Example And DJ Wire

Example And DJ Wire

Example is the next big thing in Britrap. DJ Wire is the next big thing in Drum and Bass. Together, these two are unstoppable.

Born Elliot Gleave, Example, who came into the spotlight with songs Kickstart and Won’t Go Quietly, likes to make dance music while staying true to his roots by throwing rap in the mix.

Writing his music to suit no less than 12,000 party people throwing their hands up and singing along, Example aims high and is showing no signs of slowing down.

Example’s third album ‘Playing In The Shadows’ scored him his first Official UK Album Chart No.1 this year. As well as releasing an LP, Example has spent his time this year touring the UK (including a killer set at Glastonbury), Australia and looking into a US tour.

DJ Wire, born Samuel Wire, has joined Example on many a tour, as well as having played shows with the likes of Knife Party and Nero.

The Example & DJ Wire set is about energy and diversity - representing contemporary culture's iPod generation, embracing multi-genre parties and of course putting on a great show for fans that make the atmosphere incredible.

Rhythm and Vines fans would do well to take a deep breath before raging to these two – if their past shows are anything to go by, there’ll be a struggle to be the Last Ones Standing.

Check out the Example and DJ Wire Not So Pretty remix, along with the Ministry of Sound album they put together called Example and DJ Wire present: The Playlist.

www.trythisforexample.com/

www.myspace.com/djwire1/

SKREAM AND BENGA

Skream and Benga are synonymous with the word Dubstep; to think of one is to think of the other.

Ollie 'Skream' Jones is a 24 year old Croydon DJ, producer and original Dubstepper and had the festival anthem of last year with his Let's Get Ravey remix of La Roux's 'In For The Kill”.

And Benga, also aged 24, is a leading light in the rising global Dubstep movement alongside his childhood friend, Skream. At 15 he released his debut 12” “Skank/Dose” on one of Dubstep’s founding imprints and now works regularly with stars like John Legend, Tinchy Stryder and Ms Dynamite.

With two very successful solo careers in their back pockets, Skream and Benga have joined forces, and can be heard on UK radio most weeks – where listeners get to hear new tunes as well as Skream and Benga’s inimitable banter. They keep themselves very busy too, also making up two thirds of chart sensation Magnetic Man.

Expect Skream and Benga to deliver the grimiest tracks in a killer set that takes over anyone within earshot – get ready to lose your mind.

www.myspace.com/skreamuk

www.benga.co.uk/

ERICK MORILLO

Erick Morillo is a platinum-selling Dance artist who’s topped the charts worldwide as the producer behind Reel 2 Real’s hit “I Like To Move It” (used in both Madagascar movies).

From producing, to DJing, to starring on an MTV show, there really is very little in the world of music and entertainment that Erick Morillo hasn’t turned his hand to.

Raised in Colombia, then New Jersey, Erick was weaned on a musical diet of Latin rhythms, reggae and hip-hop, and started Djing at the age of 11.

On his debut album he collaborated with Puff Daddy and Boy George alike, and has remixed everyone from Whitney Houston to Basement Jaxx.

Having spent summer playing the sickest parties in Ibiza, Erick is switching hemispheres to continue playing those sweet summer sounds to us at Rhythm and Vines – and we cannot wait!

www.erickmorillo.com/

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI

Australian Modernist Pop group Architecture In Helsinki has been releasing music and rocking crowds for a good eight years now.

The Melbourne-based band - consisting of consists of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland - has already received critical acclaim for their third album, Places Like This, which made it onto the top of Billboard magazine’s Top Electronic Albums and Heatseekers Albums charts.

This year Architecture in Helsinki released their fourth album, Moment Bends, co-produced by Francois Tetaz, who has also worked with the likes of Kimbra and Gotye, and helped the band break out of their routine to create the album they’ve been waiting their whole lives to make.

Having toured the US with Death Cab For Cutie and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the young electro-rockers are no strangers to putting on a live show that makes any crowd fizz.

www.architectureinhelsinki.com/

TIGA

Based in Montreal, Tiga is a DJ/producer who has effectively worked the underground and the mainstream with his wry brand of Campy Electro and Stark Techno.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Tiga's first exposure to his future came from touring the Goa area of India with his DJ father throughout the '80s.

Following in his father's footsteps, Tiga began spinning in Montreal's cooler clubs in the early '90s, bringing the acid house sound to Canada and was later credit with throwing Canada’s first proper rave.

Nowadays, Tiga’s remixes of Prince, U2 and Nelly are household clubs specialties and he can be found touring the world playing to mass crowds and fans alike.

www.myspace.com/officialtiga

ZOWIE

Zowie is New Zealand’s own Electro-Pop Princess.

