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    • SarahPVC
      Where are you and how are you feeling today?

      At the moment I am in Australia and I am a bit jetlagged

      I believe your from Lincoln?  When and Why did you leave?

      I was born in Lincoln but left at the age of 10 for germany as my father was in the RAF

      Describe your djing style?

      I play all sorts of music from funky tech-house, euphoric trance, hard trance and really banging stuff. I play whatever I think is appropriate for the club I'm at as I think the most important thing is that the clubbers have fun.

      How did you get involved in music?

      I always grew up with music and in my early teens started compiling my own tapes of my favourite tracks. Then I started mixing them on decks and bought a keyboard. I signed with nukleuz at 17 and moved to London.

      What are you favourite labels?

      Retek, Vicious Circle, Telica, Recover, Nukleuz and Tidy.

      What would be your dream gig?

      I would love to say but I'm planning it at the moment so can't give away my ideas!

      What has been your most surreal clubbing moment?

      Probably playing at Frantic in Sydney because of all the Aussies that used to be in London but had returned to home. I forgot I was 14000 miles away.

      Which 4 words would best describe you?

      Enthusiastic, energetic, spiritual, friendly (I hope!)

      What did you do before your were a dj?

      I was at school, I have been doing this since I was 16.

      How long have you been djing for now?

      8 years

      What was the name of the first record you ever bought?

      Birdhouse in your soul by They Might Be Giants when I was about 7.

      At a guess, how many records do you own?

      About a 1000 but I have thrown a lot away, so the y are my best ones.

      How has clubland changed over the last few years for you?

      I think the music has got more varied and less pigeon holed with more open minded clubbers.

      Why do you think hard dance and in particular the pioneers of that genre Frantic & Nukleuz are so successful?

      Success is always achieved with hard work and enthusiasm.

      Do you do any studio work?  If so tell us about it?

      I was producing before I was dj'ing I have also done a lot of remixing. I have a lot of stuff on Nukleuz and the remixes can be found on a lot of the major labels.

      Where do you see yourself in 20 years time?

      Probably still waiting at airport check ins!

      Nick Sentience will be performing in the Frantic/Nukleuz present Hardward Arena at Digital Love Nation, Liverpool on March 8th.  For full line up go to http://www.cream.co.uk/.
    • SarahPVC
      Performing at Cream, Frantic & Nukleuz present Digital Love @ Nation, Liverpool on Saturday 8th March
      Where are you and how are you feeling today?
      London, it's 7.30am - having a 3 year old son results in early rising - I'm feeling fine.

      Describe your dj'ing style?
      Non genre-specific tunes over 135BPM

      How did you get involved in music?
      I started promoting my own parties, legal and illegal, when I was sixteen.

      What are your favourite record labels?
      The great thing about dance is its lack of consistency - there's rarely a label that keeps delivering for more than six months, before someone else takes its place.  It's all about small producers having five minutes of fame.

      You're one of the few DJs who has tried his hands at everything, which part of your profession do you prefer the most?
      Clubs DH'ing is the biggest buzz of them all.

      Which 4 words would best describe you?
      Bullshit free zone, hopefully.

      What did you do before your were a DJ?
      It's the only job I've ever had

      How long have you been DJing for now?
      Nearly 15 years

      What was the name of the first record you ever bought?
      Joni Mitchell- Big Yellow Taxi

      Trance music gets a lot of stick from the British dance press, why do you think this is?
      On the contrary, recently the British dance press have been forced to acknowledge that they got it very wrong regarding trance, and it remains a very potent force in clubland.

      Can we expect any future collaborations with your lovely wife Angelic?
      Definitely, but no specific date yet.

      At a guess, how many records do you own?
      Not a clue, maybe 20,000.

      For someone who has never been to a Cream event before, describe it to us.
      Big and bold, with fantastic atmosphere.

      How has clubland changed over the last few years for you?
      The people have fought back, and told journalists that they refuse to have their music taste dictated to them, hence the resurgence of trance and all things hard, and the decline of dull progressive house.

      What are your plans for Ibiza this year?
      The fourth season of our highly successful "Judgement Sunday" weekly night at Eden.

      Do you think it's still the greatest party Island in Europe?
      There's nowhere else that comes close.
      You and Paul Masterson have your own record label Closet, what can we expect from it in 2003?
      A combination of our own productions and some interesting tracks that we've signed along the way.

