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Nigel
Richards

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| Phil
Smart
Phil
has been playing records to people in clubs,
warehouses and fields across the world for
over 15 years. In 2000, Phil was voted Australian
DJ of the Year at the inaugural National Dance
Music Awards and has appeared twice in DJ
Magazine's list of the world’s Top 100
DJs. Phil was also one of the founders of
seminal Australian electronic labels Think
and Thunk, releasing music as Altitude and
Earthlink.
Read more at junkbeats...
Phil
Smart Bio PDF
Quote from the
Artist: "I
think one of the most pressing concerns is
the amount of children growing up without
the love and guidance of parents they’ve
lost to AIDS."
Links:
www.junkbeats.com
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| Richard
Humpty Vission

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| Rithma
An LA transplant who
received a warm welcome (not to mention a
record deal) in the Bay Area, this young DJ/producer
is currently working on his debut release
for Om Records. Rithma was born Etienne Stehelin,
and got his early training in jazz guitar.
He names Miles Davis as his single most significant
musical influence -- except perhaps his musician
mother. Rithma's star has ascended rather
rapidly so far: it was only in 1997 that he
produced and self-released his first track,
titled "Rithma 001." The record
was largely a practice run; it wasn't until
the second attempt, "Rithma 002",
that he received any real attention from the
music community. Follow-up tracks produced
in collaboration with Scott Finley, a longtime
friend and former bandmate, got released on
Fiji Records in 1998 and 2000. The best-known
is probably Rithma vs. Scott Finley. Stehelin's
solo attempts got released through several
underground dance labels including Tweekin
Records in San Francisco and Beau Monde in
the UK. He also contributed to Sounds of Om
Volume 2 and released two EPs, Caffeine Sunshine
and The Escape, on Om Records. Both title
tracks received an excellent response from
the dance community, inspiring Om to sign
him to a multi-album deal.
An
ardent world traveler with a quirky sense
of humor and plenty of stage presence, Stehelin
makes waves wherever he goes. As an Om artist,
he plays some of the best venues in San Francisco
and Los Angeles. He constantly pops up at
smaller venues and underground parties however;
he'll often give impromptu, unannounced performances
that last for hours. This DJ became known
for live sets of hard-hitting, energized tech-house.
He continued to contribute to compilation
CDs, including The 4AM Sound of Tech House,
and began work on a full-length slated for
release in mid 2003. ~ L. Katz, All Music
Guide
Link:
www.rithma.org,
www.blue-collarent.com
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| Ron
Trent
Probably the only
Chicago house producer to rate one of the
best techno singles of all time, Ron Trent
recorded his classic acid workout "Altered
States" in 1990 but gradually moved away
from mechanistic trance-state dance to embrace
a deep house sound with plenty of African
percussion. Born and raised in Chicago, Trent
learned much about music from his father,
a disco DJ. Still of high-school age when
he recorded "Altered States" for
Armando's Warehouse label, Trent reissued
the track on the Dutch label Djax-Up-Beats
in 1991, with remixes by Carl Craig.
He released a few other
singles during the early '90s before hooking
up with Detroiter Chez Damier, who'd recorded
with techno star Kevin Saunderson and owned
the legendary Music Institute club during
the '80s. The pair recorded singles for Saunderson's
KMS ("The Choice" as Chez 'N Trent,
and "Don't Try" as Ron & Chez
D), then opened up their own Prescription
Records. The label made waves in deep house
circles with its first release, Romanthony's
"Wanderer." Trent and Damier also
contributed to the label, with the Prescription
Underground EP. The duo also recorded a pair
of singles with Maurizio, the Berlin producer
whose productions for Chain Reaction launched
a wave of experimental techno singles.
Trent gradually moved from
solo productions or collaborations with Damier
to recruit a team of producers and vocalists
named USG, for Urban Sound Gallery. Later
based in Brooklyn, Trent and USG debuted with
a beautiful deep-house cut titled "N
Came U" on Clair Audience. He also gained
a different partner, Anthony Nicholson. In
1999, two Trent full-lengths appeared on British
labels. The first, USG's African Blues, was
released on Distance, while the proper solo
debut, Primitive Arts, appeared on Peacefrog.
~ John Bush, All Music Guide
Link:
http://www.prescriptionworld.org
Quote:
“It is an African proverb that says
‘It takes a whole village to raise a
child', following that philosophy it is our
responsibility as parents, adults, and human
beings to take care of the youth that needs
our time and energy for survival.”
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| Simply
Jeff
Simply
Jeff,
Southern California's original Breakbeat
mogul known globally as a DJ/Producer who
displays an eclectic blend of dance music
into a well rounded breakbeat sound has proven
to rock any crowd no matter where he performs.
Recognized as a pioneer of the "Funky
Breaks / West Coast Breakbeat House Sound”
in Simon Reynold's novel "Generation
Ecstasy," as well as a resident writer
for Los Angeles based BPM magazine, running
the premier US Breaks label Phonomental Music,
his acclaimed record shop called DJ Culture,
his streaming radio show on DJCULTURE.COM,
performing in clubs to major events around
the globe as well as holding down a monthly
residency in his home town of Costa Mesa,
California known as Tsunami Breaks and working
in the studio with some of today’s top
dance artist in the game, there is no doubt
that Simply Jeff has become America's most
beloved Breakbeat Dance heroes. Read
more...
Quote from the
Artist: "Our
involvement with the AIDS epidemic in Africa
will ultimately help the world end the greatest
threat to global security.”
Links:
www.simplyjeff.com
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| Soulstice

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Egil
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| Tracy
Young

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