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Featuring such acts as Nynex, Digital Assassins, and Genuine
Childs Offworld Music is one of the most talked about electronic
record labels in the industry.
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Welcome to the Raves.com Past Feature Archive.
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APHRODITE
DJ Aphrodite aka Gavin King, is the man himself behind the Aphrodite Recordings empire. It all started way back in the summer of love '88' when Gavin became involved in the phonomona known as 'Acid House Music'. Running a club in Leamington Spa called Aphrodite, with partner in crime Adam Dyerson. Aphrodite is known for playing out a good vibe that ranges from classic to upfront and completely exclusive dubplates.
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CHEMICAL BROTHERS
This time around, it all starts off with the sound of Hal from 2001 fed on hallucinogens and P-Funk; a call to arms from a space bound Sly Stone conducting a symphony of detuned robots. It ends with the sound of a man stood on the edge of sanity pleading to anyone
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Coachella Music and Arts Festival - Indio, CA
April 27 & 28, 2002 the summer
festival season officially began in Indio, California
with the 3rd annual Coachella Valley Music
and Arts Festival.ticketholders would be partaking in both legitimate
and illicit pleasures while jumping from tent
to tent to see a variety of acts--more than
40 on five stages--ranging from rock to hip
hop to electronica.
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DIRTY VEGAS
Let's talk about three club faces who went into the studio just to see what they could do together and came up with 'Days Go By', a lush song about love and loss they thought might have underground potential, but little more: 'No one was playing tracks with vocals then.' So it came as a surprise when Pete Tong played it on his Radio One show for 12 weeks running
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DJ TIESTO
DJ Tiesto's first album of all original material entitled 'In My Memory', promises to deliver a more varied sound as different genres of electronic music are visited upon. The lead off track "Magik Journey" begins the voyage and has all the makings of a modern day epic as classical strings accompany the progressive house track. The use of ethereal female vocals continues to be an example of DJ Tiesto's magical touch
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KOSHEEN
If youíre a drum & bass
fan, thereís a chance you will know of
Darren Decoder, Markee Substance and Sian
Evans already, what with their debut single
ìHide Uî smashing it up on the circuit
last year and subsequently voted Best
Single at the recent Drum & Bass Awards
in the UK. Even if you're not a drum &
bass fan, you might also recognize their
music.
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MOBY
Born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York City. Given the legal name Richard Melville Hall. Given the nickname 'Moby' at birth due to having Herman Melville as an ancestor. Lived in a basement apartment in New York City with James Hall and Elizabeth Hall and 3 pet lab rats, a dog named Jamie, and a cat.
In 1967, James Hall killed in a car crash.
In 1967, moved with Elizabeth Hall (mom) to Danbury, Connecticut
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SVEN VATH
The first super star DJ. Sven Vath is the epitome of the German "global player." His name is inseparable from the German club scene of the nineties. Vath's albums like "Accident in Paradise" and "The Harlekin, The Robot, & The Ballet Dancer" are landmarks of contemporary electronic music. He has a new album out, "Contact" which includes the heralded cut "Your Sweat. "It is a bridge between the eighties and now" says Vath.
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The X-ECUTIONERS
The X-ecutioners’ debut release
on Loud Records, entitled Built from Scratch,
was three years in the making, and represents
a ground-breaking leap for the art of turntablism
(a musical genre centered around the use of
turntables as the primary musical instrument).
Not only is it a treasure chest of classic hip-hop
quotables cut with all the latest turntablist
precision, but the album as a whole represents
a whole new level of songwriting.
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DAVE RALPH
aggressive and fierce, but also willowy
and lithe. Disregard the hip cachet, the bloated
salaries, and the celebrity gigs: RALPH, like
Oakenfold and Digweed, proves worthy of the
superstar-DJ tag for all the right reasons.
--Boston Phoenix (April 6-12, 2001) With one
of the fullest and most impressive resumes in
dance music, DAVE RALPH is also one of the most
loved characters in the music industry.
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NETTWERK AMERICA
Founded in June of 1984, Nettwerk
Productions is the umbrella company for Nettwerk
Records Management, publishing, soundtracks,
multimedia and Nettfilms. It is an independent
Vancouver-based company with over 75 staff
and offices in New York, London and Los Angeles.
The principals of Nettwerk are founders Terry
McBride, Mark Jowett and Ric Arboit. Nettwerk
Records has released over 150 full length
albums and sold over 10 million albums in
its fifteen year history.
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DEEP
SKY
its humble beginnings as the dark, throbbing
soundtrack of underground parties, to the hand-raising
euphoria of today's late night anthems, progressive
dance music has evolved and refined itself into
what has become the choice of a generation of
electronic dance enthusiasts. As the sound gains
popularity around the globe, talented producers
are emerging everywhere at a shocking pace.
