The Subst@nce Dubai Podcast

Subst@nce is back with an update to The Sound of Subst@nce podcast series, this time with SOS 7.

Subst@nce continues its mission to spread its deep and groovy house sound to all four corners of the globe, and with people locked on in from NY to Nantes, from Rome to Rio de Janeiro, from Berlin to Bangkok, from St Petersburg to Sydney and, of course, Dublin to Dubai its is delivering the goods on a global level

SOS 7 keeps the groove on and the energy up. Feat tracks and remixes from Atmosfear, Slok, Todd Terje, Jay Shepheard, Dan Berkson, Marvin Zeyss, Butch, Simon Baker, Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Jimpster, Vincenzo, Kruse & Nuernberg, The Timewriter, Harold Heath, Deep Dish, Mistress Barbara, Gorge, Midland, Nivek Tsoy, Martin Eyerer, Tiger Stripes and Dj T.

We hope you enjoy. Feed, as always, is welcomed.

Next up on the Substance Dubai podcast is UK based DJ, Producer, Promoter and co-owner of underground house labels Modifi Music and Modifi Grooves, Boss.

Boss has been on the forefront of the underground electronic music scene for many years. Running Choobe Soundsystem, a club night where it's roots were formed from illegal, free outdoor parties eventually found it's way into the Midlands well respected clubs. The night saw rave reviews in three of the biggest selling dance mags in the world!

Boss then started Lost Disco Project with some like minded friends and once again the night soon spread and was being hosted in Ibiza @ Hush & Eden, whilst booking some of the worlds most credible DJ's & producers.

However, making the music he loves to play is what drives Boss. He runs (with James Vickers), Modifi Music & Modifi Grooves, with a club night that supports the music that these labels promote. With the labels increasing reputation see's the scenes biggest Dj's playing and supporting the music- as well as top radio stations in the world.

Things could be on the up for the tireless workings of Boss whose tracks have been used on mix compilations from house legend Todd Terry and have been supported by Roger Sanchez, Dave Seaman,Giom, Anderson Noise, Terry Francis, The Scum Frog, Inland Knights, Mark Knight, Anil Chawla, Andy Chatterley, Dj Sneak, Anthony Pappa, Onionz, Da Sunlounge, The Littlemen, Matt Bandy and many more.

Modifi Music is a techno and tech-house label based in the UK. Since 2008 Modifi Music have released tracks from artists such as Housewerks, Giash, Hans Bouffemere, Phil Soren, Carlo Astuti and Chris Cooper / Only Ten Left and gaining support form DJs such as Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, James Zabiela, Butch, Markus Schulz, Dave Seaman, Audiojack, Pig & Dan, Kaiser Disco and Dandi & Ugo.

Modifi Grooves is a fresh label that concentrates on the groovier side of life. The label prides itself on finding fresh talent and combing that with the sounds of the experienced producer. With an ever growing support list and remixes coming in from the like of Soul Minority, Death On The Balcony, and future mixes coming from Inland Knights, the label is fast gaining a credible reputation!

Roger Sanchez's label 'Stealth' has just sub- licensed the huge WMC smash Carlo Astuti - The Leave Change But You Don't, and is being featured on his WMC Mix Compilation. So world domination? No, definitely not! But you can count on amazing and high quality music being featured!

http://www.modifimusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/imodifi

Definitely one for after dark, Subst@nce DJ Steve Darley mixes the 1st in a new series of deeper house mixes. Perfect for post-clubbing, we feel this is a mix that will hopefully stand the test of time. So please sit back, unwind and sink into Deeper Subst@nce.

Feat tracks and remixes by Ada, Ripperton, Locodice, Flowers and Sea Creatures, Fred Everything, Daso, Kevin Yost, Kaiserdisco, Yousef, Julio Bashmore, Vincent Wegner, Boss, Deniz Kurtel, Dennis Ferrer, Audiofly, Steve Darley, Telepopmusik and Tevo Howard.

