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In a dark kitchen in the middle of a sweaty night in Las Vegas, all 6’4” of Dan Reynolds is hunched over a laptop, slapping beats on the table and crooning lyrics into a tiny microphone. Before long, he and the other three members of indie rock band Imagine Dragons would be playing “It’s Time,” that same laptop-demo-turned-supersized-anthem, from the roof of a parking garage to a wave of thousands of screaming fans. This song title to the single from their 2012 debut KidInaKorner/Interscope release “Continued Silence EP” is an all too apt descriptor of the band’s hard-earned success—but it’s also emblematic of the deep-seated anxiety Reynolds and the rest of the band experienced leaving behind any realistic expectation of a normal job to do the thing they love most.

A third-generation Las Vegas native, Reynolds is no stranger to the adage “the house always wins,” choosing to pave his musical career with a near obsessive work ethic and hundreds of unused demos rather than roll the dice with the first songs that sprung from his mouth. It’s no surprise, then, that he was drawn to guitarist Wayne Sermon, another founding member of Imagine Dragons. Having practically grown up in a recording studio and graduated Berklee College of Music, Wayne had been practicing his guitar through meals and other socially inappropriate situations as long as he could remember; he challenged Dan in a way that was both uncomfortable and exactly what they both needed. When they began writing songs together and recognized something special was happening, Wayne called up his Berklee friend Ben McKee, who promptly dropped out of school with only a few credits left, moving across the country to play bass for the band. This sort of reckless/genius behavior is typical for Ben, who has an uncanny penchant for spicy food and a suitcase full of unbelievable road stories. More recently, the band was joined by drummer Daniel Platzman, another Bostonian schoolmate who seems way too nice to be playing rock and roll until you actually see him in action.

Several tours and three self-released EPs later, Imagine Dragons had made a serious name for itself, particularly in the west coast circuit. Although their songs vary from nearly whimsical and light to brooding and powerful, listeners are drawn to the inherent honesty in the music. The only rule of thumb for the band, it seems, is to write from a true place; the result is songs that literally run the spectrum of human emotion. Attend a concert, and it becomes clear that the live performance of deeply personal songs has a real effect on people. And the band itself is not immune, as demonstrated when Dan literally passed out into the drum set during a finale song, sending cymbals and drum stands crashing while the rest of the band played on until the close.

Great songwriting is bound to be noticed eventually. As proof that the harder you work, the luckier you get, one of those people who noticed was Grammy winning producer Alex da Kid (Eminem, Rihanna). Alex and Dan began collaborating on projects, and soon the band had developed a relationship with Alex and his team. The alchemy resulting from Alex’s hip hop sensibilities and Imagine Dragons’ anthemic rock is nothing short of explosive. The byproduct of this creative collision is “Continued Silence,” a six song in-your-face sonic grenade that breaks musical boundaries and yet is strangely relatable by its improbably diverse audience.

Despite it all, on any given day when they aren’t on the road playing shows, you can still find Imagine Dragons huddled away in a rehearsal room somewhere, banging out song after song in search of the next perfect track. Like most things in Vegas, the band is angled at going big or going bust. For the sake of those who love great music, we hope it’s the former.

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Already one of the best-known eastern European techno/house DJs, Nastia’s star is firmly in the ascendancy globally. Her style is to an extent adaptable but she has a sound that is unmistakably her own. The last three years have been a whirlwind of gigs for Nastia. Her twilight techno, melancholic minimal, stripped-down ghetto funk and sustained house have been wowing crowds all around the world. She’s recently signed to the prestigious agency Bullitt DJ so her travellings are going to be even further afield every week.

Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy is a highly respected and experienced musical selector, DJ, radio host and curator, founder of the album listening event and content hub Classic Album Sundays and an authority on music, sound and the vinyl renaissance.
 
She was mentored by David Mancuso at his seminal Loft parties in New York City. Together they co-produced the compilation series David Mancuso Presents The Loft and worked together on David’s record label The Loft Audiophile Library of Music. In 2000, David told Time Out New York City “She is very devoted and very pure about the music. She’s one of the only people I would trust, both with the music and with the equipment, to fill in for me.” She was asked by David to help manage his legacy and continues to be one of the musical hosts at The Loft in NYC. She is also the co-founder of the Lucky Cloud Loft parties in London and DJs internationally on the world's best sound systems and dance floors.

Colleen hosts Cosmodelica, a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM selected by Time Out as one of the 10 best shows in London. She is now bringing Cosmodelica to the dancefloor to high-end audio venues like London’s Giant Steps and New York City’s Public Records. In March she is hosting a Cosmodelica residency at the Prince of Wales with special guests.

In 2019 Colleen was nominated into the DJ Mag North America Hall of Fame and launched Love Dancin’ Sound System at Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here Festival, sharing some of her musical and sonic passions to dancers outside of her existing communities to rave reviews. She will once again host the Love Dancin’ tent at We Out Here in 2020.

