lives and loves house music, techno, electronica!! and deep house  - oh yes oh yes!

Raise started life as a monthly party Playing House, Tech & Classics back in 2004. Set up by Mark Tamsett, Barry Spackman, Sean Harvey and Darren Letchford, the night resided at several venues - The L ockside Lounge in Camden, The Old Crowne in Holborn and El Paso in Shoreditch and Bar Lorca in Bexley.

Today Raise Productions continues - throwing parties in Herne Bay and still peddling House, Tech House & Techno with fused classics. Raise also offers DJ's for hire for anything from house & underground parties to a more commercial and disco orientated sound. All Dance music, Disco, Soul & Funk catered for. House, Tech-House and Techno a speciality
Please email: m.tammo@sky.com or call 07734 941280
Also check out Tammo's mixes here https://soundcloud.com/tammos          and Sean Harvey's mixes here https://soundcloud.com/sean-harvey

The Uncut Connection 
Bringing you DJ mixes and the best in Deep Underground House and tech house music, along with special guest mixes from various producers and record labels too.

All hand picked and chosen by Dave Simpson

The Uncut Connection sound cloud page features the PE Sessions (Punctuated Equilibrium Selection Section)are available to listen to share or download.

(For a fuller history, read below)

Dave is dedicated to musical integrity, through good quality, Deep Underground House Music, Techno and Cutting Edge Dance Music. Occasionally adding select genre’s and styles, like Nu Disco and IndieDance, with deeper and grittier sounding vibes, which he brings to his audiences for both The Uncut Connection Internet Radio shows and his Shudderfunk parties.

Dave gave birth to The Uncut Connection which evolved from FootTherapy, who were DJ duo Dave Simpson and Gary Welch, when they hosted their weekly Internet Radio Show The Underground Solution and their Gutterfunk monthly parties 

During their growth as FootTherapy, they were proud to have had the pleasure to display the talents of many World renowned, UK and International underground DJs, artists and acts.
These guests were specially handpicked by Dave and Gary (FootTherapy) for their involvement and commitment to the underground vibe, sound and scene. Their relentless approach to creating a one stop shop for good quality, meant their show and parties rapidly became a who’s who of what was happening on the scene at the time. 
During these years, although many of these guests were still mostly unknown, all of them already had deep rooted careers and influence in both the underground (and some in the mainstream) scenes of Underground House Music and Techno. 
These guests included the likes of, Asad Rizvi, Brett Johnson (Texas), Grant Dell, Rob Mello, DJ Vectif (Prague), D’Julz (Paris), Big Hair, Gideon Jackson, Tom Gillieron, Eddie Richards, Rhythm Plate, Dan Ghenacia (Paris), Tim Red, Luke Vb, Mr C, Mark Dale, Ravi McArthur, Household Recordings, Mike Surreal, Jane Fitz, Loft Recordings, Tempo ONeil, Nathan Coles, Nils Hess, Pash Ostovar, Dave Mothersole, Demarkus Lewis, Inland Knights, Chris Duckenfield, Jon Marsh, Liz Edwards, Stefan Goldman, Milton Jackson and Pure Science to name but a few.

Not long after their peak in 2006 and after a short break of fusing ideas, re tweaking of levels, and slight shifts of roles for Dave and Gary, Dave returned with the UncutConnection Live Internet Radio Shows and Shudderfunk parties to secret venues, and continues spreading the sound of cutting edge dance music again, whilst Gary continues to have an involvement, but from behind the scenes.

Although the sound has become much more easily available to the masses through the advancement of technology, media and fashion, and also as a result of this and normal evolution of attitudes, the sound has also become sub genre’d, renamed and in some cases misunderstood and represented, but The Uncut Connection’s underlying dedication to Integrity and good quality remains the same as it always was before. 
Whilst adding some select genre’s and styles to the overall presentation like Nu Disco and IndieDance which is a slower, sometimes darker edged and trippier electronic music, their foundations remain firmly footed within the deeper and grittier sounding vibes from House and Techno music, for both the internet radio show and their Shudderfunk Parties. 

