The night is being launched next month and is gonna be a fun monthly night pushing the idea of fun, funky music with a party vibe. More details to come….
These girls really should need no introduction. They have been dominating the Auckland club scene, smashing all the big NZ festivals, touring the country and winning international DJ competitions. “Is that all??!!!”. The Croatian born, New Zealand living sister duo also recently made a pilgrimage to the Miami Winter Music Conference, the largest event on the international dance music calender, after winning the Lets Mix NGDJ Competition.
Here’s what is going down with them right now…
Can you introduce yourselves and tell us an interesting fact about each other that Chilli JAM readers won’t know? We used to be professional figure skaters, true story!
So, it’s been a big year so far for Maya and Vanya. Can you tell us what was the highlight of your recent trip to the Miami Winter Music Conference? The whole trip was pretty rad! Highlight was just being there amongst it all and getting to experience playing at some of WMC’s biggest parties alongside guys like M.A.N.D.Y, Swedish House Mafia, Pete Tong, Tiesto, Afrojack, Nic Fanciulli, Diplo, DJ Sneak, Dennis Ferrer, even Macy Gray! But the craziest gig out of them all was playing for the Mad Decent label party with all their crew, chicken on the BBQ and daggering all night long!
And I hear you are off on a Europe tour very soon. Can you tell the readers a wee bit about what that will involve and what you have planned? We’re heading there this July for their summer and have a tour lined up over the UK, Croatia, Ibiza and hopefully more to come so we’re really excited about that, its such a different experience to play at gigs overseas and it’s awesome to get the opportunity to do so.
Are there any gigs on that tour that you are particularly looking forward to? Definitely looking forward to playing at Creamfields in the UK, also we’re gonna be around there when the Exit Festival is on so can’t wait to check that out!
Beside all the international jet setting, you guys have found the time to play at some of New Zealand’s biggest parties and festivals. What would be your local highlight so far? Still Rhythm n Vines for sure! There’s not much that beats jam packing our car and driving down to Gissy for a week over the new year, getting amongst the grapevines and playing to an awesome crowd who are up for anything. Its one of the best vibes and something we’ve looked forward to every year.
Your sets and mixes seem to be containing a lot more edits and remixes in recent months. How have you found the move to production? We’ve always made edits and bootlegs here and there, just for fun and mainly for our sets but its only recently that we’ve started getting onto production more seriously. While Maya was as uni she did a few courses on music production on the side and got into Logic, Protools, Ableton and we both spent hours watching videos and tutorials on it so the basic knowledge of it all was always there. Its only recently that we’ve pushed for some proper studio time with some of our buddies like Dick Johnson getting to use some pretty epic studio equipment and proper monitors (as opposed to our $40 hand-me-downs that we’ve been working on till now) and other toys.
Do you have any original work in the pipelines? Your DJ sets and mixes tend to span quite a few different genres. What kind of sound can we expect from your original work? At the moment we’re in the studio working towards releasing our debut ep. The sound that we’re going for with this one is on the house and tropical tip with a twist of uk funky and dub sound to it.
Tell us a little bit about the set up your using in the studio? At home? Lol, right now its in Maya’s room which contains one MacBook Pro, Ableton, Logic, some rusty ancient Pioneer speakers that our dad used in the 80s, a bongo, a couple of shakers that one of us bought as a souvenir from Miami, and an inbuilt computer mic… But from time to time we do manage to put Dick Johnson in a headlock (which is not as easy as it sounds as he’s a very busy man!) and get the honour of producing in the BE Club studio which is equipped with some of the best gear there is.
Your sound has been described as “tropical house” and, while you play a very broad range of music, you tend to have a penchant towards Latin and tribal tinged music. How would you describe your sound and what are your influences? Its really hard for us to describe our sound as its ever evolving. I guess our main influence comes from our parents’ record collection filled with all sorts of music from all over the world, in particular the Spanish, Latino, South American and African sounds. I guess when you add that to the music that we ourselves listened to throughout the years you get that in a more clubby, house and hip hop mixture.