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Pt 2 of a Xmas Xmix from Substance, featuring Substance resident and promoter Steve Darley on a ride through groovy house and deep space tech. Featuring tracks and remixes from Jamie Anderson, Afrilounge, Jay Shepheard, Palm Skin Productions, Animal Trainer, Oliver Koletski, Radio Slave, Butch, Francios Kevorkian, Tracey Thorn, Karol XVII and MB Valence, Ellen Allien and Robert Babicz.

Pt 1 of a Xmas Xmix from Substance, featuring Substance resident Rich Showell on a dirty, sleazy ride through disco-tech and minimal funk, with a couple of classics and an original production thrown in for good measure.

Featuring tracks and remixes from Maya Jane Coles, Inland Knights, Robert James, Anthony Collins, Martin Venetjoki, Cred & Showell, Lee Foss, Russ Yallop, Damian Lazarus and Roy David Jr.

Subst@nce favourite Mark Lowry returns to the Subst@nce Dubai podcast almost 1 year after his first podcast episode for us, and his live 4 deck smash up at Dubai's Alpha club.

For those of you who don't know about Mark then allow us to give a brief introduction. Mark is a Newcastle (UK) house legend, resident of Shindig for the past 7 years, and someone who lives and breathes music everyday through the Newcastle based music school ‘Generator’, where he teaches kids to DJ and produce.

Recently, Mark has been adding to his already impressive music CV with remixes of 'Jahaaa' by Hermanez on Steve Lawler's Viva Music imprint and Kruse and Nuernberg's Wiretappeur moniker 'I Want You' on Fresh Meat, both under the guise of Airgroove, his successful collaboration with fellow Geordie Neil Bainbridge, not forgetting his remix of 'In The Dark' by Stan Kolev on Dutchie under his own name.

It clear to see that Mark is a busy boy, but despite all this he still managed to squeeze in getting married (to his lovely wife Jayne), as well as carry on rocking Shindig week in, week out where his next task is warming up for Danny Howells and also former Substance guest Alex Niggeman.

So lets hear it for the devout disciple of the dance music, and all round nice bloke Mr Mark Lowry as he serves up another slice of what he does best - chunky, funky house music from the heart!!

Substance Dubai.....Giving You More!!

Substance Dubai brings to you the latest in their series of jaunts into the finest dancefloor electronica around. The Sound of Subst@nce (SOS) Volume 6 sees their adventures continue in a world of deep, spacey grooves and pulsating future funk. Mixed by Subst@nce resident dj Steve Darley, we reckon this one's a bit of grower, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed compiling!!!

Feat tracks and remixes by Show-b, Audio Junkies, The Timewriter, Bucher & Kessidis, Bernado Novaes, We Love, Johnny D, Tiefschwarz, SIS, Robert Babicz, Jamie Anderson, Nomi & Rampa, Pete Gooding, Simian Mobile Disco, Gui Boratto, Samuel Lawrence, Mic Newman, Nima Gorji and Geddes.

Feedback , as always, welcome.

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London born and bred Darren Roach has been an integral part of the UK club scene since the halcyon days of ’88. A veteran of London’s clubbin mafia at the age of 15 he was gracing the decks of (then) top London clubs such as MoS, Club UK and The Limelight, quickly gaining recognition amongst his peers as one of the most technically advanced Djs of his generation

After-hour parties and big events have been a main source for Darren's musical output. Captivating a beautiful collection of friends and experiences, from which he embraced and most importantly learnt from. This knowledge would then go on to mould Darren's musical ability as a DJ to work a crowd. Throughout the last 15 years Darren had the pleasure of playing and supporting some of the world’s leading underground DJS and live including Carl Cox, Derek May, Juan Atkins, Kevin Sanderson, Masters at work, Front 242, Carl Craig live,

Darren Roach has travelled the globe and DJ’d at some of the world’ s best clubs and festivals in countries such as America, Australia, China, Russia, Turkey, Croatia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Holland, Ukraine, Belgium, France, Spain, and Sweden playing in events like Dance Valley Amsterdam, Global Tendencies festival San Sebastian, Impulse outdoor festival Holland, Creamfields Istanbul, Taj Mahal Czech republic, The Millennium party in Sydney, DV Amnesia Ibiza, la Cova Barcelona, Sancho Panza(Carnival) Isle of MTV party Croatia and special events like Massive Attacks V.I.P After Party in Istanbul.

