There we go... with pain in our heart... we have to anounce the last Party ever at MOOV. We are forced to stop with MOOV, for reasons that are beyond our control. For two years we brought you some wicked nights of dancing on our small island of Koh Tao.
What started as a place where we (Lud, Dom, Jazz, Patrick, Malu and Bjorn) loved to hang out with friends finally ended by you people of Koh Tao as the place to party!! Thank you all for supporting us. Thank you for all the nice moments we had!! Thank you all for understanding our way of having a party on this small rock! Thank you Dj's for bringing us the tunes and rocking the place! WE HAD A GREAT TIME!!!!

So take you're last change to dance at MOOV this night. and be a part of the last MOOV party who no one will ever forget! See you the 14th! We are now working hard to make a restart on the island with MOOV or with a total new concept. The spirit is till there!!!! YOU WILL HEAR FROM US SOON!!!

About MOOV

At MOOV you’ll find a relaxed atmosphere amidst an enchanted setting…

From chill out couches with a twist to the magical tree-deck and Moroccan-inspired touches throughout, MOOV promotes a carefree and whimsical vibe all to the soundtrack of our resident DJ Absolud, whose funky house sounds have made a name for themselves here on our Tao.

Check for daytime events and monthly parties to add even more flavor to our colorful mix.

Open 6 days a week (Tuesday through Sunday) from mid afternoon till a little after midnight. Located on south Sairee Beach, opposite InTouch Resort.

DJ Absolud
DJ, producer, owner, operator, event organizer, promoter… Lud Verhoog does it all, but he wouldn’t be the one to tell you. His lifelong obsession with music has dictated the course of his every move, guiding him from one project to the next so that now, at 33, he has built up an impressive array of experience in almost all aspects of the industry.

Lud Verhoog, (DJ Absolud) born and raised in Amsterdam, began mixing and organizing parties at the tender age of 14. But it wasn’t until ‘92 that he discovered house music and knew that he had found a soul mate. Now mixing for over 17 years, his style has evolved into a sound that is warm, soulful, funky and uplifting. He can slow it down for sunset chill sessions taking you on a whimsical journey or make the crowd go mental with more rocking sets. His finesse in timing and understanding of what it takes to build up and work people into a frenzy behind the decks is due to his understanding and appreciation of what it’s like in front of them.

Over the past decade Lud has worked and spun with some of the most respected DJ’s in the industry, including Norman J, Rasmus Faber, Gregor Salto, Joey Negro, Hardsoul, Jerome Syndemham, Heikki L, Valentin de Moreda and many more. Recently he has also taken time from his busy schedule to guest dj at hotspots BED Supperclub, BKK and DUST, Koh Samui, rocking the crowds with his funky uplifting sound. He also produced the film soundtrack to “The Plymouth To Banjul Rally” a rally documentary film by Acemarine Images this year.

On the production side, back when he was honing his DJ skills Lud was also developing a flair for organizing and directing the production of events. He and his brother started 303 Productions, a company that created the visual effects for enormous events such as Wasteland, Club Wearhouse, and Dancevalley. In ’95, 303 Productions expanded to create Lumafex, which organized and produced innumerable underground parties at ‘various’ locations throughout and around the Netherlands and Europe. Guaranteed great music, vibes, and people made these productions a huge success.

In between throwing crazy parties, Lud was busy with residencies and guest spots at several clubs and venues around the Netherlands (Shape, Mazzo, Paradiso, Melkwe, Beachpop) Absolud made a name for himself with a funky grooving sound that he has become known for in and around the Dutch party scene.

Wanting to see the world, Lud started traveling, spinning at numerous locations in EU and Asia. One of which set him down in 2002 on Koh Tao, Thailand where he was immediately offered residency at the feel-good spot Drybar. Two years later he and the owner then set out to create a new concept which in turn became the Pure Lounge where he was partner and resident. Pure, a seductively furnished beach bar where the monthly parties were so rocking that travelers extended their trips by weeks as to not miss the next one. Sadly it became too successful for the small island and was burned down in August 06, but the countless parties and memories will not soon be forgotten by any lucky enough to join in.