      You and Paul have now completed the Hi-Gate album, what can we expect from it and when is it out?
      Released April 14th, entitled 'Split personality', it's a double CD.  One side shows a completely different musical side, incorporating chill-out and funky house.  The other showcases our more traditional banging fare.

      What's your favourite track at the moment?
      Body Shock- Rock this house.

      Where do you see yourself in 20 years time?
      God knows.... I don't know if anyone could answer this question.  Possibly living in Ibiza full-time.

      Will you be checking out any of the other DJs playing at Digital Love Nation on 8th March?
      Definitely, I try to check out other DJ's whenever I can.
      Judge Jules will be performing at Cream, Frantic & Nukleuz present Digital Love @ Nation on Saturday 8th March.  Full Line up includes:  Judge Jules, JFK , DJ Montana, BK, Lisa Pinup, Rob Tissera, Paul Glazby, Nick Sentience , Paul Maddox, Guffy,  Dirty Vegas (Live) , Jon Carter , K-Klass (Paul & Russ) , Nic Fanciulli
    • Wub Wub
      Chances are, if you've been clubbing in the London area, and you have a modicum of taste, you will have heard of Serious. Their nights at the Cross are renowned for being the very definition of cool, and are regularly sell out events. At the last Serious, we managed to grab some time with promoter Dan de Saumarez, to pick his brain about a few issues.
      Bit of a mouthful of a name isn't it?
      Dan for short, as my surname is a bit of a mouthful, even for myself. My DJ name is 2Funky, as that's nice and short.
      How did you first get involved with serious?
      I got involved with Serious because the other partners in the company were all old school friends. I never really thought we'd end up working together, it just happened really. We were all doing different things. Sam, one of the original partners, the founder in a way, along with his brother Judge Jules. He started the company and I came onboard about three of four months after. We were all doing different things. Sam was looking after Jules' bookings and it went from there. Jules knows a lot of DJ's, so we just started off managing them. The whole promoting clubnights thing came about 6 months after that. We'd always been putting on parties for our birthdays, as the DJ's on our books would play for free so we'd be doing nights on a shoestring budget. We'd get the DJ's in, invite all our friends down and they were such good parties that we thought we should do them a lot more regularly.
      When you started putting the club nights on properly so to speak, did you have a set manifesto, with regards to marketing and music policy?
      Well, first and foremost we love the Cross. It's where all our parties started, and it's a home from home for us. We started really just to attract our friends to our monthly parties. The main emphasis was really on trying to break new talent, like some of the new DJ's we were managing. Guys like Jules and Norman Jay were already well established, but Sonique was a nobody when we started managing her, and we took her from there to where she has been. It was always really about showcasing our talent roster on the label. It was never really about making money, we just set out to put on a great party.
      You mentioned new talent breaking. Who, in your eyes has been the most exciting talent prospect in the last 18 months of so, or indeed the history of Serious?
      I'd say Sonique definitely so, if only for the fact that she was unknown when we first started looking after her. She was very raw, very fresh and we always knew she'd do very well as a DJ. She took clubland by storm within 12-18 months of her starting to DJ, which is great for us. I think that now it's very difficult to break new talent so to speak, as it is realistically now more about DJing/producing rather than just DJing. You've got to be multi-talented, and whilst a great producer doesn't make a great DJ, you can still feed off the fact that if you're a well known producer people will book you as a DJ regardless. The most talented DJ we've probably got at the moment is Eddie Halliwell, who's sort of broken into the scene over the last 18months. Even though Eddie's been DJing a while, he's only really broken through recently, so I guess he's kinda the freshest of the fresh.
      How would you describe Serious as a brand?
      To be quite honest, we've turned away from the direction taken by some of the bigger clubs, such as MOS, GK and GC. We don't consider ourselves a big brand name. We've tried to teeter on the edge somewhat, as the majority of us believe that once you become a brand you become commercial, and once you become commercial it's kind of like you're not setting any longevity as far as your name goes, personally speaking. Ministry of Sound for example, although it's very well known, the cooler end of the market, people who go out don't generally want to go to MOS. As far as we're concerned, we needed to step a fine line with building our name without going commercial. But saying that, the record label part of the company has gone in that direction, but that's slightly to do with market forces. At the end of the day, it's all very well being cool, but you need to sell records to make money.
      How do you want to appear to the public then?
      At the end of the day, I guess we just want to be known as people who throw a really good party. We're not the new this, or the new that. We just make sure that people have a good time.

