Recreation - 15th March - Phil Reynolds,Carl Nicholson,vin100...

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Recreation 15th March
@ The Factory, Vauxhall
10pm - 6am


_Main Room_
Phil Reynolds (Innovate/Frantic/Digital Creation recordings)
Carl Nicholson (presence recordings)
Dan Identikal (presence recordings)
Ashley James (Addiction)
Gordon Darley (IDJ/Puzzle Project)
Tom Parr (Flashpoint recording)
R. Walsh (Birthday set)
Tech trance competition winner



__Electro/breaks room__
vin100 (pushin plastic)
Drummer
Funkformer
DJ 70
Si (www.downtherabbithole.co.uk)
Stefan (B)rodin (Birthday set)
D4rk (Frantic/squelsher/D4rK R3cords)
Electro/breaks competition winner




When the overground gets stale the underground reclaims and the spirit of Dance is recreated anew. For a night of solid, original music and respect for the musical journey, Recreation unfolds its first party of 2008 on 15 March at the clubbers underground venue of choice, The Factory. Crowning headliners on the night are global Hard Trance icon, Phil Reynolds (Innovate/Frantic/Digital Creation recordings), one of the originators of the hard trance sound and the original Frantic resident, who continues to DJ in countries across the world and push the sound he loves above all others, and Carl Nicholson, co-owner of Presence Recordings and a DJ and producer who’s lead and supported the underground for over a decade. Put together with the dynamic sounds of the scenes’ brightest young talents, a night of quality tech trance, psy trance, hard trance and house is guaranteed!

With fresh productions being as integral to the night as the DJs, Tom Parr, who’s been clocking up releases over the past year, including two on Flashpoint Recordings, will be offering up his hardest energy to bring the night to close; Dan Identikal, producer and the second half of Presence Recordings joins his partner Carl to showcase their latest tracks as well as a FREE CD give-away during the early part of the evening; with main room DJ support being given by Addiction’s Ashley James with psy trance, the Puzzle Project’s hard dance ambassador Gordon Darley and Recreation resident R Walsh.



Room Two’s music continues the party vibe with the sleazy electro disco sounds of Vin100, of Pushin Plastic infamy, DJ and producer of tracks including collaborations with Chew the Fat’s, Merka – not to be missed!! Drummer shows us his softer, though no less filthy side, with his electro house with the very busy Funkformer who’s been keeping dancefloors moving across the country and into Ibiza , DJ70, Si (www.downtherabbithole.co.uk), Stefan (B)rodin (who will also be celebrating his birthday in style - leave your presents at the door!) and D4rk (Frantic, squelsher/D4rk R3cords) all mixed together to create a shake and boom fest!

True to its underground roots, Recreation is passionate about supporting those who love the music as much as they do and so, in return support, an incredible opportunity to showcase their sound over a professional sound system has been given to the winners of the tech trance and electro/breaks DJ competition – the underground at its very best!

A new, top class sound system and colourful backdrops provided by Luna Décor help ensure Recreation is a night that lives up to its word and roots - no nonsense, high quality dance music progressing as a night should and, above all, the original party vibe!


DSI Advanced Tickets:
http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london...15/event-155847

Guestlist: £8
Door Price: £10
Venue: The Factory, 65 Goding Street, London SE11 5AW

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Interview with Dan-Identikal........


Introduce yourself Sir...

Dan-Identikal, Dj/Producer/ HQ Manger and label manager to Presence-Recordings
Recreation Resident.

When did you start mixing and how did you get into music?

I Started mixed from when I was about 16, I was a strong gatecrasher addict, and a lover of trance and Hard Trance. My passion for mixing come from watching my friends mix at party’s and going to weekly hard dance events on the south coast, such as Restless@ honey club and numerous frantic/Tidy events as well as Peach@
Camden, Then 2yrs back formed Identikal with Lee Walls and together we started our own brand ENERGIZE which run once a month in Brighton, from then on it sort of snowballed really and got a lot more serious, with hosting backrooms and playing at such events like Frantic 9, Wildchild, Raindance, Harder, Puzzle Project, Peach after party so after them events decided to crack on seriously with the DJing and Production and here I am now!!!