In 2002 Darren took on the role as Head of Press and Promotion at Intergroove UK. Plugging and pushing the underground sound to a bigger audience. Labels that broke to the fore purely because of the support that Darren gave them include: Get Physical, Moon Harbour, Morris audio, Connoisseur, Cocoon, Tuning Spork, Immigrant to name but a few...

Also around this time Darren Roach launched the seminal Studiotek Label with various releases to date and with the label gaining not only tremendous reviews and “sureplayers” in magazines such as Mixmag, Muzik, DJ mag, IDJ, DMC update and various internet sites but also support right across the DJ’ing fraternity including Carl Cox, Mr C, Terry Francis, Mazi, Jay Tripwire, Colin Dale, James Zabiela, Layo and Bushwacka, Nathan Coles, Dj Prinz, Ralph Lawson, Dave Mothersole, Tyler Stadius, D'Julz, Ty Tek, Evil Eddie Richards, Pete Heller, Chris Udoh, Dj Linus, Dave Duriez and Francis Harris(Adultnapper) to name a few.

In 2007 Darren Roach launches Electronic Body Movement - EBM - a new special night which has been kicking ass amongst the East London warehouse scene that was followed swiftly by residencies at Egg Club London and 54. With quality DJ line ups that have included some of the best underground DJ’s from across the globe. Artist such as Lee Burridge, Kenny Hawkes, Colin Dale,Pete Herbert (UK). Dan Curtin, Jan Eric Kaiser (Germany). Jerome Sydneham (USA), Raoul Belmans, DJ Prinz (Belgium) Jerome Pacman (France) have graced the decks of EBM.

EBM has gone onto gain out most respect from both the dance music industry and press culminating in September 2007 with a “covermount” mix CD for industry bible DJ Mag.

DJ Mag has described Darren Roach as "the Lord of Groove".....As an artist Darren has always looked for sounds that can only be described as different!!! But, this is where the special talents of Darren really come into play, by bringing in subliminal mixes of different styles and elements based around Electronic house, keeping crowds on their feet, and good feelings inside. Originality and Quality music is the key to Darren Roach's success.

2hrs 30mins 0f Rich's stonking main set from our last Subst@nce party. If you were there, you already know how good it was. If not, download, sit back, then get right back up again in appreciation.

Feat tracks and remixes by Inland Knights, Ante Perry, Sascha Dive, Robert James, Christian Burkhardt, Reboot, Kabale & Liebe, Jamie Jones, Art Department & Loco Dice.

2hrs of Steve's warm up set at our last party, building the groove ready for the main man of the night Rich Showell.

Feat tracks and remixes by Andre Lodemann, Veitengruber, Seva K, Maxxa, Kevin Yost, Wolf & Lamb, Alex Q, SLG, Ian Pooley, Jay Shepheard, Kruse & Nuernberg, Jamie Anderson, Chez Damier, Fred Everything, Sasse & Blakkat.

Hot on the heels of SOS Vol 4 , from the land of sand, comes the 5th installment of our little Arabian outlet of all that we think is hot right now in the world of deep, groovy, atmospheric, dancefloor driving house and techno.Featuring tracks and remixes from Sasse, The Wiretapper, Ian Pooley, Dodha, Sander VT, Eddie Leader, D'Julz, Kevin Yost, Aki Bergen, Kindimmer, Ben Watt, Stimming, Gorge, Jay Shepheard and Dirty Vegas to mention a few. As always, we hope you enjoy and feedback, comments or just random chit chat is always welcome. From us to you, with love. Subst@nce

