Vick Lavender

With 20 years of music industry experience under his belt, Vick Lavender is one of the most respected and consistent producers within the soulful house scene. His lush and unique jazz fusion sound under his own name and aliases of SJU and Mr A.L.I would be sure to convert anyone with a negative view of either jazz or house music.
A regular at both Tini Martini and Soul Joy in his hometown of Chicago, Vick has also taken his captivating DJ sets to the dancefloors of South Africa, the U.K, Canada and of course NYC.
After headlining Adaptation’s 20th release with his mixes of ‘Who Knew’, Mr A.L.I completed his first single for us entitled ‘Cigars & Cocktails’, which is due for release in Spring 2012.

Jay West

Argentinian DJ and producer Jay West has been consistently producing music for the likes of Salted Music, Large, Drop Music, OM Records, Lowdown, Look At You and various other labels throughout the last decade with DJ support from the likes of Hernan Cattaneo, Dimitri From Paris, Laurent Garnier, Mark Farina, Grant Nelson and many more.

His versatile and unique talent as a DJ has seen him grace the stage at clubs and festivals all over the world alongside heavyweights such as Frankie Knuckles, Deep Dish, Erick Morillo, Massive Attack, Roger Sanchez, Pete Tong, Gorillaz, Green Velvet and various others.

Jay’s first project with Adaptation Music, ‘The Unadapted EP’ was a huge success and leading on from that his second project ‘The Speed of Soul EP’ held its position at the top end of the Traxsource Deep House Chart for over 4 weeks. In early 2012, Jay became a bi-monthly resident on the Adaptation Music radio show on www.ssradiouk.com.

Silver City

Silver City a.k.a Julian Sanza and Fernando Pulichino will be most recognised for their work with Ralph Lawson’s legendary U.K label 20:20 Vision, with their huge discography also boasting labels such as King Street, Silver Network and Stickman.

Their talents as DJs and a live act, with Fernando on bass guitar and Julian on synthesizers, has seen them become a much in demand duo across the globe, playing in Bahrain, Sao Paolo, Sydney, London, Brussels, Mallorca and at home in their native Argentina.

With their remix of Jay West’s ‘The Speed of Soul’ being a resounding success, look out for their remix of ‘Fujidrops’ forthcoming on Adaptation Music in Spring 2012.

Tom Conrad

After various DJ slots across the Midlands, Tom began his first weekly residency at Nottingham’s successful club night Lovezoo where he was a regular for more than 5 years. He then moved on to one of the city’s most successful and suave venues, Escucha where he continues to DJ and host events on top of his guest slots at various venues across the UK and Ireland.

Tom has done various remixes since 2007 for Ananda Project, Vincent Kwok, Sueno Soul, Soul De Marin, D-Reflection, MoD, Asymmetric Soul, Blackliquid and others. His first single release on Adaptation Music arrives exclusively on Traxsource in December 2010, with remixes from Ananda Project, Reelsoul and more. Expect to see a lot more productions from Tom along with studio partner Andre Bonsor in 2011.

Andre Bonsor

Andre is the keyboard player and ‘melody maker’ for deep house act Schmoov and one half of newly formed partnership MasterMan, with London based vocalist Andre Espeut. Schmoov are well respected in the house music community with several releases on the legendary Nottingham based record label DiY Discs, Paper Recordings and Schmoov’s very own label Winding Road.

Expect to see Andre playing live keys at the majority of Adaptation Music’s events and also look out for several forthcoming remix projects with label boss Tom Conrad.

Chris Brann

Chris really does need no introduction due to his outstanding contributions to house music under his aliases Ananda Project, Wamdue Project, P’Taah and more. Producing since 1994, Chris has had releases on Yoshitoshi, Strictly Rhythm, Bombay Records, King Street, Nite Grooves and many more.

His most notable achievement was in 1999 when his track under the Wamdue Project alias ‘King Of My Castle’ was remixed by Roy Malone and achieved #1 in both the U.K and U.S charts. Chris’s unique production skills of being able to play a wide range of instruments has given him the platform to achieve the success that now sees him play live gigs all over the world.

Haldo

Rome based DJ and producer Haldo has been resident DJ for the past 20 years at one of the biggest clubs in Southern Italy, namely Rebus Disconight where some of the biggest names in the industry have performed. His productions have featured on countless compilations worldwide and he has remixed for the likes of Michelle Weeks, Su Su Bobien, Darryl D’Bonneau, Stereo Mutants, DJ MFR, Vincent Kwok, D-Reflection, Dario D’Attis & more.

