Chris Cargo

2004 Archived News



29th Dec: Thankyou I would personally like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout 2004 and too wish everyone a very Happy New Year. Chris 23rd Dec: Cargo Teams Up with Barry Gilbey Chris recently popped over too the Devils Kitchen Studio’s in Sheffield to team up with Choo Choo and Beat Industries head honcho Barry Gilbey. Barry who is also one half of the successful Mara outfit has also worked alongside such luminaries as Anthony Pappa (Pappa & Gilbey), D.Ramirez and Andy Jarrod to name but a few. The resulting track “Chunkafunk” has been snapped up for release by Choo Choo Records in February of next year. The track itself is a devastating slice of Chunky Techno that’s already been tried and tested by Barry and Chris at recent gigs, Tom Stephan and Anthony Pappa have already thrown their weight behind the track from advance cdr copies. Watch this space for more information regarding release date when we have it. 10th Dec: Cargo announces Christmas Dates Over the festive period you can catch Chris at Rise @The Basement, Belfast on Boxing Night (26th December) So if you've had a enough Turkey and are fed up watching Morecambe and Wise re-runs get on down to Rise. Admission on the night is £7 and doors are 9pm til late. On New Years Eve Chris will be making a special appearance in Belfast longest running club "Thompson's". If Chris's last NYE outing in Thompson's is anything to go by this is going to go off big time!!! Alongside Chris will be local hero's Steve Boyd, Connor MaGavock and Glen Molloy. There's a champagne reception and exclusive cd giveaways all for a mere £20 Admission is strictly by ticket only available from Thompson's or by contacting one of the number's below; TEL: 02890 323 762: 07711 843 680: 07876477331: Doors are 9pm til 3am Go to the Gigs section to see all Chris' dates over the Christmas & New year period 07th Dec: Cargo in Russia Last weekend 3/4th December Chris was in Russia playing first up in Novokuznetsk, Siberia at the Moon Club. The venue was situated in an old style Theatre and after some travelling problem's Chris finally took to the decks at around 4am and whooped the club into a frenzy until 6am before dashing to the airport to return to Moscow. Sunday morning at A-priori in Moscow Chris made his second appearance here, following such talents as Jimmy Van M, Sander kleinenberg and John Creamer and what a night it was as Chris sormed the place from 3.30am to 7am. Chris would like to thank everyone that he met on his travels. 26th Nov: Cargo doubles Up this Saturday This Saturday will see Chris playing 2 sets the first will be at the mighty Lush! in Portrush from 9pm til 11pm and then after a short dash down the motorway Chris will be jumping on the the turntable's at Imprint @The Basement in Belfast at 1am. Make sure you don't miss either!!!!! 23rd Nov: Something Fishy.... Preview by Graham Crothers (Alternative Ulster) November 2004 Saturday 27th November is a date worth looking forward to when deep house dons Fish Go Deep appear at Imprint, Basement Bar, Belfast, for the launch of their upcoming album ‘Lil’ Hand’- and its an NI exclusive date t‘boot! Fish Go Deep are Greg Dowling and Shane Johnson. They have recently begun a new residency at Fast Eddies in quality clubbing music mecca Cork. The club night ‘Go Deep’ recently relocated after a year of madness which included pretty special names like Needs and Charles Webster to pick out just a few. Spinning since the late 80’s their residency at Ireland’s longest running and best known house club, Sweat at Sir Henry’s in Cork, spanned more than a decade and influenced a generation of Irish clubbers and deejays, not to mention that they brought over outright heavyweights in the form of Joe Clausell, Derrick Carter, Kerri Chandler and Herbert. Their production work meanwhile has been released on such labels as Brique Rogue and Chez Music. On the night they will assisted by Tracey Kelliher on vocal duties, who appears on a number of tracks off the forthcoming album. A regular on the Irish DJ circuit, Tracey has played high profile gigs at dance music festivals down south such as Cork Jazz and Heineken Groove Weekenders. She also supported hip hop legends The Roots on their only Irish concert as well as Groove Armada back in 1999 at the Cork Opera House. If the show is even half as good as it was the last time they played Belfast then we’re in store for a stonking night. The album is expected by the end of the year. Be on the lookout. 