DEVOTION pres TOOLBOX RECS 5TH B'DAY TOUR 3RD MARCH

DEVOTION

Toolbox Recording's 5th birthday Tour with Nik Denton and Dave Owens.

Support from James Devlin & Wayne M.

3rd March @ Liquid Nightclub, Bray




DEVOTION presents Toolbox Recording's 5th Birthday Tour - a celebration of 5 banging Toolbox years. So what have Toolbox managed to squeeze in during those 5 short years? Let's start with the artists: Alan Thompson, Paul Glazby, Testube Babies, Simon Eve, Energy UK DJs, George E, DMF, Marc Johnson, James Nardi, Julian Dwyer, Project Mayhem, Aftermath, Alex Calver, Tim Priestley, Justin Bourne, Dynamic Intervention, Caspar, Tim Clewz, Pete Wardman, Ryan Fisher, Diss-cuss, 99th floor Elevators, Knuckleheadz, DJ Gonzalo, Steve thomas, Dave Owens, Paul King, Nik Denton have all featured on the main label at least once. That's at least 28 artists spread over 30 discs. As well as 30 releases on the main label there have been Toolbox Whites and more recently in 2005, a selection of exclusive Toolbox downloads and the whole back catalogue available digitally for those who like it that way. There have been two 'What's Your Pleasure' albums, one as a full CD release, the other available as a digital album only, and if all that wasn't enough, they have clocked up a whopping 55 tour nights and manged to give their logo a facelift three times!

Toolbox is one of the few remaining labels releasing quality hard house tracks with any sort of relation to the original sound and you can be guaranteed that Nik Denton and Dave Owens will take the roof off at DEVOTION.


Nik Denton

Nik Denton has been DJing and producing on the hard house scene since the latter end of the nineties. As a producer, his first studio effort was a collaboration with Paul King, which originally set out to be released on Tony de Vit's TDV label. The track 'You know' ended up being used as the B side to Paul's Trauma release 'Higher' on Tidy Trax and went top 5 in the national dance charts.. From that point Nik and Paul worked together on many projects, releasing most of them as white labels through Amato under the guise Overload. In the six years producing Nik has now sold somewhere in the region of 80,000 records world wide and this does not include the countless number of compilations that include his tracks. Compilations you can catch Nik on include SERIOUS SOUND OF SONIQUE, TIDY BOYS - THE ANNUAL, HARD HOUSE EUPHORIA mixed by Lisa Pin Up, EXTREME EUPHORIA mixed by Lisa Lashes, INSOMNIA mixed by Paul Glazby, INSOMNIA 3 mixed by Jez and Charlie and many more world wide. More recently he has featured on INFINITY mixed by Lisa Pin up and EXTREME EUPHORIA mixed by Anne Savage.

Nik has graced the decks at some of the UK's finest clubbing establishments and hard house nights. These include Trade, Sundissential, Afterssential, Insomniacz, Torture Garden, Sinergy, Cheeky little Monkey, Passion, Smile, XLR8, Toast and his long standing residency at Debauchery in Southampton.


Nik Denton Discography


Hard house releases with Paul King

Trauma – You'll Know (Tidy Trax)
Overload – Ooh Girl (Amato White)
Overload – Jealous Bitch (Amato White/N.E.W.S)
Overload – Bass Keeps Pumpin’ (Overdose)
Turbulence – Kick In the middle (Overdose)
Overload – Throw the madness (Amato White)
Overload – Duel (Amato White)
Nik Denton & Paul King – Spacehopper (Tidy Trax)
Nik Denton & Paul King – Bonkers (12 inch Thumpers)
Nik Denton & Paul King – 2 the beat (12 inch Thumpers)
Trauma v Nik Denton – Submission (Vicious/Trauma Trax)
Overload v George E – On & On (Deprivation)
Nik Denton & Paul King – Turn up that Stereo (Tripoli Trax)
Paul King & Nik Denton – You’ll Know 2005 (Hammerheads)
Overload – Bass Keeps Pumpin 2005 (Resurrection/Vicious)


Other hard house releases

The Morning Boys – Ultimate Seduction (Pants & Corset Records) (With Jay Cox)
The Morning Boys – Don’t Stop (12 inch Thumpers) (With Jay Cox)
Testube Babies & Nik Denton – Wanna Funk (12 inch Thumpers)
Nik Denton pres Pulse Fiction - Real wot you feel (Twisted Trax)
The Morning Boys – Lost in Vision
The Morning Boys – Pray
Jay Cox & Nik Denton – Sound of the underground
The Morning Boys – No Resistance
The Morning Boys – Ill take u there
Testube Babies v Nik Denton – Feel the friction
Overload - Duel
Nik Denton – Go ahead with the music
Nik Denton v George E – Axis of evil
Nik Denton v George E - Degrading
Nik Denton – What’s your excuse?
Nik Denton – The Lesson
SPX & Nik Denton – Come on
Nik Denton & Dave Owens - Can't Work


Dave Owens

UK Hard Dance DJ & Producer.
Label Manager of Hammerheads, a Toolbox Recordings sublabel.

