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BANSHEE WORX ACQUIRES SUBTRAXX

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Banshee Worx has come to an agreement with Miika Kuisma, after a long and fruitful relationship, to acquire Subtraxx Recordings in full ownership. Subtraxx stands for high quality music going from pure chill out to progressive music. Started in 2004, Subtraxx has quickly set the path to the DJ’s record boxes with releases from: Miika Kuisma himself, Ville Lope, Sied Van Riel, PeakTwins, Natlife, Luca Lombardi, Corydalics, Basil O’Glue, Arto Kumanto, Shifted Reality & Santerna, ... Obviously the label will continue it’s path under the wings of master Miika and his apprentice Ville Lope, who will be doing additional A & R for the label. Miika Kuisma will also continue as an exclusive artist for the label, bringing later this year his third artist album.
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NEW RELEASES - WEEK 17/04

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SYNA - FOREVER

Syna is a relatively young Finnish club music trio formed in 2004 by three well talented producers Toni Kurkimäki,  Mika Vuorela and Timo Juuti. The trademark sound of Syna is a confection of deep progressive basslines, breakbeats and emotional melodies which can be melancholy and uplifting at the same time. Such blend can only be crafted by very talented producers with diverse musical backgrounds and producing styles, which presumably creates the cutting edge of Syna and assures the sustainable progress of their sound.

Bandmembers:

TONI KURKIMÄKI

A  DJ  since  the  age of 15, Toni got  his  first  touch  at producing with Commodore Amiga's  Protracker. Having been  into  electronic  music
all his life, from italo disco to acid house and rave, it opened a world of possibilities. After  years  of  learning  the  basics on that 4-channel software, Toni  spent  his  money on  an AKAI sampler and there was no turning back. Toni's biggest influences must be Jan Hammer and the ever-evolving BT. Toni spends most of his studio time tweaking the details of Syna's sound and designing the arrangements. When not working on music, he's either watching a movie or gaming online.

MIKA VUORELA

Mika started producing music almost  exactly  like  his childhood  friend  Toni,  using only an  Amiga  computer  running Protracker.  He found his own sound  through  artists   like The Prodigy, KLF  and - more recently - Hybrid. Always the guy who tries out every chord progression or bassline in a single track, he's probably the hardest working producer of the three. -"He's always coming up with new stuff even if he has ten unfinished tracks open", say the other Syna dudes of their talented friend. On his spare time Mika jogs and plays some tennis, or relaxes at home.  


TIMO JUUTI

Four  years  Toni  and Mika's junior,  Timo came of age listening to Jean-Michel Jarre, playing saxophone,keyboards and a wee bit of drums.
Furthermore, He also counts works of the famous c64 musician, Rob Hubbard, among his old favourites. Productionwise, Timo emphasizes the gravity of contrasts in sounds; "If I craft a tune that drowns into background noise and won't jump out on you, I'm lost!" Aside from his production duties, Timo keeps busy playing the sax in a few various projects and studying to become an engineer at the university of Oulu.

Today we present you their single FOREVER on Bonzai Trance Progressive accompanied by a nice video make by university students from Oulu in Finland, check the video here:



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PLANISPHERE - CYBORGANIC PREVIEW VIDEO

Planisphere is one of the many guises under which Airwave makes music. Cyborganic is his new mini album under this guise.

"It's been well over a year now since the release of the previous Planisphere album. Today we present you the new mini album made by electronic music wizard Airwave under his Planisphere alter ego. A 7 track mini album spiced with a journey through experimental beats, anthemic melodies, deep moods and some trancy elements. Without a doubt a true music experience with on top 4 bonus remixes by Planisphere from various artists including Björn Small, DPP, Alex Coollook and Toby Shark from the past 2 years. Very variable and enjoyable album which you can both use to relax and in the couch or where tracks such as the titletrack Cyborganic are extremely playable, a matter of fact this track was already championed by the likes of Armin and Above & Beyond requested it too... Nuff said, just grab this brilliant album and let it overwhelm you."

