Damian Lazarus - Bugged Out presents 'Sucks My Deck'

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DAMIAN LAZARUS
Bugged Out presents ‘Suck My Deck’
Label: Resist
US Release Date: July 12, 2005
File Under: Electro/Techno/House
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The Bugged Out DJ series SUCK MY DECK returns with the boss of the increasingly prolific Crosstown Rebels imprint and purveyor of the critically acclaimed Rebel Futurism compilations, DAMIAN LAZARUS.

Damian’s SUCK MY DECK selection is a top-notch mix by this all round hedonist,“dance floor DJ extraordinaire and keeper of the funk.” There are some album exclusives (Freaks “Tweekers” and Border Community wonder boy James Holden’s track “Lump”). There are some forthcoming treats from Crosstown Rebels (Pier Bucci / Matt Tollfrey & Craig Sylvester). There are some huge dancefloor moments with Trentemoller, Issakidis, and the massive Superpitcher remix of M83. And there are some real surprises including Ricardo Villalobos’ criminally overlooked mix of Thomas Dolby and even the The Stranglers. While Damian brings his party aesthetic across the globe this summer, this soundtrack will be one of the summer’s essential electronic must-haves.

Damian Lazarus is quickly emerging as one of the most exciting DJ’s on the scene today with a sound that’s all about forward thinking electronic music and the more twisted hours of the morning. His faultless musical selection has picked up props around the world and most recently, Damian’s afterhours DJing sessions at the Winter Music Conference were one of this year’s highlights. He constantly delivers a fresh and unique sound best described as dirty & deep, electro house - a rebel sound designed for lovers of late night madness, future dance floor classics and cutting edge new ideas. Elsewhere, his DJing antics have taken him to such respected spaces as Bugged Out! in London, Zouk in Singapore, Rex in Paris, Circo Loco at DC-10 in Ibiza, plus DJing tours to Australia, Mexico, the United States, and a host of other dirty & sweaty underground parties around the world.

Bugged Out began as a weekly party in Manchester in 1994 and grew to be a seminal, international clubbing tour de force throughout the UK and beyond. Once referred to as “the UK's primo alternative dance extravaganza” by The FACE, Bugged Out have consistently been at the forefront of the underground dance movement. Forever championing what is cutting-edge and exciting, they have played a big part in jumpstarting the careers of Tiga, Miss Kittin, Felix Da Housecat, Ivan Smagghe and many others on the UK scene. In 2000, Bugged Out Recordings was launched to reflect the sound of the club and also a series of compilations: ‘Bugged Out with Felix Da Housecat and Justin Robertson’ (2000 Virgin), ‘Viva Bugged Out by Jon Carter’ (2002 Virgin), ‘A Bugged Out Mix by Felix Da Housecat’ (2003 React), ‘A Bugged Out Mix by Erol Alkan’ (2005 Resist), the inaugural ‘Suck My Deck by Ivan Smagghe’ (2004 React) and now their latest ‘Suck My Deck by Damian Lazarus’ (July 2005 Resist).


Damian Lazarus is giving less commercial music a big kick in the ass, and debauched dancefloors the world over are eating it up. – BPM Magazine

Damian Lazarus is keeping the off-kilter party-hard spirit of his sadly defunct City Rockers label alive…All sorts of funky basslines and electro glitches collide in this unashamedly groove tech-house mashup, making [Rebel Futurism 2] one dirty, sweaty, eardrum-popping compilation that doesn’t let up until minute 72. – XLR8R

Damian Lazarus, dance floor DJ extraordinaire and keeper of the funk. - CITYBEAT

Lazarus works best under the auspices of bringing underground beats to the masses. For anyone with an inkling of curiosity for what’s been going on in the world’s better dance clubs, Rebel Futurism is a one-stop primer on recent dance history. - EXCLAIM

British DJ and producer Damian Lazarus purveys dance-floor futurism through his imprint Crosstown Rebels. The sound is at once familiar -- think Rephlex-style Luke Vibert mixed with a bit of industrial techno -- and eerie: the records he spins are hard-hitting enough to rock any nightclub yet sleek and sensuous enough to entice listeners with discrete sensibilities. Many are bemoaning a dearth of innovative artists at this year's WMC, but if you can catch this rebel futurist DJ'ing, you're likely to get all the edginess you can handle. –MIAMI NEW TIMES


DAMIAN LAZARUS INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES

16 JUL Ten Days Off, Ghent, BELG
23 JUL Lovebox Festival, London, UK
30 JUL Arene de Nime festival, FR
01 AUG Circoloco, DC10, Ibiza, ES
06 AUG Freezer, Benicassim, Valencia, ES
09 AUG Rebels @ Electrosplash, Valencia, ES
12 AUG Empire, Middlesborough, UK
20 AUG Rebels @ Watergate, Berlin, GER
03 SEP Clorofillia, Bari, IT
22 SEP Haoman 17, Tel Aviv, IL
30 SEP Kiosk, Lille,FR


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