A favorite of Honolulu we are excited to welcome ……

JUSTIN MARTIN of Dirtybird for his SUNSET ROOM DEBUT.

Opening sets from:

Willis Haltom

Zane

Green Planet

$10 Pesales

Justin Martin Bio:

As the late Oscar Wilde once said: “life is too important to be taken seriously”, an ethos that Justin Martin is sticking with despite achieving soaring success over the last six years as a producer and international DJ.

In 2010, such respect prompted an invitation for Justin to DJ mix Pete Tong’s infamous “Essential Mix” series and also landed his felicitous placement on the front cover of DJ Magazine. Justin continued to roll out two further killer EPs on dirtybird, which were collaborations with his protégée Ardalan. “Mr Spock” earned recognition from major digital news outlet NPR as “surrounding sounds with tactful little details: the hissing white noise; that chubby, wet bass kick. This is music that doesn’t need to be heard on the dance floor, though it does work awfully well there”. What followed was “Lezgo”, which knocked down the genre walls and pretty much remained a firm fixture in every DJ’s box throughout 2011.

As well as his formidable arsenal of original productions, Justin is now equally known for his collaborations with his brother Christian as The Martin Brothers, producing such hip-hop influenced hits as ‘Duckface’, ‘Stoopit’, ‘Dum’. Justin has also made his mark remixing such bona fide classics as Radiohead’s ‘Nude’, Marshall Jefferson’s ‘Mushrooms’, TG’s ‘Revox’ and remixes for labels such as Fools Gold and Greco Roman, firmly establishing himself as the man to make big tracks even bigger.

2011 found Justin in the perfect position to work on his boldest project to date, his debut artist album and he couldn’t be more enthusiastically happy with the results. “Ghettos & Gardens” long player will be released on dirtybird late spring 2012, with a string of stunning singles to support the release.

Demand for Justin’s skills behind the decks has skyrocketed with his bookings schedule constantly crammed to capacity. With dates everywhere from Panorama Bar (Berlin), Fabric (London), Space (Ibiza) and a full album tour for summer and fall 2o12, its no wonder Justin’s diary is reading like the dreams of a professional raver. Stateside he continues to be a regular fixture at the dirtybird events in San Francisco and beyond.

Music journalists typically describe Justin’s sound as ‘melodic and tough’ with his music encapsulating both melody and emotional depth yet always with enough undeniable ass shaking properties to translate to the floor.

“I’m always trying to find music for my DJ sets that rattles sound systems, but still has enough melody and interesting texture to expand your mind even if you’re sitting at home on a snowy or rainy day.”

He remains as enthusiastic as ever to be involved in the scene. When recently questioned by Resident Advisor on what he’d be doing if he wasn’t a DJ or dance music producer he just replied: “Wishing I was a DJ or music producer.”

By all accounts it’s hard to tell him to wipe that smile off his face.

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THIS WILL BE JUSTIN MARTIN’s ONLY HONOLULU APPEARANCE.

Come celebrate one of the most well known and respected dance music labels in the world with it’s newest release.

Get Physical has been releasing quality dance music out of Germany for over 10 years now.

February 22nd Sunset Room welcomes all the way from Heidelberg, Germany…..LOPAZZ.

LOPAZZ’s latest release on Get Physical is named I Feel Love and features some quality remixes from various artists, namely Willis Haltom and Higher Concept from Hawaii amounst others.

Since 2000 Lopazz has been performing live, most recently on an extensive World-tour, playing the hot spots and best clubs like D´Edge in Sao Paulo, Watergate / Weekend / Berghain / Tresor in Berlin, Soundwave in Vancouver, Berns in Stockholm, Bataclan in Paris, Fabric London, The Standard/ Le Bain in New York City, Asyulm in Honolulu / Hawai´i, Monarch in San Francisco, Cocoon In Frankfurt, Gare / Pitch in Oporto, Amnesia in Milano, Klubbers Day in Madrid, Rooftop Moscow and many more.

Restless as ever, Lopazz is currently dividing his time between the studio, where he’s working on new material with Gerd Janson ( Running Back ), M.A.N.D.Y. & DJ T., studio-work for artists and labels and his home, where he enjoys a happy existence. As the man himself says, “I have no message to preach – I just represent my music, and life…”

Opening sets by Willis Haltom and Higher Concept who are also featured on the release.

FEB. 22nd
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Sunset Room is proud to welcome all the way from IBIZA….

