBC 6 Music's Craig Charles Funk & Soul show.


Aroop's label Vive La Musique has focussed on quality over quantity, with reissues and reworks of rare eclectic sounds from around the world from Caribbean zouk and Congolese Rumba to French jazz-fusion and South soul. All releases have been celebrated by major tastemakers across the scene with the latest offering "In the Fast Lane" receiving rave reviews for uncovering the historical connections between french virtuoso Jean-Luc Ponty and the Detroit techno movement.

Quotes

"Brilliant producer. Aroop is someone who never fails!"
Gilles Peterson

"I didn’t realise just how good a DJ Aroop is until we played together here. He is a ridiculously skilled selector and musically able to move in any direction with ease. It was a privilege and a pleasure to play with him. "
Mr Scruff

"An awesome selector and producer"
Joe Goddard (Hot Chip)


"One of my favourite DJs on the planet"
Melvo Baptiste (Defected/Glitterbox)

"Aroop Roy always delivers excellent music"
Atjazz

"Superb DJ. When he played for us in Berlin, people really freaked out!!"
Kapote/Munk (Toytonics)

"Spirits will be evoked on the global dance floor for certain!"
DJ Spinna

"One of the most exciting young producers at the moment"
Jimpster (Freerange)

"The man of the moment"
Soul Clap


"Irresistible Soul"
DJ Mag

The tale of Danny Tenaglia's love affair with music, and the world's subsequent romance with him, is one of the critical veins in the body of dance music. He is every dancer's secret discovery; a random purchase at the record store, a reluctant night out that unexpectedly turned magic. Explosive success came not behind a major label release, or a world tour, or a radio hit remix: It happened when enough people had the private Tenaglia experience for themselves.

The momentum started building in early '70s New York, when a barely 10-year-old Danny first got the feel of vinyl in his hands. Enthralled by the music of artists like Philly Soul's The Trammps, Motown's Marvin Gaye, African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, and disco producer Giorgio Moroder, he started to collect records, plumbing the depths of each one, and frequently finding that he preferred the B-side to the A. It was 1979 when he discovered legendary nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's rich, genre-less blend of music seemed to mirror his own "no boundaries" policy. It was here where Danny found the club model he would one day emulate: Levan's bold style, the venue's plain décor, and the party's warmth and inclusiveness.

Danny left New York in 1985 and launched a successful DJ-ing career in Miami as a resident at Cheers nightclub. There he schooled the locals in classic New York and Chicago house, but five years later he returned home, tired of only playing other people's music. He started to assemble an impressive roster of remixes, including Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" (1991), Jamiroquai's "Emergency on Planet Earth" (1993), and Madonna's "Human Nature" (1994). But his first epic was The Daou's "Surrender Yourself" (1993): With the kick in the bass and the underlying rhythm as the foundation, Tenaglia blanketed Vanessa Daou's wispy vocal with grand, thick chords, a combination of classic groove and modern club-ready depth that was, at the time, entirely new. The title of his 1995 debut artist album on New York's Tribal Records described it perfectly: Hard & Soul. But even if the cocktail was his own, Tenaglia never hesitated to declare how heavily his influences weighed in his productions - everyone from Patti LaBelle to Kraftwerk, with countless lesser-known Soul, R&B, Latin, Samba, and Disco artists in between.

In 1996, after a brief stint at New York superclub Roxy, Danny landed a Saturday night residency at white-hot Twilo, a position that upped his profile but didn't satisfy his expanding artistry as a DJ and producer. While New York swooned for big-room diva anthems, Danny was turning his ear toward the more minimal, tech-y grooves originating in European production studios. This period produced solid remixes like Grace's "Not Over Yet" (1996) and Janet Jackson's "The Pleasure Principle" (1996), but by the time he moved to Tunnel in 1998, Danny had already created "Elements," an instant classic that caused the dance scene's collective jaw to drop. With his own warped voice providing the narration, "Elements" (one track off full-length Tourism) walked the listener through the different components of a dance track in real time, going from kick to drum loop to snare hit, letting each layer over the other until the track exploded with dark, drum-heavy energy. Next to ostentatious radio anthems, its simplicity was a revelation. 

It was around this time that the murmurs started to get louder: Who is this Danny Tenaglia, and just what does he do to people? Clubbers reported seemingly inhuman mixing capabilities, booth-to-floor telepathy, and the grittiest "modern yet classic" grooves they had ever heard come out of a speaker. A trio of label compilations - Mix This Pussy (1994) and Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? (1995) for Tribal, and Gag Me With A Tune (1996) for Maxi - were the first Tenaglia sets clued-in clubbers could take home to dissect, but the release of his first installment in the UK-based Global Underground series of DJ mixes, titled Athens (2000), lit the international fire. Athens (meant to reflect the set he played at the Greek capital's club King Size) remains one of the darkest, strangest, sexiest sets ever released, and its tame cover photo of a gentle-looking man in a Yankee cap just didn't seem to fit. DJ dates across Europe dispelled the mystery and started the spread of the infectious Tenaglia fever.

