March Update

Bonus mix available on I tunes on the Strictly Rhythm Est 1989 – 20 Years Remixed album

Just completed remixes for Knee Deep Recordings, Purple Music and the debut release for Bopstar’s label Patterns..
 
Also the follow up singe to Love Potion featuring Gia Mellish Is now completed entitled “Feel My Love” + the DJ Spen remix of Aaron Ross 'Planet Sa'x is out on the Code Red Miami sampler..

All due out in March/April..

Indonesia Blog

The start to my journey in London was stupidly hectic ! I realised when I got up early on the morning of my flight to do a last minute check through of my stuff that I had left a bunch of CD’s and a Portable hardrive at the defected office the night before – I really needed them for my trip – but my flight was at 11.45 am... So.. I’m supposed to check in and 9.45 am right? - so how am I gonna get the shit I left at the office as the office doesn’t officially open until 10am!! - thank the lord for the early birds at defected – I managed to shoot over to the office in barbican from my flat in paddington and get back home grab my bags and get my ass to heathrow.. I got there at 10.30 in an absolute state, sweating and fretting and not in a good way to start a long haul flight!!

But thankfully check in was still open and there was no queue and I was checked in and through security in no time..

Finally touched down in Jakarta, I love it there... I love asia! But jakarta has an amazing energy and I have some great friends there! And I’m there to launch the defected radio show on hard rock fm in indonesia -  a pretty big deal for the show..  So I’m in town a day before the gig... It’s Friday evening and after catching up on some much needed sleep (I can’t sleep on flights!) we head to the hard rock FM studio to do an interview – as me and the super hot Amanda from dragon fly (the club I’m playing at) are waiting to head into the studio to do the interview we’re handed ice cold beers and cigarettes are passed around – nice! Do the interview and talk about the defected radio show, jakarta, halloween and of course the event which is happening the next night at dragon fly..

After that we head for dinner at a restraunt called blowfish owned by the dragon fly crew – amazing food was marred by a story from our asian agent Jonathan who resited a story over dinner about a dish he had eaten in the philippines which is basically a partially formed baby duck – like broken out of it’s shell... And you eat the bones as there still soft !! I know ... Pretty gross dinner talk huh!

Then we headed to dragon fly for drinks – a chance to see the lay of the land before doing my gig there ! After a steady flow of vodka lime sodas I’m pretty damn drunk.. ! My friends who live in jakarta are telling me to come to this other bar where they are - 365 in kemang, a wicked girl DJ friend of mine called Tammy is playing there.. So I head over there at about 4am for more drinks and a good catch up with my jakarta crew... The night ends at 6am with us heading for the the best dim sum in town.. It was amazing and so needed after all the booze!

On Saturday I sleep all day (surprise surprise) - we go for dinner at another one of the dragon fly crew’s restraunts which I can’t remember the name of right now! I had a kobe beef hamburger which was amazing! Then we head to the Defected party at Dragon Fly for the big night!! I’m excited – it’s haloween and the club is totally decked out with some scary décor... The constumes people where wearing were totally awesome.. .from people dressed as teddy bears to genuinely scary outfits with blood and wounds that really looked pretty real... To of course some fine ass witches!!

After the best costume competition winner was announced (it was the teddy bear) I man the decks and play a 3 hour set going in all the different directions of house – which is what I love to do most.. I had been warned it’s notreally a dancing club.. People just hang out and drink, so when I saw people dancing on the tables I was happy! A great night full of fun... Couldn’t have wished for a better launch to the defected in the house radio show on hard rock FM in indonesia...

No rest for the wicked as I was back to the hotel to pack my stuff and catch a morning flight to bali to play at the legendary sunset outdoor venue ku de ta! I’m playing 5-8pm on the Sunday – which is the best night there and 6pm is the best time to be playing as that’s sunset! - I played a non house set, from some mellow hip hop to some classic soul to downtempo chillout jazzy beats and all in between – it truly was a pleasure to be given the chance to play a set of music that wasn’t governed by a 4 to the floor beat... Another amazing gig...  Partied on after my set with a couple of the other DJ’s Wayne and Flix – and we stayed up drinking until 6am on the Monday morning! - if you go to bali – you have to go to ku de ta... It’s where the sun sets and the drinks flow!! Next stop the launch party for defected in the house in seoul ! - watch this space !!!