London Debut at Turnmills for The Gallery/Vaccine 09/11/2007
Tom Costelloe & Kelly's 'After-Dark' Brand @ Warehouse/C103 Plymouth 06/10/2007
Pamshouse with Judge Jules @ Mambo 05/10/2007
Pamshouse Residency Starts @ Mambo Exeter 20/07/2007
Godskitchen Summer Residency Starts with Judge Jules
Passion @ The Emporium with Judge Jules, Marco V, Richard Durand & More!
Ministry Of Sound @ Barracuda Newquay 07-04-07
Resonance @ C103/Warehouse with JFK
Electra Radio 1st Birthday Show with Marco V and Ferry Corsten 08/01/07
Resonance @ C103/The Warehouse Plymouth New Years Eve 2006
Resonance Present The Last Ever LAB 4 Show in South West
Slinky vs Passion @ The Emporium
Baker Street @ Pulse Factory Belgium
Fun Lovin' Criminals x 2 Dates August 22nd & 23rd
Newquay Summer Residency
Electra Radio Show now 2 Hours
Myspace
Fun Lovin' Criminals x 2 Dates August 22nd & 23rd
Newquay Summer Residency
Electra Radio Show now 2 Hours
MySpace
FHM High Street Honeys Tour
Dance Academy Closed Down
Coolio Gig
Dance Academy / Eyecon Residency
Passion vs Koolwaters
Monthly Electra Radio Show on ETN.fm
Electra Website
Dance Academy Trance All Nighter with Judge Jules
Gatecrasher Classics Tour x 2 Dates
Dutch DJ Agency
Posted 26/03/2008
//Escape Swansea - Wales Debut 26/04/08 Since the 1990s Escape in Swansea has been the leading nightclub of Wales, every major DJ in the World at one point of another has played the famous club with regular appearances for Judge Jules and Dave Pearce. I am very proud to be playing as the headline act on Saturday April 26th. I hope anyone in the area can come to this event as I will prepare a special set for this night. It will also be my first ever set in Wales, hope to see you there.
Posted 01/03/2008
//Electra Radio Podcast hits iTunes To celebrate the birthday of the Electra Radio Show on ETN, you can now download the opening set mixed by Simon Pitt from every single show gone by! The backbone of the show has been the opening mix from Simon Pitt each month. To listen to this please click on the link below and subscribe to the hottest new Podcast on the web! Over the past two years the Electra show has grown from strength to strength and gained a respected following for its consistent quality of music and high standard of guests.
Posted 01/10/2007
//New Years Eve 2007 Gatecrasher at Mambo in Exeter This New Years Eve I will be performing at Gatecrasher in Exeter. Also on the lineup is Solar Stone and Niklas Harding along with local djs Louis and Lee H. See you there I hope. My set from this even will be recorded and broadcast on the January Electra Radio Show on ETN.FM and later available on iTunes. Tickets available from the venue and local outlets.
Posted 01/11/2007 //London Debut at Turnmills for The Gallery/Vaccine 09/11/2007 Probably the most famous club in London, for the past 20 years Turnmills has seen every name in electronic dance music, for the last year The Gallery the feature event at Turnmills have been using Vaccine to host there third room. Vaccine has quickly become one of the most respected clubnights in the UK known for it's UK first's and quality talent. I will be playing this room along with John OO Flemming, Rafael Frost and of course The Viceroy who is the dj and promoter pushing the name of Vaccine! Many thanks to him, in the main room Sister Bliss from Faithless alongside X-Press2.
Posted 01/10/2007 //Tom Costelloe & Kelly's 'After-Dark' Brand @ Warehouse/C103 Plymouth 06/10/2007 Tom Costelloe was the first promoter to ever book me, back in 2001 at the Dance Academy in Plymouth. Now in 2007 he is running his own new brand called After-Dark at the Warehouse/C103 venue in Plymouth. I'm very happy to be playing for this event as it is one of the few events in the south west of England left booking new and interesting DJs on the trance/tech-trance end of things. On this night I will be playing alongside Ronald van Gelderen who has risen to high ranks in the scene with a large number of big releases on labels like High-Contrast and Ferry Corsten's Purple-Eye labels. Also playing the night is Tom himself and Damien James.
