Groove Odyssey 3Rd Birthday

Special Guests: KERRI CHANDLER (DC10, Ibiza, & NYC) + LOUIE VEGA (Elements Of Life/Masters At Work) 1st time together on the decks in London!

plus Live : JULIE MCKNIGHT singing her House music classic “Finally” & “Diamond Life”

80’s Soul Room featuring PAULINE HENRY Live - singing “Heaven” alongside DJ Bigger, Sammy Confunktion and more

On Saturday 29th September, London's biggest Soulful House night Groove Odyssey celebrates its 3rd birthday, marking this momentous occasion by throwing a huge party at PROUD2 in London's world famous O2 complex in Docklands. And for the very 1st time in London playing on the same bill, NYC House Legends Louie Vega and Kerri Chandler headline the Main Room! Also flying in for an Exclusive Live performance will be the unmistakable soulful voice of Julie McKnight, behind House music’s evergreen vocal anthem “Finally’. Also in the Main Room, Groove Odyssey Records showcase their leading new artists including Lifford and Sabrina Chyld.

One of the lynchpin sound maestros of DC10’s summer sessions in Ibiza, Kerri Chandler, continues to rock all kinds of parties and events with his unmistakable bass-heavy sound. A legendary producer and DJ who’s always at the cutting edge, whether it be with instrumental bullets such as “Get It Off” and Bar A Thym” or vocal anthems such as “Inspiration” with Arnold Jarvis, Kerri Chandler knows how to fire things up in no uncertain terms.

One half of the newly re-formed Masters At Work, Louie Vega, has had a busy summer with residencies in the pleasure seeking locations of Ibiza, Italy and Greece, and is about to release his new live band Elements of Life II new album, “This Is Us”. Hotly anticipated, this double 25-track album is set to be one of House music’s big releases for the Autumn, and Louie is reaching new heights of creativity with this diverse vocal and instrumental set.

As part of Masters At Work, the legendary NYC DJ & Production duo of Louie Vega and Kenny ‘Dope” Gonzalez, Louie has for over a decade shepherded dance music down new paths with their inventive production style and imaginative feel for different musical forms. The two native New Yorkers have amassed an overwhelming body of work, one that includes hundreds of original productions, remixes and side projects, redefining the way we think of music in clubs. Vega and Gonzalez defiantly mix everything they can find – house, hip-hop, funk, disco, Latin, African and jazz – into a universal groove. And in doing so, MAW has become a cultural mélange unto itself, emblematic of the multicultural society in which we live.

And New York’s finest DJ’s are joined in the Main Room by the striking Julie McKnight, best known as the vocal star of the Kings of Tomorrow anthems, “Finally’, "Home", "Diamond Life” and "Bittersweet." She also sings on David Guetta’s mighty “How Soon Is Now”. The Groove Odyssey label introduce their latest talents Lifford and Sabrina Chyld premiering their new singles

Three rooms of music at Groove Odyssey’s 3rd Birthday event, and for old skool Eighties Soul, Funk and Disco look no further than Room 2 with a special guest PA from Pauline Henry of The Chimes fame performing her 80's smash “Heaven (When U Touch Me Baby)” alongside DJ Bigger and guests.

And rounding festivities off on the Outside Terrace are HouseFM.net, with a sterling cast of the station’s resident DJ’s spinning the latest house sounds from the pirate airwaves.

Groove Odyssey’s 3rd Birthday celebration is the biggest Soulful House event in London for 2012, housed at the state-of-the-art Proud2 venue which boasts an amazing sound system. With this in mind, please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment, Early Birds only £13.50 before August 31st, and see you on the dance floor!!

MAIN ROOM: LOUIE VEGA (MASTERS AT WORK/Vega Records/Elements Of Life); KERRI CHANDLER: Bobby & Steve Zoo, DJ Leo, Ted Lawrence
Plus Live Percussionist

PA: JULIE MCKNIGHT performing classics such as “Finally” “Diamond Life” and “Home” (Kings Of Tomorrow)
(Soulful & Deep House)

ROOM 2: 80'S SOUL FUNK @ DISCO with Special Guest: DJ Bigger, Sammy Confunktion, Richie Hill, David Bailey, Soulmaster T, Funkos & Paul Morrissey

P.A. PAULINE HENRY (The Chimes) singing classics like “Heaven (When You Touch Me Baby)”

ROOM 3: Hosted By HOUSEFM.NET with DJ’s Joel S & Panther, Nick Fernandez, Steve Harrington, Lady T, Roney J, Brockney C & DJ Fiddla