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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Made Event presents
SANDER VAN DOORN
(Doorn Records)

Made Event presents the Dutch sensation, Sander Van Doorn at Pacha NYC on Friday, May 8th, 2009.

In this day and age, being a Trance DJ from the Netherlands is not a unique thing, however, the level of talent and amount of chart topping records and sold out shows is unique to Sander Van Doorn. Entering the DJ Mag Top 100 at 32, then climbing to 15 within a year is no small feat, and is exciting to see what lies ahead for this young talent.  These days he’s embracing the future and sharing his knowledge capital with his “Sander Studio Sessions”. The 3rd video installment is out now featuring Sander showcasing techniques and tips.

From the studio, Sander’s joint production with mentor and friend Marco V, “What Say” has been slaying dancefloors worldwide and will get a proper full release in May. Also just released on Doorn Records is killer track ‘Ummet Ozcan – Timewave Zero’, now topping off at #1 spot in the Beatport trance charts. Sander also recently mixed “Spaceman” from The Killers recent massive album, Day & Age. To further propagate the Sander van Doorn sound, Sander’s Identity radio show, now in its 3rd year on DI.FM showcases his newest productions, remixes, and hot crate of records to his adoring fans worldwide.

PACHA
618 West 46th St
New York, NY 10036
Info & Table reservations: 212.209.7500
Doors open at 10PM, 19+ with Valid I.D.
$20 Advance Tickets while supplies last at www.made-event.com

Tickets also available at Rebel Rebel, 319 Bleecker St NYC 212.989.0770
Event Info 917.723.9381

www.made-event.com
www.sandervandoorn.com
www.myspace.com/sandervandoorn
www.jaypidgeon.com
www.pachanyc.com

Made Event NYC Upcoming Dates
May 2 Save the Cannibals: Argy & The Martinez Brothers @ Rebel
May 8 Sander van Doorn @ Pacha NYC
May 9 Save the Cannibals: Lee Burridge @ Rebel
May 15 Josh Gabriel @ Cielo
May 16  Save the Cannibals: Cassy with Nikola Baytola @ Rebel
May 22 Dave Seaman & Nick Warren @ Pacha NYC
May 22 Misstress Barbara @ Cielo
May 23 Save the Cannibals: Guy Gerber (live) @ Rebel
May 30 Save the Cannibals: Adultnapper & Fairmont (live) @ Rebel
June 12 Gareth Emery @ Cielo
June 19 ATB @ Pacha NYC
June 26 Dave Dresden @ Cielo

About Made Event
The Made Event team, headed by Mike Bindra and Laura De Palma, is committed to excellence in the programming, promotion, and production of electronic dance music events. They continually bring a world-renowned caliber of entertainment into a variety of distinctive and innovative venues, and seek to push the limit of expertise in their field. With over 20 years of combined experience, and over 300 successful events produced in New York City and at Winter Music Conference, Made Event is an industry leader. For more info, please go to www.made-event.com.

DubSpot & Ableton present
‘Live 8 U.S. Sessions Tour’ Kicking Off in San Francisco : May 7
Ableton Weekend Workshop May 9 & 10

DubSpot, New York City’s forward-thinking electronic music production and DJ institute is coming to San Francisco!  We’re launching a nationwide 8-city tour, designed to teach, first-hand, the magic of the most revolutionary piece of music production software on the planet, Ableton Live 8 and it’s first dedicated controller, the highly anticipated Akai APC40!  Participants learn through a unique series of interactive workshops, live performances, and engaging Q&A’s with a diverse pool of talented artists as your instructors.

ABLETON LIVE 8 & Akai APC40 : 8 WORKSHOPS : 8 U.S. CITIES!

Journey with Jon Margulies, DubSpot instructor & author of Ableton Live 7 (& 8 ) Power!, Music Supervisor Barry Cole (Blue Mountain Music Publishing, Spot Music) and Dub Gabriel(Universal, Warner Brothers, Destroy All Concepts), Christopher Willits (Overlap/Ghostly/12K), Jason Short (Auralism), Matt Moldover (Warper NYC, LoveTech SF), and more.

