515 Presents John Digweed - 05-02-10

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POD + 515 Presents
John Digweed
Support:LRB
Fri 5th Feb @ Tripod
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John Digweed Biog
If you’re not an avid follower of dance music but are tuned into
popular culture at all you’ve likely experienced music touched by the
hands of John Digweed. Originally hailing from England but having
clearly arrived on the global scene well over a decade ago John has
long since cemented his name in the pages of dance music history. His
list of achievements is groundbreaking to say the least. Highlights
of which would be the first proper dj mix compilation (“Renaissance”,
done with Sasha), being the first British dj to hold a residency at
what was then the world’s most well known club in NYC (Twilo, also
with Sasha) as well as having remixed music by Danny Tenaglia,
Underworld, Quincy Jones and New Order.
John Digweed is a DJ's DJ. The beauty of what he does lies in just
how different he really is from his contemporaries. From his early
beginnings in Hastings, England at the age of 15 in the blossoming
scene of acid house to the apex of the international dj'ing world he
has created and maintained a level of integrity that is the benchmark
for both dj’s and producers globally. In fact, he has reached the
very top of his profession, being voted #1 in a voter's poll by DJ
magazine in 2001. John Digweed has become the people’s choice while
maintaining his longstanding presence in underground dance culture.
His popularity as both a dj and a person seems to have no limits, but
his efforts transcend dj'ing alone, he is as much a producer and
promoter. His moniker “Bedrock” is actually three things: a record
label, a promotions company and a studio production partnership with
Nick Muir.
His management and creative direction for the Bedrock record label has
helped launch the careers of Danny Howells, Jimmy Van M, Chris Fortier
and recently Guy J. To have a record released on Bedrock serves as
the global stamp of production quality, ingenuity and integrity for
underground producers worldwide The label recently celebrated 10 years
with a triple cd release and a sell out party at matter in London, In
fact, the name John Digweed is synonymous with those very qualities.
From the nights he has either created or been a part of (Bedrock,
Northern Exposure, Renaissance) to his world renowned mix cd's
(Renaissance, GU, Northern Exposure, Communicate, MMII ,Bedrock and
Transitions ) he has consistently produced characteristic products
that stay in demand, himself included.
As one half of Bedrock the production duo he has landed two tracks in
the top 40 (“Heaven Scent” and “For What You Dream Of”) the latter of
which made it into the hit movie “Trainspotting”. Latest releases in
2009 include Tangent and Aquatonic with current remixes of Christian
Smith + John Selway , and timo Maas, He has even tried a bit of acting
himself ("Groove"). He and Nick Muir as Bedrock the production team
also scored a Hollywood film (“Stark Raving Mad”) as well as the
animated release of “Spider-Man” for MTV. Major tours (Delta Heavy
and Area 2 (with David Bowie and Moby) in the U.S. A massive one-off
event called the Big Beach Boutique in Brighton had him gladly
performing to 250,000 of his fans and neighbors in 2002.
His Kiss / Transitions radio show is quickly coming up on it’s ninth
year as one of the most successful dance music shows in all of England
and broadcast in over 28 countries worldwide. It has achieved a near
cult status with listeners trading cd’s and mp3’s of the various
broadcasts across the internet. John shares his platform weekly by
bringing in a variety of worldwide guest dj’s.
As a person John's lack of pretense is enveloped in imagination and
invention. Good reason for John being one of the most respected,
analyzed and imitated dj's in the world. Digweed is both solid and
durable with unyielding precision. His sinuous dj'ing and production
sound has become its own convincing dance ethic. He is centered to
the principles of life, living and friends in such a way that he
generates an aura of self-explanatory excitement and enthusiasm.
Without heroic pretensions his sets are filled with moodiness and
musical mystery but held down with a punchy distinctiveness and
earthly rhythm. Always emanating a sense of boundlessness he overlaps
dream events that spill into reality with an enormous certainty.