Extended Competition

TFP Annual Competition Deadline has been extended 
So don't miss out.

Next Upcoming Event  -  06th August 2010

The White Horse -
Back Bar,

 Gold Street, Tiverton,
 Devon

alling all stompers, this Friday as part of our fortnightly event, we have a visit from ‘Filth Infatuated’ resident Dj’s Mark Neenan & Alex Selley rockin the Cave with they’re Breaks, House and Techno tuneage, vibes designed to keep ya stompin!

Also Funky George will be guesting to with his funking groovy tunes!

And Tommy Tease bringing the Bisto!

Entry is 3 pounds on the door, no under 18’s, ROAR, NASA (9pm til 1am)

Happy hour on selected drinks between 9pm and 10pm

See you in the Cave party people!

Next Upcoming Event  -  20th August 2010

The White Horse -
Back Bar,

 Gold Street, Tiverton,
 Devon

Next Upcoming Event  -  21st August 2010

The Hole In The Wall

 Little Castle Street, Exeter,
Devon

Calling all party people, TFP and Bass Kitchen (2010 Breakspoll award winners) are linking up to bring you a night to remember with the legendary Rennie Pilgrem!!

Also in full support from both crews:

Bass Kitchen DJs:

DJ Chamber (NSB Radio)
Dr Fly (Brap FM)
Wobbly wookie (Live4Vibes)

The Fusion Project DJs:

Creature Craig
Andromeda (Beatz & Bobz)
Tommy Tease (SWU Radio)
PhatJaq

And we also have a bonus guest DJ to be anounced very shortly!

Tickets: www.southwestunderground.net

100 early bird tickets selling fast!

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Rennie Pilgrem - http://www.myspace.com/renniepilgrem
DJ Chamber - http://www.myspace.com/djchamber
Bass Kitchen - http://www.myspace.com/basskitchenbristol
The Fusion Project - www.thefusionproject.com
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Just for now here's a little bit about Rennie Pilgrem:

Son of a jazz trumpeter, Rennie started life playing tenor saxophone and sitting with his Father’s various bands around Southern England. Later after getting heavily into ‘black’ music he formed various funk bands playing sax and keyboards. Rennie's musical infatuation took a big twist when he heard the sounds coming out of Detroit in the late ‘80s. After making rudimentary House music on the wrong kind of drum machines with soon to be Rhythm Section members Ellis Dee, Richard Thake and Nick ‘Newton Scott, they had interest from (amongst others) the new British house label Guerrilla. Preferring to release their own material they formed Rhythm Section Recordings and became part of the wave of breakbeat house that went on to become known as Hardcore in the early ‘90’s.

Their third release ‘Comin’ On Strong’ was a anthem and would have charted top 40 if they’d known about ‘bar codes’ on records. With Ellis Dee the crowned king of rave Djs, Rhythm Section played at pretty much every main party between ’90-92’. On the same bill as The Prodigy, Moby, Altern 8, Shades Of Rhythm and Bizzare Inc. Their music was very big with pretty much every major DJ at the time, Fabio, Grooverider, Ray Keith, Carl Cox etc etc

As the drugs sped up, so did the music. When the bpms reached a ridiculous 150, Rhythm Section decided to call it a day and separately went back to making music at House tempo.

In 1993 Rennie founded Thursday Club Recordings (TCR) as a medium for putting out his own material. His first few releases were funky house with a smattering of breaks lurking in the background. Recording now as ‘Thursday Club’ he had a big tune with ‘Thursday Theme’ which was chased by Virgin. A chance PA in Florida was another turning point in 1994. Hearing a thriving breaks scene at its original tempo galvanized Rennie into going back to pure breaks.

'A Place Called Acid' (1995) was one of the biggest breakbeat tunes around. With his pedigree as a member of the legendary Rhythm Section in the rave days Rennie's remixing skills are much in demand. He also set up 'Friction' with Adam Freeland, Tayo and Ian Williams which pretty much kick-started the whole 'Nu Skool' scene. He also coined the term 'Nu Skool' along with his fellow Friction partners as a way of describing their music.