Not to be daunted and armed with renewed energy and inspiration, Absolud took all of his DJ skills, party know-how and experience to create Project 32, a creative sound events production company. Combining a nearly two decade-long love affair with music and production to culminate in an endeavor that brings a fresh sound, look, and feel to the funkiest and most inspired venues- Project 32 promises to be a journey that brings people together to share in a truly special and unforgettable experience. The team is currently busy finalizing a spring tour itinerary.

Since its opening, MOOV has attracted a wide variety of international DJ's. For more background information on our guest DJ's, please click the corresponding link in the left menu or find a list below:

• DJ Andres Bink (FITALIC, NL) - famous for their international Ableton Live Sets and former resident DJ of Earth & Milkyway in Amsterdam.
• DJ Makam (NL)
• DJ Pixy (TH)
• DJ Simmo (UK)
• DJ Isaac MacLean Roberts (CAN)
• DJ Tombouctou (NL)
• DJ Stevie G (resident DJ Ku De Ta, Bali)
• DJ Sonny Massey a.k.a. Dunk The Funk (UK) - The Tunnel, Club Culture, Q Bar, Funky Dojo (Bangkok)
• DJ Rob C (NL)
• DJ Jay Groove (UK)
• DJ Jono (UK) - famous for his live Ableton sets
• DJ Node (FIN)
• DJ NAQ (BEL)
• DJ Steve Bates (UK)
• DJ Wilson (Phunkd Productions)
• DJ GWIZZ (Phunkd Productions)
• DJ KNOFF (Phunkd Productions)
• DJ BIRDY (Phunkd Productions)
• DJ Mickey Space (AUS)
• DJ Bjorn KNow-How (GoGo Records, NL)
• DJ Greedy Hippy (Babyface, CH)
• DJ Joe Rickard (NL)
• DJ Kevin K (Ku De Ta, Bali)
• DJ Eric Bochet (Naphtaline, France)
• DJ Ekanan (TH)
• DJ Simon Solo (Solo, Koh Samui)

Graham Gold

Graham said about MOOV: "The Netherlands Queensday Party at Moov in Koh Tao. The promoter told me 100 is a good party 200 really good and 300 excellent. We had 600 people and partied till 4.30!! Everyone worked for free and they hoped to make enough money to buy the local school one computer-they made enough to buy TWO!! Big respect to Lud (DJ ABSOLUD) for an amazing time and what must be the best bar in Thailand-so beautifully decorated and beautiful people!"

Graham’s legendary shows on London’s Kiss 100 and his club night Peach, the most successful club brand ever in the capital, made Graham the star that he is. His commitment to the scene and play exciting fresh new music is pretty much un-paralleled. Now with his productions getting played by the likes of PVD, he remains much in demand. Years of experience has taken him to all corners of the world playing superb trance for all the major brands and festivals, including Glastonbury, Homelands, Impulz, W.E.M.F., Summadayze and The Street Parade in Zurich. There actually are very few places in the world he hasn't played!! The experience gained over this time is priceless and is why Graham is constantly a welcome guest time and time again.

He has been in the DJ Mag Top 100 7 out of the last 9 years (2 years at 22 and 5 inside the Top 40), its no wonder clubbers and the industry call him a legend!! Its not just as a DJ Graham has gained his fan base. He’s now working hard in his own new studio.

Singles as The Ending, Nightdive and The Rest Of Us, plus his top rated remix of Steve Morleys Re-Incarnation have had major support from one or more of the top players-Ferry, Armin, John 00 Fleming, Christopher Lawrence, Johan Gielen, Agnelli & Nelson to name just a few. His collab with top psy trance dj/producer Tristan “Silver & Gold” was in the boxes of PVD & John “00” and Johan Gielen and his last solo project Culebra was also being played by PVD, Johan and the cream of the worlds top trance djs. Two new tracks have emerged from the guy whose energy seems limitless. “Moving On” has just been picked up by Recover, whilst MPFS have snapped up “Glorification”.

Graham has sold over 700,000 mix albums across various leading brands including Kiss Mix, Kiss in Ibiza and Club Cuts. Having been 15 years with Kiss 100, reaching out to hundreds of thousands of listeners across the world, has given him a priceless amount of fans.

