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NICOLAS MATAR - PARADIZO

If it takes fifteen years to take an overnight hit, then NICOLAS MATAR has truly come of age. The story of House music has run from the New York underground via Ibiza to London and back around again many times over the past fifteen years - and as the chapters have unfolded, our man has been there to turn the page
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WILLIE GRAFF - PLAYTIME

Willie Graff was born to American parents on the island of Ibiza, the nerve center of electronic music. He started developing a taste for music at a very early age because of his father, a music lover and music programmer for a radio station during the heyday of Ibiza in the 80s.
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FRANCOIS K. - DEEP SPACE

Born and raised in France, living in New York City since 1975, François K. (François Kevorkian) started out as a drummer who soon tried his hand at DJ’ing in underground clubs around 1976.
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LOUIE VEGA - ROOTS

Louie Vega is the Miles Davis of dance music. Like the impossible to categorize Davis, Vega is constantly reinventing himself; and revolutionizing the musical landscape in the process.
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KEVIN HEDGE - ROOTS

Kevin is one half of the songwriting/production team known as BLAZE. They have been recording dance-oriented music for over 20 years and are considered to be pioneers in soulful house sound.
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TEDD PATTERSON - VIBAL (MONTHLY)

As a DJ, producer and remixer, Tedd Patterson has established himself as a leading talent on the international dance music scene. He has become renowned for a signature sound that incorporates an intoxicating blend of contemporary and classic dance music styles.
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JUNIOR VASQUEZ ~ FREEDOM

In the world of DJs and club music, Junior Vasquez is God. Revelers view him as the ‘Mohammad Ali’ of the dance floor, unleashing beats so hard and powerful, he is said to turn them out’ at his weekly parties.
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ROGER SANCHEZ - SECRET SOUL SESSIONS (QUARTERLY)

Roger Sanchez, The S-Man, chart topping producer and globally revered superstar DJ. The keystone of the “Release Yourself” concept, recognized and respected the world over for his compilation cds, club nights and a radio show across Europe and the US which reaches over 1.2 million listeners a week.
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BEHROUZ - DANCE.HERE.NOW. (QUARTERLY)

San Francisco-based producer and long time dance music veteran, Behrouz Nazari, is as difficult to label as the music he creates and spins. “My sound is impossible to categorize, but if I were to give it my best shot,
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JOJOFLORES - THERAPY

jojoflores is infamous for his Garage, Deep House and Afro-Latin rhythms. His signature sound resonates sweet, soulful melodies and a profound jazzy vibe. An original B-Boy and a fan of street & dance culture, he is blessed with the versatility to play old school Hip Hop, Funk, and Soul from the early 80's...
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CARL CRAIG ~ DEMON DAYS

There are DJs who grab bigger headlines, and producers who invite more press. In the ebb and flow of what's popular in electronic music, there are those who have larger followings or whose names are on more bloggers' fingertips at any given moment in time. But no artist in the genre commands as much respect, from fans and peers alike, as consistently and influentially as Detroit-based DJ and producer CARL CRAIG. As an artist, a label-owner and club DJ, he is one of the few who has literally helped shape the sound of modern electronic music, with an inventive career that has spanned 18 years.
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MARQUES WYATT ~ DEEP

Marques Wyatt is a messenger of the deepest, most soulful kind of house music. Beneath his relaxed, spiritual and unknowingly suave persona, therein lies a man partially responsible for giving birth to the West Coast house scene and bringing the fresh sounds of New York to Los Angeles beginning in the mid eighties.
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DARSHAN JESRANI ~ ADULT SECTION

