This week we are playing at Dingwalls in Camden! Cool venue we’ve been to before but this time we are special guests of  Emergenza Festival UK, semi finals! This is the battle of bands competition we won last year  and we will be appearing just before the votes for this years finalists  are read out! so come on down and have a dance and vote for your favourite, then stick around for the verdict and you’ll see us also! Double wammy! Nice!

Cheers catch you there I hope!

As a follow-up project she will be releasing a digital remix EP in April and she’s throwing down a challenge to all you producers out there to remix her track ‘Addict’. The winning remix will then be mixed down by her fair hand and feature on the ‘I’m not her’ remix EP (you’ll also win an array of other, signed Goldielocks goodies).  This is a great opportunity to work with this talented lady and, potentially, get your music released on Gut Instinct Records. The track can be downloaded from here (http://bln.kr/goldielocksrmx/). You have until the 28^th March 2010 to get your entries in.

For more information check out the Facebook page here (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=362944078864&ref=mf)

Good luck!

Words by Milly from Airs and Graces

COMPETITION:

The prize on offer is a limited edition TOTR tee, 5 tee’s are up for grabs.

All you have to do to win this prize is email the correct answer to the following question. Former TOTR performer and chasing pavements singer Adele won some Grammy’s in 2009, how many did she win?

Please send your answers to: turn_offtheradio@hotmail.com

The competition will end a week from today on Sunday 24th January the winners will be picked at random and announced on Monday 25th January.

Good luck.

Heading up the UK contingent are seven of the brightest electronic and underground talents such as:

Kidkanevil, Flava D, Mau’lin, DJ Jackmaster, Katy B, Illom Sphere, DJ Braian …

For more info on what this is all about click HERE.

It’s too late for Plug in Sheffield but there are still some more opportunities.

You could be on your way to Liverpool, for Chibuku on Saturday November 21. A superlative session in the newly revamped and Funktion One-enabled Masque venue awaits with Andy C, Skream, Benga, Major Lazer (live), Floating Points DJ Set and Shine’s Alan Simms all on show.

Or on Saturday December 5^th  you could find yourself at Circus when Cocoon are in town! Sven Väth will join Bookashade, Locodice and the rather fabulous resident, Yousef.

Finally on Friday December 11th Mixmag will send you to Manchester’s finest, ravery, Sankeys, who will be hooking up with Scotland’s Colours for a techno-tastic work out with Dave Clarke, Technasia and Greg Vickers. Fresh from the summer’s 15th anniversary celebrations, the club is forging ahead towards the end of the year with some mammoth lineups.

To win these  VIP weekends click HERE.

Boxfresh and GU join forces to bring cutting-edge new dance music from your bedroom to the dancefloor.

As part of Boxfresh’s continued commitment to promoting up and coming British creative talent, as well as celebrating their collaboration with dance music super label Global Underground, the two brands have joined forces to give one lucky ‘bedroom producer’ the opportunity of a lifetime in this exclusive competition.

Earlier this year, Global Underground re-launched their legendary compilation series, ‘nubreed’ which represents the future of electronic dance music and is Global Underground’s well established series for breakthrough and upcoming DJ talent. In the forthcoming instalment of the ‘nubreed’ series, rising Canadian star Sultan showcases his talent as a producer and DJ worthy of the critically acclaimed GU ‘nubreed’ pedigree.  With this exclusive Mixmag competition, Boxfresh  and GU are targeting other aspiring dance music producers who are keen to get their music heard, those who are passionate about what they do and  are creating cutting edge electronic club music on their home computers and from the comfort of their bedroom set up.

The winner as selected by a Global Underground panel, will receive an amazing opportunity to  have their track licensed by GU and in turn released on a forthcoming GU mix CD. Previous superstar DJs who have mixed GU albums include the likes of Sasha, James Lavelle, Darren Emerson, Nick Warren, Deep Dish and Nic Fanciulli. The winner also takes home £500 worth of Boxfresh vouchers with 2 runners up being awarded Global Underground back catalogue CD packs plus a full set of the 2009 ‘City Series’ Boxfresh / Global Underground collaboration tees.