He broadcasts weekly on: RADIO 1(FM) in the U.A.E, DANCE ONE(FM) in Slovakia, KIK FM(FM)in Australia, POWER HIT RADIO(FM) in Russia, SOUND REPUBLIC DANCE WEB RADIO in South Africa DAB in the UK PASSSION RADIO PLUS his monthly mix radio shows prove to be one of the most popular on the Internet airwaves catch him on:
www.ministryofsound.com/radio
www.etn.fm www.di.fm

Rasmus Faber

Producer, musician, composer, remixer & DJ – Rasmus Faber has many strings to his bow. In his early years he mastered the skills of the jazz piano, and worked as a musician for many years, before falling in love with house music and production in the year 2001.

His debut release was courtesy of UK label Black Vinyl back in 2002, the inspirational 'Never Felt So Fly' captured many peoples hearts, bringing together the warming soulful tones of fellow Swede Melo, with the sweet musicianship & guile that Rasmus is so well known for to incorporate into his sound.

After two original releases on US label Sub-Urban and remixes for, among others, E-Smoove and Kenny Bobien, people were starting to show this young swede some serious attention. He was hunted down by Defected Records chief Simon Dunmore to remix a forthcoming Dubtribe Sound System release. Simon was so pleased with the work Rasmus delivered he quickly snapped up this unquestionable talent offering a management & label deal - Farplane Records was born. Soon after he got to rework Junior Jack's monster hit 'E-Samba'. Recording new vocals & completely reinventing the original, Rasmus? remix went on to be played throughout the summer by the likes of Morillo, Tappert, Sanchez & Morales.

Released in 2003, 'Ever After' was Farplane Records' debut release, and went on to become a major hit and a timeless classic. This took Rasmus Faber's career to a new level, and after a faultless line of equally successful releases (such as 'Divided/United' and the Axwell remixed 'Get Over Here'), his name was fully established as a major player, his production trademark being combining dancefloor friendliness with flawless musical quality.

Recent years Rasmus have been as busy as ever, flying around the world performing doing live shows, and DJ-ing in his own unique style, playing the piano over his DJ sets. He has had global sucess with his music, in Japan even crossing over heavily into the commercial public, with chart topping albums and singles releases. New musical adventures are in sight, both exploring the musical fields completely outside of the dance scene, as well as going deeper into the more big room sounds of house, releasing harder and more electronic tracks and remixes under the RaFa moniker.

Rasmus remains highly active in the studio, being asked to work with labels including Defected, King St, Salted, Code Red, Seasons, Shifted Music, Soulfuric, Knee Deep, Soundmen on Wax & Nero Records, while Farplane Records continue to grow as an outlet for quality house music. His endless talents & ambitious attitude have taken him across the globe. Completing remixes for such artists as Miguel Migs, Jay-J, Axwell, Sandy Rivera, Oreja, and Reel People only cement the fact that this talented Swede, still only in his late 20's, is in high demand, and at the peak of his game!

Emanuel Skinner

Stemming from over 15 years of collecting a vast amount of vinyl and an innate obsession with all forms of music, Emanuel became deeply inspired by the thriving underground scene of San Francisco and Chicago and at just 17, took to the decks to cultivate the uniquely diverse sound he is known for today. While he started out playing at underground parties throughout Northern California, it was not long before he caught the eyes and ears of clubs and promoters alike and was soon booked at many of the top clubs throughout San Francisco, including 1015, The End up, Liquid, Sunset parties, Groove Lounge with long time friend Miguel Migs plus...

After travelling to Thailand in 2000, he made the choice to move to the vibrating city of Bangkok and has now become a key figure in the development of the Bangkok club scene and helped make it the global phenomenon it is quickly becoming. Voted best Bangkok Deejay 2002, Emanuel’s name has become synonymous with Bangkok’s club scene, both inside and outside of Thailand. He has been to places as diverse as Singapore, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia and all over Thailand.

His weekly Wednesday Model's night at Bed Supperclub in Bangkok has become one of the most talked about nights throughout Asia and he is regularly called upon to play among the top DJs in the world there ie. DJ Roog, Kid Massive, Robert Owens, Rasmus Faber, Felix the Housecat, Dennis Ferrer, Martin Solvieg, DJ Gregory, Johnny Fiasco, Copyright, Knee Deep, Ian Carey, Oliver Lang, Born 2 Funk, Raul Rincon etc…

With a musical style that encompasses funky house, electro, tribal, tech and acid house, Emanuel’s love of music is vast and diverse. He has a strong emphasis on the technical aspects of deejaying, as well as his flawless programming of his sets, make him stand out from the rest. "For me... sharing the music i love and sending the crowds into frenzy is the ultimate high!" responds Emanuel "It was also the unification of all people regardless of race, sexual preference & religious background's which attracted me to House music back in 1991."

