The DJ-duo Bitch Boys is J-BOY aka Father J and DJ HOOKER.
The Bitch Boys's been playing together for some years now and are known under several aliases. They play a mix of several genres, electro, hiphop, techno, house, baltimore and then some, but always music you can dance to and enjoy. After a couple of years focused on the hiphop genre they have now taken an interest in genres and sources for inspiration closer to electronic music for clubs.
They've played around Oslo, both together and on their own. Venues as Blå, The Villa, Barongsai, Nomaden and Stratos are places where The Bitch Boys have teared it up behind the decks. They are currently playing fridays/saturdays at Dattera til Hagen with guests like Teki Latex and Flosstradamus.
Come shake your bun buns with UNTZ UNTZ & Bitch Boys!
Definition Of iLL is a heavy soundsystem blazin the hiphop & reggae vibes up north on the west coast of Norway. Its members consist of NuTeQ, Max Million & Mats Dawg. The sound recently celebrated its 3 year reign in Bergen and released the heavy reggae & hiphop induced debut mixtape in late 2006.
As ruff & tuff as it gets. No bullshit, just straight to the point bumpin`. Which means you better be there in due time or you`ll miss out on the best hiphop & reggae has to offer.
Also watch out for the occasional breakdance battle....
Rewind have hosted regular and popular nights at Kvarteret since 2005 and are now part of the furniture at NG2. Hosted by Totem, creator of the FSR Soundsystem, host of the radio show MoveOnUp, also known as DJ Lys, and DJ Captain T, member of Tippa Liga and Bislet Lydsystem and host of the radio show Captain's Corner. Together they play a hard hitting mixture of known and unknown tunes from the genres soul-funk-disco-reggae-dancehall-hiphop.
Totem is one of Bergens most technical DJs, and Captain T owns one of Bergens most wicked 7" collections of soul-funk and reggae.
Don't stop the body rock!
One time each month Erik Sterb and a guest artist invites to a night filled with continental-european, modern and innovatiove electronical dance music.
With long experience as radio host and club organizer under the alias "Klubbhuset", Erik Sterb has established himself in the club scene of Bergen. This autumn he makes a push for new, innovative electronic music at NG2 with three of Bergens most interesting DJs. Erik Sterb also contribute on the webzine upop.no with articles on electronical music and club culture.
Guest artists are:
September
Emilio (Nabovarsel)
October
Terje Bakke (Lördag)
November
Danioh (LOL)
After staying inside the underground techno scene of Bergen for several years, DJ Tobii finally decided to crawl up to the sunlight and give his musical world to the people! Strongly influenced by Berlin and the club called Berghain, these nights will be served with a main course of Minimal Techno and Tech House. Everything mixed together by german discipline and precision to a harmonic experience.
The duo of DJ Velferd and DJ Stiive1 is one with a lot of history and they have worked together in a bunch of constellations with more or less success. The duo has been known to create country, coffeejazz, indierock, hiphop and electropop, but those projects worth mentioning is perhaps Magnetic Leaf, Stiive1 & G-Man, Orego Trail and The New Wine. As Elektroteam, they take their turn behind the decks whila also playing live synth! It's gonna be hard, it's gonna be soft, it's gonna be nice and it's gonna be ugly. Be there or be [].
Funky Fabula is the girls Mona and Karin. They like music and would nothing more than to se you dance when they play golden hits from most decades. If you went to school in the 90's, you'll like the funkiness.
Forcekill is a collective of three DJs with different taste in music. Magnus' Electro, Martins Electrohouse and Arons ElectroCrunk gives a wide specter of music you can move to. Forcekill plays the hottest and hardest electro spiced up with HipHop/Crunk and the occasional classic from the eighties.
Check out their blog and come dance!
Mr Miyagi is an electro music producer/DJ duo from Uppsala, Sweden. A few months after uploading their two first tracks on MySpace the group was contacted by australian label Hussle Black, a sub-label of dance-giant Ministry of Sound, and signed for a release of a two-sided 12” vinyl containing Fancy Pants and It Dies.
Besides creating own music, Mr Miyagi's known for their solid remixes. Some demanded by the original artists (Cicada - The Things You Say, Elroy and Piper – Rack Hunters, Melomanics – Get You, Cicada – Beautiful) and some unofficial (The Klaxons – Atlantis to Interzone, Lil’ Mama – Lip Gloss). A couple of original Mr Miyagi tracks were also created, namely the powerful Pick Your Poison, which was later preceded by the even more aggresive Pick Your Poison part II.
