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LITTLE BIT OF LUCK REMIX
COMMERCIAL
IRIE
IM SORRY
PIANO LOCO
K-Ci & JoJo - Tell Me It's Real (D.J Luck & M.C Neat Mix)
It was a January evening during a Music Conference week in Cannes, France where there was a choice of parties to goto as the invites just kept coming, when a 'cheeky' couple of drinks later I ended up in a 'free' party where 'anyone who was anyone' was there ( Still not sure why they let me in. lol) and Andy Hunter was special guest DJ on behalf of Microsoft. I'm not normally one to abuse the free bar opportunity but this night was an exception. Andy's time on the decks really set me off one one..... like dancing with strangers, dancing on the stage thinking I'm all that, talking really loudly and partying like i was having the time of my life. His set lifted the room and set an ambience that couldnt be dismissed. This guy was a real buzz ! The Jack Daniels kept flowing and later that night led me to waking my hotel neighbours, phoning my partner at 4am and falling asleep in my clothes. Typical Swansea girl, eh?
The next day I met Andy and we had a bit of a chat for a while. There he was, one of the best DJs I've ever heard! ( and I've heard and met some of the World's finest), me hungover as hell (and stinking of Jack Daniels - even though I'd showered and brushed my teeth 3 times) and he was this humble, down to earth guy - who really had the World at his feet. Andy has recording Deal with Major Record Company, is a spokesperson for Microsoft , a DJ at Midem Music Conference and a very fine music producer. And guess what he lives in Swansea - I couldn't believe it! From talking with him then, and I've also met up with him a few other times since, I can truly say that I couldn't think of anyone who could inspire young people to live their dream more. He's a regular type of guy with so many special qualities, yet so humble.
I know that Andy has gained more and more popularity, however he's probably the most under-stated DJ in the UK and doesn't get the true recognition that he deserves, in particular in Wales. Everyone should know of DJ Andy Hunter. It's not just about Andy's DJn -Its the messages that he takes with him everywhere he goes. If you get the chance to talk with Andy, if not about his career, have a general chit chat with him. He's inspiring :) If you get the chance to watch him play - GO You won't be dissapointed....Just make sure there's no free bar !
So there was this event over the weekend.... don't know if you've heard about it, what with all the rocks to hide under and all, but here's what happened: in a small seaside city in Wales, in an unassuming, grey looking building, a long established clubbing brand decided it was time for a change. And you know what? It went RIGHT OFF!
Of course I'm talking about the grand opening party at Escape's new home on the Kingsway. If you were there, you know what I'm on about. Everyone else will no doubt hear about it as word spreads because, and I know I'm biased, I honestly think we've got ourselves one of the best clubs in the country (not just Wales, but the UK) and potentially something world class. It's a fantastic venue that frankly was wasted before we showed up, and it's such a massive contrast to what we had as - let's be honest here - the old place was a bit of a dive.
From my point of view I couldn't be happier. Over the years I've seen the lighting and visuals set-up in Escape dwindle from OK to 'meh' as things have broken and not been replaced. As a VJ and lampy it was disheartening to say the least: bit by bit my job was being taken away from me and by the end all I could do was turn things on and pray it was still working come the end of the night.
How things change! Now I have lights and smoke and screens and the awesome LED wall, and at last I can actually do the things I love to do, and hopefully get back on track to carving a name out for myself (it's not all about the DJs you know). We're not done yet: we need to tweak some things (the smoke springs straight to mind) and I reckon a few more lights and big screens are in order to round things off, but we are tantalisingly close to clubbing nirvana. Look, just there - can't you smell it?
I'll leave you with something that I just remembered while typing away. Years ago, when the whole visuals side of things was gearing up we made a resolution to campaign for a 'best visuals' category in the clubbing awards. Things changed then and it turned into nothing but a pipe dream. Now we're back, we're bigger and better than ever, and just maybe the time is now.
Peace.