Dave’s DJ career now spans over six years and in that time he has graced the decks at clubbing institutions such as Insomniacz, Housework, Insekt, Byte, Ultim-8, Incisions, Hard Up North, Out of Order, Toast, Housewives Choice, Forbidden, and was also a resident at PureFilth in Manchester.

When in the studio, Dave’s productions always come out at the harder end of the scale, some would call it fierce! Productions to date include his devastating remix of Paul King and Nik Denton’s 'You’ll Know', his co-produced release on Passion 'Keep On'. His solo effort on Hammerheads 'Ghosts In The Machine' and what is probably his biggest achievement so far, the release of 'Graduate' on Vicious Circle. So Dave has already pretty much had the scenes seal of approval. With two more tracks already licensed to Toolbox and a string of tracks and guises waiting in the sidelines 2006 looks to be the Chinese year of the Munkjack…


Dave Owens Discography


Original Tracks:

Dave Owens & Dynamic Intervention - Untitled
Munkjack – 600 Minutes
Dave Owens – Ghosts In The Machine
Curve Pusher - Ignition
Munkjack – Vera
Dave Owens – Sour Cream & Chive
Munkjack – Hot Tamale
Baseware – Woo-A-Licious
Dave Owens & Frank Farrell – Graduate
Dave Owens – Beef Dip
Baseware – Tun-a-Roc
Munkjack – Kinky Minky
Richard Toomz & Dave Owens - Margherita
Nik Denton & Dave Owens – Can’t Work
Dave Owens – Chemical Attack
Curve Pusher – Particle Board
Dave Owens & Frank Farrell – Enigma
Dave Owens & Frank Farrell – Power/Fury
Munkjack – Eat My Lasagne
Marc Johnson & Dave Owens – Challenge
Munkjack Vs Riggsy – Ixus


***Free copies of Toolbox Volume 1 to be given away on the night***

To celebrate their 5th birthday, Toolbox have released Toolbox Vol. 1 with two discs - one apiece from Paul King and Nik Denton.

Both discs also include two bonus tracks each. The Paul King remix of 'I’ll be There' is available as a full length single, along with Paul’s mix of the classic 'Save the Day' by Diss-Cuss. The Testube Babies remix of Aftermath’s 'Underworld' joins the much talked about Dave Owens mix of 'Alright' by F1 as the two remaining exclusive tracks. 'Alright' has been confirmed as the 30th release on the label, but this mix will never be released on vinyl.

It's true to say that Toolbox has grown over the years, becoming one of the most respected labels on the hard house scene and unlike some, is still here to break new artists and is still staying true to the sound of hard house. This album will undoubtedly will be everything a Toolbox fan expects and more.

***Free copies of Toolbox Volume 1 to be given away on the night***

DEVOTION

Nik Denton - Latest Chart

1. Dave Randall - Understood (Paul King Remix) (Toolbox)
2. Bulletproof - Mistakes (Tim Clewz Remix) (CDR)
3. Dave Owens & Richard Toomz - Margherita (Toolbox)
4. Tim Clewz - They gave me... (Toolbox)
5. 99th Floor Elevators - I'll be there (Paul King Retro Trade Mix) (Toolbox)
6. Tim Clewz - Headspin (Toolbox)
7. Tim Clewz - Dedicated (CDR)
8. DMF & Nick Irwin - Catch the break (Toolbox)
9. Dave Owens & Dynamic Intervention - Untitled (CDR)
10. Paul Glazby - In your mind (Vicious)
11. Ryan Blair - This is vicious (CDR)
12. Dave Owens - Sour Cream & Chive (Flashpoint)
13. Munkjack - Hot Tamale (Hammerheads)
14. Montreal Sound - Sure of you (Paul King Remix) (CDR)
15. Sound system Bangers - Underground (Sound System Bangers

DEVOTION

Set Times

21:00 - 22:30 - Wayne M

22:30 - 23:30 - James Devlin

23:30 - 01:00 - Nik Denton/Dave Owens

01:00 - 02:30 - Nik Denton/Dave Owens

tman

DEVOTION wrote:

Nik Denton - Latest Chart

2. Bulletproof - Mistakes (Tim Clewz Remix) (CDR)
4. Tim Clewz - They gave me... (Toolbox)
5. 99th Floor Elevators - I'll be there (Paul King Retro Trade Mix) (Toolbox)
15. Sound system Bangers - Underground (Sound System Bangers

tunes!

looks like a fairly out of date chart though

good luck with the night, looks like it'll be a guddun