TATO.
Starting 2002 until 2006 TATO dj’d @ clubs around PALMA de MALLORCA, SPAIN with his personal style of deep house music which evolved after playing in clubs such as BRUSELAS, MINICLUB and EL GARITO CAFÈ.It was in these clubs that he first shared the d jbooth with house legends such as, CHEZ DAMIER, CHARLES WEBSTER, TIEFSCHWARZ, BRETT JOHNSON, CHRIS DUCKENFIELD, JEF K, ALEX KIDD, JAZZANOVA, Y…ANNICK/NEEDS, VINCENZO, LLORCA, C-ROCK.

It was these EXPERIENCES that influenced his style to make him grow as a musician and this is where he discovered his deep love for the house music
He is the Label-boss @ ISGUD RECORDS together with TANIA VULCANO.
He is also a resident of the world re-known CIRCOLOCO/DC10 in IBIZA, and he also he plays with TANIA VULCANO @ the famous PANDEMONIUM nights in DC10

http://www.isgudrecords.com/
http://twitter.com/Tatoisgudrecord
http://www.youtube.com/user/IsgudTv

Opening sets: Marasco from Maui

Loic Tambay

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A pan-pot is a simple, workday knob, given to side-to-side flip-flopping and not much else. Pan-Pot, on the other hand, are a brilliant multi-dimensional Berlin duo currently twisting house and techno fans into rapturous fits. In just a few short years, Pan-Pot—comprised of Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix—have developed a dominate presence amongst the top tier of electronic dance music, with an ascension paralleling the rise of their native label, mobilee records.

After booking Anja Schneider for an infamously ill-fated party in 2005, the duo established a connection with Schneider’s then recently formed imprint and within weeks had released the Popy and Caste EP on mobilee—their first release and the label’s second. Graduates of Berlin’s SAE, their initial musical efforts placed a primacy on integrating electronic experimentation with minimal stylings while simultaneously establishing the ominous, murky sounds that have since become synonymous with their name. The next few years saw the release of a steady stream of original tracks and remixes on both mobilee and Einmaleins, each demonstrating the duo’s commitment to precise, undulating and kinetic grooves accompanied by a steady expansion of their sonic palate.

The defining moment of their career, however, was the release of their debut artist album, Pan-O-Rama. The first artist album to be released on mobilee, the aptly named Pan-O-Rama provided a stunning 360-degree tour of techno at its most twisted, balancing somber atmospherics with an impeccable lightness of touch. Serving as a playground for their experimental leanings, the album was a definitive statement of Pan-Pot’s past, present, and future: an affirmation of the possibility of a wider sonic spectrum that suggested a move towards stripped-down techno while simultaneously hinting towards a newly developed sense of melody.

When not in the studio writing original material or putting their unique spin on tracks by a myriad of artists, the bad-boys of impassioned, pitch-black techno can be found on the road touring at a near ceaseless level. Their dance floor oriented DJ sets see them playing back to back and are unconstrained by boundaries as they effortlessly transition between techno, house and everything in between, demonstrating an immaculate understanding of the audience’s wants and needs.

Their willingness to expand the components of their productions while staying firmly rooted in what they do best—colossal, haunting techno tracks overflowing with noise and static, throbbing bass lines, and epic builds that manage to be both tasteful and restrained—is only part of what differentiates Pan-Pot from the hordes of other techno producers currently flooding the airwaves. They may name themselves after a piece of gear, but Pan-Pot’s music is ultimately about moving bodies, not knobs, all the while giving way to an unprecedented degree of dynamism on dance floors around the world.

Sugiurumn is the one and only Japanese DJ/producer that is always in link with the world’s cutting edge house scene. It was in early 2000 that Sugiurumn first encountered Ibiza. He was much inspired and returned the inspiration back to Japan. Sugiurumn’s album “Our History is Made in the Night” was released in 2004. This album drew large attention in the Japanese dance scene and single “Star Baby” became a smash hit. This track was remixed by Axwell and DJs all over the world all played this tune. “Star Baby” got licensed by Ministry Of Sound and became a hit tune not only in Tokyo, but all around the world.

Sugiurumn’s powerful, passionate and latest DJ style rocked the weekends of Japan. His base club was Daikanyama Air, and the words of mouth quickly spread over the sea. In 2006, Sugiurumn was selected as the DJ of Pacha Ibiza’s mix CD and rocked the 4,000 people in the Pacha main floor. And so He played DJ in IBIZA,2007,2008,2010. Sugiurumn achieved great credit from Pacha, and done Pacha Ibiza’s mix CD for 3 consecutive years.

