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Photos: Roger Sanchez @ Ministry Of Sound
Last Saturday March 3rd Roger Sanchez and the Stealth Records crew took over Ministry of Sound, London. While Roger headlined the event, Stealth artists Prok & Fitch, Bobby Burns, Muzzaik, and Jason Chance were also included in the lineup. Check out all the pictures from the rockin' party below…
Coming Soon: Stealth Records Miami Sampler 2012
Miami Music Week is fast approaching and Stealth Records is getting you ready with this year's Miami Sampler, due out on exclusively to Beatport on March 13th. Included is Roger Sanchez's collaboration with Sidney Samson, 'Flashing Lights' (Stafford Brother's Remix), so be sure to check out a preview of the entire compilation below.
Purchase your copy on March 13th on Stealth's Beatport here. Also available on iTunes and all other stores March 27th.
Event Update: Roger Sanchez Presents Stealth Miami
ROGER SANCHEZ PRESENTS STEALTH MIAMI
Wednesday, March 21st 2012
Fontainebleau™ Miami Beach's Ocean Lawn
LINEUP:
Adrian Lux
Arty
Bobby Burns
Funkagenda
Michael Calfan
Prok & Fitch
Sebastien Drums
Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez, Stealth Records and Miami Marketing Group are veryproud to present the final line-up for one of the most anticipated events during Miami Music Week. Under the A&R acumen of founder, Roger Sanchez, Stealth has grown to become a trusted source for some of the most established artists and events in house music today. This year, Stealth is excited to present its exclusive day party, Roger Sanchez Presents Stealth Miami, at the beautiful Fontainebleau™ Ocean Lawn on Wednesday March 21st. Headlined by Sanchez, the afternoon promises to be one of MMW’s hottest tickets.
Early bird ticket buyers will have the option for a free download of Stealth Records’ upcoming Miami sampler. Doors open at Noon, so be sure to arrive early for access to exclusive Stealth Miami content, artist meet & greets, and more cool specials.
Click here to purchase your ticket.
Inside Ibiza with Roger Sanchez: Episode 4
Stealth Records presents: Inside Ibiza with Roger Sanchez
Written & Directed by: Terry Church
Camera/Edit: John Taws
Throughout this series, director Terry Church takes you behind the scenes of Roger's DJ life and his relationship with the White Isle. From Roger's residency at the island's superclub Space, to events for his record label Stealth, his studio sessions, and the characters around him, Inside Ibiza is a documentary that aims to get to the heart of DJ culture and Ibiza. For this episode, we're taken to view an entirely different aspect of Roger's career, to meet the people that attribute to Roger's vast success.
Catch episode 4 below, as well as Church's director's notes that dig further into the details of this particular episode. Watch previous episodes on Roger's Youtube channel here.
Director's Notes: Episode 4 of Inside Ibiza with Roger Sanchez
Episode 4 of Roger Sanchez' Inside Ibiza takes us back stage behind one of the world's most famous superclubs – Space in Ibiza.
The giant venue is a celebrated dance music institution. Indeed, the White Isle's clubbing season doesn't officially begin until Space opens its doors in May each year.
Episode 4 of Inside Ibiza gives viewers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into what it takes to make this huge, famous nightclub tick. Featuring interviews with the staff and promoters behind Space and Roger Sanchez' Release Yourself parties, the episode culminates in a DJ face off between Roger and Britain's Mark Knight, boss of Toolroom Records.
The party scenes in this episode are probably my favourite from the entire show. That night, the energy was electric with Mark Knight's big room techy house sound acting as a perfect counterpoint to Roger Sanchez' NYC-driven soul.
We were lucky to capture the moment when 2500 clubbers sung along to Toolroom's big hit of the summer – Mark Knight Vs. Florence & The Machine's 'You've Got The Love'. It was a proper hair-raising moment of dancefloor euphoria.
In the video, I decided to mix Mark Knight and Roger's sounds together as a DJ would, and the moment that we see Roger for the first time in the DJ booth we hear him say: "This is house". Mightily appropriate timing, I thought – the fact that both DJs that night were attempting to communicate their own brand of escapist house music.
- Terry Church
Tracklisting:
1. Will Clarke & Dirty Secretz 'Hazlo' (Worldwide accapella) [Stealth]
Buy Hazlo on: Beatport
2. Mark Knight Vs Florence & The Machine 'You've Got The Love' [Toolroom]
3. Roger Sanchez ft. Baggi Begovic & Mitch Crown 'T.I.H.' [Stealth]
Buy T.I.H. (This is House) on: Beatport
Roger Sanchez & Sidney Samson – ‘Flashing Lights’
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Flashing Lights is the debut collaboration between Roger Sanchez and Sidney Samson who both add their style & flair to the production.
The lead mix of the track comes from Kid Massive, who has been on a tear lately with both remixes and original productions. His remix of Flashing Lights is literally ‘massive’. Look for big-room synths, combined with tribal beats and big builds in this mix.
