SODA RECORDINGS LAUNCHES WITH "DROP THE BOMB" 14TH JULY :
Out now on DJ download
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your continued support is so much apprieciated. Lets hope we get in the top 10 hehe
WAYNE & PAUL XXX
JUNE-JULY 2008:
Hi everyone well here we go for the June instalment very very busy a blow out month we need a rest seriously hehe........
First up we have had nothing but positive feed back fro the IMS and can't wait till next year for the summit and we still have chill running up our spine with the effect that playing the main room at pacha has on a DJ it the most amazing place to play.
So the visa arrived for Moscow and Shanghai and off we went on another little journey Romans club The Most is so amazing cost was obviously not a factor when building this place. The DJ both moves around it so cool. It was Russian federation day and a holiday quite like our bank holiday Sundays in the UK so everyone was in party spirit and a great night was had and again my Russian hosts looked after us in style a usual so thank you Vika, Arkardy and Andrei. Wayne then headed off to Shanghai to play at the outrageous Attica club hanging 40 stories of the side of a building with the most awesome view of the city district. The terrace was sponsored by Addidas and had screens to show the football and it was the most luxurious marquee I have ever seen. Steve Lawler was headlining the Friday night and SoulAvengerz the Saturday so the club has very good DJ's that play there regularly. I was hosted by the resident DJ Jon White who took good care of me during my stay. The hotel was 5 star and a great base to see Shanghai from WHAT a city that place is crazy. Anyway the night was great and the club has one of the fattest sound systems I have ever heard.
Next weekend we did the opening of the all new RS lounge in Essex a few teething problems they need to sort out but im sure it will be a successful bar venue once all the opening issues are sorted out the place looked great though.
Off Wayne went to Moldova to play at Dance planet in Chisinau did not know what to expect but I thoroughly enjoyed my stay and set in Moldova and can't wait to go back. The hospitality was second to none and the crowd were really into the house music played. Russia had won the football that evening so a party spirit was evident and this was one of my best gigs all year. I meat some really nice people who have a passion for music which reminded me of how London was 10 years ago. The dancer at this venue were amazing the place only holds 400-500 but it was going off big style again can't wait to get back out there.
Off to Ibiza again this time for the opening of El Divino for Kidology playing along side Hoxton Whores our old friends and what a ball we had. Kevin needs help I think he should go and get some pills from the doctor hehe. I must say our thoughts go out to Kevin (Hoxto Whores) and his family at this difficult time as he lost his Nan that day and like a true pro honoured his booking, turned up and rocked the show well done mate.
46664
We had the great honour of playing VIP backstage at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party in Hyde park London what a momentous day. Eddie Grant rocked the show with "hope Joanna" and obviously "electric avenue" the place was rocking and has to be my highlight. Amy Winehouse was the low light trying to even mention her Blakey in the same breath as nelson Mandela is a complete insult he's in side for violence and deception a little bit different from Nelsons struggle don't you all think. A complete disgrace, its such a shame, as she is obviously a great talent. Nelson gave a great speech and we were honoured to be part of this calibration.
"Where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all," ... "It is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now. I thank you" this was Nelson way of passing on his own life’s work to us ALL he is no longer able to fight and needs us all to help keep the vision of his 46664 campaign alive, long into the future. He is so right "IT'S IN OUR HANDS"
MAR-JUNE 2008:
Well! Well! How do we follow a start to the year that we have had, it cant get any better surely??? well read on.....
Firstly on the DJ front we headed of to Yalta in the Ukraine on the crimean coast line the Ibiza of the Ukraine kind of (we named it southendski LOL). We had the pleasure of playing the biggest club in the Ukraine Club MATRIX. We had a ball and the venue was amazing and the crowd were well up for it. They were loving the house music which is very refreshing as we are seeing a very very big house following emerging from Eastern Europe. Sexy venue, sexy sounds and even sexier girlies (boy those Ukrainian girl are tall) can’t wait to go back when summer is in full swing. We then headed of the Zagreb in Croatia and played at Hemmingway in the centre of town. Meet by Paul and his beautiful wife Petra we were taken to the most amazing hotel and then onto a very impressive and sumptuous venue, which is half restaruant and half club. We dinned with the owners and had the most amazing tuna steaks. We were then lead upstairs to a packed club full of up for it croats. This venue is very intimate holding 400-500 people but the atmosphere was great and we thourghly enjoyed ourselves. We got a booking for Split down on the coast of Croatia and were off there very soon. This is fast becoming a very very real alternative to Ibiza for hedonistic clubbers. Daytime parties are not outlawed here and every flat raised surface is commandeered as a dance floor. Think Ibiza 10 years ago and you have SPLIT. We headlined the Louie Vega gig at SW1 for Bobby & Steve packed to the rafters so much we nearly never got in (HEHE). We have just got back from the opening party at PACHA Ibiza and we supplied our legendary 3-hour set 4am till close (7am closing now in Ibiza for ALL clubs boo hoo) this is our favourite club and gig and again PACHA delivered . The crowd was amazing the atmosphere electric, the dance floor jumping. We are in true DJ heaven when we play there. Check out the videos on you tube. We are currently awaiting visa’s as we are off to Russia to Roman obramovich Moscow club "THE MOST" we are then off to Shanghai to play "ATTICA" 30 stories up a sky scrapper in the middle of Shanghai this venue is amazing and we can wait to out there.
