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 Posted - 2005/03/07 : 21:00:05
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Event name: Wonder
Starts: 2005/7/2
Country: United States 
FIRST ARIZONA APPEARANCE WE BRING U
PHOTEK- Metalheadz/Photek Productions/LA-UK
Rupert Parkes, aka Photek, Special Forces, Studio Pressure and Aquarius, first became hooked on music at the birth of hip hop in the mid '80's with the first electro and rap tunes. This naturally evolved into an interest in jazz and inspired by John Coltrane he learned to play the saxophone.
In 1989 pirate radio turned him onto the warehouse parties and underground clubs of the UK rave scene. Parkes first rave experience was at east Londons Telepathy in Marsh Gate lane where he saw Fabio and Jumpin' Jack Frost for the first time playing music that blew him away. A move to Ipswich marked the beginning of his music making in '92. Parkes began working at a record shop owned by Rob Solomon with whom he also began to record his first tracks. An early result was the 1992 jazz-inflicted hardcore track Sensation, recorded as Origination, which was picked up by Ray Keith, a friend of Solomon¹s, who was involved with Soho¹s Black Market Records and was influential in the rave scene at the time. The following year Parkes and Solomon released "Make You Do Right / Out Of This World" under the same name. As Studio Pressure Parkes recorded "Jump" for Certificate 18 Records as his first solo release.
A landmark moment came when Parkes found a new family in the form of Goldie and Metalheadz, His first Metalheadz release was "Consciousness", "Into The '90's" and "The Rain". After the Metalheadz releases Parkes felt it was time to start his own label and imprint, in 1994 Photek Records was launched with a loan from the Prince of Wales Youth Business Trust. A series of legendary releases like "The Watermargin" and "Rings around Saturn" were soon to follow. By this point Parkes was established as one of the leading pioneers of the scene that was
soon to be christened "Drum and Bass". The evolution of the scene saw different camps emerging creating a wide array of styles with Parkes making some notable contributions. As Aquarius, Parkes recorded a number of tracks for LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records, including "Drift To The Centre /Waveforms" on Good Looking, 1995 and "Dolphin Tune / Aquatic" in 1996. It was around this time that Photek met long time friend and ally Peshay who had just released
the incredible "Protoge EP" on Reinforced.
Photek was now an established artist and proceeded to land a publishing deal with Universal. The next few years saw him remix artists such as Attica Blues, Goldie, Roni Size, Therapy, Dr. Octagon and later Bjork, David Bowie, Everything But The Girl, Zero 7; at the same time the major labels became interested and in 1996 Photek signed to Virgin Records¹ subsidiary Science Records for a 5 album deal (his work is released by Astralwerks in America).
Parkes¹ first release on Science was "The Hidden Camera" Ep in 1996 followed by "Ni-Ten-Ichi-Rye" and "Modus Operandi" in 1998. In the same year the latin future jazz "Yendi" accompanied the release of the album¹s title track as a single. As he was emerging, Parkes¹ subtle style led the media inadequately to proclaim him as the leader of a new Ointelligent¹ drum ¹n¹ bass sound, after the raw energy of early jungle. By the time his work on Science had matured, his approach into a unique personalized style quite unlike anything else around. Despite its variety and diverse influences, "Modus Operandi" is coherent throughout; as with his thrifty instrumentation, the attention is mostly focused on Parkes¹ incredibly detailed drum programming. Many tracks such as "The Hidden Camera" and "KJZ" have a jazz feel, employing cyclic double bass and impressionistic chordal effects while the taut drum sounds fidget underneath. At the same time other tracks such as "Aleph 1" and "Minotaur" illustrate the techno influence in their choice of sounds, while "Smoke Rings" and "The Fifth Column" are virtually all drums accompanied by textured soundscapes. Parkes' debut album was an in depth body of work that gave Parkes a place way beyond dance music. The following year¹s Form & Function collected together early
Singles and various remixes alongside two new tracks. With his economical, static approach and a high level of abstraction, Parkes has summed up the direction of, arguably, the most creative dance music of the ¹90s in the most eloquent form. His high production quality and brilliant drum sound and patters gave him the name O Master of beats¹ a true legend.