He's released records on Whole9yards, City Of Angels, Chrysalis/EMI, Mob and China Records to name but a few. He's collaborated with many top producers including legend Arthur Baker (on 'Like No Other', 'Hey Funky People' and ‘Face It’), BLIM (on that massive 'Eskimo' track and the equally huge ‘2Freaks’) and with Meat Katie (on 'Rubba' and 'Atmosphere'). Following on from the huge ‘Black Widow’, Rennie also decided it was time to go back into the studio with Uberzone and their follow-up ‘Cous Cous’ received support from the likes of everyone from the Plump DJ’s to Pete Tong and Sasha!

He continues to DJ all over the world and wow audiences with his dancefloor-friendly funk-infused breaks.

Next Upcoming Event  -  25th September 2010

The Hole In The Wall

 Little Castle Street, Exeter,
Devon

Oh yes, calling all Trancey headz out there, we are very excited to announce that TFP will be bringing rising Tech Trance stars MAC & TAYLOR to the southwest for the first time!

This will be a very special night as it will be THE FUSION PROJECT’s 2nd Birthday bash, we will be taking over the whole building for this, more details on ticket outlets and more Dj’s to be announced very soon so keep your eyes peeled!

In the meantime checkout this blog and understand why you shouldn’t miss this event:

Over the past few years Mac and Taylor has been a name that has and continues to shake the foundations of the EDM scene! Hailing from the UK this Dj/Production duo was formed in 2007 and from the word go these guys captured the attention of the world’s elite dj’s and the scene in general.

Setting their stall out early, Mac and Taylor cruised through 2007/2008 racking up huge support from the likes of, Tiesto, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, Sander van Doorn, Scot project and so on. The guys quickly became firm favourites of global superstar Judge Jules after their tracks had sat firmly in his dj sets and on his weekly BBC Radio One show week in week out so it wasn't long until they were invited to join jules on the UK's biggest radio station BBC Radio One for not 1 but three interviews, being granted the honour of playing the prestigious Sets Education guest mix and Jules himself tipping Mac and Taylor for big things in 2009 which was certainly to be the case!

Moving into 2009 the demand and appetite for what can only be described as the Mac and Taylor sound escalated to a new level which seen them play some of the biggest and most prestigious events up and down the country and around the world! some highlights included them being invited to play alongside Deadmau5 on his Mau5Story world main stage to six thousand people in the Czech Republic and then shortly after that they were one of very few to be invited to play consecutively both of Irelands biggest music festivals Planet Love!

The versatility of the Mac and Taylor sound soon evolved and spilt over into the harder side of the EDM Scene which then seen them catching the attention of the A list on that side of the fence. No sooner did this transaction begin when they were asked to remix for the world’s Number one female Dj Lisa Lashes and hard dance hero’s The Organ donors! Following this there Pioneering cross genre began to rack up major support and caught the attention of yet another BBC Radio one Dj and major player on the hard scene Kutski.
Kutski Quoted....
“Mac and Taylor were one of the acts that really shone through in 2009, with a unique identifiable sound crossing between a cool tech-Trance vibe, yet still tough enough to rock the harder dance floors! Having gained support and praise from the biggest artists on both sides of the fence, 2010 looks to be the year these guys break into the A-list!!”

Only just into 2010 and with no sign of these guys slowing the lads have already been featured in the world’s leading EDM Magazine MixMag under a section titled “Fresh Meat” highlighting them as rising talent, and with a packed out schedule of gigs and studio projects, 2010...the stage is set!

http://www.myspace.com/macandtaylor

http://www.macandtaylor.com/

The Fusion Project Show - Hosted by Tommy Tease

Playing at 11.00pm
Every Fortnight on:

10th, 24th, 31st
August  2010

Every fortnight TFP will be playing LIVE on SWU Radio.  Make sure you tune in!!! but don't worry too much if you miss us, as every TFP broadcast is archived under the download section.

Expect an array of Breaks, House and Trance with a splash of Oldskool, to start the week off in style with myself ,residents and guests stirring up some quality tuneage!!

SWU Radio also has a Live chat room, so as you listen to The Fusion Project, you can join in and chat to Tommy Tease and the rest of the TFP Residents.