Benny Benassi

Benny Benassi was born in Milan on 13 July 1967.
He works as a producer in collaboration with his cousin Alle Benassi, who has been a musician and arranger at Off Limits, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, the internationally successful production unit run by Larry Pignagnoli.

The first club hit was “I feel so fine” by KMC feat Dhany (N° 1 club charts UK) in 2001. This was followed by the BENNY BENASSI presents THE BIZ project, a ground-breaking mixtured of electro, techno and house dosed with minimalist flair.
The first single SATISFACTION, produced in 2002, made its presence felt in the main charts all over Europe in 2003. Some of the results:
- n° 2 in the Official Singles Sales Chart in UK
- over a month in the n° 1 spot in the Official Dance Chart in FRANCE
- top twenty Official Singles Sales Chart in FRANCE
- n° 2 in the Official Dance Chart in GERMANY
- top forty Official Singles Sales Chart in GERMANY
The record was highly acclaimed:
Timo Maas - I have it, crazy fuckin record....crowds love it!!
Carl Cox - Pure energy I love it!
Boy George – Dirty Electro house at it best
Darren Emerson – Norman Cook called abou this record and as soon as I heard it I loved it!!!
Roger Sanchez – Loved his mix of Tomcraft, his record is even better.
Paul Oakenfold - Benny has his own unique sound that works on dance floors across the world. 

Benny and Alle then produced Benassi Bros, a project designed to shine the spotlight on the two Biz vocalists, Paul French and Violeta and other guest singers.
The track by Benassi Bros. feat. Sandy, "Illusion" and "Hit my heart" featuring Dhany were both monster top 20 sales charts hits in France and the album, PUMPHONIA, went gold in France.
Other hit singles taken from HYPNOTICA are "No matter what you do" and "Love is gonna save us"
Benny mixed SUBLIMINAL SESSIONS VI, for the famous New York label and, for the occasion, produced a track called "I want you to come" under the psuedonym BAT67. With this name he also remixed "Hot Tin Groove" by Rava and "Warman Whoreman" by Digitally Stoned People. He is the first European dj to have mixed a Subliminal Sessions compilation.

In 2003, Benny won a lot recognition
- number one in the Top 100 dance tracks on the Ministry of Sound Internet radio
- DJ MAG tune of the year in UK
- Revelation of the year – Italian Dance Music Awards
- Dance revelation of the year – Danish Music Award
- Nominated for international revelation of the year – NRJ Awards, France

In 2004,
- three nominations at Dancestar, Miami and won the best video award
- DjMag favourite DJ Poll Top 100: Benny is number 18, the highest new entry
- European Border Breakers Award for Hypnotica, the Italian album that sold most in Europe outside Italy

"...Phobia", the second Benassi Bros Album was released in 2005, and went gold in France, followed by huge acclaims for the singles "Every Single Day" and "Make me feel".

2006 sees the debut of Benny's label, Pump-kin. Aimed to emerging new producers.

When Benny isn’t in the studio, he tours the world rocking clubs and events with his unstoppable energy.
His dj style is easy to describe…. it’s kinda electro, sort of house-tec, dirty and cool, sweaty and smooth…. 

Mikael Wills

Mikael Wills is arguably New Zealands best commercial electro-house producer. Mikael has been taking not only New Zealand, but, the world by storm. His unique style and production have lead him to create unparalleled remixes that are a must have for any commercial electro DJ's collection; being played all over the world on a regular basis, from Auckland to Miami, Sydney to LA, London to Paris, New York to Tokyo and everywhere else in between.

From a young age, Mikael spent his time experimenting and exploring electronic music, wanting to incorporate his love for the top40 charts along with house music. Because of this Mikael has developed a unique cutting edge sound that can be heard playing on major dance radio stations in NZ including The Edge and ZM, along with being streamed on hundreds of stations throughout the rest of the world.

