Catalyst SOULR
11-02-2003, 02:13 PM
SOUL:R Presents - 'SOUL:UTION'
FRIDAY MARCH 21 2003
@ Band on the Wall, Swan Street, Manchester.
10PM - 3AM
£T.B.C.
LINE UP:
DJ FLIGHT [RADIO 1XTRA / SWERVE / METALHEADZ]
+ residents...
MARCUS INTALEX [SOUL:R]
CALIBRE [SOUL:R / CREATIVE SOURCE]
MD
hosted by: MC DRS
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DJ FLIGHT BIOG:
Flight started buying drum and bass vinyl back in the summer of ’96 whilst still at art college, and began learning how to mix around 6 months later, practicing on a friends turntables whenever the chance arose. The urge to start collecting vinyl stemmed from an early love of the music, listening to bits of acid house, hardcore and progressing through to jungle and drum & bass, and going out to clubs and raves. Flight remembers one incident in particular that turned out to be her main inspiration - that was hearing Kemistry & Storm for the first time at the SW1 club in 1995. Amazed at the sounds they were playing, and their completely individual style, Flight was inspired to get more involved in the music scene, and to be more than just a spectator. Wanting to hear more of the diverse and experimental beats that Kemistry & Storm played that night, Flight became a regular at the weekly Metalheadz Sunday Sessions, as well as going to other nights such as A.W.O.L. @ Ministry of Sound, Desire, Innovation, Movement, PM Scientists and many other London club nights.
In April 1997, Flight was offered a job in the record shop ‘Trix Trax’ (now known as Unique Muzik). This proved to be hugely beneficial as Flight was able to build up her record collection extensively, as well as beginning to build a network of contacts within the music industry. It was also around this time that Flight started doing mix-tapes. She gave her very 1st one to Kemistry and Storm asking them to gauge her progress, their response to the tape was “that they liked the way the tunes were put together, thought the mixing was good and that she should keep at it”. So she did keep at it and through DJ Reeflex of Flex 103.6 FM (one of the contacts she met through working at Trix Trax), she was invited to play back to back sets on pirate radio.
At around this time, Flight was a regular at PM Scientists @ Jazz Bistro & Smithfields. It was here that she met Damian Lazarus and Zoe Richardson. In July 1997, Zoe was to offer Flight a position at PR company Phuture Trax in London, assisting with club promotion. Through her work at Phuture Trax, Flight went on to meet many of the scene’s key players, which would prove very useful in the establishment of her DJ career.
November 1997 brought Flight her 1st play out in a club in Soho, playing alongside Matrix, as well as playing her 1st show on Phuture Trax’s regular show on Gaia Live.co.uk. Flight continued to play pirate & internet radio shows after this, as well as working at Unique Muzik and Phuture Trax.
In 1998, Flight continued to play out in clubs, including a charity event in Coventry and Atomics in Maidstone. She also joined Pressure 100.3 FM where she had weekly Saturday afternoon then evening shows, as well as guesting on other pirates such Rude 104.3 FM and Tidy FM and internet stations Interface and UK Rumble.
The big break came one night in 1999. Kemistry and Storm were DJing at Swerve and asked Flight to do a mix tape for Goldie, as they’d been discussing bringing a new female DJ into the Metalheadz camp. The tape was liked and Goldie said “bring her in”(!). Flight joined the Metalheadz roster and from July 1999, she played on rotation at the weekly Sunday Sessions at Dingwalls in London. It was around this time that Flight also gave a couple of mix tapes to Sarah Sandy at Groove Connection. This resulted in her becoming a resident DJ at Swerve from January 2000, giving Flight the opportunity to play alongside her other inspiration and all-time favourite DJ Fabio, who she credits along with Kemistry & Storm for giving her the confidence to play tunes she loves and believes in.
Other sources of inspiration for Flight over the years have come from Grooverider ‘tearing out’ the Blue Note Sunday Sessions, Randall and Andy C for their impeccable mixing, Doc Scott for always playing something different, and Bryan G’s no-nonsense dj sets. Flight is also very much into deep house which she buys quite regularly and makes mix tapes of when she gets the chance.
Being resident at both Metalheadz and Swerve has allowed Flight the chance to play for other promoters and labels including Movement, Trouble on Vinyl, Reinforced, Valve, Kaos Recordings, Hospital Records, Creamfields in Liverpool and Dublin, Prototype and many others, playing in Bristol, Brighton, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Swansea and across the UK. Flight has also played in many clubs abroad, with a residency at ‘Space Breaks’ in Frankfurt, playing around Germany, in Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Canada, Norway, and soon to be appearing in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
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DJ Flight's show on 1XTRA ('The Next Chapter') can be heard every Friday night between 10pm and Midnight
# http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra
# LISTEN TO THE 'THE NEXT CHAPTER' - 7.02.03 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/djs/flight.shtml)
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For further info contact SOUL:R on info@soulr.co.uk
FRIDAY MARCH 21 2003
@ Band on the Wall, Swan Street, Manchester.
