[Manchester] 13/04/07 - Locked 4th Birthday - DJ Godfather

[Sam_Horam]

Locked 4th Birthday

Flying in from Detroit to help us celebrate Locked's 4th birthday we are proud to present the legendary DJ Godfather. Godfather's unparalleled DJ skills have been rocking dancefloors round the world for over ten years now and we're anticipating something very special as he returns to Locked after tearing things up at the club back in May 2005.

Friday 13th April 2007

Special Guest ////
DJ Godfather (Databass, Twilight 76, Detroit)

Residents ////
Jay Knight / Adam Rayner / Sam Horam

Joshua Brooks, Charles St, Off Oxford Rd, Manchester, M1 6NG

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DJ Godfather (Databass, Twilight 76, Detroit)

DJ Godfather is a model for success on your own terms. Having been involved with music since his high school years, he's developed into one of Detroit's leading performance DJ's, able to hold a crowd on the floor with his infectious music at the same time blowing their minds with his unparalleled DJ skills. Not content to make jaws drop just by spinning records, he's been producing records for over 8 years.

Back in 1996 there was a frontier spirit in Detroit. The Techno thing had been done to death, or the artists were so focused on Europe that Detroit was left behind. What was left was all the music that was dirty and funky, all the children of when Electronic Music breeds with Hip Hop: Electro, Jungle, Ghetto House, Miami Bass. Out of this eclectic mix DJ Godfather and DJ Assault almost single handedly turned this sound into a new open minded style, practically inventing Ghetto-Tech with their respective labels and DJ styles. With his label, Twilight 76, (co owned with DJ Dickand Throw's Brian Gillespie) DJ Godfather took this music that was ubiquitous on Detroit mix shows and forged it into production style that defines the Ghetto-Tech sound, making him one of the first artists in Detroit to make records specifically for this crowd. There is no doubt Twilight 76 and Databass are leaders of this sound as his classic single 'Player Haters in this House' and his acclaimed Detroit battle style mix CD series 'The Bomb' attests.

Ghetto Tech never really caught on outside of its home. It's as Detroit as the Tigers. And its producers do not feel that they need to domesticate it, as their home-based sales are heavy. Godfather is known to sell upwards of 15,000 copies of a record - in Detroit and Miami alone.

Around 1997, Europe started to notice what was going on in the Motor City's Ghetto Tech scene. Distributors started buying record these records.
Then came the non stop DJ gigs. Always a local sensation, his hit records took him around the world from the tropics of Puerto Rico to Sonar 99 with Ectomorph, from the grittiest of Detroit warehouses to the most glamorous clubs of London and Vienna.

Constantly pushing his music forward, DJ Godfather has taken his love of production to the extreme by producing his Hip Hop group 'Players Only' in his own state of the art 40 track studio. Furthering his music progression is his work with avant-garde Electro group Ectomorph both in the studio and as their tour DJ, proving that this man is always on the move to new territories and new sounds.

[Technobitch]

im sure you will see me at this one :cheese:

[neko]

Made-up, I'm off work that weekend so won't have to miss this one.
Was gutted I couldn't come to see Pacou :grr:

[LOCKED]

Locked records 01

2007 sees Locked embark upon a new project in the form of a free mp3 web label aimed at pushing the boundaries and strengthening our scene. The new era of Laptop and cd dj's is well and truely upon us so we have moved with the times to provide a solid source of tools, tracks and sounds.
The label will combine the music of established artists with that of the many talented artists around us and the style will venture through techno and its sub genre's. For now it will be MP3 only but there are plans to go vinyl aswell

Here is the first installment:



01 Pacou- Suave
The 1st track from Pacou on this EP, and as expected, he comes up with a complete winner! This track is something a bit different, constructed around a soundscape which is lambasted in deep warm hypnotic synth laden sounds. The B line just sits and rolls alongside all this, creating a tripped out spacey track that is sure to go down a storm in any electronic set.

02 Pacou - 'Dont Get Me Started'
Berlins techno maestro Pacou steps up to the plate with something purely and strictly for the dancefloor. This funky looped driver is sure to bounce any dirty floor hard, containing everything a tough tribal number should, with its finely placed nagging percussion and funky rhythmic shuffles. This track is a real peak time stunner!

03 Dominik Muller - 'Eintracht Hutte'
The EP gets rolling with a cold hearted affair from one of Polands rising dark stars Dominik Muller. This is one for the Industrial badboys out there with its slamming offbeat bassline and hypnotic synth line that fills the track out perfectly.

04 Sinistra - 'Ballista'
An absolute stormer from UK based bone cruncher 'Sinistra'. Truly the heaviest track on this EP, this distorted yet minimal hammerer wraps up the MP3 nicely with its sharp percussive stabs and hissing interference noises. If your techno palette is erring slightly more to the aggressive side this is a must have! A man to watch

05 Only - 'Warfare'
A total shot at the New Skool here with a dark trembling work out from local anarchist 'Only'. On the first listen this sounds like something right from back in the Mid 90s with the simple but effective clattering bassline alongside some subtle but dense percussion. Halfway through you are treated to a killer breakdown that builds to a crescendo of synth based mayhem.



Click here to download a zip file containing the 5 tracks in high quality mp3 format or go direct to our site @ www.lockedrecords.co.uk



Also available from our website are dj mixes from the following:

Dj Godfather @ Locked v Computer Controlled
Matt Blak live @ Footworx Belgium
Pacou Live @ Locked 03
Mark Williams
Oscar Mulero
Lief Ryan
Dominik Muller

Plus many more to follow. Watch this space

www.lockedrecords.co.uk

[Sam_Horam]

Pics from March's locked are now up on the site at
www.lockedrecords.co.uk

Just click on Images from the top menu to see them

[Technobitch]

anyone spot the *tipical dawn pic* hahahahaahah what a mess......love it!! i was sooo drunk! just what i deeded!! cant wait till the nest one!:cheese: :cheese:

[Joycey]

Watched the DJ Godfather dvd at the weekend - pretty mint! Looking forward to it, mad all the birds in detroit, more birds go to techno nights than lads, they all shake there booty's on the dancefloor in circle's to techno! Well funny.

[Mucky Beats]

top night nice one

[fils_here]

sounds like a top night, you guys gonna put dj godfather's set up for download? the last one was rocking!

[Traxx]

Nice and busy again. Godfather was a corker on the decks, tricks galore. Wasnt too keen on 2 hours of those type of tunes but worth it to see what he was doin none the less. Last hour was bangin.

[Frank Dogshit]

another finetastic night.......seriously good fun all round! not a serious face in the house during dj godfathers set.
full on clown dancing all night. excellent!


short video i took during godfathers sets.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeIfGtPOy4s

[Frank Dogshit]

Another small clip of DJ Godfather making noises.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHM-Rdc868U


Video of Jay Knight playing some 'banging funky house' at the end of the night....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbqRUAYf-sY

[neko]

Jay thumped it didnt he.
I was well pissed off when the lights came on, the night seemed to be over in a flash.