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::: Laidback Luke Interview
Holland’s beloved house music-loving homeboy, Laidback Luke, is on an international mission to rock clubs, win hearts and top charts. A producer and DJ with immense talent, tonnes of spirit and a steely determination to succeed, he has been on a worldwide search for the ultimate in dance floor energy since the mid-1990s. “Music is an amazing tool that can evoke powerful memories and emotions,” says Luke with a smile. “And I will not rest until I’ve given my best: I want to share as much music as possible with as many people as possible.” And with an incredibly impressive discography of 100+ recordings and a DJ diary that takes him from his studio near Amsterdam to clubs all over the world, it would seem that Luke is well on the way to achieve his goals...
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::: Your Electronic Music Authority » May 2009

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::: Nocturnal Magazine.net Essential WMC 2008

::: WMC 2008	::: 1.1 Defected In The House @ SET
2008.04.22 Andrew Reid Needless to say we are WMC veterans. 11 years of pounding the pavement at the annual Winter Music Conference in normally sunny South Beach is testament to that. So this year, we decided to focus our Essential WMC tour on quality over quantity. Defected, MN2S, SAW, Pacha, Ultra, Om, Buzzin Fly, Toolroom... these names draw instant respect within our music industry and without prejudice or inhibitions we tackled them all and lived to tell. Setting up our base of operations in the not-so-glamourous-on-the- inside Shelborne Hotelwe at the very least had immediately access to a slew of incredible events. So without further delay please check out our Essential WMC 2008 as we lived it... ::: Essential WMC 2008 Photo Galleries ::: 2008.03.25 » Defected In The House @ SET ::: 2008.03.26 » Canada Loves Miami @ Shelborne Hotel ::: 2008.03.26 » Circus UK @ Suite ::: 2008.03.26 » SAW @ Shine ::: 2008.03.26 » 2.4 Subliminal Sessions @ Cameo ::: 2008.03.26 » 2.5 Erick Morillo @ Space ::: 2008.03.27 » Juicy Beach @ Nikki Beach ::: 2008.03.27 » Vital Talent Party @ Gansevoort Hotel ::: 2008.03.27 » Om @ Karu & Y ::: 2008.03.27 » Buzzin Fly @ Shine ::: 2008.03.28 » Pacha Ibiza @ Shelborne Hotel ::: 2008.03.28 » MN2S @ Opium Garden ::: 2008.03.29 » Ultra Music Festival 10 ::: 2008.03.29 » Toolroom Knights @ Suite ::: 2008.03.29 » Stealth Records @ Mynt ::: 2008.03.29 » Erick Morillo's Birthday @ Mokai	2008.03.25 And what better way to kick start the next 5 days of madness then to head out to the definitive house imprint's return to the conference... Defected In The House. After a year hiatus, Defected returned in full force setting up shop in the gorgeous SET Nightclub and boasting an all-star line-up including Copyright, Hardsoul, Junior Jack & Kid Creme, DJ Spen, Joey Negro, Mr. V, Aaron Ross, DJ Gregory, Yass, Funkerman, and newly signed The Shapeshifters... ::: Photos + Review
	::: 2.1 Canada Loves Miami @ Shelborne Hotel
	2008.03.26 Canadians have always had an affinity for the WMC, and it seems as the years progress our numbers continue to climb exponentially. So why not have a party to tell the world how we feel? Well who do you book... none other than a line-up of solid Canuck spinners and a few foreign imports that love our great land... ::: Photos + Review
::: 2.2 Circus UK @ Suite	::: 2.3 SAW @ Shine
2008.03.26 Yousef's acclaimed British club brand and forthcoming record label hosted a little "best of Britain" soiree at Suite. With a lineup boasting Nic Fanciulli, Radio Slave, D Ramirez, and of course Yos himself... ::: Photos + Review	2008.03.26 After checking out some great UK beats at Circus, we headed back over to the base camp and into Shine for SAW Recordings' annual WMC soiree. Label mates Satoshi Tomiie and Hector Romero were joined by Spencer Parker, Diesel from X-Press2 and the incomparable Audiofly... ::: Photos + Review
::: BONUS 2.4 Subliminal Sessions @ Cameo	::: BONUS 2.5 Erick Morillo @ Space
2008.03.26 We kick start our 4 part bonus WMC coverage with Erick Morillo's seminal WMC event Subliminal Sessions returned to the Cameo theatre for 2008. Joined by Harry Romero, Tom Novy, Felix da Housecat, Jose Nunez and more, Mr. Morillo tore it up once again. With a special appearance by Diddy and tons of dance music luminaries in attendance, it was one of the must do events of the year... ::: Photos + Review	2008.03.26 It's Morillo, it's the Space Terrace... do we really need to say more? After rocking the thousands at Cameo for Subliminal Sessions, Erick couldn't resist making an annual WMC appearance at Space on the famous terrace. So here we go for a sunrise super set Morillo style... ::: Photos + Review
::: 3.1 Juicy Beach @ Nikki Beach	::: 3.2 Vital Talent Party @ Gansevoort Hotel
2008.03.27 It's our third day at WMC, and so far we couldn't have wished for a better start. With great anticipation we set out into the beaming sunshine for one of the annual pinnacle events of this week... Robbie Rivera's Juicy Beach party at famed Nikki Beach. After getting Martijn Ten Velden to latch onto our troop, we sped down to the foot of Ocean Drive and prepared for what is always a pain-in-the-ass entry to Nikki Beach... ::: Photos + Review	2008.03.27 After getting scorched at Nikki Beach, we headed up to the beautiful new Gansevoort Hotel and it's posh rooftop patio for a little VIP event hosted by those fine folks at Vital Talent. Hobnobbing with the likes of Roger Sanchez and the crew from Stealth, Tom Stephan, Trent Cantrelle, Kenneth Thomas, and our motley crew from Juicy Beach we did the schmooze thing while Sean Miller and Laidback Luke provided a great soundtrack with amazing panoramic views... ::: Photos + Review
::: 3.3 Om @ Karu & Y	::: 3.4 Buzzin Fly @ Shine
2008.03.27 For night three it was off to our friends from San Francisco's bash, namely the Om Records party. For the second year, the notorious house imprint from the left-coast was hosting their MASSIVE event at the gorgeous Karu & Y. Boasting a river surrounding the outdoor main terrace and four other rooms of sound each uniquely decorated, this year's event promised to be bigger and better than ever... ::: Photos + Review	2008.03.27 The beauty of staying at the Shelborne all week was that it was easy for us to catch some late night beats from some great events. This night it was Ben Watt's Buzzin Fly imprint's event and as we rolled into the venue, the main man was in charge of the decks and rocking a proper blend of house music for mature palettes... ::: Photos + Review
::: 4.1 Pacha Ibiza @ Shelborne Hotel	::: 4.2 MN2S @ Opium Garden
2008.03.28 The epitome of clubbing brands in the world, PACHA debuted their first annual Pacha Miami Music Festival at this year's WMC. Featuring an all-star lineup of DJs including Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Sander Kleinenberg, Sarah Main, Kurd Maverick, Fedde le Grand, and more this was one of the most anticipated daytime events of the conference... ::: Photos + Review	2008.03.28 For the past few years UK promoters, DJ agency, and bad ass record label MN2S have been growing their global empire. We've seen this translate into one of the biggest and craziest WMC events each year, and the 2008 edition of MN2S WMC was on par... ::: Photos + Review
::: 5.1 Ultra Music Festival	::: 5.2 Toolroom Knights @ Suite
2008.03.29 This is the big one... literally! Over 40,000 people per day for the 2 day massive Ultra Music Festical descended on Miami's Bayfront Park for an incredible lineup of top notch international talent. Erick Morillo, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Pete Tong, Sasha & Digweed, DJ Dan & Donald Glaude, Dirty South, Moby... while we only made it for Day 2, we caught some of the most memorable action without a doubt... ::: Photos + Review	2008.03.29 Capping off our glorious week in sun filled South Beach was one of our most anticipated events of the conference. Mark Knight's Toolroom Knights party featured a superb lineup of the label stable including D Ramirez, Paul Harris, ATFC, Seb Fontaine, Martijn ten Velden and of course Mr. Knight himself... ::: Photos + Review
::: BONUS 5.3 Stealth Records @ Mynt	::: BONUS 5.4 Erick Morillo's Birthday Party @ Mokai
2008.03.29 Roger Sanchez's Stealth imprint held it's annual get together for the who's who of dance music and featured an incredible line-up of the label's stable of producers. Eddie Thoneick, Funkerman, Tom Stephan, Laidback Luke, Jesse Garcia, Austin Leeds, Nick Terranova, Prok & Fitch, Midnight Society and of course Roger himself. Packed into the tiny and posh Mynt Nightclub beside our favourite gyros spot in South Beach, the room was full to the brim with industry heavyweights and beautiful people... ::: Photos + Review	2008.03.29 It's your birthday... we're gonna party like it's your birthday! Okay, cheesy quote, but hey this was a sweet event as Nocturnal was allowed access to the ultra DL, ultra exclusive birthday event for none other the house music icon Erick Morillo... ::: Photos + Review