Djuma Soundsystem is Norwegian Mikkas and Danish Lars B who both live in Copenhagen. They first met when they DJ'd at one of Copenhagens longest running club nights, "Offline", and quickly became inseparable friends and later, production partners.
Mikkas and Lars’ production career started in an odd way (considering they now produce cutting edge house and techno music); in 2001 they composed and produced the music for the ballet "Off The Record" for The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen; a ballet that merged classical music with elements of new electronic music.
The story of Djuma Soundsystem began a couple of years later in 2003, when Mikkas and Lars B decided to make a tune following this dogma: to make an ethnic sounding club banger, that wasn’t commercial or "cheesy" sounding.
Following this, Mikkas and Lars B have remixed, produced and coproduced tracks under many different monikers, such as Ben Horn and Def Jaguar with their main output being as Djuma Soundsystem.
They are signed to the mighty "Get Physical " label from Berlin alongside label mates such as M.A.N.D.Y, Dj T and Booka shade and are the team behind the biggest selling release on Beatport ever, "Les Djinns"; quite some claim to fame given the volume of tunes available through the site.
"Les Djinns" has subsequently been remixed countless times and is currently receiving a reworking by none other than MOBY!!
Aside from their production/studio work, the pair have a relentless schedule of gigs, both dj'ing and live that takes them around the world, and it was whilst they were in Dubai recently for one such date that we got to meet them and hang out; infact they ended up being stranded here due to the Icelandic Volcanic eruption! It was a great pleasure to meet Mikkas and Lars (top geezers in our book) and when they agreed to give us a mix for the Subst@nce Podcast we were extremely happy to oblige by snatching it from them as quickly as we could....Cheers guys!!
Download or stream and enjoy a real deep, melodic musical treat....

A newcomer to the Dubai scene, Rich Showell brings with him over 10 years of experience having promoted and played across the UK. Driven by his passion for underground music, he has honed his own style of funky, chunky house and techno - guaranteed to keep you groovin'.
Rich joins the Substance camp as they enter the next phase of their journey through Dubai's underground scene, becoming one quarter of Infusion Magazine backed collective, "WE ARE...", who are all set to take the city by storm with an onslaught of quality,uncompromising weekly Friday nights.
Enjoy Rich's mix as a taste of things to come......Featuring tracks and mixes by Ryo Murakami, Thodoris Triantafillou, Kreon, Nekes & Marquese, Markus Fix, Carlos Sanchez & DJ Ray, Loko Nils Ohrmann, Daniel Steinberg, Andri, Reset Robot, Sis, SMALL and Zev.

Baghdad born Hassan Alwan's contribution and experimentation to the world of electronic music began at the age of 17.  

While residing in Montreal, Hassan spent two years promoting at the legendary after-hours establishment Stereo.  Learning the ins and outs during his tenure there, Bound4Sound soon followed; an event management group dedicated to pushing the spectrum of techno and house music through different parties and residencies in Montreal's vibrant club scene; most notably at Stereo's offshoot Stereo-bar.

After five eventful years in Montreal, a move to London UK brought a whole different experience, and in 2006 a project named Buy You Sell Me (BYSM) was born.  A net label dedicated to releasing quality music; BYSM also involved the artists and music fans to engage themselves in different charitable causes.  

To date, the label has featured the work of Hakan Lidbo, Remute, Quenum, Xpansul, Soul Minority, Sven Brede, Tom Ellis, Someone Else and many more, and has also been gaining support amongst several DJs on the international circuit, including John Tejada, DJ Three, D'Julz, Chris Fortier, and Dirt Crew to name but a few.
 
Now in Abu Dhabi, Hassan continues to work towards pushing cutting edge dance music.  In 2009, Boogie Box was formed along with Kalamari artist Shadi Megalla.  Boogie Box is rapidly establishing itself as the destination for quality electronic music in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. 

The future looks promising for BYSM, Boogie Box & Hassan. Keep your eyes open and ears cleaned; the best is yet to come!