Darshan Jesrani’s recording project “Metro Area” (together with partner Morgan Geist) on the Environ label has left an indelible mark on the dance music landscape. Known for its forward-looking, freestyle recombination of influences, Metro Area’s work revolves around classic production styles and the songwriting focus of disco, new-wave/synth-pop and R&B, Metro Area has injected much needed doses of funk and sensuality, mood and space back into the loop-based and seldom-subtle world of underground dance. Their 2002 debut album elicited superlative responses from The New York Times to The Onion, from web-logs to the Wire. Metro Area won a place among Rolling Stone’s “Top 50 Albums of 2002”, a rock and rap-dominated list for which most club/dance projects are not even considered. Further accolades include BBC/Radio 1’s “Dance Album of the Year” and a “Best New Artist” prize at the 2003 DanceStar/American Dance Awards. In 2007, Darshan caught the collective ear with his co-writing, production and remix work (alongside Ewan Pearson and Klas “Sasse” Lindblad) on “It’s All True”, the debut single from beloved UK singer Tracey Thorn’s (Everything but the Girl) solo album “Out of the Woods” (Virgin). This release made waves in broader arenas and was touted as a fresh and uplifting update of the Funhouse-style, vocal-led, New York City synth-pop sound of the early/mid-80s. Darshan’s extended “Parks Dept. Dub” remix of “Starlight”, an underground hit by celebrated and hungry New York disco upstarts Escort (July 2006) landed on the year-end top-10 lists of many DJs known for their selections and taste. The latest chapter (EP number 7) in the Metro Area series was relelased November 2007 to superlative praise, and the duo now set their sights on the completion of a Metro Area mix for highly-regarded mix-CD series Fabric (November 2008) and a new full-length album (2009). Early 2008 saw the release of Darshan’s remix of Mock & Toof’s “Black Jub” on their Tiny Sticks label, as well as the debut release from new project Arcade Lover (with Dan Balis of Escort, Lisa Shaw and Jonathan Maron of Groove Collective) on Manchester’s Tirk Records. These days, Darshan stays very busy with regular DJ bookings world-wide, the approaching completion of a new studio and recording space in Brooklyn, his party Strobe Lodge with DJ extraordinaire Citizen Kane and new Metro Area material with Morgan Geist.
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CITIZEN KANE ~ ADULT SECTION

Dennis “Citizen” Kane has been a seminal and iconic figure in contemporary dance music culture since his emergence in the mid 90’s NYC downtown scene. A former disco and old school buyer for the infamous A1 records, Kane has been digging and collecting since his early teens in Philadelphia. Kane has been a Saturday night resident at APT since the fall of 2000. His Deep End party is known for it’s varied mix of lyrical sophistication, rare selections, and dance floor intensity. In 1999 Kane released Selects 001 (with Chairman Mao) a mix of rare Northern Soul, boogie, and disco treats. It gained significant critical praise from journals like Urb, The Wire, and LA Weekly, and it was nominated to numerous top 10 lists, including The Village Voice’s. A follow up mix, The Greatest Part, released in 2001, went further into the realms of disco and garnered similar critical praise. In 06 Kane released Adult Section, a solo mix with numerous re-edits, that in it’s diversity reflects the dynamic range of his live sets. It was named one of the years 10 best by Filter magazine, and cited as an essential disco “must have” by Ocean Drive magazine. Kane’s label Disques Sinthomme had it’s initial release in the spring of 2007. Featuring tracks by Kane and Lodge co-resident Darshan Jesrani, the 12” charted throughout Europe and Japan, and has appeared on several mix compilations. The labels second release featured original work by Silver and Professor Genius, as well as remixes from Kane and Nick Chacona. Silver’s track has been licensed for a forthcoming cosmic compilation helmed by Ibiza legend Phil Mison. Kane was asked by Diesel and Dave Jarvis to contribute an arrangement for the return 12” of the legendary Moton label. The track “Kane’s Spanish Home” was one of the biggest 12”s of the past year, a favorite of DJ Harvey, Prins Thomas, and The Idjut Boys among others. It has been selected for a forthcoming “Heavy Disco” compilation, and landed a place on numerous ten best lists. Kane also has work out on the Ghost Town and Homestyle labels. This fall Disques Sinthomme will release a third 12” featuring tracks from Broker Dealer, and Tony Watson. When not touring or digging Kane lives in NYC, working with Darshan on the Strobe Lodge and Adult Section parties, or buried in his studio. Kane lives in the Lower East Side with his wife Karen and son Roan. He can barely recognize his neighborhood anymore.
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