In 2007, Sugiurumn signed with Avex and released “What Time is Summer of Love?” License offers from labels all over the world came flooding in for its recorded single “Travelling” and it was released worldwide from Pacha Recordings in 2008. Meanwhile the title track “What Time is Summer of Love?” was remixed by Richard Gray and got recorded in the first track of Pacha compilation. “What Time is Summer of Love?” became one of Pacha Ibiza’s biggest hit.

In July 2008, Sugiurumn challenged for a 24 hour play at Kyoto World. He made through this incredible journey from start to end. When the long play ended, the place was filled with great thrill and enthusiasm.

2009… In the 10th anniversary for artist Sugiurumn. His much anticipated first two best albums will be released 2010 february and March. In these albums, Sugiurumn’s past career as well as future visions will be fully presented.

2011, he was playing in a new party in Tokyo “FACT51 The Haçienda” As you know,it is the legendary nightclub in Manchester. He played with many guest DJs (Basement Jaxx, Peter Hook, Todd Terry, Bez etc..) in this party.

In the beginning of 2012, It is the first time he had played DJ in South America, (Punta del Este, Uruguay). Summer 2012,ageHa (the hugest nightclub in Japan) presented 10th Anniversary party at PRIVILEGE (the hugest nightclub in the world) in Ibiza. He played there as the DJ representing Japan. Through this summer experience in Ibiza, his DJ style is just changed more techno. So now, he starts to play new parties, “Texy” at eleven, Tokyo and WORLD, Kyoto, “ex.us” in JB’s, Nagoya.

He will be the man to show us the next beat in the world.

PillowTalk is Sammy D, Ryan Williams and Michael Tello. Based out of the famous Lower Haight District in San Francisco, PillowTalk’s music fuses classic R&B, boogie and disco with underground house and techno with an original feel. With releases out on Visionquest, Life & Death and Wolf + Lamb, 2012 is shaping up to be a huge year as they hit the road with the live band.

It all started when the…y found themselves up late, gathered around the baby grand piano in Ryan’s kitchen. Tello would be strumming on guitar and Sammy would be fiddling around on the Wurlitzer. It all just came together organically…without knowing it, melodies would form, songs would appear and before anyone realised, Sammy would be singing some off-hand hook and, hey presto, you had what Arthur Russell would call; “first thought, best thought” compositions.

Soon, these impromptu and improvised jam sessions were recorded on iPhone apps before being taken to ‘the lab” (a space about two blocks away) and from there they were transformed into alluring, charming, dance-pop ‘songs’.

With experience of, and backgrounds in, so many genres, Pillow Talk are making some seriously inspiring and beautifully original music. If you’re trying to pin down their exact sound you may have to refer to their motto of ‘D.A.G’ (destroy all genres – a term borrowed from a famed underground San Fran DJ). With influences ranging from the Beach Boys to Sam Cooke, from Freddie Hubbard to Harry Nilsson, and from Larry Heard to Theo Parrish, you can tell these guys are ruled from the right side of their brains. Having just started composing, this trio are still finding their own true groove, with their full potential yet to be explored…

A delightful debut single (‘Love Makes Parks’ on the revered Visionquest imprint) is soon to be followed by a beautiful full length on Life and Death, before following that up with another finely crafted EP for NYC house darlings, Wolf + Lamb. As well as that, a live show is in the works, soon to be debuted later this year. We look forward to following this fresh and exciting new sound and realize some of your deepest secrets are revealed “Pillow Talking”, so we are just lucky to listen in…

