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'it's always been about forward music...'

DJ Wonder AKA E2's Wayne Gardner was beating a path towards the future of garage before any of the roads where sign-posted.

From DJing on Rinse at 2am with Dizzee when it was broadcasting out of a hut on a building site to being a founder member of Roll Deep, Wonder has been there at key points during this homegrown music's development.

As an 18 year-old he was enrolled in a business course at college. When one of his lessons was cancelled a DJ friend suggest they go and have a mix instead. From that first play on the decks Wonder was hooked. He changed his focus from wanting to do 'something in computers' to being swept up in the whirlwind energy of the last days of garage and the dawn of grime.

Hooked he enrolled in a '12 week community college introduction to music production course' round the corner in E1. Another young man from the area enrolled on the same course at the same time by coincidence. Called Danny Weed, he was the younger brother of the singer Dom P from the one of UK garage's biggest crews Pay As You Go.

Making friends Wonder immediately found himself in one of the most exciting musical places in the world in the early noughties – as a the futuristic new British computer sound started to develop Wonder quickly rose as a DJ within the movement. He went out to Ayia Napa in 2002 playing raves like Sun City. Returning to London his status had sky-rocketed and he was given the 7pm primetime slot on Rinse. In 2011 Rinse is properly established with plenty of column inches eulogising it, a legal license and an extraordinary roll call of stars it has given a first chance and a platform too (Devlin, Skream, Dizzee, Plastician, Skepta, Katy B).

'It was an exciting time. We would be doing three radio shows a day and bookings at night. Travelling, going to shows. Other artists were coming through. N.A.S.T.Y. Crew, Ruff Squad.'

Come 2003 however, Wonder had started to explore a new darker sound that was incubating at a little club on Curtain Road, Old Street an a night called FWD>. DJing alongside a new group of producers from far south of the Thames, Wonder's sound was changing from the skeletal minimalism of grime into a more sub-focussed 'dark garage' sound.

In 2004 former Pay As U Go member and Rinse FM founder Geeneus released Wonder's first big production hit. It was called 'What' and sold more then 4000 vinyl on Geeneus's Dumpvalve Records. 'Back then dub step wasn't established yet, so it fitted in the grime scene. When dub step was established I started mixing up my set with dub step and grime. Now these scenes seem separate and defined. Back in the day you had to create you're own scene. There wasn't a lot of labels involved. Investing your own money, pressing up your own vinyl, distributing your own vinyl. When I first started producing in 2002 having a vinyl release was quite a big thing.'

With it's shuffling syncopated hi hats, grimey Eastern-scale lead synth and rolling sub-bass 'What' was the 'wot do u call it' track linking grime and dubstep in 2004. Grime's Mercury prize winning young break out star Dylan Mills AKA Dizzee Rascal snapped up the instrumental that year for his second album 'Showtime' – renaming it 'Respect Me'.

Wonder became tour DJ for Dizzee, travelling Europe and America bringing British bass music to new audiences. The internet was starting to bring his music to fans far from london. 'I remember going over to Amsterdam and these two boys knew all the unreleased dub plates I had even without them being released'. Dizzee's Showtime tour visited 25 US states. At the end of it Wonder decided to step up and start working on his first artist album

2008's Welcome to Wonderland blended his characteristically dark and eerie soundscapes with a host of top talent from grime, UK hip hop and beyond.

God's Gift contributed a fiery dancehall inflected track. N.A.S.T.Y crew's leading light Kano dropped a typically quick-witted, sharp-tongued commentary on relationships. Walthamstow's ex-boxer MC Bruza rides 'Shout' with his punchy flow. Meanwhile Sway was white hot from off the back of his 'The Signature LP' and sounding fantastic over a grimier texture. 1 year before his pop breakthrough year in 2009 Mr Hudson sings a love song over a techno-garage roller. South African-born Mpho Skeef blessed 'More' with soul as British as rain on concrete.

In hindsight Wonder's 2006 mix of grime vocalists, pop singers and dubstep flavours looks like a glimpse of what the mainstream would look like in 2012. Wonder's proud to have been part of a homegrown movement that has taken its rightful place at the centre of the nations listening habits. 'I was with Slimzee the other day and he played me a radio show from 2004/2005 of them DJing on Radio 1 on the Dreem Team show. That was the only garage/grime being played on Radio 1 back then. Compared to now you're getting grime and dubstep played on the A list.'

But like the station he manned at the very beginning Wonder compulsively moving forward and never recycling. In 2011 he is taking time off DJing getting back in the lab, concocting the sequel to Welcome to Wonderland. Thanks to the effort of pioneering DJs on Radio 1 and 1Xtra like Mistajam and Annie Mac there has never been a bigger audience for the 'future garage' he helped create. A slew of amazing and surprising collaborators lined up for Wonderland 2, 2012 might just be a wonderful year.

le Renard is not a ghost in the night, is not an apostle, will eat your heart. A strange being who roams various coastlines and landscapes, le Renard's dreams outweigh mountains. Contemplating dark shadows, breathless from the beauty and wonderment that is existence, this human strives to be genuine in their use of instruments, melodies and words.

