Godskitchen resident Soto has revealed he will be returning to Australia as part of an expanding touring schedule, with which he plans to tour Asia, America, Italy, Spain and Finland.

Dates at this stage look to be March 28 to April 5, with Soto expected to be playing most nights whilst in the country.

World renowned Trance DJ, producer and remixer Lange is set to tour Australia and New Zealand in February/March 2003. After his successful September tour he lands on February 28 and leaves on March 8, allowing time for a full national tour.

Lange has recently become a monthly resident at Passion and continues to perform for Gatecrasher, Slinky, Peach and Escape. Keep an ear to the ground for his latest release on Nebula ‘Don’t Think It, Feel It’ which is set for a January 2003 release.

Layo and Bushwacka! are still fresh from their Night Works album release on XL Recordings/Beggars. This UK production duo is known for their epic extended sets on the decks providing their unique combination of tech-house and breaks all over the world, and monthly at The End, the London based club owned by Mr C and Layo.

The boys are taking part in a US tour in November, which will see them hit 7 venues in a 10 days. From Necto in Miami on November 21, to the Circus in LA on November 30. Layo and Bushwacka who recently finished their Space residency over this years Ibiza summer, have a huge following the US and each of these events will be huge! The full tour dates are as follows...

L+B 2002 USA November Tour Dates
Nov 21 - Ann Arbor, Miami @ Necto.
Nov 22 - Boston @ Axis.
Nov 23 - NYC @ Matter:/Form Boat Party.
Nov 27 - Minneapolis @ Quest.
Nov 28 - Denver @ The Church.
Nov 29 - San Francisco @ Sonic.
Nov 30 - LA @ Circus.

Miss Moneypenny’s could soon join the list of Sydney club nights searching for a new permanent home due to recent troubles at Spi bar. Last Saturday night, on arrival, patrons and Monneypenny’s staff found the club to be closed. In a message from Monneypenny’s they have said:

“First of all I would like to apologise for anyone who turned up at Spi Bar last Saturday for Moneypenny’s only to find out that the club was shut – believe me when I say nobody was more disappointed about this than we were. An incident occurred on the Friday night during the launch of an RnB night and as a result of it the police closed the club down for 72 hours – which meant through no fault off ours we could not open for business.

In relation to the future of Moneypenny’s at Spi bar they released this:

”… Spi Bar’s future is very uncertain at the moment and it looks set to close its doors in the very near future,… this could very well be the last Moneypenny’s at Spi Bar.

Those keen to head down this Saturday night to what could be the finale, will be pleased to hear the line up will include DMA nominee Shamus, Billy Hamill and guests Jackster and Terance Moreno.

Uberzone describes this release as the logical progression to create a mix CD based on new concepts and techniques. The original idea behind this release in 1999 was for 'The Digital Mix' to be a live set but as this was inefficient to travel with the only logical step was to move to DJing, and this was something Uberzone didn’t want to do.

So the idea of 'The Digital Mix' was to be pushed towards releasing a compilation, put together entirely in a digital environment, this give the Uberzone full control of everything that is going on and using plug-ins and structure simulators like Reaktor he has been able to pull off some very impressive sounding mixes. To read the review on Uberzone's Digital Mix, click below.

Earlier this week we revealed that Blur’s Damon Albarn would be a guest vocalist on the new Massive Attack album, RA can now disclose the chosen name for the highly anticipated follow-up to their 1998 ‘Mezzanine’ release. ‘100th Window’ is set for a February 2003 release. The full tracklisting for the release, which includes vocalists Damon Albarn, Sinead O' Connor and Horace Andy is below:

100 Window Full tracklisting
01. Future Proof
02. What Your Soul Sings
03. Everywhen
04. Special Cases
05. Butterfly Caught
06. A Prayer For England
07. Small Time Shot Away
08. Name Taken
09. Antistar

In a unique twist the release ends with a 13-minute long bassline, which the producer of most of the album Robert ‘3-D’ Naja’ says is "to do dinner to, sleep at the wheel, or fuck your brains out to - it neatly takes the CD up to its' 74-minute limit".