CN Williams
DJ/Producer/ Broadcaster /Label Owner / Promoter
Welsh Music Awards Best House DJ
M Audio Best House DJ 2003
Peoples Awards (Wales) Best House DJ 2004
CN Williams - long term weekly resident at the award winning Escape nightclub and creator of the critically acclaimed record label Reel House Records. He has been heavily involved with the dance scene since the early 1990's, never wavering from his trademark style of uplifting House Music.
‘CN' has been resident at the UK super club 'Escape' for over 10 years (every Saturday), taking control in early 1998, he has taken the club's to new heights. He has worked and headlined alongside some of the biggest names in the industry including Erick Morillo, Kenny Dope, Jazzy Jeff, Tony Humphries, Xpress 2, Roger Sanchez, Todd Terry, Sandy Rivera DJ Spen, Eric Prydz, Ron Carroll, Danny Rampling Brian Tappet, Marchell Jefferson, Joey Negro, Norman Jay, Dimitri from Paris, Grant Nelson and many, many more.
Not to mention, working with the likes of Hed Kandi, Miss Moneypennys, Defected In The House, New Dawn (Dubai), Erotique, and has also been responsible for hosting the House arena to over 25 thousand people at Wales's largest festival Escape in the Park for its first six years with the world's finest DJ's.
The last few years have seen CN Williams in demand across the globe, playing gigs from Dubai to Las Vegas, Miami to New York, Ibiza to Bahrain as well as clubs in and around Europe including a 2008 tour of Slovenia as well as rocking Oslo!
2008 saw ‘CN' headlining Miss Moneypennys at El Divino (Ibiza), electrifying the crowds at Martina's (Ibiza), becoming resident at SessionS in Dubai, getting busy at The Apartment, Jameirah Beach (Dubai), Funkin' it up a the Erotique Burlesque Partys in Reading, getting soulful at Gospel (A Testament to House) in Swindon, not to mention rocking the people of Bahrain at The Cocoon Lounge.
Other memorable gigs include Defected In The House at Pacha (Ibiza) MN2S at Bora Bora Beach (Ibiza) with Joey Negro, Hush (Ibiza), Opium (Ibiza), as well as playing the main stage at all new Godskitchen's Escape festival along side, Deep Dish, Mylo, Shapeshiters, Erol Alkan, MYNC Project & Tom Neville.
"CN Williams rocks the dance floor every time." Joey Negro
‘CN' has also picked up numerous awards for his skills behind the decks, including ‘Best House DJ' at the Welsh Music Awards and ‘Best House DJ' at the South Wales People's Awards. His dedicated involvement with the club Escape has contributed to the venue picking up ‘Best Club' at the Mixmag Music Awards, something CN Williams is very proud of.
"Picking up awards voted for by the clubbers is the highest praise a DJ can get. It means they think we're doing a good job!" CN Williams
CN William's productions and remix's are getting more popular than ever, with his massive remake of Carl Carlton's ‘Bad Mamma Jamma' still rocking dance floors around the world. Not to mention the critically a clammed ‘Boogie Down' championed by Norman Jay on BBC London following in its footsteps.
"CN Williams is one of the best residents DJ's in the UK." Sir Norman Jay
2008 saw CN Williams release Thanks to the Deejays featuring Jocelyn Brown with remix's from M.O.D Productions and Fabio Bachini as well as ‘House Music Will Never Die' featuring D'layna which was selected for the Glamorous Ibiza 2008 CD released by Miss Moneypennys. His massive release of ‘WE HAD DISCO' that smashed El Divino in 2007 with support from Ken Fan (Around The World in 80 Raves) and the Jackin' House bomb ‘Jack That Body' getting massive support from the likes of Joey Youngman, Derrick Carter and the 1200 Warriors.
Back in 2007 we welcomed the start of the CN Williams album series. ‘The Friends of Reel House' mixed by CN Williams and featured releases from close friends such as Bobby & Steve, Reggie Hall, DJ Spen & Muthafunkaz, Kiko Navarro, Deep Swing, Juke Joint, MOD, Groove Junkies, Bongoloverz, Fabio Bacchini, Richard Earnshaw and many more with support from press, radio, as well as a full page feature with the man himself in M8 Magazine.