SODA RECORDS:
Audio refreshment
We have finally released our first track and launched the label, Peyton & The Rhythm Republic -GIVE THANKS is the first offering on vinyl promo for 4 weeks then available via digital download. Our second offering is SOULAVENGERZ - "DROP THE BOMB" this is causing massive shock waves (excuse the pun) keep your ear peeled, imminent release date. We have also signed our eagerly awaited cover of "Heard it all before" to Ian Cariey’s label Gfab records in Spain. Keep your ears peeled again for this is going to be huge. Soul Avengerz mix, Brad Holland mix and Ian is working on his own interpitation which we cant wait to hear.
If you are a budding producer/artist and wish for us to listen to your music for licensing to SODA please send them to soda@soulavengerz.com for the attention of Wayne.
IMS 2008:
Wayne comments: Got a call from Danny whittle from PACHA Ibiza and Ben Turner to see if we would like to remix the IMS anthem made by the very very talented Tom Middleton. Although very apprehensive and full of trepidation and some rather brown marks in my pants. I headed off to the summit having accepted to remix live in front off the industries biggest players, shakers & makers. The 3 days content for the summit was spot on everybody’s attention span was captured for a full 10-hour day. Tom made his anthem live, franscour K made a 2 hour speech of his visions of our industry come across like a ten minute chat (how time flys when your having fun, legend) day 2 saw me present the remixed anthem to our piers (Paul was hard at it in the London studio polishing it off for me to present so a bit of cheating but we did only have 2 days to finish it. A big ask but we delivered). Day 3 was full of interesting presentation from beatport and the anthem was sync to film live by bruno (6 feet under) and a very interesting DJ 100 panel discussion. All finished off with the most appropriate party at the legendary PIKES hotel.
If you are in the music business then this is seriously the place to be. Miami may have shot itself in the foot. This will defo be our choice of conference from now on. See you all there next year if your lucky enough to get tickets that is.
FEB-MAR 2008:
WOW! What a start to the year this has been. We have been all over the place DJing and also been in the studio a little bit too. What with the label and collaboration with the one and only Maxi-C. Well where do we start ??? Working with Maxi-C ??? OZ ??? Chamounix ??? Edingbrough ??? Russia ??? Galaxy radio show ??? Lets start in good old Scotland where Paul headed off to play in edingbrough and had a ball @ club Massa. Then jetting off to Chamounix to play at Le Garage where we hold a semi-residency. Paul in his element rocking both these parties and making loads of new friends along the way. Wayne slopped off to Moscow on a very very cold weekend (-10) to play at yagoda where we always have fun. Wayne then went off to sunny old Australia played in Melbourne @ the infamous Q Bar, headed off to Sydney to play at the renowned coogee beach hotel and then onto the highlight of the tour the official closing of Mardis gras at DTPM @ Tank. Wayne comments "this was the 30th birthday of mardis gras and what a party these boys & girls were having it was amazing in the centre of Sydney. Funny how I have not been to the carnival in Notting hill for over ten years because I felt out of place and scared but at this gathering I felt totally at home and did not fear for my safety not once. I did not even see any bitch fighting hehe. It was love in mass and it was hard not to be overwhelmed by the atmosphere. I reached Tank on Monday morning at 12.30am and what a crowd at DTPM and what a club Tank is. These two elements added up to what was one of Wayne's highlights of his career. "It was hot and sweaty and the crowd were going off" Alan Thompson was rocking the show on my arrival and warming the place up to the sweet sound of house music. There was no electro played all night very refreshing to see that Alan has built up a solid house night on a Sunday in the centre of electro madness that is Australia’s commercial electro house scene "Tank has got to be my second favourite club it is so cool and unusual" strolling out of DTPM at 6.30am on Monday morning in the middle of the city district, blazing sunlight and loads of commuters made feel a bit worse for wear but it was all worth it in the end.