Check out the 10 minute preview on You Tube to give yourself a good idea what this album is all about, next week we'll put up the HD version of the video on our website:



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GEORGE VEMAG - BONZAI WORX - DJ SESSIONS 06

Today we're releasing the 6th installment of our Bonzai Worx - DJ Sessions series, this time mixed and compiled by Greek DJ/producer George Vemag.

"George Vemag is one of the most well known Greek Djs in the progressive trance scene. He has already big support from great artists of the scene and his tunes are being played in the biggest clubs and stations all around the world.

Signed on Bonzai Music and doing his radioshows on Afterhours.Fm with the title "Waves Of Euphoria" has already gained great feedback from the audience. He has played in many big clubs in Greece and abroad and continues having big success as the time goes by. He is one of the "talents" as said from many people he had worked with and has collaborated with big names such as Misja Helsloot, Robert Vandey, Chephren Blake, Meighan Nealon, Marcie and many others. Having released already singles like "Mentalita", Heaven & Hell" and "Endless Night" has already given his own sound in the progressive trance scene. He has also done remixes in great tunes like Chephren Blake ft Meighan Nealon - Year After (George Vemag remix) and Destination X - Dangerous (George Vemag's point of view) that are goin to be released soon on LyonEcho NY.

Having started his musical carreer in 2002 by playing in several local clubs, he started his shows in radios in 2005 with the title "Utopic Paths" and then the next show "Waves Of Euphoria", a show that is being played till now and the related events that are being organized often. His main idea was and still is to combine different styles of electronica in his sets and productions, but keeping the progressive trance as main style. His sets always follow the theory of the wave: Goin Up, goin down, goin melodic, goin uplifting, goin techy... and the people love it. A proof for that is also his upcoming release on Bonzai Music with the title "Anakonda" which is a tech trance bomb that includes also melodies, some more rhythmic parts and the main part which is the big surprise."

Check out the You Tube promo video here:



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NEW AIRWAVE SINGLE OUT

The new Airwave single featuring Ludovic Meyer entitled Batignolles Blues is out today on all download portals. Batignolles Blues is that song with the sax from Airwave's latest album Touareg, the sax player is no one else but Ludovic Meyer who is better known as Ferry Tayle. Yes indeed he's a classic musician too. This single is said to be the last single from the current album Touareg. A new album is in the works for release in the second half of 2009. The release comes with a nice package of remixes including, Subtara, Ferry Tayle & Stephan R, Maor Levi and Joost Glazenburg.

Check out the You Tube promo video below or via our You Tube page, alternatively you can watch the 720p HD version from the main page of our website.



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FUNKY HARRY PROMO VIDEO

The title track from Funky Harry's upcoming album Think About Me is out now on all download portals. Uncompromised music including experimental beats, groovy rhythms and electro sounds. A nice blend of all music styles comprised in one powerful quality album.

Check out the video on You Tube:



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BONZAI PARTY IN SLOVENIA

Our second country doing a Bonzai party abroad. This time it's Ljubljana in Slovenia hosting a Bonzai Night with Manuel Le Saux and Airwave the coming weekend!!!

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DJ FIRE - BONZAI WORX - DJ SESSIONS 05

This week the next volume from our Bonzai Worx - DJ Sessions series will be release, depending on what download portal the day will vary when it becomes available. So, this week the honours are for Belgian DJ/producer DJ Fire with his typical trance and progressive melange.

Check out the You Tube video in 720p HD format or watch the video in full HD format from our home page.

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TRIPOMATIC RECORDS GETS REVIVED

Banshee Worx - Bonzai Music has teamed up with Northern Irish producer, club promoter and label A&R Pete the System to revive one of our legandary labels Tripomatic Records as a pure trance label.