Posted 01/10/2007 //Pamshouse with Judge Jules @ Mambo 05/10/2007 Pamshouse is going from strength to strength in Exeter, Friday October 5th see's it's biggest date so far with BBC Radio 1 Judge Jules taking to the decks, along with his personal choice of resident for his own Judgement Sundays events in Ibiza Vicy Devine. This will be the 4th gig I've had with the Judge but the first time I will play directly before him. Set to be a roadblock the first time Judge Jules has played in Exeter in six years! Bring it on!
Posted 01/07/2007 //Pamshouse Residency Starts @ Mambo Exeter 20/07/2007 Pamshouse is one of the UKs most established brands, based in Norwich having also done events in Ibiza. Now Pamshouse West is launched as a monthly event in Exeter at club Mambo! I have been made a resident for Pamshouse. The first event is with Dave Pearce the Radio1 Legend, not to be missed!
Posted 21/06/2007 //Godskitchen Summer Residency Starts with Judge Jules I have been working with both Barracuda and Godskitchen this year to finally be able tp present Godskitchen Weekly this summer! I will be playing 9 dates every Saturday from July 7th to September 1st.The biggest global dance brand and electra team up to present the biggest summer of clubbing Newquay has ever seen. Often called the 'Ibiza of England ' it now really lives up to its name! Not to be missed!
Posted 15/05/2007 //Passion @ The Emporium with Judge Jules, Marco V, Richard Durand & More! One of my favourite places to play in the UK is Passion! The night has so much history and truly stands for the music, now with JFK back behind it it really has come into its own again as one of the countrys top events. Also playing this will be Richard Tom Costelloe with me in the Red Room! Not to be missed, see you down the front!
Posted 26/03/2007 //Ministry Of Sound @ Barracuda Newquay 07-04-07 There arn't too many names in Dance Music more famous then the mighty Ministry Of Sound, this Easter Weekend the Barracuda Club in Newquay have secured a very special tour from the world leaders in House music! Playing alongside the legendary Jazzy M. Arrive early!
Posted 01/02/2007 //Resonance @ C103/Warehouse with JFK On After a great Electra Tour at the Warehouse in January I return to play alongside Passion & LIve&Loud Promoter JFK and Electra artist Tom Costelloe on February 17th. For more details visit www.resonance103.co.uk.
Posted 01/02/2007 //Electra Radio 1st Birthday Show with Marco V and Ferry Corsten 08/01/07 After a great 1st Year the Electra Radio Show reaches its birthday edition. Pulling out all the stops we present a very special 3 Hour show on ETN, the show will be broadcast at 11pm. Look for the string of great guest DJs to continue into 2007! Please keep up to date with the Electra Radio show by viisiting www.electraonly.com / www.etn.fm
Posted 23/11/2006 //Resonance @ C103/The Warehouse Plymouth New Years Eve 2006 On December 31st I will play at Resonance, the new Plymouth Event is attracting some of the biggest DJs to the South West and has secured Lisa Pin-Up and Ed Real for this event. For more details visit www.resonance103.co.uk. Tickets will be on sale on the door or from the club in advance.
Posted 23/11/2006 //Resonance Present The Last Ever LAB 4 Show in South West I'm very happy to announce that I will play LAB4's last ever gig in South West UK at Resonance on December 8th. LAB4 are legends of the Harder Underground scene having been around since day one. They have decided to stop there touring gigs to focus fully on making music. Adam and Les formed Lab 4 in 1994 and soon secured gigs at fetish night 'Torture Garden' and at the legendary 'Club UK' in Wandsworth, London. In the late 90's regular PA's at Trance club nights such as 'Escape From Samsara' in Brixton, London brought them greater recognition.
Today they are the biggest live "Hard Dance" act in the UK with regular gigs overseas & subsequently enjoy a large & loyal following from fans across the globe.
