Sankeys – Huge Autumn/Winter 2011 Season

Posted on August 15, 2011 by ralph

Sankeys have just annouced the programme of events from now until December 2011, and its looking pretty exciting!

If you have any friday night plans between now and new year they are cannceled because Sankeys have pulled out all the stops to bring you the most exciting friday night events with everyweek bringing you amazing line ups. With headliners such as Grooverider, Laidback Luke, Sebastian Leger, Jaguar Skills and Kissy Sell Out. Saturdays will continue to be looked after by Kaluki who will be bringing artists from all over the globe to the Sankeys decks. With artists from Chicago, New York, Detroit and Paris. Kaluki are promising solid international line ups with headliners such as Henrik Schwarz, The Martinez Brothers, Kerri Chandler and Dan Ghenacia.

Dreamworks Axe Eminem’s Boxing Movie – Southpaw

Posted on August 15, 2011 by ralph

Eminem’s return to the film industry is going to have to wait a bit longer after Dreamworks have axed plans to make Southpaw his boxing based film. They were due to start filming in 2012 but it is belived that the studio thought has too many films that relate to boxing or fighting in development at this moment in time. Southpaw would have been Eminem’s first film since his hit film 8 Mile that was a semi autobiographical hit back in 2002. Eminem has got Training Day’s director Antoine Fuqua on board and they are now pitching the film to other studios.

Kate Lawler – Manchester

Posted on August 14, 2011 by ralph

Prepare to stand proud as August bank holiday weekend sees Manchester transform into a kaleidoscope of colour, as the city centre celebrates the annual Pride festival. For the past 20 years Manchester Pride has showcased a series of events across the bank holiday weekend that celebrates the great diversity of the LGBT community. To add some feisty flavour to this year’s festivities, BITCH will be joining the party to promote dignity on the dance floor with an honorary celebration of repetitive beats. By dictionary definition pride translates as ‘the love of one’s own excellence’ and BITCH most certainly stands true to that definition. Having forged a loyal affiliation with its party people by delivering who is sought in the scene, enthused in a contagious carnival atmosphere – the bottom line is BITCH HAS PRIDE! Headlining this Bank holiday BITCH-fest and gracing VENUS with her fierce female finesse is DJ/producer and Toolroom artist KATE LAWLER! Since she burst into the UK’s consciousness back in 2004, Kate has worked harder than most at getting the world to sit up and take notice. Her relentless, never let them knock you down approach to work is the contributing factor to her meteoric rise. Successfully building herself a reputation as one of the leading female DJs in the country, by 2006, Kate held a residency at DJ Mag’s number 1 club in the world Sankeys, Manchester. She’s now rocked the UK’s top clubbing venues from Pacha, The Cross, Ministry of Sound and Turnmills in London, to The Arches in Scotland, Garlands in Liverpool and Lush in Ireland. Versatile, inventive, energetic and passionate, she’s kicked it alongside dance floor legends such as Sebastien Leger, Andy Chatterley, Nic Fancuilli, James Zabelia, Martijn Ten Velden and Deep Groove, impressing promoters and fellow DJs with her infectious style. BITCH proudly welcomes KATE and her vivacious vibes back to the decks, as she prepares to destroy the dance floor with the musical mastery!

Supporting her in the fronting the feisty female flair is SUZE ROSSER. A love for clubbing forged a love for dJing for this Jersey born talent! From a young age each weekend was spent sneaking into club nights, exposing her to some of the top DJs in the scene and fuelling her passion for dance music. Soon enough Suze was donning a pair of headphones before her dancing shoes and became a regular name on the local circuit, playing alongside acts such as Paul Woolford, Paul Thomas and Mistress De Funk. However, her major breakthrough came when she supported Pete Tong at the renowned Rhumba Castle party. Not being one to pigeonhole herself, her style leans towards House, Techno and Tech-house and it’s all about the groove for Suze. A more recent venture has seen her partner up with international DJ Lottie, who has championed her skills for a while. Together they have launched the new all female night Geisha. Geisha is run both in London and Ibiza and is looking to “Inspire and innovate females globally through music”. The future is looking bright for this talented female artist and BITCH salutes her as she prepares to grace their stage.