As well as DJing, Emanuel has been busy in the studio and has just put the finishing touches on his debut house production’s.

At 37 years old proves he has the experience, Emanuel is truly a rising star in Asia dance scene and is a name to watch out for in 2008!

DJ DSK

A British local now residing in Kunming China, DJ DSK was introduced to hip-hop and electro music in the early eighties and immediately began dabbling in b-boying, graffiti and djing but soon thereafter focused on the musical aspect, turned to the tables, and set to work perfecting his scratch and battle style techniques. Later he began amassing a funk collection in order to produce hip-hop tracks which soon led to two vinyl releases (Second to None Records and Electrolab Records) and a series of hip-hop and funk mix CDs which received widespread positive attention, in magazines like Hip-Hop Connection and UK Hip-Hop. After a promising DJ and production career start up he left the UK to establish himself in Asia and eventually settled in China, achieving fluency in Mandarin Chinese. Currently working on studio recordings and mixes, he has also become well known across China for his mixing and scratching skills in a variety of music.DJ DSK can be found mixing hip-hop, R&B ,funk, reggae, house, electro or break beat and has been hired for several high profile bboy (break-dance) battles across Asia .He also frequently guest DJs around China and Asia; playing such famous venues as Q Bar and Code Bar (Bangkok), The Lounge (Phnom Phen), Intice (Indonesia), Mix Club/Cutie Club/Babi (Beijing),Yes club (Guangzhou), True Color (ShenZhen), Lux and California (Hongkong).

Every year since 2004 DJ DSK has been selected by Numark and Akai as their representative DJ to showcase new DJ and production equipment at the Palm Beijing Music Exhibition and also for tours of Indonesia. He was also selected by Germany's Battle Of The Year headquarters to be host DJ for the B.O.T.Y Asia 2007 / China 2005 and by Taiwan’s Wazzup clothing company for their 2006 China battle, and by the Red Bull Company to DJ at Hong Kong's 2005 / 2006 Street Battle event. Also in 2005 / 2006 he was flown to India to promote DeLiYa lighting and stage equipment. DJ DSK was also interviewed for the September issue of California's widely distributed SCION hip-hop magazine. Most recently DSK was the official DJ for the first UK bboy championships of China held in Beijing.

During the last 2 years DJ DSK put together the groups M?nage a Trios and Mind Disorder which mixed live instruments with a DJ, bringing energetic live performance to cities throughout China. DJ DSK has also done many interviews for TV and radio shows during his stay in China. When there is any free time he also provides lessons for local DJs learning mixing and scratching techniques.

DSK already has a busy schedule ahead for 2008, he is organising along with Caster Dance studio B.O.T.Y. China 2008 and along with this producing a soundtrack CD and will DJ at the main event. At the beginning of March DSK with his company Unity Promotions will organise a month tour of China for whisky brand J*B. In May 2008 DSK will join the cream of French hip-hop once again for the eating frogs 2008 China tour and also fly to Korea to take part in the R16 event. Later in the year DSK has also been invited to DJ for the Wazzup Taiwan final Bboy battle and B.O.T.Y. Singapore. For more information on some of these vents please check the links below:
www.eatingfrogstour.com
www.r16korea.com
www.battleoftheyear.net
www.wazzupsession.com

Sam Debell
After a formal musical education as French horn player and guitarist Sam began as a percussionist in 1995. Initially self taught on instruments such as bongos and djembe, within a year he was playing live percussion sets at various club nights in London and Leeds such as Megatripolis, Return To The Source, Megadog, Hijacked, Diversion etc. In 1997 Sam began to formally learn West African rhythm structures with Senegalese master drummer Magatte Dieng (Youssou N'dour) and was quickly working as an assistant instructor running workshops throughout the north of England.

After a spell in China Sam returned to England in 1999 and begun to learn Brazilian and Cuban percussion, Cooperating with artists such as Honeydrum, Claudio Kron and helping to record an album with Magatte Dieng. In the Summer of 2000 Sam spent six months in Cuba learning a full range of latin percussive instruments and styles.

