Sat Aug 31 – Dreamstate Presents Judge Jules, Richard Durand, Stoneface & Terminal
TABLE RESERVATIONS
JUDGE JULES
He’s one DJ that has been there, done it, and done it all again. For almost three decades Judge Jules has led the way in the world of dance music. Since kicking off his career behind the decks in 1987, Judge Jules has ticked every box, as a DJ, producer, promoter, A&R, radio presenter, taste-maker and, more recently, a music specialist lawyer.
Widely recognised for influencing an entire generation with residencies on both Kiss FM and BBC Radio 1, to this day the Judge continues to be on the playlists of millions with his weekly radio show The Global Warm Up, which notches up 750,000 downloads every week via his podcast and is broadcast on over 80 stations around the world.
As a pioneer of the club scene, his passion and persona behind the decks coupled with crowd connection and unrivalled track selection has earned Judge Jules a hardcore fanbase and unforgettable sets week-in week-out at the world’s most iconic clubs and festivals, including the UK’s Gatecrasher, Ministry of Sound, Global Gathering and Creamfields, as well as in countless overseas countries.
2019 will see Jules embark on a brand-new project with his first live show accompanied by musicians. Judge Jules: Live sees Jules joined by a full 10-piece band, reimagining and reinventing a selection of poignant classic tracks from his career, delivered in intimate venues up and down the UK.
In the studio, Judge Jules has released over 200 tracks, including 15 UK top 40 national charts hits, with countless more gracing the upper reaches of the dance charts. In the last three years alone, he’s had over 12 releases on iconic labels like Coldharbour, Sirup, Armada and his own imprint, Judgement. 2019 will see Jules dropping yet more original material. As a respected taste-maker, he’s also mixed now-legendary compilations for Ministry of Sound, Universal and Warner Bros, racking up over 3 million sales between them. Compilations considered timeless snapshots of the scene.
Earning his place amongst DJ legends, Judge Jules has received accolades such as #1 DJ (Mixmag), Best International DJ (Dancestar Awards), Best Radio DJ (Smirnoff’s Dancestars), and has consistently featured in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll, peaking at #3 in the world, alongside the industry’s greatest.
Jules’ presence and reputation in Ibiza is legendary. His famous brand, Judgement, is the longest standing DJ residency in Ibiza history. Spending 16 years as a weekly party, 2017 saw Judgement take a breather before returning to the island with several events in 2018, and more planned for 2019.
With his early ambitions (and a law degree) earning him the name Judge Jules, the legal world has been something of a backbone throughout his career. Having taken professional qualifications whilst on tour, during part of the week, in addition to his DJ travels, Jules is a full-time specialist music lawyer with Sound Advice in London’s Tileyard Studios, advising labels, DJs and artists. Jules has also lent his legal expertise to a regular ‘Industry Insiders’ column in Mixmag, offering advice to up and coming DJs and artists.
Phases come and go, genres are born and laid to rest in the blink of an eye, but one thing is for certain… The Judge won’t budge.
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RICHARD DURAND
Without doubt the hottest new trance DJ / producer to emerge from Holland this past year is Richard Durand. Recommended by the mighty Tiësto as his ‘Tip For The Top in 2007’ in DJ Magazine a year ago, Richard has responded with a string of stunning productions and remixes in recent months, including official reworks of Tiësto’s ‘Lethal Industry’, ‘Flight 643’ and ‘Break My Fall’, Armin van Buuren’s ‘In And Out Of Love’ plus a DJ diary that has exploded due to demand from high profile shows and festival appearances, culminating in Richard Durand rising to 66 in the DJ Magazine Top 100 poll in 2008.
The Richard Durand sound is trance, techno and tough electro in a unique package that’s both dynamic and devastating. Having made his mark as a solo producer with the big tech trance bombs ‘Make Me Scream’ and ‘Slipping Away’ on the Terminal 4 label, the 2007 follow-ups ‘Sweap And Repeat’ and ‘Submerge’ and remixes of Tiesto vs BT ‘Break My Fall’ and Fragma ‘Toca’s Miracle’ found playlist support from the biggest DJ names on the planet including as Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules and Eddie Halliwell to name but a few.
However, what really sets Richard Durand apart from other leading producers are his exclusive and massively in demand reworks of big dance tunes from right across the dance spectrum. Once given a Richard rework, tracks such as Prodigy ‘Smack My Bitch Up’, Audio Bully’s ‘The Things’, Snow Patrol ‘Chasing Cars’ and Binary Finary ‘1998’ are brought bang up to date in a storming tech trance fusion. It’s a winning formula that’s been setting dancefloors on fire and making Richard Durand a buzz name.
Not content with being one of the most in demand producers on the planet, Richard Durand is also one of the most technically accomplished DJs in dance music today. Utilising 4 x CD decks and effects units, his DJ sets are a whirlwind journey of cutting edge tunes, big samples, slick mixing and technical wizardry behind the decks. Add to the equation his undoubted ability to work a crowd into a frenzy and a clear passion about his music and the people in front of him on the dancefloor and you have all the right ingredients for a truly devastating DJ package and a legend in the making.
