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AUSTRALIA 2008 TOUR GALLERY
Photos from Eddie's recent tour in Australia are now in the Gallery
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EDDIE HALLIWELL PRESENTS FIRE IT UP - OUT NOW!
Release Date - May 2008
The long awaited debut compilation from Eddie under his own “Fire It Up” banner is now here. What can we expect? Well this CD is a twenty-one track excursion featuring all of the latest upfront and banging electronic tunes that have been ‘firing' Eddie's DJ sets, put together in a way that will undoubtedly catapult you into that summer party mood. Spanning house to techno before building into a driving trance crescendo this will be a compilation for Eddie fans everywhere!...
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PAUL VAN DYK TO HOST EDDIE'S RADIO 1 SHOW
On the 29th May, Paul Van Dyk will take over the hot-seat and host Eddie's BBC Radio 1 show whilst Eddie is away on tour. So make sure you tune in for the full two hours of PVD!
EDDIE TV!
Eddie's joined the YouTube revolution... Check out Eddie's YouTube channel: : for the best of Eddie's videos on the web. We'll be adding the latest footage of Eddie as and when we get it, as well as scouring the web for the best of yours to add to the page.
Thanks to those users whose videos we've already picked out, keep 'em coming!
EDDIE ON FACEBOOK
We've set up Eddie's Official Artist page on Facebook... if you're inclined to a bit of Facebook antics, make sure you get on there and join up to the fanbase to keep up with all the latest Facebook updates on what Eddie's up to...
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21/05/08 - Fire It Up, Body English, Las Vegas, USA
23/05/08 - The Warehouse, Calgary, Canada
07/06/08 - South East European Music Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria
14/06/08 - Escape Into The Park, Swansea, Wales
19/06/08 - Cream @ Amnesia, Ibiza
21/06/08 - Planet Love Summer Sessions Festival, Dublin, Ireland
28/06/08 - Electronic Daisy Festival, Coliseum, L.A.
04/07/08 - Beach Club, Marmaris, Turkey
06/07/08 - Dancetour, Holland
10/07/08 - Cream @ Amnesia, Ibiza
12/07/08 - Global Gathering Festival, Ukraine
19/07/08 - Barracuda, Newquay, England
20/07/08 - Judgement Sundays @ Eden, Ibiza
23/07/08 - Cream @ BCM, Magaluf, Majorca
24/07/08 - Cream @ Amnesia, Ibiza
25/07/08 - The Gallery @ M.O.S., London, England
26/07/08 - Fire It Up @ Lush, Kellys, Portrush, Northern Ireland
Tune in every Thursday night 12-2am (GMT) where every week Eddie brings you the latest pumping house, electro, and techno in the ALTERN8 mix, a 20 minute overview of his favourite record labels in the LABEL SAMPLER, before turning up the throttle with an hour of peak-time trance and techno with fortnightly guests alternating with Eddie on the FULL-FIRE MIX.:
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GET INVOLVED! The ever-expanding Eddie's Army now has it's own dedicated section on Eddie's show. Eddie is asking his trusted clubbing cadets to select their latest big room bombs. So whether it be your latest dancefloor destroyer or your Blast From The Past. Get recruited on the Radio 1 website HERE...
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When any DJ at the top of their game steps into the booth it has that effect. Before they cue up a track or even plug in their headphones the mood changes. Eyes dart to the front, people get up on their toes and there is a murmur of expectation. But with Eddie Halliwell it's not merely a murmur, it's a rapturous roar, one that builds until at its crescendo the famous chant begins.
Nowadays cries of “EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!” can be heard emanating from packed dance floors on every continent. With three consecutive Top 20 placings in DJ Mag's “Top 100 DJ's Poll”: and the first (and only) person to have been crowned Mixmag's “DJ of the Year” twice: Eddie Halliwell has established himself as one of the most exciting and talked about DJ's in the world today.