His track ‘Night City Journey’ helped Adaptation Music to achieve its first #14 download on Traxsource with remixes from Andy Ward and Random Soul. After a number of remixes, Haldo will be releasing a new single with Adaptation Music in early 2011.

D-Reflection

Still only 21, D-Reflection has made great strides towards gaining a successful career in the music industry. His first production was a remix of ‘Way Back When’ for his good friend Raul Moros which appeared on top house music label Soulfuric in 2007. He has since gone on to release tracks with various labels before setting up home with Adaptation Music after his first release with the label ‘Happiness is Taking Over’.

His biggest release so far has been ‘Wave Of Love’ which has been hailed as one of the anthems of the summer 2010. It received global DJ and radio support and features remixes from none other than Ralf GUM and Ananda Project. The follow up to this track will drop in early 2011 along with several other EPs and singles throughout the year.

Catch D-Reflection once a month on the Adaptation Music radio show on www.ssradiouk.com.

Asymmetric Soul

Asymmetric Soul have become one of the biggest house music producers and live acts in Tel Aviv in recent years alongside the likes of Avi Elman (UPZ) and Mo Shic. The duo run a successful record label and regularly run live events with local musicians and vocalists in their home city.

They first achieved global recognition when their track ‘Diamonde’ was picked up by Richard Earnshaw’s Guess Records in 2009. With several releases due out on Adaptation Music and Transport Recordings, 2011 promises to be a big year for them.

Satoshi Fumi

After arriving on the scene with a release on Deep Dish’s label Yoshitoshi in 2002, Satoshi has become one of a number of talented producers and DJs from Japan that are now sought after globally. Keep an eye out for his European tour which commences in 2011.

Trancemicsoul

One of a crop of talented young producers to emerge from South Africa in recent times, Trancemicsoul has a big future ahead of him. He has already produced and remixed several tracks for U.S based label Seasons Limited and has worked with Peppermint Jam and acclaimed producer Abicah Soul, joining him as support DJ on his 2010 South African tour.

Soul De Marin

This Rotterdam based producer has very kindly filled the void left by Joey Youngman in the deep and jackin house music scene. After setting up his own label ‘Sniff Your Ears recordings’ he hasn’t looked back and is in high demand in the U.K, U.S and Europe for his trademark sound of heavy bass lines mixed with soulful keys. Supported by the likes of Mark Farina, DJ Heather, Grant Nelson and Andy Ward, 2011 is a big year for the ‘new Joey’ as he embarks on his U.S tour and other bookings across Europe.

Pablo Fierro

After many years of being involved in sound production for films, TV and advertising worldwide, Pablo and his brother Juan have now found the time to venture into their passion for producing house music. Pablo has raced ahead in the production stakes with deep house releases on iRecords, Elevation and Dark Energy. Between them, they have now set up Tenerife based Cover Music.

Andy Ward

After forging a successful DJ career in Birmingham in the early 1990s, Andy was hailed by Mixmag in 1995 as one of ten new talents to look out for alongside the legendary Tony De Vit and Elliot Eastwick. Following on from this, Andy’s fledgling radio career also took off as he worked his way towards presenting three weekend shows on Birmingham’s Galaxy 102.2 FM.

Andy is best known for being one half of house music duo Soul Central alongside Timmy Vegas who shot to prominence in 2005 with UK top ten ‘Strings of Life’. Since then Andy has become an acclaimed producer and remixer in his own right whilst DJing worldwide and most notably holding down a residency at Soul Heaven.

Vernon & Da Costa

Belgian based Vernon Bara and Massimo Da Costa have been churning out quality deep and jackin house since the turn of the century on labels such as Robsoul, Amenti Music, LowDown, Odds & Ends, Icon & more. In early 2010 they set up their own imprint Homecoming Music which is focused on the sound they are well known and respected for.

Jaidene Veda

Jaidene has been dubbed as Canada’s answer to Tracy Thorne (of Everything But The Girl) and also has drawn comparisons to Sade and Bjork. In the last year her career has really taken off due to collaborations with Timmy Regisford, Charles Webster, Ralf GUM and the release of her album ‘Pisces Pendulum’. Following on from her recent performance for Adaptation Music in Nottingham, UK, expect to see her single with label boss Tom Conrad ‘The One’ released before the end of 2010. The package features remixes from Ananda Project, Reelsoul, Trancemicsoul and Villa Gombao Inc.

Random Soul

Random Soul a.k.a Yogi & Husky have been flying the house music flag in Sydney, Australia since 2006 and started their own brand Random Soul Recordings in 2009. They have an impressive discography to date with productions and remixes on Sony, Ministry Of Sound, Salted Music, Shifted Music, Barcoda, Guesthouse and many more.