When Parkes started working on his next album, "Solaris", he looked back at the music that had inspired him when he first started making music. The "Terminus" Ep was released followed by the single "Mine to Give" a collaboration with House legend Robert Owens. "Mine To Give" became a
Number 1 dance hit in the US and a club anthem around the world. It came as no surprise when people in the film and TV industry wanted to collaborate with Parkes and a temporarily move to Los Angeles was inevitable. Parkes scored the martial arts film "Invincible", scored the
hip hop tv series "Platinum", scored several chase scenes in "The Italian Job", scored music for the "Animatrix" etc. During his time in LA, Parkes also remixed the theme tune for the HBO
hit " Six Feet Under" and the theme from the Mel Gibson movie "Signs".
After a long battle and after paying a high price, Parkes managed to get out of his record deal with Virgin to regain complete creative freedom. Besides the film and TV work Parkes has decided to give priority to his own label again which has recently released several singles under his alias Special Forces and signed 2 new artists (see link Photek records). This summer Parkes started a new urban label ; 51st State Entertainment on which he produces new talent (see link 51st State). Between London, LA and many dj tours, Parkes has built an infrastructure which enables him to work in the various fields he enjoys the most; scoring movies, producing other acts or making drum 'n' bass. Parkes' priority is to be creative and flexible being the visionary that he is.
Infiltrata - photek productions, cartel, uprising - LA
you saw him at menage a trois and rocked out to his selection, now come see why the infiltrata is one of the top american producers on the worldwide dnb circuit
Mr Mendez- Evilbase, Nemcron, Hallucination-FL
Its about time that we brought back the man that we all know that we miss. Mendez is sure to leave u asking
for more Rough, dark Evil beats. Welcome back Frank!
MC XYZ- 45PSI, OutLook Skateboards-LA
Locals
DFT (Swell Records, DRUMZ, Crimeside)
ARIEL (completedj.com, Drone Manipulation)
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SEBASTIAN (criticaldistance, Essential Wednesdays)
MISS JAG (completedj.com, Overload Crew)
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NAPPE (Ruff Sumthin Embassy, Essential Wednesdays)
DR. GONZO (Organized Confusion)
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ADMYER (DBMilitia, Organized Confusion)
SPY vs SPY (Theoretic Records, DBMilitia,Crimeside)
This is just the Jungle Room Lineup. We will have three more areas Hardcore , House/Trance/Techno, and Breaks/Electro.
If you came to Menage A Trois Then u know how we do!!!
480-871-6009
BREAKS/ELECTRO
AWOL- SWELL HEADLOCK MASS
REX- 602 PROD
LOUDER- COMPLETE DJ.COM, DRP, LATIN FANTASTIC
P15 VS SHUA- 602
NOTA VS PRG- LIQUID MEDIA MUSIC, SWELL, RHINOX DJS
DIOSA- SHEJAY, COMPLETE DJ.COM, 602 PROD
AREK VS HAZMAT- 602 PROD
NASTY NATE- SWELL, HEADLOCK MASS
HARDCORE
DJ DELIRIUM-NYC,- TRAXTORM ITALY, MOH, VERSATILE GROOVE MANAGEMENT, H20h, MEGARAVE
Ever since the early 90’s, DJ Delirium has been a forefront leader in the hardcore scene. He’s appeared countless times at some of the world’s largest events, and has had tracks featured on some of the world’s most legendary hardcore compilations including Thunder-dome and Resident E.
To date, DJ Delirium has released over 70 slammin productions with some of hardcore’s most recognized companies including ID&T, Industral Strength, Masters of Hardcore, MegaRave, Psy-Cho-Tik, Fix Party & Encore. DJ Delirium’s got studio skills and has proven that with his top quality productions.