Please let us know if you’d like us to visit your city: Chicago, Austin, LA, DC, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Seattle…

To Register or obtain more Info, please go to: www.dubspot.com/pages/abletontour.jsp

SAN FRANCISCO : MAY 7 – 10, 2009

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, MAY 9th

“Ableton In the Studio”: Creating Music with Live
Explore essentials such as Live’s interactive session View, and timeline-based Arrange View. And dig deeper into new innovations in version 8, such as the upgraded Warping Engine and Groove Pool.

12-1:30 Dub Gabriel: Session View
Remixing, Mashing & Jamming Gabriel is an experienced producer and musician with remix commissions from well over a dozen internationally known artists. He will demonstrate how to work effectively in Live’s revolutionary Session View, and use this to efficiently manage and manipulate the components of your track.

2-3:30 Jason Short: Beats, Bass & Beyond
Jason will outline, discuss and demonstrate what it takes to create a minimal techno track from scratch, as he has done hundreds of times over the past decade for either his label Auralism or any one of his past collaborative projects.

4-5:30 Jon Margulies: Arrange View
The Final Mix Jon Margulies is the author of the two latest editions of Ableton Power, the definitive user manual for the program. In this session he will demonstrate how to put the finishing touches on your track, including polishing and refining your arrangements and automation in addition to tying up other loose ends that often get forgotten or overlooked.

6-7pm Barry Cole: ‘My Tracks are Banging Now What?’
Music Supervisor for over 60 Films and manager of a publishing catalog with over 15,000 songs from Bob Marley to Justice, Barry will discuss ways to protect and monetize your tracks, music publishing and royalties, digital distribution and licensing your music for Film, TV, Video Games and Advertising.

SUNDAY, MAY 10th

‘Taking Ableton on Stage’: Performing with Live.
If performance is what you’re interested in, we’ll be covering the basics of setting up a quality DJ set and beyond – hybrid DJ/Live PA sets, setting up MIDI controllers, live effects control and the highly anticipated Akai APC40!

12-1:30 Christopher Willits: Live for Instrumentalists & Vocalists
With over 15 releases in 7 years, Chris has been instrumental in redefining the roll of the guitar in the digital age. In this session he will demonstrate how Ableton can manipulate guitar and vocal recordings to create musical compositions never before possible.

2-3:30 Jon Margulies: DJ / Live PA
Hybrid Sets with the Akai APC40 Jon will be back for another session, this time demonstrating the capabilities of Ableton in a live PA or DJ hybrid setup. He will focus on using the Akai APC40, the most revolutionary Ableton controller on the market.

4-5:30 Matt Moldover: Controllers & Performance
Known as the “godfather of controllerism,” Moldover is famous for building, hacking and playing controllers with virtuosic skill. See him show off some of his favorites, and demonstrate a variety of methods for effectively incorporating hardware of many different kinds into your set.

6-7pm Special Guest Performance

*Price: $225 for all 8 Workshops! Or $125 for a single day.
RSVP & Questions: info@dubspot.com.
Location: To be announced.

EVENING EVENTS : At night there will be live performances by internationally recognized artists of the highest caliber, along with FREE Ableton Public Clinics.

THURSDAY, MAY 7th

FunkAid Nationwide Release Party!
Featuring Afrolicious and Dubspot’s DJ Obah @ Elbo Room (647 Valencia St). Dubspot’s first nationwide philanthropic project, this party will celebrate the first release in a series of compilations all designed to promote awareness and raise funds for African children affected by the AIDS crisis. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to charity. www.funkaid.com
Ableton Free Public Clinic #1
Robotspeak (589 1/2 Haight St) at 6PM

FRIDAY, MAY 8th

Ableton Free Public Clinic #2
Guitar Center (1645 Van Ness Ave) at 7PM
Dirtybird Spring Pajama Jam
Justin Martin, Worthy, J. Phlip, Claude Vonstoke, Christian Martin @ Mezzanine (444 Jessie St.)

