Booka Shade [ Live ]
Carl Craig
Seth Troxler
Jamie Jones [ Live ]
Prosumer
Fred P
Kink
Greg Lord
Subb-an
Greg Lord
Nick Whitford

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As the hugely popular Resident Advisor website and online community celebrates its tenth year on the dance music scene, it is fitting that they should welcome some of its favourite artists to the arches at Piccadilly for one of the most eagerly anticipated Warehouse Project line-ups of the year. Top of the list of performers is the enigmatic German duo Booka Shade, who recently released their fourth studio album More! and run the successful Get Physical label with M.A.N.D.Y. They’ll be performing one of their famously intense live shows on the night, giving them a chance to haul Arno Kammermeier’s ever-growing drum kit onto the Store Street stage.

Resident Advisor started life in 2000 as a site dedicated to covering the Australia dance music scene, but quickly outgrew its remit. By the mid-Noughties, it had become one of the leading sources for all things electronic on a global scale, expanding to take in offices in London and Berlin and contributors from all corners of the planet. Not just that, but the site also provides a valuable resource for the dance music community: from DJs through to promoters and punters. Joining Booka Shade on the bill at this party will be some of the site’s other favourite artists, including Detroit godfather Carl Craig who will be making his WHP debut tonight. Seth Troxler has very quickly become one of the most in demand names on the house and techno scene and joined Jamie Jones on DC10 resident duties this summer. Jamie also continues his WHP residency tonight. Also up Berlin’s Prosumer (who’s resident at some place called Berghain?), New York’s Fred P and Sofia’s Kink complete the line up, as well as UK talent in the form of Subb-an and Greg Lord.

• Booka Shade [ Live ]
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  • Germans Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier hav made the most of their eight-year journey from stalwarts of the Frankfurt scene to globally recognised techno heavyweights. The duo’s deftness of touch when it comes to creating memorable dance floor hooks could not be more measured, perfectly demonstrated on Body Language, 2005’s classic collaboration with fellow Frankfurters M.A.N.D.Y (with whom they run the excellent Get Physical label), a track which Resident Advisor dubbed one of the biggest of the year if not the decade. Its acid referencing bass line one of the most instantly recognisable codas in recent years, hugely popular amongst DJs from various scenes. The latter half of the decade saw Booka Shade developing their live offering, with a greater emphasis on providing a spectacle which encompassed two-metre glowing balls, giant drum kits and dazzling lights and material selected from their four studio albums, Memento, Movements, The Sun & The Neon Light and last years acclaimed More!

     
• Carl Craig
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  • As far as Detroit legends go, there are fewer more celebrated than Carl Craig. Born in Motor City at the start of the first Summer of Love, the star grew up in the musical community, even enjoying an apprenticeship under the wing of Detroit house forefather Derrick May (for whom Craig ended up producing a re-release of the classic Strings of Life). Having cut his teeth alongside the masters of the scene, Craig became recognised as one of the leading lights in the second wave of Detroit house heroes, branching out into his own brand of artfully realised techno, which incorporates shades of soul and jazz. Also recording under aliases such as Innerzone Orchestra (for the classic and influential Bug in the Bassbin) and Paperclip People, he is known for his remixes which often re-interpret and twist the original into completely new directions. He has worked his studio magic on the likes of Hot Chip, Theo Parrish, Zero 7, Blaze, Sasha and many others.  His label Planet E Communications has put out music by the likes of Kevin Saunderson and Moodymann as well as his own material. 

     
• Seth Troxler
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  • Seth Troxler has spent the last few years making a huge name for himself on the techno scene, working under various guises such as Thrill Cosby, or Visionquest. Another product of the fertile Detroit house scene, but from a different era to the likes of May, Carter and Craig, Troxler was actually born in Kalamazoo, Michigan but moved to Motor City at the age of five. Years he was immersed in the sounds of the city, courtesy of his mother and stepfather, both of whom were players on the Detroit house scene. At the age of just 16, Troxler began DJing on the local circuit, a decision informed by a stint working alongside Theo Parrish at a Detroit record store. Now resident of the Berlin Weekend Club, he continues to impress with his varied, multi-influence original works and remixes, with releases on New York’s Wolf+Lamb, Ellen Allien’s BPitch Control and Crosstown Rebels.