The former of the two was released on MySpace in early 2007 and the group is now drawing attention from some of the bigger acts on the scene. One of the new fans turned out to be JFK (of MSTRKRFT and Death From Above fame) who in late 2007 graced the duo with a critically acclaimed remix of Pick Your Poison. Simultaneously, canadian producer Felix Cartal also started working on a remix of the same track, all for a planned release of a Pick Your Poison EP.
Whatever image the name Get Shakes (formerly known as Shakes) brings to your mind, be it a body jerking around uncontrollably or sweaty bodies in a mob dancing and bumping into each other, there is one thing that's certain. Get Shakes makes you think of movement, and the English duo of Matt & Darren Farrow certainly stay true to their name.
The two brothers from the Isle of Wight make dance music that is a blend of punk-funk and jacking electro, citing Adam & The Ants, DFA, Ivan Smagghe of Black Strobe and Optimo as key influences. Their music has been heralded by the likes of current indie-electronica kings Erol Alkan and Ewan Pearson and has been described by NME as "the sweetest indie dance crossover since James Murphy dribbled ketamine on his oversized American Apparel t."
With remixes for Datarock, Annie and GoodBooks as well as a very well-received remix of Kasabian's "Shoot The Runner" all gaining them notoriety, Get Shakes are establishing themselves as much sought-after producers for their ability to transform already good songs into phenomenal dance floor anthems that kick your ass and then make you move it. Getting tunes in the official soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto IV and the movie "21" didn't hurt either.
Free Blood are an exciting prospect. Born of an idle chat amongst friends one drunken evening, they began putting their hazy plans into action last year and so comes the release of their first EP.
"We really wanted to play music for people at parties that wouldn't be so much a performing "band", but manic background music for ensuing debauchery. We liked the idea of us blasting away in the corner as people frolic in an orgy of bliss"
"I had bought an old 70's Electroharmonix drum box right before I left Sacramento for NYC and was writing songs with it and a bass guitar. Gorman filled in the bass parts and Maddy and I sang or screamed or breathed heavily, while the funky little drum box did its thing. The simplicity of it all (three people, one bass, one amp and a PA) was a very attractive aspect to us."
The results are clear - refreshing, exciting dance-pop covered in a filthy layer of scum to keep the hot, sweaty, underground sleaze factor as high as possible. The combination of soul male/female vocals, deep bass and p-funk beats produce and invigorating musical experience.
Join their DJ-set in starting the Ekko festival of 2008 a day early.
Cryptonites are Lukas & Remo, a pair of bang-’em-out dudes from Switzerland, who’ve been collecting blog nods and spots in DJs playlists more and more over the past year for their hitting electro. They have definitely found the perfect formula to conduct banging tunes with wicked remixes and solid singles.
These guys pick up where the Ed Banger/Digitalism crowd leaves off, adds in more funk twists and turns, a sprinkle of Daft Punk's earlier House leaning, and some secret X component that just makes it all seamlessly work in the catchiest, danciest way imaginable. They recently released their EP "Hands of God" and now they set sail for their first gig ever in Norway.
Be there, but don't come as Superman. They'll kill you!
NAG NAG NAG!!
In whats set to be the talk of the summer Atomizers DJ Jonny Slut will be taking up the decks for an electroclash trashwave!! Atomizer is a synthpop duo featuring Nag Nag Nag founder and veteran musician and DJ Jonny Slut with fellow Nag Nag Nag DJ Fil OK and their debut single was co-produced by the KLF's Jimmy Cauty. Atomizer is the band that helped kickstart the London electro scene back in 2002 with their now legendary club night NagNagNag. They are partly responsible for electroclash as we know it!
Atomizer have been remixed by artists such as The Pet Shop Boys and have remixed the artists such as My Toys Like Me, Client, Boy George, Readers Wifes ft. Justin Bond, Rubicks, Siobahn Fahey, Kings Have Long Arms, Ape Drape Escape, To My Boy, Headland, Mechanical Cabaret, Specimen, Stazi, Napsugar & Decohere.
Dance the night away with a mixture of alternative-pop, electroclash, beat bashin funk junk rock, dirty-house, disco-sleaze, punk-treats, tech-beats and a big freakin' smile baby...
