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	SMILE@HOME 11aug Friday, August 3, 2007 SMILE Back to the days of warehouse raves with psychedelic art inspired backdrop, projections and lots of self-expression all in the name of DANCE. Somewhere to let it all go and be yourself. It is about the music but more importantly, the communal spirit that makes people smile while dancing. Smile providing you with amusement and pleasure. Get into motion at the HOME of shuffling. For Smile's launch, HOME parties features a 3 deck act by renowned international techno act Deetron. Acts lineup: Deetron The Karl Maka Residents: PODO DJR loopinmotion Lock'n'Groove Cover Charge Before Midnight: $15.00 (including first drink:) After Midnight: $18.00 (including first drink:) FREE FLOW BEER FROM 10:30PM to 11:30PM :) Deetron Deetron.hear Over recent years, Sam Geiser aka Deetron has emerged as a rising star in the Techno world. His popularity as a Producer has flourished in tandem with his reputation as a dynamic three-deck DJ, and as the latter discipline propelled him across the globe, his work for a growing roster of record labels further cemented his position as a genuine talent within the International scene. His list of musical achievements stretch back to the early nineties – and on paper it makes for quite an impressive body of work. Born in Bern, Switzerland, Music was a constant in the Geiser family home. Sam’s father’s activities as a jazz musician ensured that he was surrounded by music from a very early age, sewing the seeds of his own musical interests. But it was Hip-Hop that encouraged this to flourish into an active involvement in music, during his teens. Sam soaked-up the music of Gangstarr, A Tribe Called Quest, and Prince Paul like a sponge, and was quick to realise the role of the turntable within this context, taking up DJing in 1992. Early Hip-House producers, such as Todd Terry, also captured his attention, and Sam began to make the transition to more 4/4 orientated sounds – picking up on the now classic output of Chicago and Detroit-based electronic musicians and introducing this into the sets he was, by now, playing around his home town, and further afield in Switzerland. This led, in 1994, to his first big break – securing a residency at Zurich’s reputed club, Trax at the Rohstofflager. Once reaching this position, Sam felt it was time to make his own forays into music production and began building a studio, drawing on his experience as a DJ to create his own tracks. A meeting with Stefan Reisen, head of the fledgling Phont music, led to the release of Deetron’s first single – as Soulmate, in 1997. Things snowballed from there. Geiser’s production activity put him on the map, which in turn assisted the growth of his DJ profile. A trip to Japan led to a collaboration with DJ Shufflemaster (again, for Phont), and pretty soon the requests from other labels began to come in. During the late nineties, his work for other labels saw Deetron finding his audience (including a string of International club jocks) and developing his own sound. In later years, Sam’s production touch has graced labels including Cosmic (as Karakter), Ongaku (the ‘Lorraine EP’) and SLS. In addition, he received a deluge of remix requests – resulting in work for Samuel L. Session, Ben Sims, Damon Wild, Steve Bicknell (as Karakter), K-Alexy Shelby, Orlando Voorn, Paul Mac and others. Possible the most fruitful partnership of his career so far is that with Belgium’s Music Man label. Beginning with the ‘Dolls For a Diva’ 12” in 2001, and including several more 12”s and a superb mix CD that acts as ample testament to Sam’s skills behind the turntables. Geiser has come a long way in a relatively short period of time, but it’s no fluke ascension given his considerable talent and hard work. What’s more, he shows no sign of flagging. Whilst 2003 has been a very busy year, with extensive worldwide DJ dates, singles for Music Man and Intec, and high profile remixes for Ennio Morricone, Victor Simonelli, Gary Martin, and Mark Broom, 2004 and 2005 have taken his DJ-schedule to yet another level and he released the massive “Miss Suave EP” on Intec in 2004 as well as “The floor jackin’ theory” on Music Man in 2005. Furthermore he remixed Funk D’Void, Joris Voorn, Smith & Selway and Detroit Grand Pubahs to name but a few. Deetron's debut full length Album“Twisted” released in October 2006 has proved to be his biggest musical achievement to date and can be seen as a milestone in his career. The release gained praise from press and key figures of different genres alike, ranging from Gilles Peterson to Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Osunlade and Âme, to name but a few. The first two singles taken from “Twisted” - “Isotope EP” and “The Afterlife” - instantly took off and are still on heavy rotation. Furthermore the success of the Album led to an extensive worldwide DJ-Tour which has taken him to major clubs and events like I love Techno 2006, Berghain (Berlin), Fabric (London), Florida 135 (Fraga), Cocoon (Frankfurt), Rex (Paris). 