05th Nov: 2004 DJ Mag top 100 results Well its here folks this years DJ Mag top 100 results are below; Unfortunately Chris didnt make it this year (always next time though) For a record-breaking third year in a row, the Dutch master Tiësto holds the number one spot. There really is no disputing this man's position in the hearts of clubbers across the globe. Previously, Paul Oakenfold and Carl Cox have both won the award twice, but Tiësto has taken things to a whole new level with his 25,000 capacity stadium gigs and DJing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games to a TV audience in excess of 4.5 billion. There really is no other individual who could claim the title of Top 100 DJ 2004, and we congratulate Tiësto for his amazing achievement, and the Poll's first ever 'treble'! Keep your eyes peeled here though for the next 150 Coming November 12th Which DJs received thousands of votes but didnt quite make it in to the 100 We have the answers, coming soon. DJ MAG TOP 100 1 Tiësto [non-mover] 2 Paul Van Dyk [non-mover] 3 Armin Van Buuren [non-mover] 4 Sasha [non-mover] 5 Ferry Corsten [up 1 places] 6 Hernan Cattaneo [up 16 places] 7 Christopher Lawrence [up 28 places] 8 John Digweed [down 3 places] 9 Paul Oakenfold [down 1 places] 10 Deep Dish [non-mover] 11 Carl Cox [down 4 places] 12 Sander Kleinenberg [up 1 places] 13 ATB [up 34 places] 14 Judge Jules [down 5 places] 15 James Zabiela [down 4 places] 16 Marco [down 1 places] 17 Roger Sanchez [up 4 places] 18 Benny Benassi [Highest New Entry] 19 Tall Paul [non-mover] 20 Danny Howells [down 8 places] 21 Steve Lawler [down 7 places] 22 Erick Morillo [down 6 places] 23 Chris Liebing [Highest climber 65 places] 24 DJ Dan [Re-entry] 25 Eddie Halliwell [down 5 places] 26 Andy C [up 45 places] 27 Mauro Picotto [down 10 places] 28 Johan Gielen [down 4 places] 29 Lady Dana [up 26 places] 30 Lisa Lashes [down 4 places] 31 Adam Freeland [up 5 places] 32 Markus Schulz [New entry] 33 Yoji Biomehanika [up 37 places] 34 Sven Vath [up 7 places] 35 Bad Boy Bill [up 37 places] 36 James Holden [up 40 places] 37 Dave Clarke [down 6 places] 38 Blank & Jones [up 35 places] 39 Above & Beyond [New entry] 40 Danny Tenaglia [down 22 places] 41 Gabriel & Dresden [up 1 places] 42 Marco Carola [up 58 places] 43 Nick Warren [down 15 places] 44 Richie Hawtin [down 11 places] 45 Laurent Garnier [down 16 places] 46 Pete Tong [down 21 places] 47 Jeff Mills [down 8 places] 48 Satoshi Tomiie [down 14 places] 49 Misstress Barbara [non-mover] 50 Adam Beyer [up 15 places] 51 Fatboy Slim [down 8 places] 52 John 00 Fleming [down 25 places] 53 Plump DJs [down 16 places] 54 David Morales [up 28 places] 55 Umek [down 10 places] 56 Lee Burridge [down 26 places] 57 Dave Seaman [down 17 places] 58 Fergie [down 35 places] 59 Matt Hardwick [up 5 places] 60 Slacker [New entry] 61 DJ Luna [New entry] 62 M.I.K.E.(Push) [down 12 places] 63 DJ Rush [non-mover] 64 Max Graham [down 8 places] 65 Michel De Hey [New entry] 66 Victor Calderone [New entry] 67 2 Many DJs [up 18 places] 68 Hercio [New entry] 69 Kai Tracid [New entry] 70 Junior Jack [New entry] 71 Flash Brothers [New entry] 72 Aphrodite [New entry] 73 Felix Da Housecat [up 4 places] 74 Tidy Boys [non-mover] 75 BK [down 18 places] 76 Miss Kittin [New entry] 77 Benjamin Bates [New entry] 78 Dave Pearce [Re-entry] 79 Anne Savage [down 31 places] 80 DJ Vibe [New entry] 81 Cosmic Gate [up 5 places] 82 Derrick Carter [down 50 places] 83 Ronski Speed [New entry] 84 Armand Van Helden [Re-entry] 85 Chris Fortier [Re-entry] 86 Remy [New entry] 87 Seb Fontaine [down 41 places] 88 Nic Fanciulli [New entry] 89 James Lavelle [down 45 places] 90 Proteus [New entry] 91 Rank [New entry] 92 BT [down 9 places] 93 DJ Shadow [New entry] 94 Zinc [Re-entry] 95 Lisa Pin-Up [down 35 places] 96 Marco Bailey [New entry] 97 Darude [New entry] 98 Andy Farley [down 44 places] 99 Ronald Van Gelderen [New entry] 100 Mark Farina 29th Oct: Cargo & Hamilton in collaboration Chris has just completed the signing of his latest collaboration with Lush! supremo Col Hamilton entitled "Broken Piano" on Pravo Recordings. Pravo Recordings is the new label set up by Futureshock The single will be the second release on the label and will come complete with a remix from Lowriders supremo Nick K. The release will hopefully see the light of day before Christmas. 20th Oct: Chris releases 'Saddle Funk' on Mixmaster Records Chris releases his first single for his home town based label Mixmaster Records. Entitled 'Saddle Funk' its pure Cargo chuggy loopy drummy house at its best with a wicked grooving bass line. On the flip Graeme L provides a more uptempo almost Techy edged pounder thats sure to light the tougher floors. Selected DJ Responses I like the track and l played the Original Mix last night in Greece. The Graeme L Remix is also good but l prefer the Original Mix. Anthony Pappa Graeme L mix for me, you have my support, in the box........ Tom Stephan I played your Saddle Funk ting at 2 gigs in Bulgaria at the weekend and it worked beautifully!! Wikkid tunes mate, well done. Tony Thomas Have already played the track: club Q (CH) - Acanto Lounge (Mexico City) Charted: 4, the original is an complitely brain funk! I love it DJ Nukem Like the Graeme L remix, Played on Ministry Radio Show Graham Gold Im liking this a lot!!!! Marcus James Quality stuff from the cargo fellow as you would expect plus a top notch remix from mister L, wicked Barry Gilbey Loving The Original played on the show Paul Mclean (BBC Radio Ulster) Review Belfasts Mixmaster imprint is back, this time with a track from head A&R boy, Chris Cargo. Chris tribally techy sound has ventured onto some of the top labels recently including ACDC where his remix of Alex Joons 'Deep Down' was absolutely blinding. Surprisingly though, its not his production, which is still very good, that has got me all hot and bothered here, its the stunning remix from Graham L. Graham pumps the action up and delivers a track that verges on full-on techno but has all the right proggy elements that I think will keep you guys very happy indeed. 8/8 (Derek Taylor) M8 Magazine You can buy the single from the Mixmaster Records' Website 15th Oct: Article on Chris psymag.com have an article on Chris' release - Watts A Funkin (Original) / Feel. There is a review of the release & plenty of praise for Chris' remix & production skills. Click for the full article 04th Oct: New Night at Belfast's Garrick Bar A brand new night is launching in Belfast's Garrick Bar on Friday 9th October 2004 and Mr. Cargo will be the first guest to touch down on the one's and two's. Named 'Phonic' the night promise's to bring all flavour's of House music together under one roof, from Tech-House to Tribal to Deep House to progressive with even a touch of break-beat thrown in for good measure. Phonic is the brain child of Gary Dickenson one of the rising stars in the Belfast club scene, recently Gary has played in the mighty Lush!, The Edge and The Front Page. Gary is also a bit of fledglying producer and his first track entitled "Natural Born/Burning" coming soon on Play Recordings has been signed up by UK label Play Recordings. Doors are 9pm til late and admission is a mere £4/3 N.U.S. 08th Sept: The Prodigy's Keith Flint talks to Radio 1 Prodigy frontman Keith Flint has been telling Radio 1 about his forthcoming plans and the dance punk's diary is looking pretty full. Radio 1 caught up with Keith at Creamfields, where he was on stage with his new outfit Clever Brains Fryin. He told us it's a busy time for him: "We're doing a small Uni tour and then I'm in the studio with the Prod. I'll do some bits there for the live show and the tour that's coming up there." "I'm just on the road 24/7, from one gig to another and that's all good. That's what I love, that's why I'm here, so it's not going to be difficult for me at all." The Prodigy's latest album, 'Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned' - their first new offering for seven years - entered the chart at No.1 this weekend. The Prodigy play the Ulster Hall, Belfast on 10th December. 