CONTACT: Sidney Charles - SPCL.K
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Sidney Charles (UK)
SPCL.K
Doors 10:00PM
Flash Nightclub
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Doors 10PM
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Having carved out his own signature sound of house and tech house, Sidney Charles has made a name for himself in the world of dance music. Originally a hip hop DJ, his love of direct rhythms was heavily influenced by The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest, which many credit as the first hip hop album to focus on the power of drums. Since then, the Hamburg native has released on respected labels such as Hot Creations, Moon Harbour, Drumcode, No Art, Locus, Relief, Do Not Sleep, and Eastenderz among others. After playing major dance floors such as DC10 (Ibiza), Social Music City (Milan), Sankeys (Manchester/Ibiza), and Creamfields (UK), Sidney Charles brings his deep and groovy sound to the District for his Flash debut.
// Club Level //
Sidney Charles (UK)
SPCL.K
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Sidney Charles:
Originally from Hamburg, Germany, Sidney Charles is a DJ, Producer and Label Boss at the top of his game. His sound has continued to evolve and develop into a deep, minimal, groovy and melodic vibe influenced by the 90s house sound. Sidney ́s rich catalogue boasts recent releases via the likes of No Art, Locus, PIV, Do Not Sleep, Eastenderz, with his own Heavy House Society imprint welcoming material via the likes of Djebali, Okain, Sakro, Tripmastaz and Locklead to name just a few.
His long standing take on house music is known amongst fans as “The Sidney Sound” with releases on Hot Creations, Moon Harbour, Drumcode, Truesoul and Relief to name but a few. This evolution in musical direction over the last ten years or so, is exactly what has helped establish Sidney as one of house music ́s most vital players.
Both as a DJ and a producer, Sidney favours rough, dirty sounds that defined the old school pioneers, but all with a modern, full and punchy approach. His signature tunes like ‘House Lessons’ and ‘Warehouse Romance’ established this early on, and since then the artist has homed in on ever more irresistible rhythms on key labels like Truesoul, Hot Creations and Saved. HIs upfront, dark, hard hitting take on house is about physicality and making your body move. He wants to get you jacked up on the dance floor and keep you there. He does so with a mixing technique drawn from his long standing love of hip hop and battle DJs: beat matching, subtle scratching and tight, quick, energetic mixes that move things along at a pace.
His love of direct rhythms stems back to A Tribe Called Quest’s seminal Low End Theory album, which was the first in hip hop to really focus on the power of the drums and placement of them in the mix. After initially being a hip hop DJ who peaked with a warm up set for the legendary Xzibit, house music really turned Sidney’s ear: he’d grown up with it all round him as his mother was a music journalist with Strictly Rhythm promos arriving on a regular basis, but only later did he grow to appreciate its more immediate sense of energy and drive, coupled with the funk he loved from hip hop.
Over the years, he has played DC10 Circo Loco numerous times, Mute Beach in Argentina to 10,000 people with Hot Since 82, held a Do Not Sleep residency at Vista Club in 2015 and was resident of Tribal Sessions Sankeys at its peak in Manchester and Ibiza. His music, too, has achieved some real highs such as 'Ruff Line' making number 2 in Beatport’s chart, 'All Night Long' on Hot Creations being number 1 on Beatport, being RA's most charted artist in 2013 and being nominated twice for Best Producer and Newcomer in the Ibiza DJs Awards.
These days based in the laid back and sunny climate of Portugal, where he has time to surf, relax and more room to think about his work than in the hustle and bustle of Berlin, he is continuing to mature as an artist. His current release ‘Rush’ ft. Liz Cass on DFTD is doing great on digital & streaming stores, as well as the start of his own label, Heavy House Society, whose name says it all: it will be a label that deals in heavy, forward looking, rhythm orientated house music. With a background as an A&R at Avotre a few years ago, Sidney will bring those skills to the new label as his love of unearthing hot new talents continues.
Charles is at home in a small and sweaty club like Circo Loco at DC10 in Ibiza, but also Italy’s largest open air warehouse, Social Music City, in Milan, as well as plenty in between. This year he heads back to South America, where they love his booty-shaking bottom ends, as well as to big gigs like Creamfields. For those who really like to feel house music in their chest, then, there is no one better than Sidney Charles.