events

Saturday | February 16th , 2008
Detroit , Michigan

Hours 9pm - 5am

DPS - Detroit Paranormal Society:
presents....

AREA ONE:

BEN SIMS!
[London, UK]

( 3 tables, 2 cd decks, two mixers... timeslot = 1am - CLOSE !! )
[-Theory / Split / Hardgoove / Primate, London, UK, Techno Thunderstorm from the Master!-]
http://www.splitmusic.net
http://www.theoryrecords.com
http://www.primaterecords.net
http://www.myspace.com/theoryrecordings

Ben Sims had his first decks at age ten. Schooled on mix tapes by the likes of Bambatta, DJ Cheese and Froggy, and with his musical roots in reggae, funk, disco, electro, rare groove and hip-hop, by his mid teens he was spinning at after-hours ’blues’ houses and a few years later came the acid house explosion with pirate radio and clubs. Skip forward ten years and you’ll find he’s one of the UK’s biggest techno exports and a much in demand producer.

Since establishing Theory Recordings towards the end of 1997, London-based DJ / producer Ben Sims has undergone a swift rise to prominence within the global dance music community. His globally extensive DJ’ing performances have earned him a ranking amongst the world’s top techno spinners, many of whom have fully embraced his studio production work.

In the fifteen years since his start, his multi-styled turntable skills have developed into a precise compound of rhythm, texture and groove. Following on from spinning at parties, his long-running involvement with pirate radio began in 1991. A key figure in the establishment of London’s Atmosphere FM, Ben subsequently took his skills to the clubs when the authorities began sanitising the airwaves in 1995.

In the years that followed, he steadily built up a reputation for ultra-tight techno mixing, infusing elements into his sets from his earlier days of DJ’ing hip hop and house.
Snapped up in 1999 by esteemed Berlin-based booking agency Dy-Na-Mix, his skills behind the decks have been much in demand, touring worldwide from Australia to the US calling at nearly every country in between. Regular high profile gigs throughout Europe and at long-running UK nights such as The Orbit, Voodoo and House of God have also help further his reputation as one of London’s most exciting DJ exports.

A self-confessed vinyl addict, Ben’s own recordings clearly reflect his long-standing passion for groove and funk based music. His production style - an amalgamation of jackin’ Chicago funk, driving filtered loops and dark tribal house music provided popular despite the deluge of funk-deficient minimal cuts dominating the techno scene during the late Nineties. In magazine interviews Ben often describes his production of music simply as the natural continuation to many years spent behind the decks. Forging tracks in an energetic metallic mould with a rich, hypnotic consistency, much akin to his DJ’ing style, he admits that his penchant for producing is secondary to his love of playing out. Hence, he views his studio output very much as dancefloor music constructed for manipulation by the DJ.

After waiting patiently for both his music and confidence to develop, Ben’s first release (Theory 001) paved the way for a whole new school of floor-friendly funk-based rhythms, gaining instantaneous recognition and prompting an influx of recording offers. During April 1998 he began to receive widespread recognition for his first Killabite release - a slamming EP of cut-up warehouse classics hammered by everyone from Jeff Mills to Carl Cox. Although the Killabite EP’s were never intended for release, the records quickly gained cult status with DJ’s on both sides of the techno / house axis, and in many ways set a precedent for the string of sample-based dancefloor tools that ensued. Since the launch of Theory, Ben’s material has enjoyed success on numerous prestigious labels, such as Primate, Primevil, Code Red, Tresor, Phont Music and Pure Plastic. Following the completion of many reputable remix projects and the launch of four further labels - Hardgroove, Native, Symbolism and Ingoma - his records have found constant club application from many of the scene’s most respected players, thus remaining in-situ in record boxes around the globe.


