Friday 30 January  - HARDCORE MANIACS & AMPLIFIED! - JAMIE RITMEN.
HARDCORE MANIACS 4 THE MAD RAVER! Featuring JAMIE RITMEN, MISS SPECIAL K, Eufeion, Exalt, Deejay Wicked, Toxic, OTF. With MCs Skatty & more! AMPLIFIED in The Star Bar.
Price: £4. 10pm to 3am.

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Otherwise known as Gridbreaker for his hard dance work first began producing dance music at the age of 16 at High School with Darren Styles and Paul Hughes formerly part of DJ Force and The Evolution. In the beginning with a determination to get their music heard they played gigs at Oscars in 1992. When Jamie Darren and Paul met Dj Force who liked the style and saw the great potential and talent of the trio, Dj Force and The Evolution was born and went on to perform at Hardcore Heaven, Dance Paradise, Destiny and toured Germany on many occasions and Knite Force Records became their main label, as well as going under the name ‘A Sense Of Summer’ on Slipmatts ‘universal’ label. After the group disbanded and went in different directions, Darren and Force became Force and Styles and the rest for them is history. Jamie came back into the scene in 2006, setting up a studio in his bedroom and attends Point Blank Music College in London to develop his engineering skills. With the help of Styles and Breeze he began working tirelessly to create his own style, and once again determined to have an impact on the hardcore scene which by now had changed with a huge trance euro element, this suited his style. His tracks are now being played by Darren Styles, Mark Breeze, Dougal, Hixxy ,Kutski and many others plus DJ Sy who remixed Jamie’s Amnesia 05 a track written after his experience in Ibiza in 2005.With tracks appearing on the last 2 Clubland X-Treme albums’ along with featured tracks on the ‘True Hardcore’ ‘Hard Fast & Furious’ compilations and the massive remix of the Styles & Breeze track ‘Chemical Love’ was the opening track on the ‘Hardcore Adrenalin 2 ‘ compilation , he is certainly kicking the door down and smashing his way into the hardcore scene once again. Jamie also has releases set for Breezy’s new label ‘Futureworld’ and Darren Styles new label ‘Junkbox’, as well as ‘Make Believe’ & ’24 hrs’ to be released on Hectek Records, he is also set to set up his own label in the near future. Projects are also planned this year for collaborations with Styles, Dougal & Gamma and DJ Breeze making Jamie the most sought after producer on the scene. This year Ritmen also took control of UK Dance from DJ Force allowing him total control over his own music and his passion for finding new talent. You can view more info on UK Dance at www.myspace.com/ukdance. Jamie has also played sets at ‘Delirium’ in Bristol, ‘Nemesis’ in Swansea and is booked for the biggest event of the year ‘HTID In The Sun’ .Now also working with such household names as Anne Savage, Kiss FM DJ Nikki Elise and hard house Guru Carl Nicholson producing Hard Dance, he has recently engineered Annes mix for the eagerly awaited triple album Hard Fast & Furious. Along with Kutskis support on his Radio 1 show smashing Ritmens tunes every week the future is certainly bright for one of the most exciting talents in the business. Watch out 2008 Ritmens on his way!..