Marc Hype began his DJ career, inspired by the late great Jam Master Jay, in 1988 and went through the several decades of hip hop with countless releases, tours and competitions like the ITF championships, which he won twice in 98 & 99. During this time he collaborated and recorded with artists like the Juice Crew legend Masta Ace, Souls Of Mischief, DJ Z-Trip, Killa Kela & Mr. Lif. Over the years his record collection and his musical mind  expanded and led him to all kinds of funky music. His selection on the decks as on production is freestyle, always with a unique groove, no matter the genre.

Jim Dunloop began to train as a classical piano player at the age of four. At his minor age he was analyzing the compositions of Gershwin and Bruback, leading to a keen interest in jazz music. He quickly developed his knowledge of the creative works of many great jazz/funk pianists such as Herbie Hancock , Bob James , Chick Corea and Adam Makiewicz.

In the year 2004 they both met in Berlin for the first time and quickly began to collaborate on shows and production. Their first vinyl releases on the infamous Milk Crate label, "The Antique Anthem", "Bombay Raw" & "Finale 74", were very successful in the worldwide dj-circuit, followed by a cover version of Babe Ruth's "The Mexican" in 2006, which was dubbed by UK's Jazzman Gerald as "the" version to have. On the remix tip they build a strong reputation with works for artists like All Good Funk Alliance, Deela or Kid Gusto.Their past tour schedule proved their ability to rock internationaly with stops allover europe as in NYC, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, United Arabian Emirates, Israel & Australia.

The live performance of Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop is best defined as a mix of DJing, Turntablism and the highest of piano art. Together they gain 50 years of musical experience!

The Album

"Stamp Out Reality" is the musical manifest of Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop. A diverse mix of different styles which reflects their unique live concept. On the one hand you have classic hip hop joints like "Predominant" ft. the magnificent Mr. Lif or "Oh Really" ft. Queen's own Mr. Complex, on the other you might listening to Miami's Old School Funk legend Blowfly on "The Pussy Song", cuban diva Malena Perez from NYC on the latin influenced "Rare Occasion, heavy break stompers like "Wah Wah Wah"" or a funk cover version of the 80s electro classic "Al Naafiysh (The Soul)". The concept of the album is to display the diversity of the two maestros, coming from different backrounds, met inside the hip hop culture and travelleling through the paths of 21st century funk.


You can contact Loved Ones at takemeforanexample@gmail.com

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Emotional Dance Music.

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<a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/EwanPearson' target='_new'>Ewan Pearson's Upcoming Gigs </a>Saturday 05 July, 2014 <a href='http://gigs.gigatools.com/u/EwanPearson' target='_new'>Garden Festival, Tisno, Croatia</a> <a href='http://www.gigatools.com' target='_new'>Powered by GigaTools</a> Ewan Pearson has been making music for a living since 1998. In that time he has worked as a recording artist (Maas, World of Apples, Partial Arts), a remixer (Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, Goldfrapp, Cortney Tidwell, Junior Boys, Metronomy), a record producer (The Rapture, Tracey Thorn, M83, Delphic), a DJ (Space, Robert Johnson, The Loft), as well as being a published academic (‘Discographies’, Routledge: 1999, with Jeremy Gilbert) and music columnist (Groove Magazine, Germany 2007-present).

‘The Venus Williams of the DJ World’ The Guardian

‘One of the world’s most trusted authorities on electronic music’ iDJ

‘The ultimate poster-boy for dance music geeks.’ Eye Weekly

‘Dance music’s smartest cheerleader’ Time Out Chicago

‘You may never quite be sure what you'll get from Ewan Pearson, but you can always be sure it'll be worth getting.’ Resident Advisor

‘Someone with an up-to-the-minute knowledge of dance trends as well as an understanding of what makes trad songwriting tick... We’re lucky to have him.’ Pitchfork

Hc Kurtz produces techno and electronic music, utilising space, depth and structure to create stripped back arrangements that explore core creative ideas. 

Hc Kurtz received an early education in acoustic percussion before moving artistically towards using analogue and digital tools, which in turn, led him to Berlin in 2008 where he lived until 2020. 

Inspired by the emotive and narrative nature of cinematic soundscapes, Hc Kurtz strives to evoke this in both his production and dj sets, resulting in a unique, progressive sound and a bespoke dance floor dynamic.   

Contact/promos
Calum McDonald (Hc Kurtz) 
mailto:hc.kurtz@gmail.com

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