Mikael has personally remixed numerous top 40 artists including Ke$ha, B.o.B, 30 Seconds To Mars, Justin Bieber, Duffy, Jason Derulo, Flo Rida, Mike Posner, Eminem, Linkin Park and Ellie Goulding, Taio Cruz, Chiddy Bang, Travie McCoy, Tinie Tempah, Far Eastern Movement, Pitbull, Hypercrush, Martinsolveig, Jennifer Lopez, Rob, New Boyz, Britney Spears, Jay Sean, Six60 and Avril Lavigne.

Mikael has recently teamed up with DJ Justin Sane to remix some of New Zealands biggest artists including Dane Rumble, J Williams, and K.One. These remixes have since been signed to Sony/Warner, Rumble Music, Ministry of Sound Australia, MTC and Illegal Musik.

Dj Infinity

DJ Infinity is a DJ from Miami, Florida. He’s part of PGL Industries and Deejay’s many parties.

Or a polish dj. He’s a part of Sonic Trip. Usually plays breakbeat, drum’n’bass, electrobreak, electro, garage. On stage from 1998.
 


Dj Infinity has always been deeply into music,starting by playing the violin for 13 years and listening to many kinds of music.Dj Infinity started spinning records in Florida 17 years ago immersed in the budding electronic scene. She studied and practiced for many years always working towards creating her own music. She moved to Ashland,Oregon 12 years ago to work for her best friend Ammagi at The Oregon Tiger Sanctuary, a rescue facility for exotic animals. Two years ago she began producing her own music with a very unique electronic style designed to uplift the listener using many styles including trance, breakbeat, electro, acid techno and more, layered with the sound of sanskrit chant, aphorisms, meditative sounds, the lions of The Oregon Tiger Sanctuary performing their night calls, humans chanting into the sound of their own lifeforce, the ancient didgeridoo, whales and dolphins underwater and many other powerful sounds. She blends all of these sounds together and much more creating a fascinating journey unique to each listener. Dj Infinity has already created 9 albums and is currently working on another,out very soon, so there is always more to come!

Dj Solovey

Real Name: Alex  City: Moscow Date of birth: September 22, 1989  Style: Electro house, Electro progressive, Dutch House, Fidget House, Progressive House. About myself:

Interest in electronic music has appeared since 2004. Following completion sports career, began a sharp desire for the club field that pushed later to write the music and DJing. 
outstanding talent DJ Solovey svoeobrazoval his style, which includes the best of European progressive music, mixing it with her, always fresh and truly bold ideas, and which paved the success to date. His music is known to any DJ, promoter, and of course all your favorite clubbers,  
five years of creativity have led to high results and today Dj Solovey, without undue modesty, this is - the most welcome guest in many clubs of Moscow, Moscow region, and our vast Russia, and far beyond outside, and storm tracks he had written the best clubs and parties in France, Spain, Poland and the USA! 
With a refined taste in music and having the knowledge that people need on the dance floor , DJ Solovey long did the steps in this"dance world."Energy DJ Solovey dancefloor breaks his drive and hardness, which is not a clubber will not remain indifferent . "Many Djs Russian music industry set after DJ Solovey lose confidence in the future" 
DJ Solovey - a quality which appears to show! 



In TATEMENTS: Club - "Flare - Cafe" (Moscow), DK Dance (Moscow), Atlantic (Sergiev Posad), the separation point (Moscow), TANZPOL (Mytishchi), XO Slub (Moscow), Meteola (Moscow), Heart (Gelendzhik), Cicterna Hall (Moscow), Max HouZe (Sergiev Posad), SOAK Torbeevo (Sergiev Posad) "Sun House" (Moscow), Night Club "TSUNAMI" (Nakhabino), Rev (Moscow), Club "PLAN B" (Moscow), Rally (Podolsk), Aplyus Radio (Minsk), (Minsk), Norma Club (Moscow, Russia) (Moscow), Serg (Serpukhov), Moscow club (58 pavilion) (Moscow), Pushkarev club (Moscow), Club "Montreal" (Moscow), NC "Aura" (Samara), LOUVRE (Moscow), Residence club (ex priori) (Moscow), D FM radio Berezniki (Perm krai) (Berezniki), City FM (New York), 1Rock (ex-Shadow) (Moscow), Tuning Hall (Moscow) 

