| Miami Winter Music Conference
2002
With Yellowdragon’s latest track “Life is a dream”
to promote at the Miami music festival, there was some serious legwork
to do! Having completed two tours of Cannes for the Midem music
festival, Miami was a totally different vibe.
The stand element of the Miami conference is low profile but the
party/club scene could not have been more buzzing.
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In the day time there
were informative talks and the one of special interest was Danny
Tenaglia giving his views on the dance industry, alongside Roger
Sanchez and friends. |
| Tenaglia, Sanchez and friends... |
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All the big name DJs from around the globe were there to showcase
their talents and where it was possible a white label of “Life
is a dream” was slipped into their hands.
Night-time is when the action really started for everyone. The clubs
are in a class of their own and filled with exotic women bred to perfection!
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after a fine party on Pete Tong’s boat it was only polite
to pick him up in the back of our cab with the D’Vox
magazine crew on the way to our hotel. With of course leaving
a couple of vinyl for the Tong collection!
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The D
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Having a drink on
Todd
Terry’s tab at Tantra,
which is a totally cool venue, was a good start to the Tuesday
evening after covering the MWC awards |
| Todd Terry
meets our promoter! |
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| At the awards Danny
Tenaglia won best international DJ, Virgin best record label,
Craig David Atlantic best “new” dance artist, solo
and Tommy Boy's “You’re the worst thing for me”
best underground 12”. |
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Danny Tenaglia |
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We were also treated
to inspirational performances from the extremely talented Kim
Sozzi... |
| Kim Sozzi |
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Aubrey, who couldn't wait to get hold of "Life is a Dream"! |
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Aubrey |
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The Riddler won the
best radio mix show DJ, and was almost as happy when he finally
got his hands on a copy of "Life is a Dream"... |
| The Riddler |
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Skipping the VIP party we moved on
to the totally happen’ Opium Garden where Pete
Tong roused the crowd... |
| Pete Tong |
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| Luckily we just managed
to slip inside with the Born
to dance crew before the guest list closed. And who could
forget the lovely Soluna? |
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Born to Dance & Soluna |
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Later we met the
delightful female DJ Milly
Demori and DJ Kayo - 2 lovely female dj’s of a posse
of 7 flown in to play at the Tantra by Tommy
Hilfiger up in the housey chillout area. |
| Milly Demori |
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And what better way
to end the week than sharing some chicken nuggets with
Carl Cox in the airport lounge before we got on the plane
home.
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DJ Kayo shows her many talents! |
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| Carl enjoys
his chicken... |
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but getting his copy of Dancefloor
Mantras really makes him smile! |
Miami was an enlightening trip! See you next year...
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