FRIDAY MARCH 5
TOYS FOR BOYS (Berlin) present WOOD DER BAR
Take a WALK on the WILD side ••• Walk in the WOOD
An Extraordinary journey in the middle of the woods...a new kind of clubbing .... soothing ... deep ... happy ... dark... lovely... beautiful... and free
Get on board and Let's fly together ...
Here in Brussels, if you take a walk in the wood, among the hundred-years-old trees of the Bois de la Cambre, you will have the chance to find a surprising and charming place that is called... the Wood. There and nowhere else, is the place to start a musical journey of about 2 642 kilometers!
Every Friday from the 5th of March, A Walk In The Wood will be taking you for a trip to four of the most prolific scenes of Europe: Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris. Four parties led by a selection of renown labels and promising DJ collectives: Toys for Boys (Berlin), Moonday (Brussels), Billie Ray Martin (London), Eva Peel Prod (Paris), to put right into your ears some of the best sound of Europe... without you even move from your home city.
So, save the ticket money and discover now, here in the Wood, the most talented artists of our old continent... All you have to do is dance!
FRIDAY MARCH 5
TOYS FOR BOYS (Berlin) present WOOD DER BAR
feat. Marcus Vector (toys for boys), Fernando Daxta (minuendo / sirius pandi), Sierra Sam (contexterrior)
FRIDAY MARCH 12
MOONDAY (Brussels) presents GIRLZ IN THE WOOD
feat. Sand (moonday, next girl dj contest, piknik elektronik) Miss Inshara (loulou players), Miss Hot Tracks ( to be listened)
FRIDAY MARCH 19
BILLIE RAY MARTIN (London) in WOOD OF SOUND
Dj set and show case !!!!
Lawrence •••new talent dj•••
FRIDAY MARCH 26
EVAPEELPROD (Paris) presents KNOCK ON WOOD
feat. Eva Peel & Nicklas
more info ••• artist
BILLIE RAY MARTIN LIVE FEB/MARCH 2010 - DJ SET/LIVE PA
The non-stop Electronic Cabaret of Billie Ray Martin
"The singer is Billie Ray Martin and she’s one of the living legends in modern music history and one of the best voices on planet earth." DJ HELL
“Billie Ray Martin is the thinking man’s diva, never being afraid to take a chance and push forward.” Dean Thatcher
Dubbed “the Queen of electronic soul”, Billie Ray Martin first came to prominence leading the acclaimed deep house act Electribe 101, her unique voice leaving critics struggling to find words to match its beauty. Electribe 101 scored a series of hits including the classic “Talking With Myself” before Billie departed to continue exploring fusions of electronic music and soul. After releasing the thoroughly scary “Persuasion” and the monumentally beautiful “Four Ambient Tales”, Billie found herself with a worldwide number one in “Your Loving Arms”, now regarded as one of the all-time classics of dance music. Three more hits and the album “Deadline for My Memories” followed, allowing Billie to tour extensively.
Since then Billie has worked with Ann Peebles and Carla Thomas, together with Al Green’s and Aretha Franklin's musicians on her album "18 Carat Garbage", developing and to a point perfecting her dream of “Memphis meets Deutschland”.
She followed this with a series of acclaimed singles and collaborations – from her own “Dead Again” and “No Brakes On My Rollerskates” to “Je Regrette Everything” with DJ Hell and “Bright Lights Fading” with Scottish duo Slam, resulting in an abundance of renewed media praise and dance chart entries.
Billie is currently working on her new solo album, which she describes as the ultimate pop-fest, with more than a cutting-edge twist and the aim is a release in 2010. The first single “Undisco Me”, a Moroder-fest released on Rebirth, hit the UK dance charts top 5 and the Billboard top 20, receiving an overload of praise and plays. The next single is getting its final touches at the moment and should be out later this year.
Meanwhile, Billie has formed a new project. Under the banner of The Opiates she and Robert Solheim (on co-production), have finished perfecting the album “Hollywood Under The Knife”. With a rare match of songwriting and cutting-edge beats and bleeps, they have already been dubbed “the Carpenters of electro”. The Opiates made their live debut at Rough Trade, Brick Lane, London in March last year, to coincide with their first release “Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl E.P.”, out on Kudos UK.
They already count DJs such as HELL and Mark Moore among their fans. Indeed, The Opiates’ track “Candy Coated Crime” appears on Hell’s new Gigolo 11 compilation, out now.
April 2009 saw the release of the song ‘Silver Machine’, again with HELL, on the Japanese version of his new album on Gigolo records.
Various collaborations are in development, as well as the imminent release of Billie’s "Crackdown Project" featuring Stephen Mallinder from Cabaret Voltaire.
“The Nico of the rave generation has returned with a stealth-bomb of a record, with a tranced-out charm of its own.”
Ben Wood, Bearded Magazine (U.K. / worldwide)
illie Ray Martin is an absolute revelation.”
Ken Hollings, The Wire (U.K. / worldwide)
“The singer is Billie Ray Martin and she’s one of the living legends in modern music history and one of the best voices on planet Earth.”
DJ Hell, I-DJ Magazine (U.K. / worldwide)
“A female, modern-day Marc Almond… this E.P. of throbbing electro-disco, torch soul and narcotic pop’s awesome.”
Jason Riley, I-DJ Magazine (U.K. / worldwide)
“Welcome back Billie! We put our loving arms around you.”
DJ Tom Novy (review of “Undisco Me”)
“Something like Amanda Lear ganging up with Laurie Anderson to kidnap a low-key echo of “The Day Before You Came”, an Abba track. Is it any good? Yes, very.”
Unpeeled Magazine (U.K. / worldwide)
“Full of soul and emotion… the songs creep into your consciousness and before you know it have taken over your motor functions. Oozing sex with great electro bleeps and an orgasmic vocal delivery… a real success.”
Sean Slingsby, Gigwise (online)
"The appearance of Billie Ray Martin on a cover of Hawkwind's Silver Machine is revelatory."
Alex McPherson, The Guardian
more info: http://www.moonday.org/wood.html
http://www.thewood.be
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