Electronic Vibes

The search for the world’s best scratch turntablist will begin this week in the UK, with the first heats of the annual DMC World DJ Championship taking place across the country.

The first heat takes place in Liverpool on 12th May at Magnet. Later on, Newcastle will host a DMC 2006 heat the following night at The Other Rooms, whilst Leeds’ The Wardrobe will see aspiring scratch DJs battle it out on 14th May.

The Fez club in Cambridge will host a DMC DJ battle heat on 18th May, before the championship moves southwards to London’s Fabric on 19th May.

After that, Nottingham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Bristol, Reading, and Birmingham will host heats, before the UK final takes place at Hammersmith Palais on 6 July.

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DJ Tiësto’s recent tour of Indonesia was struck by tragedy after a clubber died of a drug overdose at his concert in the capital city Jakarta. The young man, who has not been named due to his family’s wishes, died on 22nd April 2006 after apparently taking six ecstasy pills.

At first, the organisers of Tiësto’s Indonesia tour refused to comment on the death because they claimed his family did not want any publicity.

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It was one of the biggest success stories of last year, and for 2006 looks likely to be the best dance music event during the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

South West Four festival, organised in conjunction with Metro newspaper, had a successful launch on Saturday 15 April 2005 with 4000 clubbers packing into Brixton Academy to see Carl Cox and Mr. C tear it up.

This year the South West Four festival features Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, James Zabiela, Sander Kleinenberg, and Desyn Masiello alongside its DJ ambassador Carl Cox on the 10,000 capacity outdoor main stage.

BBC Radio 1 stalwart Pete Tong will join the likes of Seb Fontaine, Steve Lawler, Danny Howells, and Nic Fancuilli in a second arena, whilst trancers Judge Jules, Mauro Picotto, Fergie, Ian Betts, Sander Van Doorn and Matt Hardwick will DJ in a third tent.

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Creamfields will take place this year on Saturday 26 August at Daresbury, Halton, near Liverpool, and will feature an eclectic blend of dance music acts and DJs. The Prodigy are headlining the mainstage, alongside Gnarls Barkley, Goldfrapp, and The Zutons.

The world’s no.1 DJ as voted in DJmag’s Top 100 DJs poll 2005, Paul van Dyk, will be playing in the 10,000 capacity Cream & Goodgreef arena alongside Ferry Corsten, Tiësto, Paul Oakenfold, Eddie Halliwell, Armin van Buuren, Marco V and Adam Sheridan.

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