Ben runs 4 labels (Ingoma/Hardgroove/Native/Theory), each one with a distinctive sound, ranging from hardgroovin’ and funk driven techno and house that is the trademark of his DJ sets, via tribal, to melodic electronica. In a genre that propagates sound-a-likes, Ben Sims productions have gained widespread attention and feature regularly in the boxes of his own personal heroes like Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Jeff Mills and Rolando, whilst also attracting crossover appeal that has seen Carl Cox, Fergie, Judge Jules and even Tiesto drop the odd sims cut. He has remixed Jeff Mills, Green Velvet, Blake Baxter, Marco Bailey, Chris Liebing and Adam Beyer and has a forthcoming artist album on the forward-thinking UK label Peacefrog.

The past 6 years have seen Ben constantly touring and tearing up dancefloors at legendary clubs & parties like- Liquid room, Tokyo, Sonar, Barcelona, Limelight. NYC, Rex, Paris, Zouk, Singapore, I love Techno, Belguim and Tresor, Berlin, Awakenings, Amsterdam and Atomic jam, England plus hundreds of others with his tight, energetic and skilful brand of 3 deck wizardry. Add this to his recent ventures into promoting with both the Retro_vert and Split parties causing a storm in London, a monthly internet radio show with Split co-promoter Chris Finke and a new mix cd lined up for Billy Nasty’s ’Torture Chamber’ series, there’s certainly no sign of things slowing down anytime soon for Mr Sims.



Main Stage DJ/Live Support From.

TESTE - Live
[TORONTO, CANADA]

( Himadri & Darren )
[-Plus.8 / Probe / Switch, Toronto, ON, live Techno set from the legends-]
http://www.m-nus.com


KERO & DBIT - Live
[WINDSOR / CHICAGO]

[-Detund / Zuvuya Recordings , Windsor / Chicago, Glitchhh-]
http://www.djkero.com
http://www.detroitunderground.net


PARANORMAL TEK - Live + DJ
[DETROIT, MI]

[-Detroit Paranormal Society, Detroit, Techno-]
http://www.detroitunderground.net
http://www.detroitparanormalsociety.com

l o c a t i o n:
555 Gallery
MAIN ROOM + RED ROOM (two floors)
4882 Grand River Ave | Detroit, MI<
http://www.555arts.com

• Two floors of Explosive sound by: Source Audio Systems
• Full on main area custom stage setup by: Unreal Lighting
• 5 interactive visual projections (sync to music + u controls) by: Kero & Disassembly
• Ps3 + Xbox 360 Video Game Hubs + Additional Atmosphere by: DSEFX & DPS
• $200 cash prize to who can spot the subliminal message in the visuals first throughout

•Event runs from 9pm - Very Late.
•18+ w/proper ID to dance. 21+ for drinking wristbands...


FREE BEER for 21+ presale ticket Holders!!! (details below)
Separate wristbands will be provided for ticket holders over the age of 21. Because we are not selling alcohol at this particular event, wristbands for non ticket holding 21+ patrons will be issued to allow byob (ticket holders over 21+ have this right to w/ their band + access to free beer of course), however security will be enforcing strict byob rules all night. You will not be permitted to bring any alcohol into this event without proper ID, also if you are caught drinking at any point of the night without a 21+ wristband security be there & you may possibly be removed from the event, just be prepared to show your wristband. To put it simply just have fun & don't be stupid..




p r e s a l e .... t i c k e t s:
=> tickets also guarantee entry (fast seperate line)
& also are redeemable for DPS swag (t shirts for first 200, cds, hats, stickers etc, & or course unlimited FREE BEER for 21+!)

1. make purchase(s) >>> 2. your on our log (you can purchase as many tickets as you want under one name/bring that amount of people in with you) >>> 3. Bring your ID to verify your purchase(s) on our log at the door the night of>>> 4. Enjoy the event (tickets will stay open till 6pm the day of event)

*** CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ***

Tickets also availible at: Detroit Threads, Hamtramck: (313) 872 1777 & also at: Record Time Roseville soon: (586) 775 1550

Stay tuned to this thread for updates & watch out for flyers.

VISIT LINK BELOW TO VIEW DETROITLUV.COM THREAD (INFO, VIDEOS, TICKETS ETC)
http://www.detroitluv.com/index.php?topic=43644.0