Hydroponic Music - Meat Market 2

Hydroponic Music in Association with Corona Extra & Propaganda present:

The Meat Market # 2

Clampdown DJs: Arveene & Johnny Moy

Plus: Michael McKeown (Hydroponic Music) & Steve Boyd (Thompsons)

Fri 1st August

Thompsons

Patterson’s Place, Belfast

10pm – LATE

Hydroponic Music, in association with Corona Extra are proud to present the second installment of their unique series of nomadic, underground music events on Fri 1st August at Thompson’s, Belfast.

The event, hosted by the Propaganda club night in Thompsons, will hone in on deep underground house, tech house, electro and funk fuelled techno. Special Guests on the night are two of Dublin’s hardest working and most respect DJs – CLAMPDOWN residents Arveene & Johnny Moy, alongside Hydroponic Music resident Michael McKeown & Thompson’s main man Steve Boyd.

Arveene (Clampdown/Underwater/The End)

The major buzz currently surrounding young Arveene is easy to explain, he has been hard at it since he was just 17 playing Dublin’s most seminal clubs, although only a nipper he showed huge promise from the off with a very dedicated and professional work ethic that set him apart from his peers, not to mention a natural flair for music and more importantly knowing what makes people rock without relying on big tunes and obvious choice records, in short.. he got the skills to pay the bills.

Lets take it to 2006…

Arveene makes the decision to get into the studio and start making his own music, he knocks out 2 bootlegs and suddenly the world is listening. Tours with The Prodigy and blows the place away every time. Soulwax get wind of the new kid on the block and ask him to join them on their stage at Hi Fi UK. Gets offered a residency in The End after his debut performance, plays there for Underwater, Bugged Out and Erol Alkan, things move up a level.

After a series of club dates across UK and Europe he founded music collective Clampdown which is primarily about good music from all genres in various venues, the emphasis is on quality and not current trends or fads. Clampdown hits London's famous Lock Tavern in Camden with a bang - the first party had Arveene, Andrew Weatherall, James Lavelle and David Holmes rocking the rafters, attendees included Primal Scream, Radioslave, Dave Dorrell and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich (all dancing).

Opens for the Prodigy at Hi Fi Ireland and finishes set with his own brand new mash up of Rage against the Machine, leading to a request from Daft Punk to perform as their opening act at Ireland’s Marlay Park. The gig will be remembered as truly historic, Arveene played a blinder……….....the saga continues…….

Quotes

“Tipped as the one to watch in Ireland, 26 year old Arveene plays a blend of eletro, funk, techno, reggae and break beat music”
-Sunday Tribune

“Arvo has played with us a good few times and always buzzes the crowd, I just heard is rage bootleg and its a monster tune that builds and builds then bursts into action but it never relies totally on the original rage song .a killer”
-Liam Howlett – The Prodigy

“In Ireland’s club scene Arveene is a one man empire”
-Sunday Independent

“The boy Arveene who is a regular at top Irish clubs has just got a residency at legendary London night club, The End. His block rocking mix of punky funk and electro will ensure the 20,000 people who are there to see The Prodigy will be firing on all cylinders”
-The Star

“Arveene warmed up for me in Dublin and London a couple of times, and did exactly what a great DJ should do; kept me looking over to find out what certain records were and built the room perfectly. One for the future, Arveene is on it”
-Erol Alkan

Johnny Moy

Johnny Moy has been collecting records since the tender age of eleven. His appetite increased upon moving to London where he attended early warehouse parties, hung around record stores and got hooked up with the emerging baleric beat movement.

His debut behind the decks came alongside Andrew Weatherall who was on the verge of unleashing Primal Scream’s seminal ‘Loaded’ and remixing My Bloody Valentine. Johnny went on to promote Weatherall’s debut Irish DJ show was at the legendary Beat Club.

Critically acclaimed as Ireland’s leading DJ/Promoter thoughout the nineties, Johnny gained credence both nationally and internationally from the likes of I-D, The Face, Melody Maker, URB (USA), and Time Out (NYC and London).

Further feathers in his cap include remix work for U2 – who used his remix of ‘Elevation’ as their entrance song for the ‘Elevation’ world tour - David Holmes and Bell X1.

Furthermore, he was personally chosen as tour DJ for The Chemical Brothers and Death in Vegas tour and pinned down residencies in some of the worlds leading clubs including Twilo (NYC), Centro Fly (NYC), Groovejet (Miami), Art College (Belfast), Shine (Belfast), Bugged out (Manchester) The End and Heavenly Social (London).

Current projects include co-management of Dublin band Mainline and up and coming Irish DJ sensation Arveene. In addition, Johnny also manages the Bud Rising music series in Ireland, coordinating over 150 shows including the likes of Beck, The Magic Numbers, The Zutons, The Raconteurs, CSS, Maximo Park, Primal Scream, We are scientists, The Chemical Brothers, Sonic Youth, Kings of Leon and Groove Armada.

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