Back in New York, Tenaglia was tiring of the cavernous gloom of Tunnel and longed for a weekly home that better resembled where the DJ bug first bit him - the Paradise Garage. He landed at Vinyl, a black-walled, single-environment, no-liquor club about one-quarter the size of Tunnel. He named the night "Be Yourself," after the self-affirming, heavy-bottomed vocal track he had recently recorded with Chicago's Celeda. And he took the name to heart: Without the pressure of bar minimums or an expectant crowd, Tenaglia spread his DJ wings. Next to new tracks by young producers like Rui Da Silva, Peace Division, and Saeed & Palash, he played the artists of his youth, with nary a beat dropped. If he wanted to launch into a two-hour set of straight-up techno, he did. If he wanted to play old Michael Jackson records, he did. If he wanted to get on the mic and tell the crowd the name of the sound he was about to play, or who next week's guest opening DJ would be, or just give everyone a "verbal handshake" to welcome them to the club, he did. And a city tired of drama embraced the barebones, music-centered night. 

The world caught up to Tenaglia in 2000. His annual party during Miami's Winter Music Conference outgrew its home at the cramped Groovejet and moved to just-opened superclub Space. DJ giants like Carl Cox danced on top of the speakers with the Deep Dish boys, Fatboy Slim mingled on the patio, and for a day the ego inherent to DJ culture evaporated: Tenaglia was hailed as the undisputed king, the "DJ's DJ." His roof-raising revamp of Green Velvet's "Flash" won "Best Remix" at the UK's Muzik Awards, where he was also awarded the "Best International DJ" prize. 

In the two years that followed, Tenaglia released another Global Underground installment (London); toured the world, took the party island of Ibiza by storm, remixed Billy Nichols' "Give Your Body Up To The Music" (a Garage anthem); got nominated for a Grammy (for his remix of Depeche Mode's "I Feel Loved," also nominated for Best Dance Song); returned to Twilo for two special gigs - a President's Day marathon with Carl Cox that shattered all its attendance records, and the club's sixth anniversary party with John Digweed, which turned out to be even more meaningful than it seemed at the time (Twilo was shut down permanently a week later); graced the cover of every major dance music magazine; and won a Dancestar Lifetime Achievement award... all while keeping Be Yourself buzzing every Friday. 

In 2003, Danny came full circle with the release of Choice: A Collection Of Classics, a two-CD mixed compilation that let him pay direct tribute to many of the artists who had influenced his sound and style. It featured everyone from Blaze to Adeva to Imagination, as well as hefty liner notes explaining the significance of each track, penned by the man himself. He also remixed another Garage classic (Yoko Ono's "Walking On Thin Ice," which became her first Billboard number one ever), opened another Space during Winter Music Conference (the new location down the block), and took another Dancestar award, this time "Best Party" for Be Yourself. 

Be Yourself took the same honor again in 2004, but this time the win was bittersweet. At the time of the ceremony, Vinyl, now called Arc, had already been sold to developers. Danny closed the classic club on Sunday, April 25, 2004, with an emotional set that lasted well into Monday afternoon, and culminated with his mix of Kings Of Tomorrow's paean to unending love, "Finally."

And as in every year since his DJ odyssey began, all across the globe, from Acapulco to Tokyo, more people experienced their first night with Danny Tenaglia, that clubber rite-of-passage that forever changes how you listen to music, go out to nightclubs, and think about DJs. 


The pioneer Artist/Producer is ready to unveil a whole new multi-faceted avatar.
Bally Sagoo was born in India in 1964 and is now UK and Mumbai based. He has masterminded a wave of platinum selling albums with a signature style that fuses western beats and traditional Indian flavours, having got his first break with the hit single “Hey Jamalo”. This was quickly followed by his first album in 1990: “Wham Bam”, which became huge success. In 1991 he collaborated with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to produce the seminal album “Magic Touch” and shortly after, he signed with Sony Records, produced “Bollywood Flashback” and became the first Indian artist to be playlisted on UK national mainstream radio.
Success led to Bally touring India with Michael Jackson, producing an album with Amitabh Bachchan and being invited to New Delhi to meet the late Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma. In 1999, Bally released Dub of Asia under his own label: Ishq Records, with the company then going on to showcase several new talents including Gunjan, who performed the smash hit Noorie on Bally’s 2000 release, Bollywood Flashback 2.  
In 2012, after a hiatus from producing full length albums, Bally completed a new base of operations in Mumbai, where he can draw on fresh talent for new projects. His last album – FUTURE SHOCK - was released under his all-new label FRESH DOPE RECORDS in February 2013 and it was a ground breaking product borne out of years of experimentation with new sounds and employing fresh voices performing original Hindi and Punjabi compositions.

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