Hi all, First off thanks to everybody that made it to Stereophonik last night, we had a blast! :)
Just a reminder for you to hit up Ascension tonight (Thursday), it just might possibly be one of the last Ascensions ever! Tonight we've got a very special guest DJ from London, DJ ZIAD (Tripoli Trax, Y2K, Remote Recordings/UK), who will be spinning the "tougher end of house" for your listening pleasure! I've attached my original letter with Ascension details & Ziad's profile. Hope to see you there! Thanks, Denise > > >*--| ASCENSION | --* Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002. Located at Blake's on >Telegraph (between Durant & Channing) in downtown Berkeley. As you avid >followers know, Ascension's been going on for over 3 years now, and word >has just been received that Blake's is losing its 18+ permit. Aaaah! This >is bad news, people! It's either 21+ for Ascension, or no more >Ascension!!! (sniff!) As of now, it looks like this week & next week's >Ascension will be the last... two... ever! Humph. So, come and enjoy it >while you can, I know I will be! Local residents Fuckwork and Dave Parlier >will be kicking the party off right, then Andrew Phelan will hit the decks, >and closing it up will be ZIAD and myself from 12-2 (dunno how we'll split >it up just yet.) 18+, 21+ to drink, $5. This has always been one of my >favorite residencies, so come & have one last hurrah with me this Thursday! > >* * * All right, one final thing, just want to give you some background >info on ZIAD so you have a little knowledge behind your belt. Not only is >this guy the producer of one of my favorite tracks of all time (his remix >of "Spin Me Wild" by Freak and Mac Zimms), his track "Hold it Now" can be >heard on my last mix tape, "The Orange Species." He's produced so many >other tracks that I can't even begin to list his discography! > >He also mixed Tripoli Trax Volume Three, a mix CD compilation by the >aforementioned label. Although released in 2000, this one's still bumpin' >in my car! Also, you can check out some of his mixes online at >http://www.puregroove.co.uk/dj_mixes.asp. He's done several for Remote >Recordings. This is all I know off the top of my head, I know that there's >a lot that I'm missing! (Sorry, Ziad!) > >Here's DJ ZIAD's profile, as stated in the Tripoli Trax Volume Three >booklet. This was written in 2000, so it doesn't say what he's been up to >since then, but it's a good start: > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >ZIAD began DJing in 1987 with Pure Groove Promotions playing at various one >off underground House and Techno parties. > >Since then, he has been responsible for the setting up of one of London's >finest vinyl emporiums, Pure Groove Records (http://www.puregroove.co.uk). >The successful shop, situated in Archway is also home to his co-owned >Tripoli Trax. > >ZIAD's studio career began in the early 1990s recording under various >guises, most notable Da Junkies. Da Junkies, a collaboration between ZIAD >and Mick Shiner, have remixed the likes of Armand Van Helden's "Witch >Doctor", Chrissy Ward's "Right and Exact" and Lemon 8's "Bells of >Revolution" amongst others. He has also recently completed some remixes >under his own name for artists Freak + Mac Zimms, Obsessive, Digital >Express and most recently Lock 'n' Load as well as having two of his own >singles released through Tripoli Trax. > >During the summer of 1994 Ziad took up a brief residency at Trade (London), >returning there in 1997 and since then establishing himself as one of their >key residents, touring to places as diverse as Rio, Malta, Paris and Ibiza. > >Last year he bagan a monthly residency at Trade at The Arches (Glasgow) as >well as touring Japan (with Steve Thomas) and South Africa (with KGB). The >latter to promote a Tripoli Trax (South African edition) CD he mixed >himself. > >This year (2000), Ziad was the only Trade resident to DJ at both their >Millennium parties, in London and Paris. > >Since then he has been busy DJing in Scotland, Ireland as well as touring >extensively in Japan and South Africa. > >Most recently Ziad's talents have attracted the attention of the successful >Sundissential club where he's DJed at both their Leeds and Birmingham >nights. > >With forthcoming bookings for Sundissential plus Tripoli Trax tour dates as >well as all his Trade commitments, this year's DJ schedule is already >shaping up to be Ziad's busiest and best yet. > > > -->------------------------ --< Denise --< PO Box 20771 --< Oakland, Ca 94620 --< [EMAIL PROTECTED] --< http://www.djdenise.com -->------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
