Always wanting to be a dancer, Juliet Star enjoyed dancing to the beautiful sounds of Progressive House and Trance. The transition from just dancing to the music, and wanting to play it instead, was a slow one but eventually took hold and a love for DJing was born.
After joining #trancefamily and a trip to Holland Juliet found a home for herself among Trance lovers from all over the world. Currently residing in San Diego, California, Juliet Star can be found performing across the Southwest US with her take on Progressive and Trance with the occasional Breaks or House set.
Currently you can catch her live every Thursday at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on ProjectRadio.us for her show ‘The Mix Hour’ and ever Sunday 6pm PST / 9pm EST for 2 hours on ProjectRadio.us and JulietStar.com
Moving forward keep an eye open for some original Juliet Star productions and her contributions to the blog United States Trance Movement.
Juliet Star has put together a great collection of Trance tracks that showcases her programming and mixing skills. Download then head over to her podcast and subscribe.
Well, another Schulz show has come and gone, and once again my fellow Schulz Army Cadets are left in post-Markus depression! When we first heard Markus would be in DC on October 15th, a 6-hour trip seemed like NOTHING for Schulz! Road trip from NYC was definitely in store!
I’ll start by saying, if you haven’t been to Fur Nightclub in DC, here’s the scoop. While definitely not as seedy and dark as your normal NYC nightclub…it definitely has its quirky yet unique characteristics. The club contains a layout with 4 areas to dance. Outside patio, salsa room (which I have yet to see), hip hop/pop area and of course the only room that makes this club…the main dance area on the lower level. If you’ve read any of my past reviews, you know I can’t resist to comment on the horrid cheesy pop/mainstream crap they play on the main level. It’s just poor planning to hear this garbage while there are epic trance events in the lower room. If you have the urge to escape for some fresh air on the back patio, you are forced to walk through garbage music while meddling through amateur crowds of mayhem. Not fun!
On to more relevant things…we arrived around 11:15pm and had an easy entry experience with no line. Nice! The opening DJ in the main room was…let me say…meh. While the crowd seemed to dig the vibe, this guy had way too much fun dropping cheesy mashups of various popular edm tracks. Might I also mention an observation early on in the night…the crowd seemed a little “off”, as if too many people simply strolled off the street just to go clubbing, not realizing there is an epic master DJ/producer about to take the stage. Nevertheless, we situated ourselves directly in the center of the crowd and awaited the entrance of our boss…Mr. Markus Schulz!
About 12:30am, Markus took over. It’s always impressive when a DJ is able to come out of the BS music of an opening DJ, into full blown Markus-mode! Instantly turned the mood around!!!
As always, Markus was consistent with his set, and never disappointing. Dropping remixed tracks like Perception, Saints, and of course, Sinners, the floor was rumbling and the sound system was banging! I must say, I’ve seen Schulz a lot, and I can honestly say, every show gets better with new remixes and fresh sounds that I’ve never heard live. He really took it to extreme levels that night with the non-vocal hard tracks and had the entire crowd on their feet. Tracks like Angular Momentum & The Plank Effect, kept the crowd at energy levels I have never experienced! I can’t forget to mention also how Markus so effortlessly changed the room energy with some melodic Gaia Stellar…Love!
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The Squatters is the brain child of Oliver Portamento and Alex Powell, who have been working together for many years, not just as DJs but also as successful Promoters, Event Organisers and Producers. Taking influences from Oldskool, Hip Hop and Rave, then fusing it with today’s modern House, Electro and more experimental genres such as Dub Step, Drum n’ Bass and even Trance. By cut n’ pasting these together, adding chopped vocals and colossal breakdowns, they have created a unique big room sound that has closed the ranks between the genres ensuring a heavyweight impact on the dance floor.
Their productions and remixes have received consistent airing by BBC Radio One, Kiss100 & Capital FM, as well as support from a countless list of elite radio and club DJs. Having remixed and produced for some of the worlds’ finest Labels & graced some of the world’s finest dance floors.
The Squatters newest track releasing on August 29, ‘Higher’ sticks firmly to their signature sound with stomping 4×4 beats and drops to a rave-influenced riff before building to a bleepy, slidy crescendo, accompanied by an all important vocal tag. We’ve seen this one do damage on an unsuspecting dancefloor and it does NOT disappoint! On remix duties, HeavyFeet with a stompy House mix and Flask with the Dubstep remix.
