vuelve dj rap 19-20/08/05 dnb y house sets

Grant · by **Grant** » 01 Aug 2005

19 VIERNES
dj rap
nme
radchid
vega
dj rap (D&B session)

20 SABADO
dj rap
erik prestinary
dj rap (house session)

Club Vertigo
Centro Col?n, San Jos?
cover :2500

ojala esta ves no pase nada
por que a lo que me dicen se le metio el agua al due?o de vertigo y vienn mas sorpresas

http://www.propertalent.co.uk (exelente site)

http://www.winamp.com/music/artist.php?id=199942

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DJ Rap - Essential Mix - 1998 - 09 - 13[/url]
159.5 MB | 192 kbps | 44100 Hz | Stereo | 116:08 min.
track list

Name: Dj Rap
Music Style: Hardcore, DnB, Jungle
Website: http://www.dj-rap.com
Outlar Cross-references: Paul Oakenfold, LTJ Bukem, Grooverider, Dj Hype, John Grief

Dj Rap Intro: Charissa Saverio, also known as Dj Rap, has for the last eight years been the undisputed queen of the hardcore and drum'n'bass turntables. She's become a prime mover, the prime female mover in fact, on the hardcore, jungle and drum'n'bass scenes that have shaped the last ten years of her and countless other lives.

Simultaneously a label owner, producer, recording artist and world-renowned DJ, East London's Charissa Saverio, aka Dj Rap stands alongside the likes of Dj Hype, Grooverider and LTJ Bukem as one of the few, and only female, pioneers of drum and bass. This year she celebrates the first ten years of her career, and the re launch of her imprint Proper Talent, with the release of the mix compilation 'Propa Classics - Vol 1'. The album features two exclusive new tracks and thirteen of the best and rarest dance-floor anthems that forged her reputation as the 'first lady of jungle'.

Born to an Italian father and an Irish-Malaysian mother in Singapore, Rap spent her childhood traveling the world - Indonesia, Malta and Africa were all home for a while. Her stepfather managed luxury hotels and she grew up living in the palatial surroundings of Raffles in Shangri La. As a child her two loves were playing piano and horse-riding. She'd practice the piano six hours a day and spend the rest of her time in the stables dreaming of being a pianist. When the family moved to Southampton, England in her early teens, she discovered pop music for the first time and after leaving school took time out to travel the world, backpacking through Greece, Turkey and Europe. She eventually returned to London and joined a legal firm, first as a secretary, then training to be a solicitor. Her life, for the first time in years, seemed to be following a normal, everyday course. It was from this bliss that Charissa METAmorphosized into Dj Rap. "She jacked in her job, kicked out her difficult boyfriend and discovered raves."I

Rap was first drawn to the turntables after seeing Dem 2 spin at a party at the tail end of the eighties. "Watching Dean rock the crowd really put the idea into my head," she remembers. "Breakbeats were just coming in back then and the power he had over the crowd was awesome." Pulling favors to learn the technical ropes and cashing in on her childhood musical education, Charissa put together her debut single with producer Jeff B entitled 'Ambience: The Adored' in 1990. The combination of a guerilla campaign at pirate radio and the support of legendary DJ Paul Oakenfold in Ibiza helped the record break the national chart in the UK with sales exceeding 40,000 copies. Two more successful singles followed in the form of 'Coda Coma' as Raw Bass for Jumpin and Pumpin (1990) and 'Divine Rhythm' for Stealth (1991).

Around the same time her urge to DJ began to take shape. A good friend, and Rave FM resident, Cool Hand Flex gave Charissa her first lessons and an 'in' at the station. Not long after, having been helped through the door by an introduction from Dj Hype, she graduated from her own show at Rave to a regular slot at Fantasy - widely regarded as London's leading house and techno pirate station at the time. "Through that daily afternoon show for Fantasy I really fell for DJ'ing hook, line and sinker," she explains. The gigs became increasingly high profile (including the opportunity to stand in for Fabio at the Astoria) and production took a back seat for a while as she built a reputation as the queen of the turntables.