Having played alongside the likes of Peaches, The Kills, and Katy Perry, Zowie can certainly hold her own.

And as if she wasn’t eye and ear-catching enough, Perez Hilton name Zowie as one of the top artists to watch for 2011, gaining her attention from all the right places.

Her first single ‘Broken Machine’ rocked New Zealand airwaves, reaching No.9 on the NZ Music Charts, and her latest single ‘Smash It’ was featured on the hit ABC show, Pretty Little Liars.

This Bionic Pixie is coming to Rhythm and Vines to fix our broken machines with her glitter covered, speaker-blowing, heartbeat-inducing live show. Get ready to have your world changed.

www.whoiszowie.com

ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE

Electric Wire Hustle are the unique Kiwi band who have developed their own sound of Korean Pop, Hip Hop, Psychedelic and Soul, challenging genre boundaries and preconceptions.

Thick drums and percussion layered with synth lines, hints of the Fender Rhodes and nylon stringed guitars have your neck snapping while your ear cranes to the evocative vocals of Mara TK.

Since forming in 2007 EWH have experienced an outstanding response to their music.

Their strong live show has already seen them perform all over the world, including a performance at the New York festival in 2010 as part of their debut U.S. tour.

Their debut self titled album has received love from many of the world's top Djs and selectors, with BBC Radio 1 DJs selecting their tracks Chaser and They Don’t Want as the top tracks of 2009.

Having already proved themselves last year at Rhythm and Vines, EWH are back again to give us more of their sweet, soulful sounds!

www.electricwirehustle.com/

ZINC

Hailing from London's east end, Zinc first became involved in the dance music world via pirate radio, which led to the meeting of like minded DJs and producers at the birth of Jungle - an exhilarating clash of breakbeats, basslines and samples that defined a generation of UK clubbing.

Recognised as one of the worlds premier DJs and innovative producers, Zinc is most well known for his 1995 hit Super Sharp Shooter, and the remix of the Fugees’ Ready Or Not - both of which still devastate dancefloors today.

Weighted with basslines from Dubstep and Jungle and infused rave influences, there’s nothing polite about Zinc’s new production or DJ sets, and as he brings his unapologetic energy into the Rhythm and Vines arena, Zinc will not miss a beat. We can expect a show that is all jet and no lag.

www.djzinc.com

DANNY BYRD

One of the very first artists to sign to the fledgling Hospital, Danny Byrd's use of Hip Hop, House and R&B influences immediately began turning heads, and his own inimitable take on soulful, vocal Drum and Bass has become a staple in the scene.

From his song Red Mist VIP feat I-Kay receiving over six hours of Radio One play in 2009, to his liquid rave Sweet Harmony reaching number one in the UK Dance Singles chart, the UK local sure knows how to dominate.

This year, Danny Byrd has released a special edition of his 2010 studio album Rave Digger, championing a revival of classic Dance music, and will be pumping raving crowds up all summer long - this Byrd is one we won’t want to set free.

www.myspace.com/dannybyrduk

JACK BEATS

Beni G (Mixologists) and Plus One (Scratch Perverts) together are Jack Beats and represent the new wave of British house music that we love, with wobbly basslines, big breakdowns and edgy accapellas cut, copied and pasted together to create their floor-filling brand of house.

Citing influences as diverse as Timbaland, Rage Against the Machine, A Guy Called Gerald and SebastiAn, this British duo demanded our immediate attention after their gob-smacking take on Boy 8-Bit’s anthem Fogbank.

What followed were bass-heavy collaborations with Deekline and Wizard, bombastic refixes of Trip’s guitar-driven Who’s That? and The Black Ghosts classic I Want Nothing.

Now with a new live show that’s ready to ‘WOW’ any audience with spectacular visuals in conjunction with their already bone rattling sets we see exciting things coming for these guys and crowds a like.

www.myspace.com/jackbeats

THE THOMAS OLIVER BAND

Wellington 5-piece The Thomas Oliver Band have spent the past few years touring and playing live throughout New Zealand with the likes of Fat Freddy’s Drop, Gin Wigmore and Britain’s Oli Brown.

With a fresh new sound unlike any other Kiwi outfit, The Thomas Oliver Band takes broad influences like Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Shapeshifter and The Dave Matthews Band, and serves them up in an exciting style all of their own.

Following their debut EP ‘Every Penny,’ comes their debut full-length Album, "Baby, I'll play", released this year.

Having played their award-winning stage show opening for Joe Cocker, The Thomas Oliver Band is one not to miss!

www.thethomasoliverband.com/

DICK ‘MAGIK’ JOHNSON

As a teenager Dick ‘Magik’ Johnson landed his own room DJing at Manchester’s legendary Hacienda club.