What’s your background and how would you describe you're style?

I would say I’m pretty creative in what do, but not technical like some of the main players, I would say it would be a blend of the DJs mentioned below; they have all influenced me in some way about the way I mix. But my style has the more Sean Tyas approach for trance, I like it to be euphoric and driving and am starting to really get into my techy stuff so I think in march (Recreation) I will blend the two…



What or who would you describe as you're influences?

I’ve always looked up to such DJs like Judge Jules, Red Jerry, Sean Tyas, Phil Reynolds anyone really with good crowd control and passion in what they play. And of course the people I’ve worked with and currently working with, such as ,Carl Nicholson, Lee walls, Dean Keeble aka Drummer, Salerno and friends and following…..

So, what are you doing at the moment? Anything going on in your world at the moment?

I’m a recent proud dad, of my son Jules who’s 8 months so that has been very special to me, as well as being asked by “Carl Nicholson” to run he’s label Presence-Recordings and the launch of my own label on presence, Presence trance which is launching early march which features track from the likes or Lee Haslam, Wandii, Acute and many more. And also back in the studio soon with James Condon to do some follow up remix work with Vandall these coming months so look out for them soon…

You've been working for presence this year, how has that been and how did it come about?

This all happened through hooking up with Carl. I asked him if I could remix system shock, which him and Alf Bamford agreed too, done the track got chatting on the music subject, and he mentioned he was looking for someone to run he’s label and I think he noticed my enthusiasm for the scene and my passion for the music I do, That’s why he asked if I would be interested in becoming manager. Since then we’ve gone from strength to strength with signings, profiles, magazine reviews, and happy to say that also the dj’ing has taken off as well as hosting our own presence radio show on www.unite-radio.com



You've remixed Carl Nicholson's "System shock" for Tidy Trax. Can you tell us a bit about this? Is it a personal favourite?

This came about really for the tidy trashed album that’s just gone and didn’t make lol! We ended making our submission a couple of days late, but the lads I done it with Mda and spherical and Simon Qudos, were really good, Matt and Mark are really good to work with and are certainly fantastic producers, Simon qudos is also pretty new to the scene again gonna be a good name in the future, But System shock has always been a personal favourite tidy track of mine and was a privilege really to have the chance to do a remix like that, With fresh new idea’s both with electro and hard trance thrown in the mix, and also having it signed to tidy it self and featuring on the tidy weekender live cd mixed by Technikal and Kym Ayres was great stuff!!!

What would you describe as you're finest moment in DJing so far?

My finest moment lol!?...Every time I get to play out is a privilege but if there’s an event I’ve played that stands out, it would be the after party @ Frantic 9, pure class from start to finish. It was having the opportunity to play after Andy Whitby B2b Kevin Energy, the crowd was proper pumped from the set before, it was like playing to an explosion and I’m glad to say we played our hearts out that morning and got a fantastic reception for our debut set at frantic, for me that will always be a good moment as a dj.



How do you see the scene at the moment, Hard House has been on the down recently, do you think it is coming back again?

The harder edge stuff I found has unfortunately taken a downhill slide the last year or so, but that’s what us at presence are trying draw out is, “The new talent”, new sounds, and a fresh scene, I would say give it a little while and the impact from these new up n coming producers will put certainly make an impression on the scene, and we are very proud to have this kind of level music onboard our label, But the tech stuff and the trance are really churning out some brilliant tracks, and in my mind that’s the scene that doing it for me at the moment,

So, you've got yourself a residency at "Recreation", a night which pioneers musical progression and caters for Hard dance and electro house, what’s you're opinions on new events coming up, are you keen on events which mix more than one genre of dance music?


Yeah defo, it’s good to have variation in nights and I would prefer to go to an event with an electro house room/ funky house, it’s a nice break from the harder stuff, and certainly a good night is a night that progress’s. It creates more of an atmosphere and makes the night more interesting, Can’t wait for Recreation I know that this night will have a real good following and a strong impact on the scene… :O)


Check out Dan you can see him playing Recreation 15th March @ The Factory!