Meat Katie - Lot 49, MFM Booking - London, UK
Tech Funk, Techno, Electro, Breaks
www.lot49.co.uk
www.mfmbooking.de
South west londoner Mark Pember (AKA Meat Katie) has had a long history in
Dance music. In his time he has recorded for such prestigious labels such
as Wall of Sound, R&S Records , Kingsize, Bedrock, Perfecto, Great Stuff,
Renaissance, Saw not to mention his first record deal, signed to Iggy pops
Kill City Records (as a bass player in 3 piece skate punk band Sandladder).
Pember has also remixed for / collaborated with Arthur Baker, U.N.K.L.E,
Boy George, Deep Dish, D.Ramirez, Peace Division, Chicken Lips, Robbie
Rivera & James Zabelia, to name but a few.
To date Pember has released three Meat Katie artist albums, Off the bone
(1998), Long to belong (2000) & Vibrator (2006), all diverse in style and
vibe but glued together by his techy and lo-fi feel', he has worked with
such vocalist as Kurt wagner from Nashville indie/country band Lambchop,
garage/trash vocalist Holly Golightly, new york house legend roland Clark
and UK Diva Katherine Ellis, in 2000 mark also made a one off alternative
album 'Never The Less' under the name Avenue A, a collaborative project
with Jason o' Bryan co-producuer with the Dub pistols, it was this project
that lead Mark to score the music for film adaptation of martin amis’
'Dead Babies', an art house production by Gruber films (Shooting fish,
waking ned), starring Paul Bettany.
Arguably its Marks work as a DJ that has really seen him shine, a world
class performer with excellent technical ability and a great understanding
of the dance-floor, he has built a reputation worldwide. Those who have
seen him play will know that it is his diversity and energy that has
earned him such respect, his toughTechy style, has seen him play across the
globe alongside an eclectic group of DJs from Digitalism, Justice and
Simian mobile disco, Soulwax and Erol Alkan, to Deep Dish, Steve Lawler,
James Zabiela, Sasha & Digweed, Carl Cox, even Armand van buren & Marco V,
and not forgetting some of the world’s top Breaks acts including, Plump
DJ’s, Stanton Warriors. He'’s supported live acts such as Chemical
brothers, Pendulum, Basement jaxx, Represent, and Infusion, and He even
recently played on the Valve Soundsystem as one of the only non-Drum ‘n
Bass DJs ever to do so.
It is these djing skills that have led him to compile and mix compilations
for such land mark series such as, Bedrock breaks, Fabric live & most
recently Sessions' for Ministry of Sound, a very unique dj, over the years
he has perfected a cross over of techno electro with a subtle break beat
feel (better know as tech funk) in recent interviews mark described his
own playing, when pressed about pigeon holing himself genre wise he
replied “The only thing pigeon holes are good for.... is pigeons", mark is
living proof that taste is more important than simply following the crowd
and bandwagon jumping.
Mark has also been working on an audio visual show along side VJ Anyone
(currently rated No. 3 in the World) together they have taken their unique
show to clubs such as `Fabric, Urban Gorilla, Technique and Festivals such
as Glastonbury, Glade, and many more.
Not satisfied with being a world class dj producer the self confessed
workaholic also found time to set up and run his own highly influence LOT49
imprint (with Dylan Rhymes, whom he also shares a studio with in south west
london under the same name).
Lot 49 has without a doubt maintained a reputation as being a taste-making
label, never shy to experiment with multi genres and with over 50 releases
under its belt featuring artists such as, Dubfire , Audiojack, D Ramirez,
Elite Force, Dexter, Phil Kieran, Lee Coombs, Robbie Rivera, Marco Bailey,
James Talk, Alex Metric, Lützenkirchen, Evil 9 and obviously Meat Katie &
Dylan Rhymes, the Lot49 steamroller shows no sign of slowing down, it will
celebrate its 5 year anniversary later this year with a label compilation
CD/ with a an exclusive DVD documentary about the label and artists.
James Harcourt - Twisted Frequency - London, UK
PREMIER U.S. BOOKING
Techno, Tech House, Progressive
www.twistedfrequency.com
Influenced by club experiences James started dabbling in production in 2001 - but started to take production seriously in 2005/6, when he had found renewed focus & enthusiasm for a vibrant house music scene. He planned his independent label (Twisted Frequency Recordings) during 2005 and launched it at the start of 2006. Featuring his own works - plus artists & remixers he loved from all over the globe.
James also started to take his own production to a new level in 2006. Since then, his tracks & remixes featuring the sets of many of the most consistent and celebrated DJ names such as Dave Seaman, Hernan Cattaneo, Nic Fanciulli, James Zabeila, SÈbastien LÈger, Fergie, Pete Tong among many others. His tracks have been placed onto an impressive list of CD compilation placements, including Erick Morillo's Subliminal Winter Sessions, Hern·n Catt·neo's Renaissance Sequential series, Hook'n'Sling's Chew The Fat! CD and the legendary Pure Pacha collection in 2008 - true testimony to the wide-ranging dancefloor appeal of the music.
James 2006 summer release "Loud & Low" was voted best new single by Fergie on Radio 1 - and he was invited to interview for the One-To-One feature on the same show. 2007 brought further single releases and two tracks featured on Seb Fontaine's Radio 1 Essential Mix. In 2008, his "Call & Response" E.P. scored one of the biggest selling releases on Beatport.com spending a long time in the top 5 and selling upwards of 10,000 total downloads to date. Legendary trance label Bonzai released James' acclaimed remake of Push "Universal Nation" which was one of the most hotly anticipated tracks of 2008, featured on James Zabeila's Radio 1 Essential Mix from Glastonbury and picked up for the Cream Future Trance series.
2009 brought more Beatport top 100 action with the remix of Tyrrell's "LaLaLaLaLaLa" and Nick Hook's "Enhanced" on Distinctive. His no-nonsense remix of Sasha favourite "H20" from Jamie McHugh on Underwater Records finally saw a release having scored another Radio 1 Essential mix spot the previous year, this time from Pete Tong live in Amnesia, Ibiza. The "Nucleon" E.P continued the progressive vein with main track "Proton" proving hugely popular for the clubs and scoring repeatedly in charts of many DJ's. Other highlights of 2009 included James' remix of Nick Muir's "G Platz" for Dave Seaman's "Audio Therapy" label, along with his super-energetic remix of Filth & Splendour's "Shadow & Shape" on Itch.
In 2010 James plans to continues to conquer a long standing aversion to travel which has gradually seen him visit India, Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Scotland as well as continue to craft inspiring productions. A forthcoming 3 track E.P is due on French techno maestro Popof's "Form" label along with a new original track for his own Twisted Frequency label.
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