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Riot! 8th Birthday at Ministry of Sound

 

www.riotinlondon.com

Spurred on by the huge success of their sell-out January event that featured as part of The End’s official closing parties

favourite after-hours party for clubbers, DJs, media and industry sorts alike. Taking place between 2pm and 10pm on Sunday afternoons Riot! was the perfect place for those who just didn’t know when to stop. The music policy; Filthy House For Dirty Stopouts saw the best in hard, dirty and funky club tunes span by a world-class line up of DJ’s at every event and with roadblock queues stretching around venue, it was the hedonist’s favourite and soon became one of the most infamous parties in the UK with party-goers flocking from all over the UK when dance music bible Mixmag hailed the club their No.1 Club In The Country which laid testament to Riot’s place in UK club land history!

Having spawned a highly successful record label, compilation series and continued club tours across the globe, Riot! returned in January 09 at The End’s request for one final Sunday session before the London institution closed it’s doors. Selling out the venue a month in advance and having to turn clubbers away in their droves, this spurred the Riot to relight the fire and bring back the legend.

Returning with a truly massive line up to one of London’s leading venues Riot! is set to remind London what daytime partying is all about. In order to keep the intimate vibe at their End parties, the decision has been made to only use Ministry’s Bar, Lounge and Baby Box, keeping the vibe personal, add to this Ministry Of Sound’s brand new make-over in January this year this will make for one very special event!

ROOM 1 – BAR:

Residents: BK, Scott Attrill, Ed Real & special guests Scott Project, Anne Savage, Kutski (Radio1), Andy Farley Vs Ian M & Tidy  Dj’s

ROOM 2 – FAKT RECORDINGS meets GOOD FOR NOTHING:

Leeroy Thornhill (ex-Prodigy) Sharp Boys, Tom Real, Tristan Ingram, Matt Smallwood, Grant Nalder & Jed

ROOM 3 – BABY BOX:

Immaculate Boys & Heggie, So Called Scumbags, Nick The Kid, Twisted Twins, TC, Aaron James b2b Matt G & DJ Tobias.

**EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW**

With only six weeks to go until Riot!’s Eight birthday extravaganza early bird tickets are on sale now for only £8 WARNING! These are strictly limited and available on a first come, first serve basis and are expected to fly out like hotcakes… GRAB YOURS NOW!

**FULL LISTINGS INFO**

Name: Riot! 8^th Birthday Bank Holiday Bash

Date: Sunday 12^th April 2009

Venue: Ministry Of Sound

Address: 103 Gaunt St, London, SE1.

Time: 2pm – Late

Line Up: (see above)

Cost: Strictly limited early bird tickets @ £8 / Standard Advance £12 / More On The Door!

Advance Tickets: www.ticketweb.co.uk

More info: www.riotinlondon.com

Tube: Elephant & Castle

So, one massive line up, one Easter Weekend... join us cos YOU LOVE IT YOU SLAGS!

Press contact: info@cypherpress.uk.com / 0207 372 4464

Ed Real Interviews Ben Stevens for Prohibition

Prohibition vs Reunite the Carnage preview - Ed Real interviews Ben Stevens

Ed: You hail from Manchester - there has always been the debate whether a true 'manc' is blue. Can you enlighten us into where your heart lies?

Ben: Thats a difficult question as I've never really followed football, however if I had to make a choice then I would probably go for City. I've always liked an underdog and they seem to be doing very well at the moment.

Ed: Have you found that there is any significant differences in the clubs/events between the north and south of England?

Ben:To be honest I've never really noticed that much of a difference, the only thing would be a more varied crowd in London due to the number of different ethnic groups living in the city. That has always added a great deal to the feel of the clubs for me. Sometimes it seems that the northern crowds like the music a little bit harder but the southerners certainly know how to throw a great party. I've always loved playing in London, I just wish I had a teleporter to get me back home after the gigs!

Ed: This ever ending road to stardom originated when none other than Paul Glazby stated you are a ' star in the making' - how does that feel coming from a legend like him?