It’s a great day for a high energy stompy House mix from the Squatters! And if you like this one be sure to head over and subscribe to their Podcast for a regular dose of their sound.
Mac Monroe is a Belgian DJ and Producer. It’s in 2007 that Mac Monroe made his first steps as a DJ in a club. A few months later, he became a resident DJ in two well-known Belgian clubs. In he 2008, focused his work on producing his own tracks, and after a few months had released his third single ‘Wrong’, a huge record supported by well known DJ’s as Freemasons, Agent Greg, Ted Nilson, Dubfire, Sharam and Peter Brown. Two months later, Mac Monroe returns and unleashes ‘Amazonia’, ‘True Happiness’ and ‘Organic’, three massive tracks supported by international DJ’s such as: Joachim Garraud, Armin Van Buuren, Copyright (Defected Records), Dave Spoon, Antoine Clamaran and Above & Beyond. After the great success of ‘Amazonia’, Mac Monroe keeps up the pace with the release of ‘Roll With You’, a tremendous EP supported by: Roger Sanchez, Thomas Gold, Dave Spoon and Sarah Main, to name a few. The package includes a Trancey Tech-House original mix, a chugging Deep Techy remix from Bartosz Brenes & Nick Mentes, and last but not least, a Techy powering club remix from Eric Powa B. In 2010, Mac Monroe has become resident DJ on Radio NRJ for Extravadance from 2 AM to 3 AM every Saturday.
We would like to welcome our newest resident DJ, Mac Monroe, to DMb with a Uplifting mix that spans Trance, House, and Progressive for the Big Room and Arena crowds! In addition he has generously given us a Free Track of his “Dirt Diver” which is a massive melodic track in the style of AVICII. Get it here.
Superstar Dutch DJ and producer Sander Kleinenberg has built his international reputation on an ability to create different atmospheres, for myriad crowds, at venues all over the world.
Kleinenberg is not only an artist who declines to stick to a single, easily defined sound, he also utilizes more than one medium to create a night out. Long at the forefront of integrating video imagery and other visuals in his VDJ sets and integrating music and images single-handedly requires sharpened skills and on-the-fly invention. “Now, in the process of DJing, I am in control of another dimensions. The thought processes are not just about music; there is a visual element as well.” Which allows his to shape his identity, and stimulate crowds, in a host of fresh ways. “This is a whole new way of looking at what you do creatively. In the end, that is very challenging. It makes you more versatile as well. I love keeping on my toes.”
Sander will continue to show off his aesthetic flexibility at residencies around the world during the course of the year, including Pacha in Ibiza, Avalon in Los Angeles, Ministry of Sound in London, and Paradiso in Amsterdam. So his calendar is jam-packed. But for Sander, there is always still more to do. The head of his own Little Mountain Recordings label, and a producer of sublime original tracks that elude being easily date-stamped, Kleinenberg plans to tap into all the facets of his creativity for his debut artist album, which he has been working furiously in the studio to complete over the past year with the one and only Josh Gabriel. “I am working on a definitive document,” he hints. “I want to create a real landmark, both visually and musically, where I say, ‘This has been my journey over the last twenty years… and this is where I am now.’”
One of my personal favorites over the years, I’m very excited to present this exclusive DJ Mix from one the Progressive greats, Sander Kleinenberg!
This is the first edition of a new series here at DMb which is presented and hosted by DJ EQ (www.dj-eq.com) which will feature live sets and interviews exclusive to DMb. In this first episode LA’s own Paul Ahi takes the decks and talks about where his DJing career began from EQ’s studio in Hollywood.
This DJ Nth mix entitled “The Afterparty” has been a very popular posting on our blog for the past few years so we decided to make it the first in our “Classics” Series of Podcasts. As our regular listeners know, DJ Nth is our resident DJ and Editor here at DMb and always delivers a solid mix no matter what style he spins. For those that haven’t heard this mix yet, pop this one in the car CD player on a roadtrip and get ready to start humming along to the infectious Trance melodies.