Regular rotation of remixes on the radio: U FM, Radio metro (SPB), D FM, RECORD, as well as regularly playing tracks and remixes in guest mixes on radio and progamma. Chart Dj Solovey painted for many months ahead, where he plays all major events. It speaks Dj Solovey: "... There is nothing finer in life than music !..." in his tracks, sets and mixes, you can always feel his spiritual mood, emotion and charge pumping SOUND. Member of Positive Dj's Booking DJ Solovey: 8 - 916-465-03-05 (Eugene) For writing the remix:Soloveydjs@yandex.ru

Afrojack

The stars must’ve been aligned just right when Nick van de Wall (also known as Afrojack) saw his first ray of light. Music was his first love since day one, although it didn’t manifest until his fifth year, when he started playing piano. Being a very creative student, Afrojack spent most of his time listening to all kinds of music while studying. To no surprise it didn’t take him long to turn the tables around and start to make music instead of just listening to it.

At the age of 11, Afrojack downloads a program called Fruity loops. At this point in time his talent and passion for creating music truly surfaces. Rapidly acquainting himself with and appreciating Fruity Loops, it becomes his program of choice, that he uses to this day. Afrojack finishes school and decides to proceed with his musical carrier. Not being able to make a living out of it yet, he starts to work part-time in bars and catering. Now he has more than enough time to discover the club scene in Rotterdam, starting with his first night out in the old club Las Palmas when he was only 16 years old. After this many clubnights followed, many side-jobs, many small DJ-gigs for the fun of deejaying and a lot of studio time.

In 2006 sets off to Crete (Greece) deejaying for five full months straight in every club that have will him, learning the craft and making his first ‘flight hours’. It was also in Crete where he made his first small hit, called “F*ck Detroit”. When returning home to the Netherlands, he’s still fired up and makes some more tracks, and is determined to get it out on a label, with a little help from Sidney Samson and Laidback Luke, Digidance decides to give it a shot, and it worked; “Afrojack – In Your Face” scored no. 60 in the Dutch top100 and no. 3 in the Dutch dance top30. Not to bad for the first release of an 18 year old kid.

In 2007 Nick starts performing under the name Afrojack, determined to proceed to the top as a DJ and producer. Track after track and remix after remix follow. Afrojack is rarely seen outside of his studio. When he’s not deejaying, he is producing and it starts to pay off. His tracks get played and massively supported by multiple genre international DJ’s like David Guetta, Josh Wink, Dave Clarke, Laidback Luke, Fedde Le Grand, Marco V, Richard Durand, and national like DJ’s Benny Rodrigues, Erick E, Roog, Sidney Samson. Just to name a few. In 2007 Afro starts his own record label, Wall Recordings (exclusively for Beatport and Juno). A whole bunch of quality releases soon follow (Don’t Be, Proper Introduction, Thief etc.) In 2008 he hits the clubs with “Math” and “Do My Dance” and again both tracks get picked up by every big name in the industry. Afro hooks up with Partysquad and a couple of weeks later, a “Drop down (do my dance)” co-op mix is born and hits the Dutch top 20, and gets crowned “Tune of the Week” by the biggest Dutch radio stations, and even the biggest Dutch music television network “TMF”. Afrojack’s breakthrough to the whole Dutch audience is now a fact.

Respected by his colleague DJ’s for his production talent and skills and loved by clubbers for his dancefloor bombs and energetic performances, Afrojack sets a new standard in the industry and is here to stay

Dj Richard Murray

The last 48 months have seen Richard criss-cross the globe on his DJ travels, while long sessions in the studio have yielded some serious results and Richard already has an impressive production portfolio to his name.

Born and raised in Carlisle in North West England, he quickly became immersed in the local club scene and cut his DJ teeth playing at most of the city’s venues. A move to Manchester to attend university followed and his love of DJing came with him with Richard seizing the opportunity to play at venues like Paradise Factory, Venus, Joshua Brooks and Club North.

