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 ::: Essential WMC 2009 Phots & Review Over the next week we will be delivering the in depth expose of our travels. Each day come back to Nocturnal for our day-by-day look back at WMC 2009. Here it is… this is Nocturnal’s Essential WMC... ::: View Photos |
 ::: Laidback Luke Interview Holland’s beloved house music-loving homeboy, Laidback Luke, is on an international mission to rock clubs, win hearts and top charts. A producer and DJ with immense talent, tonnes of spirit and a steely determination to succeed, he has been on a worldwide search for the ultimate in dance floor energy since the mid-1990s. “Music is an amazing tool that can evoke powerful memories and emotions,” says Luke with a smile. “And I will not rest until I’ve given my best: I want to share as much music as possible with as many people as possible.” And with an incredibly impressive discography of 100+ recordings and a DJ diary that takes him from his studio near Amsterdam to clubs all over the world, it would seem that Luke is well on the way to achieve his goals... ::: Read the Interview |
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| ::: Photo Album | 2009.03.27 » Essential WMC 2009 | 4.2 MN2S @ Nikki Beach [Miami] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Every year our good friends MN2S put on one of our most heralded shows for WMC. This year, the venue moved to the illustrious Nikki Beach and was an all day all night affair featuring a staggering line-up. Armand van Helden, ATFC, Funkerman, Yves Larock, David Penn, Danism, Jay-J, Robert Owens, Ron Carroll, Tedd Patterson, and more graced the decks in this absolute showcase of house music. The second problem was the timeslots. While the overall line-up was most impressive and featured many of the hottest house tastemakers in the land, the prime time beach sets featured a very lack lustre assortment of talent and programming. Virtual unknowns in North America, Laurent Wolf and Alex Gaudino were given prime slots concluding with Armand Van Helden closing out the beach. Now we're all for breaking new talent or showcasing lesser known DJs, but we expect they have the musical chops to warrant it. Unfortunately for us, Wolf and Gaudino's music selection was exceptionally dated, very sporadic and uninspired. While Gaudino did have great energy on the decks, the programming leapt from sexy house to electro to French tribal with no flow or logical progression. Then when Armand took over, his too cool for school approach was too much for us. Basically playing a solid flow of every big hit he had made in the past 10 years - although at times had moments of great nostalgia - the overall set felt very indulgent and you could feel his holier-than-thou attitude off the decks. All the while the music inside the lower level of the club was AMAZING, but with very minimal crowd, mostly bathroom goers and people looking for short bar lines it was left unappreciated. If we could have swapped the DJs we think we would have had a much better musical experience. It was very unfortunate, as the night time line-up featured amazing talent and the people we really wanted to see... Funkerman, ATFC, Jay-J, David Penn, and countless more. What was so disappointing was the energy and sexiness that we've come to love from MN2S - and really wanted during the afternoon - was held back for the evening portion of the show, and we just couldn't last and wait for it. We still love the MN2S boys and always will recommend their shows, and the 2008 WMC edition was one of the best we've ever had, let's hope for 2010 they can bring it back. Photographer(s): Andrew Reid, Cristian Constantinescu
::: 2009.03.24 » 1.1 Defected Clubland Adventures @ SET ::: 2009.03.25 » 2.1 DJ Mag Pool Party @ Shelborne ::: 2009.03.25 » 2.2 Global Underground @ Mynt ::: 2009.03.25 » 2.3 Get Wild w/ Sharam @ Cameo ::: 2009.03.25 » 2.4 Release Yourself w/ Roger Sanchez @ Mansion ::: 2009.03.26 » 3.1 SAW Recordings Pool Party @ Sagamore Hotel ::: 2009.03.26 » 3.2 Toolroom Knights vs Viva Music @ Club Space ::: 2009.03.27 » 4.1 A|X Music Suite @ The Raleigh Hotel ::: 2009.03.27 » 4.2 MN2S @ Nikki Beach ::: 2009.03.27 » 4.3 Swedish House Mafia @ Mansion ::: 2009.03.28 » 5.1 Pacha Pool Party @ Shelborne ::: 2009.03.28 » 5.2 Om @ Karu & Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 ::: Nocturnal Top 50 » 2009.02.06 Cunnie Williams' classic joint "Saturday" on Peppermint Jam is remixed and refreshed for 09 and lands in our #1 spot. Leading the charge is super-Dutchman Fedde le Grand with his trippy, blippy take. Hollis P Monroe's gorgeous "This Way" rises to 2, Justin Michael & Phonic Funk f. Maiya's "Take Me To The Sky" rockets to 3, while Blackcoffee and Chris Lake continue the pressure up to 4 and 5 respectively. Rounding out the top 10 are tracks from Felguk, Late Night Alumni, Patch Park, Timmy Vegas & Bad Lay-Dee, and Discount Rhinos 10... ::: Nocturnal Top 50 |
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 ::: The Shapeshifters Interview The Shapeshifters are London DJ and production duo Simon Marlin and Max Reich, also behind long running club night Nocturnal at AKA, London, the party hang of Nocturnal Groove – the boys’ and Lola Marlin’s record label. Party people at heart, the pair met when Simon signed Max to the Down Boy record label that he was working for. Musically, Simon found his enthusiasm for house on the dancefloor in the late 80’s and early 90’s, while Max got into production via a passion for techno honed whilst throwing illegal raves in his native city of Gothenburg... ::: Read the Interview |
 ::: The Jinks Interview The Jinks (Chris Gau & Dan Savidge) are one year into running their own digital imprint Jinks Inc Records. The label’s gone from strength to strength, and has featured remixes and productions from the likes of DJ Spen, Tiger Stripes, Kajae, Trackheadz and Conan Liquid, not to mention The Jinks themselves... ::: Read the Interview |
 ::: Nocturnal Mix Sessions Monthly MP3 Best of 2008 The Nocturnal Mix Sessions are a 60-80 minute monthly set recorded by Nocturnal's resident DJs and packed full of the latest and hottest tunes out there. It's January, a time for reflection on the year past, and anticipation for the year ahead. 2008 was an incredible year for music with a ton of amazing gems from both emerging and established artists. Nocturnal Editor Andy Reid has compiled over 5 hours of this year's best 50 tracks into 2 super-extended mixes for you to enjoy. Look out for amazing tunes from The Shapeshifters, Marc Evans, Deadmau5, Kaskade, Adam K & Soha, Hatiras & MC Flipside, Quentin Harris, Groove Armada, DJ Spen, Studio Apartment, Copyright, Axwell, Bob Sinclar, Dirty South, Steve Angello, Laidback Luke, ATFC, Ralf GUM, Louie Vega, Dennis Ferrer, David Guetta, Chocolate Puma, Funkerman, Fedde le Grand, and many many more... ::: Listen Here |
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