Unearthing and delivering the freshest underground talent from across the world alongside some of the biggest house-hold names in the electronic music scene. Forward encompasses all of this in one of Leeds' most respected venues in the north of England. 

Since the explosion of Forward, at the infamous Stinky's Peephouse in February 2011, the brand has gone from strength to strength, hosting some of the fastest growing acts in the UK. Acts such as Mark Eteson, Sly One vs. Jurrane, Simon Bostock, Akira Kayosa, Jamie Walker and Lee Osbourne have all featured.

Sly One vs. Jurrane and Jamie Walker made such a stir when they first appeared for us that we just had to get them onboard! They have recently joined our residents roster...joining Forward front man Phil Metcalfe on a bi-monthly basis.

Along side all this fresh, home grown talent, Forward has continued to draft in truly established British and International artists such as David Forbes, Ronksi Speed, Matt Hardwick, The Thrillseekers, Mike Koglin and Adam Sheridan....Its safe to say, Forward has landed and is here to stay!!!

Forward: bringing back the classic-club party vibe with its music policy based around Trance & Progressive.

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Following on from our first FREE event in December, we are proud to announce our second FREE event in the new year. No ticket needed, just turn up on the night. The perfect way to save the pennies after the Christmas spend!

** MAIN ROOM **

Walsh & McAuley [Armada]
Steve Allen [Vandit]
Jamie Walker [Defcon, Kearnage]
Phil Metcalfe
Ashley Bonsall
Tom Fearnhead

** BLACK BOX **

Ben Dursley
Some DJ's
Tribunal Aura
Paul Stone

-- Drinks promo's available on the night as always --

Are you an upcoming DJ/producer, and would like the opportunity to play for us? Head down on the night and hand us a demo CD. We're always on the lookout for nu-talent to showcase what you're about!

Forward Xmas Party (FREE ENTRY)

**Forward***
TUCANDEO - Armada
CHRIS & MATT KIDD - Discover
Phil Metcalfe
Ashley Bonsall
Jack Cheetham
Russ Groom

With Christmas looming just round the corner, we are proud to announce a FREE party for our December event. No ticket required!

- TUCANDEO -

Irish Trance duo, Tucandeo, are currently riding the crest of a wave with massive production, remix and gig success in 2011. Growing up in Ireland and meeting not by coincidence at a Dance festival, Kevin & Danny decided to pull their skills of production and DJing together to maximize their talent.

After signing and releasing their debut release in 2009 it has been simply one hit record after another with the dynamic duo releasing original productions and remixes on labels such as the massive “Coldharbour” owned by Trance legend Markus Schulz, Roger Shah’s “Magic Island” and the fresh and exciting “Infrasonic” label and many more. Their tracks and remixes have been supported by some of the biggest acts in today’s modern trance scene. Markus Schulz is a well known admirer of the duo and regularly supports their work both in his radio shows and his live sets. Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Agnelli & Nelson, Stoneface & Terminal and Matt Darey are also well known fans and supporters of the duo’s work!


- CHRIS & MATT KIDD - 

After playing for us right back in March, we are pleased to have Chris & Matt back for our Xmas event. Their high energy, no nonsense Trance went down a storm on their first appearance at Forward. If you missed them last time, be sure to catch them this time!

The brothers exploded onto the global dance scene in early 2006 with their huge hit ‘Horizon’ co written with Rob ‘Activa’ Stevenson on the massive Liquid Recordings/Spinnin. With support from many of the worlds leading trance, house and hard dance DJ’s and compiled on more than 20 compilations this has become an anthem and was a promising start for the duo.

Chris & Matt now release on the legendary Discover Records which has been home to renowned artists such as Sean Tyas and John O’Callaghan. So far all tracks have featured on leading compilations from Armin van Buuren’s Universal Religion Chapter 4 to the official Trance Energy 2009 compilation mixed by John O’Callaghan. Chris & Matt have recently taken over from Chris Hampshire & Gary Maguire to mix & compile the third instalment of Dark Sessions for Discover.


Support on the night from Forward's own Phil Metcalfe & Ashley Bonsall plus Jack Cheetham and Russ Groom. 

TICKET LINK: http://www.skiddle.com/eve nts/11519758/
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***Main Room***
ORKIDEA [FI]
STONEFACE & TERMINAL [DE]
SLY ONE V'S JURRANE [UK]
Akada b2b Gav Pilling
Phil Metcalfe
Ashley Bonsall

***Black Box hosted by Future Forward***
Paul Todd
Davey Asprey
Mark Walker
Andy Anderson
DJ Chimera

***Top Room hosted by Kitchen Disco***
Sanjay KAMBO
Andrew Heggie
Steve Thornton


Headline Artists

Orkidea - http://www.djorkidea.com/
Another Forward trance fest for you to indulge in. Orkidea has been one of Scandinavia’s top DJs for over 10 years and has won countless awards since his first accolade in 1998 winning 'Best DJ' (Fi Rave). Since then Orkidea has remixed for some of the biggest artists in the scene such as Tiësto, Tilt and Way Out West.