Here's some more info:

"TRIPOMATIC records is based in Belgium and is owned by giants of dance Banshee Worx - Bonzai Music. The label is fondly remembered by many trance addicts as one of the most impressive and forward thinking imprints around Europe in the 90s. This famous Banshee Worx - Bonzai Music sub label was originally brainstormed by the highly respected DJ/producer Franky Jones, known from Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth, one of the huge Bonzai classics. This was also home to the legendary Parker & Clind who hit the UK hard wth classic trance gems like Cosmos & Generator.

NOW TRIPOMATIC IS BACK! 

RESSURECTED.....RECHARGED AND READY TO ROCK PLANET TRANCE ONCE AGAIN!

With a hot new roster of artists who have ongoing support from icons such as Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Paul Oakenfold, Above & Beyond, ... the release standard for TRIPOMATIC is set to be sky high for 2009 and beyond. 

Expect some super charged modern reworks of TRIPOMATIC classics and of course the freshest new original tracks and remixes from some of the worlds new wave of producing talent!!!"


Watch out for more info soon and a special Tripomatic Records website.

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FIND US THROUGH TRUGROOVEZ

We've made sure industry professionals can find us easy through this website:

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AIRWAVE - QUADRI PROMO VIDEO

We've added to our website a special promo video for the Airwave - Quadri release which including some unreleased mixes and is the ultimate collection for Airwave fans at a very nice price, only available on iTunes!!!

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TWITTER & FLICKR

We have also actived now a Twitter page to post the headlines from our website on our home page or feel free to SUBSCRIBE to our Twitter page directly.

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And for those who like more social networking we have also set up a Flickr page to which you can SUBSCRIBE as well. Or you can see our PICTURES page on our website, where the last 200 pictures will be directly integrated into this webpage for your convenience.

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NEW RELEASES BANNER

From now on when we weekly change the new releases banner on our home page, a direct link will be available via the sleeve of each release, by clicking it you'll be directly warped to our download store so you can listen to that specific new release. The banner is being updated on a weekly basis and we're doing this to improve your experience on our website which is in constant development and evolution.
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FACEBOOK

Facebook ... Facebook... Facebook

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Yes it's the hype right now and we've been having an account for a while now but only have really started just now to really actively work on it, so we've added a direct link to our Fan Page on our home page and here you can find some more pages to look for us. Soon we'll also add a page for our booking agency.

FACEBOOK FANPAGE: CLICK HERE

FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE: CLICK HERE
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PICTURES PAGE UPDATED

We have updated today our pictures page which you can visit HERE.

From now on all our pictures on our pictures page are read directly from our Bonzai Music Flickr account, every time when our Flickr page is updated and you go to our Pictures page you will see the most recent pictures appearing.

If you wanna see more pictures then you need to visit the Flickr page where you can add tags to the pictures as well.

Additonally some more tweaks were made to our website during the last few weeks, including additional navigation at the bottom of certain pages + in the sidebar of most pages our new releases will be featured on a weekly basis.

Last but not least you've probably noticed that our home page contains an improved top navigation to see our new releases with a nice lightbox popping up, giving you a full screen sleeve and information about every release. Additionally we've added in the top bar a Twitter feed where you can read on the home page the headlines we have from our news page.
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NEW DIGITAL SERIES

We've recently started a new digital series entitled: BONZAI DIGITAL ANTHEMS, it'll be an iTunes only release on a monthly basis where you can find the best of the new releases from the month before in a nice and handy bundle.

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SEVERAL CHILL OUT ALBUMS UPCOMING

During the following months we'll be releasing a series of chill out artist albums, this is what you can expect:

- Father - Time For Goodbye
- Rico Casazza - A Mother Love
- Arman Behdad - Hearing The Call

and a few more we cannot reveal to you just yet.
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KIDNAPPED

Last weekend we got some terrible news regarding a dear friend of ours, Kurt Jansen the former boss of Club Extreme in Affligem (Belgium, has been kidnapped by a criminal organisation on the doorsteps of the club he currently runs in Cancun (Mexico). They are asking for a 2 million $ ransom in exchange for his life. Obviously for his family this a hard nut to crack, where the fuck does one come up with that kinda cash on such short notice.
The family has set up a fund ‘Bevrijd Kurt Jansen (Free Kurt Jansen)’ where people can donate any sum they like which might help to gather this ridiculous amount of money.