Posted 24/10/2006 // Slinky vs Passion @ The Emporium March 11th 2006 Flying in direct from Pulse-Factory in Belgium I make my return to The Emporium, Slinky vs Passion see's a massive lineup of Fred Baker, Ronald van Gelderen, Scot Project, Marcel Woods and more. I am playing a 2 hour set in the VIP Arena.
Posted 24/10/2006 // Baker Street @ Pulse Factory Belgium March 10th 2006 On Friday November 10th 2006 I will make my first showing in Belgium. I have been asked to appear the very special ' Fred Baker's Birthday Bash Event'. Being held at the legendary Pulse Factory in Tournai. The event is being recorded live and being broadcast on French and Belgium Radio. Electra will be in full force during the event with both myself and Colin Bowman also in the mix of things. Not to be missed!
Posted 20/06/2006 // Fun Lovin' Criminals x 2 Dates August 22nd & 23rd Augu In August I will be performing two nights in a row with The Fun Lovin' Criminals at Barracuda in Newquay. Much like G. Love & Special Sauce, the New York trio known as Fun Lovin' Criminals hit the alternative airwaves with a blend of hip-hop beats, alternative style, and bluesy rhythms. The group was formed in 1993 by bassist Fast and drummer Steve, who had met in Syracuse while going to school; the pair formed a techno group but later moved back to New York City, where they hooked up with vocalist/guitarist Huey. FLC played around the area, and released their self-titled debut album in 1995 on the Silver Spotlight label. Signed to Capitol the following year, the group gained an alternative radio hit with their single "Scooby Snacks," from Come Find Yourself. In 1997, the band played stateside dates as U2's opening act on their Popmart tour.
Eighteen months later, FLC returned with 100% Colombian, their first for Virgin. "Love Unlimited" and "Korean Bodega" were red-hot hits across Europe and moderate favorites at college radio in the States, but FLC failed to gain critical acclaim in their native country. Trouble was brewing, for 1999 was a year of major changes for the Fun Lovin' Criminals. Founding drummer Steve-O left the band in February and was replaced by ex-Bad Brains/Cro-Mags Mackie Jayson. The B-side collection Mimosa appeared, and the Loco LP, but FLC parted ways with EMI soon after. The label then issued the compilation Bag of Hits without their permission. The Criminals landed on Sanctuary for Welcome to Poppy's, which appeared in September 2003, and they returned two years later with Livin' in the City. ~ John Bush & MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
20/06/2006 // Newquay Summer Residency It’s just been confirmed that I will be a resident for XS Promotions in Newquay this summer. Every Thursday throughout July & August I will be playing the Miss Pole Dance 2006 competition. Along with two other special events the Miss Beach Babe 2006 competition and the Amsterdam Sex Festival Tour. Not quite sure what to expect but I’m sure it will be mayhem either way. This will be my second season in Newquay and after this success of last year I’m really looking forward to it. Barracuda is one of my favourite clubs to play and to be playing there through this summer is something I am very happy about. Please check the schedule pages for full dates.
18/06/2006 // Electra Radio Show now 2 Hours After reaching it's half birthday this month, the Electra Radio show on ETN will now become a two hour show, still to be held on the third Thursday of each month but now starting an hour earlier at 23:00 GMT. Expect two guests per show and an extended mix from each along from all. The Electra Radio show is fast becoming one of the most popular shows on the net due to it's solid mixes and great choice of guests. Expect bigger and better things including in the next few months mixes from Matt Hardwick, Dogzilla, Sander van Doorn, Tom Costelloe and a Live recording from the Ibiza Superclub Amnesia thanks to it's resident Brian Cross. If you haven't tuned in already please make sure you don't miss it every third Thursday of the month on www.etn.fm around 23:00 GMT.