Upfront tech-house mix currently doing the rounds at Subst@nce HQ, mixed by resi Steve Darley. Feat tracks and remixes by Audiofly, Tom Davies, Leeks, Ben Moss, Ralf Gum, Dousk, Beckers, Max Cooper, Nivek Tsoy, Abe Douqe, Ramon Tapia, Martin Eyerer, Petter, Kevin Yost, Aki Bergen and Ormatie.

An hour of Salah's set recorded live from our last party at Alpha!!

The Sound of Subst@nce Vol 3 mixed by Subst@nce resident Steve Darley. Blurring the lines between the deep, spacey tech of Vol 1 and the dubby house funk of Vol 2, Vol 3 drops in with chunky, driving beats and hypnotic, melodic grooves at its core. Feat tracks and remixes from David Durango, STP, Acumen, Audiofly, Sueno Latino, Fabien Kamb, Ross Couch, Karol XVII & MB Valence, Glimpse, Martin Eyerer, Creamer & K, The Revenge, Atmosfear, Ian Pooley, Bent ,Ben Watt, Anthony Collins, Gus Gus and Ewan Pearson.

Next up on the Subst@nce Dubai podcast is Nick Harris - Dj, producer, and label boss of NRK Music in the UK.

Nick arrived on the thriving hardcore punk scene of the mid-80s, his involvement with music began at an early age, working on radio, print and on stage. His early years brought treasured involvement with artists such as The Ramones, Mega City 4, Fugazi, Extreme Noise Terror and many more bands of the day.

Nick spent most of the 90's til present running the NRK DJ Agency and record label NRK Music, which he is still doing today; the label celebrated 12 years late 2008. Nick has been responsible for releases from (amongst others) Dimitri From Paris, Nick Holder, Derrick Carter, Freeform Five, Peace Division, Miguel Migs, Magik J, Jamie Anderson, Audio Soul Project, Danny Krivit, Chicken Lips, Joey Negro, Ian Pooley, Rolando, H-Foundation, Pete Heller, Kerri Chandler, Ame, Joe Claussell and many more.

He now heads up Strobelight Limited, which continues to release NRK Music titles, including latest compilation releases from Loco Dice, DJ Sneak and Spirit Catcher. Nick has been busy on the production front of late with 3 well received remixes for the the likes of Scope, David Durango and Kris Wadsworth. as well as continuing to A&R and run NRK Music.

Nick takes this mix on a house journey of his sounds of now, featuring tracks and remixes by Huxley & Ethyl, Peace Division, Tedd Patterson, Spencer Parker, Alex kid, Dj Sneak, Sebo K, Marcus Worgull, Dj Koze, Kris Wadsworth, Ripperton, Isolee and himself.

Hour 1 of Mark's recent 4 deck set for Subst@nce @ Alpha, Dubai. Recorded Live!!!!!!

In anticipation of Mark's eagerly awaited debut for Subst@nce in Dubai we are proud to share with you a mix that Mark recorded for us back in September. Proving how adept Mark is behind the decks this mix groove's in all the right places, flowing with a knowledge of how to programme a mix to perfection. A skill that has been refined over the years of being a long standing resident at one of the most globally influential club nights there is. You don’t get to be resident at one of the best loved and longest running nights in the world for no reason…..If you love REAL HOUSE MUSIC, DO NOT MISS THIS!!

In this age of specialized formats and strict genre guidelines among DJ's and producers, what sets Mark apart from his peers is his ability to spin everything from deep house, techno, disco and classics in a set, with a determination of it all making sense. While most DJ's are one-note musicians sticking to a single subgenre of music, one of Shindig!s longest standing residents, Mark Lowry is receiving considerable plaudits for his production talents and DJ skills overlooking the dance floor. Mark laid the foundations of his music career by becoming resident of one of the UK!s Longest and most respected club nights Shindig, almost 8 years ago and while I sit and struggle to think of a world class DJ he hasn!t played along side, Mark will be putting into action another project to put the majority of today!s short sighted “myspace producers” to shame.

