Playtime returns for 2006!
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On:
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Friday 24th February
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At:
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Egg [map]
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From:
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22:00-6:00
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Cost:
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£14/£12 w eflyer
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Website:
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www.playtime-club.com
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Ticket Info:
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SMS PLAYTIME ON to 07944 330 330 for a token to get in for £12, or print the eflyer from the Playtime website.
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More:
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2005 was a huge year for Playtime. Our residents toured Russia, Paris, Japan, San Francisco - and Wrexham! We played at Ministry for Nastydirtysexmusic and the End for Todd Terry and Underwater. We launched a record label and the first track, What Day Is It, hit the top ten of everyone Josh Wink to Steve Bug to Ewan Pearson to Groove Armada to Mylo. We were club of the month in Mixmag, of the week in TNT, DJ said we were \"one of clubland\'s finest inventions\" and TimeOut said \"anyone who takes it too seriously is clearly missing the point\". We bought Abe Duque to London for the first time and had huge sets from DJs you don\'t get to see at parties our size - from D\'Julz to Break3000 of Dirt Crew, Mugwump to Tim Sheridan, Tom Stephan to Soul Mekanik.
This year, meanwhile, we\'ve got four nights at Ministry alongside monthly at Egg, plus Playtime in Paris and our label Playtime Records plus two new residents!
David Duriez, you know - king of the french underground, head of the label Brique Rouge and, with partner Dan Ghenacia, France\'s hottest new label Freak\'n\'Chic.
Supa DJ Dmitry you may not. He\'s the man behind superstar pop group Dee-Lite, who\'s been holed up his studio working on tuneful tech house for the last few years - and he\'s such a shit-hot DJ that after his last Playtime slot we asked him to come back, regular-like.
But that\'s coming up. For our first Playtime of 06, we\'ve got ...
ABE DUQUE (pronounced \"Dew-kay\")
For once it\'s a media sensation who can actually back up the hype. The most popular remixer of 2005, Abe Duque has a list of gigs and releases as long as your arm. He produced DJ Hell\'s \"NY Muscle\" album and has complied the most recent International DJ Gigolos compilation, American Gigolo II - a DJ mag sureplayer and 4/5 stars. Last year he remixed Miss Kittin, the Chemical Brothers and Princess Superstar, as well as releasing his own album \"So underground it hurts\". Playtime bought Abe to London last year for his first ever London gig; his next was an invitation to play alongside Mr C at the insanely full-on celebration of the End\'s 10th birthday. Out of control? Maybe not for someone whose DJing career included a residency at the legendarily bananas Limelight in New York at the time of the New York clubkid Michael Alig. (Not read Disco Bloodbath, the book of the time? It makes Monday morning in Shoreditch after a four day bender sound like a quiet walk in the park...)
MARC ROMBOY
And then there\'s Marc Romboy. Another long-running house music genius - this time based out of Germany - he\'s the head mover behind Systematic Records, a label he describes as \"house music with a certain breakdance appeal\". It\'s an old-school Chicago dancefloor updated with modern electronic sounds with European artists like John Dahlback, spoken-word techno guru Blake Baxter, Martin Landsky, Fex and Zoo Brazil. Also popular with the Mulletover DJs, the Systematic tracks have been a staple at Playtime since release one, but this is a very rare UK appearance by the head of the label.
CASS AND MANGAN
Here at Playtime HQ, we like house music with a sense of humour. And we really like producers who come from nowhere with fully formed tracks and music and a sense of style. Cass and Mangan have been around the edges of house music together and separately for years but in 2005 they broke into the mainstream with their wonky take on electro - oblique, clever lyrics and a fizzing mixture of old-style analog and new digital distortion that you can\'t help but dance too. It\'s as far from bog-standard electrohouse as the genre can stretch. From \"I like your shoes\" on Tiefschwarz\'s label FINE to releases on Wall of Sound, remixes of Ryoksopp and the Infadels; props from Laurent Garnier to Paul Woolford to a serious rating by Tim Sheridan; and now Mangan has a track, L-O-V-E, out on Playtime the night of the gig - and Cass and Mangan have another track Caper, due out on Playtime soon after.
MIKE MONDAY (RESIDENT)
What\'s Mike Monday NOT been up to in 2005? Mixmag described him as \"the remixer\'s remixer\" and IDJ magazine called him \"one of the 100 reasons dance music still rules\". As a producer, he\'s one of the worst-kept secrets in the country, having rocked the minimal crowd with \'what day is it\'; the jackin\' house fiends with the bootyfunk EPs and upcoming release Boondoogle; the deep house kids with Tooting Warrior and a run of releases and remixes on Freerange records. His DJ schedule has kept pace, too - a Russia tour for Ministry of Sound, gigs across Europe and Asia Pacific, monthly slots in Paris and of course his only residency, Playtime, alongside four slots planned for 2006 at Ministry. Sasha to Steve Bug, Mylo to Rob Mello, David Duriez to Chris Duckenfield, Josh Wink to Tom Stephan - everyone’s DJing in some room of Mike Monday’s house.
NB: Mike will not be playing Feb 24. He\'s doing a six-date tour of Australia.
BIG DADDY (RESIDENT AND HEAD HONCHO)
\"My club, my rules\" - as Big Daddy says. But they’re not the rules you find at other clubs. For starters, Playtime is one of the last truly mixed nights in London - a throwback to the acid house days when homos and heteros partied together and no-one gave a shit which way you swung. Then there’s the Playtime sound - jackin’, dirty as hell, with a thread of funk running from sparse to deep to robotic to truly twisted. They call it \"the club that whacks you on the arse with the racing post and calls you princess\" - and as TimeOut says \"anyone who takes it too seriously is missing the point...\"
PLAYTIME FRI FEB 24
10PM-6AM, £14 or £12 with SMS/e-flyer at www.playtime-club.com. At Egg, 200 York Way, Kings Cross N7. Email us at guestlist AT playtime DASH club DOT com for concessions if the DSI list runs out.
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Flyer:
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Region:
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London
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Music:
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House. US House. Acid Techno. Deep Techno. Funky Techno. Techno.
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DJ's:
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Abe Duque (International DJ Gigolos / NYC)
Marc Romboy (Systematic Records / Germany)
Cass and Mangan (FINE / also Tooting)
Gavin Herlihy (Mixmag)
RESIDENTS
Mike Monday and Big Daddy
warmup Paranoid Dan
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