{"id":1114,"date":"2017-05-09T20:11:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T20:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halcyon-sf.com\/main\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2018-12-10T04:23:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T04:23:36","slug":"june-10-kolombo-with-sidney-charles-sante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halcyon-sf.com\/main\/june-10-kolombo-with-sidney-charles-sante\/","title":{"rendered":"June 10 &#8211; Kolombo with Sidney Charles &#038; Sante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketfly.com\/purchase\/event\/1482852\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-862 size-large alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.halcyon-sf.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Halcyon_June10_fb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketfly.com\/purchase\/event\/1482852\" class=\"hlc-button\" target=\"_blank\">TICKETS<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketfly.com\/purchase\/event\/1482852\" class=\"hlc-button\" target=\"_blank\">GUEST LIST<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halcyon-sf.com\/main\/table-reservations\/\" class=\"hlc-button\">TABLE RESERVATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>KOLOMBO<\/h5>\n<p>Olivier Gr\u00e9goire is a prolific and well renowned producer and DJ from Belgium. He has truly mastered the art of modern production, and over the years has experimented with many dance music genres through various pseudonyms, leading to a huge discography that includes releases on some of the world&#8217;s finest electronic imprints. Under his massive KOLOMBO moniker he has had many solid releases and remixes on labels such as Kompakt, 2DIY4, Warung, Noir Music, Turbo, Eskimo, Future Classic, Systematic and Boxer amongst others. Consequently, he is busy touring worldwide, playing his mixture of house and disco and enjoys loyal followings in Brazil, Mexico and Russia. In addition to this Olivier is busy running his own label Loulou Records, together with his partner Jerome, with whom he produces and DJ\u2019s worldwide as LOULOU PLAYERS. The label has a firm house music policy with a knack of scouting future talents and gets strong support from the likes of MANDY, Richy Ahmed, Solomun, Ivan Smagghe, H.O.S.H, Wally Lopez and Chl\u00f6\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, he&#8217;s also been creating more leftfield electronic music since 2008 with Brussels dance-music pioneer Geoffroy Mugwump. They have caused a stir with their killer MUGWUMP 12&#8217;s and remixes for Kompakt, Gigolo, R&#038;S, Cocoon, Throne Of Blood, Misericord, International Feel, Permanent Vacation and Endless Flight. After months of hard work, the forthcoming Mugwump debut album that features special guest vocalists is now ready to be unleashed. Hard work, consistency, open-mindedness and excellent technical skills are the key ingredients for Kolombo&#8217;s continued success within dance music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kolombo\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fusers%2F405370&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5>SIDNEY CHARLES &amp; SANTE<\/h5>\n<p>It might have come as a surprise to some that Hamburg\u2019s Sidney Charles topped Resident Advisor\u2019s Top 100 Most Charted Artists of 2013, but it\u2019s an accolade that speaks volumes about both his approach to music and his prolific, consistent output.<\/p>\n<p>Born Sidney Charles Hurricane Vieljans (yes, really), his journey towards the world of house and techno began when he first started DJing hip-hop, soul and funk at the age of 15. Taking his cues from the golden age of turntablism and associated culture in the late \u201880s and early \u201890s, his attentions were led towards other sounds of the era also enjoying their first heyday. His infatuation with those classic 4\/4 club sounds is something that lives and breathes vividly in his music today.<\/p>\n<p>It might have come as a surprise to some that Hamburg\u2019s Sidney Charles topped Resident Advisor\u2019s Top 100 Most Charted Artists of 2013, but it\u2019s an accolade that speaks volumes about both his approach to music and his prolific, consistent output.<\/p>\n<p>Born Sidney Charles Hurricane Vieljans (yes, really), his journey towards the world of house and techno began when he first started DJing hip-hop, soul and funk at the age of 15. Taking his cues from the golden age of turntablism and associated culture in the late \u201880s and early \u201890s, his attentions were led towards other sounds of the era also enjoying their first heyday. His infatuation with those classic 4\/4 club sounds is something that lives and breathes vividly in his music today. \u201cI see myself mainly connected with the raw house sound\u201d he says of the style he projects with his productions and DJ sets today. \u201cI am highly influenced by the early \u201890s. Jacking beats; heavy kicks; dirty highs. But I also like to experiment a lot to not make people bored of a certain sound.\u201d Whatever shade of house or techno he\u2019s producing, it\u2019s always packed full of hard grooves, raw sounds and a classy simplicity that lets the track do what it\u2019s supposed to do: make your ass wiggle.