2007 kicks off with the release of the third single taken from “Twisted”, called “Life Soundtrack” in Spring, which includes re-interpretations from Redshape, Radioslave and Rejected. With upcoming remixes for Legowelt, Shinedoe, Guy Gerber & Gregor Tresher, Bob Sinclar and Voom:Voom as well as an ongoing hectic DJ-Schedule, the new year is looking bright for all things Deetron. http://www.deetron.com deetron's myspace Back to Acts The Karl Maka Jon Maka first saw Ken Maka at a Temasek Poly gig in 1996. Ken Maka was performing on stage and played the bass guitar between his legs. It was then that Jon Maka thought to himself, "Damn, this guy got mad skills!" As fate would have it, their paths crossed again when they found that both of them were posted to the same unit during national service. Under the fatherly supervison of their CO, Ken and Jon endured many good and bad times together (as most national service experiances, they were mostly bad times). In 2006, Jon and Ken toyed with the idea of forming a two person electronica/indie group. Inspired by the likes of the Postal Service, the Analog Girl and many others (refer to influences) and a common love for 70s-80s Hong Kong movies by the Hui brothers, Ken and Jon adopted the name of the Karl Maka, in tribute to the legendary actor with bald head in the 'Aces Goes Places' series. The Karl Maka are keeping their fingers crossed that the REAL Mr. Karl Maka does not sue their asses off for whatever legal reasons. In which case they may be forced to adopt the name "the Teddy Robbins". The Karl Maka are currently working hard in writing more songs and hope to play live shows in as many strange and wonderful venues soon. If you'd like to book us, please do drop us a line! thekarlmaka@gmail.com is where you can email us. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy whatever music we have put up. If it makes you happy, it makes us happy. We thank you sincerely for adding us and for your kind comments. The Karl Maka heart you! Back to Acts PODO podo.hear James Chan aka PODO is an integral part in the evolution of techno and electronic music. Previously based in Hong Kong, he managed heavy weight label, Technorient. Consisting of various sub-labels, Technorient has produced works by Technasia, John Thomas, Renato Cohen, Steve Rachmad and Joris Voorn to name only a select few. James has not only assisted in the production and distribution of electronic music but is also an active and involved DJ and producer. As part of Hong Kong’s Robot Underground crew he has played both DJ sets and live performances with a string of residencies and performances at both clubs and festivals. Most notable perhaps, are his appearances at the Rockit festival and his residency at the perhaps small in size, but larger than life in spirit, club by the name of Yumla. He has frequented trips abroad taking his unique live sets to the greater global community within China’s growing dance scene. This includes Paul Van Dyke’s China tour in 2005 to mention merely one of the many. Never limiting himself through narrow direction or limited job description, he has been a vital cog in the works of varying different machines. Whether this is a music consultant to the trading and development council of Hong Kong, producing the theme sound for Instyle magazine China or helping start True Colour Club (also based in China), James has never restricted himself in any of his undertakings. Now as managing director of Love Da Music, he will be the first of his kind to bring forward thinking musical concepts to Singapore’s shores. Back to Acts DJR Roy Ng aka DJR, co-owner of HOME, is an experienced mover and shaker of Singaporean dance floors, making waves in the scene since the late eighties. Starting off his career as a mobile disco DJ, he was booked on a weekly basis for exclusive house parties. He made his first Club appearance in 1992 holding a residency at ‘Rascals’ and ‘The Club’ (Pan Pacific, Singapore). His explosion onto the Singapore Dance scene saw the longest running underground club night in history to date. ‘Sunday Boy’s Night’, as it was called, stormed through numerous venues, from ‘Fire’ to ‘Music World’, ‘The Gate’ and ‘Venom’ to ‘Centro360’, the success of this event has yet to be matched. Still at the forefront of Singapore’s Club Scene DJR has since played in several major outdoor events such s ‘Swing Singapore’ and the first infamous ‘Zouk Out’ in Sentosa, which attracted 10,000 clubbers locally and from around the region. Asides from this, he has played at numerous product launches and fashion parties to celebrities as well as mass audiences all over Asia. These include the launch of Cartier Santos, Louis Vutton, Etro and Piaget to name a few of the brands in Singapore. In Kuala Lumpur he played for the Hugo Boss F1 Party and in Beijing for Tag Heuer, Paul Smith and Ms. Sixty. He was the DJ for the Chivas Party also in Beijing and VSOP at the Commune in The Great Wall. He has also played for The Moet Party as well as Dom Perignon and Belvedere Vodka to name a few. Being an influential player with an unquenchable thirst for dance music he started up his own club in late 2004 by the name HOME. (www.homeclub.com.sg) It won ‘Best New Small Club’ in 2005 by Juice Magazine as well as holding the Best New Club Night; ‘Poptart’. Most recently, in 