Next stop London and a chance meeting with a record label boss proved the perfect catalyst for Richard to take his musical career to the next level. It was Matt Stuart, former label manager at Underwater Records, and then with the Ministry of Sound.

“We hit it off immediately as he was a northerner too,” remembers Richard, “and we ended up drinking and talking about music until five the next morning. After hearing me play at house party he held in his apartment, Matt offered me the chance to be involved with a new project the Ministry was launching – the Housexy compilation series.”

Richard quickly landed the role of UK resident for Housexy club dates before becoming a worldwide touring resident and compiling and mixing several Housexy compilations. He has mixed eight volumes to date, all double CDs, starting with ‘Housexy International’ in January 2007 and most recently ‘Housexy Summer’ in August 2009. His engineering skills have also been utilised on ‘The Underground’ triple CD collections put out by the Ministry of Sound with the 2010 edition released recently.

Originally coming onboard for Housexy, it wasn’t long before Richard came involved with the Ministry of Sound itself. He originally played at Rulin back in 2001 but then lost contact; Housexy opened the door again, however, and he joined Paul Farris for the first Housexy night at the club in London. With UK and international dates soon under his belt and a reputation for rockin’ dancefloors wherever he played, it wasn’t long before he was invited onboard the Ministry of Sound as an international resident.

Rather than ask where Richard has played, it’s more a case of where he hasn’t. We’re talking nearly every continent over the last couple of years with only Australia left to cross off the list. Russia has been a major territory where he has a strong reputation and most recently, South America with a successful tour of Brazil and an outstanding night at Pacha Buenos Aires playing the main set to over 3,000 people.

November 2009 also saw Richard blaze a trail in India, while headlining the Ministry of Sound closing party at the Aarhus Festival in Denmark in 2008 is another personal highlight. Boston, Vancouver, Milan and all over Europe as well as trips to Japan, China, South Africa, Dubai, Egypt and many more help complete the picture of just how busy Richard has been and how experienced a DJ he has become.

Experience and versatility are very much part of his DJ armoury and Richard spreads his net far wider than the Housexy sound which favours the funkier, vocal side of house. In fact, he has a passion for the tougher, tech house sound which is mirrored in his productions. Dark and driving with big breaks, there’s still a strong emphasis on funk-fuelled grooves and energy to move the dancefloor.

The other side of the equation is his productions and 2009 has been the year that Richard has really got into his stride. As well as his compilation work, Richard has released a string of singles on labels like Slip ‘n’ Slide, Suesse, SoulHeat, Chega and Loopfreaks, some in collaboration with Paul Deighton. Most important is Richard’s ongoing relationship with Matt Stuart who runs Gung Ho! Recordings. 

Gung Ho! have become a well established and critically acclaimed label and Richard has been in the thick of things remixing artists like The Japanese Popstars, Burn The Negative and Zoo Brazil. He has released his own singles, ‘Cannibal’ and ‘Bat Attack’, as well as mixing the label compilation, ‘Kings of a Little Kingdom’. Perhaps the outstanding moment has been Richard’s ‘Lil Muz’ remix of Zoo Brazil’s ‘Technik’ which has come in for some serious praise.

Looking ahead and Richard has some exciting new productions ready to roll including the ‘Don’t Go’ collaboration with Paul Deighton forthcoming on Cr2 Records, a Richard Murray & Dodge reworking of classic Gypsy track, ‘I Trance You’, on Limbo Records, and Richard’s cheeky bootleg of The Bangles’ ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’. This is just for starters and there are several more singles lined up with the big tech house labels firmly in his sights. His own imprint is also on the agenda.

“I like big chunky, wobbly monsters with energy and big hands to the roof breaks,” enthuses Richards, “big reverbs and delays, cheeky vocals chipping in and out, and phat ass-shaking basslines. I’m a proper house head too so a solid well-produced house record does it for me just as much.”