<\/p>\n<p>For a producer who only started releasing music in 2011, Sidney\u2019s achievements are all the more impressive. In the space of just three years, his works have graced bastions of house and techno such as Avotre, 8bit, I Am A House Gangster, Moda Black, Off, VIVa, Kling Klong, SCI+TEC, Suara and Area Remote &#8211; each release adding to his clout and helping him to become one of the biggest names in the underground. And that\u2019s where he wants to stay. He has no lofty aspirations to play arena shows or break through into the mainstream of electronic music. He\u2019d rather stay true to the scene and surroundings he loves and develop and grow therein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the most important thing for me is that people take my music as a personal part of me\u201d he says. \u201cThat means I can create an image mostly characterised by authenticity. So I don\u2019t need to play for the biggest fees in the biggest clubs. I am mainly interested in the underground scene itself and being an active and creative part of it. With my music and my activeness in the scene as a DJ or otherwise. I want to give my part to keep the underground alive. As my music is meant to be honest, I also see myself more playing in clubs which are not fancy or posh-like. I see myself in more underground-orientated locations like Sankeys, fabric, Watergate, Panoramabar\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with his lengthy studio stints and packed DJing schedule, his role as A&#038;R for Sant\u00e9\u2019s burgeoning Avotre imprint and the occasional parties he throws in his hometown ensure that he\u2019s constantly immersed in his passion. While his focus is on making dancefloors vibrate, he\u2019s also working on an album and a project with like-minded star Darius Syrossian and is keeping plans for his own record label in the back of his mind.<\/p>\n<p>With the diversity he\u2019s displayed and the continually acclaimed output he\u2019s been creating, there\u2019s little doubt that Sidney Charles can continue to grow and evolve in the years to come &#8211; even within those refreshingly focused parameters which he has set for himself.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin\u2019s Sant\u00e9 emerged as part of a wave of new producers with a different cut to their electronic jib around the time that deep house was losing its way somewhat. His productions ooze character, charisma, soul, colour, humour and above all a sense of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>After teaching himself to play the guitar in his early teens, Sant\u00e9 bought himself an Akai MPC-2000 when he was 16 and set the ball rolling for a life entrenched in electronic music. \u201cI was totally into sampling and house\u201d he recalls of those early days of button bashing and experimentation. He left his hometown when he was 21 to immerse himself in the dance music mecca that is Berlin. The plan was to study music at university, but failing the entrance exam meant he had to pursue other endeavours. A studio internship blossomed into a full-time career, with the emerging talent spending six years producing jingles and ad music and nurturing his passion for house music at any opportunity. Nothing was released, however, until one of his demos found its way to Matt \u2018Radio Slave\u2019 Edwards. His first ever release came out on Edwards\u2019 acclaimed REKIDS imprint, setting the bar incredibly high and garnering him a lot of high-profile attention in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The next major stepping stone for him was meeting two guys named Ali and Basti &#8211; also known as Tiefschwarz. \u201cThey were looking for a new engineer and took me to their label Souvenir, where I got the freedom to release my music and have a playground\u201d he explains. This fruitful, intense relationship lasted three years before Sant\u00e9 decided to fly the nest in search of new pastures, his sophisticated sound developing all the while. In recent times, his style has taken on yet more verve, with the warmth of the house he has always known and loved now bolstered by a loose techno rhythm and percussive drive. The sensuality remains, yet with more dance floor urgency. Whether its one of his acclaimed live shows or one of his DJ sets you\u2019re listening to, the infectious energy is always there.<\/p>\n<p>He describes himself both as a party animal and a studio gremlin (\u201cbecause you need to be both to do music!\u201d), and cites his biggest influences as The Cure, Talking Heads, Aphex Twin and the Detroit techno pioneers and legends. Embracing both the convenience of the present (producing wherever he goes on his MacBook) and the charm of the past (one look at the rented 808 in his studio will attest to that), he is a producer who effortlessly spans the old and new skool in the most uncontrived of ways.<\/p>\n<p>A look at his upcoming release schedule spells out what a diverse producer he is and how far his popularity ranges &#8211; from bastions of techno like Cocoon to the kings of big room house Defected, through to underground darlings like Desolat, Supernature and 8Bit. Few producers can claim such a breadth of imprints to be associated with at any one time. When you ask Sant\u00e9 to describe his musical style, he says he doesn\u2019t really know how to &#8211; which goes someway to explaining his widespread appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for the future include his long-awaited debut artist album, which he promises will be more of a song-based affair than a straight-up collection of dancefloor grooves (\u201cto show a few more skills\u201d), and his fledgling Avotre brand, currently housing a record label and with a clothing line in the making. With his impressive release schedule to boot, he\u2019s looking to be bigger than ever over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sidney Charles\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fusers%2F529906&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sante\" width=\"500\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fusers%2F1369946355&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TICKETS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GUEST LIST &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TABLE RESERVATIONS KOLOMBO Olivier Gr\u00e9goire is a prolific and well renowned producer and DJ from Belgium. 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