Following this in 2009 ‘The Sounds of Reel House' will showcase new mixes & tracks from the likes of MOD, Johnny Fiasco, Ardaud D, Soyden, Juke joint and Lenny Fontana plus the legendary diva Jocelyn Brown and productions from CN Williams himself. As Well as a bonus disk from his sister label Reel House Tougher, featuring tracks and remix's from the likes of Out of Office, Mark Knight, Funkagenda, Laidback Luke, My Digital Enemy, Hoxton Whores and many more!
"One of the most eclectic DJ's in the UK" Hoxton Whores
In March 2006 CN Williams took over the airwaves, on the eagerly anticipated dance radio station Afan107 fm with a two hour prime time dance show every Saturday night from 8pm till 10pm. The show featured interviews, listings and forthcoming guest mixes from the likes of Tony Humphries, Jim Shaft Ryan, Brian Tappert, John Julius Knight, Erick Wikman (Deepswing), Hoxton Whores and Lenny Fontana. This then led to CN Williams networking the show ‘The Reel House Sessions' to stations around the world both on the airwaves and online, including a Saturday prime time show on SSRADIO (UK), Pulse Radio (Sydney) Unknown FM (London) and many other global stations. The show then became sponsored by London based digital download site Trackitdown.net. CN will return to the airwaves in 2009 so tune in!
"Great at El Divino 2008" Franco De Mulero (Kings of Groove / El Divino)
The early part of his DJ career saw guest spots all over the UK whilst running his own record shop 'Club Scene' which inspired him to set up his first record label 'Final Phase' in 1995. DJ's and promoters began to sit up and take notice, which led to guest DJ spots at some of UK's pioneering super clubs such as the Ministry of Sound, Club UK, Heaven, The END, Turnmills, SW1 (Pacha London), Bagley's, The Camden Palace and Miss Moneypennys to name but a few.
"Always a pleasure to work with!" Brian Tappert
Following his love of music, CN went on to set up London based record distribution company Stone City, which concentrated on Soulful Garage, Uplifting House & UKG from both sides of the Atlantic. Stone City distributed and produced some of the early sounds from Grant Nelson, UBQ, Jazz and Groove, Scott Garcia, EZ, Dem2, Azuli and Z Records and was extremely important to the development of the UK house scene at the time. He then became head of the Dance Label Management Team at Pinnacle Entertainment until 2002 and was part of the team when picking up The Best Label Management award at the Music Week Awards.
"CN Williams will take you to the Disco!" Deepswing
CN Williams now concentrates his efforts on his internationally acclaimed label Reel House Records, which has seen releases from Jocelyn Brown, Central Avenue, The Layabouts, MOD productions, Patrick L, Antoine Clammaran, Suburban Souls Lenny Fontana, Byron Stingily, Disco Darlings, Stonebridge to name but a few and is now firmly established as one of the most popular labels on sites such as traxsource.com and available on 99% of all music download sites as well as keeping Vinyl alive!
CN Williams is quoted to be one of the hottest stars of the UK House scene and Wales number 1 house DJ, His label Reel House will continue to dominate the clubs with quality releases and his unique blend of skill and energy behind the decks will see this DJ rise to new heights in 2009. So keep your eyes peeled for the Reel House pioneer - CN Williams!