Since 2001 Sam has lived in Yunnan Province of China, where he toook on the name The people's Rhythm for his range of musical and percussive endeavours. He has been active in the Chinese music scene, cooperating with bands such as The People's Rhythm, Gene Jazz Quintet, Minjian Funk, Shanren etc.

In 2004 participated in the Coors Light Yeh Party as the kit drummer for blues band Instant Noodles, playing over 90 gigs all over China. In 2005 he became involved as director and performer in the Bacardi Stomp Percussion Tour and with the club trio Menage a Trois. He now owns and runs Kunming's premier live music venue, Speakeasy Bar, which has been visited by a range of bands from China and Europe.

During 2006 and 2007 Sam has worked with various artists and DJs doing club nights throughout China. In 2007 he completed club tours for Matissse Whisky, Budweiser, Sol Beer and Chivas Regal. In addition Sam was one of the only Westerners to perform on the main stage of China’s prestigious Midi and Snow Mountain 2007 music festivals (as percussionist and kit drummer respectively). Sam has also become well known as a maker of percussion instruments, having been featured in the national magazine City Pictorial. With a solid grounding in Afro based percussive styles and a wealth of experience in various club scenes, Sam is helping to promote the fusion of percussion instruments with Western and Chinese music and has become established as one of China's leading percussionists.

Kevin 'eS
Kevin ‘eS grew up in a musical family on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. From pop music to rock, retro and finally dance music. He was self trained as a Disc Jockey 7 years ago when a friend introduced him to House music, with sounds from Soulsearchers, Pete Heller, Armand Van Helden & much more…

These early forays inspired him to take to the decks to explore house music in earnest at the earliest of the 2000.

Since then he has been developing his own style of house music that spans Soulful;, disco and vocal house to electro and uplifting house. Or as one reviewer put it Kevin ‘eS is known for pounding out technical-infusions of chunky upfront house, edgy electro stabs, and snarling disco screams.’

From playing at friends parties in Kuala Lumpur when he first started DJ'ing, to the Legendary FullMoon Party in Koh Phangan Thailand.

From the islands of Koh Phangan & Koh Samui he has taken his tunes to crowds in Big Boom Bar,The Beach House.Warmup Bar,Mountain Bar, Escape House Party(Lake view) Solo Bar & Club, Sound Bar and he now holds recidency at one of Koh Samui’s top club ‘MINT Bar’. Also having played alongside Big name DJ’s such as Brandon Block(UK), Dub Pistolz(UK), Lisa Loud(UK), Marysol(IBIZA),Marco Loco(IBIZA) & many more…

Keeping one foot always on the dancefloor expect Kevin ‘eS to provide a groove to get the body jacking to a great night of house.

Kris Oliver
Kris Oliver started DJ'ing in 1993 at Nick Holloways infamous Milk bar playing at the seminal Thursday night Seduction. In between then and now he worked at many of London's front and back rooms (MOS, Hanover Grand, Ormonds, RAW, Medicine Bar, Aquarium) and Ibiza (Bora Bora, Base Bar, Bambuddha Grove). In 2001 Kris started production work with Gavin 'Face' Mills (Copyright/Defected Records) under the guise of Singtao where they released 5 records between 2001 and 2006 (Chances, La Musica, Keep It Comin', Sunsleeper, R-Style).

In 2006 Kris opened DUST on Koh Samui (Thailand) which has since gained a reputation for holding some great nights and parties.

Valentin de Moreda

Having just reached the fiveteen-year mark as a professional DJ, Valentin has in this time gained experience that has allowed him to play in some of best Clubs: "Camera Club", "Badeschiff"(VIENNA), "Springseven Festival" (AUSTRIA) _ "Caf? d’ Anvers", "Transit East" , "Caf? Latino", "Festival del Sol" (BELGIUM) _ "L'Arobaze Caf?" - Space Killy / Tignes-Val d?Isere (FRANCE) _ "King Kamehameha", "U60311", "Stereo Bar", "KissKiss Club" (GERMANY) _ "SupperClub", "NightLife" (HOLLAND) _ "Blow Up" (LUXEMBOURG) _ "Caf? des Epices"- Marrakech (MOROCCO) _ "Pacha", "La Paloma"-BCN, "GaritoCaf?", "Puro Hotel", "Kingkamehameha Beach", "Industrial Copera", "Sala Quilombo" "UnderClub" (SPAIN), "MOOV", "Dust Bar", "De Tour Bar", "Samui Pacha" (THAILAND). There is no genre that escapes this Spanish powerhouse with styles ranging from Down tempo, Funk, Body music, House grooves, Electro … He maintains that his objective is the on going search, development and fusion of different styles of music within the genre of electronic music.

