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WE LOVE SOUNDS

Sounds and Finely Tuned present the 7th annual We Love Sounds winter festival, touring nationally between 4 – 14 June 2010. Last year’s festival saw sellout shows in all cities and the 2010 lineup truly takes the event to the next level. We Love Sounds and the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend have a long tradition in ensuring the festival party season continues in full force, into the middle of the calendar year.

	UNDERWORLD Over the last two decades one name has remained at the forefront of dance music as a shining beacon that guarantees consistency, quality, intelligence and unforgettable tunes: Underworld. This sublime, groundbreaking electronic duo are the legends behind some of dance music's biggest anthems (Born Slippy, Cowgirl and Two Months Off) and are renowned for wowing the planet with their cutting-edge, spectacular live shows.			Crookers Crookers are dj Phra and Bot; two dj's/producers who met in 2003 and soon got to work together as they had the same tastes and a similar musical background. Both have been producing and djing on their own before creating the Crookers team: Bot was introduced to music learning to play instruments like piano and guitar and then moved to synths, turntables and sequencers while Phra started djing at the early age of 11 and then was introduced to the italian Hip Hop scene as an Mc.

	laidback luke Holland's beloved house music-loving homeboy, Laidback Luke is on an international mission to rock clubs, win hearts and top charts. A producer and DJ with immense talent, tonnes of spirit and a steely determination to succeed, he has been on a worldwide search for the ultimate in dancefloor energy since the mid-1990s. "Music is an amazing tool that can evoke powerful memories and emotions," says Luke with a smile. "And I will not rest until I've given my best: I want to share as much music as possible with as many people as possible."			TIGA Based in Montreal, Tiga is a DJ/producer who has effectively worked the underground and the mainstream with his wry brand of campy electro and stark echno. Born in Montreal, Canada, Tiga's first exposure to his future came from touring the Goa area of India with his DJ father throughout the '80s. Following in his father's footsteps, Tiga began spinning in Montreal's cooler clubs in the early '90s, bringing the acid house sound to Canada. Seeing as how there weren't any events like the Goa parties he had attended, the DJ made his own and later was credited with throwing Canada's first proper rave.

	steve aoki DJ Steve Aoki Kid Millionaire has risen from throwing impromptu concerts in his living room while a student at UC Santa Barbara in the late '90s to become one of the most sought after DJs. Deemed the music tastemaker by those in the know, his ear for music paired with his ability to drop party rocking beats has championed dance floors night after night. Between his daily treks touring the States, he manages to run one of the most respected indie labels, Dim Mak (founded bands such as The Kills, The Von Bondies and others and also currently home to Bloc Party, The Rakes, Moving Units, Pony Up, Whitey etc.) as well as promote his own nights in LA and NYC featuring any band looking to make it (yes they all played for him first: The Bravery, Bloc Party, M.I.A., Lady Sovereign, Wolfmother, Kaiser Chiefs, Editors, Spank Rock, and the list goes on).			FELIX DA HOUSECAT He Was King is a title that leaves nothing to the imagination – and the record inside is a stately sixty-minute adventure in electro-stereo. “This is my ‘Parade’ or my ‘1999’,” he giggles. “When I heard ‘Parade’ I was like ‘maaaan! It was like Prince but a different kind of Prince. And this time, the record is more campy. I went back to the silliness. I wanted this to be more fun.” ‘We All Wanna Be Prince’ is pure perfection – indeed, it’s his best since ‘Ready To Wear’ and a record only Stallings could concoct. “That’s a good comparison,” he smiles. “It’s sort of like a tribute but it’s sort of not - I didn’t want to insult Prince! Every lyric on that record is from a Prince song. It was a last minute thing and [engineer] BC was working on a song and it was just a kick and I heard a stab and I said it sounds like something Prince would make.”