Teknicolor Royal Bank Holiday - STEVE LAWLER, DARIUS SYROSSIAN

/// THE ROYAL BANK HOLIDAY ///

Thursday 28th April

Mint Club

10.00 – late

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/// Room 1: Teknicolor Celebrates 5 Years of VIVa MUSiC ///

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with very special guests...

▄ STEVE LAWLER

Steve Lawler needs no introduction, but he certainly warrants one. You would be hard pushed to find a more in-form, in-demand, exceptionally talented artist, regarded as highly by his industry peers as he is by his huge global base of musically educated fans.

As an artist: his releases & remixes have been signed by some of the worlds most established recording labels; R&S Records, Systematic, Drumcode, Harthouse, Cocoon, MBF, OVUM, Sci+Tec, Tsuba, Souvenir, Rekids, Boxer Sport, Be As One, Monique, Kostbar, Soma, Skint and of course his own recording label VIVa MUSiC.

As a Label Manager: Steveʼs label VIVa MUSiC (founded in 2006), has quickly earned a reputation for breaking new talent and has featured tracks by such artists as Reboot, Audiofly, Simon Baker, Jamie Jones, Davide Squillace, Luca Bacchetti, Bushwacka, Livio & Roby, Dragosh, Leon, Plasmik, Ripperton, Ilario Alicante, John Selway, Peace Division, Bearweasel, Tiefschwarz and of course Lawler himself, amongst many others and receives heavy patronage by many House & Techno luminaries.

VIVa MUSiC works as a culmination of everything thatʼs gone before; from the putting on of the aforementioned illegal raves, to his residency at super club Cream back in the mid 90ʼs. Heʼs remixed high profile artists such as Jamelia, Dido and Justin Timberlake and worked with many of the worlds renowned dance imprints.

Dynamic, driven and drastically obsessed with performing as well as he possibly can Steveʼs passion for House, Techno and Electronica is too strong for one simple generic association, and right now his message is louder than ever. 18 years deep and Steve Lawler isnʼt just at the top of his game, heʼs pushing the boundaries of what a DJ can do – both technically and creatively – as an artist and as a successful label businessman.

▄ DARIUS SYROSSIAN

One of the main family members of Steve Lawler's VIVa MUSiC label Darius Syrossian has taken 2011 by storm. In March he had signed tracks to 8 bit, Area Remote & Get Physical as well as the huge track including ‘Favela Kids’ on VIVa which is forthcoming on Steve Lawler's Lights out compilation,

As a Dj he is booked to play 6 gigs in America and Canada during WMC ultra, and then again after returning to Leeds to play for us, he will jet off to play in Romania at a festival on the black sea coast before jetting off to the States for a gruelling 12 gigs in 3 weeks that covers everywhere from Los Angeles, San Diego New York, Chicago, and Miami, amongst others as well as Ottawa, Vancouver Montreal & Toronto in Canada

Support of his music is coming in from the very top djs, with the Dutch house genius Lauhaus proclaiming Darius as one of his favourite producers at present, and big praise has also come from 2000 & one & Heidi. The likes of Seth Troxler, Locodice and Marco Carola have all been playing Darius's latest tracks and we look forward to having him back to play at in Leeds for us.

Residents: MARSHAN /// SEPP /// GABBI

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/// Room 2: hosted by TREEHOUSE ///

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▄ TREEHOUSE DJs

▄ CERA ALBA

▄ OLI REYNOLDS

As a special addition to this one off Royal Bank Holiday event, the team will convert the usual smoking area into an intimate second room hosted by Leeds' & Manchester’s most exceptional talent - Treehouse DJ's, Cera Alba & Oli Reynolds - spinning the finest underground house/funk/soul/cosmic disco and hip hop - icing on the Royal cake!!

House // Tech House // Disco // Funk // Soul