  • Interviews

    • SarahPVC
      Where are you and how are you feeling today?

      At the moment I am in Australia and I am a bit jetlagged

      I believe your from Lincoln?  When and Why did you leave?

      I was born in Lincoln but left at the age of 10 for germany as my father was in the RAF

      Describe your djing style?

      I play all sorts of music from funky tech-house, euphoric trance, hard trance and really banging stuff. I play whatever I think is appropriate for the club I'm at as I think the most important thing is that the clubbers have fun.

      How did you get involved in music?

      I always grew up with music and in my early teens started compiling my own tapes of my favourite tracks. Then I started mixing them on decks and bought a keyboard. I signed with nukleuz at 17 and moved to London.

      What are you favourite labels?

      Retek, Vicious Circle, Telica, Recover, Nukleuz and Tidy.

      What would be your dream gig?

      I would love to say but I'm planning it at the moment so can't give away my ideas!

      What has been your most surreal clubbing moment?

      Probably playing at Frantic in Sydney because of all the Aussies that used to be in London but had returned to home. I forgot I was 14000 miles away.

      Which 4 words would best describe you?

      Enthusiastic, energetic, spiritual, friendly (I hope!)

      What did you do before your were a dj?

      I was at school, I have been doing this since I was 16.

      How long have you been djing for now?

      8 years

      What was the name of the first record you ever bought?

      Birdhouse in your soul by They Might Be Giants when I was about 7.

      At a guess, how many records do you own?

      About a 1000 but I have thrown a lot away, so the y are my best ones.

      How has clubland changed over the last few years for you?

      I think the music has got more varied and less pigeon holed with more open minded clubbers.

      Why do you think hard dance and in particular the pioneers of that genre Frantic & Nukleuz are so successful?

      Success is always achieved with hard work and enthusiasm.

      Do you do any studio work?  If so tell us about it?

      I was producing before I was dj'ing I have also done a lot of remixing. I have a lot of stuff on Nukleuz and the remixes can be found on a lot of the major labels.

      Where do you see yourself in 20 years time?

      Probably still waiting at airport check ins!

      Nick Sentience will be performing in the Frantic/Nukleuz present Hardward Arena at Digital Love Nation, Liverpool on March 8th.  For full line up go to http://www.cream.co.uk/.
    • SarahPVC
      Performing at Cream, Frantic & Nukleuz present Digital Love @ Nation, Liverpool on Saturday 8th March
      Where are you and how are you feeling today?
      London, it's 7.30am - having a 3 year old son results in early rising - I'm feeling fine.

      Describe your dj'ing style?
      Non genre-specific tunes over 135BPM

      How did you get involved in music?
      I started promoting my own parties, legal and illegal, when I was sixteen.

      What are your favourite record labels?
      The great thing about dance is its lack of consistency - there's rarely a label that keeps delivering for more than six months, before someone else takes its place.  It's all about small producers having five minutes of fame.

      You're one of the few DJs who has tried his hands at everything, which part of your profession do you prefer the most?
      Clubs DH'ing is the biggest buzz of them all.

      Which 4 words would best describe you?
      Bullshit free zone, hopefully.

      What did you do before your were a DJ?
      It's the only job I've ever had

      How long have you been DJing for now?
      Nearly 15 years

      What was the name of the first record you ever bought?
      Joni Mitchell- Big Yellow Taxi

      Trance music gets a lot of stick from the British dance press, why do you think this is?
      On the contrary, recently the British dance press have been forced to acknowledge that they got it very wrong regarding trance, and it remains a very potent force in clubland.

      Can we expect any future collaborations with your lovely wife Angelic?
      Definitely, but no specific date yet.

      At a guess, how many records do you own?
      Not a clue, maybe 20,000.

      For someone who has never been to a Cream event before, describe it to us.
      Big and bold, with fantastic atmosphere.

      How has clubland changed over the last few years for you?
      The people have fought back, and told journalists that they refuse to have their music taste dictated to them, hence the resurgence of trance and all things hard, and the decline of dull progressive house.

      What are your plans for Ibiza this year?
      The fourth season of our highly successful "Judgement Sunday" weekly night at Eden.

      Do you think it's still the greatest party Island in Europe?
      There's nowhere else that comes close.
      You and Paul Masterson have your own record label Closet, what can we expect from it in 2003?
      A combination of our own productions and some interesting tracks that we've signed along the way.