10PM - 3AM
£T.B.C.
LINE UP:
DJ FLIGHT [RADIO 1XTRA / SWERVE / METALHEADZ]
+ residents...
MARCUS INTALEX [SOUL:R]
CALIBRE [SOUL:R / CREATIVE SOURCE]
MD
hosted by: MC DRS
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DJ FLIGHT BIOG:
Flight started buying drum and bass vinyl back in the summer of ’96 whilst still at art college, and began learning how to mix around 6 months later, practicing on a friends turntables whenever the chance arose. The urge to start collecting vinyl stemmed from an early love of the music, listening to bits of acid house, hardcore and progressing through to jungle and drum & bass, and going out to clubs and raves. Flight remembers one incident in particular that turned out to be her main inspiration - that was hearing Kemistry & Storm for the first time at the SW1 club in 1995. Amazed at the sounds they were playing, and their completely individual style, Flight was inspired to get more involved in the music scene, and to be more than just a spectator. Wanting to hear more of the diverse and experimental beats that Kemistry & Storm played that night, Flight became a regular at the weekly Metalheadz Sunday Sessions, as well as going to other nights such as A.W.O.L. @ Ministry of Sound, Desire, Innovation, Movement, PM Scientists and many other London club nights.
In April 1997, Flight was offered a job in the record shop ‘Trix Trax’ (now known as Unique Muzik). This proved to be hugely beneficial as Flight was able to build up her record collection extensively, as well as beginning to build a network of contacts within the music industry. It was also around this time that Flight started doing mix-tapes. She gave her very 1st one to Kemistry and Storm asking them to gauge her progress, their response to the tape was “that they liked the way the tunes were put together, thought the mixing was good and that she should keep at it”. So she did keep at it and through DJ Reeflex of Flex 103.6 FM (one of the contacts she met through working at Trix Trax), she was invited to play back to back sets on pirate radio.
At around this time, Flight was a regular at PM Scientists @ Jazz Bistro & Smithfields. It was here that she met Damian Lazarus and Zoe Richardson. In July 1997, Zoe was to offer Flight a position at PR company Phuture Trax in London, assisting with club promotion. Through her work at Phuture Trax, Flight went on to meet many of the scene’s key players, which would prove very useful in the establishment of her DJ career.
November 1997 brought Flight her 1st play out in a club in Soho, playing alongside Matrix, as well as playing her 1st show on Phuture Trax’s regular show on Gaia Live.co.uk. Flight continued to play pirate & internet radio shows after this, as well as working at Unique Muzik and Phuture Trax.
In 1998, Flight continued to play out in clubs, including a charity event in Coventry and Atomics in Maidstone. She also joined Pressure 100.3 FM where she had weekly Saturday afternoon then evening shows, as well as guesting on other pirates such Rude 104.3 FM and Tidy FM and internet stations Interface and UK Rumble.
The big break came one night in 1999. Kemistry and Storm were DJing at Swerve and asked Flight to do a mix tape for Goldie, as they’d been discussing bringing a new female DJ into the Metalheadz camp. The tape was liked and Goldie said “bring her in”(!). Flight joined the Metalheadz roster and from July 1999, she played on rotation at the weekly Sunday Sessions at Dingwalls in London. It was around this time that Flight also gave a couple of mix tapes to Sarah Sandy at Groove Connection. This resulted in her becoming a resident DJ at Swerve from January 2000, giving Flight the opportunity to play alongside her other inspiration and all-time favourite DJ Fabio, who she credits along with Kemistry & Storm for giving her the confidence to play tunes she loves and believes in.
Other sources of inspiration for Flight over the years have come from Grooverider ‘tearing out’ the Blue Note Sunday Sessions, Randall and Andy C for their impeccable mixing, Doc Scott for always playing something different, and Bryan G’s no-nonsense dj sets. Flight is also very much into deep house which she buys quite regularly and makes mix tapes of when she gets the chance.
Being resident at both Metalheadz and Swerve has allowed Flight the chance to play for other promoters and labels including Movement, Trouble on Vinyl, Reinforced, Valve, Kaos Recordings, Hospital Records, Creamfields in Liverpool and Dublin, Prototype and many others, playing in Bristol, Brighton, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Swansea and across the UK. Flight has also played in many clubs abroad, with a residency at ‘Space Breaks’ in Frankfurt, playing around Germany, in Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Canada, Norway, and soon to be appearing in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
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DJ Flight's show on 1XTRA ('The Next Chapter') can be heard every Friday night between 10pm and Midnight
# http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra
# LISTEN TO THE 'THE NEXT CHAPTER' - 7.02.03 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/djs/flight.shtml)
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For further info contact SOUL:R on info@soulr.co.uk