Ultra! Gatecrashers Birthday

Roger Sanchez

GATECRASHER ULTRA! NOTTINGHAM, SUNDAY 2ND MAY 

Grammy award winner, no.1 chart topper and globally revered superstar DJ Roger Sanchez touches down in at Ultra! Gatecrasher in Nottingham for an exclusive DJ set marking 10 years ‘Release Yourself’ for a never-to-be forgotten Saturday night, Sanchez plays at new night Saturday Ultra! where Gatecrasher presents the UK’s Biggest Night Out featuring four rooms of music, spectacular entertainment, outstanding sound and lights and featuring the world’s leading DJs in the Midlands most amazing venue.

The first decade of the new millennium has passed and house music pioneer Roger Sanchez continues to keep the beat and rock dance floors across the globe. The ‘Release Yourself’ empire is still a force to be reckoned with in it's 10th year of existence, built upon a foundation of emotion, passion, and energy. It is now the time to celebrate the decade of the ‘old world’, and look ahead to 10 more years of the Sanchez revolution. No wonder, then, that the multi-award-winning artist from Queens, New York has chosen ‘The Beginning Of A New Era’ as the 2010 theme. This year Roger celebrates the pass of an incredible decade of house music, and the beginning of a new generation filled with innovative beats and mind blowing performances.

2010 is a truly memorable year for Roger as he celebrates 10 years of his famous residency in Ibiza. This year Roger will as well release a new ‘Release Yourself’ compilation, all on Roger’s own Stealth label. For 10 years Roger Sanchez has dictated the tempo of the house music scene, bringing audiences up and coming artists that have grown to become big-time-players in the dance world. Even after 10 years Roger sees no reason to slow down as he looks forward to breaking barriers in house music for the next decade.

With "Release Yourself: The Beginning Of A New Era" taking a cue from the ways of the future, it can only be expected for Roger to bring a live spectacle unlike anything experienced before. Release Yourself will take the audience out of this world into an entire futuristic experience. 3D visuals will be projected onto giant screens behind Sanchez as he takes control of the club. With the mix of eye-popping 3D visuals and heart-pounding Sanchez beats, it can be certain that the audience will totally lose themselves in the audio-visual spectacle. Topping off the excitement of a new decade will be the debut of Roger’s hot new single "2gether"- already receiving a tremendous amount of buzz in the dance scene. Throughout his career, Roger Sanchez has been known as a DJ that breaks barriers, and with this years’ "Release Yourself: The Beginning Of A New Era", another barrier has been broken.

Chiddy Bang

ULTRA! LIVE PRESENTS CHIDDY BANG FRIDAY 21st MAY

Gatecrasher’s Nottingham club, Ultra! goes live with an exclusive performance from experimental hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang.  

It’s been a long time coming but now, finally after a several years of Auto-Tune based stagnation and beats so glossy you could virtually see your face in them, hip-hop is finally, and thankfully, broadening its palette.  

You must have noticed; Kid Cudi kicking it with Ratatat, Lil-Wayne reinventing himself as a rocker even Jay-Z hanging out at Grizzly Bear gigs. The examples are numerous but up to now the results have been mixed.  

This new strain of experimentation is no fad- it’s an absolute necessity for hip-hop to continue being relevant and in the shape of Philadelphia’s  Chiddy Bang, we have the most able and willing torch carriers yet to emerge in this exciting new era.  

It’s been a phenomenal few months for Chiddy Bang. Their debut single, ‘Opposite Of Adults’ entered the UK charts at number 12 and has remained in the top 20 for over 5 weeks selling nearly 100,000 copies to date.  

Having met at college in Philly in 2008, the duo quickly came up with a fistful of tunes which circulated around the American college circuit like wildfire. In summer 2009 their debut mixtape, ‘Swelly Express’ was uploaded on to myspace and received over 80,000 downloads in a month. Since then the band have been riding on the crest of a wave with Kanye showing much love on his blog and playing support shows with the likes of Wale, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia and Mike Posner.  