16/06/2006 // MySpace It seems the World has gone MySpace crazy so I thought it time to get involved. Please checkout www.myspace.com/simonpitt. Feel free to add me as a friend and please subscribe to my Blog. Myspace is a great way to get in touch with other artists and people in every industry you can imagine. If you haven't already got a myspace page it's worth signing up as it also provides quick and easy updates to your favourite artists without the over Flash enabled websites often found throughout the Internet today. This site will be regularly updated but expect all updates found there in more detail on www.simonpitt.com
20/05/2006 // FHM High Street Honeys Tour On June 10th I will play the official FHM High Street Honeys Tour at Barracuda in Newquay. FHM is probably the most famous glamour model outlet in the UK. The magazine runs an annual FHM High Street Honeys competition to find new models. This is a similar competition to the Page 3 Idol, Maxims Little Black Book competitions and is a way for would be glamour models to get noticed. Previous winners of FHM High Street Honeys such as Kayleigh Pearson in 2003, Natalie Pike in 2004, Hayley Parsons in 2005 have been extremely successful models both in FHM and other glamour magazines such as Maxim, Zoo and Nuts. Arrive early for this one.
10/05/2006 // Dance Academy Closed Down Unfortunately the Plymouth based nightclub Dance Academy was raided on the weekend just past. The club has been closed for at least 3 months. In the meantime the Dance Academy's main night Eyecon will be moved to another local venue The Cooperage. Personally I see this a very sad loss for the UK Clubbing scene. A running theme across the UK right now is mass police raids on 'rave' clubs including a recent big raid at one of the biggest Hard Dance clubs in London 'The Fridge'. It seems police policy now is to close down clubs and get the little people rather then tackling the bigger problem and getting to the real source, if the police we're so concerned about Drug problems in the Dance Academy why we're they never seen outside and around the venue like they are by the dozen outside commercial clubs in the city, due to the large number of fights and drunken fools within. All the 'problems' in this club exist in every other club across the country. The real victims here are the staff of Dance Academy who have worked so hard to make this one of the South West's biggest and strongest clubs, and also the clubbers who now in one of the countries main city’s have lost it's biggest club.
Personally I will be doing everything I can to support Eyecon at it's new venue and I hope others will do the same, however Plymouth City Council wanted this venue for there redevelopment of Plymouth so it is very apparent that this was a raid of convenience and puts many doubts over the prospect of the club opening again in the near or distant future, a huge loss for Plymouth and myself. The best club I've played to this time. Let's hope this raid of convenience doesn't see the permanent end to a part of great clubbing history wihch has been a weekly Mecca to clubbers in the area since 1998. To keep upto date on this story via the Dance Academy website www.danceacademy.co.uk.
18/04/2006 // Coolio Live PA Gig Warmup in Newquay Newquay In one of the most bizarre gigs I’ll ever be asked to play. On April 30th Hip Hop star Coolio will be performing at Barracuda in Newquay. I will be playing a brief warmup set before him and an hour set after his performance. Artis Ivey, 1 August 1963, Compton, Los Angeles, California, USA. Boasting a long, though infrequently recorded, career in hip-hop, rapper Coolio's career finally took off after attending rehabilitation classes in an attempt to kick his cocaine habit. Coolio started making music again with WC And The MADD Circle, contributing to their 1991 release, Ain't A Damn Thang Changed (he would also perform on one track on their belated follow-up, 1995's Curb Servin'). He then joined the 40 Thevz, a hip-hop community made up of producers, rappers and dancers who would collaborate with him on all his recordings. Along with his friend DJ Bryan "Wino" Dobbs, Coolio signed to Tommy Boy Records who released the single "County Line" about his experiences on welfare assistance. "Fantastic Voyage", based on Lakeside's 1980 hit, became a Top 5 single, and Coolio's profile was further enhanced by an autumn tour with R&B megastar R. Kelly.
It Takes A Thief was a major seller, going platinum and establishing Coolio at the forefront of mid-90s hip-hop. "Gangsta's Paradise", taken from his sophomore album of the same name, was a resigned lament performed with the gospel singer L.V. and a full choir that sampled Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise". The single, featured in the movie Dangerous Minds, went to number 1 in the US and the UK. In the UK this was the first time anything approaching true "street rap" had achieved such sales. As the music business magazine Music Week commented, "in Britain for such a record to reach number one is quite sensational". The song won a Grammy in 1996 for Best Rap Solo Performance. My Soul, which included the hit single "C U When U Get There", was another downbeat collection that confirmed Coolio as one of hip-hop's most interesting artists. He subsequently set up his own Crowbar label and concentrated on an acting career. Should be a crazy night in Newquay on April 30th! Tickets available from the venue or on the door.
