migs, kaskade, norman jay, vikter duplaix, DB

[mrjoebudious]

are u in the know?

[lyrik]

Originally posted by mrjoebudious

are u in the know?

Say what!?!

[mimid]

Joe> You smoking crack again???? I told you to stay off that shit....

[phrankadelic]

well i know that kaskade is on tour right now and he'll be in tampa and orlando in june i think. so i'm guessing he might show at an aquabooty party around then?

[lyrik]

Originally posted by phrankadelic

well i know that kaskade is on tour right now and he'll be in tampa and orlando in june i think. so i'm guessing he might show at an aquabooty party around then?

Thats what I'm thinking...I say that is the line-up for a series of Aquabooty events to come!

Bring it on Budious...Migs Kaskade :eek:

[tsheritage]

I'm down to catch Viktor Duplaix! Bring King Britt with him!!

[deepfridays]

Originally posted by phrankadelic

well i know that kaskade is on tour right now and he'll be in tampa and orlando in june i think. so i'm guessing he might show at an aquabooty party around then?

Sat. July 31st....Tpa @ Paradise...

Fri. July 30th Om monthly,,Orl...

I'm in the know

[philippio]

Originally posted by mrjoebudious

are u in the know?

No... I am in the yes!!!

Bring 'em on Joe!!!

And I like Toby's idea too... King Britt! What???

[phrankadelic]

britt was pretty good last time he came to the marlin. i'm sure he can be a hell of a lot better at a real aquabooty party.

and i'm all game for duplaix

[macboy]

Joe, stop being such a tease and TELL US!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bling]

never heard of any of em except for miguel migs

[philippio]

Originally posted by Bling

never heard of any of em except for miguel migs

Bling needs a serious edumacation in house!!!

I shall assume the task of teaching him "thee mysterious ways of thee househeadz!!!"

Bling, consider the Soulfuric Party as Soulful House 101.

You've already missed Chicago Funk 501 (that was a graduate level course with DJ Heather last saturday).

But you can make that one up by attending Halo's musical lecture on saturday at Nerve!!! Be there or I'll flunk you!

[mrjoebudious]

Please read this guys. Part One. Education.

BIOGRAPHY

A self confessed 'Beatle' baby born in Notting Hill, London of West Indian parents, the young Jay had unwittingly nurtured latent DJing ambitions even from the tender age of eight. By then, encouraged by a very musical oriented family he had bought his first record and played at his first gig, a 10th birthday party for one his cousins, displaying a talent that was to become the stuff of DJing legend. As young as he was, the music scene, especially the powerful and exciting R&B coming out of late 60's black America from the likes of Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin and James Brown was to have a profound effect on the young Jay and would cement his love of all kinds of black music forever.

By the late 70's, he had become an avid collector of American black music enthusiastically collecting labels like Motown, Atlantic, Stax, Prelude, West End and Salsoul disco including his passion 'The Sound of Philadelphia'. He was fortunate enough to experience the rise of disco first time around and was also present at the birth of hip hop culture in the wake of disco's untimely demise at the turn of the eighties. Whilst visiting the New York side of his family in Brooklyn for the first time, he was amazed to discover that one of his uncles was also an accomplished DJ and sound system operator himself. Jay stayed for several months frequenting all the clubs that mattered including the legendary Paradise Garage, forging lasting friendships with the likes of DJ icons Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles and latterly David Morales, Tony Humphries and Louis Vega years before most of them were ever heard of or known in the UK. Inspired by what he'd discovered and experienced during that inaugural Big Apple trip, Jay decided to take his DJing more seriously. He then teamed up with his brother Joey and built the now famous Good Times Sound System playing out at the Notting Hill Carnival to critical acclaim. By now his reputation as an underground DJ of some repute was beginning to grow, often attracting crowds of up to a couple of thousand people whenever he played out at one of his itinerant warehouse parties. This led to an invitation from old pal DJ Gordon Mac to start up their own pirate radio station, which they called Kiss FM after it's New York namesake. Completely untrained in any aspects of broadcasting, he presented his first live show the day after they debuted on air back in October 1985. The rest, as they say, is radio history.

