London, United Kingdom
Tube Station: London Bridge
Grab your tickets while they last:
CHRISTIAN MARTIN
Flying in from California, Christian Martin will be headlining Room 1, bringing to the decks his world-renowned brand of crunky tech-house and 808-miami-bass. With some huge releases over the years that include a classic collab with Von Stroke, ‘Groundhog Day’, and the quirky 2009 smash ‘Dum’, Christian Martin’s productions are never short of surprises, nor dancefloor clout.
ZDS made the move from blog darlings to serious body movers in 2008 and recently released on Man Recording, Dirtybird and Jesse Rose’s Made To Play. Bumpy, stripped-back tribal beats are the name of the game for ZDS. Hailing from a hip-hop background, ZDS know how to get a crowd going: expect conga-grooves, 808 kicks and claps, and funky samples aplenty.
Solo’s flair for inventive house beats is second to none, despite only starting producing in the last two years. The young Italian, with partner in crime Mowgli, runs the Deadfish imprint, home to the twitchier side of stripped down, dubby house beats, and of course some of our favourite artists (Camel, Mowgli, Tom Flynn, Round Table Knights).
ROOM 2: PELSKI PRESENTS
It’s our utmost pleasure to present RTK as headliners of the Pelski room, hailing all the way from Switzerland. Last year they reinvented their sound with the exotic slice of bumpy microhouse ‘Belly Dance’ (Deadfish). This year – the year that saw them grab widespread acclaim – RTK released the ingenious Caribbean-flavoured monster ‘Calypso’, it’s steel drum melody and subby kicks perfectly built for a big system, shortly followed by the drunken, gypsy-house debauchery of ‘Cut To The Top’. As if that wasn’t enough, they’re now winning over more fans with their remix of summer anthem ‘Coma Cat’. Jesse Rose praised them as playing the best house sets of 2009 – so why not come along and find out what all the fuss is about…?
Midland’s been receiving unparalleled press since his arrival on the scene half a year ago. Five remixes and two original releases later and Midland’s already being dubbed as newcomer of the year. His collab with Ramadanman borrowed from both the classic house and garage cannons to provide a warm, percussive slab of floor-friendly deepness. His ‘Play The Game’ EP further cemented his reputation for versatility: the title track neatly coupled lightly snapping breakbeats with a fragmented croon of soul; the flip, ‘Heads Down’, goes for a shuffling techy progression and an arpeggiated vocal.
The Trouble Vision part-starters will be doing their usual damage on the dancefloor, spinning anything from sharp techno cuts to deep nu-disco bombs. Be sure to download Park Ranger’s recent storming set at Pelski Presents here.
