LIVE AT ROBERT JOHNSON COMPETITION !!! Robert Johnson Live 09 Competition. Dada, (Newcastles Newest Regular Saturday Night) and Robert Johnson (Frankfurts world-famous Premier Nightclubbing Institution) present the following competition in celebration of both Dada’s Launch Party at the Cosmic Ballroom on Saturday October 3rdart and the Official Launch party for the Latest instalment in the album series “Live at Robert Johnson” on Saturday October the 10th at The Cosmic Ballroom (featuring a set from Techno Legend IVAN SMAGGHE, who has also mixed the album). Prizes – 1st Prize > 1 copy of “Live at Robert Johnson 09, Mixed By Ivan Smagghe” Free Entry Pass to all events at the Cosmic Ballroom (Valid for 2 people for 6 Months) 2nd Prize > 1 copy of “Live at Robert Johnson 09, Mixed By Ivan Smagghe” Free Entry Pass to Dada at The Cosmic Ballroom (Valid for 2 people for 6 Months) 3rd Prize > Free Entry Pass to Dada at The Cosmic Ballroom (Valid for 2 people for 6 Months) How to enter – 1) Register your details at www.objectofdistraction,com 2) Join the “we are dada” Facebook group, which can be found here… http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=125526463144&ref=ts 3) Change your profile photo to the current Dada Flyer, which can be downloaded here… [ame]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S343HRXD[/ame] 4) Change your facebook status to … We are Dada http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=125526463144&ref=ts 5) Confirm you have done this by leaving a message saying “I am Dada” on the Launch Party event page, which can be found here… http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124786019908 Download the official Album info here... [ame]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A47KHLYS[/ame] IVAN SMAGGHE BIO – Ivan Smagghe’s name has become synonymous with innovative & intense electronic records which have earned him the adoration of contemporaries such as Andrew Weatherhall, Tiga, Ewan Pearson & Tiefschwarz to name but a few. Not only that but Ivan is renowned for being one of the most original and inspired DJs of the moment with a unique talent for constantly discovering sounds that no-one has heard or dared use before to such great effect. From his earnest beginnings working for the now defunct Rough Trade shop in Paris, Ivan's DJ career spans more than 20 years. His highly respected radio show 'TEST' ran on Radio Nova (the premier radio station in Paris) for two years, spawning the four exceptional 'TEST' compilations as well as earning him a reputation as one of the most respected DJs in France. Up until 2004 he also DJed alongside 'the French John Peel' Bernard Lenoir on France Inter radio. In 1997 Smagghe and Arnaud Rebotini (a colleague at Rough Trade) created Black Strobe. 'Innerstrings' was the result which was released on their own label, 'Black in Black'. It was heard by Trevor Jackson who promptly signed it to his Output label. It garnered heavyweight support from Weatherall, Laurent Garnier and DJ Hell and predated the neo-electro scene from which the duo would find a like-minded band of friends like James Murphy of The DFA, Berlin-based producer Ewan Pearson and Canadian dandy Tiga. In 2002 Black Strobe released a double a-side: 'Me and Madonna', which featured Parisian DJ Jennifer Cardini on vocals and Rebotini lowering his bass to his thigh like Peter Hook, and 'Fitting Together', a sinister electro-beast revealing their fascination with bleep-house. Their next single, 'Chemical Sweet Girl', proved to be quintessential Black Strobe, and crystallized the duo’s sound: Arnaud’s Gothic intonations rode shotgun over Smagghe’s rough-clad atonal freak-bleeps, creating a frisson of dark EBM funk goodness. This was followed by the phenomenal ‘Deceive Play’ in 2005, backed with the eviscerating trance funk of ‘Nazi Trance Fuck Off’ - a play on their beloved Dead Kennedy’s ‘Nazi Punks Fuck Off’, and suitably permeated with the spirit of the hardcore punk that inspired it. Their last 12”, 2006’s ‘Last Dub on Earth’ saw Black Strobe strike out in a deep twisted direction, refashioning their ‘Last Club on Earth’ cut into an entirely new, mechanistic chrome-plated house shapes that signalled a new direction for the dark lords of sinister dance music. After that came a collection of their zeitgeist-defining remixes; an amazing set of productions and re-interpretations from a diverse coterie of artists from all shades of the musical spectrum: Nitzer Ebb, Bloc Party, Depeche Mode, The Rapture and Alter Ego were just some of the artists to receive the Strobe treatment. June 2007 saw the release of their long awaited debut album “Burn Your Own Church” which incorporated all of the usual Black Strobe elements yet also revealed hitherto unseen sides of the Strobe and at this point Ivan and Arnaud decided to call a day to their long partnership citing musical differences as the means to their end. Ivan, now settled happily into London life, has been focusing on his solo career. The first step was to set up a studio ‘Bancal Bancal’ with fellow Parisian Tim Paris and continue running the Kill The DJ label with partner Fany. His production work with Tim comes under the moniker ‘It’s a Fine Line’ and from the rework of ‘My Kind of Woman’ for History Clock (Nathan G.Wilkins label), to a one off digital release on Beatport for the NAME Festival in Lille entitled ‘Hen’s Bells’ to producing London based band; Battant’s debut album, their work is nothing if not diverse. Ivan has also teamed up with fellow anglophile Parisian Danton Eeprom as ‘La Horse’, releasing the weird and wonderful ‘Cyanide & Happiness’ for Foundation Records with more to come from that (ahem) stable. Under these many guises he has recently remixed Simon Baker, The Hacker & Eric Borgo, Luca Baldini, Metronomy and Remote. The demand for his DJing has been meteoric over the last ten years and if you don’t get the chance to see him in the flesh then you can have a taste of what you’re missing on his many outstanding compilations such as 'HARD!' compilation for Chronowax , Kill The DJ for Tigersushi (www.kill-the-dj.com),‘Death Disco’ on NEWS/Eskimo, ‘Suck My Deck’ on Bugged Out!/React, Fabric, London, the disconcertingly brilliant ‘Dysfunctional Family’ mix with Chloe on Kill The DJ, his mix for the legendary Cocorico Club in Rimini, Italy and soon to come his offering for the 4 part mix CD special released by the Robert Johnson club in Frankfurt alongside DJs Chloe and Prinz Thomas. Ivan’s longest running Parisian residency was at the legendary lesbian PULP club in Paris (which sadly closed down in March 2007) and as for the rest of the world; he has amassed residencies at Fabric (London), Kill The DJ (Worldwide), Bugged Out! (Various – UK/Worldwide), Robert Johnson (Frankfurt), Mondo (Madrid), Space (Ibiza) and plays regularly all over Europe, Japan, South America and Australia. The Competition closes at 6pm on Saturday October 10th at which point the winning entries will be drawn at random and the winners notified via email.