1) Song For Her Feat. Ria Moran (Audiojack’s Dub)- Chris James, Ria Moran
2) Forever (It’s Over) (Original)- Mak
3) Bounce That Azz (Original Mix)- Travie Bobby
4) The Wheel (Jack Dixon Remix)- Square Mode
5) Brotherman (Original Mix)- Detroit Swindle
6 )Love Affair (Russell “Russoul” Trent Rework)- Joe Davis
7) Kemistry (Justin Martin Remake (DJ Version)- Goldie
8) Riding Spaceships (Ardalan’s Lisa In The Sky Remix)- Justin Martin, Leroy Peppers
9) Turbosteppa (Original Mix)- Claude VonStroke, Kry Wolf
10) Hoes (Original Mix)- Oliver $, Sqim
11) No Equal Sides (Original Mix)- Audiojack
12) Nightwaves (Original Mix)- Knee Deep
13) Save Our Soul (Brian Tappert Re-Edit)- Bob Sinclar
14) A Face In The Crowd (Intellidred Mix)- DJ Assassin
15) Knee Deep in Louise (Shadow Child Remix)- Hot Since 82
16) E (Original Mix)- Jack Dixon
17) Groove Support (Sacha Robotti 19808 Remix)- Johanna Knutsson
18) Midnight At The Aquarium (Original Mix)- J. Phlip, Julio Bashmore

As a core member of of the Trapez recording-artist roster, the deepchild production-aesthetic remains firmly routed in an exploration of “post-Detroit” machine-music – bass-heavy, insistent, angular, raw, noisy and dub-laden techno, with persistent references to classic-disco and soul rising and falling between rumbling proto-funk and mutant R’n’B.

Asylum is proud to ring in the new year with a legend……

MR.C

MR.C BIOGRAPHY, APRIL 2011:

Richard West aka Mr.C was born in London in the late 60′s. He started MCing in the London clubs aged only 16 & soon earned a reputation as a fast talking vivacious rapper working with LWR radio’s Ron Tom, Jasper the Vinyl Junkie & Jazzy M.
Mr.C then hooked up with Colin Faver & Evil Eddie Richards to became resident rapper at Camden Palace going on to MC for Colin Faver on the then illegal Kiss FM.
Mr.C went into the studio to record his 1st house track with Eddie Richards as Myster-E in 1987. This inspired Mr.C to become a DJ to learn more about his beloved House & Techno music so in late ’87 Richard took to the decks.
Mr.C has since organised, promoted & been resident DJ at: Fantasy (’88), Base (Dungeons ’89), Release (91), Harmony (92), Drop (93), Cyclone (94), Vapourspace (94 & 95), Flavour (The End 95 & 96), Subterrain (The End (95 – 2002), Superfreq (2002 – Present) & Super Disco Freq (2010-present).

In December 1995 Mr.C opened the legendary End Club in London with Partner Layo Paskin & then AKA bar 3 years later, which celebrated its 13th anniversary in December 2008.
Sadly The End & AKA closed its doors for good on January 24th 2009. 1 Chapter closes & another begins.

Mr.C is founder & owner of Plink Plonk records, cofounder of End Recordings & founder & owner of Superfreq Records. Mr.C has recorded under the names, Mr.C, Myster-E, Unity 2, Nu Jacks, Bass Bureau, The Shamen, Mantrac, Somnambulist, Animus Amour, Killer Loop, Mr.C & Tom Parris, Mr.C & 16B & Sycophant Slags.
Mr.C is best known as front man of the pop group The Shamen with whom he notched up a string of top 10 hits including Move Any Mountain & the number 1 hit Ebeneezer Goode. The Shamen also won a highly coveted Ivor Novelo for Songwriters of the year UK 1992. Richard’s currently recording solo as Mr.C or as the Sycophant Slags with his production partner Adultnapper with releases on Sexonwax, End Rec, Hallucination Ltd, Superfreq records, Bombis Records, Poker Flat Records & Wagon Repair Records & has EP’s due this summer with [a]pendics.shuffle on Adjunkt Audio & as the Sycophant Slags on Get Physical Music.
Mr.C has just completed his new album “Smell The Coffee” which is finished & he is currently looking for a record deal on.
He also has a new EP called Something Strange with [a]pendics.shuffle due for release on Adjunkt Audio in June 2011 & an new EP as the Sycophant Slags due out on Get Physical in July.

