Saturday, January 28th!

Aly & Fila’s label, Future Sound of Egypt Club Nights, makes its Chicago debut with M.I.K.E. Push, the Thrillseekers, ReOrder, and Dan Stone!

$20 General Admission, RSVP for Free Cover before 11:30pm.  Advance tickets are strongly encouraged at http://bit.ly/SoundBarFSOE

M.I.K.E. PUSH

Belgian born and now based in New York, USA, Mike Dierickx is a producer, remixer and DJ and has a multitude of guises he produced and remixed under, most notably M.I.K.E., Push, Plastic Boy and many other aliases.

He is responsible for hundreds of productions on various labels that reside under the High Contrast, Sony, Armada Music, Universal, Bonzai Records and has worked with many artists including Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Moby, Markus Schulz, Rank1 and lots lots more.

As a DJ, his style is very similar to the music he makes which is Euphoric Trance with a techy-edge.

M.I.K.E. / Push’s career shoot throw the roof in 1998 with “Universal Nation” under his Push guise on Bonzai Records which won several dance music awards, and is recognized as one of the classic dance records of the Trance era until this day. With this success in worldwide dance charts the Belgian dance scene was now firmly on the map. His follow up single “Strange World” was also a hit and played throughout hundreds of clubs all across Europe. This was followed by another massive release, “The Legacy”, once again topping most dance charts across Europe and entering the British National charts at number 21. Over the years Mike received several music awards including best club singles and best dance producer, and entered 6 times the national Top 40 in the UK.

He has released several M.I.K.E. & Push studio albums including “From Beyond”, “World Citizen” and “Electric Eclipse”, all of which received critical acclaim.

He has also remixed artists like Sinead O’Connor, Moby, Mauro Picotto, Bomfunk MC’s, Oliver Lieb, Armin Van Buuren and The Bloodhound Gang

Nowadays M.I.K.E. Push has moved on to discover new musical ventures and continues to be a major player and influence on today’s Trance scene.
A comprehensive guide to a host of Mike’s & Push projects can be found on Discogs.

The Thrillseekers

Steve Helstrip, aka The Thrillseekers, has been at the forefront of the global trance scene for some 15 years. From his first single ‘Synaesthesia’, through to countless club classics including ‘The Last Time’, ‘Affinity’, ‘Es Vedra (with Aly & Fila)’ and more recently ‘Just Because’ and ‘Amber’, Steve Helstrip has been behind some of the most emotive electronic music ever released. He’s worked with pioneers like Trevor Horn, shared co-production credits with Chicane and Ferry Corsten, and remixed for artists including Tiesto and Armin van Buuren.

As a DJ, Steve continues to captivate crowds the world over and has recently performed at Aly & Fila’s headline FSOE450 event at the historic site of Karnak Temple in Egypt. Creamfields, Ministry of Sound, Godskitchen and Gatecrasher have all born witness to his fluid mixing, unique style and energetic performances. 2006 saw him climb to no. 45 in DJ Magazine’s top 100 DJs poll.

In late 2005 The Thrillseekers moved into compilation territory with the release of ‘NightMusic Vol. 1′. The CD and 30 date world tour that followed was an instant smash, generating State-side, Russian and Asian releases of the compilation. Summer 2007 saw the heavily anticipated follow-up hit the stores, and repeated again in 2009 with NightMusic Vol. 3.

In 2014 The Thrillseekers notched up 4 consecutive club anthems including ‘This Is All We Have’, which was consistently voted as one of the top trance releases of the year. Armin van Buuren described his track ‘Find You’ as ‘simply brilliant’ and Steve himself as ‘one of his heroes’.

The past six months has seen The Thrillseekers sell out shows around the globe with his open-to-close ‘15 Years of Trance’ events, while his release The Thrillseekers Pres. Hydra ‘Amber’ became the second fastest selling trance release is Beatport history, having reached number 1 in just 3 days. ‘Amber’ is the first single to be released from his upcoming album ‘Escape’, which is due for release on FSOE Recordings in December 2016. With 5 more singles lined-up over the coming 6 months, and many high profile events including Dreamstate, 2017 is going to be his biggest year to date.