Easily surpassing over a decade and a half of active service as one of the North East!s most successful and notably humble DJ!s and producers of electronic music, Mark!s dedication towards production values has landed him gigs and invites up and down the UK at some of the countries best clubs including Turnmills, The End and Global Gathering Festival. Mention the word “Resident” though, amongst Newcastle!s proud cobbled alleys of clubbing and Mark!s reputation will most certainly come up in conversation. Not one to simply fadeinto the background as part of the furniture only to reappear on a Saturday night on cue, Marks versatility to deliver to Shindig!s fiercely loyal crowd with quality house music at night is backed up by the exceptional standard of production coming out of his studio by
day.

Mark has dabbled in deep house, progressive and techno along the way and in the process built up a impressive CV; Past and present studio work covering all angles and including non-dance related teaching projects are a welcome escape and development platform for Mark!s sound, which ranges from club oriented sounds, to soul infected grooves; all seemingly operating on a common notion of melody. In 2008, Mark took his Shindig relationship even further collaborating with Lexicon Avenue!s Scott Bradford and Mark Armstrong under the alias S-Low & Damaged People.

Collaborations and accompanied remix projects, on labels such as UrbanTorque, Saw (Mardel), Movim (Airgroove) and Positiva, have not only gained plenty of support from underground DJ!s, but represent another chapter and slice of Mark!s output, whilst subsequently raising his profile as a name always on the rise. In particular re-workings of Pete Moss and Scope giving a outlook and passion for music, not tethered by style but of consistently layered deep house, never forgetting the important and often overlooked drench of musicality. With no shortage or ideas or goals, Mark enters 2009 with even more
success in his sights.

When he was based in Bahrain , Salah could be found teaming up with international DJs at various venues, and was the brains behindb and resident Dj at the successful Techfui nights that ran for over three years and featured local and international Djs , the likes of Peace Division, Ame and Derrick May.

Now based in Dubai, Salah is bringing his trademarkTechfui sound to the events around the city. He was our first guest artist at Subst@nce when we were based at The Apartment and rocked the house at two of the now infamous Villa parties. He will also be spinning for us at a very special event we have planned for mid October, and will undoubtedly join our resident, Steve Darley on the decks at Subst@nce at some point in the future when we have moved to our new venue.

Spread over two mixes Salah blends a sumptuous selection of deep & tech house beats, moving from the soulful and slightly melancholy Mix One, through to a more uptempo pumping middle of the night groove in Mix Two. Enjoy.

Born and raised in Bahrain, Dj Salah Sadeq's ability to get a serious party going puts him up there with the best in the business. Using skills that he developed from a very young age spinning at small venues and house parties, he has gradually built a resume that has seen him spin across many continents.

Close to home, he has played alongside a myriad of guest artists in Dubai, including Laurent Garnier, Peace Division, Josh Wink and Lexicon Avenue (at their Shindig parties).

He gigs in Amsterdam frequently, where he has featured at TWSTD and played live sets on Radio Activity’s (www.radio-activity.nl), Danzolectro segment as well as being a featured guest on electronation’s (www.electronation.nl) electronation radio. Salah has featured at several major events in the Netherlands, including the Queen’s Day Playground parties (2004 + 2005), studio 80 and Club More in Amsterdam, as well as Member’s Only in Utrecht in 2004.

So....here is his latest offering: "Summer tears & Joy '09". Spread over two mixes Salah blends a sumptuous selection of deep & tech house beats, moving from the soulful and slightly melancholy Mix One, through to a more uptempo pumping middle of the night groove in Mix Two.

Enjoy.

Youngie has been a DJ for 10 years and has played at some of the
worlds greatest venues - Pacha, The Cross, Turnmills, The Key, Studio
54, The Egg, The Lodge, Mango, Lightbox, Guarana (Ibiza) - and on some
of the biggest nights - Back2Basics, We love Pacha, Kidology & MiMo
for which he is a residant DJ & Promoter. Andy's dedication has seen
him on line ups with the likes of Seb Fontaine, Paul Harris, Inland
Knights, Stuart Patterson, Jim Rivers, Cheshire Cats, Mutiny,
Deepgroove, Luke Dzierzek, Damian Wilson, CR2, Mistress Da Funk &
Tania Von Pear. Now in 2009 Andy has arrived in Dubai and is set to
take on the newest party scene, and launch his beloved MiMo here.