A typical Richard Murray set will include the energy of tracks from the likes of Toolroom and the Swedish House Mafia but also the underground tech sounds of Olivier Giacomotto and Popof. He still loves to play on the funkier side too and you’ll be able to catch Richard playing at Ministry of Sound and Housexy parties worldwide throughout 2011.

Chuckie

Chuckie’s leading mixing skills and distinctive productions not only show an indispensable complement to the Dutch dance industry, the international dance-scene has also been giving him a warm welcome. Driven by ambition, enthusiasm and pure passion for music, his characteristic set makes the crowd go wild and his many productions reflect his true visionary in his craft works. Nowadays, Chuckie still continues to surprise the crowd with his mind-blowing style and his story is yet to continue… 

Chuckie: The Beginning
Born and raised in Paramaribo, Clyde Narain devoted himself completely to music and had played many records from a young age. He started out by deejaying at friend-related events, but would soon be known for hyping up many clubs and events as deejay “Chuckie”. He successfully proved his skills to be true and his innovative and energetic mixing skills are still making him one of the most popular artists of the moment. Crossing various genres, Chuckie has put his stamp upon the music industry and he still grows into a high mark in the international dancescene. 

Chuckie: The Music v House
With lots of climaxes, various elements of surprise-effects and explosive beats. Chuckie has been described as the “The King of Mixing” many times and his unique style pumps up the crowd easily. A large amount of events and clubs have been welcoming his performances and Chuckie’s characteristic deep housesets are becoming more and more popular by a diverse global audience. Being the musical all rounder he is, his producerskills are well-respected and his recent “Toys are nuts” (with Gregor Salto) and “Guess What” (with Hardwell) are currently still climbing high on the charts. Check out the player for the latest releases such as “Let the bass kick”, “Any noise”, “Rides” and “Pong to this”.

Chuckie: The Gigs
Nowadays, Chuckie hosts many residencies, for example at Blacklist and of-course at his own event: “Dirty Dutch”. As being Dirty Dutch’s legendary figurehead, and because all editions would always fully sold out, Chuckie still successfully presents his own Dirty Dutch area at the Dutch festival Mysteryland. In August 2006 he released a limited edition of his “Dirty Dutch Propaganda” Album, in collaboration with EMI Music Canada, and due to huge success the second part was soon released in November 2006. Meanwhile, Chuckie has been the headliner in almost every Dutch credible event, such as: “Luxurush”, “T-Dansant”, “Indian Summer Festival”, “Loveland Festival”, “Heineken Fast Forward Parade”, “Mysteryland”, and , last but not least, in 2008 he’d been performing at Sensation White! In addition to his many gigs in the Netherlands, Chuckie also travels with great regularity to clubs in countries such as England, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, France, The Canary Islands, Curacao, Morocco, Turkey, Suriname, Portugal and Spain. In the summer of 2008, Chuckie was a personally invited by David Guetta for his event at Pacha in Ibiza. “I discovered this Dutch DJ in Amsterdam. He is mixing the hip-hop vibe with house Music like no one else!” said David Guetta.

Chuckie: The Success
Chuckie has been awarded several times for his work and received his first Award for “Best Urban DJ” in 2004. Nearly after a year, he prolonged this title and won the “Best Club DJ Award”. In 2006 he was nominated by the Dutch TMF Awards, along with Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and G Spotts, for the title “Best Dance”. In addition to his busy career, Chuckie also spent time on charity and is the ambassador of UNICEF Den Haag, the integration plan “&” and the Red Cross initiative “B the change”. For “B the Change”, Chuckie produced a single, inspired by quotes from world leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.

Chuckie: The Story Continues
Already being able to look back on a glorious career, Chuckie remains driven by his future plans. His experiences and memories are indelible and stimulate his drive to climb the ladder on an international base. As being a successful DJ, whose mixing-skills in the Netherlands is perhaps unparalleled, Clyde Narain alias Chuckie is devoted to conquer the world with his characteristic style! Ambitious, fanatical and with lots of potential: Chuckie is ready to rock worldwide so keep a close eye on him and check his latest news on:  http://www.djchuckie.com