ReOrder

Tibor Tomecko, aka ReOrder, is undoubtedly one of the most promising producers in the trance scene today. Voted #12 in 2016 TrancePodium Trance Charts and regular TOP10 Beatport seller for past 2 years he has lots to offer! He regularly performs alongside the world’s DJ elite, his productions are widely supported and he is no stranger to fans of A State Of Trance. He already has several Future Favorites and Tune Of The Weeks up his sleeve.
On stage ReOrder’s presence is as equally captivating as it is energetic. He smashed all expectations on all major festivals and club events around the globe such as A State Of Trance, Future Sound Of Egypt, Electronic Family, Luminosity Beach Festival, Transmission, Trance Fusion and many more, delivering tune after tune to a packed out arenas.

In addition to his original releases on Future Sound Of Egypt, Who’s Afraid Of 138, Raz Nitzan Music or Subculture in past years, ReOrder has also delivered top-drawer remixes for Armin van Buuren, Aly & Fila, Andy Moor, Max Graham, The Thrillseekers, Mark Sixma and many others. His latest productions have featured on some of the biggest compilations, including A State Of Trance, Future Sound Of Egypt, Ministry Of Sound’s ‘Trance Nation’, In Trance We Trust, In Search Of Sunrise and more. With his latest singles Love Again & Our Nature with Katty Heath or Way Finding Around, Venice Beach or Tomorroworld (in collaboration with Ferry Tayle), ReOrder is simply a must have article.

In 2016 he started his new tour project “READYFORDISORDER” and already brought this trance night to his fans in Czech Republic and Netherlands, more and coming soon. His DisOrder Radio Podcast broadcasting monthly on Soundcloud and iTunes had quickly become listeners favorite.

ReOrder also worked alongside UK producer Standerwick as SkyPatrol. As one of the hottest team-ups in trance, they have delivered hit after hit, and also collaborated with Aly & Fila on their album ‘The Other Shore’. All of their singles from Folding Your Universe, Sailing Airways, Skyres to Shut Up! were always beatport’s top sellers!

Dan Stone

“Dan Stone’s productions continue to grow from strength to strength and he is fast beginning to carve a unique and distinctive sound.” ANJUNABEATS

Norfolk-born Dan Stone started rocking the clubs of East Anglia 13 years ago but only began producing his own music in 2005 securing his first signing ‘Made In Bahrain’ with trance super label, Anjunabeats, in 2006.

His uplifting, euphoric sound has attracted support from huge shows such as Above & Beyond’s Trance Around The World and Armin Van Buuren’s A State Of Trance gaining him an ever-growing fanbase across the world.
He has taken his style of big room, floor filling trance to clubs and club nights up and down the UK including Ministry Of Sound, Gatecrasher, Passion and Off The Rails and this year will be taking his sound overseas for the first time to up and coming trance capital, Poland.

He has had consistent support and releases on Anjunabeats and had his tracks remixed by popular producers such as Nitrous Oxide and Signum as well as producing remixes of his own for labels such as Armada, Enhanced, Alter Ego and many more, including his first remix for Anjunabeats of Arty’s ‘Rush’, released this year. His more recent releases ‘Mumbai’, ‘Fahrenheit’ and ‘Crafted’ and features on compilations Anjunabeats Volumes 7 and 8 and Worldwide 02 have catapulted Dan into the trance limelight, with appearances in the Top 10s of all the major trance download stores.

Whether it’s his passion and style behind the decks or his skill and talent in the studio, one thing’s for sure and that is that Dan Stone is one to watch for the future.

You can catch Dan’s radio show ‘Digital Obsession’ 9-10pm GMT every fourth Monday of the month on AH.FM.