Aldrin - FEB 2010 LUSH

One of Asia's biggest DJ export to date, Aldrin has been championing his genre-bending sounds through his signature ONE nights at Zouk in Singapore, and guest spots all over the globe, including Pacha, Space & DC10 in Ibiza, Turnmills, The Cross and Ministry Of Sound in London, Cielo in New York, Womb in Tokyo, and Home in Sydney. In the studio, his releases have received support from big guns like John Digweed, Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, Dave Seaman, to name a few. His remix of "Love In New Wave" by Singapore rock band Electrico received massive airplay by Pete Tong on his BBC Radio One show.

ONE WITH MUSIC - Aldrin's very own digital imprint, is where he continues to showcase his musical output. The label is also a platform for the many talents in and around Asia! 8 releases on and the label has already seen support from the likes of Hernan, Laurent Garnier, Trentemoller, Stacey Pullen, DJ Chus, Peter Gelderblom and more! This, coupled with his Essential Mix set making him the only South East Asian to be on Pete's show, plus Danny Tenaglia And Marco Bailey both singling him out in the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll as a DJ to watch, Aldrin is clearly an international DJ/producer that Asia can call their very own.

ONE~DERLAND : ONE WITH ALDRIN 2009 SERIES OF PARTIES AT ZOUK - where it's all about the music and clubbers coming together to create a ONE-derland-esque vibe!

Check out the latest releases on ONE WITH MUSIC

FEB 2010 LUSH

Brendon P - 09/10 Tekk-Fix

How's your Chinese New Year celebration? Much of Ang Pows collection?

Hope yours are great. As the days go, some passion will just never fade.

My pal here, Brendon P delivered it again with this latest mix of his. I've enjoyed every bit of it and still, never get tired of it till my ipod has been set it to "repeat 01" to this particular mix.

For those had missed his profile,

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With a carreer that’s 3 decades young and still growing, Brendon P has a long history of Clubs and Music. Starting out in 1980 in the local mobile circuit, and moving on to Clubs a year later, a visit to New York in 1984, and clubs such as the Funhouse, the Paradise Garage, Dancetaria and Area weaned him into the New York club culture, and into the music that was to become the house music that we hear today.

Crossing vast musical backgrounds over his years as a DJ, both locally and internationally, he continued to acquire a keen ear and passion for dance music. Having recently completed a 8 year residency at the globally renowned, Zouk Club in Singapore, an album project in the works, coupled with numerous remixes and productions on labels like Reversoul (US) and One With Music (SG), and the forthcoming 'East Coast Spirits EP' on RAWJAK in Jan 2010, expect nothing less than a set that crosses vast musical boundaries, both past, present and future.

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Not forgetting his latest production - The East Coast Spirit EP [Rawjak]

09/10 Tekk-Fix

In Conversation: Vijay

In Conversation: Vijay, talking about himself & one of the remixes that he did.
Clash The Disko Kids & Ming - Midget Gems (The Vijay Remix)

How did you get yourself into this path?
In my teenage years i went through my phases, shoegazer indie rock and then hardcore punk, not forgetting some Milli Vanilli and New Kids on The Block in between. It was I think when I hit a certain dead end in the mid 90s after jamming with some hardcore punk bands that I discovered electronic music. What I found so refreshing about it, was the freedom. The endless posibilities of fusing different sounds and genres together. Anything and everything was possible. So i made a dash to buy my first 303 and locked myself in for months, ignoring phone calls from hot teenage girls who wanted to go out on dates with me.

After about two years of creating all sorts of things in that box, (back then I couldn't afford a computer and software) I put out my demos of some frenetic beats and such, you can hear it here www.myspace.com/ssleepss . Bear in mind this was all made on a drum machine , sequenced and everything, no visual representation , i had to just use my ears to trust the sound. Sometimes limitation has its benefits ,it sort of pushes you to your limits.

Then of course when I got my hands on a computer and some software, everything changed. I did a lot of beat heavy stuff , put out a couple more releases- www.myspace.com/throbsfromthechestcompilation , formed a band - www.myspace.com/phorousp and had a lot of fun along the way and of course everything was done DIY. Took a lot of time and sacrifice to produce, write and engineer the tracks and along the way had to reject hot girls who asked me out on dates because I had to finish a song.

In 2006 I released a track on Raw Fusion records in Sweden together with Spiritual South. A latin broken beat number called Hullabaloo. Suprisingly it did really well!