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DIESELBOY
DJ Dieselboy dubbed "America's finest" by The Risky, owner/editor of the British Drum 'n' Bass Arena Web site, has earned respect for fighting on the front lines of this American subcultural revolution since the early '90s, playing every major city and many in-between, and for his surgically precise and devastatingly dramatic mixing skills. In 1998, Dieselboy became the first American nominated for a Global DJ Mix Award. Dieselboy, aka Damian Higgins, 28, shared the award for Best Drum 'n' Bass DJ with legendary British DJ/producer LTJ Bukem. [more] |
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FAT BOY
SLIM
With Fatboy Slim albums, the clue is always
in the title, and Norman Cook's third outing
is no exception. While "You've Come A Long Way,
Baby" was one long whoop of triumph, "Halfway
Between The Gutter And The Stars" is the sound
of a person taking stock of their life. Norman
was staying at LA's Chateau Marmont hotel, when
the title came to him..[more].
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FINAL SCRATCH
A true gear-head at heart, our beloved progressive
Plastikman is on the cusp of something huge. In cahoots
with the creators at N2IT Development, as well as
long-time partner and fellow techno DJ, John Acquaviva,
he has adopted Final Scratch, an exciting evolution
in DJ mixing technology. With Final Scratch, the DJ
is finally able to play digital music live in conjunction
with his or her analog, “two-turntables-and-a-mixer”
setup.
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GREEN VELVET
reen Velvet (aka Cajmere) studied chemical engineering at the University of
Illinois, where he exposed himself to the energetic culture and lifestyle of
house. In 1991, midway though graduate school, Cajmere returned to Chicago to
pursue his dream of producing house music.
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ZERO 7
Zero 7 may be the coolest band in the world
. . . .but don't call them "chill out." While
they've been incessantly compared to bands like
Air, and their self-consciously trendy, lounge-friendly
ilk, such comparisons are just too simple. Indeed,
Zero 7's debut Simple Things is an innovative,
attention-demanding exploration of all things
soulful
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BOY
GEORGE
The life of George O'Dowd, as his birth certificate knows him, contains so much excitement, tragedy and drama that VH1's Behind the Music opted to feature him and Culture Club for one of its first (and most popular) episodes, while his bare-all autobiography 'Take it Like A Man' has been an international bestseller. What Americans may not know is that Boy George spends most of his time fully immersed in Europe's thriving dance music scene [more] |
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PAUL
OAKENFOLD
Paul Oakenfold might be the biggest name in dance music and he continues
to push his style into new realms with his his debut album BUNKKA out June
18 on Maverick. The high octane beats found on this 11-song slammer have
help from A-list talents such as Nelly Furtado, Perry Farrell, Ice Cube,
Tricky and others.[more].
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ATB
André, however, did not make his real breakthrough until "9 PM (Till I Come)", which was released under the name ATB on Kontor Records. This explosive mix of lively dance beats and the unique, characteristic ATB guitar became a massive hit throughout the world. André also entered all important international charts with his follow-up singles "Don't Stop" and "Killer", a cover of the Adamski classic [more] |
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Miguel
Migs
Standing at the forefront of dance music's futuristic, soulful realm, this 27 year old musician
personifies the chilled-out, soul-driven vibe of the Naked Music concept. Smooth, sexy, funky
elegant, lush, sophisticated and deep are some of the words commonly used to describe Miguel's
unique sound. His quality productions can consistently be found on dance floors worldwide, and
sliding into the record bags of deep house DJ's across the globe.
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DJ RAP
Charissa Saverio, also known as DJ Rap, has for the last eight years been the
undisputed queen of the hardcore and drum'n'bass turntables. She's become a
prime mover, the prime female mover in fact, on the hardcore, jungle and
drum'n'bass scenes that have shaped the last ten years of her and countless
other lives.
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SNEAKER PIMPS
Sneaker Pimps formed in the early nineties. Their roots lie much earlier in
the Northeast of England. Chris Corner lived in Middlesborough, where he met
Liam Howe who came from nearby Hartlepool. They began to make dance music from
their small bedroom studio and soon decided to attempt to release it on a
commercial basis.
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POWER PUFF GIRLS THE MOVIE
The Powerpuff Girls Burst Onto Big Screen July 3
Cartoon Network to Support Movie Debut with On-Air, Off-Channel Promotions
Cartoon Network's most powerful stars leap to the silver screen this summer
when The Powerpuff Girls - Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup - make their feature
film debut. The Powerpuff Girls Movie will be released July 3, 2002, by Warner
Bros. Pictures, and tells the story of how the world's cutest superheroes came
to be the pride of Townsville.
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