Because of his influence on the various London club scenes and the respect he was afforded by fellow DJ's alike, he became the catalyst for attracting the likes of Coldcut's Jonathon More and Matt Black, Soul II Soul's Jazzie B, Dr. Bob Jones, Radio One's Danny Rampling, Talkin Loud's Gilles Peterson and MTV's Trevor 'The Lick' Nelson and many more to join the fledgling pirate station. Few had previous radio experience before being recruited by Jay and now all have gone on to become household names in popular dance culture including his original partner and protégé, the ubiquitous 'Judge' Jules who's nickname Jay is also credited with coining.

It was this initial DJ partnership in 1986, which led directly to the emergence of the then cult 'rare groove' scene. A term coined by Jay after his now legendary weekend show called 'The Original Rare Groove Show' on Kiss FM. Affectionately known as the 'Godfather', his much loved Shake 'n' Fingerpop party crew along with Judge Jules' Family Funktion collective were the leading purveyors of this funky underground dance scene playing mainly black music from the 70's and 801s mixing it up with the best of what was then a new sound coming out of Chicago and New York, namely the first house records. Together they were responsible for the very first (illegal) warehouse parties ever staged in London - preceding the acid house explosion by some three years, creating a huge impression on and inspiring many of today's leading UK DJ's and club promoters.

The Nineties dawned and it was time for Jay to seek new challenges. On September 1st, 1990, he hosted the very first legal broadcast for Kiss 100 after they won their licence. He was also responsible for establishing the very first 'Paradise Garage' style club in the UK called High On Hope, with ex partner Patrick Lilley playing deep US house mixed with original disco classics, bringing over the likes of DJ's Tony Humphries, Marshall Jefferson, Blaze, Ten City and Adeva for the first time ever to the UK. He again was responsible for reviving interest in former dance divas such as Jocelyn Brown, Chaka Khan, Sharon Redd, Loleatta Holloway, Kim Myzelle, En Vogue and the late Gwen Guthrie, all of whom appeared regularly at his ground breaking club to rapturous acclaim.

By now Jay had become a much-respected household name on the UK dance scene. He was headhunted by Polygram to launch a new label with close friend and DJ Gilles Peterson called Talkin Loud signing amongst others the likes of singer/songwriters Omar, Bryan Powell, Young Disciples, Galliano and Incognito. After three successful years there and many more happy years at Kiss, he quit both to pursue his first love - DJing. With increasing DJing commitments around the world including regular tours to countries such as Australia, USA, Canada, Japan, Southern Africa and the Middle/Far East playing an eclectic mix of black and dance music, Norman has precious little time to do much else. He has played in just about every major city in Europe being one of the first ever UK DJ's to do so.

He is also the doyen of the 'stars'. The DJ choice of the rich and famous. He is without doubt their favourite 'celebrity' DJ, playing for the likes of Mick Jagger at his 5Oth birthday party, Robert Di Nero, Michael Caine, George Michael, Will Smith, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Jamiroquai who affectionately calls him the 'Godfather'), Paul Weller (who has been quoted as saying that Jay is his favourite DJ), actor Lenny Henry (who reputedly modelled his pirate radio DJ TV character on Jay), Viviene Westwood, Gaultier, Tommy Hilfiger and more recently for MTV (at Pierre Cardin's magnificent space age villa overlooking the Mediterranean up in the hills outside Cannes) all of whom have danced their asses off to a Norman Jay set. He is also often booked to play at big film premiers including 101 Dalmations, Judge Dred, Enemy Of The State, East Is East and the multi million pound launch of Sky TV's new digital cable channel at Battersea Power Station.

He was the first ever UK DJ to be invited to play at the celebrated Cannes Film Festival and in recognition of his lifelong DJ achievements and involvement in club culture, Jay himself is the subject of a full length film. 'Good Times' is a semi autobiographical account of the man, directed by London based independent filmmaker Terry Walshe (using some rare archive footage from Good Times) documenting Jay's early struggles to follow his musical passion and achieve his dream. It highlights his influence on, and his importance to, the modern dance scene as it stands today since he embarked on his illustrious DJ career back in the early eighties. Following the DJ icon from Africa to America, from The Big Chill to Notting Hill, the film finishes with fantastic footage of Carnival 2000.

fantastic footage of Carnival 2000. The film will be independently released and distributed, screened later this year through smaller 'cooler' cinemas nationwide and might eventually end up on TV near you sometime next year.

