All Saints Discjockeys 2011

GAV ARNO (Sheffield – England)
First time in Italy!
Gav became a Mod in 1984 via the usual school route of the time. Then he started going to do's & rallies and in the early 1990's with some friends, he started organising Mod do's under the banner of 'Hipster Image RnB Club'. Mid 1990's he became resident DJ along with his good mate Mike Parry at the Leadmill in Sheffield under the club name The Sound Suite & later Shaken not Stirred playing 60's funk, boogaloo etc. that lasted approx 6 years. Then Gav became resident at Sheffield Brighton Beach with Gav Needham. Started doing the Pow Wow Club with Mike in January 2006. He is always looking for new tunes & collects most genres of Mod music. He never djed in Italy before and we are really looking forward to hearing him spinning his records in Lavarone 5 tunes he might play are:
6 Pak - There was a time
Big Bob - Got no money, Got no love
National Combo - Do it all over
Sir Guy - I need your love
Impacts - A thousand years

ALEX COOPER DIEZ (Leon – Spain)
Alex lives in the Spanish northern town of Leon, where he became a mod in his teens. After some years he formed his first and well known band, Los Flechazos. Over the years he has been involved in many adventures such as organising the Purple Weekend, doing radio shows, playing with his current band, Cooper, or writing a book called Club 45, devoted to mod flavoured beat bands from the sixties. He attended Lavarone five years ago, for his honeymoon, and loved every minute there - he recall. He is looking forward to djing in the mountains and meet the Italian crowd… - I always feel at home in Italy – he adds… Alex loves all kinds of mod related styles, but when he dj, he usually focus on beat bands with a cool sounds, and - in particular - he loves those blue eyed soul all-time faves you have in mind. Five possible records from his sets are:
John St. John – You Can’t Mean It
Edwick Rumbold – Boggle Woggle
The Universals – Hey You
The Vips – That’s My Woman
Spencer Davis Group – Every Little Thing

CALLUM SIMPSON (Newcastle – England)
Currently living in Newcastle from where he travels down the country attending MOD nights and Rare Soul all-nighters most weekends, Callum will be again one of our guest dj of our weekend. He has been collecting various different genres of vinyl records for around 7 years and still going strong. Highlight for him since DJ-ing has to be being a resident at the legendary Pow Wow Club (Sheffield)...the place was rocking! He also has been lucky enough to Dj all over the UK and around clubs in Europe including The Boiler Club, Lavarone Mod Weekender, Euro Ye Ye, The Soul Surgery and the Oslo Mod Weekender. He will be spinning a quality mix of sounds right through from Rare Soul through to Latin Boogaloo and – as he says - in there somewhere there'll be a heavy dose of gritty RnB blended together nicely....Roll on Lavarone 2011! 5 tunes he might play this time in the mountains are:
J T Parker - If you Want Too Hold On
Lil Archie & Majestics - Leave My Girl Alone
Vee Vee - I'm your Fool
Little Suzy - Simply Amazing
Sacred Four - Somebody Watching You

FRANTZ (Rimini – Italy)
He’s one of Europeans’ most popular DJ of the Mod/60’s scene, and he goes by the name of Frantz, a veteran of Freakbeat and Garage Music, with a degree in Floorfillers and 20 years of hard work to prove it. Frantz has spent years fine-tuning his music winning formula, in the only way he knows how, by jet-setting around the globe and feeling the vibe at some of the most prestigious venues and Event of the Sixties Scene, dispensing musical epiphanies wherever he plays. Born in Rimini, in the 1970’s, he like to mix up garage and raw R&B numbers into unique Magic Potion… Frantz started his music career in 1990, djing and collecting records into the Italian Mod scene, in 1995 made his first regular weekly venue, the Night-train and start to be appreciated and a well known name into the European Mod/60’s Scene. He played at events like Modstock, Le Beat Bèspoke, Euro Yeye, Unkel, and Primitive Festival & Festival Beat. 5 tunes you might hear him playing are:
Jackie Opel - Pictures of smoke
Perry and the Harmonics - Do the monkey with James
Oscar Lindsay - Early in the morning
Billy Stewart - Temptation
Dee Dee Sharp - Lets twine
Joe Medwick - Have fun baby