25th Aug: Vote for your Favourite DJ The Top 100 DJs vote 2004 is approaching fast and you can vote for chris right on www.djmag.com from Friday 20th August. Results will be announced at a massive party to be held on 28th October. Let's get some new blood up there in the high placings! So vote for Chris Cargo now www.djmag.com 25th Aug: Derry Double Header. This Bank Holiday Weekend see's Chris travel to the maiden city of L'Derry for two stints behind the turntables. First of on Saturday Chris will join Colin Friel at L'Derry's only weekly House night at Bar Zu, for some straight up House Music. For further info check out www.barzu.co.uk Then on the Sunday night Chris makes his debut at the now legendary Point Inn reunion nights. The North west's most celebrated club night returns to the Strand Bar this week. The Point Inn Reunion will take place this Sunday 29th August, the first since Easter. Dj's on the nite will be Gleave Dobbin, Col Hamilton, Paul P, Colin Friel and off course Mr. Cargo. The Venue once more will be the Strand bar. The Strand has being a very successful venue for the reunions ever since moving to the Strand from the nerve centre the Point crowds have gone from strength to strength. This shows the appeal of the Reunions not only to those who attended the Point but also to new generation in search of the ultimate clubbing and musical experience. So if you fancy some funky house on the Saturday or a splash of Piano old skool on the Sunday then L'derry is the place to be this Bank Holiday Weekend. 14th Aug: Frankie Knuckles has street named after him. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has proclaimed Wednesday 25th August 2004 as "Frankie Knuckles Day". The DJ reputed to be the 'Godfather of House' is having a street named after him, a first for any DJ in the world. The event will include the renaming of Jefferson Street, to "Frankie Knuckles Way", and begins at 12.00 noon outside the legendary Warehouse club, where Frankie started playing more than 20 years ago, the venue widely said to be the birthplace of house music. The DJ/producer who has pioneered house music for the last two decades will take time off from his 11 month A New Reality World Tour and return to the city for an honorary street dedication ceremony. The highlight of the ceremony will be a presentation by Alderwoman Madeline Haithcock at 6.30pm, who will honour Knuckles before his set at the Chicago Summer Dance event being held at the Spirit of Music Garden, Grant Park (601 South Michigan Avenue). 30th July: Chris returns to Lush & Wally Lopez joins him. On Saturday 7th August Chris returns to the mighty Lush in Portrush, where he will be spinning alongside Wally Lopez. Wally Lopez can be regarded as one of the men responsible for the current surge in the Spanish house scene. He won the award for the best house record of the year in 2001, with "Patricia never leaves the house" by Deejay magazine, and in 2002 he was nominated in the categories for DJ of the Year and Track of Year for his release "Disco Night" on Weekend Records. He has also been previously voted "Best Newcomer" at the Ibiza DJ Awards, an accolade that has been giving to DJs such as Hernan Cattaneo and Steve Lawler. Wally has done more than 40 re-mixes this year alone, for artists such as Robbie Rivera, Dirty Vegas, Ananda Project and for Spanish pop icons such as Monica Naranjo and Miguel Bose. And he's finishing his album debut and his compilation on Weekend Records. For the most of the summer you can catch Wally Lopez at Pacha in Ibiza. This will be Lopez's first venture to Ireland, doors are 9pm til 2am. For more info log onto www.wallylopez.com 28th July: New Tune gets German release Chris's latest release entitled Feel/Watts a Funkin is now due for release on German label Hadshot at the end of August. The track is already gaining heavy dj plays and plenty of reviews. You can read all the reviews and feedback here in a couple of weeks. 