L23 Magazine

Christmas is over and so is the hype around New Years Eve so we can all now look forward to the biggest event in January.  After months of voting, the Three Counties DJ awards has entered the final stage.  The public has voted and we are now down to the last ten DJ’s. The final has been arranged and it will be taking place at Saints & Sinners in Bedford on Saturday 30th Jan 2010. Full details are on Facebook

Each DJ will have just 30mins to impress the crowd with their mixing and selection skills. The DJ with the most votes on the night wins the impressive looking trophy and gets the title of ‘Best Three Counties DJ of 2009/10′.  There will also be runner-up prizes for the two runners-up.

The competition is fierce as the final ten are all well known across the Three Counties for their club performances as well as radio performances.  So who are the final ten??? In no particular order, the finalists playing on the night are Apollo Dan Dan, Danny ‘Dutty Mix’ B, Flex, Ian Congdon Lee, KC, Liz-E, Michael Jay, Selekta Rhino, Shejay 1E and last but not least, Rutty B.

The rules are simple, 30mins to impress. No pre-recorded mixes, no serato/laptop aided mixing and no MC’s during the 30min sets. All the DJ names will go into a hat and will be pulled out at random by a member of the audience until each DJ has played a 30min set. Once all the DJ’shave played, the audience will get chance to place their votes in the ballot boxes. The votes will be counted on the night and the DJ withthe most amount of votes wins. If there is a tie, both DJ’s go into a 20 minute battle. Simple!

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Hitchin’s No.1 clubbing spot Remix is opening the doors and BOTH rooms for the Bubble meets UrbanRush Xmas Special on the 19th December 09.  In the main arena you have Heartless Crew’s Bushkin, Fonti & Mighty Moe, Kiss FM’s favourite DJ Pioneer, DJ D’Loose of Urban Rush, DJ Flex, Long Legz and Super Raggo Crew all hosted by Spidey G, Major Ace, Live-O and Bossman.

Arena 2 is being hosted by Urban King & Suburban Entertainment and will be home to DJ G-One & Spyro of Suburban Ent, DJ RB1 of Funky Fridays, DJ Wrecky & Teddy of Urban King with hosts Stevey Jay.

Damage on the door is £10 before 1am but if you get on the guestlist, entry is £8 (text 07949 283 694). VIP tickets are £20 and include Q jump, free glass of champs and ropped off area.  If you are quick, you can download the Xmas Special Mix from DJ D’Loose with MC Bushkin.

As many have said, a decent Drum & Bass has been long over due so expect tonight’s launch at Jumpin Jaks to be packed as for the first time ever, Jurisdiction is coming to Stevenage for a FULL Drum & Bass/Dubstep night.  The line up includes Unix from Kool Fm, T_! of ‘Stink Like Sock’ fame, Dubsy B2b with YT, Intobeats Liz-E B2B with Jak The Lad, Switch-E B2B with Chris Kaoz and Devastator B2B with Mutual Party.

MC’s on the night include Harry Shotta, Rydermike, Shatta, Shox, Furious, Jooka, D-Man, Savageman, Klass, Razdar, Blazer and Redz. Doors open from 9pm to 3am with the damage on the door priced at just £5 ALL NIGHT. All drinks on the night will be just £2 too. What more could you want?

As usual, Jumpin Jaks is playing host to Funky Fridays tonight but this installment is being headlined by UK Garage pioneers Oxide & Neutrino.  Once part of UK G’s Royal Family, So Solid, Oxide & Neutrino rode high in the charts with UK Garage anthems including the ‘Casualty’ inspired ‘Bound 4 Da Reload’ which reached No.1 in the UK charts, ‘Devil’s Nightmare’, ‘Up Middle Finger’ and our favourite, ‘No Good 4 me’ which featured Megaman, Romeo and Lisa Maffia. 

Not only performing new and old material on the night, Oxide & Neutrino will be dropping a DJ set alongside Hertfordshires finest, Super Raggo Crew, the 1 & only RB1 and Sarah Giggle.  Prices on the door are £5 before 11 and more thereafter. For guestlists, call 07949 283 694. There’s good news for all you who have gone out and got a Halloween costume as you get a free drink in fancy dress. Look out for the L23Magazine cameras as we will be in building too.

Following up on the HUGE success of the previous ‘Sweet & Sexy’ events which have seen the likes of Donaeo & Luck and Neat all perform live in Hitchin, Stevey Jay, DJ G-One and DJ Spyro are back in Hitchin to put on this monster of a night on that is ironically taking place on Halloween. 

Taking place at Hitchin’s Remix on Friday 30th October 2009, this is a event you really don’t want to miss if you are local to Hitchin or Luton.  Take on look at the line up and give us a reason why you can’t attend.

Split across two arenas, Sweet & Sexy will feature live PA’s from Young Nate and host-with-the-most Maxwell D performing the underground hit “Blackberry Hype”.  Celebrating Remix’s 2nd birthday on the night will be the full Suburban Entertainment team, MC Dappa & Twist DJ, MC Viper, DJ Garna, 3 Degrees, Wayne-E and DJ Townz.

Arena two aka ‘Button Moon’ will feature the best in deep soulful house and club classics from Steve Bentley, Chris Wilkinson and DJ M & Funky B with Sandra Grant on Sax.  As a treat, the first 50 girls through the doors before 11pm will get a free glass of wine.  More info can be found on the Remix website.

Tickets are priced at £5 in advance. If you get down early (before 11), you can also pay £5 on the door but it will be more thereafter. Remember this is over 18 and dress code of  ladies is ‘Sweet & Sexy’ and gents is ‘Smart Casual’