After last weekends event held by Altitude featuring the Thrillseekers and Daniel Soto the Altitude have release the details for their upcoming Altitude.NYE event at the Sydney's Dendy, in Martin Place.

Taking to the decks in the main roon is that of founder's of the Altitude name Diggs & Morro, joined by Liquid M [Live], Simon Sez, Adrian Wells, and soon to be announced winner in their DJ Competition. The 2nd room will see Dave Choe, Gadget and more names to be annouced with cloudand.blue once more on the visuals. Tickets are a fair $27 + BF and will be held on Tuesday the 31st of December, but of course.

Due to the current drought situation in Victoria, which also causes a severe fire risk the Earthcore crew have had to move from Mount Disappointment. It has been declared too dangerous to host the upcoming event by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the CFA.

So they have moved to the crater of a volcano west of Melbourne. A quote from the press release by Earthcore states the following:

Fear not, this incredible natural feature is completely extinct and Earthcore guarantees there will be no molten lava on the dancefloor!

We apologise for any inconvenience but trust you understand we have
extremely good reasons for doing this. The possibility of a move has been included in our planning for the last 4 months meaning the change of venue will in no way impact on the quality of the event.

All the artists (James Holden, Nick Sentience, S.I Futures, Infusion and loads more) billed for this event will still be playing and all advertised stunts, equipment, and setup are all lined-up for this event. To read the full line-up and all the latest details on this Earthcore event, taking place on the 30th of November check out their official site...

The Australian Dance Music Awards were held last night at Sydney's metro theatre. An event attended by industry types form acoross the spectrum it provide a great review of the year in dance music and rewarded those who have impressed both the public and the industry. Hosted by Triple J's Adam Spencer the evening went off without a hitch, until infamous Nicole Fossati stepped up the stage to present Paul Mac with the 'Outstanding Contribution to Australian Dance Music Award'...

Dance Music Award winners
Best DJ (National) : Kid Kenobi
Best Single : Infusion - 'Legacy'
Best Remix : Paul Mac – ‘Sound Of Breaking Up” (Dark Alley Remix)
Best Independent Label : Creative Vibes (NSW)
Best Video Clip : Disco Montego 'Beautiful' - Prodigy
Best Album : Katalyst - 'Manipulating Agent'
Outstanding Contribution To Dance Music : Paul Mac
Best Turntablist : Dexter
Best RnB Act : Selwyn
Best Hip Hop Act : 1200 Techniques (Melbourne)
Best Producer : Katalyst (Ashley Anderson)
Best Compilation : Airheads - The Droppin Science Experiment Creative Vibes
Best Live Act : Resin Dogs
Best Debut Artist : 1200 Techniques (Melbourne)
Best Radio Show : Groovetrain with Sharif Galal (Triple J)

People's Choice Awards
Best International : Krafty Kuts
Best Event : Two Tribes
Best DJ (NSW) : Goodwill
Best Club (NSW) : Sublime
Best DJ (VIC) : Sean Quinn
Best Club (VIC) : One Love @ Prince
Best Club (QLD) : Saturdays @ Family

Respect Is Burning, the international concept that represents the essence of French style, glamour and sophistication returns for the third consecutive year to stage yet another c’est magnifique New Years Eve soiree.

Two of the worlds most awe-inspiring house music talents will combine with the surroundings of Melbourne’s unique Atlantic South Wharf riverside setting to deliver the perfect backdrop for an exclusive celebration to welcome the New Year.

Respect is Burning NYE played host to Dimitri from Paris, Derrick Carter and Roger Sanchez in 2000. 2001 featured Dimitri again, Bob Sinlclair and DJ yellow. As RA revealed two months ago, this year legendary figures of house music take centre stage with Felix Da Housecat and Francois K on the 1’s & 2’s. Also in support will be a host of great locals including Steven Alkins.

Tickets are now on sale through usual outlets.