23rd July: Chris wishes to thank those who attended his Greece & Russia Gigs Chris would like to thank everyone that made his gigs in Greece and Russia so memorable. Watch this space for pictures & reviews from the gigs. 01st July: We Love Sundays 2004 Space Ibiza Details We Love... Sundays are officially open to business this summer in Ibiza after their opening party last weekend (June 20) at Space. Todd Terry, Hernan Cattaneo, the Rooty DJs (Tayo + Frank Tope) together with 2004 summer residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips all took to the decks and delivered huge day for the sun-tanning, party-going, music-loving clued up Ibiza crowds. Now, before you think to yourself 'f&#* I've already missed one of the best parties...', the artists already confirmed to play for the 2004 season at We Love Sundays is just phenomenal! (Warning, if you have a heart condition and are easily excited by quality electronic music you should stop reading here as the full listings follows.) June 27th - Danny Howells, James Zabiela, David Moreno, Jose De Divina. With Residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. July 4th - John Digweed, Jose Padilla, James Zabiela, Smoking Jo. With residents Jason Bye, David Phillips, Juan Gomez, Sin Plomo. July 11th - Cassius, Green Velvet, Tiga, Tom Novy, Lee Stark (Barcelona). With Residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye David Phillips, Tania Vulcano and Oscar Colorado. July 18 - Erick Morillo, Grandmaster Flash, Who da Funk. With residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye David Phillips and Reche. July 25 - Jeff Mills, Josh Wink, Umek, Groove Armada, Tom Novy. With residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye, David Phillips, Voodoo & Serano and Jonathan Ulysees. August 1 Presented by Tenax - Cosmic twins (Francois K & Derrick May), Ralf, Sister Bliss, Ben Korbel, Alex Neri, Dj Tremendo. With residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. August 8 - Layo & Bushwacka, Felix Da Housecat, Groove Armada, Dj Sneak, Danny Rampling, Rob da Bank and Chris Coco. With residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and Dave Phillips. August 15 - Space Birthday! Jeff Mills, Erick Morillo, Blackstrobe, Christian Smith, Tom Novy. With Residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. August 22 in association with Cocorico - Laurent Garnier, Sasha, Ralf, James Zabiela, Tom Novy. With Residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. August 29 - Jeff Mills, Danny Howells, Harry Choo Choo Romero. With residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. September 5 - Sasha & James Zabiela (back to back), Grandmaster Flash, Tom Stephan. With residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. September 12 - Felix Da Housecat, Groove Armada. With residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. September 19 - in association with Back to Basics - Tiefschwarz, Craig Richards, Aldrin (Zouk), Lottie, Ralph Lawson, Paul Woolford, Dave Beer, Tom Novy, Rob Da Bank. With Residents Steve Lawler, Jason Bye and David Phillips. September 26 - Closing Party - Layo & Bushwacka, Steve Lawler and James Zabiela (Back to Back) Groove Armada, Rooty ( Felix Jaxx, Tayo & Frank Tope) With Residents Jason Bye and David Phillips. 22nd May: Chris joins Mixmaster Records Chris has joined the team at Mixmaster Recordings in an A&R capacity at the Belfast based label. He will be involved with the day to day running of the label, so please feel free to send demos to the address below; Mixmaster Records c/o Chris Cargo 33 Queens Street Belfast BT1 6EA UK The first release for the recently revamped label will be Piliavin and Zimbardo "Dirty Sanchez/Drama" which is released on 19th july. 18th May: Sasha returns with new album Sasha returns with the follow up to his artist album 'Airdrawndagger' with 'Involver' . In this new project for Global Underground, Sasha pushes the boundaries for himself as a DJ by combining the concept of a DJ compilation with the essence of a producer/artist album. 