In the last few years Colleen has brought her uplifting musical energy to other festivals including Houghton where she has hosted a marathon set every year since its inception and is returning in 2020. She has played alongside Gilles Peterson for his closing party at his Worldwide Festival, a headline closing set at Dekmantel Selectors 2019 and sets at Kala Festival, Lost Village, One Day at the Disco, Flow Festival and Umbria Jazz Festival.

She hosted one of the most popular disco sets for Boiler Room and has recently been featured as the subject of a podcast for Resident Advisor. DJ Mag UK featured a lengthy long-read article about her in August 2019.

 Her Classic Album Sundays platform tells the stories behind the albums that have shaped our culture and in some cases, our lives. Colleen founded Classic Album Sundays as a stance against the increasing devaluation of music and sound. What began as a passion project is now the world’s most popular album listening event with satellites in four continents and the website and social media channels host content on classic albums and artists such as interviews, videos, playlists and more. BBC Breakfast Television remarked, “Classic Album Sundays treat our best-loved records like great symphonies.” She has hosted events with amazing talent such as Jarvis Cocker, Guy Garvey, Laura Mvula, Max Richter, John Grant, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason and many more.
 
Colleen has been a radio host, DJ and programme director since the age of fourteen and today hosts Cosmodelica and Classic Album Sundays Worldwide on Worldwide FM and ‘This Women’s Work’ series for Public Radio International. She is the writer and host of BBC 6 Music’s album series ‘Sounds of a City’ and BBC Radio 4’s doc series ‘Turntable Tales’. Unfold Japan, a radio series she hosted for Worldwide FM and Asahi, has recently been nominated for an ARIA Award (Audio and Radio Industry Awards).

MASS is a London collective celebrating raw and faster techno sounds. We organise raves in clubs or at secret locations and give a third of our proceeds to the mental health charity Mind. On SoundCloud, our MASS Sessions, premieres, and Free DL tracks feature artists that push the same uncompromising sound ⚫

Demo/Promo/Enquiry - contact@masslondon.com

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Resident Artists:
Ømen - @omenlnd
Cathédral - @cathedral-official
E11- @e_leven
Zeller - @zellerfukk
Sdein - @sdeinmusic
Labyrinthine - @labyrinthinee

Welcome your future. Where's My Utopia? out now

fabric / BienAimer / eloelo / Frame <-- Releases
@eloelorecords <-- Label
bookings.elodie@gmail.com <-- Bookings
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2025
Jan 11  | Cova | Manila
Feb 10 | Breakfast Club | Melbourne
Feb 16 | S.A.S.H. | Sydney
Mar 01 | Lawless | Night Tales | London
Mar 30 | Rave Rabbit | fabric | London
Apr 05 | Les Enfants Brilliants | Barcelona
Apr 12 | Illusion x Select | Porto
Apr 17 | Frame x Senses | All My Friends | London
Apr 25 | After Caposile | Venice
Apr 27 | Sunrise x Suena | fabric | London
May 03 | Paravibe | London
June 12 | Eloelo Records | Lion & Lamb | London
June 21 | La Bonne Musique | Chioggia
Aug 31 | Extended @ Starlane | London
Oct 12 | Rave Rabbit | fabric | London
Dec 13 | The Vault | Bournemouth, UK
Jan 01 | Last Arch | London 
+ more dates TBA
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BIOGRAPHY
Hotly tipped as one of London and the UK’s most promising female talents, ELODIE’s rise from the unknown to fabric resident, is just the first rung on a limitless ladder.

A fan of deep and dark minimal and deep-tech first and foremost, ELODIE's meticulous selections always guarantee to turn heads due to their unconventional appeal. Inspired by Traumer, Silat Beksi, David Gtronic, Audio Werner, Michael James, Enzo Siragusa and many more, ELODIE’s analogue-rich performances have grabbed the attention of many with their emphatically creative approach. She has supported some of the most highly sought-after underground talents, including Sweely, Traumer, SIT, Barac, Janeret, Rossko and many more.

A mainstay on the London scene, ELODIE is a frequent fixture at the city’s most respected club spaces - including fabric, where she holds down a Sunday-night residency, Village Underground, 93 Feet East, E1 and many more. She is also known to make appearances at many of the capital’s underground parties, often playing on canal boats and pop-up sound systems in woodland areas.

ELODIE’s presence has been further boosted by the support she has received on her productions, with support from the likes of Jamie Jones, and more recently with plays at world-renowned Sunwaves festival, which has perfectly laid the foundations for a promising pipeline of releases on her own newly-established label, eloelo records.  Existing releases on acclaimed labels, such as FRAME Music and BienAimer Records, including her debut EP which charted in the top 4, have also earnt her support from fellow artists and industry tastemakers.

ELODIE continues to mature into the deserved role of an increasingly established artist - flying the flag for female talent in one of the busiest party cities on the planet.

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