BYTE @ The Purple Turtle

[AndyF]

Olly Perris on the line up, fresh from playing the main room at Shepherds Bush Empire the night before.. Say no more!!! :thumbsup:

 

Date: Sunday 18th February

 

Venue: The Purple Turtle, 65 Crowndale Rd (Opposite Koko), Camden, NW1, London

 

Time: 7pm - 1am

 

Cost: Free before 8pm, 2 quid after!

 

Music: Uplifting Trance, Tech Trance, Euro Trance, Psy Trance, Techy Grooves, Hard Dance from past & present

 

Set times

 

7 - 9 Kevster

 

9 - 10 Olly Perris (Addiction/Addiction digital)

 

10 - 11 Martin Begley (Abduction/Byte)

 

11 - 12 Macey (Warped, Torque, Spin)

 

12 - 1 Lorenzo Barrero (Byte)

[AndyF]

 

A bit more about our guest this week... Olly Perris

 

lly Perris is a 22 year old hard house producer & DJ from Southampton, UK. During his short production career, Olly and his production partner Ashley Sinclair have achieved an incredible amount. Their debut single "The Venue" was produced entirely over the internet, setting the trend for other producers to follow. It was released on Nukleuz Blue in December 2002, and has gone on to sell almost 6,000 copies.

 

Olly's production career has flourished ever since this, having 6 other releases on Nukleuz, and a handful on Alphamagic Ltd with Alf Bamford, another young, upcoming hard house starlet. In total, Olly and Ashley have sold over 25,000 12"s and have appeared on some of the best known hard dance compilation series', such as 3 appearances on Hard House Anthems 4, 2 appearances on the Frantic Residents series and 1 on the Big Room Tunes CD.

 

In addition to this, Olly has appeared in interviews and features with DJ Magazine, Harderfaster, Tidy.com, Nukleuz.com and Trackitdown, and, along with Ashley, have been quoted as being "...leaders of the nu skool in hard house production..." (Nukleuz.com, May 2003)

 

Olly's DJing has recently taken off in 2004 and 2005, having been given the confidence from prior releases to push himself as a DJ. Olly holds a residency at Addiction, London's freshest hard dance promotion, and has secured gigs at some of London's most notorious venues including Club 414, Heaven, SEone and frequent appearances at the cult venue Southside Bar. Olly also has two residencies in his native Southampton; All Mixed Up, Southampton's premier hard dance party, and SUSU @ Southampton University's Student Union. As well as this, Olly also presents a weekly radio show on SURGE, Southampton University's student radio station (www.surgeradio.co.uk) and has won awards for the show, alongside being nominated for a Best Dance Show award in a worldwide internet radio awards ceremony.

 

Olly's lifestyle away from music is hectic to say the least. Although studying for a History degree at Southampton University after gaining A Level and GCSE qualifications, Olly also writes as a freelance journalist for Harderfaster.Net, where he has interviewed the likes of BK, Nick Sentience, Guy McCaffer & Dom Sweeten, and also at Trackitdown.Net, where Olly also works as a talent scout, finding new labels and new tunes to feature on the site. Olly is a naturally outgoing clubber, who makes it his number 1 priority to go to student clubs at least 3 times a week! Olly has been described by nearly everybody who knows him as an outgoing, bubbly personality with a real thirst for a good time!