'Involver' contains special Sasha remixes and re-creations that were exclusively recorded for this album. Sasha has chosen some of his favourite tunes including music from Felix da Housecat, Spooky and Petter. Sasha says: "Things like The Youngsters and Spooky are tracks that I've been playing for two or three years. I'm presenting them back out into the world again my own way which is exactly what DJs always talk about doing. They don't have the tools to do that when they are in a club. The fact that I got all the separate parts to the mixes and put it all back together to create my own sound is the ultimate form of DJing." Below is the complete track listing; 01 GRAND NATIONAL - TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES 02 SHPONGLE - DORSET PERCEPTION 03 PETTER - THESE DAYS 04 UNKLE - WHAT ARE YOU TO ME? 05 THE YOUNGSTERS - SMILE 06 SPOOKY - BELONG 07 UNKLE - IN A STATE 08 LOSTEP - BURMA 09 FELIX DA HOUSECAT - WATCHING CARS GO BY 10 ULRICH SCHNAUSS - ON MY OWN 04th May: Chris Cargo for Alex Joon Remix gets a release Alex Joon - Deep Down A. Original B. Chris Cargo Remix Catalogue No. ACDC 206 Release Date: Out Now! The new release from Swedish ACDC comes by courtesy of Alex Joon, a talented producer that has been DJ-ing in and around Gothenburg for the last 15 years. Two years ago he started up his own label, Deleet Records, dedicated to afro-funky-house. Through his hunger and dedication for house music, he has become a diverse producer today. Alex has been producing progressive trance with Matenda, soulful vocal house as Soulmate and tribalistic progressive house as Alex Joon. Deep Down is as dark, dirty and tribal as it gets. It was actually laying around the office for a while before it was re-discovered on a CDR with other tracks. It was tried out the same weekend to massive reactions. For the flipside we requested the remixing skills of Chris Cargo, one of Ireland's finest DJs and producers who has had numerous releases on labels such as Choo Choo, Automatic and Play House Recordings. His aptly named Sleuth night, a monthly event in Belfast attracted the worlds finest DJs/producers from the Progressive scene running for 4 successful years until its demise in 2001. Chris, seen as one of the pioneers of Progressive House in Ireland is today gracing the decks all over the world. The remix has gained early support by Anthony Pappa, Seb Fontaine, Barry Gilbey and heaps of others. 19th April: Radio 1 - One Big weekend This Weekend In Derry/Londonderry One Big Weekend takes place in Prehen Fields, Derry/Londonderry on 24th/25th of April. The event will happen across two days, offering 20,000 music fans the chance to come and enjoy a mix of world class DJs and live artists, all for free. Saturday is dedicated to dance and Sunday is given over to live artists and bands. Saturday Lineup: Faithless // Pete Tong // Seb Fontaine // Judge Jules // Fergie Armin Van Buuren // Agnelli & Nelson // Tall Paul //Col Hamilton // Deep Fried Funk & Celtronic DJs. Sunday Lineup: Ash // Kelis // The Streets // Franz Ferdinand // Avril Lavigne // Keane // The Lovegods On the Saturday Chris will be spinning at one of the many after parties taking place. You can catch him at the vibrant Bar Zu, in L'Derry. 13th April: Catch Chris on BBC Radio Ulster on Thursday the 15th April Catch Chris live on thursday 15th April at 9pm on bbc radio ulsters across the line show. Across the Line Website or Listen Live Presented by Paul McClean, for two hours you'll get the low down on who's playing where, the latest releases and top interviews with the people really at the cutting edge of electronic music If there's an issue that concerns you, we'll be on it, and if we're not, tell us and we soon will be! The show starts at 8pm and chris will be spinning live from 9pm; To listen live click the link above. 