::: Nocturnal Top 50 » 2009.02.06
Cunnie Williams' classic joint "Saturday" on Peppermint Jam is remixed and refreshed for 09 and lands in our #1 spot. Leading the charge is super-Dutchman Fedde le Grand with his trippy, blippy take. Hollis P Monroe's gorgeous "This Way" rises to 2, Justin Michael & Phonic Funk f. Maiya's "Take Me To The Sky" rockets to 3, while Blackcoffee and Chris Lake continue the pressure up to 4 and 5 respectively. Rounding out the top 10 are tracks from Felguk, Late Night Alumni, Patch Park, Timmy Vegas & Bad Lay-Dee, and Discount Rhinos 10...
::: Nocturnal Top 50

::: The Shapeshifters Interview
The Shapeshifters are London DJ and production duo Simon Marlin and Max Reich, also behind long running club night Nocturnal at AKA, London, the party hang of Nocturnal Groove – the boys’ and Lola Marlin’s record label. Party people at heart, the pair met when Simon signed Max to the Down Boy record label that he was working for. Musically, Simon found his enthusiasm for house on the dancefloor in the late 80’s and early 90’s, while Max got into production via a passion for techno honed whilst throwing illegal raves in his native city of Gothenburg...
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::: Nocturnal Mix Sessions Monthly MP3
Best of 2008
The Nocturnal Mix Sessions are a 60-80 minute monthly set recorded by Nocturnal's resident DJs and packed full of the latest and hottest tunes out there. It's January, a time for reflection on the year past, and anticipation for the year ahead. 2008 was an incredible year for music with a ton of amazing gems from both emerging and established artists. Nocturnal Editor Andy Reid has compiled over 5 hours of this year's best 50 tracks into 2 super-extended mixes for you to enjoy. Look out for amazing tunes from The Shapeshifters, Marc Evans, Deadmau5, Kaskade, Adam K & Soha, Hatiras & MC Flipside, Quentin Harris, Groove Armada, DJ Spen, Studio Apartment, Copyright, Axwell, Bob Sinclar, Dirty South, Steve Angello, Laidback Luke, ATFC, Ralf GUM, Louie Vega, Dennis Ferrer, David Guetta, Chocolate Puma, Funkerman, Fedde le Grand, and many many more...
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