Finally, putting the finishing touches to the main melodies are BITCH residents MARK KOVICH, LEMPO and PETE MOBEY. Also, gracing the ones and twos will be the winner of the infamous BITCH DJ competition. Room two will be taken hostage by VENUS residents ANDY CLARKE, ROB CALLAGHAN and the runner up of the BITCH DJ competition, delivering their usual bill of best in handbag house beats!

SO… join the party and celebrate ‘the love of excellence’ as this bank holiday weekend BITCH HAS PRIDE!

DJ Oneman To Host Festibelly Main Stage

Posted on August 14, 2011 by ralph

In the last few years Oneman (a.k.a Steve Bishop) has made a name for himself as one of the most skilful and inventive DJs of the UK underground. With his inimitable style and technique he has managed to take the art of djing to the next level, recontextualising 2 step garage into dubstep, grime, funky, house and beyond.

Unlike most DJs, with an obligatory arsenal of their own productions, Oneman is renowned for his unrivalled DJ skills alone, and with these has managed to climb the DJ ranks to the very top. A beloved member of the Rinse FM family and veteran of London’s infamous Boiler Room, Oneman’s primary aim is to play music for people to dance to and down right have a good time. That’s why we can not wait for this man to grace the Festibelly stage on Saturday night – get your skank ready people and be prepared to be blown away by DJ Oneman.

Date: 9am Saturday 27th August – 3pm Sunday 28th August 2011
Address: Undershore, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 5QA
Tickets: £36.00 + booking fee via festibelly.com. Under 12s free, no ticket required. Saturday night camping included with ticket
Capacity: 2,500

‘Watch The Throne’ trailer from Jay-Z and Kanye West

Posted on August 12, 2011 by ralph

Watch The Throne is here after years of waiting. After an extra long wait Jay-Z and Kanye West are about to release their collaborative LP that is called ‘The Throne’. This LP is now available for download or to buy as a physical copy. Kanye West and Jay-Z are probably the most well know rappers alive today and they love to tease us, they dropped another teaser video for their fans that gives them a glimpse of what the album is all about. This video clip features ‘Otis’ some cool shoes and a big shady cloud to make sure that we know we are about to see hip hop history being made. Everyone should listen to the ‘Watch The Throne’ trailer from Kanye West and Jay-Z.

Rebecca Black left school due to bullying

Posted on August 11, 2011 by ralph

It’s not exactly shocking news that a lot of people on the internet hate Rebecca Black. Rebecca’s ‘Friday’ video has received well over 100,000,000 hits on YouTube, so its no surprise some of these 100,000,000 people will not like her. With all the taunting from these haters Rebecca Black has now been pulled from school. Rebecca Black’s mother haw now decided that the 14 year old girl will now be home schooled wich allowed more time for Rebecca to focus on her career. Rebecca Black reportedly doesn’t seem mad or annoyed about what has happened but actually seem quite zen about it.

The haters comments online have become so violent that the FBI have now had to get involved as she has been receiving death threats. Also as this bullying has branched away from the internet into her real life Rebecca Black has had to make some big changes in her life. Rebecca Black must have remarkably thick skin to handle the sudden amount of online fame, and many people think she is more fit for the lifestyle of fame than people think.

Rebecca Black has said a few words to ABC:
“I’ve had a lot of experience with not being liked and all that, I think if I hadn’t had to deal with that in the past, then I totally would have handled this differently and I would have gone down in burning flames. But I’ve learned that you just can’t let it get to you.”

Kim Kardashian copying Will and Kate’s wedding cake

Posted on August 10, 2011 by ralph

Soon Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries will be getting married and cutting their wedding cake. The date for their wedding is set for the 20th August 2011. The cake they have chosen for their wedding looks very familiar, a 10 tier white cake with chocolate chip icing and traditional black and white decorations.