09th April: Chris's April update for www.beatfactor.net available To read the April column go to www.beatfactor.net 30th Mar: New night in Belfast launches on Easter Sunday Forge Easter Sunday 11th April Easter Sunday sees the launch of a brand new night to the Belfast night life. The night entitled 'Forge' kicks off at the Edge in Belfast on Easter Sunday, 11th April 04. The emphasis on the night is Homegrown underground talent.Tribal, Tech House and breaks are the sound in what will be the first in a series of events. The venue itself will be transformed into more compact and underground style, whilst still retaining The Edges comfortable finishings. Providing the Grooves for the opening night wil be Chris Cargo, Kev Traynor, Gary Dickenson and Stuart Mckeown. This will be the first in a series of events, with the aim of providing an avenue for up and coming local talent and to provide the local scene with something thats missing.... Admission £5 b4 11, £6 after, NUS £4 all night. The Edge, May's Meadow, Laganbank Road, Belfast 9pm > late 18th Mar: Catch Chris mix online at Paradox Wednesday 24th March - Trance Show Guest - Jimpy Thursday 25th March - Bpm Show Guest - Chris Cargo Live on www.paradoxuk.net every Wednesday & Thursday7pm till 9pm (GMT) 05th Mar: Chris writes column for monthly www.beatfactor.net To read the column go to beatfactor.net 22nd Feb: Chris Cargo mix on Juice FM Juice FM was voted "the fastest growing Radio Station in the UK" in 2003 The latest industry audience figures are out and they show that Juice FM has again closed the gap on its nearest rival! You can catch Chris's mix live online at www.juicefm.com on Steve Parry's show between 8pm - 10pm Saturday Night. Forthcoming Mixes For Steve's Show: 28th Feb - Chris Cargo 7th March - James Holden (Border Community Records Party) 14th March - Quivver 21st March - Tom Stephan 17th Feb: Renaissance announce annual Parties Renaissance are delighted to announce the first in a series of new, annual parties to mark the start of the summer events season - 'Wild in the Country' a limited capacity, festival style event over 3 arenas, will be held at Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire's finest stately home, on the 1st May. We can exclusively reveal that Sasha will be headlining the event, making a historic return to Renaissance in the UK for the first time in 10 years. Doors are 7pm - 6am. Tickets priced at £30 until 1st March from wayahead.com. Further details and full line-up will also be announced via this site very soon. 29th Jan: Reviews of Chris' Remix of Minilogue V's Kab track 'Join the Minicab' Chris's latest remix see's him remixing top swedish producers Minilogue, known for their tracks on Sog and Baroque. This time they find themselves teaming up with Kab for the first outing for new portugal imprint feed me. Chris's mix has been gaining huge support from the likes of Satoshi Tomiie, Tom Stephan who spun it on his Kiss fm show, Canada's Greg Benz, Power/Southern fm's Paul Hilliyer - who says "like the Chris Cargo mix, he can't do wrong lately to be honest. played at Cream, Brighton the other week plus in my box and on the shows, Quiver and Metrodance's Romina Rodriguez says "i really love this kind of records! it's an excellent quality proggie tune that combines all those elements that make the track essential for the dj. Chris Cargo's remix is huuuuuuugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. As well as peaking in the Balance Chart at number 4, the track has gained many reviews which can be read below. DJ MAG Minilogue have impressed for some time, quietly doing their own thing in the realm of 'forward thinking house music', so it's good to see something new from them having combined forces with Karl-Axel Bissler on brand spanking new Portuguese label, Feed Me. 'Join the Minikab' ambles along as a nice deep house track for a bout 3 minutes until all manner of oddness emerges from a full orchestra to creepy but hooky little lead and the hint of a operatic female vocal a la pole folder. in the latter parts, these fx are give a distinct guitar waa-waa and the track has grown into something ofepic proportions. brilliantly built, funny, gripping and slightly worrying. i grow in appreciation at every outing! 