Hidden 2 *JUNE 16 & 17* Okanagan,B.C

[Jonny Dubbs]

Spacedub Productions and Friends presents:

HIDDEN 2 ~ June 16th and 17th 2006



Spacedub and friends welcomes you to spend a weekend under the sun and stars to experience a diverse mix of the finest talent B.C has to offer. This year’s two day event will be held at an undisclosed location in the Okanagan. There will be 2 stages, Djs, Bands, daytime activities, camping, concession and amenities.

Featuring:

Spence
Purephunk // 20Hz // Vancouver


Spence's skills on the Technics have gained him undeniable respect as one of Canada's top Breakbeat DJs. Now with emerging prowess as a producer and saxophonist, he is rapidly becoming a certifiable triple threat in the modern music scene.

Andrew Spence was born on June 10, 1974 in New Westminster BC, Canada. He took piano lessons until the age of 13 then switched his focus to the saxophone. Showing natural musical ability, he excelled on the horn and earned awards at national levels for his soloing. In 1988, young Spence picked up his first set of decks and began spinning hip-hop and R&B at house and hall parties. After high school, he drifted away from the saxophone and sold his decks and wax.

The silence didn't last long as Drew found himself hanging around in Vancouver's underground electronic music scene. 1994 rolled around and he was back spinning, only now he was blending up rude electronic rhythms, most notably Breakbeats. In a short time he was playing around Vancouver's warehouse circuit as DJ Slim, a name that fit his slender physique and freestyle mixing technique. Slim quickly became a staple in the electronic music underground by amazing party-goers across Canada and the western U.S. with his deep mixes and furious scratching. For obvious reasons, he has long since put the DJ Slim moniker to rest and is now billed simply as SPENCE. He remains notorious for delivering intensely skilled DJ performances that shock trainspotters and fellow DJs alike.

In early 2001, Andrew picked up a saxophone for the first time in 9 years and the reunion has been prolific. He quickly aquired a mic rig and introduced live saxophone into his DJ sets. The result is a stunning performance by a veteran turntable technician and gifted instrumentalist. In the past 4 years Spence has elevated his musicianship through private study, performance, experimentation, and university level scholastics. His sax stylings have been featured on Vancouver house labels Leaf and Village, as well as on the world's biggest breaks label, Thursday Club Recordings

Currently, Spence is currently signed as a producer to Toronto's Purephunk Recordings, with his first release scheduled for Summer '05. He spins for local Breaks squad, 20Hz, among others and is considered a venerable DJ talent from coast to coast and abroad. He plays sax with Vancouver's favorite funk machine, Five Alarm Funk as well as with many other acoustic and electric groups. Drew is also finishing his Jazz Studies diploma at Capilano College in North Vancouver. His future focus will remain on composition, production, and performance in both the electronic and acoustic realms.


Akeel
POUND // Vancouver



With a music career now spanning more than a decade, this traditionally trained percussionist has brought his unique blend of tribal & indian rhythms to the world of beats and breaks.

Fusing nu-skool breaks, progressive house and asian underground, all while drumming new beats and loops on the fly, you can't help but stare as he mixes with one hand and drums out a new beat with another.

As POUND's live PA artist, Akeel brings a unique element only to be found at POUND that fuses live percussion with top quality mixing talent, having played with the likes of Max Graham, Atomic Hooligan, Sharaz, the Planet of the Drums tour (Dieselboy, AK1200, Dara), Mad Knob Technicians, Klute, Sage,DJ Swamp, Big League Chu, DJ Rap, Dig-Dug and many others.

You'll see him drum new beats and rhythms on the spot, all while scratching and mixing on three turntables or working with his POUND brothers to create a unique audio experience that must be seen to be believed.


Kyle Nordman
Vivid // Swara Studio // Borderline Collective // Vancouver



A distinguished DJ, producer, live performer, engineer and classically trained musician – Kyle Nordman defies any single classification. Since 1998 he has been building one of the most exciting resumes of any of the new breed Canadian DJ’s. With an extremely energetic and layered approach to peak time sets, involving all genres, Kyle Nordman has received the praise of hundreds of dancefloors around the world, including industry luminaries Hybrid, Phil K, Seb Fontaine and Richie Hawtin. In both studio and under his Amnes Live Pa performances, his ability to bring together organic elements, technical perfection and a minimal tech sound, has characterized him as one of the city’s most eclectic electronic performers. As a top 5 finalist in 2004 and 2005 for ‘Vancouver’s Best Electronica DJ’ award, he has once again been nominated in 2006.
Following a surge of DJ Dates across Canada, Miami, Seattle, Japan, Mexico, and Costa Rica during the early part of his career, Kyle’s attention quickly returned to where it all began. With a musical progression and deeper knowledge of the global sound of dance music, Kyle’s return to production has been the true passion of the last 4 years. Re-edits, re-mixes, original productions, post-production and scores –with international support- have become the passion of his life. Driven by wide ranging influences, and 10 years of musical dedication, 2003 saw two new major achievements: The opening of his Swara Studio, and residency at Western Canada’s premier clubnight- Vivid. 2005 saw the start of his new label Borderline Collective, as well as a new Residency at Gorg-O-Mish After-hours, the 4th Friday of each month.

