PLUMP DJ's - 1st Canadian Appearance! - Aug 6th @ Celebrities

[Kraig]

Tigerstone Entertainment, PH1 and Twisted Productions are once again teaming up to bring you the most anticipated Breakbeat show in a decade…


THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 2009
9PM till 3AM


CELEBRITIES NIGHTCLUB

1022 Davie Street

19+ venue, 2 pieces of ID required for entry.

www.celebritiesnightclub.com

YOU’VE BEEN WAITING

YEARS FOR THIS… IN THEIR FIRST

CANADIAN PERFORMANCE…

Three time Breakspoll Producers of the year and 2009 Breakpoll winner for Best Album Headthrash, BOTH members of:





THE PLUMP DJ’s, UK – www.myspace.com/plumpdjs | www.fingerlickin.co.uk



Emerging from the nascent Nu Skool Breaks scene at the end of the last century, the Plump DJs are the quintessential production duo. Over the course of fifteen acclaimed singles and three superlative albums, Andy Gardner and Lee Rous have become heavyweights of cutting edge club music.

Their beginnings were effortlessly organic; Andy was enjoying success as a producer on Freskanova Records working under the pseudonyms of Bowser and Cut & Paste when he began DJing regularly at the infamous Passenger night, co promoted by Lee and Steve Blonde. With an anything goes freestyle beats approach to its music policy, Passenger was one of London's hottest tickets. Already well acquainted through mutual friends and many nights clubbing, the pair decided to transfer the abundance of energy that Passenger exuded into their own music. "I started working as a runner for Freskanova and my DJing was going really well and Andy's DJ’ing was going well but he wanted more gigs and I wanted to get into the studio, so the Plumps were born".

The Plump DJs name first appeared as a remix credit on Soul Hooligan's 'Sweet Pea', a one off white label 'Y2K' quickly followed but it wasn't until their paths crossed with Finger Lickin' Records’ A&R doyen Justin Rushmore of Soul of Man. that things really started to snowball. The pair's first two outings for the label, 'Electric Disco / Plumpy Chunks' and 'The Push' /'Remember My Name', were cavernous slabs of pumping beats and filthy squelching bass that took the world's dance-floors by storm and began to turn the heads of some big name players. It was however, the advent of the samplers for their debut mix album 'A Plump Night Out' that carved their name deep into the soul of dance music. Featuring a typically bold remix of War's disco-edged funk anthem 'Galaxy' and Plump classics 'Move It With Your Mind', 'No Way' and the seminal 'Scram', The Plump DJs were transformed from promising Breakbeat contenders into dance music's big league heavy hitters. The ‘Plump Night Out’ album itself went on to become a textbook demonstration in how to rock the party.

A deluge of remix offers followed from the likes of Electronauts, JDS and Deejay Punk-Roc, along with the support of heavyweight luminaries including Pete Tong, Sasha and the Chemical Brothers. With their creative juices flowing, the accolades began tumbling in, dance chart #1's, singles of the month and compilation of the year, all reinforced the Plump DJs uncanny ability to remain relevant to a purist underground, whilst enjoying mass club appeal. Their ‘Elastic Breaks’ covermount for Mixmag gave the tome its biggest selling issue ever, their lauded remix of the Electronauts’ ‘Bumper’ won best remix at the Muzik Awards and they narrowly missed winning Best Breakthrough DJs. Levi's snapped up ‘The Push’ for a Japanese jeans advert and several releases graced the soundtrack to Playstation's flagship Wipeout Fusion game. The Hartnoll brothers’ admiration of the pair resulted in a personal request for the Plump DJS to be Orbital’s tour support, which regularly saw Andy & Lee taking complete control of 30,000 people and leaving a lasting impression. Their DJ sets became the stuff of legend as they dropped unreleased gems that would blow away the uninitiated and keep the faithful salivating, waiting for their next move. With expectation at fever pitch the release of 'Big Groovy Fucker' kept the dance-floor pressure on, as flipside 'TB Reality' became a Fatboy Slim anthem. The Plump DJs were at the zenith of club-cool.