The accountnumber is
735-0221601-41  (international: BE  88 7350 2216 0141 / BIC KREDBEBB).

We just felt we had to share this with our fanbase instead of just looking at it all from the sideline.

Fly, Marnik, Hikey, Airwave, Yves


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BANSHEE ENTERTAINMENT

It took all a bit longer than expected, but yesterday evening we've officially launched our Banshee Entertainment - event & booking agency. We have created a brand new website for this which you can visit: BANSHEE ENTERTAINMENT

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BONZAI & EXTREME JOIN FORCES AGAIN

Banshee Worx and Extreme join forces once again. Some 14 years ago the collaboration between Bonzai and the club Extreme started when DJ Fly (founder from Bonzai) becomes resident in the first real trance club in Belgium after leaving his residency in the Cherrymoon Club. Later a series of Bonzai parties were organised in the club and also an extensive range of Extreme compilations trying to give you the club experience on CD. Over the years many DJ's have been resident and also the club closed just like so many other clubs. Today the new owners of the brand and logo Extreme have started up new Extreme party concepts. In collaboration with Banshee Worx a new series of Extreme digital compilations will be started up again which are Extreme On Saturdays and the Extreme On Mondays sound. Every 2 weeks one of these concepts will be digitally released.

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Check out the EXTREME WEBSITE.
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DANCERADIO.GR WRITES REVIEWS

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Great new music by First State, Blank and Jones, Super 8 & Dj Tab, Virtual Vault, Epos, Amex, Cape Town, and much more...
Reviews by Dimitri Kechagias "Flux Bpm on the move" "Love what is ahead by loving what has come before" As I'm sure that you know  by now if you follow this mighty corner of reviews every week  that I'm providing you some interesting quotes that I find in my Ginko infused tea bags. You maybe wonder why I choose this particular one. I certainly believe that if you are into electronic dance music you should learn to love what has been released before in order to appreciate the brand new releases that are coming. The majority of dance music composers through their life get inspiration and influences from various other composers and styles and then by infusing them with their own talent, they are ready to come up with something that is different and unique. I'm glad that for another week before Christmas and New Year holidays I will be able to present you some amazing releases for every taste in trance music that is so varied and wide as category of dance electronic music as never before. Wishes for wonderful Christmas holidays full of joy and fan with your family and happy New Year 2009. We are ready to take off...HO! HO! HO! Dj Santa is coming to club near you.
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Arto Kumanto - Focus And Gaze [Bonzai Trance Progressive] 1. Airwave Remix  2. Original mix [130 BPM] An example of artist that I discovered because of the always-reliable Bonzai/Banshee Worx music in Belgium is Arto Kumanto. Tunes like Golden means, Additional dimensions, Event Horizon and his mix for Airwave single Punjabi Child are already amongst the favorites for many progressive djs around the globe. Focus and Gaze in its original form is a soft dreamy progressive trance track with hints of house with superb melody that works slowly into your subconscious till to reach that hypnotic state of dance under the influence of trance. This is an eight epic minutes poem without the aid of words. Airwave comes over to transform this subtle and heavenly progressive trancer into a peak time monster. His mix is leading towards the tech trance genre with a mindblowing break with one of the best piano melodies and after the amazing synthy bed the beat is back more aggressive with hints of that hoover sound too that instantly gives it an amazing push to become peak time trance bouncer. 10/10 [Two tracks that you will love im very sure]
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Cape Town -ULM/ Percivalesque [Camouflage] 1. ULM  2. Percivalesque - Saarre Remix [132 BPM] 3. Percivalesque - Vodka Shatter Remix [140 BPM] Laurent Veronezz and Ferry Tayle co-production project Cape Town is back with a brand new track called ULM after their fantastic album Aviateur that still is considered as one of the most complete and creative albums in trance mythology. ULM is a Balearic epic trancer with steady tough beat and a killer baseline that works amazingly well. If you are curious about the break then you are rest assured that you will get what you usually expect from those two masterminds. A synthy melody that slowly rises till that steady tribalish driving beat is back and all sound layers flirt each other in order to create an air of positivism and dynamism that you get only in classy Cape Town releases. In this pack included remixes of the now classic Percivalesque by vodka who has manage to win bonzai competition with this remix with critics and the crowd alike commenting about the way that he manage to transform it into an uplifting tribal trancer and I hope to see also single projects from his hands . Saare remix is  slower electro trancer at its very best with grande break and fantastic buit up.  10/10 [Trance Music soundz better with Cape Town ]
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Mayday - Red Clouds [Nemesis] 1. Castra mix 2. Original mix 3. Straight Ahead Remix  [128 BPM] Nemesis is one of the most consistent inhouse label for Bonzai/Banshee Worx. Every release is carefully selected in order to satisfy with class and style the most eclectic fans of progressive trance. The style that does not afraid to use influences  from other styles and comes up always with tracks that stand out against the test of time. This time Mayday offers a wonderful progressive trance release in 3 very hot shapes and sizes. Original is a driving Balearic trance track packed with a lot of emotion and melody that is melancholic and dreamy  that certainly will make you thing about those red clouds that you notice during the sunset time. The break is adorable and remember when the track builds up  again with all the different layers of sound and the very cool vocal stabs you will experience a wave of immense energy released that will take any dancer to the next level. The remixes cannot get any better with Castra, a name that you should always check out, offering a much more driving version and Straight ahead adopting a more electro trance approach in order to make this track suitable for more club trance sets. 10/10 [This is what we should call progressive trance]
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TRANCE.NU REVIEWS NEW DJ FIRE