BORJA SANCHEZ (Gijon – Spain)
Borja come from Gijón, Asturias, in the north of Spain. He became interested in the Mod thing many years ago, when he was very young. In 1995 he started to co-edit the Modzine 'On the Run' and since the very beginning he fell in love with soul, jazz and rhythm and blues. Currently involved in the organization of the 'On the Beat Side Mod Club' in his hometown, over the years he has been djing in most of the best Spanish clubs and rallies like S.M.A.R.T (Madrid), She Comes In Colors (Coruña), Memorial Trip (Leon), Soul Club (Madrid), Euroyeye (Gijon), Lex Luthor Weekend (Coruña) and Beat Goes On (Luanco). You might have heard him spinning his records in Italy, at the Terracina Mod weekend, some years ago or in London, where he djed at the Beat Bespoke. 5 tunes that he might play in Lavarone are:
Hal Frazier: After closing time
The Turbans: The damage is done
Bobby King: Thanks Mr. Postman
Susan Rafey: Hurt so bad
Porgy & the Monarchs: That girl

ROB BAILEY (London – England)
Rob doesn’t need a real introduction. He is veteran of the London and International Mod/60’s scene. He turned his passion into his profession back in the mid 90’s and never looked back. He has DJed all over the globe including Japan, Canada, USA and Europe and “met a whole lot of great people on my journey” – he says.
Rob is the man behind The New Untouchables events like the Brighton Mod Weekender, Le Beat Bespoke festival and compilation series of the same name and co-organizer of Euro Ye Ye with the Trouble & Tea crew. He has organized many clubs the last twenty years in London where he lives, and his current nights include Timebox, Zoo Zoo, Crossfire, 100 Club and Mousetrap allnighter which has just celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2011. He runs an online mail order record business called RnB Records to subsidies his vinyl addiction visit www.newuntouchables.com/rnbrecords for rare vintage vinyl from that magical period of music including a few Le Beat Bespoke classics. Rob underlines that he is “a DJ not a collector; I love a wide taste of underground 60’s music and buy records with one thing on my mind making people dance and have fun!” You might be used to hear him playing freakbeat rarities and white music stuff, but this time in Lavarone, he will be also playing some rare black musical gems. Here are a few fave raves you can expect to hear from him in the mountains.
Knights Bridge - Give me some love
Outcasts - Loving You
The Grabbeltons - Make Love
The Sparkles - Try love
Eddie Kirkland - The Hawg
Jack Hammer - Down in Subway

PEPPE (Milano – Italy)
Peppe started collecting 45 rpm vinyls about 5-6 years ago, buying initially mainly r&b and early soul and then gradually opening his mind (...and his ears) to other black sounds like midtempo northern, funky soul, latin soul stuff etc. He played his records in different clubs in Milano like Rollin'n'Tumblin, Medhelan Soul Session, Shanty Town etc. and in various venues in Italy like Right Track in Roma, Hot Mod Summer on Trasimeno lake, New Year Mod Eve in Genova, All Saints Mod Holiday in Lavarone in the afternoon entertainment etc. Peppe is very excited to play records “in such a great event like All Saints Mod Holiday” – he says - and he hopes you will appreciate his blend of gritty, jazzy or popcorn r&b sounds, surely mixed with some latin, soul funk and midtempo northern stuff. 5 tunes from Peppe’s record case could be:
The Huns' Review - Don't make me love you
Jimmy McCracklin - What's that
The Vontels - Ta-Hula Hoop
Johnny Zamot - Are you ready
Benny Curtis - Lovin' back guarantee

SEBASTIAN BRAUN (Stockholm – Sweden)
Sebastian has been in the 60's scene since 1998 when he formed the band The Giljoteens. Currently he plays in a 60's garage/psychedelic group called The Flight Reaction and runs the club called The Hideout/99th Floor in Stockholm where he is also resident DJ. Besides his interest in 60's music, films, clothes etc, he is very fond of his Italian bicycles, food and wine. He normally plays a mix of 60's garage, psyche, soul, world grooves etc but during All Saints 2011 he will focus on white sounds, mostly US Garage and a little bit of psyche. Here's a list of 5 songs that you will hear him spinning!
Lenny Drake - Love Eyes
The David - I'm Not Alone
The Charms - I'm Coming Back
Paul Martin - It Happened
Patti Seymour - The Silencer

Resident Djs of the weekend are:

Bazza & Alessandro Detassis (Mission Impossible Mod Organization)

Djs for the afternoon entertainment are:

Andrea Panozzi (Arezzo – Italy)	Paolo Paris (Bergamo - Italy)	Angie (Perugia - Italy)
Hans Eiglsperger (Munich - Germany)	Christof Sonnenberg (Kempten – Germany)