September News 2005

 


Lookout! It's "Vicious"

The lucky DJs who subscribe to HDMS™ programs CR and CX may have noticed that the music we provide you with has been blitzing the ARIA Club Tracks chart. This is a result of the exceptional work from our music licensing department. Nightlife has secured licensing for audio only tracks direct from Vicious. The music they send us can be 6 weeks or more in advance of retail release. This music is made available to certain DJs across Australia specifically so that Vicious can use their feedback to gauge the strength of a song and whether or not it should be released to retail, and if so, when. Here's a little about the history of icious so you can see why it was so important that Nightlife provide you with their music.

Starting life under the name of Vicious Vinyl, the now simply titled "Vicious" has been selling, distributing and licensing records all over Australia and the world since 1990. Conceived by John Course, Andy Van and Colin Daniels out of a frustration at not having Australian dance music out there doing battle with the world's best, Vicious now encapsulates House, Breaks, Progressive, Electronica and "anything we like", as the three founders put it.

Early in 1992 one of the biggest Australian Techno/Club anthems of the year "Come With Me" by Astral Project became so sought after that eventually Mushroom Records did a full CD release and Vicious made its first video clip.

Up until early '99 all the Vicious releases had been distributed by Mushroom Distribution Services (M.D.S.) in Australia, with several UK distributors taking product to the UK market on limited vinyl import. By June 1999 the compilation series "House & Club Anthems" was released through EMI. Following that success Vicious decided to make Virgin Australia their home, going on to release the acts Madison Avenue and Rogue Traders. With the many changes taking place at major labels, Vicious decided to go back to an independent distributor in early 2004 and teamed up with Shock Records Australia.

By setting up in Melbourne and encouraging local and interstate talent, Vicious has inadvertently played a huge part in making Australia a far-flung but integral part of the global dance music scene. The music Vicious releases is constantly evolving and whether it be house, techno, breaks or a hybrid of rock and something completely new, Vicious are open-minded to it. Both Vicious labels continually release new songs and push new talent with Vicious Grooves taking care of the funkier selections and Vicious releasing the electronic and breaks sounds. Zip Music was created late 2004, with the concept of bringing good dance music from o/s to Australian audiences, radio and retailers.

Here's a small snippet of what Nightlife has already released as audio only mixes on our CR and CX HDMS™ programs. Cabin Crew "Star 2 Fall", Dirty South "Sleazy", Live Element "Something About You", Midnight Star "Midas Touch", Quesh "Candy Girl", Supafly vs Fishbowl "Let's Get Down"... Stay tuned for more.

Wendy Small


September New Releases

   

Move over Paris Hilton, someone else is stealing your erotic car-washing crown. Ironically, this time it's pastor's daughter Jessica Simpson who has Christian groups up in arms for her sexy behaviour in her video for the Nancy Sinatra classic These Boots Are Made For Walking. It was filmed to promote the soundtrack for her forthcoming movie Dukes Of Hazzard. In the video, Simpson is dressed in her Daisy Duke attire complete with denim short shorts and midriff-baring top. She struts around a bar in red boots, gyrating and all-around sexing up the crowd of cowboys, including collaborator Willie Nelson. The latter part of the video, however, is drawing the most attention as Simpson performs similar moves but this time wearing a skimpy string bikini as she suds up the General Lee. You can check out the newly ad-libbed line dance and all the action on CX114.

   
Hot on the heels of his last single In My Arms, comes another track from Scottish producer Mylo. Again reworking an oldskool, cheesy classic, this time he's riffled through his own back catalogue to mash his previous hit Drop The Pressure with the Miami Sound Machine's Dr. Beat. The result.... another colossal club anthem dripping in 80's nostalgia called Doctor Pressure. It was originally a bootleg spliced together by Phil N Dog before it fell into the hands of Mylo who re-jigged it, stamping his style all over it. With a big thumbs up from Gloria Estefan and the Miami crew, there was no stopping him and here you have it featuring on CR114. It will undoubtedly become another party pleaser.
   
For a brief time in 1995, Seattle trio The Presidents Of The United States Of America ruled Aussie airwaves with such hits as Lump, Peaches, Dune Buggy and their rocking debut self-titled album. Ten years on, they're back together and signed to a Brisbane label and have released a new catchy little new number about a pervy postman's habit of snatching love letters. It's called Some Postman and, believe it or not, the video is shot by Aussies overseas entirely on MMS phones... a world first! It's available now with your RD114 (HDMS™ only).
   
Mixing guitar sounds with dance beats is somewhat of a trend at the moment but nobody does it quite like British/Aussie duo BodyRockers. Having already topped club charts worldwide with the cracking I Like The Way You Move, the boys have earned themselves fans in the likes of Erick Morillo and Pete Tong, two guys not to be sneezed at when it comes to dance music. Round & Round is the next pumping track lifted from their beat-tastic self-titled debut album. Pump it out now from CR114.
 