RESIDENT DJ "Kingkamehameha", Fridays (Metropolis) & Saturdays (Eterna), "Garito Caf?", www.garitocafe.com, Sundays ("A Lounge Vision", a label concerned whit creating an mixture between music and images) & Thursdays ("Soul Sugar" a selection of funky vibes from the 70?s to date - funk, soul, hip hop, broken beats, drum & bass)

De Moreda has founded a collective "Selecta" alongside the Video Artist Mitos. Within this formation are featuring many international musicians going "Electrodomestica" more life, in the form of a Multimedia jam session. This is based on the fusion of the clubs sound alongside projections of landscapes which invoice the minimalist and intimate feeling at being in a kitchen. De Moreda defines this work as "a innovative position that offers scenting different, an artistic "SeleKta" production that combines live music,dj sessions and visuals providing the liberty of movement and improvisation. He is accompanied in this new adventure by the trumpet player Nestor Casas, plus singers Aqueel and Derrick Burrows, the Double bass Steve Bergendry and the guitarist Masa.

PRODUCTIONS: "You" with London DJ Johnny Hash, featuring in the Berlin based label "SoulCamp", "Positive Vibes" recorded with Igor Tchkotoua, Dan Duncan (Pig & Dan - Cocoon Rec.) and Paul de Swartd (Vocalist of Macaco), "The Forest" with DJ Paul SweetMan, "KinLab" with Toti Pereira (unavailable rec.)

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As well De Moreda is making music for Cultural Events and Expositions: - Art Gallery "UniqArt" - Frankfurt (Germany) Xavier Escriba Joan Mir? Sussanne Henninger - "JazzKeller" JazzClub - Frankfurt (Germany) "WortBeat" – Live / Literatur / Performance - Art Gallery "La Resistencia del ART – Palma de Mallorca (Spain) Las Hacedoras – Performance Marga Nicolau – 6=1 - Fundaci?n Joan&Pilar Mir? – Palma de Mallorca (Spain) Spyra Performance – San Juan Night - Museo Arte Moderno "Es Baluard"-Palma de Mallorca (Spain) Nit del Art - "El Vientre del Mar" - Festival PING / Experimental Art - Cultural Center "Sa Taronja" Mallorca "TeXtures" - "Thought Leadership Summit" - Zurich (Switzerland).

The Year 2008 involves De Moreda in many different and emotional projects, of which includes the launch of his own album, the creation of a series of sessions "One Night on the Dance floor" which fuse electro and disco music. Also this year De Moreda joins forces with a upcoming label and production team working as sound technical and co producer on similar live fusion brought together by dj and musicians called Tuman Tribe working on the York Street record label in Palma de Mallorca having just completed his sound technical degree, also de Moreda is working for a AudioVisual Company called Looping, and tester Beta from Digidesign (ProTools) and Properllerhead (Reason).

SPECIALS: PR Manager Spain to the prestigious institution "World’s Finest Clubs" which will represent Spain on an international Level.

Heikki L.
When Heikki was ten years old and he got his first stereo system set up in his room, he stole all of his parents' cassette tapes and listened to them until they were worn out. He then moved onto hunting down music from his friends and neighbours.

At the age of thirteen Heikki met a local DJ who handed him a tape that was filled with techno and house music. Inspired by this Heikki bought his first record player and mixer, spending all his pocket money on 12” singles. For two years Heikki would DJ at school and school dances and just before going to high school Heikki was booked for his first gig playing at a nightclub.

Due to starting at such a young age, Heikki has an amazing ability to interpret the dance floor and this has ranked him as one the busiest touring DJ's of Finland, always spinning the biggest venues and parties.

During his teens his passion for music grew into a realization that he wanted to make his own music. All his summers spent mowing lawns made him enough money to buy a computer and synthesisers. Ever since then, his life has never been the same.

At nineteen, Heikki left his hometown of Rauma and headed to the capital of Finland, Helsinki. Upon his arrival his very first music collaboration was signed to Sony Music Finland.