Where do you get your inspiration?
Inspiration really comes from love. "Nothing really matters , love is all we need" is what Madonna once said. I totally embrace that philosophy. I don't really care about anything else. In fact I don't really even care about music , love is all I care about , embodying and embracing it in whatever form, it might take in daily life.

Is there any tricks & tips for those who wanna head into production?
I'd say do something nobody else has done before . There's no point making beats or music like someone else.

Do your own thing, craft your own art-form. In fact if you can even try and make your own genre or do something nobody would. I made some crazy stuff in my time , listen to this - www.myspace.com/noartificialinstrumentsadded and this - www.myspace.com/invoice777 .

What do you hope for the best outcome?
I don't hope for anything because really nothing matters. Its more about the journey and not the destination.

Last words?
Listen, love , live and learn !

DJ Itchi - Unleash The Tiger!

Another veteran flagging Frontal flag on high is Jason aka DJ Itchi. Co-founder of Singapore's leading electronic dance music consortium, www.frontallabs.com and ex-member of Clash The Disko Kids.

With a DJ career which started back in 1999, DJ Itchi aka Jason Teo has graced the decks of numerous parties at some of the most prestigious clubs from Zouk Club, Centro 360, Liquid Room, Nox, Milk Bar, Insomnia Café, Dbl O, Home Club, Hacienda, Mimolette,Butter Factory to Cafe Del Mar and oversea gigs (toured as Clash The Disko Kids) armed with with an arsenal of tune with genres ranging from progressive house, electro, breaks and trance.

Not only is Itchi the JUICE Mag DJ Quest 2005 winner, he also went on later to impress the industry critics at the inaugural Pioneer Pro DJ Digital Battle competition held in Zouk Singapore and eventually became winning this competition. Representing the island at the Regional Finals held in Zouk KL later on, Itchi clinched the runner-up position. You can only expect a mural of sounds when Itchi goes behind the decks!

Unleash The Tiger!

DJ Kian.C - Trip On My Synthesizer Vol. 2

Influences from Underworld and Digital Witchcraft got into Kian. At the age of 15 and in the realm of electronic dance music, he has never once stopped his love for it.

In just one year, self taught Kian.C aka DJ Kian exploded into the scene with his unique and infectious blend of Uplifting House, Electro, Minimal Techno, Nu Disco to Techno. In 2008 during his first public appearance behind the deck, he had won himself as 2nd runner up in Pioneer DJ Battle. Further on, he battled out at the JUICE DJ Quest and won a spot in the finals alongside with established and more experienced professional alike.

His great passion for music had earned him again a final spot in 2009 JUICE DJ Quest, which ultimately placed him as first runner-up. His performance always fused with adrenaline and often set the crowd to take note of this new kid on the block, which later had earned him a first gig at Butter Factory’s “BitchFight” and later on in various infamous clubs like Zouk Club (KL), Zouk Club, Phuture (SG) Ministry of Sound (SG), Mimoletter and Zanetti.

With his constant effort and positive passion for music, Kian wants to continue to share his vision and influence his listeners with what he does best. Some of his late-night muses include Daft Punk, Boy Noize, Popof, Deadmau5, Laidback Luke, Paul Kalkbrenner, Calvin Harris and Justice. One should never be confined to a single genre, which Kian promises to surprise his audience with ultimate smash up and amalgamation of bleep and beep tunes.

With the supports of his peers and local professional alikes, he is now ever more determine and ready to take his blend of head-popping music to the dancefloor.

Trip On My Synthesizer Vol. 2

Pollux#13 - Somewhere Over The Rainbow Lies The Sound of Bass

Shahidil aka Pollux#13 expresses his love for electronic music through adopting the ideals of 'controllerism' with traktor pro, maschine, ableton and various controllers as his tools for his mix.

He finds alternative methods and workflows by pushing the limits through midi 'controllerism' to create unbiased awareness despite the usual usage of turntables and cdjs in this digital djing era.

In the past, Pollux#13 loves making hardcore/punk mixtapes but now that passion has takes flight into electronic music with various genres like electro/fidget/techno/minimal tech. Currently, he is leaning more towards mixing low frequency bass sounds of various dubstep sub genres and those really chaotic broken beats/jungle till whatever sounds he could use for his mixes and mash-ups.

If opportunity arise, he hopes to have a midi 'controllerism' live set and create more mash-ups, remixes and produce his very own tracks in the future. As for now, just enjoy the mix that was created straight out from Joo Seng district.

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Somewhere Over The Rainbow Lies The Sound of Bass