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19/09/2006 PRODUCTIONS PAGE UPDATED
The productions page has been updated again this month. The track is currently untitled, and is a darker techy work out with a strong grooving bassline. Listen here
18/09/2006 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND BACK IN OCTOBER
John continues his residency into the winter months at Electric Playground. He's next there in October with Nathan Coles (Wiggle, Fabric). Find out more at www.electricplayground.co.uk
18/09/2006 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND ROCKED THIS MONTH
Electric Playground rocked this month, with Justin Harris headlining with John in support. This night keeps going from strength to strength!
18/09/2006 SEPTEMBER CHART
John's September chart is on the site here
22/08/2006 NEW DJ MIX TO DOWNLOAD OR STREAM:
There's a new mix from John available to download and stream in the Mixes section. Check it out here
22/08/2006 PRODUCTIONS PAGE UPDATED:
The productions page has been updated with some of John's new tracks as well as another collaboration under the name BASS Experiment with Rich Sutcliffe. Have a listen…
21/08/2006 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND NEXT PARTY:
John's back at electric Playground in Bournemouth on Saturday 16 th September where he will be joined by special guest Justin Harris. Find out more at www.electricplayground.co.uk
20/08/2006 A SPECIAL THANKS:
Big thanks to all at Dusk Till Dawn in Bournemouth , Luke Solomon and the Deep South DJ's for a great party last night!
18/08/2006 BASS EXPERIMENT TRACK SIGNED TO HEADTUNES:
BASS Experiment – Sick Note has been signed to American label Headtunes. More details on release date etc soon.
15/08/2006 FUTURISM AT TURNMILLS:
Futurism Management will be hosting the back room at Turnmills on Friday 8th September. John will be playing with the other great DJ's from the Futurism roster.
12/08/2006 JOHN BARBER AND ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND ON MYSPACE:
Come and find John on the world of myspace:
www.myspace.com/johnbarbermusic
Electric Playground:
www.myspace.com/electricplaygroundmusic
20.07.07 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND REPORT
John played a blinding warm up for Phil Weeks at electric Playground this month. It was a great party without a doubt! Next month see's John continue his residency at the club with Luke Solomon guesting on Saturday 19th August. See www.electricplayground.co.uk for more information
13.07.06 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND WITH PHIL WEEKS:
This months Electric Playground see's Robsoul Recordings owner and top jackin, techy what every you want to call it dj Phil Weeks join resident John Barber for another messy night in Bournemouth on the south Coast. Dom Chung of Chibuku and Skookum is also supporting
13.07.06 FUTURISM RESIDENCY AT TURNMILLS:
Futurism continues its residency at Turnmills in London on September 8 th . John joins some of the other superb DJ's from the management's roster. More details soon…
05.06.2006 CARL COX SIGNS UP ACID REBIRTH!!!
B Siderz Acid Rebirth had just been signed to Carl Cox's Space residency compilation mix CD due out soo. Great news! More information on release dates and tracklisting for the mix cd soon.
01.06.2006 BARBER ON DINAMO FM…
John has put together a 60-minute mix for Turkish radio station Dinamo 108.8 FM. You can tune in live on 9 th June (Friday night / Saturday morning) at 01.00am UK time on www.dinamo.fm
31.05.2006 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND 15TH JULY…
John joins Phil Weeks at Electric Playground in Bournemouth on Saturday July 15th . More information here: www.electricplayground.co.uk
05.05.20006: John has confirmed his first international booking, and will be visiting Poland in August. See the diary page
10.05.2006: Check back next month to hear sound clips of John's solo material he's been working on recently. The productions page will be updated at the beginning of June.
10.04.06 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND MAY 20th:
John joins The Electric Press for the second Electric Playground night at Dusk Till Dawn in Bournemouth. To read more visit the website www.electricplayground.co.uk
08.04.06 B SIDERZ EXUN RELEASE OUT THIS MONTH:
‘High Feeling' is due to be released on Exun Records this month as part of the ‘Cool Cuts' EP.