Played Alongside:
Richie Hawtin (x2), Boy George, Perry Farrell (x2), Hybrid (x2), Infusion, Felix da Housecat, Lee Burridge (x3), Seb Fontaine (x2), Junkie Xl, Sandra Collins, James Lavelle, Luke Chable, Shiloh, Jimmy Van M, Juan Atkins, The Scumfrog, Dave Tipper, Danny McMillan, Kevin Saunderson, Steve Porter (x2), Kiyoshi Shimizu, Supa DJ Dmitry, Hatiras, De La Soul and many more.



The Male Model Machine
Live To Tape Recordings // Vancouver



WARMM.CA has hailed them as the next breakthrough act to come out of Vancouver. These boys are poised to take the house music scene by storm. With international radio play and nods from industry players such as Chopstick (Berlin) and the Cheshire Catz (London) be sure that these gents will raise a monocle or two.

Soup
Shambhala // Nelson

Cap n Fuzz
Shambhala // Nelson

Koots Roots Allstars
Wasabi collective // Nelson

The Golden Delicious Crew
Golden Delicious Records // Golden BC

Rich-e-Rich
Fractal Media // Shambhala // Kelowna

Stickybuds vs Jpod
Higherground // Kelowna

The Resoul Sound
Higherground // Kelowna

Amanda Rude with Queen Bre on the mic
Flydjs// USB // Kelowna

Briden
Stereoshift // Kamloops

JGirl
Flydjs // Kelowna

Manousos
Kelowna

Joseph Martin and Miss Myte
Liquidbeat // Flydjs // Vancouver

Fusion Theory
Higherground // Kelowna

Resistance
Vinyl Intelligence // Kelowna

John Fritz
Spacedub // Penticton

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Johnny Crave
Paulitics
Elis Dye
Lovinit
Justin Hale
Heidrogen
Syndikit
Groove Hug
Korben
Disco Dave
Emmar
Joe Kick Ass
Wickheadly
Ill-Cypher
Natural
Maticulous
Zen Media
Evil Circus

More TBA

Tickets Available @:

• The DJ Store - Kelowna
  
  Revolver - Kelowna
  
  Krazy Emporium - Penticton
  
  Spinners Sound Centre - Kamloops
  
  Hemp and Co - Nelson
  
  Beatstreet - Vancouver
  
  www.liquidbeat.com
  
  
  first 200 @ $30
  next 200 @ $40
  the rest @ $50

The event is near Oliver, B.C. Exact directions will be announced via infoline and website the week of the event.

Carpooling to this event is strongly encouraged!

[Jonny Dubbs]

Here is a link to the previous thread, there are pics and reviews from last year, etc.

[Jonny Dubbs]

some pics of from last year

[Jonny Dubbs]

some pics of the new private site






More here

[Briden]

hi, my name is brian. i'm gonna decimate this hippy breaks party with psytrance. that is all, thank you. :)

[Jonny Dubbs]

ewwwwww. hippies smell bad!

Hippy!!

:)

[Chuck]

DJ SLIM. Oldskool name dropping going on there.

WOW, thats a name almost lost in the cobwebs.

Good breaks ladies and gents.

[project.one]

Excited! Good party with good people I havent seen in a while!

[Pussy*Kat]

ill be there
james and akeel are dragging me

[JGirl]

dragging? muah! You're gonna LUV it! :345:




And, everyone will look like that tree on Sunday! :053:

[Pussy*Kat]

hahah theres no doubts i wont have fun, i love those boys

[Lovett]

the first of many big outdoor festivities this year

and the weather is always diamonds in th OK Valley in the summer




Added to the Bill





Aaron Boh - Deep Dark Beats - Terminal Night Club / Underground Productions
/ Global Understatement Recordings - Quebec City

At the peak of Aarons professional hockey career he was traveling Europe
tasting and absorbing the flavours and culture of the local night life .
After years of travel and partying, he grew close to the various styles of
music he had been exposed to, and combined this with his new found love of
mixing records, and making people dance. In 1996 he dropped his first needle
to a record and it has culminated into an amazing Dj career. Djing in
Helsinki, London, Stolkhom, and Cardiff Wales. After being discovered by up
and comin Canadian DJ, Simon Miller, he was granted a residency at Terminal
Night Club in Quebec City, playing on the same bill as huge names such as
Benny Benassi, Ferry Corsten, De-Koze, Marco G, and Simon miller. The
highlite of his career came when his mix, an hour long demo he recorded
earlier that year, was featured on KISS FMs Essential Mix w/ Boy George. His
style can only be described as a long deep dark ride into the world of house
and breaks, on a progressive tip. Known for his long mixes and even longer
epic morning sets at afterhours clubs such as Aria and Exode he is sure to
set the tempo for a world tour of sound and style.