In 2003 their first artist album the appositely named 'Eargasm' saw them raise the bar once again with an unparalleled set that changed the course of the Breakbeat scene and made waves throughout club-land. Including contributions from former Lamb chanteuse Louise Robinson, funk legend Eddie Bo and electro godfather Gary Numan, the record covered all stylistic bases from Derek May to Stevie Wonder, confounding expectations and giving a glimpse at the depth to which the Plumps' influences ran. Worldwide DJ tours and the establishment of their roadblock 'Eargasm' Fabric residency followed hot-on-the-heels of the album. The trophy cabinet was given another extension to cope with the influx of honours as the Plumps swept the board at the Breakspoll Awards, something that was to become a feature of the event for several years to come.

After a whirlwind of activity, Lee & Andy returned to the depths of the fabled Laboratoire Plump to plot their next moves. The result of their scheming was 'Saturday Night Lotion'. Following the ‘Plump Night Out’ blueprint; half way between a new artist set and a mix album, ‘Saturday Night Lotion’ was one of dance music's most eagerly anticipated excursions. Featuring their boldest releases to date, including 'Get Kinky', 'Acid Hustle' and 'The Soul Vibrates', as well as a raft of the finest moments from stable-mates Soul Of Man and Drumattic Twins and old sparring partners like Lee Coombs and the Freestylers, the Plumps once again took their mercurial brew to the next level. As the rest of the dance music scene seemed to crumble around them, our dynamic duo showed no signs of losing their way with a blistering trip through the Plump psyche, turning up the intensity, weaving a 70-minute masterpiece with their trademark magnitude.

Keeping their foot firmly on the gas in the club arena with a startling D Ramirez mix of Electric Disco which ruled the white Isle during the summer of 2006, the Plump DJs once again retreated to Laboratoire Plump and began piecing together their latest album Headthrash. Holed up in a stew of their own creativity, Lee & Andy have assembled an arsenal of tracks that was met with massive success including winning this years Breakspoll best Album award.

Headthrash is yet another lesson in pioneering production and dance-floor savvy. Their soulful side is given room to breath with a collection of collaborations that reveal a far-reaching funk radar. “ This album is the result of three years of our ongoing experiments in electronic music production.” Andy divulges from his studio seat. From obscure prog. rock samples to bona-fide mega-star vocalists, the Plump DJs have once again changed the face of dance music with a stunning step-up leaves no one in any doubt as to their astonishing ability to stay out in-front, inspiring without fear of baffling their audience. The Plump DJs have only ever known one direction and that's up.











With opening DJ’s:

PRECISE & KRAIG

TICKETS:

- Limited early bird tickets @ $20
- $25 thereafter
- More at the door

TICKET LOCATIONS:

- Online at www.clubzone.com/twisted or call 1-866-824-8212
- Beatstreet at the corner of Richards and Hastings

[omega_image]

bout time =)

[tiedye]

The only outcome to this show is a ridiculously fun one.

[cubed]

I think this one deserves a...


BOOOOOOOOM!!!!

[Kraig]

Facebook event = http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=92876182690

[ebbomega]

Been playing Acid Hustle a bunch lately. This shall be rad.

[inside]

holy shit!

[benyamean]

Wow!! This is gonna be good... I heard about Danny byrd coming here and now this.... Some good news today!

[G3N3R4L]

huuuge

[Grapes]

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out 2 (two) things:

1) I'd miss my brother's wedding for this, so it's a good thing he's already married

2) I saw these guys at Fabric in London. Yep just sayin.

[meth0dical]

[-evil-duerr-]

it's safe to say i'll be there with shit-eating-grin-face all night.

[Kraig]

The $20 tickets have sold out and we are into the $25's now!

Cheers.