HOW TO ENTER
Send your entries in MP3 format to:
feedback@boxfresh.co.uk with ‘GU/Boxfresh Bedroom Producer Competition’ as the subject line.

Entries must be sent by 20th September 2009. Terms & Conditions Apply. See myboxfresh.com for full details.

PRIZES
1st prize:
Selected track licensed by Global Underground and released on a forthcoming GU mix CD (to be featured in Mixmag). Plus £500 Boxfresh vouchers.

2nd Prize:
£250 worth of Global Underground back catalogue CDs and a full set of the 2009 ‘City Series’ Boxfresh / Global Underground collaboration tees.

3rd Prize:
£100 worth of Global Underground back catalogue CDs and a full set of the 2009 ‘City Series’  Boxfresh / Global Underground collaboration tees.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. The Competition is open to everyone except employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone professionally involved in this promotion.

2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  You are responsible for your costs to access computer networks to enter. To enter you will need to:

(a) Create a music mix track on your PC/Mac
(b) Your music mix track must be no longer than [ 5   ] minutes in length;
(c) Submit your entry in MP3 format to feedback@boxfresh.co.uk with “GU/Boxfresh Bedroom Producer Competition” as the subject line.

3. The Competition commences on 20 August 2009 and closes at 11.59 pm on 20 September.  Only one entry per person is permitted.  The overall winner and two runners up will be selected by a panel of judges from all entries on 24 September 2009.  Winners will be selected on the basis of creativity.
 
4. The winners will be notified by email by [25] September 2009.  If the winners of the prize cannot be traced after reasonable efforts having been made by the Promoter then the Promoter may dispute of the prize as it sees fit.

5. There are three prizes, as follows:

1st prize – Track licensed by Global Underground and at Global Underground’s discretion released on a forthcoming Global Underground mix CD and £500 Boxfresh vouchers to be used on products on www.boxfresh.co.uk. 

2nd Prize – £250 worth of Global Underground back catalogue CDs and a full set of the 2009 City Series Boxfresh/Global Underground collaboration tees.

3rd Prize – £100 worth of Global Underground back catalogue CDs and a full set of the 2009 City Series Boxfresh/Global Underground collaboration tees.

6. For period of 12 months following announcement of the 1st prize entry Global Underground shall have the right at its discretion to include the 1st prize entry on a Global Underground mix CD and in the event that Global Underground exercises such right, the entrant awarded 1st prize grants Global Underground an exclusive worldwide licence in the sound recording copyright of the track for as long as such rights subsist to incorporate the track on records/audio visual devices in all formats.  In the event that Global Underground does not exercise its right to include the 1st prize entry on a Global Underground CD within the said 12 month period, all rights in the track remain with the entrant.

7. Copyright in all entries other than the 1st prize entry remains with the respective entrants unless otherwise agreed between Global Underground or Boxfresh and an individual entrant.

8. The prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.  Please allow 28 days for delivery of the prizes.

9. The prizes may be altered or varied at the Promoter’s sole discretion and substituted with prizes which, in the Promoter’s sole opinion, are suitable alternatives.  All prizes are subject to availability.

10. The overall winners’ name can be found at myboxfresh.com after [26] September 2009 and in the November issue of Mixmag which is available from 15 October 2009. No correspondence will be entered into concerning the result and the Promoter’s decision is final.

11. The Promoter reserves the right to withdraw or amend this promotion and these terms and conditions in the event of any unforeseen circumstances outside their reasonable control or if in their absolute discretion, consider it necessary.

12. The Promoter reserves the right to terminate or temporarily suspend this promotion in the event of technical or other difficulties that might compromise its integrity.

13. The Promoter reserves the right to exclude any entries which they believe to be fraudulent or based on misconduct.

14. The Promoter and their agents accept no responsibility for difficulties experienced in submitting an entry to this prize draw including without limitation entries which are lost, misdirected or received after the closing date.

