For a man who has travelled the world and played in the biggest and best known clubs on the planet, when Eddie Halliwell looks back at 2011, playing at C103 in Plymouth probably won’t be his lasting memory of the year. But that doesn’t mean the gig isn’t important, “It’s important to get around anywhere, whether it’s big or a small venue. For me as a DJ, I love playing both intimate environments in a club, and festivals and big arena shows. They are two totally different gigs but equally as enjoyable shows. To get to do the smaller venues is important as not a lot of people get to go to the bigger events.”

The difference between the clubs is obviously the size, and the proportion of people there that have intentionally gone to see Eddie. As a result the atmosphere from a crowd can vary and Eddie says “it really does depend on the scene and the different territories in the world. If people have an awareness of who I am and what I’m about, then that obviously affects the crowd because they’ll be very well up for it, but you can go to certain territories in the world where the scene’s not as developed and dance music’s quite fresh to them, and they’re not aware of it, then it’s your job to get them fired up and make them aware of you”.

Eddie’s sets are very much rooted in Dance music and he describes them as “very energetic and uplifting”, spanning across the different genres of the dance music umbrella, “going from House, to Trance, to Techno, those are the sort of areas that I cover.”

In the eyes of the Dance music community, Eddie is obviously very good at what he does, as he has many accolades to his name. Whilst Eddie appreciates the international exposure that these give him, it is not the be-all and end-all, “You can’t compare them to DJing or playing to a crowd, actually nothing can really compare to stuff like that. But when you get stuff in a poll, or whether it’s nominated, it’s very, very important to have those things to give you the exposure internationally.”

And what about the future, where to play next? Eddie says “I have played so many different places that I’ve pretty much covered everywhere. There are little pockets of areas of the world that I won’t have been to yet and I’ll try to tick all the ones off in South America”.

Whilst this sounds very glamorous, the travel takes is the only hard part of the job. “The travelling can be very tiring, when you are getting straight off a plane going to a hotel to dump your bags and then go straight to a gig. You’ve got to be careful not to go from one gig to the next without thinking about it. For me it’s one of the best things, being able to DJ and experience travelling around the world, and it is only the travelling that makes it hard work sometimes. As long as you love music, it’s an amazing scene to be involved in.”

Words: Frances Allan

Visit Eddie’s website at www.eddiehalliwell.com and download his Fire It Up podcasts for free from iTunes.

On Wednesday 19 January at 7.15pm, the Cabot Circus cinema will present one of the greatest and most popular works of dance live on the big screen via satellite from The Royal Opera House in London. Giselle is one of the most influential of all romantic ballets, taking the audience on a journey through a Woman’s love in the face of betrayal. The title role is renowned as one of the most technically demanding and emotionally challenging in classical dance, and is always performed by leading ballerinas of The Royal Ballet.
Giselle is the must see for the New Year, and classical fans can catch it first hand at Showcase Cinema de Lux Bristol. With a breath-taking production from Peter Wright, The Royal Ballet’s finest dancers, and a captivating stage setting, this powerful piece of ballet will offer something a little different this January.

The following day (Thursday January 20) at 8.45pm Cinema de Lux Bristol will be showing Ride, Rise, Roar, a concert film that profiles Talking Heads vocalist David Byrne, followed by a live Q with the man himself beamed directly from London. Following from Jonathan Demme’s ground-breaking Talking Heads documentary Stop Making Sense in 1984, Ride, Rise, Roar is a David Byrne concert film that blends riveting onstage performances with intimate details of the creative collaborations that make the music and performance happen. Shot with multiple cameras over several concerts during the 08/09 tour, the film blends the energy and charisma of classic Talking Heads tracks with the heartfelt pathos of David Byrne and Brian Eno’s most recent collaboration, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Between the songs, the film achieves an unprecedented intimacy with David Byrne and the band by documenting behind-the-scenes auditions, rehearsals, and interviews with key players, while revealing the creative process that led to the show’s unique fusion of pop music and modern dance.

Tickets are available now from the cinema box office, online at www.cinemadelux.co.uk or via the 24 hour ticket hotline on 0871 220 1000. General tickets are priced at £12.50 and £10 for Insider Members – Join now for free here.

“This will be our 5th different location for the Weekenders since we began way back in October 1987. Most of our events have been held at the Southport Pontins Site and we will forever cherish the memories, the many magical moments that have taken place there, along with the thousands of life long friendships made. However, there is always a time to move forward and grow, so to be given the opportunity to host The Weekender at the fantastic Minehead, Butlins site is very exciting and a move we look forward to embracing. I have absolutely no doubts that the wonderful crowd who have supported us over 24 years and the many new people who will be joining us will absolutely love it. We cannot wait!” / Alex Lowes (Southport Weekender)

”We are delighted that the Southport Weekender is coming to Butlins Minehead and we are looking forward to welcoming all of the weekender guests here in May for their exclusive event. Change is always a challenge for such established and respected events, but we are absolutely committed to supporting and hosting the Southport Weekender and all of its guests as the event grows and moves forward in its new home here at Minehead” / Richard Swift (Butlins, Minehead)

Initial tickets for Southport Weekender’s May 2011 festival sold out in just 2 weeks of going on general sale! But now with the event move to Butlins, which sports a larger capacity now sleeping 6000 party people on site, the festival will be putting up a further 1500 tickets on sale! There is a vast range of accommodation on offer, from 2-berth upwards to 8-berth, with a choice of self catering and room only.

