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| PODJE |
Podje
started djing in 1985 at a fresh age of 14, playing
at functions and teen discos. By 1988 Podje was
successfully promoting and djing at events all
over Ireland .
In 1990 podje discovered the exciting
new world of house music. His first public performances
of house music were at a successful self promoted
night called Mint at the pink elephant venue in
Dublin , which gave rise to him making guest appearances
at underground nightclubs all over Dublin . In
1995 podje was approached by the kitchen nightclub
to headline the launch of their new Wednesday
night club fever, and due to its success was subsequently
taken on as the kitchen resident playing at their
flagship Saturday night as well as organising
and promoting talent for all of the kitchen nights.
Podje was even mentioned by U2's
Bono in Irelands hot press magazine and the Boston
globe back in 1996 as being the best dj that he
had heard that year!
Podje was playing at all the major
festivals around Ireland such as creamfields,
homelands and planet love as well as being the
Irish cream resident for all of their shows, playing
along side sasha, tall Paul, Andy c, seb fontaine,
Paul oakenfold and even Tony de vitt.In 1997 podje
started performing abroad in clubs such as tangled
in Manchester , the velvet rooms and ministry
of sound in London as well as regular performances
in Boston , New York and at the beach party main
event at the Miami winter music conference in
2000.
Podje decided it was time to move
to the next level and invested in a top of the
range mix cubed pro tools system and teamed up
with Ive to give rise to dale studios and the
podje and ive production team. Podje released
a chill out compilation called sundazed in 2002
on his own label nippy records which had numerous
contributions from talents including an unreleased
track from Andy c groove armada and mike Monday
under the guise of beat foundation.
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| WARREN
K |
Warren
Kiernan started Dj'ing in clubs & parties
all over Ireland in
the late 80's,from the Ormond Multimedia Centre,Sides,Temple
of
Sound,Pod to Henry's in Cork to name but a few.
One club in
particular,the notorious Asylum was the launch
pad for Warren K's high
energy techno sets.In the late 90's Warren got
his first resident
night in the Kitchen called Trash,then later resident
at the legendary
Genius & Eyecue clubs.
Music
Production is the main focus for Warren at
the moment, with an album released late 2005 with
fellow members
Empire State Human called Cycles on Kiss My Asterix
records.
(empirestatehuman.com).Also working and remixing
with various
different bands and artist's.
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EFIM
- THE RUSSIAN |
Coming down from Russia not only
with love but also with passion and respect for
underground house, Efim The Russian earned himself
a reputation as a Dj that knows how to get the party
started. Going through tones of music every day,
only tunes full of melody and harmony attract his
attention. And although he doesn't like the word
"intelligent" we can't call his music
anything but "smart", especially when
we get carried away with our thoughts listening
to his blend of deep, jacking house.
He started as a bedroom dj in Moscow when he was
17, but according to him, his first djing encounter
was when he recorded his first "mix" -
just ripping tunes from various CDs and recording
them to the tapes in preferred order. That was back
in 1993, since then been wondering around music
world for about 6 years, switching from one style
to another, ranging from d'n'b, jungle to techno
and minimal, house has always been his preference.
In 2000 he got his first turntables as a present
and since then started to spend loads of cash on
records, by now his collection is around 1500 records.
After numerous house parties Efim was invited to
a local club where he had huge success and got his
residence straight away.
But since 2002, he started realizing that his passion
for music requires him to upgrade to another level.
That's when the idea of producing music of his own
came into his mind. And luckily for us he was sent
to Ireland to get a degree in accounting (sic!)
by his old folks wish. Studying full time and playing
in clubs, he managed to find some time for sound
engineering courses bringing to life his own dreams.
By now he is engaged in a couple of music projects
as well as managing a small business with his fellow
dj friends.
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| LIAM
DOLLARD |
| Liam
Dollard's first serious gig in Dublin was in a warehouse
up near Thomas Street on a Friday night early in
the summer of 1990. That night SIDES was empty with
Dublins small party faithful going up to check out
was going on at the Thomas St. all-nighter. The
following week Liam was asked to become SIDES Friday
night resident. That summer Dublin enjoyed it's
very own "Summer of Love". Liam resided
in SIDES for the next four years. In 1994 he released
alongside Vintin a remix of mad sound disease "MOONBOOM"
which became a Dublin house classic.
After that Liam had residencies
in the Ormond Multi-Media Centre, Temple of Sound,
PoD and the KITCHEN. Outside Dublin he was resident
in the legendery Roxy and Metro in Waterford.
He played regularly in Carlow's Archies, Galway's
Sex Kitchen, Limerick's Theatre Royal and Strictly
Ryhthm, Sligo's Clarence Hotel, Tralee's Horgans
and Wexford's Regal Lodge.
Back in Dublin in the late 90' his last major
residency was downstairs in The Temple Theatre.
At the same time every St. Patrick's Day he played
with Billy Scurry in San Francisco with the Lush
Paddies and in 1999 the duo played San Francisco,
Los Angelas and Hawaii all in the same week. Liam
subsequently went into semi-retirement after that
where he remains.
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