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DJ SESSIONS:02 - MIXED BY ROGERIO MARTINS

Next week the 13th of January we'll be releasing the second in our Bonzai Worx - DJ Sessions, this time mixed by Rogerio Martins. We've made a little introduction movie, it's available via home page or here in HD format or below via You Tube.

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2009 INTRO VIDEO

For who'd like to know more about what's coming up... here it is our 2009 intro video:

Want to watch it in HD directly from our server, then click the image below.

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Want to watch it in HD from You Tube, then view the video below:



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MIIKA KUISMA ON BEATPORT

2008 has been good for us and also for some of our artists, behold the following:

Miika Kuisma's song Trying My New Wings from the album Sententia, released late 2007 has become the second best selling chill out track on Beatport, the number one download portal for electronic music!!!

BUY MIIKA KUISMA'S TRYING MY NEW WINGS NOW

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WOW USERS DISCOVER AIRWAVE

It seems the 11,5 million WOW online players are also music lovers and it seems they have also discovered some of our music, behold a funny Swedish You Tube raid video including some music producer by Airwave.



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WELCOME TO 2009

Welcome to 2009, a new year which promises to be a sprankling year full of outstanding music including the continuation of our newly started Bonzai Worx - DJ Sessions presents, artist albums, new concepts, some special surprises and announcements, new singles & distributed labels and much much more.

First of all we'd like to bring you the first big news for the new year. As of now we'll start with our own booking agency called Banshee Entertainment which you can visit here: BANSHEE ENTERTAINMENT

Banshee Entertainment will take care of the bookings of a vast amount of DJ's including: Yves Deruyter, Airwave, Miika Kuisma, Manuel Le Saux, Ferry Tayle, Rogerio Martins, Eddie Sender, David Eckenback, Ville Lope, ... to name just a few, more names will be revealed when the website launches at the end of the first week of January 2009.

The agency will also set up local parties as you've seen already in 2008 with many more events to come...

More news will follow on the 5th of January with more updates of what you can expect from us in 2009.

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