Stoneface & Terminal - http://www.stoneface-termi nal.de/
German duo Stoneface & Terminal have always delivered great cutting edge DJ sets and legendary performances all over the world since joining Euphonic Records in 2005. Classic club hits such as "Venus", "Incognition" with label mate Ronski Speed, "Super Nature", "Inner Voice/ Volcano”, “Don’t Give A Fuck”, “Moment” and “Here To Stay” have all done damage to dance floors across the globe.

Sly One vs. Jurrane - http://www.slyonevsjurrane .com/
Completing the headline bill is none other than new Forward residents - Sly One vs. Jurrane. After their first appearance back in May this year to celebrate the launch of their first compilation album titled Global Trance UK, the London based duo released summer hits "Open Roads" and "Tayrona" on Discover Records.

Links:

Orkidea - http://www.djorkidea.com/
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=P11JaiE3UbQ - Way Out West - Killa (DJ Orkidea Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=IkfbMES3GX0 - DJ Orkidea - Unity (2010 Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=yTyI-ElimmE - Tilt - Twelve (Orkidea Remix)

Stoneface & Terminal - http://www.stoneface-termi nal.de/
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=cu2_h9FhkHc - Stoneface & Terminal and Ronski Speed - Incognition
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=wJhwOrUb3Vo - Stoneface & Terminal - Venus
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=95trQT4vRW4 - Stoneface & Terminal - Super Nature

Sly One v's Jurrane - http://www.slyonevsjurrane .com/
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=4svlSyQbbmM - Sly One vs. Jurrane - Open Roads
http://www.youtube.com/use r/Recoverworld#p/u/13/6wxm 3SYhWLM - Sly One
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=AC7Ii8ENEV8 - Indecent Noise - Battlestar (Sly One vs. Jurrane Mix)



Entry Price: £5 - £12

For more information about this event, visit
http://www.skiddle.com/eve nts/11519758/

Venue:
Stinky's Peephouse
1 Brick Street
Leeds
LS9 8AA

TICKET LINK: http://www.skiddle.com/eve nts/11512400

Forward presents 15 Years of Kyau & Albert

15 years of Kyau & Albert + friends @ Forward, Stinky's Peephouse, Leeds, Friday 7th October 2011

***Main Room***
Kyau & Albert [DE]
Sebastian Brandt [SW]
San [NL]
Jamie Walker [Forward Main Room Debut]
Phil Metcalfe

***Black Box hosted by Future Forward***
S.W.A.P
Conny (Classics Set)
Tom Fearnhead
Stu Patchitt
Ashley Bonsall (Future Forward host)


If you've not been to Forward in Leeds yet, Friday 7th October could be the first of many as Kyau & Albert fly into Leeds for a rare appearance to celebrate their 15 year landmark in the dance music industry. Supporting guests come in the form of Armada's remix king, Sebastian Brandt and Sony Music's exclusive artist San.


Kyau & Albert - Celebrating 15 Years http://www.kyauandalbert.c om/

Ralph Kyau and Steven Moebius, better known as Kyau & Albert, celebrate 15 years in the business with countless hits including "Made Of Sun", "Velvet Morning", "Walk Down", "Kiksu", Are You Fine?, Always A Fool, Megashira and I Love You. And for those that didn't know, all male vocals come from Steven Moebius Albert himself. In 1997 K&A founded their record label Euphonic. With world exclusive artists like Ronski Speed, Stoneface & Terminal, Marc Marberg, Cressida, Sebastian Sand and Mirco de Govia, the label is seen as one of the top brands in the dance industry today.

The successful K&A debut artist album "Here We Are Now" was released on 3 continents. They also remixed some of the biggest names in club land like Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Kosheen, Gabriel & Dresden, Cosmic Gate, Bent and so much more. K&As remix of "Jump The Next Train" by Young Parisians became a true classic from the off set.

Their 2nd artist album "Worldvibe" was released in 2006 and the following year in May 2007 K&A mixed CD1 of the "10 Years Euphonic" compilation. Also in 2007 K&A collaborated with label friend Marc Marberg on the massive "Megashira" as well as releasing their "Always A Fool" and "7Skies " as singles.

K&A won the prestigious Beatport Music Award; the best selling Trance track in 2008 on Beatport with their remix for the Cressida single "6AM".