The proof of Richard Durand’s show-stopping sets and crowd pulling DJ status is confirmed by his DJ diary exploding. He’s performed at Dance Valley, Planet Love, Coloursfest, Revolution, RMI Trance Xplosion, Summer Of Love, Tunnel Electrocity and Dance Planet festivals around Europe, plus leading UK club brands such as Godskitchen, Gallery, Gatecrasher, Inside Out, Lush, Syndicate and Passion. Elsewhere around the globe he’s rocked dancefloors from Melbourne to Mongolia and China to Canada this past year with the reactions from each new territory seemingly louder and more lively than the last!
Richard Durand’s rapidly rising status is confirmed by his recent charting up 25 places to 66 in the 2008 DJ Magazine Top 100, a coveted Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1, the new single ‘Weep’ (feat. Skunk Anansie), remixes for Armin van Buuren ‘In And Out Of Love’ and Art Of Trance ‘Madagascar’, plus a standout summer residency at Judgement Sundays in Ibiza.
STONEFACE & TERMINAL
Henry and Matthias, better known as Stoneface & Terminal are a dynamic, German DJ duo with a long list of releases and remixes under various aliases, on a high profile labels. Their productions are hammered by the likes of Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz to name but a few, securing a career which has been on a consistent upward trajectory over recent years.
In 2004 Henry and Matthias founded their label Electric Department Records and brought up tracks like ‘Merkur’, ‘Sidewinder’ and ‘Summerscape/Miami’. Paul van Dyk chose ‘Merkur’ for his exclusive DJ MAG Mix-CD. Their imprint has provided a home for a number of their side projects including Gundamea and Lichtengard as well unleashing a wealth of fresh and talented acts.
After 4 releases on their own label, Henry and Matthias signed to one of the world’s leading trance-labels Euphonic and teamed up with label mate Ronski Speed to create ‘Incognition / Drowning Sunlight’. ‘Incognition’ received support from the elite and became one of the biggest club hits in 2005. In 2006 ‘Venus’ followed and was chosen by Armin van Buuren for his “A State of Trance” CD-Compilation + Vinyl-Sampler. Also in 2006 the ‘Earth EP’ was released and Giuseppe Ottaviani made a remix of ‘Super Nature’. As remixers, Stoneface & Terminal have also been hot in demand, delivering crafted remixes for Bryan Adams, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Gareth Emery, 4 Strings to name a few.
As DJs, Stoneface & Terminal are famed for their high-energy inducing style. With a dominating power in their sets, they have built the foundations to fascinate crowds all over the planet, taking over stages across the USA, Malaysia, East Europe, UK, Sweden, Canada, Mexico and Australia.
In June of 2007 Stoneface & Terminal released their first artist album called ‘Wide Range’. On this album Henry & Matthias showed their multifaceted passion for electronic music in full effect. With three tracks including vocals from singers such as Sylvia Brandse, Denise Rivera (both in cooperation with Raz Nitzan & Adrian Broekhuyse) & Alexander Perls. Adding to the package were special versions of their well-known tracks such as ‘Another Day’, ‘Super Nature’ and ‘Drowning Sunlight’. As the album title suggests, ‘Wide Range’ incorporated a musical style floating between different sounds and styles, from relaxing grooves, vocal focused hits to energy loaded club tracks. In August of 2007 Stoneface & Terminal compiled and mixed Vol.5 of the well-known US Compilation ‘This is Trance’ on Water Music Records.
In 2014 they released ‘Be Different’, Stoneface & Terminal’s second artist album. Over a year in the making, the album proved once more that two friends from school can go on to create musical craft. 2014 also marked the year the pair collaborated with heavyweight Paul van Dyk. Released on Ultra, ‘Follow Me’ caught waves of success and showed the duo’s ability to construct high quality material with the industries elite.
Turning up the heat in 2015, Henry and Matthias unleashed an unstoppable collaboration with Aly & Fila titled ‘Universelab’ as well as their ’10 years Stoneface & Terminal’ celebration with a special album which contained some of their biggest hits and recovered mixes. It also marked the year Henry and Matthias reactivated their label Electric Department Records and provided a home for their side project Gundamea which provided a voice for their deeper shades of dance music as well as more Trance focused elements. Showcasing more unique qualities to their sound, Gundamea’s remix of Armin van Buuren and Mr Probz’s ‘Another You’ has gone to do make its rounds across airwaves with a spin by Markus Schulz on his Global DJ Broadcast.
Moving into 2016, Stoneface & Terminal’s continued their impressive studio output, with releases on labels including Perfecto Records, Flashover, FSOE -including Beatport Trance #1 ‘Hypogean’- and many more. With a finely picked selection of shows in 2016 taking them to locations such as The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic and the UK, the path of success carries on for Stoneface & Terminal.
