Volume 12 Number 9
SEPTEMBER 1999

New York City – Last time we checked in with Armand Van Helden life was uncommonly good for the Manhattan-based DJ/artist/producer. It was springtime and he’d just been nominated for a Grammy Award in the new remixer category. He’d secured an artist deal with Sony-distributed Ruffhouse Records. His remixes for artists like Tori Amos and Sneaker Pimps had kicked off a cult of personality in England (called Speed Garage) that saw a cottage industry of rubberized basslines arise from clubland. more >>>>

Ever since breaking onto the American dance scene in 1996 with the Berman Brothers-produced “This Is Your Night” Dutch songstress Amber has been one of clubland’s most consistent hitmakers. Follow-up smashes “One More Night” and “If You Could Read My Mind” – the Gordon Lightfoot-goes-Hi-NRG number performed with Jocelyn Enriquez and Ultra Naté – kept the Tommy Boy artist in good graces with America’s more pop-leaning DJs. Now Amber’s back with “Sexual,” another club hit that’s sure to gain nationwide attention for its hooks and subject matter. DJ Times caught up with the Dutch diva, who currently resides in New York. more >>>>

Have you ever paid a “fee” to a banquet facility manager in return for their referral? Let’s say that XYZ Videographers is going to refer a DJ service from a list of 10 mobile companies they trust to one of their clients. But DJ One Productions offers to pay XYZ Videographers a 10-percent “fee” if the referral goes to them. Does this reek of payola? Or, is it simply free enterprise at work and another great way to increase your bookings and your profit? On both the East and West Coasts, a variety of opinions abound. more >>>>

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