Events

Empathy 7th Birthday
Friday 23rd May
10-5am

Main Room - Empathy
MEAT KATIE (Lot49/Kingsize)
www.meatkatie.com
NEIL QUIGLEY (Bedrock/UrbanTorque)
www.neilquigley.com
JIM RIVERS (Misfit/Renaissance)
www.jimrivers.co.uk
DAVE KIRIK

Upstairs - Digital / Twisted Audio
MIKE MILLER (Nascent)
ANDY NEWLAND (Twisted Audio)
IAN COLE (Digital)
STUART WILKINSON
JAY RUSSELL

To celebrate 7 glorious years Empathy is back at the Blue Mountain for a knees up and a half!! Over the years we have witnessed some amazing parties and the 7th Birthday is going to be the best party yet with 2 of the best producers/djs on the planet.
We have pulled in one of our most prolific djs in Meat Katie, his productions has made him one of the most in demand djs on the planet.
Alongside him is one of the nu breed of djs and producers, John Digweeds official support and head of Urbantorque Neil Quigley is a name you will be hearing a lot about, hes a wicked dj and all round nice bloke.
Also in the main room Empathy resident Jim Rivers warms us up with proper deep shizzle expect some of his new productions out on Simple, Misfit and Mouseville.
New Empathy resident Dave Kirik will be showing what it is to be a resident for one of Bristol's top nightaries..

Upstairs is hosted by Empathy sister night Digital and from London Twisted Audio with TA resident and promoter Andy Newland and very special guest Mike Miller ex label boss of 3beat in Liverpool and is a wicked Dj!
From Digital we welcome Ian Cole and in support Empathy head honcho Stuart Wilkinson and Empathy resident Jay Russell.

Meat Katie - Biography
Meat Katie is the producer and DJ Mark Pember and is a former member of the act ‘Ceasefire’ on Wall of Sound with Jason O’Bryan & Derek Dahlarge. He has held DJ residencies at Sonic Mook experiment (Scala) & Bedrock (Heaven), as well playing regularly at Mass, Fabric and various other UK venues plus having a heavy European schedule including Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium & Germany and has recently hosted a label night at Home.
Currently recording for the legendary R&S Records in Belgium under the guise of ‘Avenue A’, his debut album Never the Less has received excellent press and he has also compiled to compilation for R&S called Something Else 1 + 2. Mark’s own label Whole Nine Yards has been receiving a lot of critical acclaim with a strong roster including Dark Globe, Rhythm Division, DJ Hyper and Dylan Rhymes, Kerbcrawler & Solid Ground. A big favourite of the Nu Skool breaks scene and a personal favourite of Radio 1’s Annie Nightingale the label hold a residency at superclub Home in London. He has played regular slots on internet radio station Interface and has appeared as a guest and had mix sets on Kiss FM & XFM and has also just recorded a set for Annie Nightingale’s Radio 1FM show.
Meat Katie's tracks have been licensed to compilations for React, Ministry, Dust 2 Dust, Dream Injection, Beechwood as well as BBC television and Walt Disney Pictures and he has carried out remixes for labels including A&M , Warners, Creation, Concrete, Fused and Bruised and Rennie Pilgrem’s TCR to name but a few. Mark has collaborated with Blim, Rennie Pilgrem & Dylan Rhymes with whom he scored the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Martin Amis book ‘Dead Babies’.
Mark has also provided major DJ support from Steve Lawler, Graham Gold, Boy George, Seb Fontaine, Rennie Pilgrem, Craig Richards, Adam Freeland, Jon Carter, Sasha, Bushwaka, Propellerheads, etc etc etc. Meat Katie’s debut album Off the Bone released in July 1998 received excellent press and earned him features in Melody Maker, Loaded, Scene, Dazed & Confused, Wax, Muzik. His eight singles with Kingsize have seen great remixes from Rennie Pilgrem, Dark Globe and Red Myers and have seen numerous top ten placements in the Buzz chart, Beats chart and Coolcuts. Meat Katie’s second album Long to Belong was released in April 2001 and was supported by DJ tours in the UK and overseas.

Neil Quigley Biography
You see it everywhere. From Facebook to Myspace, there are a thousand wannabe DJs with pages proclaiming that they are the next big thing. With impressive looking schedules and countless friends, these self publicists almost have us fooled. But peel back the layers of those would be Emperors new clothes, and you start to realise that in this world dominated by style over substance, talent is now nothing more than the ability to keep up with the latest trends in fashion. Neil Quigley has talent – in abundance, but more importantly in the traditional sense as well. As a DJ he can build a set that is laced with the uplifting, joyous moments we have all shared in the past, whilst still delivering the sounds we demand from our future. Not one to be swayed by today’s flash in the pan, Neil has crafted a sound, something he refers to as ‘Electronic House with Soul’, that has made a number of important people stand up and take notice. The first real big name to make a telling difference was John Digweed, who invited Neil to open for him at his world famous Bedrock parties. The opportunity, born from Digweed naming Neil as his one to watch in the last two DJ Mag top 100 polls, has allowed him to take centre stage in venues such as Fabric, Warung Beach Club and the Ministry Of Sound. It doesn’t just stop with Bedrock. Neil is now also part of the Renaissance stable of DJs, headlining nights in the UK and on the global stage as well. Around about the same time, Urbantorque records – a favourite of Neil’s from the early releases that appeared on Deep Dish’s Yoshiesque album – offered Neil the opportunity to source new music for the label. Not only was his talent as a DJ being respected by one of the very best in the world, a successful label was now offering him the chance to mould the way their sound would grow over time. These days, DJs are rarely booked on their ability alone. Now it is the producers who hold the power when clubs come to book their line ups. It is with this latter, Urbantorque connection that Neil is now able to broaden his horizons, moving beyond being someone who plays other people’s music to now breaking his own tunes on the grandest of stages. Through the support of Urbantorque and under the guidance and tutorship of the legendary Nick Muir, Neil was able to raise himself beyond the level of the producers with pirated production software and an easy access to an internet MP3 site. The early releases with both Nick and Milton Jackson suggested that Neil could be part of the same formidable partnership as his early heroes – Fathers of Sound and Deep Dish. However it has been his recent solo efforts, often using his preferred Pacemaker moniker, which has suggested that there is plenty more to come from the DJ, A&R Man and now respected producer. The releases for Urbantorque continue, but now you will find Neil’s name appearing on the sleeves of Renaissance, Audio Therapy and Brown Eyed Records as well. Success is something we all measure differently, however it is fair to say that what you or I may consider to be a success, Neil Quigley see as another wrung on the ladder of what, will ultimately, lead to something very big. With the support of the DJs, record labels and now producers, Neil’s stock will continue to rise for as long as electronic house music with soul is around.

Blue Mountain, Stokes Croft, Bristol

Tickets £8 (+ Booking Fee)
Tickets available from :-
Bristol Ticket Shop, The Arcade, Broadmead, Bristol www.bristolticketshop.co.uk 0870 444400
Rooted Records, Gloucester Road, Bristol

On the door £10
For concessions email empathy_bristol@msn.com
Arrive early to avoid dissapointment.

www.empathyclub.co.uk
empathy_bristol@msn.com
Info – 07799745870

www.meatkatie.com
www.myspace.com/meatkatie1
www.neilquigley.com
www.myspace.com/djneilquigley