From there he started producing tracks, before launching his own highly respected label Shaboom, releasing artists such as UBU, Joeski & Onionz, Fred Everything, Doc Martin and DJ Sneak.

His talent doesn’t end with producing though. It’s a rare weekend indeed that Dick Johnson is not behind the decks electrifying a crowd of dedicated followers, testing his tunes on dancefloors around New Zealand, and spreading his ‘Magik’ all over, from Australia, to Russia to Argentina and most points in between.

In 2011 he set up NEAT, a new label to release his own material and collaborations. Listen out for the first release - a collaboration with Kiwi girls MayaVanya titled Don't Need No One.

www.magikjohnson.com/

THE RUBY SUNS

The Ruby Suns are Ryan McPhun, Alistair Deverick and Graham Panther.

Originaly known as Ryan McPhun & the Ruby Suns, the Auckland based Indie-Pop band changed their name to The Ruby Suns in 2006.

In early 2007 the band embarked on their first European tour in support of their self-titled debut album, and in addition to that they did a Take-Away Show session shot by Vincent Moon. Later that year, the band toured with The Shins extensively throughout Australia.

In 2008, the band recorded the song Oh, Mojave, which was used in the Windows Vista commercial for the Mojave Experiment.

Their third album, Fight Softly, emulates the album name with its punchy beats and tender vocals, and with a strong and enthusiastic stage show to go along with their music, we can expect to be kept on our toes by The Ruby Suns.

www.myspace.com/therubysuns

RECLOOSE

Despite his stage name, Recloose (born Matt Chicoine) finds it impossible to stray far from the vanguard of Electronic music.

His big break supposedly happened while he was working in a sandwich shop in Detroit where Matt slipped a demo tape in with Carl Craig’s lunch – a ballsy move, but one that has clearly paid off.

This year Recloose resurfaced from his base in Auckland to once again trail blaze the dancefloors of the US and Europe with this inventive blend of Moody Techno, Soulful House, Synth-Heavy Jazz, and Funk and Heavy Downtempo music, before returning to New Zealand for Rhythm and Vines, blazing trail in tow.

With tremendous fanfare, summer 2011 will see the much-anticipated release of the first original Recloose music to emerge in three years – the ‘Saturday Night Manifesto’ EP for Rush Hour.

www.myspace.com/mattchicoine

PIKACHUNES

Pikachunes is the solo project of New Zealand producer and musician Miles McDougall, who turned to digital production after a skateboarding accident left him unable to play the piano, guitar or trombone during his rehabilitation.

The self-titled debut album, which caught the ear of Lil’ Chief Records, is hook and riff based Pop music in its most basic form, with lyrics borne of honest observation.

Highlighting McDougall’s ability as a beat maker, New Fiend is a track to check out for sure.

Capturing a live energy only known to Auckland's most prolific and popular live acts, Pikachunes tells his story of romantic grandeur with his combination of House beats, Electro synths and his sexy baritone.

www.myspace.com/pikachunes

ANTIX LIVE

Hailing from New Zealand with a musical background rich with influences from Ritchie Hawtin to Rhythm and Sound, Barton and Hayden, who together make up Antix, have such a plethora of inspiration. It is indisputable that the quality of their music simply demands your attention.

Also known as Fiord or Triangle, Antix have released 4 albums, had a fruitful international touring career and an array of heavyweight productions spread across their three monikers Antix, Fiord and Triangle.

Antix has switched up their sound on their new album, Cavalier, swaying to the deeper emotional side with splashes of Robotic Funk and Melancholic Indie Dance.

On their musical quest they continue to push new boundaries, mesmerizing audiences worldwide.

Their live show promises hypnotic dance-floor monsters, packing a punch and giving people a thrill.

www.antixfiord.com/

SCRATCH 22

Scratch 22 are Shoham Ophir and Moshe Yoffe from the north of Israel.

Scratch22 have been making music together since 2006, playing at parties in Israel and Europe, before coming to New Zealand where they also have a show on Base FM.

Their music is a mix between psychedelic madness, funky grooves, twisted melodies and harmonic adventures, and their live show will take you to a higher state of consciousness while making you shake your booty, stomp your feet and simply fly.

www.scratch-22.com/

AURAL TRASH

Aural Trash is the dynamic DJing duo whoa re right at the cutting edge of the New Zealand Dance scene.

Angela Fisken and Greg Churchill have spent the last eight years spreading their unique blend of dirty House, Electro, Breaks and bassline-fuelled dancefloor mayhem to the nation’s dancefloors.

Most recently Aural Trash have taken things to the international stage, remixing the likes of Hostage, Only Jack Jones, Minuit, Optimus Grime, Superstringz & ADHD.

They’ve also found the time to starting their own label Move To Trash Recordings which has already secured a succession of #1 chart positions on the highly respected Juno Records.