So, your playing at Good Luck bar in Wellington this weekend. What can the Wellington crowd expect from your set musically? We love Wellington so we’re excited about coming back down, have never played at Good Luck yet so really looking forward to that!
Thanks heaps for taking the time to have a chat and I’ll see you in the weekend for a big night at Good Luck.
Connect with Maya and Vanya using rad social media (how fresh!):
Download to get down…
Enjoy.
Come and Join us for a fun night of party beats and festivities. This shit is gonna be huge so make sure you get amongst it!
Maya and Vanya with support from Buff Marvin and Dilby
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Good Luck and Chilli Jam proud to be presenting
Four is Not A Threesome
Exclusive MAYA AND VANYA most excellence and sexy time dj. They are number one at winning vely vely big competition. Also buff marvin and dilby playing. Jiggy jiggy good time on Saturday 22 may. Exciting so much we give you free drink from yum cha cocktails menu when you walking in between 8pm to 9pm. Cute and yummy. Please come!
Maya and Vanya
“Their ability to bring together everything from tropical music to fidget house reflects an exciting development in club culture, where urban and latin music are fusing more and more with electronic dance music”
- Beatportal.com
“NZ’s biggest up and coming DJs to look out for”
- Mad Decent
Press Appearances:
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TV/Radio:
MTV USA
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO USA
DJ TV UK
NOVA FM Australia
AMP ENERGY USA
GEORGE FM NZ
Internet/Websites:
mtv.com
UltraRecords.com
djmag.com
beatportal.com
MadDecent.com
nme.com
4clubbers.net
letsmix.com
dancemusicblog.com
worlddj.com
maximum.co.uk
residentadvisor.com
georgefm.co.nz
realgroove.co.nz
roadrunner.com
Beatport Charts:
March 2010
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/chart/detail/22678/MayaVanya%20March%20Beatport%20chart
Link to Maya & Vanya Mixes:
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Including some of their own edits and remixes
http://soundcloud.com/mayavanya
http://letsmix.com/mayavanya
More Information on NGDJ Competition:
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http://www.letsmix.com/ngdj
http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/next-generation-dj-winner-announced/
http://www.djmag.com/news/detail/2129
Chilli JAM: http://www.chillij.com/
Chilli JAM on Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=355585014
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To celebrate New Zealand Music Month we have a very special mix showcasing the sounds of a hot young Aucklander called Jamie De Villiers. Jamie has a bit of a split personality in the studio and releases tunes under two monikers; Jores and Jamie-D.
Jores represents Jamie’s deep and soulful side and under this guise he drops silky cuts of smooth, funky, jazz-infused house.
Jamie-D is the Mr. Hyde side of Jamie’s studio personalities and encompasses his tech house side featuring productions geared directly towards the late night dancefloor.
This episode takes you through Jamie’s productions in and hour long mix and gives you a glimpse into all of the styles he cooks up in his beat kitchen.
Enjoy.
Keep up to date with Jamie’s latest productions, remixes and musical creations.
Jamie D on Soundcloud
Jores on Soundcloud
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Tracklisting:
And, of course, support Jamie buy buying some his superbly crafted tunes…
This latest edition of Chilli Jam is mixed by Chilli JAM’s own Dilby and features exclusive unreleased originals and remixes.
In this mix I wanted to showcase a few of my new productions next to some of my favourite dancefloor sounds of recent months. The mix also features a couple of older tracks including Dino Lenny’s “I feel Stereo”. I remember finding this gem on white label at Criminal Records (RIP) back in 2001 and it literally changed my perspective of house music. At the time Progressive House was HUGE and DJ superstardom was at its peak with Sasha and John Digweed sharing the throne. For me, “I Feel Stereo” signaled a change ahead where house music would find the fun again and stop taking itself so seriously. Massive, massive tune!
Enjoy.
To find out more about Dilby check out the usual portals. On soundcloud there are a number of his original productions and remixes that can be downloaded free.