Prices are £175 pp For self Catering & £165 pp for room only.

TICKETS GO ON SALE AS OF FRIDAY 28TH JANUARY 2011 AT 1PM GMT
AVAILABLE FROM WWW.SOUTHPORTWEEKENDER.CO.UK or 0844 879 7210 or +44 1207 549 223 (from overseas)

Butlins is a truly beautiful landscaped resort situated near the rolling hills of Somerset on the edge of Exmoor, with lovely beaches and the harbor town of Minehead. The resort offers 4 purpose built venues that will play home to the Weekender’s legendary and lavishly decked out Powerhouse, Beat Bar, Funkbase and Connoisseurs Corner music arenas. As well as the venues, the resort itself has a variety of fantastic facilities including; the amazing Splash Waterworld, Multi Sports Courts, Cinema, Go Carting, Funfair, 10 Pin bowling, a range of dining outlets including Burger King, Pizza Hut, Costa Coffee & more, Shops including Spar supermarket, bakery, launderette, newsagent and Hairdressers, Bumper Boats and 3 other on site pubs among other facilities to enjoy.

THE DJ LINE-UP CONFMIRMED SO FAR:
With May’s event taking place over the 6.7.8, the SPW team get ready to lay on yet another World-class line-up for a devoted crowd from all over the globe. At the time of going to press the team have barely completed 75% of the line-up, but with many more to follow they are pleased to announce the following:

DERRICK CARTER
KERRI CHANDLER
JELLYBEAN BENITEZ
DJ SPEN
DIXON
DJ SPINNA
DAVID RODIGAN
KARIZMA
THEO PARRISH
THE UNABOMBERS
BENJI B
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE
RUB N TUG
JOY ORBISON
RONNIE HEREL
SHORTEE BLITZ
SNOWBOY
KEV BEADLE
DJ BIGGER
TERRY JONES
ANDY DAVIES
MIKE STEPHENS
BOB JEFFRIES
STEVE WREN
DJ SWERVE
STEVE BUTLER

To win a pair of tickets simply fill in your full name, address and mobile number in the box below remembering to put INBETWEEN TIME in the subject line. Closing date November 30, winners will be informed via email on December 1.
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Want to be an extra in an iconic British movie, see an exclusive pre-release screening of Weekender plus the chance win a screening for just you and your mates?
WEEKENDER is a new feature film about the 1990 rave scene staring Jack O’Connell (SKINS, EDEN LAKE), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (THE INBETWEENERS), Emily Barclay (IN MY FATHER’S DEN, SUBURBAN MAYHEM) and released early 2011 by Momentum Pictures.

Film makers are holding three FREE rave events on 16th, 18th and 25th September at secret Shoreditch locations in London to film the warehouse party scenes, with free food and drinks in a chill out room courtesy of Red Bull and Kopparberg.

If you would like to take part in a unique filming event and see Weekender before anyone else, register HERE – Limited spaces left.

You may not know this but the Cardiff-based Catapult also do T-shirts…really cool T-shirts.
And we’ve bagged one to give away to one lucky reader.
Established in 1993, Catapult is Wales largest independent record shop. We are a Dance Music specialist covering all bases from Drum and Bass, Hardstyle, Hip Hop, House, Dubstep, Hardcore, Techno and anything you can fit in between on vinyl and CD formats. Based in Cardiff city centre our three storey premises stocks an extensive range including DJ equipment and merchandise, both new and second hand. We are also home to a large collection of clothing labels and brands.
Whether you are looking for promos of the latest tracks or to expand your album collection our store caters for the professional DJ through to the home listener. As one of the UK’s Coolcuts shops Catapult plays a significant part in shaping the music played by DJs around the world.
Online for over a decade, we are an old school shop with a massive global community who are dedicated to giving you what you want. We have developed an extensive catalogue featuring many rare and exclusive products that you won’t find elsewhere. It is our mission to provide the best in Dance Music; Catapult always goes the extra mile.

To check out the full Catapult range of vinyl, CDs, DJ gear and merchandise visit the Catapult website.

To be in with a chance of winning the T-shirt (worth £14.99) simply fill in the form below with your full name, address and mobile number.
Closing date: August 24

South West Hardcore and Hard Dance supremos Hardcore Revelation have joined forces with super-cool clothing brand Terratag to give you a monster of a competition prize ahead of their Devotion 2010 event at Club Ice in Westbury on Friday the 3rd of September.

The prizes are:
- 2x VIP package (which includes queue jump, HR lanyard with whistle and a free event CD)
- 2x Limited edition ‘HR vs Terratag’ t-shirts
- 2x Core magazines

To enter please email your full name, address and mobile number to 2...@outofhand.co.uk before 24th August. Remember to put HARDCORE in the subject line. Competition open to over 18s only.