Anyone who’s ever seen DJ Delirium perform knows about his smooth mixing and tight scratching. His DJ skills have taken him from New York to Holland, Italy to LA. In these cities, among many others, he has rocked dance floors for crowds of over 30,000 people.
DJ Delirium has brought the hits from the studio to the dance floor for the past 12 years, and there’s no sign of stopping him. Now representing Versatile Groove Management, be prepared for the mantis to strike again.
HOW HARD NYC- VERSATILE GROOVE MANAGEMENT, DJHOWHARD.COM
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DJ KORE- AZ HARDCORE JUNKIES.COM, COMPLETE DJ.COM
SECOND BASE(NOCTURNALISM ENT, EVOLUTION ENT) - SF
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DJ CIK(H2OH DJ SQUAD, AZHARDCOREJUNKIES.COM,COMPLETEDJ.COM)
SIXXX(ARIZONA BPM)
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RIZE(BEST OF TIMES, M3LTING POT)
MAYHEM(AZHARDCORE JUNKIES.COM, COMPLETEDJ.COM)
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POSS(WYOMING MASTER OF HARDSTYLE, AZHARDCOREJUNKIES.COM)
FORSAKEN(HF2K, NINTHGATE, AZHARDCOREJUNKIES)
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FLATLINE(HF2K, NINTHGATE, AZHARDCOREJUNKIES.
TECHNO/TRANCE/HOUSE
DDR(LIVE)- Hazchem, Coshh, Smitten, Stay Up Forever-UK
A twelve year veteran of the London underground dance scene, DDR has unleashed his own brand of techno / trance on many labels and at many parties / raves / clubs / festivals around the globe.
A central player on the U.K. free party sound system scene, DDR could be found running rig's at parties and festivals by Full-On and Bedlam in the early nineties. Following on from this it was not long before he was bringing his fledgling studio out to these events to play music to the masses directly from the machines.
A meeting of minds between DDR and the then newly formed Liberator DJ trio led to a first vinyl release for DDR on Stay Up Forever no. 2. A pioneer of what was to become the London Acid Techno sound, DDR was the first guest producer to appear on Stay Up Forever and he has had a hand in many of their most memorable releases and is still one of their most prolific artists.
Through working with the Liberator DJ's as their studio engineer, DDR met with DJ Choci of Choci's Chewns and was soon roped in to run Choci's studio for him. A fruitfull eighteen months passed at the Chocolate factory seeing Choci and DDR rattle off a great many acid-trance stormers and numerous proto-hardhouse/nrg classics. Moving on from Choci's studio to start his own labels with current partner in crime Mark Kinetec of the Kinetec empire, DDR was seen getting his hands dirty designing and constructing a fully equiped, state of the art studio for Kinetec Records ( all those years of college and 'real' jobs paid off.....), of which he is still the manager. The labels Hazchem and COSHH were born from this effort and were the prototype labels for the Infectious Distribution offspring from Kinetec Records.
During this time DDR had continued to produce records for a slew of newer labels such as Smitten, Cluster, Routemaster, Input, etc and also hone his skills as a live performer travelling to many places around the globe with his flight case full of equipment to entertain the hordes.
More recently DDR has been involved in the construction of the vinyl mastering facility for Kinetec Mastering, continues to produce for all of his favourite labels and has married and spends much of his time in the States where he can be caught bringing the sound of the London techno underground to an event near you.
DJ HAVOK- DJHAVOK.COM, SYNERGY PRODUCTIONS NYC
RHINOX VS TRANCEDUCER- SURREAL ENT, RHINOX DJS- TUC
DJ FREQUENCY- PROJECT GROOVE
MESANGER VS BRANDON DECARLO- ILOVETEKNO.COM, GHETTOSTUDIOS, BRANDON DECARLO.COM, UPTOWN UNDERGROUND NYC, ELP (FRANKFURT GERMANY)
MATT DUNN- F-8 , DRP PRODUCTIONS
STEVE EDWARDS VS NESS- BALL AND CHAIN, IBB, GROOVETRIBE
MORE TBA......
480-871-6009
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