and

Ill Eagle Crew - Golden Delicious - HipHop to DNB feat. Wakcutt, Tip the DJ , Destro

The guys from Golden are comin to rock our socks off with the biggest and baddest sounds of Hip hop to DNB, these guys really know how to throw down, be prepared to lose control of your bad selves !!

and


Noradawn - Sweet juicy groovy DNB Kelowna

New to the area, she has been really makin a name for herself in the breif time she has been here, catch her on June 10th at the Hidden2 preparty @ The fed in Kelowna, its sure to please your feet, your hips and your ears !!!!

and

RoCKWeLL- HiGHER GRoUND/Kelowna

After 4 years of running Higher Ground, ToDDY RoCKWeLL is back behind the decks. His style, aptly reffered to as old skool stew, consists of mashing up live elements of dub, funk, hip hop and breaks.

Oh yeah, and he brings a big frickin laser to every show!

[FrItZ~Da~kAt]

mmm 2 stages. 50 + Dj's , hip hop groups, live bands, magician, 30 000 watts of Bass, 3 foot disco ball, multiple lazers, black light body paint, open camping, 2days, 300 acres of the most beautiful land the okanagan valley has to offer with a creek, o and Rich-E-Rich from Fractla Media working the visuals.

Music ranging from breaks-house-progressive-Trance-Minimal Techno-Electro-Speed Garage-DnB-Old Skool Funk-Live Funk-Hip hop, etc etc.

Totally stoked on hearing Spence, and Akeel do there thing with a sax, electric drums, and numerous turntables.

Anybody that went last year knows what's up

All Next weekend ................BoH!

[Average]

This is def lookin tight,I was at a hippy show at this spot 10 years ago!!! crazy im ther 100%!!!!!

[Jonny Dubbs]

Just some info for the peeps coming from Vancouver, we will be releasing detailed direction to the site very soon, but for now ill just say you want to make it to the town of Penticton, your best bet I think would be to take the Hope-Princeton route.


Cheers

[Jonny Dubbs]

lol.. oh and ummm.. im not sure if you could clasify hidden as a hippie party, im sure some hippies will make it out but we expect the crowd to be quite diverse, just like our lineup ;)

[twentyHz]

Spence is without a doubt the best breaks DJ in Canada. Old school peeps know the score!

-s

[Skyles]

^^^^ this man speaks the truth, spence is why I got into playing beats in the first place. ;)

[Jonny Dubbs]

Directions
From Penticton:
Drive approximately 12 kilometres south on Hwy 97, go past the Hwy 3 turnoff to Vancouver, continue 500 metres. Turn right onto White Lake Road. Continue along White Lake Road for approximately 8 km. You will pass St. Andrew's golf course on your right, continue past the observatory(you will see big freakin satalite dishes) (9km from highway 97). Follow White Lake RD till you reach the left hand turn off onto White Lake Fairview RD, be carful because its easy to miss (we are going to trry and mark it with something), you just follow that road all the way to the site.There will be a big HIDDEN sign @ the gate.


From the South

Drive north from Okanagan Falls on Hwy 97 approximately 8 kilometres, turn left onto White Lake road. Continue along White Lake Road for 8 km. You will pass St. Andrew's golf course on your right,You will pass St. Andrew's golf course on your right, continue past the observatory(you will see big freakin satalite dishes) (9km from highway 97). Follow White Lake RD till you reach the left hand turn off onto White Lake Fairview RD, be carful because its easy to miss (we are going to trry and mark it with something), you just follow that road all the way to the site.There will be a big HIDDEN sign @ the gate.

[Briden]

We will be giving away ONE free ticket to Grasslands ($60 value) at Hidden2, between the hours of 4:00am, and 7:30am saturday morning (the first night), at stage one. during this time, first up will be a tag battle between heidrogen and phosphor, glitchy breaks, turntablism, and some thick ass bass. and after that, me spinning some twisted nasty psytrance. all 3 of us will be spinning at grasslands as well, so if your there and digging it, you should stick around till the end. when 7:30 hits, we will award the ticket to somebody.

how shall we decide who to give the ticket to?

we are going to give it to the person with the most enthusiasm, heart, spirit, shine, chutzpah, whatever you want to call it. Want to win a free ticket? dance your ass off, wear a crazy costume, throw your underwear on stage, sing the lyrics or make up your own, do your best dj impression from the dancefloor, (but please don't touch the decks), hand out lollypops, start an interpretive dance session, show us your enthusiasm, scream your dreams!
cya tommorow night :D

*small print:
-schedules tend to shuffle sometimes. if they do, the ticket will be awarded after my set, whenever it is.
-who we award the ticket to is our sole discretion, and the decision is final, please, no whining later about how sweaty your pits are and you didn't get it. it's going to be a tough choice, but it WILL be awarded to someone though, i promise :)

so, when you see these two crazy fools on the decks:

stick around, and you could win a $60 ticket to an invite only party with cabins to sleep in and food to eat.

[Mangle]

^^^ Werd, Grasslands.