Many people are saying that Kim Kardashian wants her wedding to resemble Prince William and Duchess Kate’s. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries chose their cake on the 29th July and people have said that it is to be estimated to cost around $20,000. When the Duke and Duchess got married on 29th April 2011 they ate a traditional multitiered fruitcake with cream and white pipping, the cake was said to be made by the famous British baker Fiona Cairns. The Duchess was said to have worked closely with Fiona Cairns to make a traditional wedding cake with a modern sort of twist. Kim Kardashian has said a few words about how she is feeling in the run up to her big day: “It’s all exciting, but a little stressful.”

Lil Wayne ‘Tha Carter IV’

Posted on August 10, 2011 by ralph

Lil Wayne’s upcoming album ‘Tha Carter IV’ is set to be released later his month on August 29th. This newest upcoming album has been kept very quiet regarding what songs are going to be featured on it. The recording of one of the newest songs that is called ‘She Will’ of the album has just surfaced online, it features Drake and is going to be massive. In this video Lil Wayne seems to be in very high spirits, he is wearing a Chicago Bulls fitted hat, camouflage shorts and a blue plaid button up. After doing a bit of recording Lil Wayne his Drake up on Skype and Tunechi asks Drake what he thinks and asks for his opinion on the song.

Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV’ is set to be released on August 29th 2011 and will feature many other artists including Drake.

The Big Chill Festival 2011

Posted on August 8, 2011 by ralph

The Weekend Has Landed team took a few well deserved days out the office to visit The Big Chill Festival at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire to celebrate its 17th year of amazing line ups and partying!

It all started on Friday 5th August with The Chemical Brothers and Empire Of The Sun headlining The Deer Park Stage. While over at The Reveller’s Stage the likes of Chipmunk and Aloe Blacc were headlining. Saturday was amazing with a line-up to remember with Jessie J returning to the stage for the first time in a while, despite still being on crutches, after having been forced to take a short break from performing as she has broken her foot also playing where Kanye West, Calvin Harris, Example, Devlin, Katy B, 2manydjs and Kissy Sell Out.

The Weekend has landed is happy to bring you lots of pictures and videos (Below) of this years action at The Big Chill Festival 2011…

Watch this space more videos and pictures to come!!

A Night With…Miss Kittin

Posted on August 5, 2011 by ralph

A consistent fixture on the scene both as a DJ and producer, Miss Kittin is one of the gutsiest and most prominent female presences in electronic music today. On the 3^rd September we get the electro-clash queen for a full 8 hours as part of this year’s incredible A Night With… series, which has already seen the likes of Ellen Allien, Magda & Derrick Carter grace the wheels.

A former pole dancer, the Paris based DJ/Producer extraordinaire is renowned for her heavily-accented dead-pan delivery over some of the sharpest and at times fierce techno beats. Her notoriety established after appearing on fellow feline Felix Da Housecat’s Silver Screen Shower Scene’, ‘Madame Hollywood’ and Golden Boy’s ‘Rippin Kittin’, as well as with longtime friend The Hacker on ‘Frank Sinatra’. These aforementioned recordings have been unseated by a desire to sing, to scream, to rap and to croon, all of which she manages to do with ample helpings of sly wit and wordplay and a musical landscape that incorporates both brazen beats and intoxicating atmospherics.

Apart from her partner in crime The Hacker, she’s collaborated with many a producer over the years, including Sven Vath, Steve Bug, Justin Berkovi and Antoneli Electric to name but a few. She released her debut solo artist album ‘I Com’ in 2004, which featured her vocal talents over a wide variety of club-friendly beats. But also showed her spreading her wings with jacking Chicago House, distorted punk attitude, skanked-up Dub and Electronic Pop as the singles ‘Professional Distortion’, ‘Requiem For A Hit’ and ‘Happy Violentine’ so aptly displayed. In 2007 came her second solo album ‘Batbox’ in 2008, followed by the second album of the collaboration with her all time favorite musical partner The Hacker entitled “Two” in 2009.

Having spent over a decade cultivating her intransigent image, she reliably brings all her gusto, charisma, inspiration and arsenal of electroclash to the decks, which have produced many seminal moments of dance-floor heaven.