SUNDAY, MAY 10th

Dub Mission
@ Elbo Room (647 Valencia St) San Francisco’s favorite Dub night for over a dozen years, whose resident DJ’s include DJ Sep, Dub Mission’s internationally respected founder, as well as J-Boogie. They will be performing along with DJ Sabbo, who will be making his Dub Mission debut. The party runs from 9pm to 2am.

ABOUT DUBSPOT
DUBSPOT– a world-class electronic music production and DJ institute located in NYC’s Meatpacking District – is now offering open enrollment for Spring 2009. As one of the first Ableton Certified Training Centers in the world, DubSpot has become the premier music school for both aspiring and experienced producers and DJ’s.  Check out the new Spring 2009 courses, instructors, and updated curriculum.  Learn Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason, Serato, and Native Instruments and class offerings range from beginner to advanced, analog to digital, hardware to software, everything you need to start making music today.  DubSpot is redefining music education for tomorrow’s digital age in their start-of-the-art. For more info, please go to www.dubspot.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, May 1st, 2009
Pacha NYC presents
SURKIN
The Pacha debut of the pint-sized French Wonderkid

with TROUBLE & BASS DJ’s (Star Eyes & The Captain)
JDH & DAVE P (Fixed NYC)
MICHAEL MEDS (Micprobes/Ruff Club NYC)
DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS
DJ AYRES (T&A Records/The Rub)
S$MALL C$HANGE

FREE BEFORE 12 MIDNIGHT – RSVP HERE FOR GUESTLIST at www.pachanyc.com

Check out the Surkin Mini-Site: www.pachanyc.com/surkin/

The young French phenom may have skipped high school, but has already made a career for himself as one of France’s biggest rising stars. Pacha NYC proudly presents Surkin on Friday May 1st, 2009.

As a former four-to-the-floor hater, Surkin got into dance music through Detroit ghetto-tech and thanks to the internet, as he started to dig deeper into club music history focusing on Miami Bass, Chicago ghetto and non-house music. Add a thick layer of glammed-up filtered house courtesy of French dons Daft Punk and local originators Jess & Crabbe and you’ve got the full Surkin mille-feuilles.

In May 2006, Parisian label Institubes released two Surkin records at once, “Ghetto Obsession” and “Radio Fireworks” which garnered a tremendous response, and was played and playlisted by everybody from the Ed Banger and Erol Alkan cabal to Boys Noize and Tiga. Those tracks even managed to break the indie dance glass ceiling by smashing main rooms all over the globe. Radio Fireworks emerged as a genuine club hit, topping both Justice’s AND Mylo’s “Best tracks of 2006” lists. With his first album due out in October, Surkin is still riding high of his latest EP, “Next of Kin” featuring a huge fuck-the-zeitgeist hit, “White Knight Two”, that just made Mixmag’s top 100 tracks list of 2008. Pacha NYC together with Surkin will be exploring a whole new genre of dance music that is growing ever so quickly.

Supporting Surkin on this night are DJ’s from a trio of respected NYC dance music organizations.  JDH & Dave P have been at the helm of their popular New York City-based FIXED for nearly five year and have been responsible for bringing some of the largest names in dance music to US shores for their debut gigs, including Justice, The Klaxons, Simian Mobile Disco, and Soulwax.  Star Eyes & The Captain from Brooklyn-based Trouble & Bass will also be bringing their signature style of bass heavy house music to the booming Pacha soundsystem.  Michael Meds represents another fine NYC dance music institution Ruff Club.  Having recently celebrated their three year anniversary, Ruff Club has carved their place in the city as a premier Friday night destination for the dirtiest in electro and house. Also just added, Dances With White Girls, DJ Ayres, and S$mall C$hange round out the all-star NYC support.