08.04.06 B SIDERZ WHITE LABEL RELEASED:
John and Andy's tracks ‘Gunshots' and ‘Acid Rebirth' are available on vinyl at all good records shops including Juno. Tracks getting played by the likes of Nic Fanciulli, James Zabiela, Greg Vickers to name a few…
01.03.06 ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND ANNOUNCE LINE UP:
Kenny Hawkes will be joining John for the opening night at Bournmouth's Dusk Till Dawn club with other local guest djs in a 10pm-6am all night rave up… More info at www.electricplayground.co.uk - the nights new website!
15.04.06 PIN UP CLUB SHEFFIELD:
What a night! The Pin Up Club was rocking hard till 4am - superb party. Will be back there very soon!
15.04.06 GENERAL UPDATES:
Check out the chart and diary pages that have been updated this month as well as the mixes page for hot new studio sets added last month.
20.02.06 NEW STUDIO SET RAW BEATS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD:
There's two new studio sets in the mixes section to download. John's been finished a new demo so you can get a copy and download it to your Ipod now. Both mixes are under 74 minutes long so you can easily burn to cds without editing. Tracklisting and more information here…
BSIDERZ NEW TRACK:
There a sizzling new tech houser in the productions section, have a listen…
ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND NEWS:
Important news coming very soon, click here for more details!
NEW CHART ONLINE:
It's been a while since Johns added a chart for the site, so check out what is currently rockin' dance floor for him here…
07.01.06 HAPPY NEW YEAR! BRING ON 2006!
Well, we'll do the obvious and start 2006 by wished you all a very happy 2006, onwards and upwards…. On the topic of New year, the Club class NYD party was a piece of clubbing history. Thanks to all that attended and gave their support, it was a very enjoyable few days in Maidstone .
B SIDERZ SIGN TRACK TO EXUN RECORDS!
Hot news this year is that john and production partner Andy Branford have had their debut release signed to DJ Linus' German imprint Exun Records. Due out in a few months (February/March…) ‘High Feeling' is a deep tech house work out that builds with a sweeping guitar riff, when a slices of acid and tech funk head it off from the break .
ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND SOUTHAMPTON :
Decembers party was a lot of fun, James McDonald produced the goods once again in a 4 hour back to back workout with John. There's no party in January but we'll be back in February to continue the madness in 2006. Keep your eyes peeled.
05.12.05 IDJ FEATURE… Firstly this month, props to IDJ magazine for recognizing Johns hard work. He featured in their feature ‘100 resons why dance music still rules' and was quoted as being hot new talent! Well deserved we're sure you'll agree…
ELECTRIC PLAYGROUND: Electric Playground rocked last month with Club Class resident Sam Ball. He pulled out all the stops to make sure the Southampton faithful had their dancing shoes on all night. The next party is on Saturday 17th December. James McDonald joins John once again after their outstanding back-to-back set back in August. Details here…
JADED ROCKS! The Jaded afterhours party last month was, er… messy? Yea it rocked for sure! The Egg is a superb club bubbled away till stupid o'clock. Some pictures will be uploaded soon…
IMPORTANT NYE/NYD NEWS: Club Class is cancelled on New Years Eve. Instead of putting on something special NYE they have decided to go one better New Years Day, the line up is top notch. John will be playing in Maidstone NYE for Café Mambo as well as NYD for Club Class. See the diary or www.club-class.org for full details
HOT NEW PRODUCTION WORK: Theres another new B Siderz track for you to check out in the productions section. Click here…
01.11.05 Electric Playground Saturday 12th November @ Junk, Southampton: Sam Ball joins John at this month's party. Read more…
John to play Jaded/Deep South Sessions @ The Egg: John is scheduled to play Jaded after hour's party at The Egg, London . The line up is hot! See the diary
New radio mix: John has mixed 45 minutes worth of quality beats for www.myhouse-yourhouse.net Check their website for more information.