Charissa got back into the producers chair in early 1993 after hooking up with Aston Harvey, now half of the infamous Freestylers. The collaboration (known as Engineers Without Fears) spawned the singles 'Spiritual Aura' for the influential Deejay Recordings and 'Vertigo' and 'Jeopardy' for Suburban Base. All notched up impressive sales, leading the charge in the burgeoning Artcore movement which saw rich synth orchestration fused with a rattling club backend. "The success of those early releases were the catalyst behind my decision to produce, engineer and release my own material," Charissa remembers.

Following the release of 'Spiritual Aura,' Charissa approached Vinyl Distribution for a loan to establish her own label. Proper Talent launched in 1994 with its debut, the 25,000 selling 'Digable Bass,' followed by over twenty singles in the next five years. "It was born out of love and wanting to express myself musically. I wanted to have the power to put great tunes out there and to work with a lot of different artists like Buju Banton, Top Cat, Outlaw Candy and MC Hooligan."

As Proper Talent's reputation gathered pace, an outing for the respected 'Journeys By DJ' series and the release of her 'Intelligence' album secured her status as one to watch. 'Intelligence' was one of the first long players to be released by a drum & bass artist and saw Rap set the jungle roughage, which characterized much of the music of the time, adrift amongst the down tempo breakbeat that had initially drawn her into the dance movement.

The breadth of this project paved the way for a major deal and, after some speculation, Charissa eventually signed with Sony's Higher Ground imprint in 1997, also home to Leftfield and Grooverider. "When that deal came along I felt empowered to do something that would fulfill all my creative impulses. I'd fallen in love with making songs in the previous couple of years and working on that album was pure joy. No cliquey scene - just me in a studio making what I wanted."

'Learning Curve', her self-penned and produced debut for Sony, was released to widespread critical acclaim in 1998, fusing pop sensibilities with an underground production ethic. Maintaining the exhaustive touring, publicity and DJ schedules to promote 'Learning Curve' took over most of Rap's creative energies at the time, and Proper Talent took a back seat while she focused on developing as a songwriter and mainstream artist. Charissa explains, "There were times where I felt really disenchanted by drum & bass. Before it had been all about the music and the label had seen solid sales, there was a period where the scene seemed more orientated towards technology and I wasn't feeling any heart or soul in the new records I was hearing"

Continuing she says, "There are a few other people who felt the same way who gave up or went on to do different things, but there were others who felt passionate enough to make a change. Producers like Jamie Majik and Roni have re-injected the vibrancy and soul that first touched me, and have moved away from that constant 'bang-bang' sound. It was seeing those people come back with something different which really inspired me to pick it back up and make the music which I felt was missing from the scene."

"Proper Talent is hugely important to me and rather than bitching about the music I don't like I'm just going to do my bit to make things better again. My relationship with drum & bass has always been like the one you have with your childhood friends; there are occasional crap periods but something will always happen to bring you back together and make the friendship even stronger. I'd started going out to clubs again over the last couple of years and it reinforced my belief that drum & bass was still at the very cutting edge and remains one of the most exciting styles of music out there"

This renewed enthusiasm led to the release of the 'Brave New World' album (with Kenny Ken) in 1999. To follow up Rap will officially re-launch Proper Talent in 2001 with the release of 'Propa Classics' (Proper Talent / Intuit Solar) and a world tour to promote the launch. The album will come out simultaneously as twelves of 'Digable Bass,' 'Spiritual Aura,' 'Divine Rhythm' and Rap's mix of 'I'm So In Love With You'.

"After the release of the Classics the intention is to open up the label again with a series of vinyl singles, each with a breakbeat track on one side and a drum & bass track on the other. I'm trying to retain the flavor of my more musical and vocal stuff and also capturing that original soul while keeping it contemporary." At the same time Rap is deep into the process of writing and producing a new album for Sony due for release in 2002.

