The biggest New Years Eve party in the UK returns to Rock City, Stealth & Rescue Rooms to bring in 2011. Having sold out for the last 2 years, the line up for this year’s Countdown is second to none. With several of the biggest nights in Nottingham on board to provide 7 arenas of music, for 4,000 people, running from 8.30 till 6am and with Funktion One sound throughout this promises to be an epic New Years Eve celebration!
Chase & Status headline the Rock City main hall bringing in the New Year with an exclusive midnight set. 2010 has been massive for these guys and with a sell out UK tour and several top 10 singles under their belt they’re due to drop their 2nd album in January 2011.
Check out the video to their new single 'Blind Faith' (released on January 24th):
How many artists / producers can count Jay Z, Snoop Dogg and Pharell as fans as well as drum and bass’ finest Andy C, Hype and Pendulum; enjoy heavy rotation in the hands of dub-step royalty such as N-Type and Skream; and have each release enthusiastically supported by Annie Mac and Zane Lowe? This is what Saul Milton and Will Kennard, producing under the name Chase & Status, have achieved in 5 years, and the highlight of their young career so far has been their debut LP ‘More Than Alot’ which has helped turned them into a unique urban phenomenon, and the biggest crossover act to come out of the underground since Pendulum.
They met at Manchester University through their mutual love of drum and bass in the mid nineties and have DJ’d ever since, waiting until 2004 for their first production, a remix for Future Cut (better known these days for their production work with Lily Allen). It was followed by a series of drum and bass anthems for the biggest underground labels including ‘Duppy Man’ for Breakbeat Kaos (home of Pendulum’s platinum selling debut album) in 2005 and ‘The Druids’ EP for DJ Zinc’s trendsetting Bingo label a year later. Their production work for Jenna G’s ‘In Love’ the same year earned them their first award, ‘Best Single’, as voted by over 40,000 listeners for the BBC 1Xtra Drum & Bass Awards.
Despite a high volume of releases on Ram Records and constant DJ work, Chase & Status managed to mastermind and release their debut album last year. Packed with the kind of drum and bass anthems that helped build their reputation, it also features tracks which show the diversity of their work: such as ‘Pieces’ featuring Plan B and the Radio 1 A-List single ‘Against All Odds’ featuring Kano.
The result of the album is a thrilling journey through the UK urban scene and deserves its great title: ‘More Than Alot’. One track from the album ‘Eastern Jam’ was recently spotted by Snoop Dogg and newly released in April 2009 as ‘Snoop Dogg Millionaire’.
Chase & Status have recently been hailed as ‘The most exciting producers in the UK today’ by Pharell Williams of N*E*R*D fame, and the excitement around the pair doesn’t stop there. They have been asked to remix tracks by some of the world’s hottest artists including recent remixes of Jay Z’s ‘Death Of Auto-Tune’, The Prodigy’s ‘Invaders Must Die’ and White Lies ‘Death’.
In 2010, Chase & Status have signed a major record deal with Vertigo on Mercury Records, started working on new material for their second album, the first fruits of which entitled ‘End Credits’ feat. Plan B appeared on the film ‘Harry Brown’ featuring Sir Michael Caine.
The second track from the upcoming album was 'Hypest Hype' featuring Stealth favourite Tempa T. The video was filmed during their live shows earlier in the year, and numerous festivals over the summer months. For a free download of the track head over to www.chaseandstatus.co.uk .
How many artists / producers can count Jay Z, Snoop Dogg and Pharell as fans as well as drum and bass’ finest Andy C, Hype and Pendulum; enjoy heavy rotation in the hands of dub-step royalty such as N-Type and Skream; and have each release enthusiastically supported by Annie Mac and Zane Lowe? This is what Saul Milton and Will Kennard, producing under the name Chase & Status, have achieved in 5 years, and the highlight of their young career so far has been their debut LP ‘More Than Alot’ which has helped turned them into a unique urban phenomenon, and the biggest crossover act to come out of the underground since Pendulum.
