Live Industry are pleased to announce that House DJ maestro Todd Terry
will now be added to the Nile Rodgers / CHIC line up for:
Melbourne ‘Billboard The Venue’
Friday 13th December
Brisbane ‘Cloudland’
Sunday 15th December
This is the first time these two innovative, Grammy Award winning artists have appeared on the same stage at the same event.
Nile Rodgers / CHIC & Todd Terry – what a line up..
TODD TERRY
Grammy Award nominated DJ/Producer Todd Terry has been engulfed in dance music, since he first started listening to European dance music records while growing up in Brooklyn. Already devoted to turntables, he heard something different in those tracks, and he went for the difference. Before the EDM revolution in the States, U.S artists had to establish themselves and their sound on a world stage. Todd did this by fusing early house music from Chicago and techno from Detroit with a NY BBoy feel. Once those influences were thrown in the pot – the finished produce was a very distinctive Todd Terry sound, that has been copied by many and mastered by none.
Todd Terry’s discography is extensive including the likes of: INXS, Garbage, Everything But the Girl & Annie Lennox are included in his remix portfolio. A true innovator..
For more info on Todd Terry:
https://www.facebook.com/djtoddterry
https://twitter.com/djtoddterry
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In Brief:
There can be little argument that CHIC was & is disco’s greatest band; and, working in a heavily producer-dominated field, they were most definitely a band. By the time CHIC appeared in the late ’70s, they bucked the trend by stripping disco’s sound down to its basic elements; their funky, stylish grooves had an organic sense of interplay that was missing from many of their overproduced competitors. CHIC’s sound was anchored by the scratchy, James Brown-style rhythm guitar of Nile Rodgers and those indelible, widely imitated (sometimes outright stolen) bass lines; as producers, they used keyboard and string embellishments economically, which kept the emphasis on rhythm. CHIC’s distinctive approach not only resulted in some of the finest dance singles of their time, but also helped create a template for urban funk, dance-pop, and even hip-hop in the post-disco era. Not coincidentally, Nile wound up as one of the most successful producers of the ’80s. CHIC has been nominated for inclusion in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame eight times — 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013.
Nile Rodgers & CHIC, continue to perform to sold-out venues worldwide.
For Full Bio, please go to: http://nilerodgers.com/about/projects/chic
Nile Rodgers & CHIC Australian Tour Dates:
Fri 6th Dec – Subsonic Music Festival – Riverwood Downs Park, Barrington Tops, NSW
Sat 7th Dec – Sydney Opera House – Concert Hall, Sydney
Sun 8th Dec – Astor Theatre, Perth
Fri 13th Dec – Billboard The Venue, Melbourne
Sat 14th Dec – Meredith Amphitheatre, Meredith, VIC
Sun 15th Dec – Cloudland, Brisbane
For all ticketing details, please visit:
Oztix: http://www.oztix.com.au
Moshtix: http://www.moshtix.com.au
Ticketek: http://premier.ticketek.com.au
Tickets on-sale now!!
Nile Rodgers (writer/producer/performer) & CHIC are responsible for so many hits
(their own & for other artists), here’s a little taster:
CHIC – Le Freak
CHIC – Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
CHIC – Good Times
CHIC – Everybody Dance
CHIC – I Want Your Love
Madonna – Like a Virgin
Diana Ross – Upside Down & I’m Coming Out
Sister Sledge – We Are Family & Here’s the Greatest Dancer
Debbie Harry – Backfired & The Jam Was Moving
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
INXS – Original Sin
Duran Duran – Wild Boys, The Reflex & Notorious
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
PLUS many, many more. For an extensive list of productions, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers
Nile Rodgers presents: The Chic Organization: Up All Night (The Greatest Hits) – Chic (OUT NOW!):
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/chic-organization-up-all-night/id662778678
For further information on Nile Rodgers & CHIC:
Check out Nile in the now famous Daft Punk SNL teaser, 7.2 million views to date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJwcOiBoZE
Random Access Memories ‘Collaborators’ Nile Rodgers feature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da_Yp9BOCaI
Website: http://nilerodgers.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/NileRodgers
Facebook: http://facebook.com/NileRodgersOfficial
Biography and Biography Video: http://nilerodgers.com/about-nile/biography
Biography Video file: https://files.me.com/nilerodgersprod/d94rt9.mov
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fw1kdhpujcwjkn/CHIC%20Video%20Set%20List%20003.mov
Nile Rodgers BBC Documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUAiAxpu3E