Next single, ‘Truth’  is another stomping tune and stays true to the bands new school sampling form this time sampling Passion Pit’s ‘Better Things’. The band play a huge university tour in the UK throughout May hitting Ultra! Gatecrasher on the 21st May.

Calvin Harris

BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND SATURDAY 29TH MAY

The hottest name in electronic music  Calvin Harris makes his Ultra! debut this Bank Holiday.

After a mamouth sell out New Year show in Gatecrasher Birmingham, the king of electropop, Calvin Harris, comes to Ultra! Gatecrasher in Nottingham for an unmissable event that is guaranteed to blow you away, this Bank Holiday.

Calvin Harris, an artist who has dominated the charts over the last 2 years, has chosen to celebrate this bank holiday Gatecrasher style. This is what bank holidays were made for! 

Remember the best bank holiday event you’ve ever been to and multiply it by 17 years of Gatecrasher production experience and the biggest dance artist in the world right now. Expect state-of-the-art computer wizardry, the most spectacular visual stimulation and out-of-this-world originality and combine it with the stunning environment of  Ultra! Gatecrasher for a never-to-be-forgotten bank holiday celebration. 

GATECRASHER will roll-out the red-carpet for this bank holiday extravaganza and is intent on blasting boundaries to reach phenomenal new heights in terms of production. Expect a thrilling combination of acrobatic artistry, extravagant design and exceptional sounds.  The club has imported the world’s best lights, lasers, video walls and sound system for a never to be forgotten night. Add to this Gatecrasher’s world renowned entertainment including theatrical performers, internationally renowned dancers performing against Gatecrasher’s LED wall and aerialists suspended from flying rigs directly above the dance floor. 

The result? A mind-blowing, mother of all dance parties. The staging, musical enhancement and visual effects will create an out of this world, full-on, adrenalin-fuelled atmosphere. 

Calvin Harris has followed the success of his gold selling debut album ‘I Created Disco’, by scoring yet another gold album and the trump card, a UK no. 1 with its successor ‘Ready For The Weekend’.

‘Ready For the Weekend’ already boasts two UK no. 1 singles: ‘Dance Wiv Me’ (with Dizzee Rascal) and ‘I’m Not Alone’.Plus a top 3 single with the title track ‘Ready For the Weekend. The pioneering vision and determination of Calvin Harris has very much paid off. 

“What I’m into at the moment”, says Calvin Harris, “is the idea of stadium dance. Playing football stadiums with massive riffs, big hands- in-the-air moments.” A bold ambition, but such boldness is justified, coming from a man who ascended from the bedroom to the big time.

Calvin has come a long way since his trademark sound took over the charts in 2007. Now a sought after producer, international DJ and bonafide star, Calvin has picked up awards, collaborated with everyone from Kylie Minogue to Example, clocked up record sales well in excess of a million copies and sold out tours across the UK.  

Kele From Bloc Party

Ultra!Gatecrasher Live is proud to announce Kele from Bloc Party will perform an exclusive live solo show as part of his side project at Ultra this July!  

Kelechukwu "Kele" Rowland Okereke (pronounced O-kare-a-kay) (born 13 October 1981) is an English singer and rhythm guitarist who plays in the indie rock band Bloc Party.

Okereke was born in Liverpool to Catholic Nigerian (Igbo) parents. His mother was a midwife, and his father a molecular biologist. He grew up in London with his one sister. As a child, he went to school at Ilford County High School (where he was known as Rowly), but switched to Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green for sixth form at age 16. He lived in Bethnal Green, and in 1998 he became friends with a student of nearby Bancroft's School, Russell Lissack, who would become his band's guitarist. A year later, while studying at King's College London, Okereke met Lissack again at Reading Festival, where the band was officially formed under the title of The Angel Range. In 2001, Okereke moved out of his parents' home. He went on to meet Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong who became the band's permanent bass guitarist and drummer, respectively. In 2003, the band changed its name to Bloc Party after briefly being called Union.