Ace of Clubs Promotions Ltd & SINNERS Present THE IBIZA LEGENDS WEEKEND ...Proudly sponsored by PLAYBOY ENERGY Drink
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Time Friday, April 8 at 10:00pm - April 9 at 4:00am
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Location Trinity
15 Bennett Street (Off Prestwich), Greenpoint
Cape Town, South Africa
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Created By Trinity
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More Info JOIN US FOR AN IBIZA LEGEND EXTRAVAGANZA WEEKEND...
FRIDAY 8TH APRIL, TRINITY, ACE OF CLUBS PROMOTIONS LTD AND SINNERS HOST
GRAEME PARK...................
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Biography Graeme Park: 15 years on the radio, 25 years on the decks.
The story of DJ Graeme Park really mirrors the story of the evolution of dance music and club culture itself. Graeme found himself working in a Nottingham record shop called Select-A-Disc in the early 1980s, when the very first house records began to filter through from Chicago, Detroit and New York. When the shop’s owner also opened a nightclub, it was only natural he should turn to Graeme to select the discs. Determined to showcase this new style of music, his reputation as a house pioneer soon brought him to the attention of Mike Pickering at the Hacienda in Manchester, who asked him to cover for him whilst he went on holiday in 1988. Simply put, there was no-one else in the country who could do the job. The Summer of Love followed, and Parky quickly became one of the biggest names on the emerging dance scene. Aside from his eight-year residency at the Hac, he was the first British DJ to play places like Australia, South America, the USA, Asia and beyond as well as producing and remixing tracks for the dancefloor.
The Hacienda was a club without a purpose until house music filled its cathedral-sized dimensions. It undeniably defined Graeme as a DJ, but in 2010, that can only be seen as one chapter in an on-going tale: ‘Yeah it was a very big chapter. I guess the first was when I discovered I could DJ and discovered house music from the US. The Hacienda was chapter 2 and chapter 3 was when it re-opened after closing for a couple of months in 1992. Chapter 4 was when it closed not long after I left and I played all around the world. I suppose Chapter 5 is where we are now.’
As far as Graeme’s concerned, things are as fab as ever. But where is dance music and club culture headed? Well, who better to ask directions than the man who wrote the disco A-Z? ‘I started doing it purely by accident,’ he details. ‘And then realised I was actually pretty good at it. But I never thought I’d end up doing it for over 25 years. And I see no need to stop at the moment. I still love playing fantastic tunes in clubs and people still want me to do it too.’
And where we are now is a very interesting place to be. Aside from all the regular gigs and many productions under various guises, Graeme has been celebrating his 25th Anniversary with a series of special nights all over the UK and overseas playing a selection of classic house tunes as well as new and current tunes too. Although keen not to be bracketed as a ‘classics’ DJ, he couldn’t let the occasion of his 25th anniversary go by without delving into the thousands upon thousands of tunes he has collected on vinyl over the years: ‘House music has made people channel their tastes, so I went back to my roots and pulled out some forgotten classics,’ he grins, still in love with process of mining those rich seams of vinyl.
Also celebrating over 15 years on the radio having worked for Kiss, Galaxy, Key 103, Radio City, Juice FM, Forth One and more, Parky has just started a brand new Saturday night show on Imagine FM which covers South Manchester, Stockport and Cheshire occupying the 6pm-9pm slot he has traditionally occupied on the North West’s FM dial for many years. The show is your perfect soundtrack to Saturday and helps get you in the mood for whatever you’re planning on doing on a Saturday night. Graeme years of experience help him understand the specialist skills required by a radio DJ: ‘A lot of radio shows or DJs just play the same big tunes. You can’t simply pretend you’re in a club, you have to talk to the audience and put your personality across without sounding like an idiot.’ His weekly Graeme Park Radio Show airs on a number of radio stations both in the UK and overseas and brings in a big audience with his mix of new and older tunes mixed together like only he knows how. You can listen to the show anytime you like at http://www.mixcloud.com/graemepark and Graeme has just been voted at 14 in the Mixcloud Best Of 2009 poll too.
Keeping ahead of the game, Graeme has also just launched his brand new iPhone app which you can download from the iTunes store for free. It keeps you up to date with what he’s playing and where while you’re on the move and is proving extremely popular since it’s launch in March 2010. And look out for his latest compilation CD, 21 Years of Gio Goi, which is due out in the summer of 2010 and is released in association with the popular Manchester clothing brand and features classic club tunes from the past 21 years.
