Each BPM event features an eclectic line-up of live performances, PAs and DJ sets from big names and new talent. Every style of music is covered, with the emphasis on fresh ideas and innovative performance techniques. Previous DJs and performers at BPM have included:
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2008] |
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Addictive TV
Described as "the World’s most popular audiovisual artists" by the UK’s Time Out magazine, award-winning London based Addictive TV are known for their cutting-edge audio/video remixes and dynamic live shows, which in four years has seen them voted number #1 VJs in the World in DJ Magazine’s poll and twice placed second. Performing internationally, criss-crossing the art and club worlds, Addictive TV have headlined in settings as diverse as the Pompidou Centre in Paris, London’s National Theatre, Shanghai’s Museum of Contemporary Art, through to Tokyo superclub Womb, Barcelona’s Razzmatazz and San Francisco’s Supperclub.
www.myspace.com/addictivetv
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Audio Intimidation Stand
[2007 & 2008] |
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DJ Slipmatt
The 'Godfather of Rave', is one of the UK's busiest and most well-respected DJs. Over the past 17 years he has mixed his way through many of the underground dance scene's different music styles with his unique style of energizing beats and quick-fire mixing. He continues to regularly play to capacity crowds at events and in clubs throughout the world.
www.slipmatt.net
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Pioneer Pro DJ Stand / Official BPM Party
[2008] |
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Tom Middleton
Hailing from the deep South West of England, artist, producer, in-vogue remixer and DJ Tom Middleton headlined the official BPM 2008 Saturday after party hosted by Pioneer Pro DJ. Tom was also on the judging pane for the DJ Magazine Tech Awards that took place at BPM.
www.tommiddleton.com
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2008] |
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Beatbullyz
In a world of genetically-modified clone bands, singing haircuts and serious scenesters, thankfully we're seeing a renaissance of live urban music. It’s all about energy, enjoyment, upliftment and realness, taking the funk back to the floor and causing outbreaks of expressive emotion and demented dancing (don’t be scared now kids). Beatbullyz are busting out of the gates of town, causing stampedes to the dance-floor and locking horns with audiences across the UK and Europe with their high energy fusion of Hip Hop, Street Soul, upbeat Funk and Urban attitude!
www.myspace.com/beatbullyz
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Ortofon Stand
[2008] |
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DJ Skully
Skully first shot to prominence by being the first DJ to win DMC's UK Battle For Supremacy; an offshoot of the main World Championships, where DJs compete head to head rather than in sequence. From that launch pad he has received a mass following, and a multitude of accolades; including in 2002, the Diesel U Music Award for Best Scratch DJ, Best UK hip-hop DJ, and winning the DMC UK individual competition. After a retreat from competition for a few years, Skully returned in 2008 to regain the coveted DMC UK Championship title.
www.djskully.com
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Ortofon Stand
[2008] |
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Miss Represent
Over the last seven years, Missrepresent has become a household name in the UK drum 'n bass scene, playing the some of the nation's biggest club nights, including Valve (Brunel Rooms), Herbal (London), EQ Stratford (London), SE1 (London), Scala (London), Cornhall (Cirencester), and Raveology (Air Birmingham) to name a few.
www.missrepresent.com
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Pioneer Pro DJ Stand
[2008]
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DJ Semtex
Semtex plays all over the world as Dizzee Rascal’s official tour DJ and also hosts a radio show every Friday and Saturday night on BBC Radio 1 Xtra. The Manchester born beat-juggler lives, breathes and sleeps Hip Hop; it’s in his blood, his heart and his soul.
www.djsemtex.com
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Ortofon Stand
[2008] |
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Sonny Wharton
Sonny Wharton is one of the most in-demand new DJs on the club circuit today. After winning the Renaissance mix-tape competition in DJMag Sonny stormed Ibiza landing a weekly residency at Manumission, rocking Amnesia and DJing on Radio 1! Since then he’s racked up slots at the likes of Ministry Of Sound, Pacha, Godskitchen, Chibuku and Renaissance and consistently gains rave reviews in the media; DJMag, Mixmag, IDJ and MTV all included.
www.sonnywharton.com
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2008] |
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Electrovamp
Feisty electro-pop duo Electrovamp brought BPM 2008 to an end in style with their cheeky lyrics and ear-shatteringly vibrant in-your-face tones. Their live PA on the Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage involved hi-energy performances of their debut single ‘I Don’t Like The Vibe In The VIP’ and the follow-up ‘Drinks Taste Better When They’re Free’.