K&A played on main stage in of Trance Energy in Utrecht before releasing a new double single "Orange Bill/Neo Love" together with Marc Marberg in May 2008.

More remixes followed for Lange "Out of the Sky" and Paul van Dyk "Complicated" and in October 2008 the K&A single "Hide & Seek" was released with a strong club mix. For this single, K&A got a famous International Dance Music Award at the Winter Music Conference 2009 in Miami. They were also nominated as Best breakthrough DJ.

In Spring 2009 they finished the double single "Hooked on Infinity/Be there 4 U" and released their album "Best Of 2002 - 2009", including all the big K&A hits non-stop in the mix. In July 2009 a new collab together with Marc Marberg was released: "Grrreat".

2010 they kicked off with their new single and a video clip for "Once In A Life". Kyau & Albert played at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and for the Formula 1 in Kuala Lumpur. Their remix for Bent As You Fall was played by all the top jocks including Faithless at their Essential Mix on Radio 1. In July the single Anphonic together with Above & Beyond was released followed by their own hit single Painkillers.

The radio show "Euphonic Sessions with Kyau & Albert" is syndicated on 24 FM stations around the globe and has now over 25,000 podcast subscribers on iTunes.

Kyau & Albert are listed for the 5th year now in the DJ Mag Top100 ranked at #40. The duo deliver massive, cutting edge DJ sets and their energy behind the decks is just simply infectious. Catching them live is something people wont soon forget!


Sebastian Brandt - http://www.myspace.com/seb astianbrandt

Supporting the two German superstars is Sweden's very own Armada remix master, Sebastian Brandt.

Known for his searing leads and melodic prowess, its no wonder Sebastian is one of the most requested remixers in the Trance scene today. Through the birth of Serenade, and the powerful So Cold, Sebastian has seen his tracks supported by the entire trance elite. His tracks have become a staple identity for Armada for a number of years, so much that Armin van Buuren himself has recruited him to remix his own personal tracks.

What's more, Armin van Buuren asked him to make the official theme for A State of Trance 450, named 450.

Sebastian's DJ ability is quite incredible, playing huge gigs such as ASOT 450, Monday Bar, Entrance and Luminosity. His tours of India and Indonesia have spread his prodigious sound across the world, wowing crowds with his energy, and ability to surprise the audience.

Sebastian's productions and stunning remixes, are featured on the largest and most respected dance labels on the planet including Armada, Ferry Corsten's Flashover Recordings, and Monster Tunes.

Its difficult to comprehend that this guy carries such a prolific discography, at only the tender age of 22. Sebastian's next step will be of the vocal variety, and boy will it be a great one!


San - http://www.djsan.com/

And last but not least we'd like to introduce a name that may not sound too familiar to your ears, however, you will most certainly have heard his music either on a CD compilation, a radio show, or more than likely in a nightclub. Hailing from the worlds trance capital The Netherlands, DJ San, head honcho at Fektive Records currently holds a residency at the world renowned Privilege in Ibiza, Trance-Nation in Holland and Elevate in India.

SAN's productions have graced the turntables and mix CDs of pretty much every top DJ around the globe either under his own name, SAN, or his "Solid Sessions" moniker. His Solid Sessions Janeiro, even made it to the top 10 in 11 countries.

One of Sans ongoing supporters is the worlds most popular DJ Tiesto, who even asked San to do a remix for him! Tiesto has supported all the releases that San did till this date. Especially Insane, Hi Tension and Nothing Remains The Same, that reached the top 5 on Beatport.

His previous productions have been remixed by big name producers such as Armin van Buuren, Marco V, M.I.K.E., Kyau & Albert, Rui da Silva, James Holden, Lemon 8, and Marc et Claude and has played for some of the biggest dance music organisations in the world such as Creamfields, Sensation, Renaissance, Dancevalley, Ministry of Sound, Mysteryland, Transmission.


Links:

Kyau & Albert
www.euphonic.de
www.kyauandalbert.com
www.facebook.com/kyauandal bertofficial
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=04L2J-9tNG0 - Kyau & Albert - Once In A Life
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=63z8xSIQ1TI- Kyau & Albert I Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydy82XWsin8 - Kyau & Albert remix of Above & Beyond - You Got To Go

Sebastian Brandt
http://www.facebook.com/br andtfb
http://www.myspace.com/seb astianbrandt
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=6SyjjG9vA6A - Sebastian Brandt 450 (Theme from ASOT 450)


San
http://www.djsan.com/
http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=F4rPJ__t3V4&ob=av2n - The trance classic Solid Sessions Janeiro

Entry Price: £10 - £15
Entry Price (Members/NUS): £8

For more information about this event, visit
http://www.skiddle.com/eve nts/11512400

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