Duke Shin

After being cornered by your shin-kicking nephews and gravy-dribbling (fill-in-the blank) in-laws, you might need a proper night out on the town. Try hitting up the Body Parts party at Spy Bar, featuring a tag-team set from no other than Brique Rougue boss David Duriez and hometown tech-bleep wizard Mazi. Parisian Duriez has been cranking out releases since 1994, and has laid his rhythmic-yet-trippy touch on remixes for the likes of Moby, Paul Johnson and Random Factor. As for his collaborator Mazi (the duo are celebrating the release of their single "Chicago, A Wake Up Call"), the man behind Audio Soul Project has a penchant for balancing genre-straddling tracks on the deep, techy and twisted tip, usually with devastating results. Combining these two global heavyweights behind the decks promises an extrasensory holiday journey over the river of ear-tingling melodies and through the woods of dark hallucinatory vocals, to something other than grandma's house for sure. And like that lovable drunk uncle, dotbleeper Justin Long will also be on hand to drop his signature doses of dancefloor gravy.

(2006-11-20)

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