Kanye West's brilliant new album Late Registration is on shelves and already he's pushing another single off it - Gold Digger, a killer track about money grabbing women who undoubtedly cross Kanye's path a bit more regularly now. It features a sample of Ray Charles' I Got A Woman and a guest spot from last year's onscreen Ray, Jamie Foxx. It's on CR114.
   

 

Author - Ben Preece


 

DJ Funkadelic - Strike Bayside.
When asked his age, Andy van Rossum quickly replies "too young to know better, too old to care"! No matter his age, as DJ Funkadelic he bowls 'em over with his sleek selections from the HDMS™ at Frankston's Strike Bowling Bar a couple of nights every week.

Andy's impressive DJ resume spans 7 years and started with underage events and school formals, he then went into radio, cohosting a drive-time show on Geelong's 94.7 The Pulse as well as hosting his own remix show called 'Technology'. These days he has a number of regular DJ gigs and has successfully completed several accredited DJ courses. Not to mention his day job as Music Producer at Digital Media Production.

Andy has only worked with Nightlife's HDMS™ for around 6 months but reckons it's "absolutely awesome". He says, "I'm very impressed by the quality of both the music selection and the video. I honestly believe that any venue that does not have this system is losing potential revenue". Thanks Andy - we agree!


Top 5 from 5

DJ Funkadelic Strike Bayside Frankston, VIC
1. I Want You Paris Avenue
2. Everybody Martin Solveig
3. Flashing For Money Deepdish Vs Dire Straits
4. Sleazy Dirty South

5. Smoke On The Water

Vintagent
   
DJ Trendar Criterion Hotel Marybrough, QLD
1. Switch Will Smith
2. Hollaback Girl Gwen Stefani
3. I Like The Way BodyRockers
4. Yeah Usher

5. 1,2 Step

Ciara F/Missy Elliot
   
Staff Palmerston Tavern Palmerston, NT
1. I Like The Way BodyRockers
2. I Want You Paris Avenue
3. Voodoo Child Rouge Traders
4. Midas Touch Midnight Star

5. Something About You

Live Element
   
DJ Ric B Benowa Tavern Benowa, QLD
1. Your Body Torn Novy
2. I Like The Way BodyRockers
3. Paris To Berlin Infernal
4. Get It Poppin' Fat Joe F/Nelly

5. Feel Good Inc

Gorillaz
   
Staff Babalu's Auckland, NZ
1. Filthy/Gorgeous Scissor Sisters
2. Just A Lil Bit 50 Cent
3. Lonely Akon
4. Keep on Callin' P-Money F/Akon

5. Feel Good Inc

Gorillaz

At Your Service
Protecting Your Music

Did you know that you can password protect your HDMS program to ensure that only authorised personnel can make changes to the HDMS™ programming or music selection? There are various levels of password protection. You can password protect any one or all of the following:

1) The entire HDMS™ program
2) Scheduler only
3) Billboards only
4) Second zone only of a multi-zone system.

If you have a Jukebox you will find that information about , and resetting of, your totals as well as turning freeplay on or off , is automatically password protected. You can also password protect sending a free credit.

You can change a password yourself without having to call us. If you would like more information or want to set up password protection contact Customer Support on 1800 773 468.


News from NZ

New Zealand produced music must be between seasons at the moment - plenty of low-beat tunes but nothing of particular interest to your dancefloor. NZX updates have been distributed along with your main update over the last few months, and could easily have slipped your notice - so keep an eye out for those additional tracks. Meanwhile, many of the charting dancefloor fillers can be found on your usual Club Releases.

Don't forget those DJ feedback sheets - fax them back or drop us an email at nzinfo@nightlife.com.au. e love your feedback and want to know what music you're playing.

At the time of printing, the position of Lower North Island Account Manager is vacant. We are hoping to re-employ someone as soon as possible, but in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the office for any technical or training issues - JoArna is able to diagnose most problems over the phone and can also handle any training that is required. W

Regards
The NZ Team
Nightlife New Zealand
Ph: Whangarei 09 430 3035
Email: nzsales@nightlife.com.au

Wedding Belle

Another Nightlifer has marched down the aisle in style - must be something in the air!! Our Sales & Marketing Manager, Paula Raiti, became Mrs Paula Geinitz in a delightfully traditional ceremony in late July at St Stephens Cathedral in the heart of Brisbane. The reception was held in Southbank's River Room, overlooking the water with the full moon and some unscheduled fireworks (courtesy of another function) for effect. Nightlife's own legendary DJ, Michael Hickey, provided the entertainment on the HDMS before her new husband, Jeff whisked Paula away to Europe for a 4 week honeymoon, which included romantic places such as Paris, Barcelona, Athens and Rome.


Nightlife Worldwide: ScreenPlay Inc US. | New Zealand.