He played for Subst@nce at our second event at The Apartment and
rocked the house with his seamless mixing and dance floor destroying
selection of techy grooves, as I'm sure those of you who were
there remember only too well!

Just for us, he has thrown down a new mix, so click, download, turn up
the volume and away you go!!!

Subst@nce resi Steve Darley drops Vol 2, spreading more of the soundtrack you are likely to hear at our monthly parties in Dubai. Taking more of a straight up house direction than the deep tech route of Vol 1, there is funk aplenty in this latest mix. These are the tunes that are destroying the Subst@nce dancefloor at present. Feat tracks and remixes from Johnny D, Deep Dish, BarBQ, Kevin Yost, Soul Minority, Julien Chaptel, Office Gossip, Catz 'n Dogz, Lauhaus, Andre Crom, Sebastian Davidson and Terry Lee Brown Jnr.

Dropping straight back in with our next dj mix, Subst@nce proudly presents red hot German dj/producer Alex Niggemann. Smashing dancefloors everywhere he goes, Alex fuses house melodies and techno loops to devastating effect. Already blowing up in 2009, watch him fly in 2010.

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1984, Alex noticed very early on that playing the piano (which he had done passionately for many years) was not the route he would take to make it in the music biz. Since he was a teenager, he was looking for new ways to express himself through music. Initially influenced by his brother´s taste he visited his first techno party, life has never been the same since.

At the tender age of 16 he knew which direction his future would take. He acquired his first turntables and mixer then converted his room into a provisional DJ studio. Very soon he started down the path of electronic music production. While this transformation was taking place he DJ'd under different aliases in several clubs in Düsseldorf and the surrounding area.

After his high-school graduation in 2005 he moved to Berlin to study audio engineering and refine his knowledge in music production. After some successful networking further DJ appearances in clubs all over Germany followed, this time under his real name Alex Niggemann. Soon, his first commercial release, a remix of Booka Shade's awesome 'Darko'
(Get Physical Music 2006) was subsequently released to great acclaim.

After completion of his studies in 2007 he concentrated on his music full time. In 2008, he had releases on labels such as Meerestief, Micro.fon and Moonpool, to name just a few. By the middle of 2008 he was snapped up by 'Supernature Records' the label run by British duo 'Audiofly'. His Black Rose EP was released in the spring of 2009 with more in the pipeline.
Further releases on 'Be Chosen' and Nick Curly's '8-bit' label will follow in 2009. Also remixes for Supernature and Thomas Schumacher, EPs for Supernature, 8bit and 2020Vision Recordings are fixed for the second half of 2009.

Subst@nce presents Leeds based DJ Eddie Vanderhyden for the first in the series of Subst@nce presents......Showcasing dj's from around the world whose sounds we dig here at Subst@nce HQ. Part time ninja, full time party popper and all round top lad Eddie steps up to the decks to deliver a top drawer mix of straight up tech house for your aural delight. 'Prima Materia' was recently selected as the finest mix of the Casio G Shock & The Burlington Projects dj competition, leading to Eddie djing at the We Love...closing party at Space, Ibiza alongside Clive Henry. Feat tracks and remixes from Christian Burkhardt, Lauhaus, Alex Niggemann, Sei A, David Pher, Alex Celler, Marco Carola, Joris Voorn and more...

If you like what you hear then click this link for more mixes from Eddie Vanderhyden.

http://eddievanderhyden.podOmatic.com/

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Subst@nce promoter/resident dj Steve Darley brings together the first dj mix showcasing the sound of Subst@nce. Some tracks new, some tracks old. All 100% Subst@nce certified. Feat tracks and remixes from Kikumoto Allstars, Justin Martin, Sei A, UNKLE, Innervisions Orchestra, Jimpster, Ben Watt, Jamie Anderson, Sasse, The Timewriter and Booka Shade amongst others.