2006, it won ‘Best Underground Joint’, also awarded by Juice Magazine, Singapore. As club owner and resident DJ, he has played alongside a range of internationals such as Goldie (UK), LTJ Bukem (UK), Doc Scott (UK), Pendulum (AUS), Makoto (JPN), Marky (BRA), DJ SS (UK), MC Warren G (UK), MC Conrad (UK), Influx UK (UK), DJ Fresh (UK), Deezism (UK), Jenna G (UK), Patife (Bra), MC Cleveland Watkiss (UK), Storm (UK), Amit (UK), Concord Dawn (NZ), Utah Jazz (UK) and even Mani (UK, ex-Stone Roses/Primal Scream) to name a few. A DJ without compromise, DJR will spin anything at anytime; from Hip-Hop and R&B to House, Electro, 80’s Retro, Independent Rock, New Wave, Techno and even Drum and Bass. Obsessed with discovering and exposing new music he is a DJ liberated by the absence of boundaries imposed by musical genre. He will challenge your sense of what a DJ is, he has a distinct taste for a crowd’s musical appetite. Always ready to deliver, he uses both technical skill and experience to satisfy the most diverse and demanding of audiences. Back to Acts loopinmotion loopinmotion.hear loopinmotion is Kelvin Tan. Born in Singapore, he was schooled by the warehouse rave scene of Melbourne and is influenced by the sounds of Detroit Techno. Never confining himself to simply being a DJ, Kelvin Tan is a weighted player in the industry. Before returning to Singapore, Kelvin worked under The Richard Maher Agency in Australia. Previously based in Melbourne, this agency was the driving force in exposing cutting edge electronic performances to the Austral-Asian region. Now infamous in promoting and representing leading names in the worldwide electronic music arena, the agency is synonymous with names such as Derrick May, DJ Bone, Stacey Pullen, among many others. A multidisciplinary DJ, loop has had more than adequate experience working behind the scenes in every aspect of dance music event management. After setting his footprints as a DJ and events manager in Australia he moved back to his hometown. Now a true veteran of Singapore's dance scene, loopinmotion has been actively involved in putting on parties since the very beginning. A no-nonsense approach to putting tracks down to the floor, loopinmotion will churn out tracks with both speed and composition. Relentless, uplifting and introspective, he brings both rhythm and strings for both your feet and mind. An experience deep and uncompromising, he is a DJ who uses both experience and technical skill. Currently holding a residency at Home, he is also the man behind operations at the club. He has played alongside a number of renowned international DJs whose styles are spread across varying genres. These include names such as Goldie (UK), LTJ Bukem (UK), Doc Scott (UK), Pendulum (AUS), Makoto (JPN), Marky (BRA), Simon Digby (Aus), DJ SS (UK), MC Warren G (UK), MC Conrad (UK), Influx UK (UK), DJ Fresh (UK), Deezism (UK), Mosus (NZ), Jenna G (UK), Patife (Bra), MC Cleveland Watkiss (UK), Storm (UK), Amit (UK), Concord Dawn (NZ), Utah Jazz (UK), Divine9 (Aus), Moody G (Swe), The Specialist (UK/BKK), T Base (BKK), DJ Random (Malaysia), BradleyKaos (UK), Not Happy Jan (Aus), Digital (UK) and even Mani (UK, ex Stone Roses/Primal Scream). Back to Acts Lock'n'Groove Having held a residency for a year at Singapore’s HOME club, Bradley James continues an unassuming influence into the international scene of dance. The island’s only genuine home to underground music and culture; he has been an integral part behind the decks as well as the running of successful events. Known as lock’n’groove to those who frequent the club’s after-hours event of ‘4am in the mix’ he boasts a love for all things funky. He shares a love for Detroit techno which stems back to his initial obsession with the genre many years ago before ever touching vinyl. He has since grown technically and his obsession has transformed physically now being actively involved with parties while traveling from Asia to Europe, and back again. Currently possessing a much wider palette for sound he aims to draw people in, helping them lose their inhibitions and bringing a sense of soul to dance floors worldwide. Not one to pigeon hole himself into one specific genre he has collected extensively broadening his horizons way past any specific theme or sound. Notably he has also been a resident at Singapore’s only regular Reggae, Dub and Dancehall event, Rubbadubdub under the moniker of DJ Bud. Asides from this and his regular late night techno sessions at HOME, he has played sets consisting of his growing 45 collection and nu school funk to crowds at Blu Jazz cafÈ as well as a Hip Hop session at the now defunct Bar Bar Black Chic. Venues asides from this that are worth mentioning in his list of growing events include the Liquid Room in Singapore as well as Double 6 in Bali, Indonesia. He has played alongside rising internationals of the Asian and Australasian region including colleague’s loopinmotion (HOME, Singapore) and DJR (HOME, Singapore), Podo (Robot.Net, HK/ HOME, SG) Norman Chung (SINO, Singapore), Romel Johan (Stream Recordings, Malaysia), Veiga (Stream Recordings, Aus) and Not Happy Jan (Maccanoid, Aus). www.myspace.com/lockngroove Back to Acts smile 0 comments