Podcast 050 - DIBBY DOUGHERTY

A collection of highly acclaimed, pioneering productions combined with his electrifying DJ sets have established DJ/producer/remixer Dibby Dougherty as one of Irelands most exciting and ground-breaking talents to cause a stir in the world of electronic music in recent years.

Boasting dance music luminaries such as Sasha, John Digweed, Hernan Cattaneo, Mark Knight, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman and Funkagenda as just some of his advocates, Dibby is firmly on track to becoming as prominent as his heavyweight admirers.

Originally heralding from L'Derry in the north-west of the province, Dibby is currently based in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast. He holds a residency at the city's illustrious Yello, voted number 6 in dance music bible Mixmag's Top 10 UK clubs of 2008 and in 2010 Yello was voted as one of DJ Mags Top 100 Clubs in the world.

Together with regular guest slots at Portrush super-club Lush!, over the last couple of years Dougherty has played alongside everyone from Groove Armada, Dirty Vegas and Crazy P to Nick Warren, Dubfire, SÈbastien LÈger and Mark Knight. Further afield, he is regularly touring at clubs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and across America.

Covering a broad spectrum of electronica, Dibby's DJ sets are largely based around progressive house and techno, however prepare to be mesmerised as he incorporates everything from lush deep house to stabbing acid house into the equation. Always exhilarating but never predictable, Dibby commandeers the dance floor with skill and precision.

Describing his production style as "energetic and underground but firmly focussed on dance floor friendly cuts", Dibby cites an array of prolific dance music influences. From the fresh sounds of labels such as Urban Torque, Rebirth and Cecille to the earlier influences of Sasha & Digweed's infamous Northern Exposure mixes and classic releases on London Recordings, Dibby draws inspiration from over a decade of dance music heritage.

His distinctive productions have been released on revered labels such as Dave Seaman's Audio Therapy imprint, Global Underground, and Baroque. He has also had the honour of remixing for artists like Infusion, Trafik, Jimmy Van M and Oliver Moldan to name a few. As some of the biggest and most respected names in dance music have testified, Dibby Dougherty looks destined for great things. Be sure to keep your eyes and ears open for his name - you'll be hearing lots more of it in the near future.

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Podcast 049 - SOLILA

Solila is a house music project formed by DJ and producer Valeriy Monov in 2007. Valeriy positions himself into house but does not confine his works to any specific style of this genre. This is impossible to give a definite characteristic to his sound. The cocktail of jazzy, funky, deep and progressive which he constantly experiments with, using life instruments in his compositions. Solila – this is always gentle melodious electronic music which creates unique atmosphere wherever you are.

After a year of works in studio Valeriy released his Deep Inside EP on Akustika Records. Professionalism of the musician, the way he managed to realize his ideas, moral forces and great efforts put into creation of this release paid off in the end. His tracks receive praise and support of world-famous DJs and producers, sound in sets of Jody Wisternoff, Hernan Cerbello, Add2Basket, Phunktastike, Electrobios and many others.

In July 2008 another track named Skyward came out on Hungarian label Add2basket records. New composition attracted attention of producers, DJs, clubbers and ordinary people from different parts of the world and reflected his view of progressive and deep-house music.

In January 2009 new track Coast to coast was remixed by Luke Fair and Adam Byrd and was out on Witty Tunes Records.

Next one - Atlantis was out on Add2basket records in June 2009 with remixes by Downtown Party Network, D-pulse, Acos Coolkas and Art Patrice. The release has taken 1st place on junodownload among deep house releases.

Nowadays Solila sounds in clubs and his tracks are broadcasted on radio stations throughout Europe, America and Asia. Such renowned DJs and producers as James Zabiela, Desyn Masiello, Add2Basket, Jody Wisternoff (Way Out West), Luke Fair, James Grant, Shawn Mitiska, Ricky Ryan, Dr.Kucho!, Matt Rowan, Electrobios, Gabriel Sordo (Somnus corp), Satoshi Fumi, Demi from SOS, Steve Mill, Slytek, Artego, Latenta Project, Dave Cortex, Adam Byrd give support to Valeriy’s pieces of work.

Since January 2009 Valeriy has had his own radio show at Pure Fm (USA, SF) where he represents new works in house music and exclusive promo tracks from labels from all over the world.

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