NASHVILLE |FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/MSO
DANNY HOWELLS TO RELEASE
‘GLOBAL UNDERGROUND #027 – MIAMI’ MARCH 29;
A DOUBLE DISC MIX SET ON GLOBAL UNDERGROUND
NORTH AMERICAN DJ TOUR TO KICK OFF AT WMC/MIAMI IN MARCH
DANNY HOWELLS is a DJ with a broad musical taste. He loves the Rolling Stones, Miles Davis and James Brown, and collects archival rock n’ roll and funk footage from all over the world. “There’s not a lot I don’t listen to,” he says. Consequently, he’s confident enough–as his new mix for Global Underground amply demonstrates–to champion his own special tracks, records nobody else has latched onto. “I tend to distance myself from tunes that are associated with other people,” HOWELLS notes. “You are trying to find your own all the time.” This makes him prime for his Global Underground series debut on March 29 with GLOBAL UNDERGROUND #027 – MIAMI.
“I love being in Miami–I find it quite a surreal place,” says HOWELLS about his city choice for the series whose past locations include Romania (James Lavelle), Toronto (Deep Dish) and Los Angeles (John Digweed). “I’m always drawn to places that have a darker undercurrent. Scratch the surface of Miami and there’s something a lot more twisted there, and I’m quite into that.” Like Miami, Danny has a lot of colorful character–one reason why he chose the city (the other being all the great nights he’s had there during the Winter Music Conference).
HOWELL’s package–which will be available in double-CD and triple-vinyl formats, along with a long box limited edition–was inspired by a DJ set Halloween night October 2004 at Miami’s massive club SPACE. This first CD is not so much a warm-up as the soundtrack to a party that really gets going at 8:00 AM, as inspired by his morning set–a delicious blend of oddball disco, spacey grooves and toasty deep house–from the club’s outdoor terrace. “It’s sunny, warmer, sexy–a bit funkier as well,” says HOWELLS. He singles out the balmy deep house of Mimosa’s “End Of Me.” “It really sums up how I interpret the terrace at Space…A pure sunshine track, really beautiful.” The second CD flashes back to his set from the club’s main room late into the night when Danny channeled the techno gods of Detroit and showered the crowd with enough bleeps, chugging loops, vocal chops and searing 303 lines to make one think that the Motor City itself had somehow washed ashore for a Sunshine State vacation.
No stranger to the GU family, DANNY HOWELLS has also contributed to the labels other series Nu-Breed and 24/7. The 34 year-old from Hastings in Sussex, U.K. first became known as a warm-up DJ at John Digweed’s Bedrock club. Three New York residencies, a tireless international touring schedule and a way of combining cutting edge grooves with crowd- pleasing dynamics have changed all that. DANNY HOWELLS is now one of the hottest DJs in the world.
Catch DANNY HOWELLS on his North American tour in support of GU #027 – MIAMI:
DATE VENUE CITY
Thu 3/24 Official Global Underground
WMC Release Party @ BED Miami
Sat 3/26 Space (Yoshitoshi) Miami
Sat 3/26 Ultra Music Fest Miami
Wed 3/30 Cloud 9 Cleveland
Thu 3/31 Bar Fly Minneapolis
Fri 4/1 Plush Vancouver
Sat 4/2 Avalon LA
Thu 4/7 The Church Denver
Fri 4/8 Soundbar Chicago
Sat 4/9 Ruby Skye San Francisco
Thu 4/14 Sunset Club Charlotte
Fri 4/15 Avalon Boston
Sat 4/16 Fur Washington, DC
Sun 4/17 House of Blues Orlando
Thu 4/21 Dragobert Quebec City
Fri 4/22 System Soundbar Toronto
Sat 4/23 Aria Montreal
Wed 4/28 Eleven50 Atlanta
Fri 4/29 Spirit New York
Sat 4/30 Space Miami
Track listing for DANNY HOWELLS’ Global Underground #027 – Miami:
CD1
SUBWAY – THERMAL
TOMAS BARFOT – LIGHT SHINE (ORIGINAL MIX)
AN-2 – ROAD THROUGH THE RAIN (STEVE BUG MIX)
AME – SHIRO
SNEAKER PIMPS – POST MODERN SLEAZE (SALT CITY MIX)
ADAM KROLL BREAK 3000 – DISCOTRONIC
TANTRA – HILLS OF KATMANDU
DJ NIQUE – MISSION TF017
OLAF POZSGAY – LIKE A VIRGIN
SILICONE SOUL – LES NOCTURNES
MIMOSA – END OF ME (ORIGINAL MIX)
ATOMPHUNK – BOOGIE DOWN (KNEEDEEP MIX)
BENT – EXERCISE 5
CD2
DENNIS DESANTIS – THIN AIR
CODEBASE – SEEK AND DESTROY
DENNIS DESANTIS – HIATUS
SID LEROCK – BULLDOZER (ORIGINAL)
STEVE BARNES – COSMIC SANDWICH
WIGHNOMY BROS – WURZE & BLUSSE
MATEO MURPHY – LATIN LOVER
BOOGIE DRAMA – STALKERS GROOVE
DRAMA SOCIETY – CRYING HERO
BOBBY PERU – BLOOD MONEY
UNIT 4 – BODYDUB (TIEFSCHWARZ MIX)
SOLID GOLD PLAYAZ – LE SOUL AFRIQUE
ASHTRAX – FREELOAD (FREE LOVE)
BRYAN ZENTZ – REDFIELD
GREENS KEEPERS – KEEP IT DOWN
THROBBING GRISTLE – HOT ON THE HEELS OF LOVE (SIMON RADCLIFFE REMIX)
VINYL
SUBWAY- THERMAL
SNEAKER PIMPS- POST MODERN SLEAZE (SALT CITY MIX)
BENT- EXERCISE 5
DRAMA SOCIETY- CRYING HERO
UNIT 4 – BODYDUB (TIEFSCHWARZ MIX)
THROBBING GRISTLE – HOT ON THE HEELS OF LOVE (SIMON RADCLIFFE REMIX)
For more information on DANNY HOWELLS, contact:
Alexandra Greenberg/MSO
818-380-0400 x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Drew Raposa/MSO
818-380-0400 x230, draposa@msopr.com