On Heikki's second project, he joined forces with party promoter Alex Kunnari. The first single ‘Darkstar' from 'Modulation' ended up on Above and Beyond's ‘Hard On' label. The second release ‘Spirits' ended up on Paul Van Dyk's ‘Vandit' and Ferry Corstens' ‘Purple Eye' – label. 'Modulation' is still up and running with Big Star Records.

Helsinki was the place to meet amazing people with similar minds, one of them being Jaakko Salovaara. Surprisingly, even though getting licensed by a few foreign labels, their first project ‘Spectro' ended up in the bin. Their second project ‘Hi-Tech', however, was signed to Ministery Of Sound , giving birth to Dallas Superstars. Dallas superstars marked an era that opened doors aboard and brought Heikki's name to the attention of the wider audience.

After the highly successful Dallas Superstars album ‘Flash' (2003), Heikki continued to work on music by co-producing Darude's album ‘Rush' (2004). This has led to his current project of producing, mixing and remixing the first single from Darude's upcoming third album ‘Tell me'.

Dallas Superstars' humorously named project ‘Supermodels From Paris' release ‘Keep on' ended on several top DJ's playlists inc. Sander Klainenberg's Sensation White.

The highly anticipated follow up to the Dallas Superstars debut album – ‘Higher State' – was released last year (2006). It included a remake of the classic ‘Fine Day' which is still causing a buzz around the world.

Now, it is time for Heikki to step aside for a moment and create something utterly his own, to put to the test all he has seen, learned, and understood, compressing this knowledge down to ‘Heikki L'. In his music, Heikki has an ultimate goal of moving people, giving them shivers that will result in a mind-exploding orgasm, sharing positive energy through out his music as well as through his DJ'ing. In 2006, Heikki L. partnered up with fellow DJ/producer friends Mr A. and Miika Kuisma to start their own label Danceteria Music. In the beginning of 2007, Heikki L. was signed to the young and innovative label ‘Fektive Records' in Holland. He has work cut out for him in several remix projects, which will be out in future releases on Positiva, Ministry Of Sound and Kontor Records. Heikki L's first solo release ‘Let the Bass Kick' has already found it's way to Judge Jules' play list – telling something big is on the rise.

Paul Jackman

Paul Jackman started djing in 92 playing old skool house, hardcore and d+b. 1997 saw Paul go from bedroom DJ to pirate radio station. Hosting his own show on Shadow FM London most Friday nights for 2 years... then in 1999 moved on to playing local clubs and bars in Croydon and spent a summer in Napa dj-ing soulfull house garage, till he had enough of 10 mc trying to chat at once over the top of him.

In 2001 Paul made the move to house were he got his brake and started to play London clubs I.E STUDIO 33, SCALA ,MASS, THE GLASS HOUSE, SE1, BAGLEYS to name a few. Pauls 3 deck mixing and scraching to house has made him stand out from the rest playing all styles from MASTERS AT WORK and GRANT NELSON all the way through to AXWELL, DR KUCHO, SEBASTIAN INGROSS. Paul has come a long way having played all over the UK and is now trying to get his lable DE-FINE music up and running with partner Grant Phillips. With every tune getting better than the last, the boys are well on there way!

Jonnie Polyester

Jonnie began DJ-ing on and off whilst at college in Leeds when he co-promoted Relish at the Music Factory, Leeds in the early 90’s. However, his DJ career got going in earnest with his Disco Connection compilation project, which he put together whilst working for Distance Records between 1997-98. Jonnie’s aim was to capture the exciting vibe of quality disco –house and recruited the Daddy of Disco-House himself Dave Lee (A.K.A Joey Negro, Jakatta, Raven Maize, Doug Willis etc) to mix the compilation. There then followed a UK and European club Tour which included a successful launch party at the Notting Hill Arts Club, London & Disco Connection nights at Burning (Queen, Paris,) Miss Moneypenny’s,(B’ham) Burger Queen,(Edinburgh) Debbie Does Dallas, (The Cross, London) as well as dates in Hamburg, Barcelona and Marseilles. Tour guests included Bob Sinclar, Joey Negro, Andrew ‘Doc’ Livingstone, Huggy & Craig Burgerqueen, and Mr Pink.

