A romanian dance videocip shot around Corfu island

  Few days before I discovered in YouTube a videoclip of a romanian female dance dj called Andreea Balan. It was shot around Corfu to promote her club tune "Trippin' ". It is a catchy and summerish track made for the dancefloors, or better as a soundtrack for beachbars. Romanian dance music hit it big in 2009 with names like Inna, Akcent and Morandi which dominated last years scene.

  The video is shot at Mouragia, Town hall square, Sidari, Kalamaki beach and at the marina in Gouvia (Govino bay). It shows off to the world the beauties of our paradise island and it was already viewed 600.000 times in 45 days! Thank you Andreea for promoting through your beautiful music our island, it was such a suprise for all us Corfiots!

  Enjoy the video and make sure you post / forward it to your friends!

Andreea Balan- Trippin'

The making of...

John Graham @ Au Bar, Corfu 27/11/2009

Hailing from California, John Graham (also known as "Quivver") is a legend among those who really love what is called Progressive house music.


Maybe that was why the club was far from being full yesterday, the event attracted mostly progressive house music lovers. That's a pity because I think Graham deserved a bigger audience. Moreover, a more extensive promotion of the event should have been done.

If you were among those who didn't know about the event, don't worry! The good news is that a mega star dj, Jerome Isma-ae is going to rock the decks of Au Bar with the dawn of new year!!

DJ Baphomet (a.k.a Noiseevoluter) @ Edem beach Nightclub, 22/08/09

Playing Plastikman's "Spastik"

Ace Ventura @ Shadow, Athens - 24/01/09

Last week, I was in Athens, staying at a friend's house. There was a progressive trance party at Psirri (Israeli producer Ace Ventura played) so we decided to go. The club was full of people and the music was so loud that my ear were humming for a whole day after the party. Overall, me and my friends had a great time and hear descent prog trance.

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''THE FIRST TRIP TO GOA'' night with: dj marX @ Edem, 10/01/09

Here are some photos and videos of a goa/psy trance night at Edem, which is apparently open this winter as an alternative solution of the somewhat mainstream (and boring I dare say) Corfiot nightlife. Resident dj MarX was on the decks, playing a wide range of progressive, goa and psychedelic trance.

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Infected Mushroom's hit "Becoming Insane":

Funkagenda @ Au Bar 26-12-08 - Videos & Pics

One of the most promising djs of the new branch, Funkagenda appeared yesterday at Au Bar. Hail from Kent, UK and many respected and famous djs call him "phenomenon". Famous for his remixes to other artists (my favourite is his remix for Fatboy Slim's Star 69), he has made some good productions on his own.

Enjoy a sample of yesterday's night:







Videos:



A remix of Lio - Rapture:



Playing a remix of Daft Punk's "Around the world":



Fatboy Slim - Funk Soul Brother [Koen Groenveld Remix] [Dubfire Remix] :




His most well-known remix: "What the Fuck":



Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence remix:



"Steve Angello + Sebastian Ingrosso - Partouze (Funkagenda remix)":

K-Boss & Chris Le Sisk @ Au Bar, 05-12-08

Some photos and videos from yesterday's event at Au Bar featuring a back 2 back dj set by two young local djs, K-Boss and Chris Le Sisk.



















K-Boss playing a remix of The Prodigy - Poison! My goodness!

The DJ MAG's Top-100 list for 2008!

AVB in the no 1 spot for a second year in a row, Tiesto back to no 2, Paul Van Dyk holds the 3rd place. Overall, no big suprises this year!

Here's the list:

01. Armin van Buuren
02. Tiësto
03. Paul van Dyk
04. Above & Beyond
05. David Guetta
06. Ferry Corsten
07. Sasha
08. Markus Schulz
09. John Digweed
10. Infected Mushroom

11. Deadmau5
12. Carl Cox
13. Sander van Doorn
14. Paul Oakenfold
15. Richie Hawtin
16. Hernan Cattaneo
17. James Zabiela
18. Andy Moor
19. Eddie Halliwell
20. Axwell

21. Eric Prydz
22. Kyau & Albert
23. Gareth Emery
24. Sven Väth
25. ATB
26. Anderson Noise
27. Joachim Garraud
28. Bobina
29. Fedde le Grand
30. Dubfire