Mr.C runs & promotes Superfreq events, which is now in its 10th year & ran monthly at Mr.C’s club, The End until it closed down in January 2009. Superfreq now has a monthly residency as Superfreq E’special at the amazing luxury members club Paramount, perched 31 floors above London on the top of the famous landmark Centre Point & until recently held a monthly at the stylish Bardot at Avalon in Los Angeles. He also has a monthly free event at Le Tub in Calais & also holds quarterly events at Junk Club in Southampton, SpyBar Chicago, various locations in New York & Solyanka Club in Moscow, Lost Beach Club in Montañita Ecuador & is about to start another new quarterly at the soon be opened night club BeatBox in San Francisco & now that Mr.C has moved base camp to L.A, he’s already started Super Disco Freq, which takes place on the 1st Tuesday each month at Short Stop, Echo Park. Mr.C is also about to embark on a new weekly Friday event called Da Freqs which will be at Club Seven Forty in Downtown LA & starts in July 2011 & he intends to take Superfreq as one off parties all around the States where he has already done one offs in Miami & Detroit.
Superfreq has accomplished 6 successful seasons in Ibiza, 3 at Club Underground, 2 seasons at DC10 & it’s last Season at Blu. Superfreq has also completed 5 annual tours of South America, as well as having done regular events with G.U.M in Ecuador & Made Events in NYC. Superfreq has also done 1 off shows the world over including U.S.A, Canada, Mexico, China, England, Spain, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Lithuania, France, Croatia, Greece, Latvia & Russia to name but a few places.

Lastly, as Richard West, Mr.C has been regularly studying a very serious form of method acting called the “Spiritual Psychology of Acting” which he studied for over 6 years. He’s more than ready for action & already has supporting roles in 2 feature films lined up. He has already acquired an acting agent in LA called Imperium 7. We’ll tell you more about these as things develop. Richard also moved to LA from London to test his skills in the big playground.

You can here his current DJ mixes on his Soundlcoud & there many of his productions on his youtube channel, links below.

Profiles:

http://facebook.com/mrcsuperfreq

http://twitter.com/mrcsuperfreq

http://soundcloud.com/mrcsuperfreq

http://myspace.com/mrcsuperfreq

http://youtube.com/user/richardfreq

Websites:

http://superfreq.org/

http://endclub.com/

It’s been 4 amazing years at Asylum and we are blessed to bring you DANNY HOWELLS.

Thank you everyone who has supported us over the last 4 years. WE hope to keep keeping you dancing.

DANNY HOWELLS BIO:

Danny is one of the few DJs on the scene today that truly has a style of his own. With his passion for all styles of music and infectious personality, Danny has created a unique, eclectic sound that has established him as one of the most in demand DJs in the world. Danny is one of the hardest working and most dedicated individuals in the business with over 20 years experience and a hectic touring
schedule that constantly takes him around the world. He’s played in the world’s coolest clubs and held residencies at places such as Arc, Ministry of Sound, Twilo, Renaissance, The End, and Bedrock, as well as his own Dig Deeper nights worldwide. With a back catalogue of well received mix albums under his belt, he has previously compiled acclaimed mixes for Global Underground, being the only DJ to contribute to not only the main series with his Miami album, but also the 24:7 and Nu-Breed Series. In addition to this, he also compiled a cd for Azuli’s Choice series, as well as albums for Renaissance along with three volumes of his own Nocturnal Frequencies series. As a producer he has been responsible for many stand out tracks, including the timeless Persuasion/Repercussion on Bedrock Records, Breathe on Renaissance Records and Kinkyfunk on Yoshitoshi Records. He also hit the charts in 2004 with the Miami hit Dusk till Dawn, which featured the talents of Dick Trevor and Erire. Danny has also had massive dance-floor success with Deep Dish as “Size DDD” and the Eminem sampling “Nobody Listens To Techno”. In more recent years he has been focusing on original productions for his own Dig Deeper label, the likes of which have been licensed to mix albums by artists such as Juan Maclean on his DJ Kicks album, and Cassy for her recent compilation on Cocoon. On the remix front Danny has previously mixed records such as Roachford’s “Ride The Storm”, Madonna’s “Get Together”, Marco Bailey’s “Smooth Drive”, and Bent’s “Waiting For You”. Other artists that have received the remix treatment include We Deliver, Stryke, International Observer, Robbie Williams, David Morales, BT, Chakra, Coco and Stonebridge, Destiny’s Child and many more, including most recently Felix Da Housecat’s purple tribute, “We All Wanna Be Prince”. Building on his discography of original productions is a major priority for Danny, as his Dig Deeper label enters it’s third year. Danny has come a long way since his early beginnings in his hometown of Hastings, though his complete love of all music remains the same. Danny is a DJ with a broad musical taste who likes anything from jazz to rock, to pop and anything a bit bizarre. He likes to champion his own special tracks and records that nobody else has latched on to and has a way of combining cutting edge grooves with crowd pleasing dynamics that enable him to connect with his audience making him one of the hottest DJs in the world.

COME EARLY!

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Zane

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