With the global rise of UK DJ and dance culture, Jay has once again found his niche being extremely popular with a new generation of dance fans worldwide as well as playing at clubs and festivals nationwide. Whether it's playing upfront disco fuelled funky house in the nations main rooms or old skool funk, jazzy hip hop or chilled out beats in the back, he still manages to maintain his rich musical heritage and quality in every set he plays. Whilst being amongst one of the most popular and credible contemporary DJ's in the country, he is often cited as a major influence by a host of today's leading DJ's who often refer to him quite simply as 'The DJ's DJ'.

Recognition and Awards

Continually featured in the upper echelons of Mixmag's top 100 DJs in the world and one of the Face magazine's most influential club culture figures of the decade amongst numerous other accolades attributed to him, Jay's contribution to UK music scene is second to none. Featuring regularly on various television, radio and magazine programmes about black music or dance culture, Norman Jay, a recognised authority on both is considered by many to be 'The Peoples DJ' because of the width and breadth of his DJ style. A 'Clubland institution' the Face once called him.

Apart from a punishing DJ schedule playing funky house and various other styles at gigs worldwide, he was again voted club DJ of the year 96/97 by Blues & Soul magazine and is the only DJ featured in the Face magazine's book of club culture extracts from 1980-1997 called "Nightfever" and in 1998 Norman was a nominee for the Best Radio Personality category in GQ magazine's annual Men Of The Year Awards.

Releases

As an in demand compiler he has released a number of superbly crafted compilation CD's. The latest of which is a fantastic double CD called Good Times 2, to be released in the UK only at the beginning of September, again compiled with his brother Joey Jay on Nuphonic Records. This is the official follow up release to last year's massively popular debut release on Nuphonic 'Joey and Norman Jay Presents...Good Times' and showcases more eclectic Carnival favourites old and new from the 'Bud' brothers, also currently available from all good record stores and amazon.com

Also available is the double CD released by that most glamorous of UK glamorous niteries Miss Moneypenny's. CD 1 contains 13 of the most soulful garage tracks from 1998/99 deftly mixed by our man Jay while CD 2 contains eleven of the funkiest 'Good Grooves' ever! 'Miss Moneypenny's Presents...Norman Jay' is still available through K-Tel, Tower Records, Virgin, HMV or Amazon.com on CD format only. Other recommended releases include Norman Jay Presents Philadelphia 1973 -1981 - The Underground Anthems. Norman Jay and Gilles Peterson's classic Journey By DJS 'Desert Island Discs' is now sadly an 'out of print' deleted item which can no longer be ordered from your local record store.

He is currently dividing his time between preparing the soundtrack for the forthcoming full length Good Times film 'Great Tribulations - A Notting Hill Story' to be shown on the big screen later this year (look out for it) and preparing for this years Notting Hill Carnival. He is also working through one of his busiest DJ schedules to date taking him to new parties, clubs and festivals the world over whilst continuing to host his massively popular 'Giant 45' radio show, a weekly black music based programme broadcast every Sunday night on BBC London Live on 94.9 FM between 8:00pm - 11:00pm

Carnival 2001

For the fourth year running, he has teamed up with title sponsors 'Budweiser' for the Notting Hill Carnival where his ever popular sound system Good Times comes to you direct from the top deck of a converted double decker 'Bud' bus which is a major highlight of the weekend, attracting capacity crowds of several thousand people throughout the two day event.

HE PLAYED MICK JAGGERS 50th BIRTHDAY, Robert Di Nero, Michael Caine, George Michael, Will Smith, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Jamiroquai who affectionately calls him the 'Godfather'), HELLO!!!

Coming soon for a select few.

[laliux]

I am serious need for some real deep house.

Bring it on Joe.

Bring Fish Go Deep again damn it!

[macboy]

Hmmm..........at the Delano Hotel. Should be interesting, though I can't imagine any of these events will go on past midnight or the noise police will be out in full force.

[mrjoebudious]

evenings. end at 12 midnight