Aural Trash can be caught every Wednesday afternoon on Auckland’s leading Dance station UpFM hosting the Sonic Drive every Wednesday afternoon from 2-4pm.

www.myspace.com/auraltrash

TIM RICHARDS

Tim Richards is everywhere you look in Dance music – the award winning DJ/Producer has been immersed in the scene for over a decade.

The Futuristic House and Tech-House Dj/Producer’s efforts have seen him booked as far afield as London, New York, Vancouver, San Francisco and Dublin, to name a few.

From having his tracks and remixes played by the likes of Groove Armada, to being asked to remix tracks for the likes of Paolo Mojo, it’s safe to say Tim can hold his own as a DJ/Producer among some of the most respected tastemakers in music today.

Tim also has original work out on King Unique’s label Curfew, but is planning to launch ‘Signature Sounds Records’ in the coming months as an outlet for himself and fellow producers.

www.djtimrichards.com

OUR:HOUSE

When it comes to big room, festival sized sounds look no further than the OUR:HOUSE DJS Tim Phin and Rich Carey. Bringing the party is what these lads specialize in.

As the head honcho of both Our:House and New Zealand’s foremost fashion / lifestyle publication Remix Magazine Tim constantly has his finger on the pulse! Festival performances at the likes of Big Day Out, Homegrown, and R&V all add to his ever-growing list of credentials.

Beginning his DJ career in 2005, Our:House Event Manager Rich Carey knows the dancefloor (and most other parts of an event) as well as anyone, and at just 24 years of age has already shared the stage with many DJMAG top 100 acts.

Responsible for Deadmau5 + Skrillex’s first ever Auckland appearances, Tim and Rich are well versed in popular electronic music.

Both respected DJ’s in their own right, together they make a formidable pair, laying down the latest and greatest in world electronic dance music, complete with live samples, acapellas, and a high energy performance.

www.ourhouse.co.nz/

JILLIONAIRE

Jillionaire has been in this game for over 15 years and has the track record to prove it, having traveled to the four corners of the world to play at some of the coolest festivals across the world, including WOMAD, the CARIBANA Festival in Toronto, and the Outside Lands Festival.

A well-seasoned performer, the Trinidadian musician’s style is unique – mashing Indie Dance and Big Room House with the Caribbean rhythms of Soca and Dancehall.

In 2010, he coordinated Chicken n Beer, the first ever Tropical Bas party at Winter Music Conference/Miami Music Week as well as capping off his own No Shirt, No Shoes tour, taking him across North America.

This year Jillionaire has been preparing to launch Feel Up Recordings, a home for Tropical Bass and related Dance music, and was on National Geographic Music's documentary Making Tracks.

www.facebook.com/thejillionaire

CHOAS IN THE CBD

Chaos In The CBD consists of two brothers, Ben and Louis Helliker-Hales, hailing from Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.

The duo enjoys producing ghetto beats and playing them out whenever they get the chance.

These boys have spent their year playing in the hottest spots in the North Island, and are finishing their year off by bringing their sick beats to the vines this summer.

www.myspace.com/chasodanslecbd/

NICK D

When it come to dancefloor based music – not many can lay claim to being a bigger ambassador over the years in New Zealand than Nick D – from hosting TV shows on Max TV, Juice TV and C4 to being on radio more than half his life and his constant wake-up call every morning as host of George FM’s Breakfast show.

He’s also one of New Zealand's most traveled TV presenters, having filmed in more than 30 countries around the world, and is the host and co-creator of the critically acclaimed TV series Making Tracks.

As a club DJ he’s played all over the world spinning sets in Brazil, South Africa, Singapore, Israel and has played extensively at nearly most clubs and festivals up and down the country.

Expect an upfront selection of some of the wildest party beats and exotic treats you’ll find from all far corners of the globe from this wee gem!

www.myspace.com/nickdatx

EARL GATESHEAD

Earl Gateshead is the selector and leader of Trojan Sound System, the official sound of Trojan Records - which has the likes of Bob Marley & The Wailers and The Inner Circle included on its illustrious roster.

Earl began DJing in 1979, and today tours the globe playing records from the extensive Trojan catalogue, spreading the original message from Jamaica’s golden era of Reggae music, having recently played at Glastonbury, Bestival & Rototom.

In 2000 Earl began to organise and perform at a series of events called ‘Reggae Nights,’ which received worldwide attention.

This run of great success gave Earl a huge boost in profile, which lead him to be one of the most sought after DJs in the country and in high demand from international Reggae artists.

With such a distinguished career, Earl has become a figurehead in UK Reggae. Expect the best of classic Reggae beats from this industry leader.

www.myspace.com/earlgateshead/
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