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iceHouse Project

We are more than pleasantly surprised to see him return to form with this little piece of synth anthem perfection. This is how it’s done- combine the talents of Dakeyne with a vocal locomotive like Dan Bryan and what we get is something quite unique

ICEHOUSE PROJECT PRESENTS

As far as dance events go, this one promises to be one of the most exciting.

The Dance world’s equivalent of a cosmic collision between Manifesto producer, ex Ministry of Sound DJ (and Chris Moyles’ favourite mash-up Master) Paul Dakeyne and Hed Kandi Founder and now Fierce Angel head honcho Mark Doyle. As if that isn’t enough the whole event is being hosted by the region’s most accomplished live dance act – IceHouse Project.

For this celebration of classic dance – from 90’s Ministry Anthems (courtesy of Dakeyne) through to the latest Fierce electro house (courtesy of Doyle) – is taking place at Fruit on Humber street.

“The perfect venue didn’t exist for Icehouse Project Presents so with Fruit we created it…” says organiser and iceHouse front man Dan Bryan.

On the periphery for the best part of 10 years Icehouse Project has played many large gigs before front man Dan shot to prominence in the most memorable series of Big Brother in 2004. Since then they have suffered at the hands of a fickle and now bankrupt music industry. “I met Mark Doyle back in 2004 when he had made Hed Kandi into a massively successful global brand. He offered me tremendous support and helped me back on my feet when the whole reality TV stigma started to bite.”

At around the same time, Doyle himself was forced to re-think his career when industry politics tore deep and he found himself leaving Hed Kandi to start rival label Fierce Angel. Court battles ensued.

For Dan, working with new producers such as Chicane’s James Hockley and meeting Paul Dakeyne, everything was now falling into place, “I was paranoid in case everything went wrong for us again so I was keen to stay in the studio, complete the album and own the songs” added Dan. The decision has clearly paid off with some of their most accomplished work in years. The Dakeyne-produced Under The Sun is the first iceHouse single to be available on iTunes and there are plans for two more before the album is released.

“It’s time for us to get back out there again – I’ve really missed it. I think we definitely needed an event like this to do it though. After all, we’ve never done anything by halves!”

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