15. The Promoter of this Competition is Boxfresh International Limited (“Boxfresh”), The Pentland Centre, Lakeside, Squires Lane, London N3 2QL and Global Underground Limited (“Global Underground”), 103 Gaunt Street, London, SE1 6DP.

16. By entering this prize draw, entrants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. All entry instructions form part of these Terms and Conditions and any entry which does not comply with the entry instruction shall be invalid.

17. These competition rules are governed by English law and any disputes shall be governed by the courts of England and Wales.

© Boxfresh International Limited 2009

Yes we’re back from Germany, the valley of Taubertal and nearly back from the hangovers

Early Thursday morning TWK flew in style from City Airport (all paid for) to play our 1st open air summer festival!

Taubertal Festival is one of Germany’s main music festivals. Its kept pretty small and hidden away in the Taubertal Valley. Overlooked by an almost untouched Bavarian village called Rothenburg. The village is all within the castle’s city walls! Its amazingly beautiful and we were staying in the hostel in the grounds of the castle! Awesome!

After landing Thursday morning we took a 2hr coach from Frankfurt airport to Rothenburg. Dumped the Kit off, got our passes, then went for lunch. Lunch never really happened, nor did tea as we discovered 1 litre beer jugs in a Bavarian beer garden!

Many jugs later we staggered home but passing the main square met some locals with guitars! They thought we were important when we said we were playing the festival! They bought us beers and asked us to play some of our music. Well we’re not going to turn that kinda offer down are we? We played until early hours, people came and went, taking photo’s, joining in etc as we made  friends the kids of Rothenburg!

Next day we were playing Emergenza stage @ 5pm. Needless to say we were not in a good shape! The Germans told us Bavarian beer never gives you a hangover! They lie, they lie!!!!!

A few snoozes, several litres of water and three Red Bulls we walked on stage! A super quick plug in, line check, and off again to wait for our intro. Walter our compare and an integral member of the Emergenza team gave us a history making intro speech and the smoke machines went off! We could see a pretty sparse crowd sitting down and not really paying attention. We all thought, “oh well, hear we go” but what surprised us is the rate at which people flooded toward the stage! By our third song people were squashed against the barriers and every one in the middle was fully dancing away! Now that’s a proper festival! Girls with beads and scruffy hair dancing in the sun…..proper!   A big cheer sounded as we finished and we were totally made up with that as a result

Check out the pics I’ve put together below of our trip!

The rest of the weekend we became members of the crowd as we watched the other bands and partied hard into the night! Every night consisted of meeting up with all the other bands in the ‘Rock Cafe’ in the center of the village! It was called rock cafe but apart from the guitar in the window its just a normal bar. Night generally turned pretty messy once we were there, but not one evening failed to turn into multi national a sing along with guitars!

All the band we met were amazing! We had such a wicked time. We’d like to say thank you to The Maccabees for being cool and spending time with us and same for all the other bands for being so cool! You know who you are! We’ll meet you all again at some point for sure! Keep in touch boys n girls!

Now for us its back to normality with our London gigs! Cant wait to get stuck in!

Next up MONTO WATER RATS (this Friday 14th Aug 2009)

We’ll update you later on that!

Cheers Peeps

Catch you soon

TWK.x

One missing but nice shot ne'way

This is me on it!

Just after jumping around like idiots!

Above shows the moment after a ten minute jump around and spray of beer to celebrate winning! We jumped about 4 feet in the air when they read out our name! Just an amazing moment, Its been a long road but we did it. An emotion roller coaster evening followed by an all night after show party, starting at the Purple Turtle in Camden and then back to our flat. It was a squeeze but we got in as many as we could. The party didn’t die until early Sunday morning! Awesome!!

Big, big, big thanks to everyone there for your support!!!!!!!!

Love to all of you and everyone involved in getting us to the final!!!

Thank you so00000 much!!!!

Now its of to Germany in Aug to play the international final at the open air festival!!!! Awesome! Details will be revealed soon!!

Chris.