Christian Smith/Paul Dailey @ Avalon Friday

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This Friday in Avalon will feature Christian Smith and Paul Dailey

Here is Christian Smith's Bio:

Stockholm, Sweden Biography

Christian Smith as a DJ and a producer, more so than any other has come to define the new tech-house and funky techno sound. The result being a man now very much in demand on the international DJ circuit. However, don't be mistaken, this newfound popularity is borne primarily of hard-work, commitment and a genuine love of electronic music. All that aside, lying at the heart of Christian's popularity as a DJ is an innate ability to combine a diverse mix of hard pumping house and tribal funky techno, all segued with a foundation that includes tight 3 turntable mixing and creative scratching and programming. The path to today has been a long and meandering one for Christian who first got the electronic music bug at age 15 listening to Sven Vath at Dorian Gray in Frankfurt in 1987. First it was DJ battles and then at age 17 Christian got his first break with a guest spot at the legendary Omen. After completing university in Washington DC, Christian moved back to the place of his birth, Sweden, and set himself up in Stockholm alongside his Swedish contemporaries Adam Beyer, Cari Lekebusch and Joel Mull. Together they have brought Swedish house and techno to the world. The last 2 years have seen Christian Smith travel the length and breadth of the world headlining events every weekend throughout Europe and North America and in places as diverse as Australia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, New Zealand and selected South American countries. On the production front, Christian had his first release on the then new US label Music Now (Music Now later went on to release artists like BT) as Neuromancer in 1991. Thereafter followed releases on Yoshitoshi, Nervous, and Primevil before Christian's own label Tronic Music was born. Since re-establishing himself in Sweden, Christian has focused on releasing tracks on Tronic and his subsidiary house label Strive. Such releases have included collaborations with Jean-Phillipe Aviance that resulted in the (Carl Cox favorite) Goldrush EP and with John Selway that resulted in the MOVE EP on In-Tec (included on Sasha's IBIZA compilation). Despite focusing on his own labels Christian Smith has still continued with strong releases on other labels including Primevil; Smile US/UK; Rotation; Yoshitoshi; LOOP; Jericho; and Primate. And so it was in 1999 that all this lead to Christian Smith's signing to Carl Cox' new In-Tec label. The first fruits of this collaboration include an EP released by Christian and John Selway, which turned out to be In-Tec biggest seller to date. On the remix front Christian together with John have done successful remixes for HOOJ - Datar (Danny Tenaglia), NEO, Yoshitoshi (Flim Flam), EC (Secret Cinema) and many more. So the future is looking very bright indeed; with a settled production and DJ career and a personal mantra that aims to produce and push challenging electronic music. Christian's career is now moving at a bristling pace... jump on board for a taste of future head funk.

Here is Paul Dailey's Bio:

Boston, USA Biography Paul Dailey (Orion 1 Radio- Italy/ Deference Recordings ? Boston, MA) You can tell when Paul Dailey is on the decks. From the first beat, his personality oozes from the speakers and cascades over the dancefloor, like a sonic tidal wave. Relentless beats and basslines, deft cuts and clever drops; his delivery is as confident, unyielding and funky as his music. But it?s not just the records he plays or the way he works them, it?s Paul?s command of the booth, the sound system and the dancefloor that truly separates him from the crowd. Paul as been at this for nearly two decades, and his experience and unwavering love for dance music is unmistakable. While Paul is comfortable playing many styles, it?s when he is playing his signature ?Funky Techno? sound that he truly shines as a performer. Hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, Paul has played at clubs and parties all over North America and Europe (including venues in Minneapolis, New York City, Las Vegas, Toronto and London) and at the Movement Festival in Detroit and WMC in Miami. Paul currently performs regularly at venues including Ultra in Providence, Metronome in Burlington and as a Resident at RISE in Boston (www.riseclub.us). Paul has a weekly mix show on Orion 1 Radio in Italy (www.orion1radio.it) - every Friday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST (GMT?5) and is a monthly resident on Hit Channel, a syndicated FM mix show that airs throughout Italy. Paul has also been a featured guest on numerous national and international mix shows including: Smirnoff Experience (Toronto, Canada), Soundsystem, (Boston, MA), Critical Cutz (Brisbane, Australia), Wax Abuse (London, England), Radio Jordan (Amman, Jordan), Proton Radio and XM Satellite Radio. In the studio, Paul has released several EPs and has future releases scheduled for labels in Canada, the UK and Germany. In addition, Paul launched his own record label, Deference Recordings in 2004, and will be releasing his first commercially available mix CD in the spring of 2005. Writing about music is another passion that Paul pursues, regularly contributing articles, interviews and reviews to numerous publications including Upfront Magazine in London (Upfront is the Premiere Techno/ Hard Dance publication in the UK), DJ Times (amongst the largest electronic music magazine in terms of world-wide sales and distribution) and Dancemusic.about.com (one of the most popular destinations on the web for dance music reviews and information.) Paul is also involved with DJ Mix Academy (www.djmixacademy.com) the first DJ school in New England, as a lead instructor and author of the entire course curricula. For industry recognition, Paul has been a featured speaker at numerous music conventions including DJ Times International Expo in Atlantic City and Winter Music Conference in Miami. Paul is also a charter member of the prestigious Evolution Record Pool in Montreal, Canada. If you would like to find out more about Paul, you can check out his website (www.pauldailey.com) or you can reach him at (781) 856-3856 or e-mail: paul@pauldailey.com Avalon Fridays is a 19+ Event Doors @ 10 PM www.avalonboston.com JC@Avalonboston.com

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Wow, nice party! Hopefully Christian comes to NY soon