Dance Music News 2006
Welcome to our Dance Music News section, here you'll find general updates on what's happening in the world of clubland gossip, DJ equipment features/reviews, music industry awards and much more essential bits and bobs... Check our specific International Dance Music News sub-section for more global issues.
 After a thoroughly enjoyable and successful inaugural event, Encompass 2006 returns to the capital in May with more quality live acts, DJs, art, workshops, seminars and great parties spread over 3 nights in May. In 2005 Encompass launched what many knew was much needed and long overdue in the capital. A London festival with a vision of bringing music, art, business and
parties under ...
 The first ever Official Old Skool Awards Ceremony will be taking place on Sunday 28th May @ legendary ‘Orange’ venue Camden Palais, now known as KoKo.
This night has been designed to commemorate all of the legendary ‘Old Skool’ massive who ignited the rave scene back in the late 80’ and 90’s and are still making their mark
 The Trance Awards 2006 is a celebration of the biggest and the best in the world of trance from the past 12 months. Featuring 15 categories voted for by the public via online portal tranceawards.com the Trance Awards 2006 Powered by trackitdown.net is set to be the biggest date on the global trance calendar. Promoted by the UK’s premier dance music download portal trackitdown.net, one of the biggest...
 The Breakspoll 2006 Award Winners announced. The Plump DJs are a runaway success yet again this year. There really is no stopping these boys. They’ve come away from the 5th Annual Breakspoll Awards at London’s Fabric with a storming three awards - Best Compilation, Best Club Event and the coveted Best Producer award. The Outstanding Contribution to Breakbeat award this year went to...
 Ministry of Sound have acquired the record label Hed Kandi along with the Enterprise Records division of Smooth FM (formerly Jazz FM) from Guardian Media Group Radio Holdings for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes all associated labels of the GMG Radio Records division including One Two Records.
 Face of Pacha Competition : Pacha is without doubt the worlds most glamorous and exotic club brand. Famous for its stunning dancers, its beautiful patrons and sophisticated elegance it owes its reputation to a history of celebrity fans, stylish imagery and cutting edge house grooves.
 1Xtra today announced its fourth annual Xtra Bass Week 2006, a week of live Drum & Bass broadcasts which run from Monday 13th - Saturday 18th March 2006. This year’s Xtra Bass Week will broadcast 23 hours of live D&B on 1Xtra and will be touching down in six cities across six days with some of the biggest and freshest D&B talent in the UK right now.
 Olympic ceremony producers K2006 invited Richie Hawtin to collaborate with renowned Italian choreographer, Enzo Cosimi, on a key section of the XXth Olympics Winter Games Opening Ceremony taking place in Torino on February 10th. The new composition titled 9:20 was written & produced by Hawtin and will accompany Cosimi’s provocative choreography
featuring famous Italian dancer Robert Bolle along with dozens of other dancers, performers and acrobats.
 Launching into the stratosphere on Friday 10th February at London’s KOKO club, this years’ ShockWaves NME Awards Shows will see the hottest bands around transport music fans into a whole new ecstatic dimension. Taking over London’s best music venues for fifteen days of non-stop music the Shows finally touch down at the Hammersmith Apollo on Friday 24th February.
 German trance pioneer DJ Mark Spoon has sadly died at his Berlin home at the age of 41. Unconfirmed reports suggest a cardiac arrest or heart attack as the cause.
Clubbing UK are proud to announce details of our new Free SMS Text Messaging service, in conjunction with the Fonetastic Network. Since it's launch Fonetastic has grown significantly and the service is now so popular it has over one million users in the UK alone, with an additional 1,500 new subscribers every day.
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