Little man with a beard that plays house music

Bookings: butch.the.butch@gmail.com

Butch le Butch is a Melbourne based DJ nerd playing underground disco, long forgotten gems and memorable selections reworked for today’s dance floors. He is one of the residents at Melbourne underground disco night 'Bruno'.
His remixes of Madonna, Dolly Parton, Cerrone & Dua Lipa (to name a few) have been played across the world by the likes of Honey Dijon, The Blessed Madonna, Prosumer, Boris Dlugosch and DJ Sneak. He has supported Dave Lee, DJ Spen, Horse Meat Disco, Dimitri from Paris, Purple Disco Machine, Boy George, DJ Heather and Moby and played at events such as Midsumma, Summer Camp, Sydney Mardi Gras, Lavandaze and New York's 'Hot For You' party.

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We know full well that nostalgia is a redundant, pointless time-waste of a past-time. However there are some things in life that affect you deeply, especially as a child.&#13;
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We are captivated by a more naive, innocent time in the development of human culture and technology. Namely the acid house and disco eras of the 70's, 80's and 90's. We are obsessed with trying to recreate the  mind pictures evoked by cult and pop culture in the limitlessly imaginative and impressionable juvenile mind. &#13;
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We can't help but look back and revel in the warm fuzzy feelings evoked when watching badly animated cartoons on wobbly VHS, marvel at outdated futuristic technologies of the past, and we pine for times long gone when music was, underproduced, mistake-ridden, and, well, musical.&#13;
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That's not to say we aren't looking forward and embracing as much as our tiny, cynical minds can handle...&#13;
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However, 2016, to a certain extent scares us.

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..

Solo bookings: paradiseproductionsinfo@gmail.com
Homoelectric bookings: ali@warmagency.com

Jamie Bull is a DJ, Club Promoter and Radio Producer. He is mostly associated with his residencies at 'HomoElectric', a legendary queer club night in Manchester. He has been voted Manchester's City Life DJ of the year, and now holds several residencies in clubs and bars across London and the north west. Jamie’s bookings extend further afield too, with stints at Space in Ibiza, V Festival, the Isle of Wight Festival and Electric Elephant in Croatia, as well as regular appearances at Dalston Superstore, Sink The Pink and XOYO in London. 

Jamie’s DJ style is straight-up celebratory. His first love is disco, but he loves to weave other genres into the mix, playing anything from hands-in-the-air house to Balearic pop.

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