www.myspace.com/
electrovampofficial
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2007]
Pioneer Pro DJ Stand
[2008]
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Dan Tait
Dan has literally spent half his life behind decks - at the age of 28, he has been rocking parties for over fifteen years. During this time his tastes have grown to encompass the many different strands of music that fall under the heading House and the breadth of styles with which he is comfortable is strongly evident in his sets. It was this ability to turn a track inside out, using whatever tools were at his finger-tips, that first caught the attention of the Pioneer Pro DJ product development team. Having first seen him in 2002 hammering the effects unit on a Pioneer mixer and using messed up loops on the CDJ-1000 to sculpt an epic workout constructed from three copies of the same track, they asked him to join their testing team and contribute advice and criticism on prototype Pioneer products.
www.dantait.com
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ADJ Stand
[2008]
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Cassey Doreen
A sexy girl, two turntables, a mixer and a ton load of energy is a brief but fair description of German DJ Cassey Doreen. Musically Cassey knows no limits, whether its Trance, Electro, House, Commercial or Progressive Cassey can deliver it with a healthy portion of good fun and plenty of charisma.
www.cassey-doreen.de
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2007]
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The Disablists
The Disablists started life as a Jazz Trio, realised that they had no talent for real instruments and bought turntables. They have been UK DMC Team Champions four times (in 2004/2005/2006/2007) and came third at the world finals in 2005 and second in 2006.
www.thedisablists.co.uk
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2007]
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Subgaint
Subgaint are a unique live electronic music act, popular on the live club and festival scene. The Subgaint sound? Think deep as hell dub basslines topped with a crunchy canopy of live beats and breaks. Spice this with one of the UK’s finest scratch DJs and you have a unique live electronic sound. The show skips from dub breaks to psy trance and back again.
www.subgiant.co.uk
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2007 & 2008] |
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Groundworx Session
Mainly focusing on Progressive House and Electro the boys from The Groundworx Session know how to build and keep a party going. They're used to working the decks for many hours, keeping their crowds filled full of that exciting tingly feeling by entrapping them with spine chilling bass driven tracks from beginning to end.
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2008] |
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FireProof Skratch Duck
The FPSD has combined many disparate musical influences to make his tracks. His music is inspired by big beat artists such as Fatboy Slim and the Chemical Brothers, held together with riffs and melodies from artists like Genesis, Madonna and U2. As such, the tracks are essentially studio creations and the Skratch Duck sees that his role as producer is equally as important as the skratches he adds to complete the sound. The resulting music has a big beat style, but with familiar and melodic elements mixed up with turntable madness to create a quite distinctive sound that blurs the line between original music and a DJ set.
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2008] |
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HouseProud
HouseProud is a unique collective of highly experienced and talented DJs who are passionate about House music. At BPM the House Proud DJs played two unique ‘History of House’ sets, mixing up classics and up-front tracks covering House music from across the years.
www.thisishouseproud.co.uk
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Audio Intimidation Stand
[2007]
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DJ SS
One of the UK's finest DJ/Producers and one of the founders of Formation Records, DJ SS aka Leroy Small is an original breakbeat pioneer who has made an immense contribution to today's drum & bass sound.
www.myspace.com/djayss
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2007]
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The Response Collective
The Response Collective is a modern band featuring guitars, voice, keyboards, bass, turntables, samples and sounds. Their style has been described as a mixture of dance, chill out, rock, grooves and hip hop; but the band invites their audiences to make up their own mind.
www.responsecollective.co.uk
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Ortofon Stand
[2007]
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DJ Fly
DJ Fly is a French hip hop, breakbeat and electronica DJ who one the French DMC Championship in 2007 and 2008 and then went on to take the 2008 world title.
www.myspace.com/djflycom
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Pioneer Pro DJ Main Stage
[2007]
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Dr Fish
Ben (Dr Fish) hails from the deepest darkest Dorset countryside, where he grew up on a diet of Cider and Music! He began DJing in the late 90s upon the discovery of Psy-Trance & Techno. In 2003, inspired by DJs such as Yoda and 2many DJs, he began mashing different styles of music together, and learning the art of turtablism. By chance in 2004 he was offered his first residency in South West France during a summer living as a surf bum. For the next three years he stayed in France; Surfing, Snowboarding, and rocking parties from sea level to the mountain tops. A return to the UK in 2007 saw Ben enter the 2007 D Joust competition. From over 400 entrants, he went on to win the competition, knocking out some well know names en route with his underground beats and technical scratching. Since the Joust, he’s gone on to play a variety of venues such as Ministry Of Sound, Motion Sk8 Park, Timbuktu, Herbal, Babaloo, and Dusk Til Dawn.
www.myspace.com/drfishmusic
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