Dave continues to be almost spiritually committed to the vibe, with an open ear on the pulse of the sound, and with an unquenchable thirst and desire to continue to smash down the boundaries of formulaic music and common routine. 
Dave's The Uncut Connection brings to the world stage good quality, live weekly internet radio shows, dedicated in hunting down both old and new and relevant guests for guest mixes, label releases, previews of acts and forthcoming artists which have so far featured both well known and unknown guests, including exclusive guest mixes and previews from talent such as, Tim Paris, Stefan Cordery, Kinetic Groove, Ashton Floyd, Danny Paintin, Nathan Coles, Wiggle, Daimon Santo, Asad Rizvi, Ross Allen, Sharam Jey, Tony Pockets, Saytek, Mark Tamsett, Sean Harvey, Tom Lown, Sarah LP, Terry Francis, Rob Mello, Rich Pack, Paul Soul, Ellergy, Marko Adulo, Dijan Kober (Zagreb), Dirty Doering (Germany), and Alex Gas (Rome) with many more in the pipeline. 

The tip of the Iceberg is reached, cooling sufficiently, for you to dip your toe comfortably into the water…

The Uncut Connection UNCUT shows are all featured INCLUDING TRACKLISTING on Mixcloud http://www.mixcloud.com/uncutconnection/

Deep House music... 

Since Tom’s debut release on Sudup Recordings in 2009, he has had a string of deep house tracks and remixes on Lost My Dog Records, UM Records, Savoir Faire Musique, 3am Recordings, DeepWit Recordings and 5 & Dime Recordings. He’s collaborated with highly respected, prolific producer Harold Heath on 3 EP’s and is now working on his Lucky Sun side project, a left field / down tempo esque vibe that will see a full album released in the Summer of 2015!

Please check out my new project Lucky Sun: https://soundcloud.com/lucky-sun





Brett Johnson's sound is best known as groovy, bumping house with a hearty dose of techno elements, crafted and mixed in a way that is truly identifiable as his own. Whether DJing or creating music, his wild card is an ability to inject warmth and soul into his electronic sound. The result is an impressive discography filled with unique statements, otherworldly surprises, and undeniable club stompers.

Releasing his first record in 1999 on the now-defunct, Aesoteric Records, Brett has released over 100 records and remixes for some of dance music's best labels. The list includes Classic Music Company, Freerange, Crosstown Rebels,  20/20 Vision, Get Physical, Visionquest, Magnetic, Cynosure, Edible, F-Communications, Seasons; the list goes on and on. Aside from a busy remix schedule, Brett is currently releasing his own music on the labels Classic Music Company, Cynosure Recordings and a select group of labels.

Brett's DJ'ing career has had an amazing trajectory over the past couple of decades. He's traveled the world spreading his musical might to revered nightclubs and festivals like fabric in London,  Panorama Bar in Berlin, Rex Club in Paris, Smart Bar in Chicago, Cocoon and the list goes on. Festivals include Scotland's legendary T In The Park, both the 10 Days Off and Dour festivals in Belgium, Les Rencontres Trans Musicales in France, Solar Festival in the Netherlands, together with tours throughout Asia, Australia and beyond. 

Bookings: bookings@mbmmusic.co

Mark Tamsett (producing as Mark Tammo) from the South East of England, grew up listening to Soul, Funk & Electro and early Hip-Hop during his teens, but his Eureka moment came whilst at the Prestatyn Weekender in 1988. It was here where he first heard the deep, oscillating and twisted sounds of Acid House. From this moment on he decided he’d like to seek out, collect, DJ and play House music and throughout the nineties secured a few residencies in London as well as at monthly local nights and festivals too. In the noughties he set up the legendary Raise nights with a few close friends and still puts on the occasional Raise night in London and Kent, also co-hosting another local night called "Group Therapy" with James Parkes  

He also now co-hosts a monthly 3 hour radio show on the GraffPUNKS Network with Sean Harvey, called the Raise Sessions.

Mark Tammo now produces Melodic Tech sometimes with a Deep Progressive edge and Melodic Breaks out of his home studio in Kent. 

Recent tracks have included releases on SLR, Cood Music, SoundOptix, Zephyr, Abstract Tech records, Hexagonal, Magic Moments, Safe as Records, Capital Heaven, Arbor Recordings and Melodic Beats.

Follow me on Instagram marktammo.music

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