Dilby on Myspace
Dilby on Twitter
Dilby on Soundcloud
For DJ bookings and production enquieries please email dilbydj@gmail.com
Download to get down…
Tracklisting:
Purchase my new remix of Dark Room Robot - Sex, Drugs & 303 on Forbidden Fruit Recordings
As a special treat just for Chilli JAM readers I have a bunch of tunes to give away for free! Listen here and click the download button to connect to Soundcloud.
Alan Braxe and Fred Falke - Intro (Dilby Remix) by DILBY
The Jacksons - Shake Your Body Down (Dilby Mix) by DILBY
MJ Cole - Sincere (Dilbys Two Steps Through Space Mix) by DILBY
Tobias Lutzenkirchen is one of the best house and tech house producers out there at the moment and really does have some killer tracks.
Download “Body Nation” free from JunoDownload.com
Check out Lutzenkirchen on his Website and Facebook and Myspace. Here is a free mix he has for download from his website (right click the link to download).
Here are some more tunes from Lutzenkirchen that you can pick up from Beatport
The latest instalment of the bi-weekly Chilli JAM Podcast has been put together by Leeds based producer, DJ and label boss (of Forbiden Fruit Redordings), Dark Room Robot.
Mr Robot is a man of much smiles and madness. After spending many years shaking it on the dancefloor hes now attempting to rattle the bass bins himself. Deep dark pulsing grooves with a hint of robotic and a splash of electro noises and dubby hits…
The robotic ones tracks have been played in numerous clubs across the world, from Sankeys to Fortress Studios, london, and on numerous worldwide radio stations including BBC Radio 1.
The first two Ep’s can be found on More Music label on Beatport, Juno and all other major download sites. A number of new releases in the pipeline on the excellent Forbidden Fruit Recodings label which i run.
DRR is involved with couple of collaberations (S.N.U.S and ‘Click & Zoom) that have been released to critical acclaim and had A-list support from Circo Loco DJ’s to Groove Armada, Hybrid and beyound, you can now find some of these up on Beatport.
Enjoy.
To find out more about Dark Room Robot check out the usual sites below.
Dark Room Robot on Myspace
Dark Room Robot on Facebook
Forbidden Fruit Recordings
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Tracklisting:
If you like what you hear you can purchase tunes by Dark Room Robot on Beatport
Here are a few wee goodies to get everyone amped to tear up the D floor…
Fake Blood Radio 1 Essential Mix
If anyone has any other mixes from R&V artists please post a link in the comments.
See you on the floor ya’ll and dont be afraid to buy me a cheeky beer either 
For more info click here to visit the official site of Rhythm and Vines.
Peace, Dilby
EDIT: R&V scedule out now
As the whether warms up, so will the dance floors around the country. This summer is set to be massive with an onslaught of internationals here over the coming months. There really are some big DJ’s playing at some even bigger parties.
Check out:
Rhythm and Vines
Summadayze Auckland
Big Day Out
PHAT10
Highlife NYE Ecperience
Do yourself a favour and get amongst it this summer.
Enjoy.
To find out more about Dilby check out the usual portals. On soundcloud there are a number of his original productions and remixes that can be downloaded free.
Dilby on Myspace
Dilby on Twitter
Dilby on Soundcloud
Download to get down…
Tracklisting:
Johnny Kingdom is DJ/Producer from Wellington NZ, resident DJ for STEREOTYPE, a regular club night at one of the best clubs in the country, Sandwiches. He plays a broad range of styles, anything from funky jackin house, deep driving progressive, dirty electro & breaks, tech funk and techno. Regular gigs are at Sandwiches (Wellington NZ) for the club night STEREOTYPE which showcases upfront underground electronica. Resident DJ for ETN FM A well respected Canadian Progressive House internet radio station. Popular throughout Canada, USA and Europe.
Enjoy.
Johnny Kingdom on Myspace
Johnny Kingdom on Facebook
You can catch Johnny playing at:
Becks Berlin Sessions
featuring AME (Innervisions/Germany) and BENJI FROHLICH (Permanent Vacation/Germany)
Saturday November 21 at Studio 9
Stereotype
featuring Dopamine (Aus)
Saturday 5 December at Sandwiches
Download to get down…
Tracklisting:
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