We have also been busy in the studio and had the immense pleasure of hooking up with the main man Mr Maxi-C who wrote the vocals for our newest hit "if you want my love" this gonna do some damage and is probably our best work to date. We also have the infamous gramma funk writing lyrics for "Drop the bomb" and this should be ready very soon and we could not be more excited.
SODA RECORDS:
Audio refreshment
We have been focused on launching our own label SODA which im sure you've all heard about as it's been causing a stir. The first launches on this label will be Soul Avengerz "heard it all before" and Razor hands "brutal beats". The following releases will be (in no order) : in addition the two tracks mentioned above : Zeena Chavez "MOVE" / Rhythm Republic "give Thanks" / Razor Hands "out of my head" just to name a few. So watch this space for details. The first release will be in two weeks.
JAN 2008:
Please firstly accept our apologies for all of you that have been waiting for our site to be updated. We have had ISP issues but they are now well and truly behind us.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
to you all, we hope you had fun.
We were out and about as usual and played some fantastic gigs.
Paul was in London @ Pacha UK and The Warehouse in Enfield were he rocked the show on both occasions.
Wayne was in New Zealand were he had the most amazing time on the island of waiheki. This place was awesome and the kiwi’s defiantly know how to party. Watch this space for more write ups, pictures and video of both Paul and Wayne’s NYE adventures.
PRODUCTION:
We have been very very busy over the past 6 months seems like we have been living in the studio.
below listed just a couple of the bits we did leading upto Xmas on the remix front.
Alison moyet / guys like you / SA remix
Booty luv / some kind of rush / SA rushin’ remix
Night crawlers / push the feelin’ / SA Phat dub mix
We have also put a lot of effort into our own productions and have around 5-6 hitting the streets very soon. which leads me into ...........
SODA RECORDS:
audio refreshment
SODA records hits the streets this week with the new track “MOVE” by Zena Chavez.
SODA is the brainchild of UK house producer Wayne O’Connell & Paul Gardner AKA “Soul Avengerz”
Having been part of the house scene for well over a decade now and still in the limelight. Paul & Wayne have decided to give birth to there very own musical imprint SODA records. The label will be haven for straight up house music and will be presenting the scene newest and freshest producer/artists in true Soul Avengerz style.
Producers & artists already associated with the label: Soul Avengerz, Maxi C, Peyton, Angie Brown, Katherine Ellis, Rhythm Republic, Josep Gardinio, Made in London and the new hot UK producers “Razor Hands”
Having several releases ready to see the light of day via SODA but without tempting fate the future for SODA looks refreshing to say the least.
Watch this space for more in formation to be updated on a weekly basis.
Once again we had the honour of playing at the opening of the summer launch of PURE PACHA IBIZA - What a night!! a truly amazing 4 hours that seemed to fly past, other highlights included PACHA LONDON, HONEY CLUB Brighton, ZANTE, CASTLE CLUB cyprus RIA club in MOSCOW plus our residencies in London which give us our weekly FUNKY HOUSE FIX.
We are also very excited to be mixing the forthcoming ARMANI XCHANGE cd for the prestigious italian fashion label, so dont be to suprised if we are both dressed head to toe in Armani. next time you see us out and about.
Music Chat - Miami WMC07 was a bit of a wash out, Well weather wise anyway, on the Music front it was great for us, loads of positive feedback and great business which is really why we all go and some superb reactions to our new tracks has made this last month or so pretty good. Also need to Give a big thank you to Gravis who kindly supplied us with some fantastic dj bag gear check them out at http://gravisfootwear.com/ DJ Suitcases fantastic Producer travel bags, all with a really cool design..top stuff
this months DJ news - We have had some great nights, to many to mention but great to explore new dj terrorities including Swiztzeland Amsterdam Miami & Singapour Plus some great gigs in the wonderful and Sunny UK.
Music Chat - We have been busy getting our sh^t together for Miami, we are both really looking forward to Miami this year catching up with old friends and fellow djs producers,while squeezing in a knock out mix of Move Your Love for Ministry Of Sound & a Natasha Beddingfield house mix..
this months DJ news
this year has started great with pretty much every club we have played packed and rocking so a big shout is due to our residencies at DIRTY PACHA & HOUSONIC CLUB WAREHOUSE and not forgetting one of the most beautiful clubs in Europe Club Djagilev in Moscow. Feb Looks like its gonna be a cracker with a debut in both Singapour & Shanghai At Attica
First and foremost the most important thing to tell you about is…
the Guys have great pleasure in announcing they have been asked to compile & mix the forthcoming PACHA Compilation PACHA LONDON and what an absolute thrill it is to be given this task of working on getting tracks together as it really does need to be the true House Sound of London.