John's NYE announced! Club Class goes all out on NYE with a killer line up. John joins Futureshock, Sam Ball, Mark Fanciulli and Nick Carter for a right royal knees up in Maidstone at the River. See www.club-class.org for more info
John Barber Live at Maison, 12th June 2004 in the mix section: Johns live mix from Maison last year is up in the mix section. It's a showcase of his funkier deep house warm up sound. It's available to download or stream. Check it out.
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05/10/2005:
Electric Playground goes on tour!!! Maidstone here we come… details
Electric Playground took yet another step in changing the Southampton scene for the better… Read more
Theres 2 hot new BASS Experiment productions on the site. Check them out
John's mixed up 60 minutes worth of quality records for the launch of the new High tide website. Visit www.hightideboats.com to check it out, and see what they have lined up for the forthcoming months.
20/09/2005:
Electric Playground rocked Southampton again last month as John and guest James McDonald dropped the beats Chicago style. We return to Junk in October – details…
Maison continued its assault on Bournemouth 's club scene with another top night at their new venue The Firestation. John joined resident Cliff Lay for some back to back business before Ralph Lawson took over with the 20:20 Soundsystem. It was mind blowing!
See www.maisonmusic.com for photos of the event.
03/08/2005:The launch of John's new night Electric Playground last month was a massive success. Click here for details and pictures…
Onward and upward – the next Electric Playground will be on Saturday 20 th August. Details…
Club Class went on tour at the beginning of the month to The Pin Up Club in Sheffield . John joined CC resident Sam Ball and headed up the M1 for a night of pure carnage. It was unreal to say the least; such a cool club and the crowd were up for it. Big thanks to Adam and the rest of the crew for having us along – we'll be back soon! Check out a few pictures below…
What's on the cards for the bank holiday weekend? A trip to sunny Bournemouth for Maisons second party at their new home The Firestation? John is on the bill with Resident Cliff Lay and Ralph Lawson's 2020 Soundsystem in the main room, with Andy Smith and Dave Chambers in Room 2. For tickets and information click here…
30/06/2005: The long awaited launch of Electric Playground is announced. Click here for more information…
John confirms August date at Maison, playing alongside the 20:20 Sound System and resident/co-founder Cliff Lay. Ralph Lawson and his band have been tearing up clubs worldwide since launching their live project 2 years ago – don't miss it! See the diary...
After a highly successful 7 and a half years at The Showbar, Maison move to a bigger and better venue in Bournemouth – The Old Fire Station. See www.maisonmusic.com for more info.
There's a new track uploaded in the productions page – let us know what you think!!!
31/05/05: Hey! The site has had its first official update… John played at the River Bar in Maidstone along side MYNC Project, Sam Ball and Graeme Doyle at the weekend. It was carnage to say the least!!! (Pictures below) John's other date this month was Short Circuit at Mono in Southampton with Tom Budden. The diary, chart and links page have all been updated so make sure you check them out.
27/04/05: The diary has been updated. Click here for details!
27/04/05: John makes a return to Club Class, playing a late set in the backroom – 1.30am - close more info)
27/04/05: Easter weekend was mayhem!!! John played wicked sets at Mojo, Bournemouth , Gallery/Joy at Turnmills, London and the infamous High Tide boat party in Southampton . A few pictures form the weekends activities are below:
15/ 03/2005: It's a busy Easter weekend for John. To find out where he's playing click here.
9/ 03/2005: New mix online at www.homegrown-music.com
5/ 02/2005: Club Class birthday was a roadblock… read the review here:
www.club-class.org (see the events section - previous events)
ANOUNCEMENT!
10/ 01 / 2005: Club Class Celebrate their 8th birthday in style… by going global on the world famous RADIO ONE ESSENTIAL MIX! (live broadcasting 1am-3am ) John's on warm up duty so make sure you get there early! Click here for more info