Ben:It feels great to get recognition from the people that you look up to and Paul has been a great influence on me. He has helped me with many parts of my career, giving me the opportunity to be resident for the massive Vicious Circle events and also the experience of working at a label. It has been great to be sully involved in the scene that I love.

Ed: In 2006 you one the Mixmag Future Hero gong at the Hard Dance Awards. Hows life been since winning this coveted award?

Ben: It was a complete shock to win the award as I had been up against some really tough competition, I had been trying to find out the result for about a week before the event, just a shame that Ed had kept them very close to his chest! The event at the Fridge was fantastic and the awards have been going from strength to strength each year.

Ed: Everyone wants to live like a rock star - travel the world, stay in hotels and drink pina coladas! well maybe not the pina coladas. Have you had the privilege to play overseas?

Ben: I have been lucky enough to travel to Australia, New Zealand, Ibiza and Canada to DJ and this is one of the biggest perks of the job. It is great to see people listening to hard house all over the globe and a fantastic opportunity to meet great people and try and spread my sound a bit more. The overseas gigs I've had are some of the best I've ever done and hopefully I'll get the chance to go to some other parts of the world in the future.

Ed: It seems to be a natural progression for Dj's /artists to move into starting their own record labels. When did Fireball recordings start and where do you see the label in the future?

Ben: I had been producing lots of new material in the studio with Maddox and I had more tracks available than all the labels would take. I just thought to myself "why don't I just set one up?". Luckily I had the experience and know how from working at VC and the label is going from strength to strength now. We are just about to release our 6th release and at the end of the year we will be putting out our first compilation album called 'Firebox vol 1'. This is a double CD album featuring a mix from Toolbox head honcho Nik Denton on cd 1 and me on the second disc.

Ed: Will you be showcasing any of your new material at Prohibition?

Ben: I've been working hard on my own in the studio after completing an electronic music production course at the School of Sound Recording in Manchester so have a CD wallet full of new material to hammer out! I've recently had tracks signed to Tidy and Vicious Circle so have a good range of music to play

I try to get a good variation of artists music into my sets, however I love testing out my mew tracks so keep an eye out for these ones:

Ben Stevens & Rodi Style - U Got 2 Know (Tidy)

Ben Stevens - The Power (Vicious Circle)

Ben Stevens & Adam M - Take That (Vicious Circle)

Ben Stevens - Prophecy (Fireball)

Ben Stevens - The Vous (Fireball)

Ben Stevens & Amber D - Untitled (Fireball)

For Free Ben Stevens and other Mixes click here

The Trance Awards is a celebration of the biggest and the best in the world of trance from the past
12 months. Featuring 12 categories voted for by the public via online portal
www.tranceawards.com, the 4th Annual Trance Awards Powered by Trackitdown.net is set to be
the biggest date on the global trance calendar.

Voting has started and is open to everyone. The vote will close on Saturday 15th November with
the results announced live at the event.

The highlight every year is the star-studded ceremony and full-on party which celebrates the
diversity of trance music and culture. Previously the awards have been hosted by super-clubs
Passion, GodsKitchen and Slinky, and this year it’s time for long-running trance institution The
Gallery at the world-famous Ministry Of Sound in London to welcome the most up for it trance
crowd of the year on Friday 21st November.

The lineup this year includes Trance Awards stalwart Judge Jules, who will once again help to
present the awards, alongside The Thrillseekers, Lange, Sied Van Riel, Claudia Cazacu and Gavyn
Mitchell with some very special suprise live guest appearances

The UK’s leading dance download store, Trackitdown.net has once again revamped the Trance
Awards website to create a fresh vibe in another storming year for the scene. Alongside the voting,
the team have enlisted leading key figures from the worlds of production, performance and
promotion to tell visitors about how the last 12 months has turned out for them and look ahead to
the coming year. This will feature together with their charts showing the world what anthems made
an impact over the last twelve months and other resource driven content!

If you’re involved in the Trance industry then the team would like to hear about your year in trance!
Similarly feel free to send us your details through the online submission form to become a partner
for the awards. This project is inclusive for everyone so get voting and have your say!

www.tranceawards.com