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Ian Hadassi, ex Head Honcho of the wonderful Miami Calling club nights and now Head Honcho of his new clubbing venture, Vegas Baby has supplied DJ Mix Heaven with an amazing classic house DJ Mix. Just ripe for the summer sunshine.

Vegas Baby is now on monthly @ The White House in Clapham, aswell as numerous dates throughout the year in Dubai. For more information on Vegas Baby visit www.vegasbabybeats.com

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DJ Mix Heaven are honoured to be able to present to you a LIVE DJ mix from the man who has produced many a dance floor bomb !!!! Be it under his old 'Rhythm Masters' guise or under his name 'Steve Mac' one thing is guaranteed .... Quality Big Room records. His latest monster that blew Ibiza apart last year was the massive 'Paddy's Revenge'

Now you lucky people can download and have on REPEAT this wonderous mix from the man himself

Please read below for his full Biography:-

Since his first foray into House music back in 1990, Steve Mac has carved out an enviable career for himself within the very top tier of the world’s DJ’s and producers.

Starting out as a scratch DJ at the tender age of 11, Steve’s musical background was rooted in the pioneering sounds of 80’s Hip-Hop when genre defining artists such as Grandmaster Flash and Public Enemy were laying down the blueprint. As part of a local Hip-Hop group in Malta, Steve met his production partner-to-be Rob Chetcuti. The pair took an interest in each other’s ‘formulating talent’ and went on to form the hugely successful production/DJ duo The Rhythm Masters. The formative years of the partnership were spent working tirelessly in the studio whilst absorbing the bountiful supply of creatively rich records that were flowing from the US before setting up their own Disfunktional Recordings label in 1995. The label was mainly a showcase for the pair’s own productions although world renowned artists such as Danny Tenaglia, Junior Sanchez, Paul Woolford, and Giorgio Moroder also contributed over the years to the labels impressive output.

1996 was the year that The Rhythm Masters really hit the big-time through their smash remixes of Todd Terry’s ‘Jumping’ and Jaydee’s ‘Plastic Dreams’. Steve and Rob were widely regarded as being among the decades finest remix teams, an assumption which was cemented in 1997 by them winning the number 1 slot in Music Week’s remixers of the year. A quick flick through their discography reveals a staggeringly high number of quality productions, and remixes for the likes of Todd Terry, Farley “Jackmaster” Funk, Byron Stingly and Candi Staton. The boys were unsurprisingly named among Music Week’s top 5 remixers in the world at the end of the nineties, testament indeed to their hard work and commitment to producing only the finest re-rubs. Naturally the duo found themselves as highly in-demand DJ’s, playing all over the globe and at clubs such as Cream, Ministry of Sound and Back 2 Basics back in the UK.

Since Rhythm Masters decided to go their separate ways to pursue solo projects in 2002 Steve has since had huge underground and mainstream success with tracks such as ‘Circus Parade’, ‘Da Canto’ and the ubiquitous ‘Lovin’ You More (That Big Track)’ for Cr2. In addition Steve has collaborated alongside dance music luminaries such as Pete Tong, Nic Fanciulli and Mark Knight. The other side to the Steve Mac sound is apparent through his numerous remixes for mainstream artists; Jamiroquai, Charlotte Church and Simply Red are just a few of the globally recognised stars that have come in for the unique Steve Mac remix treatment.

As a performer Steve’s DJ sets are pure energy. He regularly makes use of 3 decks, CDjs, FX and samplers that all contribute to the seamless and funk-fuelled sound for which he is famed.

http://www.myspace.com/mrstevemac

Enjoy the mix and look out for other HUGE dance luminaires who will be supplying stunning mixes for your aural pleasure.

Till next time

Have Fun

DJ Mix Heaven are Proud to Present DYLAN RHYMES.