      You and Paul have now completed the Hi-Gate album, what can we expect from it and when is it out?
      Released April 14th, entitled 'Split personality', it's a double CD.  One side shows a completely different musical side, incorporating chill-out and funky house.  The other showcases our more traditional banging fare.

      What's your favourite track at the moment?
      Body Shock- Rock this house.

      Where do you see yourself in 20 years time?
      God knows.... I don't know if anyone could answer this question.  Possibly living in Ibiza full-time.

      Will you be checking out any of the other DJs playing at Digital Love Nation on 8th March?
      Definitely, I try to check out other DJ's whenever I can.
      Judge Jules will be performing at Cream, Frantic & Nukleuz present Digital Love @ Nation on Saturday 8th March.  Full Line up includes:  Judge Jules, JFK , DJ Montana, BK, Lisa Pinup, Rob Tissera, Paul Glazby, Nick Sentience , Paul Maddox, Guffy,  Dirty Vegas (Live) , Jon Carter , K-Klass (Paul & Russ) , Nic Fanciulli
    • Wub Wub
      Chances are, if you've been clubbing in the London area, and you have a modicum of taste, you will have heard of Serious. Their nights at the Cross are renowned for being the very definition of cool, and are regularly sell out events. At the last Serious, we managed to grab some time with promoter Dan de Saumarez, to pick his brain about a few issues.
      Bit of a mouthful of a name isn't it?
      Dan for short, as my surname is a bit of a mouthful, even for myself. My DJ name is 2Funky, as that's nice and short.
      How did you first get involved with serious?
      I got involved with Serious because the other partners in the company were all old school friends. I never really thought we'd end up working together, it just happened really. We were all doing different things. Sam, one of the original partners, the founder in a way, along with his brother Judge Jules. He started the company and I came onboard about three of four months after. We were all doing different things. Sam was looking after Jules' bookings and it went from there. Jules knows a lot of DJ's, so we just started off managing them. The whole promoting clubnights thing came about 6 months after that. We'd always been putting on parties for our birthdays, as the DJ's on our books would play for free so we'd be doing nights on a shoestring budget. We'd get the DJ's in, invite all our friends down and they were such good parties that we thought we should do them a lot more regularly.
      When you started putting the club nights on properly so to speak, did you have a set manifesto, with regards to marketing and music policy?
      Well, first and foremost we love the Cross. It's where all our parties started, and it's a home from home for us. We started really just to attract our friends to our monthly parties. The main emphasis was really on trying to break new talent, like some of the new DJ's we were managing. Guys like Jules and Norman Jay were already well established, but Sonique was a nobody when we started managing her, and we took her from there to where she has been. It was always really about showcasing our talent roster on the label. It was never really about making money, we just set out to put on a great party.
      You mentioned new talent breaking. Who, in your eyes has been the most exciting talent prospect in the last 18 months of so, or indeed the history of Serious?
      I'd say Sonique definitely so, if only for the fact that she was unknown when we first started looking after her. She was very raw, very fresh and we always knew she'd do very well as a DJ. She took clubland by storm within 12-18 months of her starting to DJ, which is great for us. I think that now it's very difficult to break new talent so to speak, as it is realistically now more about DJing/producing rather than just DJing. You've got to be multi-talented, and whilst a great producer doesn't make a great DJ, you can still feed off the fact that if you're a well known producer people will book you as a DJ regardless. The most talented DJ we've probably got at the moment is Eddie Halliwell, who's sort of broken into the scene over the last 18months. Even though Eddie's been DJing a while, he's only really broken through recently, so I guess he's kinda the freshest of the fresh.
      How would you describe Serious as a brand?
      To be quite honest, we've turned away from the direction taken by some of the bigger clubs, such as MOS, GK and GC. We don't consider ourselves a big brand name. We've tried to teeter on the edge somewhat, as the majority of us believe that once you become a brand you become commercial, and once you become commercial it's kind of like you're not setting any longevity as far as your name goes, personally speaking. Ministry of Sound for example, although it's very well known, the cooler end of the market, people who go out don't generally want to go to MOS. As far as we're concerned, we needed to step a fine line with building our name without going commercial. But saying that, the record label part of the company has gone in that direction, but that's slightly to do with market forces. At the end of the day, it's all very well being cool, but you need to sell records to make money.
      How do you want to appear to the public then?
      At the end of the day, I guess we just want to be known as people who throw a really good party. We're not the new this, or the new that. We just make sure that people have a good time.
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