After leaving Distance, Jonnie joined Tribal Gathering in 1999 and with owner David Vincent, re-opened the legendary Sankey Soap in Manchester in September 2000. Jonnie became the funky room resident for Golden during its time at Sankeys. Back in London, Jonnie was running his own night Plato’s Retreat at various venues in West London & then started Daiquiri Disco with Nick House, now one of London’s biggest club promoters. Jonnie describes his style as credible funky, soulful house with plenty of vocals. "I’m very selective with my tune selection & tend to cherry pick only the very best quality cuts regardless of producer, label, remixer or whatever...this approach has never let me down yet and the crowds really appreciate it!"

As well as DJ’ing, Jonnie has been running his own label Blackbooty Records, which kicked off with his debut production ‘If U Want Me’ in March 2002. This track set the standard for things to come. Danny Rampling played it on his Radio 1 ‘Lovegroove Dance Party’ show, as did the Sharp Boys (Kiss FM) and perhaps Jonnie’s greatest fan Graeme Park (Galaxy FM) who to date, has played every single one of Jonnie’s productions on his various radio shows. Dubbed by I-Dj magazine’s Matt Anniss as House Music’s re –edit king, Jonnie’s productions always capture the best of classic disco cuts.

Through out his production career Jonnie has worked with Kevin 'K-Boy' Brooks, who had formerly engineered for Joey Negro as well as co-producing with Mark Knight as K&M and one third of the Kidstuff production team. Kevin's production and studio skills have graced many a hit record from the Z Records stable. Most recently Jonnie and Kevin co-produced Ten Percent, a faithful reworking of the Double Exposure classic. This followed their debut track ‘I’m Here Again’; a disco tour de force featuring the vocals of the grand dame of disco herself Thelma Houston. An absolutely guaranteed floor filler, it was tipped by I-DJ as one of the hot tunes for Miami and was aired on The Dreem Teem’s Soulful Sessions show on Radio 1 (Sat 5th March 05), as well numerous plays Galaxy FM, Vibe FM, Nova FM (Ireland), Beat 106, Key 102 and radio shows throughout Europe.

Marco Loco

Marco is a Glasgow-born DJ / PRODUCER / PROMOTER who has been based in Ibiza for the last four years. DJ: He has been djing for seven years and has held residencies in the U.K, U.S.A, Tenerife, Ibiza and Dubai. He is a versatile DJ that plays house and electro for the clubs whilst playing chillout, chilled house and funk for the beaches.

PROMOTER: Marco has made a huge impact in Ibiza in just four years, gaining residencies at all his favourite venues. He is constantly self-promoting every residency he holds, which pleases his employers and co-promoters. His highly successful Ibiza Groove returned to Hush for its second year building on the strong reputation it had gained from the previous season. Hush opened last year and Ibiza Groove was a major factor on putting the new bar on the map. The concept for the night is to perform house music live with singers, percussionists and saxophonists. The atmosphere is always immense due to the live elements and the phenomenal sound system that Hush provides. This year, he also launched a new brand called ..Deeply Twisted.. which took place every Saturday at Es Paradis. Marco teamed up with high-flying Gladrags resident Dj Da Sendri for the event. Together, they will be promoting the brand across the U.K and Europe until the brand returns to Ibiza next summer.

Marco also became the new resident and co-promoter for the legendary Shipwrecked boat parties. Shipwrecked had a fantastic following, made up entirely from the all-important worker community of Ibiza. Marco played every week with a variety of guest djs including: Jason Bye, Filthy Gorgeous and many of the other prominent Djs of San Antonio. Marco ensured the party was a complete sell out every week, which gave him the necessary exposure and fan base to win the ..BEST IBIZA DJ .. award 2006... As voted by the workers. PRODUCTION: He has also been involved in production for the last few years. He started playing the piano from age 4 and this has helped him to develop both as a Dj and a producer. He recently completed his first chillout track called ..The Music n.. You.., which received great responses at Savannah and Cala Conta. After completing the original, he was quick to finish the beach house and club remixes which has enabled him to play all the mixes regularly due to his variety of mixing styles. Last winter Marco was resident at 360, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, in Dubai. He accepted the job offer whilst djing in Ibiza during the summer. He also played guest slots at a variety of Dubai's hotspots. He is currently back in Ibiza for his 5th season