"I can remember when my biggest dream was to be on a Raindance flyer," she closes. "Once I'd achieved that I found myself constantly on the look out for other things to stimulate and motivate me. From as far back as I can remember, my goal has been to sing songs to huge audiences but if someone would have asked me ten years ago that DJ-ing with drum & bass would open those doors for me - I wouldn't have believed it. Although I really enjoy touring and singing with the band, the best part of what I do is when I get up there and play great records - I'm a DJ at heart - I just want to get the crowd moving."

JaviP · by **JaviP** » 01 Aug 2005

QUE BUENO!!! Cuando lo vi en TCA pense habia algo malo porque salia los 2 dias en Vertigo. Pero por dicha no era un error...!

Grant · by **Grant** » 02 Aug 2005

DJ Rap Interview - Bulletproof
From DJ Ron Slomowicz,

DJ Rap is the number one female DJ in the world, but I would venture to call her the number one DJ in the world for her sheer versatility and amazing talent. Who else can release a genre-defying artist album (Learning Curve) followed by mixed CDs spanning multiple genres (Touching Bass, Armani Exchange Chemistry, Brave New World) while touring the world to maddening crowds. Rap's fabulous new mixed CD "Bulletproof" is full-on drum and bass combining original tracks, remixes and other favorites.

DJ Ron Slomowicz: First, I want to say thank you for all the support you've given dancemusic.about.com. Wearing the button on your record bag is just awesome, we really appreciate that!
DJ Rap: No problem man, anything to help the scene. It's all good.

RS: I am loving your new CD Bulletproof, where did the title come from?
DJ Rap: No matter how many people try to kick you down or keep you up, you have to have an undeniable belief in yourself. Even though people think I disappeared from the drum and bass market, I'm still around and I'm pretty much bulletproof. You can't keep a good woman down.

RS: Lately you've been playing house a lot. I danced to that sweet set you played at Nikki Beach.
DJ Rap: I've got a dual career basically. I spin drum and bass when I have a product out and I play smaller markets and stuff like that. But I also work in the house genre because it's played in the big rooms. Just having got the residency at Crobar, house is really for me as well. I'm a DJ and a producer and a musician, so I can't be confined to one style of music. If I relied just on drum and bass, there would probably be very little work around because the genre is so small, but I still really love the music. Playing all genres is my way of servicing every single angle of the music industry.

RS: You're definitely incredible at spinning both. Did Bulletproof start as an artist album and then you added remixes or did it start as a mixed CD where you added original tracks?
DJ Rap: Bulletproof is a drum and bass record. It's an underground record, under the radar. I did the Armani compilation which was a classic house CD. This is original works with a couple of remixes, but my artist record follow up to Learning Curve comes out next year.

RS: The new tracks you made for the CD, were they done specifically for the CD or was it tracks that you were playing out and you wanted to put on a CD?
DJ Rap: I made all the tracks before I started playing it out. I sat down and I was like OK, I've got three months and I'm going to make this record. Then I played it out the music as soon as it was finished. I only started touring it actually, last month.

RS: Making your tracks, I heard you've been having fun with Logic 7.0.
DJ Rap: Well that's all I use, only Logic, for years. They support me, I support them, and I think Logic is a brilliant program. You know, I'm a huge fan of Native Instruments and of Stanton as well. The Stanton CD players - the 304s are amazing. What can I say, I love them, they're fantastic! Apple rules.

RS: On Bulletproof, there's a remix you did of Ferry Corsten's "Indigo." How did you hook up with Ferry?
DJ Rap: I went on tour with Ferry about two years ago for Playstation. I did the dual Playstation tour and that's when I started experimenting with house and different styles, because they wanted me to play a different style of music, apart from drum and bass, with Ferry. I was just totally up for it, because it's a great opportunity to show my skills in other musical formats. Ferry and I have been friends ever since, he's wonderful. I remixed Indigo because I think it's a beautiful track and I thought it would be amazing in a drum and bass style, keeping it true to the original.

