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DEVOTION - TRUE SKOOL SESSIONS
DJ Phantasy & MC Skibadee joined forces just over 7 years ago to start up a club night called DEVOTION. Wanting to do something a little different, Phantasy & Skibadee decided to try create a party vibe by playing all forms of Drum n Bass in one room. All of the DJ's playing were told to play what they wanted, as long as it made the crowd jump up. The opening night was amazing with Residents Phantasy, Skibadee, Probe, Filthy Dirty Rich & R-Type slamming down some phat beats with Guest DJ's Brockie & Nicky Black Market alongside MC Det & Shabba D. The opening night was also dedicated to the late great Stevie Hyper D, with a big screen playing footage of the legend himself. The vibes were set.
Devotion's first home was the club with the pool, The Aquarium, Old St, London. After being there for a while, they were asked if they could host a room at Bagleys in Kings Cross, London. They thought they would give it a try and on their first night there, they were absolutly buzzing when they saw the Drum n Bass room jammed to the rafters and everyone having a wicked time. The promoters of the night had never seen a crowd at their event so up for it, with whistles and horns, loving the vibes and the music. Since that night, Devotion hosted the Drum n Bass room at that event and are glad to say that the vibes were still the same until we left at the end of 2001.
In 2002 Devotion decided to take the party elsewhere and hosted a few events with fellow local promoters in London, Bristol, Southampton, Banbury & Brighton where we are still currently running a very successful monthly event @ Concorde 2, (More Info Below). Not being happy with just hosting parties in the UK, we also took our event to Ibiza where we held a summer of events on the White Isle plus we are also currently hosting a series of summer events in Kavos alongside Trinity and let's not forget our all nighters in Germany, the 2nd home of Drum n Bass. Since then, we have also graced our events in Canada, Cheq Rep, France and we have also taken Devotion to Tenerife, where alongside Innovation, we hosted the biggest party the Island has ever seen. We also hosted events on the holiday Island of Kos & Malia in 2006 which has led us to a weekly night in Malia through 2007. We are also holding more events on the Island of Tenerife for 2007 and currently we are organising the big one on 14th Aug 07, with Innovation, again. We are also considering some more offers to take Devotion to other holiday Islands for this summer, plus we are currently in talks to start events in Madrid & Valencia in Spain, so keep checking back here for more updated info.
We would like to thank everybody who has made it to one of our events and we thank you all for making each one very special.
DEVOTION @ CONCORDE 2 IN BRIGHTON: OUR UK HOME
Matt Solid Ground and Sarah Red Hot have been running our Brighton night successfully for over 4 years and it all started after Matt and Phantasy had different events on the same night, only a few streets away from each other in 2003. Matt contacted Phantasy and said that it would be stupid to go up against each other and suggested that maybe they should put their heads together to come with a bigger party to take Brighton by storm.
They agreed so Grooverider, Hype and Phantasy were booked for the opening night and the party was truely amazing with the club jammed to the rafters and the vibes incredible. When the event had finished, they decided to join forces to bring a unique night to Brighton, which to this day is still going strong and is going from strength to strength.
Matt, Sarah and Phantasy have since that day put their heads together and have helped keep Devotion in Brighton fresh, but most of all, head and shoulders above the rest of the competition.
The night runs on the 4th Saturday of every month (not December) and has a variety of Artists that appear throughout the year.
Concorde 2 in Brighton, the UK home for Devotion. Long may it continue.....
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT OVER IN THE PAST, SOME PROMOTERS HAVE TRIED TO PUT EVENTS ON USING OUR NAME WHICH HAS BEEN DEALT WITH BY OUR LAWYERS. DEVOTION IS A TRADE MARK WHICH IS OWNED BY DJ PHANTASY.
DON'T EXCEPT NO IMMATATIONS............. ALL FAKERS......... OUR LAWYERS ARE WATCHING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Devotion is a Party. If you want to Party, then you know where to go! Devotion - True Skool Sessions