They met at Manchester University through their mutual love of drum and bass in the mid nineties and have DJ’d ever since, waiting until 2004 for their first production, a remix for Future Cut (better known these days for their production work with Lily Allen). It was followed by a series of drum and bass anthems for the biggest underground labels including ‘Duppy Man’ for Breakbeat Kaos (home of Pendulum’s platinum selling debut album) in 2005 and ‘The Druids’ EP for DJ Zinc’s trendsetting Bingo label a year later. Their production work for Jenna G’s ‘In Love’ the same year earned them their first award, ‘Best Single’, as voted by over 40,000 listeners for the BBC 1Xtra Drum & Bass Awards.
Despite a high volume of releases on Ram Records and constant DJ work, Chase & Status managed to mastermind and release their debut album last year. Packed with the kind of drum and bass anthems that helped build their reputation, it also features tracks which show the diversity of their work: such as ‘Pieces’ featuring Plan B and the Radio 1 A-List single ‘Against All Odds’ featuring Kano.
The result of the album is a thrilling journey through the UK urban scene and deserves its great title: ‘More Than Alot’. One track from the album ‘Eastern Jam’ was recently spotted by Snoop Dogg and newly released in April 2009 as ‘Snoop Dogg Millionaire’.
Chase & Status have recently been hailed as ‘The most exciting producers in the UK today’ by Pharell Williams of N*E*R*D fame, and the excitement around the pair doesn’t stop there. They have been asked to remix tracks by some of the world’s hottest artists including recent remixes of Jay Z’s ‘Death Of Auto-Tune’, The Prodigy’s ‘Invaders Must Die’ and White Lies ‘Death’.
In 2010, Chase & Status have signed a major record deal with Vertigo on Mercury Records, started working on new material for their second album, the first fruits of which entitled ‘End Credits’ feat. Plan B appeared on the film ‘Harry Brown’ featuring Sir Michael Caine.
The second track from the upcoming album was 'Hypest Hype' featuring Stealth favourite Tempa T. The video was filmed during their live shows earlier in the year, and numerous festivals over the summer months. For a free download of the track head over to www.chaseandstatus.co.uk .
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COUNTDOWN NEW YEARS EVE 2010
Friday 31st December 8.30-6am
Rock City, Stealth & Rescue Rooms
ALIX PEREZ
BENGA
BLACK SUN EMPIRE
CHASE & STATUS
DANNY BYRD
D'LEX
DOC DANEEKA
DYNAMITE MC
EMALKAY
FAKE BLOOD
FRICTION
GOLDIE
HOT CITY
INSTRA:MENTAL
JUBEI
LOST BOYZ DJS
MC WREC
MISTAJAM
N-TYPE
PLASTICIAN
SCRATCH PERVERTS
SGT POKES
SHY FX
SPECTRASOUL
SP MC
THE OTHERS
TOMB CREW
TRANSIT MAFIA
ULTERIOR MOTIVE
XXXY
YOUNGMAN MC
YOUNGSTA
ZINC
+ VERY SPECIAL GUEST and loads more!
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Tickets are on sale now and available from Detonate online, Alt-Tickets or from Rock City box office or Golden Fleece. Credit Card Hotline: 08454134444
For more info:
Friday 31st December 8.30-6am
Rock City, Stealth & Rescue Rooms
ALIX PEREZ
BENGA
BLACK SUN EMPIRE
CHASE & STATUS
DANNY BYRD
D'LEX
DOC DANEEKA
DYNAMITE MC
EMALKAY
FAKE BLOOD
FRICTION
GOLDIE
HOT CITY
INSTRA:MENTAL
JUBEI
LOST BOYZ DJS
MC WREC
MISTAJAM
N-TYPE
PLASTICIAN
SCRATCH PERVERTS
SGT POKES
SHY FX
SPECTRASOUL
SP MC
THE OTHERS
TOMB CREW
TRANSIT MAFIA
ULTERIOR MOTIVE
XXXY
YOUNGMAN MC
YOUNGSTA
ZINC
+ VERY SPECIAL GUEST and loads more!
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Tickets are on sale now and available from Detonate online, Alt-Tickets or from Rock City box office or Golden Fleece. Credit Card Hotline: 08454134444
For more info:
- 'Like' the Countdown Facebook Page
- Join the Countdown Facebook Group
- 'Attend' out the Facebook Event
