Luke Slater + Anton Zap + Ian O Donovan @ Dolans Limerick Dec 18th

badboyblast

We`ve been waiting a while to pin down Luke Slater and WTF is Tech House secured Anton Zap so it makes sense to stick both of them on the same night for a double header.

The main room plays host to Luke Slater, Luke has been one of Britain’s true electronic music and techno pioneers with a career that has spanned 20 years and counting. support will come from local head Ian O Donovan recently signed to Bedrock and Wolfskuil record...s along with Strutt resident Bad Boy Blast.

Upstairs is being hosted by the WTF is Tech House crew and they are getting the proceedings off to an early start from 8 PM with a few suprises along the way so get down early.

Anyone that frequents WTF @Bakers knows that its all about the music and the sound, WTF have carved a niche that they fit into perfectly and bring the very best of underground guests each and every month, this isn`t hands in the air house music ....its proper quality house music.

All the way from Russia for the night is Anton Zap, Anton is only releasing tracks since 2007 but is all ready a major player with a string of releases and a full gig diary...house lovers are in for a treat.

Support upstairs comes from Residents Did, Frawl and Andrew O Donoghue - Did and Frawl are riding high upon their debut release on the excellent Irish label Antiqua Recordings which will be getting a good airing on the night.
Local heads Gordon Agnew (Sweatlodge) and Seamus Martin (Mickeys) will also be on warm up duty on the night.

Presale tickets are only 12 Euros from Dolans bar and the djs playing on the night - its 15 Euros on the door that night.


Luke Slater Biog:


One of Britain’s true electronic music and techno pioneers, with a career that has spanned 20 years and counting, Luke Slater is a national treasure.

Born in Reading and raised in Horley, Luke’s early sound dalliances with his dad's ancient reel to reel tape machine and his drumming stints led to work in local record shops including self set up infamous Jelly Jam in Brighton. By 1988 Slater was fully immersed in the embryonic acid house scene DJing at London's seminal Troll at sound shaft Heaven.

Luke soon began releasing original tracks under various monikers and his single debut came in 1989 in the form of “Momentary Vision”. After releases on Djax as Clementine, on GPR as 7th Plain and Morganistic (with Alan Sage) and especially on Peacefrog with nearly a dozen of releases as The X-Tront and as Planetary Assault Systems, Slater's trajectory through the early to mid nineties electronic music scene was at very least staggeringly prolific and a lot of the times utterly majestic.

Especially his Planetary Assault Systems alias that Slater uses for his harder edged techno output became a sound that had gone into the heads and hearts of the dance scene and as a result became a milestone in UK techno history.

After releasing 4 full length Planetary Assault Systems albums on Peacefrog, he ascended to the majors in 1997 with the release of a modest milestone of latter-day techno album on NovaMute that resulted in
1997's Freek Funk and the album Wireless followed two years later. His first volume of the mix series Fear and Loathing appeared in 2001 on the React label. Alright on Top from 2002 was an "album of songs" with vocals from Ricky Barrows and others featured on every track. The second volume of Fear and Loathing appeared in late 2004. Similarly his international DJ career and live performances had become far-reaching with headline gigs at full speed all over the world.

Equally revered as taste maker and remix artist, Luke has released a mix for the Fabric DJ-mix series and has reinvented innumerable tracks in remixes from artists like Depeche Mode, Len Faki, Cari Lekebusch and James Ruskin.

Maintaining multiple musical personalities, different in style yet bound together by a distinct quality, his work has often combined ambient and experimental textural elements with direct, minimalist rhythmic structures.

In 2006 Luke set up his label Mote-Evolver, releasing limited 12" records for discerning collectors and digital downloads through the Mote-Evolver and N.E.W.S. websites. Running his own label gives him the chance to release music of artists who often peak in his personal charts topping the releases with his own remixes.

Regular appearances at legendary clubs such as Berghain of Berlin, Fabric of London and Nitsa of Barcelona and varied clubs and festivals all over the world he delivers energetic sets to sold out crowds which retain his star status today as a live performer and of course a DJ.

2009 saw the release of the new a much awaited for Planetary Assault Album on Ostgut Ton in Berlin earlier in the year. Again changing the Techno landscape to much praise from fans and industry a like. Slater continues his Live Planetary shows this year whilst simultaneously handling DJ dates and remixes, and working with artists for releases on his Mote-Evolver record Label, and even finding time to compose a special hour long piece for the Staatsballet in Berlin. A man that just won't rest, Slater proposes 2010 another eventful year.


Anton Zap Biog

Anton Zap was born in Moscow in 1979 . He studied Chinese for 7 years and then embarked on a 2 year sound engineering course . He started collecting wax from a very young age and in the mid 90’s he joined Moscow’s underground lounge group , Tetris , led by Vlad Lozinsky .

He was resident dj at one of Moscow’s leading clubs, Propaganda from 1997-2005 . He later started his own band,Papaztrio alongside Pavel Hotin and Yuriy Shulgin .

He hooked up with Edward Mckeithen aka Dj Jus Ed via myspace and that led to releases on Underground Quality which brought him to the attention of the record buyers , press and record shops alike.

This in turn led to releases on Dubby man’s Deep Explorer imprint as well as noted releases on Quintessentials . More releases are planned on the much loved Millions of Moments label as well as on danish imprint , Kontra Musik and a storming remix for an upcoming benjamin Brunn & workshop’s wunderkind , Even Tuell on Uzuri Recordings .

He made his dj debut outside of Russia @ Berlin’s revered dance institution , Panorama bar on the 17th January 2009 . With more gigs planned for 2009 .

* discogs.com/artist/anton+zap
* myspace.com/antonzap
* myspace.com/papaztrio


Ian O Donovan

After spending much of his youth listening to various styles and genres, Ian came across the world of underground electronic music. It was so refreshing and different to all the formatted songs and “cheesy” dance tracks of the time, he quickly began to immerse himself in this music and the scene itself. Heavily influenced by artists such as Steve Rachmad, Undergound Resistance, Technasia and DJs like Laurent Garnier, Jeff Mills and DJ Hell, Ian began djing and seeking out these records that would go on to play an important part in defining his sound.

It wasn’t until he moved to Australia in 2005, that he began to create his own tracks, slowly teaching himself and developing his sound. After nearly four years living in Oz, Ian decided to return to Ireland in 2009 and focus more of his attention on making music, determined to help break the cycle of the boring, soulless “minimal” fad that had dominated house and techno in previous years. And, with early support on many of his tracks from the likes of Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, Dave Clarke, Psycatron and more( with tracks featured on Laurent Garnier’s and Dave Clarke’s radio shows), teh future looks bright for Ian, with forthcoming releases on Hype Muzik and John Digweed’s Bedrock Records.

www.lukeslater.com
www.myspace.com/thereallukeslater
www.myspace.com/antonzap
www.myspace.com/etherealsoundlabel
www.myspace.com/ianodonovanmusic
www.myspace.com/struttclub
www.myspace.com/didodea
www.myspace.com/drcianfrawley