Steve Porter 'Operation Berlin' EP & Love Parade News
Author: TranZnews
Saturday, July 8, 2006
Amidst his exciting tour, Steve heads to Berlin's Love Parade held on July 15th - returning after a two year absence. Steve will be playing on Berlin's own Paul van Dyk's float for an anticipated crowd of over a million! He will also be playing at Paul's annual mega event The Love From Above - the official Love Parade opening party with Sander Kleinenberg, Moguai, Steve Porter, Adam Sheridan, Giuseppe Ottaviani and Rene Vaitl
"I'm really looking forward to this year's Love Parade. It's great to have it back and Vandit/Vocnyc will be there in force. I have Adam Sheridan, Guiseppe Ottaviani, John Askew, Jose Amnesia and Steve Porter on our truck." -Paul van Dyk, I-DJ magazine
In honor of his debut at the legendary Love Parade, Steve Porter releases a new PORTER & BLAIN 'OPERATION BERLIN EP'. Steve specially created these tracks for the host city of the largest electronic music street festival and the World Cup. Berlin has truly emerged at the intersection of globalism and electronic dance music.
Steve Porter returns to internationally acclaimed Stereo Nightclub in beautiful Montreal on Friday, July 28th with his Boston cohorts Chris Reavy & Eli Wilke and a special live performance by Bon Johnson. Bons is also on opening duties at Stereobar alongside local rising star Just Jonathan.
"Stereo Montreal has one of the most incredible vibes of all the clubs in the world with an unrivaled sound system. It's been a great place to evangelize my Porterhouse party ethic of fantasy funk." - Steve Porter
Also, coming this fall, Steve Porter enters the global gaming industry with exclusive new music for Konami Digital Entertainment, producer and publisher of video and computer games for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox.
STEVE PORTER TOUR DATES
June 30 Edinburgh, Scotland @ Beatroot
July 1 Birmingham, UK @ Air at Godskitchen
July 7 Boston, MA @ Rise Afterhours
July 14 Berlin, Germany @ Love From Above with Paul van Dyk
July 15 Berlin, Germany @ Love Parade Berlin Float with Paul van Dyk
July 22 Prague, CZ @ Roxy
July 28 Montreal, Canada @ Stereo
July 29 Club Alebrijes, El Salvador
August 5 Croatia @ Rabac Festival
September 3 Cream @ Slovenia
September 30 Providence, Rhode Island
October 7 Sofia, Bulgaria @ Lipsick
October 27 El Salvador @ Terrace
"Fans craving a juicy slab of twisted and techy progressive house will be in full slobber at DJ-producer Steve Porter's [Porterhouse] soiree." - TIME OUT NEW YORK
"Steve unites the room with effortless aplomb, and infectious grin and his instinctive command of a groove." - DJ Mag
"Master mixer Steve Porter blends all kinds of dance rhythms into a sizzling stew." - MIAMI HERALD
"Steve Porter continues to have a golden touch with the latest installment of his "Porterhouse" concept, a dance music ideology which includes everything from club nights to productions and more." - Clubplanet.com
"This up-and-coming 'progressive house' DJ and producer constructs elaborate, propulsive music." - Washington Post
"Porter's sound continues to take on new proportions, infecting our minds with a nu-generation of no-holds barred dancefloor music taking on a life of its own." - ResidentAdvisor.net
The 'PORTERHOUSE' ideology of "no rules, no borders" to dance music resonates here on the album with an eclectic range of funked-up house beats with a techy-edge, breaks interludes, electro action, techno twists, and sound-clash attitude that blurs the boundaries between musical genres. All this is induced by hi Tags