RS: You mentioned the Playstation tour. I notice that drum and bass, even though it's a small genre, ends up on a lot of movie and game soundtracks.
DJ Rap: Yes, I've just licensed five tracks for Midway Games actually, which is pretty cool.

RS: Why do you think drum and bass is so in demand for game and movie soundtracks?
DJ Rap: I think it's perfect for animation. It's perfect for the type of games that are out there, especially car games. Drum and bass is dark music and a lot of the games are dark. It's the perfect soundtrack for that kind of animation.

RS: How important do you think licensing music to games and movies is?
DJ Rap: Absolutely vital. Going back to games, they're so fast and furious that you need to play them at 170 bpm, so I think that drum and bass is perfect.
I think licensing is very, very important, especially with downloading, it's killing our fees so much so that it's really important to have your fingers in all those pies.

RS: You've also been working a lot with Erick Morillo, you sing on his recent album and your remix of "Dancin" is on Bulletproof. How did all this come about?
DJ Rap: Since I've been DJing from 1988 onwards, it's been no secret that I'm a fan of every style of music in the genre. Learning Curve came out and I was the first artist ever to cross all genres and sing, write and do all that stuff. I've received a lot of love for it and a lot of hate for it. So that's my thing, I really enjoy it. You can hate my album or like it, but at least you get a reaction and that's pretty cool for me. When I did Learning Curve, I made friends with everybody from BT to Morillo, every single DJ. I will continue to do that - cross genres and mix-pollinate. I'm into hybriding in a big way. I think it's very important because you can't afford to be so purist that you don't recognize what's going on around you. How pathetic is that?. After all, the music that got me into this was all about being hybrid, that's what attracted me to this scene initially in 1987.

RS: I notice a lot of the big names are working together with each other right now, and it seems like you're leading the trend.
DJ Rap: I don't know about leading the trend, but I definitely thought about it and am a huge pioneer and believer in it. I believe in that 120% and I don't really care who was the first. What I care about is that I've always done it and I'm a true believer that in order for music to grow you'll need to do it.

RS: Now I'd like to ask you a little bit about your labels, what's the different between Proper Talent and an Improper Talent?
DJ Rap: Proper talent is all about drum and bass and Improper Talent is house, breaks and all other music in between.

RS: Very cool. I'm based in Nashville so I've got to ask you how you found Ashley Power?
DJ Rap: How I found Ashley Power? When you're on the road, people send you CDs or mp3s, so I pretty much received his CD that way. I listened to it and just thought this guy's so very talented and has his own sound. He's amazing, makes beautiful music and I was interested. He's a talented producer and very good at everything he does.

RS: Are you living here in the US full-time right now?
DJ Rap: Yes, I have been for three years. Los Angeles is my home.

RS: I notice a lot of European big name DJs and producers are moving here to the US, do you think there is a migration for any reason?
DJ Rap: All I can say is that I get a lot of love here and I have a chance to have my business grow. Ideas that I have are welcomed and it's the right place for me to be. I'm doing a bit of acting stuff as well, so LA's where I want to be.

I think that Americans are much more open-minded and especially if they smell a dollar, they're prepared to put a plan together and help that work. Whereas I feel that in Europe it's a lot harder to get good ideas off the ground. I worked my ass off for fifteen years in Europe and didn't really get to where I got in just three short years in America. You go where you get the love, you go where you get the respect and you go where you get the money, it's as simple as that.

