Dance Music News 2002
 In the months following Fatboy's record-breaking party on Brighton Beach with a ¼ million friends that came to see him and Midfield General mash it up in the July sunshine for an evenings madness, it was always in doubt if it would ever happen again as it was tarnished with the unfortunate accidental death of 26 year old Karen Manders.
 The wait is over. The Dutch trancemeister has
done it. Beating some of the biggest names in dance music to the No.1 spot, the
new undisputed king of the dancefloor is TIËSTO. An unprecedented victory
for one of the UK’s best loved DJs points decidedly at the popularity of trance.
He's the first
non-Brit ever to scoop the award.
 Read on to find out how ex-MoS & Trade resident (& now DTPM regular) Alan Thompson survived a Crocodile attack whilst canoeing in the Jungle - bumping in to Ibiza hostess Jo Mills along the way!
"Well I'm back from my break in Africa and feel wonderful. Had a great time and am well rested but nearly didn't make it. Spent the first week in Swaziland, stayed with my
 Due to London’s public transport system we arrived in Shoreditch at the Point Blank studios 1.5 hours late for a course that didn’t start till 11am! We were buzzed in and greeted by Bhav (a former student on the course, now training the groups himself!) after a brief chat with him we headed for the class rooms. Like no ordinary class room, it’s equipped with at least 10 sets of decks, mixers, headphones, CD mixers, Samplers, Drum Machines and PCs
(mainly used on
 On Tuesday 15th October London's Po Na Na venue was over run by Dance Music Personnel. From DJs and artists to promoters and club owners, A&R agents and PR people to Models and Actors, everyone
was there to see what the public had voted their number 1's and of course to witness Carl Cox & Eric Morillo tear it up at the after show party.
 The word 'Turntablist' was first coined by DJs Babu (Beat Junkies, Dilated Peoples) and Q-Bert (Invisibl Skratch Piklz) in 1998 and was meant to distinguish DJs who play tunes from DJs who "Use the turntable as a musical instrument". Due to the level of skills shown by DJs such as Qbert and Babu etc. plus the emergence of DJ teams such as The Beat Junkies, Scratch Perverts and Invisibl Skratch Piklz in the last ten years the
 Dates have been released for Groove Armada's Live UK Tour 2002 starting in November in Manchester and culminating in two nights at the Brixton Academy in London. The last event on 13th December promises to be a night of full on entertainment which will feature surprise guest DJs and support from the incredible Dirty Vegas (a move Mr Pete Tong would certainly approve of)...
 The Nescafe Ministry Of Sound Global Tour (covering a staggering 40 dates) reaches Beirut, then on to Seoul on the 26th & 27th September respectively, swiftly moving on 29th September to Tokyo.
October's dates start in Manila on the 5th, Bangkok on the 11th, Kuala Lumpur on the 12th, Auckland on the on the 25th. The DJs for this event will include; Tall Paul, Ferry Corsten, Narcotic Thrust and Cosmic Gate...
 Launched in 2000, DanceStar - The World Dance Music Awards are now the world's largest televised dance music event.
Born out of the need to build an international, independent dance awards ceremony that would recognise the significant impact of the dance music culture worldwide. They celebrate the achievements of the main players - DJs, artists, record labels and clubs and now bring the show to the UK shores.
 Slinky have announced the launch of a new weekly residency in Japan for a special exclusive period. The club is called Cube situated in Shiboura, Tokyo with a 1600 capacity spread over two rooms.
The basic idea is to copy and replicate the Opera House in Bournemouth and take it to Tokyo for three months from October to December with the closing night on New Year's
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