Whether through his sets, his radio shows or simply by getting to know that audience, Graeme has spent the last 25 years getting his jocular personality across. He was there before it all started, he was at the forefront of the dance scene when it was at its zenith and he’s still there, still rocking it, years later- longer than some of the people on the dancefloor have been on the planet! And the best thing is he still loves it, still loves the music and still loves to play it for people to dance to.
‘Yeah, for my entire career I’ve been finding good tunes that I want other people to hear. The reason I keep doing it is simple- it’s my mission in life to let people hear good music.’
The Hacienda is now an apartment building (the developers asked Parky to DJ at the launch; he politely declined). At the back of the building there is a time-line, carved into steel, detailing the history of the club from Madonna’s early performance to its closure. And there’s Graeme’s name not once, but twice, carved into the metal for time immemorial. What other DJs (what other venues?) have had that significance in clubland?
http://thisisgraemepark.com/
http://twitter.com/graemepark
http://www.mixcloud.com/graemepark
http://soundcloud.com/graemepark
http://www.facebook.com/GraemeParkFanPage
http://www.myspace.com/graemepark
::: LINE UP :::
GRAEME PARK (UK)
MATT JAMES (SINNERS UK,IBIZA),
PETER ABRAHAMS (CPT) + LIVE VISUALS
****************************PART TWO IBIZA LEGENDS WEEKEND************************
JOIN US FOR PART 2 OF THIS IBIZA LEGEND WEEKEND ....
SATURDAY 9TH APRIL, TRINITY, ACE OF CLUBS PROMOTIONS AND SINNERS HOST
...JEREMY HEALY.... SUPERSTAR DJ TO THE FASHION WORLD....
DJ Jeremy Healy
You may recognise DJ Jeremy Healy for his DJ appearances at top nights around the globe, or have heard of Jeremy Healy through his sell out Fantazia compilations, or know him as the musical genius behind world class designer, Galliano's shows....
DJ Jeremy Healy first came into the public eye during 1982/3 as a member of the chart duo Haysi Fantaysi and as a sign of things to come, was already looking for a new challenge when the group's first album was released. This was the first time that Jeremy started to DJ on a regular basis, using the London club, The Circus, as the venue to influence the capital's music scene. Jeremy's passport now reads like an atlas, his DJ talent taking him all over the world.
Behind Jeremy Healy, DJ extraordinare, is a much sought after producer. Jeremy achieved his first number one hit with Haysi Fantaysi. While establishing himself as one of the UK's finest jingle producers, Jeremy worked on many many TV and cinema commercials with clients including Levis, Pepsi, BA and Kodak, picking up numerous music awards along the way. In addition to this, he produced and underscored the sound effects for the Duran Duran feature film Arena.
Jeremy and long time friend and collaborator of 10 years, Amos, released two hugely successful singles from their previous signing to Positiva. Their first hit Argentina was performed on Top of the Pops and reached the top 20 while Stamp stormed to the top 10. They have also successfully collaborated on remix projects for the likes of George Michael, Eve Gallagher, Reel to Real, Boy George and Jam + Spoon.
An old friend of John Galliano, Jeremy often finds himself with a much prettier crowd during the fashion shows in Paris, New York and London where the super models strut their stuff to his music on the Galliano and Dior catwalks. Following the success of these shows he has acted as music collaborator for both Versace, Jigsaw, Katherine Hamneff and Vivienne Westwood.
Jeremy remains in constant demand across the globe. From his hugely successful Fantazia compilations that sold over 300 000, 10 a schedule most DJs would die for, he remains the darling of the dance floor's most revered clubs. Known as the most flamboyant party DJ, he combines pumping club tunes with records that are destined for commercial success, the very tracks that would destroy any other DJ's credibility except for Jeremy Healy.
Playing for all the A- list celebs around the world including Sol Kerzners birthday Yacht party recently, Jeremy is looking forward to returning to play in Cape Town.....
He is currently working with Gwen Stefani for her fashion label LAMB
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/jeremyhealy/biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Healy
http://www.vmagazine.com/2010/12/heroes-jeremy-healy/
::: LINE UP :::
JEREMY HEALY (UK) MATT JAMES (SINNERS UK,IBIZA), CRAIG MESSINA (CPT) + LIVE VISUALS
::: TICKETS :::
R100 AT THE DOOR ...GET THERE EARLY SO AS NOT TO BE DISAPPIONTED
::: RESTAURANT BOOKINGS :::
0742378694
restaurant@trintycapetown.co.za
GUEST LIST IS LIMITED FOR THIS NIGHT!
CONTACT MATT JAMES, SINNERS & TRINITY EARLY FOR LISTS
- Matt James's blog
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