A
clubnight
held at Dare to Club
on Saturday 1st July. The event starts at 22:30.
FNUK de House’D host an epic after party with legendary DJs Slipmatt and Tenacious on the decks. The event will be after the Day Party with Secondcity and Ellie Cocks
Slipmatt, one of the pioneers of the UK rave scene, playing a high-energy set that will have the crowd jumping and dancing all night long, mixing classic tracks with new releases, creating a seamless blend of old and new school house music.
Having produced a ton of successful singles and compiled a number of hit selling mix albums under his ‘Slipmatt’ alias for some of the World’s most respected record labels including United Dance and Ministry Of Sound, ‘Slipmatt’ is also one of the masterminds behind legendary production outfit SL2 (along with Lime and MC Jay), the visionaries responsible for the chart smashing anthems ‘On A Ragga Tip’ & ‘Way In My Brain’ among many others on the iconic label XL Recordings, home to legendary acts such as ‘The Prodigy’, ‘Basement Jaxx’; and ‘Adele’.
‘On A Ragga Tip’ is presently enjoying a resurgence of popularity as it goes on the current Virgin Media TV ad as part of their Un-Limiting adverts which includes the new ‘On A Ragga Tip’ Un-Limiting Remix, which has equally proved as popular as ever with dancefloors around the globe and this year alone is scheduled to collaborate in the studio with Shades Of Rhythm, Andy Galea of Sol Brothers, Alex P, Awesome 3, Alexis Raphael, Sooney and, his good friend DJ Lime with some brand new SL2 releases also in the pipeline.
This wayward don of dance has also played at every major dance event and venue worth knowing about over the years including Energy, Telepathy, Fantazia, Vision, Universe, World Dance, United Dance, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin’ Vinyl, Rezurrection, Elevation, Moondance, Raindance, Peace Fest, Clockwork Orange and to top it all off had the great honour of playing directly after his good friends ‘The Prodigy’ to a packed O2 Arena of over 20, 000 people, bringing that particular night to an epic close, and ringing in the year 2014 with a tremendous bang.
‘Slipmatt’ also repeatedly continues to play across the globe in the USA, Asia, Australia, Europe and every corner of his native UK for a string of well recognised and well attended club promotions, festivals and events. He’s no stranger to a Festival or two either playing at leading big top gigs such as Glastonbury, Boomtown and We Are Festival and there has also been and continues to be multiple overseas visits to Ibiza where Slipmatt still to this day enjoys regular return trips to the White Isle’s most infamous hot spots to play such as Eden, Es Paradis and Benimussa Park (The Zoo)
His media outreach is quite noteworthy also, having started RAW FM, been a resident on Kiss FM, a regular in M8 Magazine and Mixmag, featured in the illustrious DJ Magazine Top 100, he’s been on BBC television a number of times including the famous chart show ‘Top Of The Pops’, runs two of his own popular Radio shows and Podcasts ‘World Of Rave’ and ‘Slip’s House’ and additionally, has won a multitude of awards, including that of ‘Best DJ’ and ‘Best Producer’ awarded by some of the industries most respected bodies such as Kiss FM and EHM.
Not one to ever slow down or fall behind and always keeping himself fresh and relevant, this dancefloor don has been focusing lately on the biggest and best house beats, which has led him to an already extraordinarily busy 2022. Add to that his upcoming book “My Story (and How I Became a World Class DJ)”, which is set to be a smash hit amongst rave fanatics the Worldwide and with an exciting number of gigs booked for 2023 already, there are no signs of this crowd-pleasing international artist slowing down any time soon.
Godfather Of Rave and still keeping it fresh? Definitely.
Tenacious are House Music DJ/Production trio Dave Reeves , Steve Reeves and Lewis Bellis based in London , Centreforce residents with their 6pm Saturday show , play all over the UK and Europe at some of the biggest events and festivals , legends in the UK house music scene, produce sets that showcase their unique style and sound, always keeping the energy levels high and the crowd engaged.
Focusing on underground house music and driving energetic Bass driven Tech House , they have had releases on Ultra Music , Automation Nation , Cheeky Trax , Phonetic Recordings , Traded Music , Revoke , Kidology and many many more
With a full line up supporting across two rooms this promises to be an afterparty like no other