PACHA NYC
618 West 46th St
New York, NY 10036
Info & Table reservations: 212.209.7500
Doors open at 10PM, 19+ with Valid I.D.
$20 Advance Tickets at www.pachanyc.com
FREE BEFORE 12 MIDNIGHT – RSVP HERE FOR GUESTLIST

www.pachanyc.com
www.myspace.com/surkin
www.myspace.com/fixednyc
www.myspace.com/troubleandbass
www.myspace.com/michaelmedsmusic
www.myspace.com/danceswithwhitegirls
www.myspace.com/djayres
www.myspace.com/smallchange666

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cielo: Playtime
Mixed by Nicolas Matar and Willie Graff
Latest Release in the Critically Acclaimed Compilation Series
Out June 9th on Tommy Boy

Premiere New York City nightclub Cielo continues its highly acclaimed compilation series with its latest installment Playtime. The double album is mixed by resident DJs Nicolas Matar and Willie Graff on Tommy Boy Records and is set to be released on June 9th, 2009.

Over the years the Cielo compilation series has amassed a worldwide audience of seasoned dance music aficionados. Its ongoing success is a testament to the overall programming and underlying vibe at Cielo that celebrates quality dance music above all else. Both CDs are mixed and compiled by Nicolas Matar and Willie Graff incorporating their musical bearings and keen sense of DJing styles. Matar has developed his eclectic sound by playing in the most celebrated nightclubs over the past fifteen years.  His skillful DJing combines elements of jazz, deep and funky house with heavy disco, African and Latin influences.  Similarly, Willie Graff showcases his diverse array of house music with emphasis on his deep and moody trademark sound.

Playtime features deep and soulful tracks from some of house music’s most popular and influential artists including UK legend Charles Webster, German deep house favorites Lovebirds, Mantis Recordings co- founder Atjazz, Buzzin Fly’s Rocco, NYC garage master Kerri Chandler, Louie Vega’s Elements of Life collective, Defected veteran Kings of Tomorrow (aka Sandy Rivera), Berlin House/Rock band Wahoo featuring George Levin & Dixon, New York’s original queen of house Barbara Tucker, vocal legend Robert Owens, third wave Detroit techno pioneer Kenny Larkin, Dessous artist and Beaports “Best Deep House Act” Phonique, !K7 favorite Henrik Schwarz, and Mobilee staple Sebo K.

Since it’s opening in 2004, Cielo has become an international music club brand upholding its edict of world-class music, elite level service and all-inclusive atmosphere. For those who’ve never ventured inside the retro-futuristic club and housed it up on the sunken dancefloor, the Cielo compilation series transports you to Cielo for the perfect night of clubbing. With Playtime, Cielo continues to uphold its reign as the premiere destination for house and electronic music, as well as the leading producer of unmatched music compilations.

ABOUT CIELO
Located at 18 Little West 12th Street, in the heart of New York City’s trendy Meat Packing District, Cielo is open nightly from 10:00pm-4:00am. The 350 person capacity club features a world-class, state-of-the-art digital Funktion One sound system and an atmosphere of timeless 70s dance décor.  Over the last 6 years, Cielo has continued to thrive and collect accolades including: Club World Awards “Best Club” in 2008, 2006 & 2005, “Best Party – Dance.Here.Now.” 2007 – 2009 and “Best Resident DJ – Francois K” in 2005 & 2006. The club also received top honors from Village Voice “Best Nightclub” in 2006 and “Best Deep House Club” by New York Magazine in 2006 and continues to receive international acclaim from DJ Mag as one of its Top 50 Nightclubs in the World in 2006 – 2009. For more information visit Cielo’s website at www.cieloclub.com.

