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HARD HARDER HARDEST DANCE BY DAY Presents
SHOWTEK "Analogue Players In A Digital World"
SATURDAY 6TH MARCH 2010 - 5AM ONWARDS

After a sell out event in July 2009 with Showtek, Hard Dance By Day is creaming to announce the Showtek 2010 tour exclusive Sydney show at a HARD HARDER HARDEST DANCE BY DAY.

For 1 day only, Hard Dance By Day takes over the main floor of Home The Venue, to reunite the hard dance lovers for one massive hard dance event!

Showtek "The World's # 1 Hard Dance act"

"Our sound is catchy, melodic and harsh. Sometimes it's well thought out, but it can also be spontaneous and loose. Nevertheless our sound is always recognisable as being a typical Showtek track"

Showtek experienced a meteoric rise to fame between 2007 and 2009, releasing their first artist album "Today is Tomorrow" (2007) a masterpiece that became a rapid worldwide success; along with continuing their performances all over Europe at virtually every major dance festival in both Australia and North America. They had solo events in Holland (6,000 people) and Australia (over 10,000 people) and more recently they became the 1st hard dance act ever to sell out a solo event in LA, USA (4,000 people). Their stunning live-shows, devastating DJ sets, and above all, massive production hits, have led to absolute world domination.

Alongside Showtek, the brothers are also the proud owners of Dutch Master Works - a solid platform for their own releases although they have some other producers that join them. Dance-floor bombs like "FTS" and the award winning "Hold Us Back" have catapulted the label towards being the best selling in the hard dance world and in 2009 in MIXMAG announced it as "The World's Premium #1 Hardstyle Label".

The future for Showtek promises yet further success as the boys were always the first to set groundbreaking milestones in the landscape of Hard Dance. If all the above isn't enough, they had the honor of being the 1st Hardstyle act to do an Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 with Millions of listeners. Showtek have scooped 3 awards at the annual Hard Dance Awards, picking up "Best Track" in both 2008 & 2009 and received best DJs award in 2009. They also received the Beatport award for bestselling track of 2008 on the Beatport portal. And to top things off, one of the tracks of their album is featured in the Hollywood blockbuster movie from 'Bruno', or better known as the comedian 'Sacha Baron Cohen'.

The Eindhoven based brothers Wouter and Sjoerd Janssen have reached the top after years of blood, sweat and tears. Seeing and hearing Showtek is a joy to behold - they get no bigger kick than a crowd going nuts to one of their own productions; "as DJ's we tend to play a lot of our own work… it's not that we don't like other people's music, but we get a huge kick out of playing our own tracks. It's a privilege to have a steady and loyal following of clubbers that goes into the thousands and who really are into your music"

Showtek "The World's # 1 Hard dance act" will be supported in the main room by DJs PEEWEE & BEXTA for their CENTRAL ENERGY CD Tour, alongside DJs Matrix, Arbor, Sdee, Tempa, Nitrouz, Scotty G, Hardforze and Pulsar.

DOJO TEMPLE - Dojo Temple, the brainchild of DJ's Anthrax, Convict and Nik Import will unleash it's fury in Icon Room. Featured DJs include Pato De Gomah, Nomad, Beatz n Bonez, Nasty, Jamleon, Big Dan, Nik Import, Germ and Fulla.

SUBCORE - Happy Hardcore kings SUAE, TEAM ROCKET, DOVER, HAZE, JTS, KINETIX (+ more) will be ripping up the decks in the Subcore room!

ALTERNATE GEAR STALL: - Alternategear.com.au is the premier spot for all your club wear, rave wear, cyber wear, phat pants, suspenders, hoodies, custom made and alternative clothing

We will also be providing a FREE shuttle bus from Hard Dance By Day to Future Music Festival!!! See you on the main floor for a hard dance off like no other!

TICKETS:

$25 | Members - SOLD OUT
$30 | First Release - SOLD OUT
$35 | Second Release
$40 | Final Release

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