The full package of Flashing Lights will be following shortly, including remixes by both Roger & Sidney of their own track.
Flashing Lights will be released via Ultra Records in North America, Stealth Records for the rest of the world.
Tracklist:
- Flashing Lights (Kid Massive Remix)
Buy Flashing Lights on: Beatport
Roger Sanchez Presents Stealth Miami
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST, 2012 | FONTAINEBLEAU™ MIAMI BEACH'S OCEAN LAWN
Roger Sanchez and Stealth Records are once again Miami bound! After last year’s sell-out edition they are ready for the next step in their successful Florida coast saga. The Stealth family in collaboration with Miami Marketing Group, the masterminds behind the infamous LIV™ & Arkadia™ nightclubs at Fontainebleau™, will host a not-to-be-missed outdoor extravaganza at the legendary resort's Ocean Lawn, Wednesday March 21st, 2012.
We are proud to announce that ARTY and FUNKAGENDA will be joining our very own S-MAN for Roger Sanchez Presents Stealth Miami during Miami Music Week on Wednesday, March 21 at Fontainebleau Ocean Lawn!
This is the first of many announcements we will be rolling out over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more updates!
Tickets on sale now via wantickets.com.
Early birds will have the option for special packages, including limited edition merchandise and the latest Miami compilation.
Roger Sanchez presents Stealth at MoS London March 3rd
Saturday March 3rd, Roger and Stealth are returning to London's Ministry of Sound with an amazing line-up! Roger Sanchez will be hosting the Box with his famous Release Yourself concept. For this edition, the S-Man has invited Prok & Fitch to join him behind the decks.
The 103 will have sets by artists from the Stealth crew: Bobby Burns, Muzzaik and Jason Chance.
Get your tickets right here: http://bit.ly/StealthMoS
Preview: Flashing Lights by Roger Sanchez & Sidney Samson
Roger Sanchez and Sidney Samson have teamed up to create this track, coming soon exclusively through Stealth Records. Look for "Flashing Lights" on Stealth's Beatport on February 21st, 2012.
Inside Ibiza with Roger Sanchez: Episode 3
Stealth Records presents: Inside Ibiza with Roger Sanchez
Written & Directed by: Terry Church
Camera/Edit: John Taws
After much awaiting, episode 3 of Inside Ibiza with Roger Sanchez is here. Throughout this series, director Terry Church takes you behind the scenes of Roger's DJ life and his relationship with the White Isle. From Roger's residency at the island's superclub Space, to events for his record label Stealth, his studio sessions, and the characters around him, Inside Ibiza is a documentary that aims to get to the heart of DJ culture and Ibiza. For this episode, we're taken to view an entirely different aspect of Roger's career, to meet the people that attribute to Roger's vast success.
Catch episode 3 below, as well as Church's director's notes that dig further into the details of this particular episode. Watch previous episodes on Roger's Youtube channel here.
Director's Notes: Episode 3 of Inside Ibiza with Roger Sanchez
The first two episodes of Inside Ibiza focused mainly on Roger Sanchez' DJing activities and the clubbing life that he leads in Ibiza, so for this third episode I decided to take things in a completely different direction.
This episode begins with a scene of Roger's Events Manager, Maarten van't Veld (who often is accused of having the easiest job in the world), who floats into shot on an inflatable in a pool with a beer, whilst he mutters something about having a "hard life". This scene sets the tone for the episode perfectly.
I decided to add scripted humour to Inside Ibiza because DJs and clubbing industry folk in general tend to take themselves too seriously. A lot of the time, DJ interviews are pretty dry, and quite often they fail to capture the interest of anyone outside of the electronic music scene. Writing in humour, and setting up some scenes/interviews to be deliberately funny was my attempt to address these problems. I also hoped that it would allow us to show some of the unique and fun characters that surround Roger Sanchez in Ibiza.
When it came to presenting the humour it would have made little sense to fill the entire episode with jokes (after all this is meant to be a fairly serious music documentary series), but by juxtaposing it in between scenes of Roger working in his music studio, actually elevated the humour to another level.
Whilst Roger is working hard on beats, and enthusiastically explaining his set up and technique to the camera, we keep returning to interview snippets and scenes of Roger's staff fooling around like two naughty schoolboys.
What's brilliant about this contrast (at least for me as a director), is that it is probably the closest that the documentary series comes to capturing the emotional truth of all three characters. Roger is the ever-diligent music producer who is obsessed with sound and rhythm. He is motivated by DJing experiences. Maarten is a beer-swilling Dutchman with a biting, sarcastic sense of humour and an unconventional work ethic. Jermaine is a former NYC nightclub doorman turned DJ touring roadie, a man who has never taken life too seriously.
All three are endearing personalities, and I hope that by the end of the episode you feel like you really know them.
The track that Roger builds throughout the episode in his studio is 'Animalz', a new club single produced under his S-Man moniker.
- Terry Church
Be sure to stay tuned for the remaining and final 2 episodes of this series…