"A Superb DJ and producer" John Julius Knight
Catch CN Williams
- Every Saturday - Escape (Swansea)
- Every Wednesday & Sunday - Bar 7
- Every Monday to Thursday - Funky Pump (Swansea)
- Various - Reel House Tours
- Every 3 Months - SessionS (Dubai)
- Miss Moneypennys Tours
The Press / Television / Radio:
CN Williams continues to receive excellent media coverage across all reputable culture and dance music magazines such as a full page feature in M8 ‘Reel Friends' and a double page spread in Infusion magazine in Dubai in 2008
Upcoming guest mixes on: Galaxy FM | Kiss FM | Push FM London, | HFM Ibiza | Alpha Bulgaria | The Beat FM | Oasis FM | Underground FM
Discography
Singles produced by CN Williams
CN Williams ft D'layna House Music Will Never Die
CN Williams Jack That Body
CN Williams Holiday (mixes from Lenny Fontana)
CN Williams Boogie Down / Bad Mamma Jamma (Re issue)
CN Williams Bad Mamma Jamma (Inc Disco Darlings Remix)
Suburban Souls Got Me Feeling (CN Williams Re-Edit)
CN Williams Ft Jocelyn Brown Thanks to The DJ's
Escape Committee Live & Direct (Traxsource exclusive)
Escape Committee Disco Dub Vol 2
Escape Committee Disco Dubs Vol 1
The Big C Gone Underground
DC Bazzy The Encounter
DC Bazzy Cold Wine / Love you
DC Bazzy Silly Games / Touch Me Now
Royal Delight The Crown
The JB Experience I Like it Like That
CN Williams Work Ya Body
Floor Federation Love Resurrection (Final Phase Mix)
Clifford Williams U Got the Love
Clifford Williams Reach UP
Compilation albums mixed by CN Williams
Escape Classics Vol 1
The Friends of Reel House Vol 1 Release (Jan / Feb 2007)*
The Sounds of Reel House Vol 1 Release Date TBC
The Miami Sounds of Reel House
The Friends of Reel House Vol 2 TBC
Hustler's Vol 1 - 23 from 1997 to 2006
Once More with Feeling
A Funkathon
NYC Blackout Grooves (Disco Mix)
*Track listing available
Escape Presents
Artful Dodger
MC Allister
MC Creed
V2 Crew
Saturday November 8th 2008
Hi guys, thought id take the time to make a blog and say hi to everyone on here, some may know me and some may not, for those who dont, Im Jonny Griffiths, been coming to the club for about 5 years now and playing Trance for about the same amount of time. I play all aspects of Trance ranging from the progressive stuff to the banging stuff. Its been a while since i did my last mix, but my new mix will finally be available for you all by the end of this weekend and will cover the range of stuff im playing at the moment =) so thanks for reading and i shall post it up when its done for you all :)
HI I AM DJ EUGENE VEE, PART OF THE AWARD WINNING V2 CREW ALONG WITH MY BROTHER RICHIE VIBE VEE. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL PIONEERS OF THE UK GARAGE MUSIC IN WALES BRINGING THE SOUNDS IN 1997. CREATING 'PURE ESSENCE ' AT THE PALACE FROM 1999-2003,WHERE I WORKED ALONGSIDE EVERY MAJOR PLAYER IN THE SCENE AND PLAYED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR THE BIGGEST PROMOTIONS AND ALSO REGULARLY PLAYING ABROAD. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PIRATE RADIO STATION ENERGY FM AND LATER ON GARAGE FM. I HAVE ALSO GUESST DJ ON THE DREEM TEEM SHOW ON RADIO 1. MY BROTHER RICHIE ALSO HAVING HIS OWN SHOW ON BBC1 XTRA FOR 4 YEARS PRESENTING THE BLUEPRINT SHOW. I HAVE WON 2 AWARDS AT THE WELSH MUSIC AWARDS FOR THE BEST UK GARAGE DJ AND ALSO BEST URBAN DJ. SWANSEA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PLACES TO DJ INCLUDING THE TWILIGHT ZONE AKA JUBBLYS WHERE I WAS RESIDENT EARLY IN MY CAREER. I AM PLEASED TO RECENTLEY HAVE TAKEN ON RESIDENCY AT ESCAPE ROOM 3 EVERY SATURDAY WHERE I WILL BE BRINGING THE VERY BEST IN UKG AND BASSLINE AND WILL ALSO BE ADDING NEW MIXES TO THIS SITE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD. PEACE
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Live PA November 22nd
James Doman - Everything's Gonna Be Alright from Escape TV
Room 1 ACTIVA Matt & Chris Kidd Gareth Siddell Chris Lewis
Room 2 Mark Robinson (Blend / Peppermint Jam) CN Williams & Bern Summer
Room 3 V2 Crew GARY D, WAYNE IRIE Andy T & MC Double C MC Gummi & MC Footy
Detox Room Rodman & Nik Lawson Bern & Sound Scandal