     
• Jamie Jones [ Live ]
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  • One of the brightest young stars of the UK house and techno scene, Jamie Jones’ rise to the top has been as unstoppable as it has been well deserved. His 11 year DJ career has seen him hone his craft to become a regular at some of the best clubs in the world; Fabric, DC10, Space, and Berlin’s Watergate to name a few. His early releases on Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels imprint immediately marked him out as a young producer to watch, as did successive tracks on labels such as Cocoon, Get Physical and Freak N Chic.  His debut album “Don’t You Remember The Future?” was one of the biggest dance successes of last year, winning him the Best Producer and Best Dance Single (for the huge Summertime) awards in DJ Mag. He describes himself as a stylistically varied DJ, with roots in “deep house, Detroit techno and generally anything moody, edgy and groove based.”

     
• Prosumer
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  • Berlin’s Achim Brandenburg, aka Prosumer, has made his name with only a select handful of releases over the past six years. Working at the city’s famous Hard Wax record store he amassed a huge collection and extensive knowledge of classic Chicago house and Detroit techno, the influence of which can be heard on his hit single The Craze on Playhouse in 2005. As well as being a resident at the world famous Panorama Bar in Berlin, he is a regular guest at clubs like Robert Johnson, Fabric, Paradiso, T-Bar, Watergate and Weekend club  to name a handful. 

     
• Fred P
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  • Owner of Soul People Music and favourite of Resident Advisor, New Yorker Fred Peterkin has built his name as one of the foremost talents in soulful deep house, his introspective and understated style marking him out as a fresh talent. His album Structure under the alias Black Jazz Consortium was named by RA as one of their top 20 albums of last year, and his recent Deep Things EP released on his own label further cemented his standing. He has been in high demand as far afield as Berlin , New York , Belgrade , Frankfurt  and London, also playing at the Miami Winter Music Conference for RA. 

     
• Kink
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  • Bulgaria’s Kink, based in Sofia, has been producing his own music for over ten years, recently coming to prominence through appearances on Claude Von Stroke’s Dirtybird and Josh Wink’s Ovum. Citing a hugely diverse list of influences, from jazz, soul, funk, and hip hop as well as house and techno, his tracks have been picked up by the likes of Laurent Garnier, Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, Steve Bug, Pete Tong, DJ Sneak, Modeselektor and Surgeon amongst others. A longtime favourite of RA, he has recently performed a series of intense live shows at hallowed venues such as Berlin’s Panorama Bar, encompassing live synthesizers on top of programmed loops and vintage drum machines.  

     
• Subb-an
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  • Birmingham’s Subb-an has become one of the most in demand young producers and DJs in the UK, appearing weekly around theUK and abroad at nights such as Circo Loco, Basic, Glastonbury festival and even a recent tour of Australia. He has forthcoming releases coming out on Ellen Allien’s Berlin based BPitch Control, and counts the likes of Josh Wink, Kiki, Gabriel Ananda and Nic Fanciulli amongst others as fans, and he is resident at the respected Below parties in Birmingham and runs his own  label, One Life, with Adam Shelton.

     
• Greg Lord
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  • WHP resident Greg has also previously held residencies at Sankeys and the former Paradise Factory, and over the last decade has played alongside artists as diverse as Dave Clarke, Francois K, Jeff Mills, Basement Jaxx, Carl Craig, Giles Peterson, Steve Lawler and Jamie Jones amongst many others . His residencies have enabled him to master a wide range of styles, ranging from soulful and jazzy deep house all the way to uncompromising techno. Recently Greg has played high profile gigs outside of Manchester at the likes of London’s Matter and a set at V Festival.