RS: Awesome. Anything you want to say to all the dance music lovers out there?
DJ Rap: Yes. Keep innovating, keep being open-minded, keep supporting your scene, and get out there and support the artists on the tours. It's really important you do all that. Also, check-out my website, http://www.djrap.com.

radchid · by **radchid** » 02 Aug 2005

Belerefonte · by **Belerefonte** » 04 Aug 2005

AHH que buena noticia, voy a celebrar mi cumple con
DJ Rap!!!! :lol:

Cuando van a decir el cover??? :twisted:

TenSoR · by **TenSoR** » 05 Aug 2005

ah mae

pobrecita esa chick :cry:

est? reventada la pobre...

NME · by **NME** » 06 Aug 2005

la fiesta va costar 2500 colones!

nos vemos ahi

Belerefonte · by **Belerefonte** » 08 Aug 2005

Y esta super barato adem?s!!!! :shock:

NME · by **NME** » 10 Aug 2005

asi es , como la vez pasada no pudo tocar esta vez se esta haciendo bien barato! :shock:

la vamos a pasar de lo mejor esa noche ya veran

Nos vemos ahi

TenSoR · by **TenSoR** » 11 Aug 2005

Buena MArio, buena !!!

Grant · by **Grant** » 11 Aug 2005

TenSoR wrote: ah mae pobrecita esa chick est? reventada la pobre...

yo que ud no me confio mucho

recuerde que en compu se pueden hacer maravillas :wink:

NME · by **NME** » 13 Aug 2005

es ciereto, pero no es nada fea la verdad, solo que es un poco mayor para mi gusto particular , pero esta bastante guapa de hecho asi que no sea mosote grant! jejejeje

Grant · by **Grant** » 13 Aug 2005

jajaj di marito yo no dije que fuera fea

solo que en las fotos la hacen muchisimo mas guapa :wink:

yo desde que recibi el curso de photoshop no confio en una imagen

LOL

radchid · by **radchid** » 16 Aug 2005

La chick esta super bien !!!

NME · by **NME** » 17 Aug 2005

hey y una pregunta...WHY DID THE LION GET LOST IN THE JUNGLE??????

BECAUSE THE JUNGLE IS MASSIVE BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 dias y contando

Mescalito Loopadelic · by **Mescalito Loopadelic** » 18 Aug 2005

Exito!

Belerefonte · by **Belerefonte** » 18 Aug 2005

Un d?aaa!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

radchid · by **radchid** » 18 Aug 2005

Grant · by **Grant** » 18 Aug 2005

drama and beizz yupieeee!!!!!

NME · by **NME** » 19 Aug 2005

no more waiting , ha llegado la hora!

Grant · by **Grant** » 20 Aug 2005

bueno aki recuperandonos de luego de una fuerte dosis de beats

el asunto se poblo hasta tarde tipo 12 pasadas

el set de vega mejor no opino (esa vara de reggeton no me cuadra para nada)

NME & Radchid estuvieron demaciado buenos

la DJ Rap pues no estuvo mal a la chick habian unos tokes que se le metio el diablo de una manera
no me gusto mucho el cambio entre generos abcs yo en lo personal lo sentia un poco salvaje se podian matizar un poco mas

pero bueno luego de estar tocando por mas de 3 horas como que el cuerpo y mente se cansan

en fin la chick toko bien viejito en muchos de los casos pero bueno en la mayoria de los casos (para algunos ya aburren los track para otros son nuevas experiencias)

mucha hablada y pocas imagenes

http://blue-dreams.com/grant/DJ_RAP/

(imagenes mas que todo artisticas 0 pose)

en fin NOS VEMOS EN DIESELBOY EL 16 de SETIEMBRE

KAKAI · by **KAKAI** » 20 Aug 2005

Yo la pase muy bien,, la verdad esque ahora hay que aprovechar las sesiones de dnb que Vertigo tiene programado.

Que bueno que nos esten complaciendo y buena nota ver a tanta gente nueva,, y a los compas de siempre buen ride... a ver cuando nos juntamos todos los ex integrantes del club de amigos del Yos.,, jajaja que risa cuando alguien dijo eso una vez.

Nos vemos en Dieselboy en una dosis mas de musica a +160

~~Kakai