4.5/5 - sureplayer Nick Bates (DJ Mag) IDJ Progressive House reviews An impressive start for new Portugal imprint Feed Me Records courtesy of the Swedes Minilogue, who gave us the excellent 'in a deeper motion' on Baroque, and Karl-Axel Bissler. It's a warm, atmospheric affair with female vocal snatches, synths and strings building the track up. On the flip Choo Choo's Chris Cargo offers up a more stripped-down affair with the focus more on the groove. ** Jose Riera M8 MAGAZINE New Portugese label Feed Me Records get off to a great start with this one. Top Swedish producers Minilogue, known for their tracks on Sog and Baroque, deliver a warm, progressive track, a solid groove based around atmospheric synths and growling bass. chris cargo, one of Ireland's finest djs, turns in a tribal, chuggy remix, quality progressive that works equally well in peaktime and warmup sets. excellent first release for feed me records, whose strong debut looks set to continue with forthcoming releases by moshic, kasey taylor and many others. M7/M8 (Dave Begg) Release Records A couple of well known prog names teaming up for a nice original here on feed me. It's a nice bouncy techy progressive track built around subtle chords and sweeping strings and some of the tightest percussion programming out there. the Chris Cargo mix on the flip is a true tech-house delight, he combines some nice lush old-school pad sounds with some nice pumping percussion. 3Beat Records Warm prog from this awesome new Portugese label. Beautiful synths and a creepy distorted lead with hints of female vocal sums up the main mix, while Chris Cargo remix is a housey yet hypnotic mix. Cool! progressive-sounds.com Feed Me Records is a brand new label from lovely Lisbon, Portugal. Their focus will be on progressive, techy, and trancey beats, produced by some of the world's biggest talents. Their first release is a great tune by Minilogue vs Kab. Swedish producers Minilogue have recently had releases out on Baroque and Sog, which gained support from the big jocks and bedroom listeners alike. Kab is Karl-Axel Bissler who lends a hand in the studio turning knobs. 'Join the Minikab' is a smooth progressive cut with a great deeper house mix by Chris Cargo on the flip. The 'Original mix' is a nice progressive track. Warm melodies and groovy percussion lead the way into a nice moving bassline. Ambient sounds swim above, while a smooth female voice sample comes in, softly and real sounding, with just a touch of trippy effects. We fall into an orchestral breakdown with swooping synths and wonderful tones. A gritty distorted lead comes in, and slithers through the rhythm. This is an amazing tune that will work wonders on the dancefloor. The flipside features a remix by Irish Dj 'Chris Cargo'. known for his deep tribal house sets from Ibiza and beyond, his remix has a deeper vibe than the original. percussion starts in with shakers, toms, and nice highs, as a murky low bass comes up underneath. Dreamy tones roll over the drums, while a cut up vocal sample is dropped ever so slightly in. this is a really cool remix that could drop into a warm up set perfectly. Feed Me Records starts out on the right foot with a big release from Minilogue vs. Kab, and a great remix by Chris Cargo. Forthcoming releases will come from Moshic, Kasey Taylor, and many others. 26th Jan: Cargo makes Thompson's Return** After almost two years Chris will be making along awaited return to Belfast club Thompson's on Friday 6th February. For eight years the venue has been one of Belfast's prime House venues supporting local and international guest djs. In years gone by Chris regularly spun at the Sanctuary of Sound, New House Nation and Code nights and returns this time to play the popular Groovalicious night. Joining Chris will be resident dj and promoter Stephen Boyd. For further info log onto www.clubthompsons.com