15/03/2006 // Dance Academy / Eyecon Residency Simon Pitt has been made a resident at UK Superclub Dance Academy Simon had his first ever gig at the Plymouth superclub and spent many nights there before his touching the decks for the first time in 2001. Now 5 years later after playing on and off at the club throughout that time Simon accepts and will be performing regular sets throughout the the year. Check the schedule pages for up to the minute info.
15/02/2006 // Passion vs Koolwaters @ The Emporium March 11th 2006 March 11th will see Simon make his first appearence at one of the UK's longest and most outstanding Trance nights Passion at The Emporium, Coalville! Having just celebrated there 11th Birthday Passion plays hoast to Jon O'Bir, John Askew, Marc Vedo, Gavyn Mytchel, Andy Bagguley, Marc West and more. For tickets or more information visit the Passion website at www.passionuk.com.
10/01/2006 // Monthly Electra Radio Show on ETN.FM We are very proud to announce that the official Electra Radio Show will begin on Thursday January 19th on the prestigious ETN.FM network. ETN currently hoasts shows form the Worlds leading DJs like Cor Fijneman, Agnelli & Nelson,Gabriel & Dresden, Airwave, Danjo & Styles, Joop, Mark Norman, DJ Precision, Ronald van Gelderen, Andy Moor, Ernesto vs Bastian, Ronski Speed and many more.Each show will feature a mix from Simon Pitt along with a guest mixes from Electra artists and guests starting with Fred Baker on January 19th 2006.
01/01/2006 // Electra Website Now Online The new website for Simon's company Electra is now online. Electra manages some of the worlds leading DJs and will be doing many things in 2006 including the launch of the Electra Label, Radio Show & Events. Checkout www.electraonly.com for regular updates on artists like Fred Baker, Danjo & Styles, Ernesto & Bastian, Joop, Jesselyn, Jochen Miller and many more. Later in the year the Electra label will be launched featuring it's own brand of electronic music on both vinyl and digital release along with various Electra Tour events around the UK.
11/11/2005 // Dance Academy Trance Allnighter with Judge Jules December 3rd 2005 On December 3rd Simon Pitt will play Dance Academy's huge Trance Allnighter event featuring Judge Jules, Mark Norman, Cor Fijneman, Randy Katana, Adam Sheridan and more. This will be one of the Dance Academy's biggest Trance events to date with a festival size lineup. The best part for me is that this is a Trance only lineup and a strong one at that and while I don't label my style to just Trance as I take many influences from other styles, I can safely say I'll be very much at home on this night at Dance Academy more then any past times I have played there before. Should be an epic night, see you there.
Posted 15/07/2005 // Gatecrasher Classics Tour x 2 Dates Gatecrasher is the official UK superclub of the last 10 years, to celebrate hitting a decade Gatecrasher Classics Tour has been launched, Simon Pitt has been asked to play two dates on this tour at Newquays number one club Barracuda this summer. Expect a complete transformation of the venue including full Gatecrasher Decor, lighting and lasers. Also playing the Gatecrasher Newquay Tour are Guy Ornadel, Agnelli & Nelson, Paul Kershaw, Les Hemstock, Dan Bailey and more. The first large scale rave I went to was the Millenium New Years Eve event held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield by Gatecrasher, with 25,000 strong with the World's best DJs it was a night I will never forget and it makes me extra proud to be involved in this Tour celebrating the history of the UK's most famous clubbing brand!
Posted 01/07/2005 // Dutch DJ Agency Simon Pitt has now joined the Dutch DJ Agency joining Dumonde, Alex Gold, Les Hemstock, Ernesto vs Bastian, Mario Piu, Svenson, Yves Deruyter and many more. This will be a great chance to improve in Simon's international CV in the country perhaps affiliated as much with electronic music as the UK. For more details or bookings please visit the Dutch DJ Agency website at www.dutchdjagency.com.
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