this months DJ news
Well this really is the time to Party, with a healthy amount of Funky House Music around, and the dancefloors jumping - November see the guys make there long overdue debut at CHUFF CHUFF (without doubt one of the leading one-off party host) this months shindig was up there with the very best gigs of the year, also November see the duo make another debut this time in dubai and what a place thats turning out to be a big thanks to Dion and Tammy for there hospitality, December has been great and is always geared around the festive period and of course NYE - this year the guys have an almighty night in store PACHA IBIZA 3 hour set in the main room, to be honest it really doesnt get much better than that!
On the production side, the duo have had a yet another busy couple of months working with the fabulous Katherine Ellis & Peyton on a couple of co writen tracks due around Miami Time, while on the remix front have had the honour of getting to grips with the awesome vocal talents of the leading female r&b artist of this century Beyonce, not forgetting the equaly funky mixes of Cafe groove and Soulcast,
Wow! What a summer the boys have had, djing across Europe at some amazing parties and cool venues, as well as their home town residencies they keep very close to their heart,
check out the diary page to see if they are playing at a club near you soon.
check out the video of their forthcoming track out on Positiva Records 2nd October
Soul Avengerz featuring Javine �don�t let the morning come�
If you haven�t already managed to see the video click on the link below
http://www.tvhits.co.uk/interactive.htm
If you like it, click on the link below to vote for it on MTV.
http://www.mtv.co.uk/node/6559
Also while your voting if the boys have rocked your dancefloor over the previous 12 months please get voting for the top 100 djs on the link below
http://www.djmag.com/top100
On the production side, the duo have seen their remix of the all-time house classic �Move Your Body� by Marshall Jefferson rock dance floors across the world, with huge support from all the major jocks. While we are on the subject of anthems, the guys were extremely pleased to get the job of stamping their magic formula over what looks like a future anthem from Mr Chris Lake �Changes�..
Not forgetting the awesome remix of the forthcoming DJ Jose �stepping to the beat� on MOS and the 2006 update of the Queen classic �Another One Bites The Dust� produced by Cedrick Gervais resident of Space in Miami, means it�s onwards and upwards for the Soul Avengerz.
Wayne has been busy setting up his new record label Riding High Records and is working towards his first release in mid-October. Paul has continued his work on Housonic Records and has a new release out end-September called �los sonidos de la terraza� and will feature on the forthcoming housexy 5 album alongside our remix of the awesome Peyton track �never gonna give up�.
Soul Avengerz kicked off their summer at the main room of the spiritual home of house music, Pacha Ibiza�
Soul avengerz supplied their infamous 4-hour set (2am-6am) at the opening night of Pacha Ibiza hosted by Dirty on 2nd June. Their funky but driving sound went down a storm with their followers from the UK and the cosmopolitan locals.
Following Pacha Ibiza, they moved on to Pacha London to play their monthly residency for Dirty. They carried on the holiday vibe in true Soul Avengerz style funking up the dancefloor for another 4 hour set
With gigs at Club Glam in Marbella, Escape in the Park - Swansea, Miss Moneypennys in Birmingham and their London residency @ Housonic Club Warehouse, plus an interesting trip to Serbia to play at the Marlborough super bike launch June was a busy and fulfilling month for the DJ duo. July see them in Ibiza for Pukka up/Es Paradise, Dirty @ Pacha London, Brunnell rooms in Swindon, Medicine bar/ Shoreditch and Funky 4 love @ pacha London, De javu @ Welly club/Hull & Housonic tour/Newquay.
Production-wise the boys have recently finished mixes for Art & Craft/Leg Soup-Wonderland (radio plays on Kiss FM), ASBO/Let The Beat Hit ‘Em for Hed Kandi and Tom Novy/Your Body for Data/MOS and are currently a bit nervous but very excited about reworking the all-time house classic Move Your Body by Marshall Jefferson for Simply Vinyl. They
have just finished co-writing and producing a new track with Peyton which is awesome and sure to be a hands in the air feel good anthem.
Their next release on Positiva Don�t Let The Morning Come has already been played twice by Pete Tong on his Essential Selection Radio 1 and been confirmed as a live P.A for Tong�s essential selection on Friday 11th August live from caf� mambo�s in Ibiza
And not forgetting massive support from Steve Smart on Kiss 100 Saturday night show.
With all these gigs and productions you can see that the last couple of months have been nothing short of manic for the Soul Avengerz.