Check out his trk 'Naked & Ashamed' on the Smirnoff Advert
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-m2h4E2B9lY


Dance music has been the biggest part of Rhymes’ (otherwise known as Marvin Beaver – and yes, he’s heard all of the jokes) life from a young age. Inspired by early hip hop and electro a la Kraftwerk and Doug E. Fresh, Marvin purchased his first set of decks at 15 and caught the bug in a bad way.

While working for British Airways after leaving school, a chance meeting with a nu-beat-writing co-worker who was selling his equipment to go travelling led to Marvin’s first “studio”. Supplemented with the now legendary Roland TR808 and TR909 drum machines Beaver started, as most people did in dance music in the late eighties, by putting out a few acid house white labels. Before long the talent was noticed by owners of the seminal Wax Factory imprint, Ron Wells and Chris Simmons, who began to release more of his material. Dave Pearce’s Reachin Records also bought into the young producers skills, fuelling the fire and enabling Beaver to set up a commercial studio with his mate Justin Drake in the early 1990s.

Rhythm Design Studios in Uxbridge became the birthplace of Outsiders, Drake and Beaver’s much-lauded project for Junior Boy’s Own Chicago influenced Jus Trax label. Friend, DJ and London mainstay Clive Henry then joined the team and the trio became Peace Division, a project that gained props from every corner of dance music without exception.

Leaving Peace Division to focus on his own material, Beaver invented the Dylan Rhymes moniker (a reference to Bob Dylan) and set about working on a breakbeat track for Junior Boys Own. The result was 1996s “Naked & Ashamed” which, due to a Smirnoff ad campaign, became one the label’s biggest tracks (no mean feat considering JBO’s pedigree). Since then he has cemented his reputation as one of the leaders of the breakbeat and tech house scenes through his output through Kingsize Records, Meat Katie’s Whole9Yards and Lot49 labels and his own Blue Black imprint.

Besides original work, Beaver has also remixed the likes of Deep Dish, Infusion, Dave Gahan, Overseer, Unkle and Puretone while he has collaborated with Meat Katie, Christian J, Force Mass Motion (as Silencer) and Anthony J Gorry (on his 2004 album, Dead Famous).

First up in the DJ Mix Heaven series is Mat Frost

Mat Frost’s musical journey started out spending his youth with his ear pinned to the fire exit doors at Walton Hop listening to the funk/soul/disco pumping from the speakers and took him all the way to a UK No.4 Hit Record….
Along the way he has sold records @ the infamous Troublesome Records in Kingston who ran Sex Love and Motion at the Soundshaft in London…. DJ’d on the Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk UK tour, been touted by Shelly Boswell (Club For Life @ the Gardening Club, London) as the next big thing and got his first BIG DJ set @ Progress in Derby after sending Russell Davidson a cassette (That’s how long ago it was, no MP3’s back then !!!!) of his deck skills. Other clubs that have seen Mat spinning included some of London’s top nights such as Clockwork Orange / Belissima / Leisure Lounge / Freedom / Peach and many more around the UK and the world.

His studio adventures have seen him release tracks under numerous monikers the most notable being The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which is where he scored his UK No.4 with Lisa Stansfield’s ‘People Hold On’ which sampled Armand Van Helden’s Tori Amos bassline to great effect.

Mat went on to remix no less than 5 UK No.1’s

Working with the likes of Duran Duran and Jamiroquai.

His other aliases have included Imajica / Recall 22 / Maddladds / L.I.K / Dead Presidents.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dirty+Rotten+Scoundrels

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Recall+22

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Imajica

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Matt+Frost

More recently Mat has been working alongside Aaron Gilbert (Cicada), under and alias of Stereo Star. They are in the process of finishing tracks for an album after the success of the first single ‘Utopia’ featuring vocalist Mia J http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eXfYwYaf1jE

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Stereo+Star

For more information on Mat’s project’s and Music Management Company visit:-
www.myspace.com/matfrostmm
www.myspace.com/producersanddjs

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