2007 was Eddie's busiest year to date. Dubbed by Tiesto as a “legend” who received his top vote in the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll Eddie went on to achieve his highest placing to date ( No.16: ). Last year Eddie's tech driven trance was also one of the highlights of the White Isle with him enjoying another storming season as headline resident at Cream Amnesia: (alongside Paul van Dyk) plus for the second year running mixing the “Cream Ibiza” compilation: . This plus the stratospheric success of his promotion to a full weekly show on Radio One, (garnering a nomination for Dj Mag's “Best Radio Show” award: ) meant that he was the natural choice to represent the station for their Ibiza Weekend live Essential Mix (his fourth: performance on those hallowed turntables). His renowned catch phrase also ended up transcending the airwaves with Eddie hosting a number of international “ Fire It Up: ” events. Indeed following this triumph May 2008 will see him mix the first release in a new “Fire It Up” compilation series!:
The key to this success however remains the same – Eddie's unshakable commitment to pushing the boundaries of club DJ'ing. Combining technical talent, a desire to embrace the latest digital deck technology and a unique ability to instinctively connect with the crowd his highly visual frenetic performances are simply jaw dropping. His mind-bending manipulation of the music using layers of effects, lightening cuts and slick scratches make you question both your eyes and ears. Moving swiftly and deftly his fingers harness the energy of every stab, synth, hi-hat, squelch and beat, making each sound divine as he bounces along to every twist and turn in the track, compelling the crowd to just unleash themselves on dance floor.
It's a talent that translates worldwide, with him able to deliver a heart stopping set anytime, anywhere. Recent headline performances include Skol Beats Festival: (Brazil), Ultra Music Festival: (Miami), Global Gathering: and Creamfields: (UK), Mysteryland: (Belgium), Dancevalley: and Trance Energy: (Holland) and Summerdayze: (Australia). Back in the UK he remains a regular headliner at Cream: , Godskitchen: , The Gallery: , Planet Love: and Lush: (Northern Ireland) and Inside Out: (Scotland).
Particularly close links also remain with those he forged his reputation as a resident DJ – Goodgreef: (having helped them win Mixmag “Club of the Year” in 2003) and Gatecrasher, for whom he mixed one disc of the “Gold” selling “Gatecrasher Residents Transmission” compilation: . Other CD projects of course include two CDs with Cream plus also a mix for Judgement Sunday and three cover mount releases for Mixmag. Of these the most notable is of course “BOSH!”, which last year was voted by Mixmag as one of the 25 best mix CDs of all time: (and all this from someone who used to refuse to make tapes for promoters to get bookings, insisting instead that they come see him play live!).
Today Eddie also maintains an ongoing relationship with Pioneer: , helping them test their latest equipment and showcase it worldwide. As Paul Van Dyk pointed out technology completely changed what clubbers can expect to hear from the most cutting edge DJ's: “Now kids just use them, for example, Eddie Halliwell — what he does with those Pioneer CD players is f*cking nuts! He had no hesitation; he just went for it and has probably got the best out of the machine”: . As result Eddie was the natural choice to headline the worldwide “Powered by Pioneer” tour to showcase the company's first ever digital scratch mixer, criss-crossing the globe smashing it out to a stadium of 10,000 manic Brazilians at the legendary Skol Beats, ripping up warehouse parties in Holland and mesmerising half the UK music industry at the IDJ Live conference in London.
Little wonder the iconic chants of “Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!”: fill the air globally where he touches down.:
Crowned Mixmag World DJ Of The Year' for second time in 2006
'Without a shadow of a doubt Eddie Halliwell is a Legend, a hero and a massively popular DJ, worshipped by many...'
- DJmag August 2006
'Is Halliwell the most exciting DJ on the planet right now? Maybe'
- M8 August 2006
'At 26 Eddie is a DJ legend to rank among the best of them...so clubland make some noise for clubland's answer to Rocky'
- Mixmag 2006
'There are people who play records and there are DJs who blow minds, Eddie Halliwell is the latter...who makes every set, no matter how small the club or how big the festival, feel like the closing party of the end of the world'
- Mixmag