[MANC] ALIEN RADIO 23/06 - SIR REAL, LIEF RYAN (LIVE)
ALIEN RADIO @ THE ATTIC
OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER 26/05/06
10pm - 3am £5 NUS & Before 11.30/ £6 Thereafter
Sir Real ([Krack-troni[k], HOG)
Lief Ryan - Live (Growth)
Plus Residents Roman Belkowski & Glover
Returning for a 2nd time to Alien Radio after tearing it up last November, this man is no stranger to Manchester, having featured regularly at Sequence.
Sir Real (Neil Spragg) has been involved in the music scene in Birmingham for 17 years as a drummer, producer and label-owner, and for the last eleven years, following an eye-opening visit to Holland, he has been an integral part of the Midlands club scene and is one of the three original resident DJs (alongside Surgeon & Paul Damage) from notorious Birmingham club House of God, one of the longest running techno clubs in the UK (it celebrated it’s 12th birthday in January 2005).
As an outlet for his funkier side he helps run Contact, where he is one of four resident DJs, each playing a supreme selection of electro, breaks and bass music. For the first four years of his Djing career, he was also resident with the Third Eye Soundsystem, another much-loved Brummy club. Sir Real has DJ’d and played live extensively around the UK, and has also DJ’d and performed live in clubs across Europe.
Sir Real is a prolific producer, and released several well-received EPs on the now-defunct Round Records (which he helped set up in 1997). He also has his own label Snafu Recordings, and helps run Covert Records with DJ Bigfoot.
Most recently energy has been focussed on [k]rack-troni[k], which is an outlet for a more electro/breakbeat orientated sound. He has also recorded tracks for Embryo Records, Magic Trax, and Melt Recordings and has had several tracks licensed to high profile compilations (including Dave Clarke’s hugely successful World Service electro-techno mashup and Bentley Rhythm Ace’s FSUK mix).
Lief Ryan has come a long way in the last 12 months. His unique style of techno fused with electro, grime and industrial breakbeats makes his forthcoming live appearance all the more mouthwatering.
Lief has a long history as a techno DJ, playing mostly in the UK and Spain where he had residencies at Barcelona clubs Metropole, Moog and his own Uptown Club. Releases such as 'Skeg Flesh' and 'In Spite Of Pain' on his own Growth label in 2002 demonstrate not only his originality,but his ability to make bottom-heavy club rockers. More recently EP's such as 'Las Vegas Of The North' on Iron Oxide and 'Unhealthly Living' on Growth serve only to remind that Lief is one of the great new talents of UK techno scene.
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