31. Aly & Fila
32. Judge Jules
33. Umek
34. Matt Darey
35. Ricky Stone
36. Ricardo Villalobos
37. Lange
38. Daft Punk
39. Benny Benassi
40. Bob Sinclair

41. Deep Dish
42. Mark Knight
43. Astrix
44. Marco V
45. The Thrillseekers
46. Laidback Luke
47. Danny Tenaglia
48. Menno de Jong
49. Marco Lenzi
50. Andy C

51. Offer Nissim
52. Martin Solveig
53. Adam Sheridan
54. Sean Tyas
55. DJ Feel
56. Yahel
57. Roger Sanchez
58. DJ Shah
59. Sander Kleinenberg
60. John O'Callaghan

61. Blank & Jones
62. Cosmic Gate
63. Steve Angello
64. Simon Patterson
65. Gabriel & Dresden
66. Richard Durand
67. Laurent Wolf
68. Matt Hardwick
69. Chris Liebing
70. Erick Morillo

71. DJ Hype
72. Signum
73. Justice
74. Dirty South
75. Wally Lopez
76. Magda
77. Lisa Lashes
78. Pete Tong
79. DJ Vibe
80. Bad Boy Bill

81. Tiddey
82. Greg Downey
83. Marcel Woods
84. Nick Warren
85. Solar System
86. Skazi
87. Mike Koglin
88. Mauro Picotto
89. Sébastien Léger
90. The Chemical Brothers

91. Steve Lawler
92. Fatboy Slim
93. Solarstone
94. Astral Projection
95. Leon Bolier
96. Nic Fanciulli
97. Ronski Speed
98. Tocadisco
99. Booka Shade
100. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Woody van Eyden

Daniel Vanrooy & DJ Vierro @ Romeo & Juliet, 17-10-2008

What a night! I haven't been to a trance party for years and this was the night to do so! Dutch dj Daniel Vanrooy and greek dj Vierro rocked the decks in an unfortunately near empty "Romeo & Juliet" club with massive classic trance tunes. Trance events in our island are somewhat rare and when there is one, it should not be missed for any reason!

Here are some pics and vids:

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DJ VIERRO PLAYING A CLASSIC TRANCE TUNE:



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DANIEL VANROOY TRANCING US TILL DEATH:



DANIEL VANROOY:

Sunny Clayton @ Edem Corfu, 23-08-08

Psychedelic trance events are rare in our island. The nature of this music is for less. A non-commercialized genre which trace its roots from the early raves of the late 80s and early 90s. Sunny Clayton is a Hamburg based psychedelic dj who comes every year to the Edem beach bar in Dassia to play some descent psy stuff, which can be scarcely heard in any other occassion. He played lots of Astrix and some other tracks of artists like Analog Pussy. We had such a great time there, we were a company of 8 persons doing no other thing than dancing!

Check the pics and the videos:













- Fanis a.k.a. Psy Guru in a crazy mystic dance!



- Apostolis with his own unique peculiar way to dance:



company dancing:

Satoshie Tomiie & Hector Romero @ Au Bar 22-08-08

One week after Sasha's dj set, another two famous djs played at another club in the disco strip. Japanese Satoshie Tomiie and American Hector Romero rocked the decks at Au Bar. They didn't play back to back, Satoshie played from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. and Hector from 5 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.! Though the former played somehow relaxed in the beginning, he started banging some cool tunes by 4 a.m. Hector Romero played some funky american house but towards the end, he was more progressive in style.

Sasha @ Romeo & Juliet 14-08-08

A great and legendary dj, Sasha from UK, appeared this month at the brand new club "Romeo & Juliet" at the disco strip. I think he is the greatest name ever brought by a local club and quite reasonably he attracted a great local and tourist crowd. For this year, Sasha is No 5 in the DJ Mag's Top-100 DJs. Actually for the last ten years, his rank never dropped below place 7, and his best year was 2000, in which he reached the top of the list (It was the year that seminal dance tracks like "Xpander" and "Scorchio" had been released).

Anyway, I'm posting two videos and some pics below, just to have some idea of how was that night like:

Famous greek manager Elias Psinakis:

Even Star Channel was there to cover the event!

Sasha - Coma: Great track!