Playtime CD 1 ‘Classic’ Tracklisting
1. Furry Phreaks-Want Me Like Water (Charles Webster 2008 Remix)
2. Lovebirds-Tuesday (Dub Mix)
3. Amana Melone-Caterpillar (Atjazz Remix)
4. Rocco-Somebody (NJ Mix)
5. Risk Soundsystem-The Sound is Yours (Kerri Chandler Remix)
6. Elements Of Life featuring Lisa Fischer & Cindy Mizelle-Into My life(Dub)
7. Azuni-Remember That Girl
8. Roberto Rodriguez-Besomebody
9. DJ Fudge-Wally
10. Kings Of Tomorrow Featuring Rae-Can’t Stop (Wahoo Remix)
11. Barbara Tucker & Tuccilo-One Desire (Barbara’s Desire Mix)
12. Robert Owens-Happy (James Priestley & Dan Berkson Remix)

Playtime CD 2 ‘Nu Classic’ Tracklisting
1. Kenny Larkin-Cirque De Soul
2. Motor City Drum Ensemble-Lonely One
3. DFlex-Waltz (Kawabata Remix)
4. Herb LF-Down To The Sound
5. The Lost Men-Brothers and Sisters
6. Phonique & Kiloo-The Passion (Manuel Tur & DPlay Remix)
7. Version-The Brighter Side (Jimpster Dub)
8. Class 71-Alba Adriatica(Move D ‘The Smoke In Your Eyes’ Mix)
9. Ane Brun-Headphone Silence (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
10. Kiko Navarro & DJ Fudge-Maximal
11. Sebo K-Diva
12. Chic Miniature-Escandalo

www.cieloclub.com
www.tommyboy.com

For Immediate Release

Friday, April 24th, 2009
Pacha NYC presents
MARK KNIGHT
NO PANTS PARTY

After a blistering performance for the first night of his Pacha NYC residency, Mark Knight returns on Friday, April 24th, 2009 for the first NO PANTS PARTY, with his trousers checked at the door. Inspired by the New York improv troup Improv Everywhere’s NO PANTS! SUBWAY RIDE, Pacha NYC is kicking off the worldwide NO PANTS DAY 2009 (May 1st – www.wehatepants.com). Pacha NYC will be taking their pants OFF to put the FUN back into clubbing. Mark’s vision and approach to his residency and his DJ sets, have an underlying desire to inject the fun band absurd back into clubbing. What better way to do that than with NO PANTS?!? Clubbers can expect this sort of antics all year long, kicking off in February with a dancefloor full of Groucho mustache sporting club heads. No telling what sort of surprises to expect with a Mark Knight DJ set, now more improved with NO PANTS!!!

Check your pants at the door for complimentary admission!

Mark Knight has forged himself a reputation as one of the foremost house producers on the planet, shaping the scene with his Toolroom imprint. A string of consistently hot productions and skillfully written remixes, from Kylie through to Underworld, have secured ongoing success at the top of the dance charts. Production highlights of late 2008 would have to be Mark’s incredible remake of Laurent Garnier’s ‘Man With The Red Face’, officially Beatport’s fastest ever selling record. Never one to rest on his laurels Mark launched “Toolroom Knights” as a signature club night at the Amsterdam Dance Event and since then has gone on to host parties at key cities across the world with established residencies at Ministry of Sound (London), Redlight (Paris), Cocoon (Frankfurt), Sankey’s (Manchester). The “Toolroom Knights”, based around the label, and Mark’s distinctive sound introduced the underground sound of Toolroom to the clubbing masses with a superb DJ line up reflective of the label. In 2009, Toolroom Knights continue their conquest with North American residencies at Pacha NYC and Avalon (Los Angeles).

No Pants Subway Ride 2009: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9La40WwO-lU

PACHA NYC
618 West 46th St
New York, NY 10036
Info & Table reservations: 212.209.7500
Doors open at 10PM, 19+ with Valid I.D.
$20 Advance Tickets at  www.pachanyc.com
Check your pants at the door for complimentary admission!

www.pachanyc.com
www.djmarkkinght.com
www.myspace.com/djmarkknight
www.toolrecords.co.uk
www.wehatepants.com