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SLACKERS DELIGHT & Phil Gifford

Club Softly is where you really want to be for VALENTINE'S, come and party to the sexy grooves of Madrid's very own WALLY LOPEZ supported as ever by Slackers Delight and Digital One. Also in the Kitchen serving up huge portions of Kitsch 80\'s electro pop are the girls from MOSCO DISCO

SATURDAY 14th Feb @ THE MEDICINE BAR B'HAM

Wally Lopez - Biog

Wally Lopez’s prolific rise and rise continues unabated. His productions are defining the underground, his trophy cabinet is bursting and he is rocking every dancefloor he encounters.
Wally has joined the team at the coolest label around, Underwater. A “Tribute to Acid House” is Wally’s first release on Underwater Records and will be out soon. Bugged Out records have re-released Wally’s “Patricia never leaves the House” which received more good reviews in UK DJ magazine and Weekend Records have released “"Nixon tells the truth/Drah"” by Wally with Cesar Del Rio, which has received a raucous 4 stars in Muzik Mag UK. Wally has also released the moody “I’m coming to London” and the Underworld-esque “My generation” on his own, La Factoria Records. Wally has also recently done remixes for Yoshitoshi, Dirty Vegas, Subliminal and a mega-remix for David Guetta.

This month Wally won the award for Best House DJ by Spain’s DJ1 magazine, which is the same accolade he was awarded by Spanish Deejay in 2002. He also won the awards for Best Newcomer at the 2002 Ibiza DJ Awards and for Best House DJ by Deejay Magazine in Spain.
Wally will be a resident for the Underwater parties in Pacha Ibiza and at the End in London in 2003. He has set up an exclusive bi-monthly residency at the newly opened Pacha Barcelona, called Formula which will include international guests programmed by Mr Lopez. In 2003 he has already rocked dancefloors in Argentina, New York, Miami, Budapest, Greece, Croatia and France, all of which have already booked him to return.

This man is not afraid to work, and it is now starting to show. He is releasing new material on a weekly basis and pages are fast running out in his passport. The Wally Lopez factory is just churning out the grooves and should be hitting your shelves soon.

Wally Lopez can be regarded as one of the men responsible for the current surge in the Spanish house scene. He was born and currently lives in Madrid and started his musical career at the early age of 13 on a local radio station. Wally hosted the famous TOP RADIO sessions for 5 years, broadcasting his live DJ sessions without any interruptions by commercial adverts. Wally is currently the host of a new project called SWINGFLAIX, broadcast daily on the well-known national coverage Spanish radio FLAIX FM.

His productions and DJ sessions have been applauded by premier DJ’s such as Erick Morillo, Danny Tenaglia, Pete Tong, Francesco Farfa and Steve Lawler whom was quoted as saying “He is the man of Moment”. Wally won the award for the best house record of the year in 2001, with “Patricia never leaves the house” by Deejay magazine, and in 2002 he was nominated in the categories for “DJ of the Year” and “Track of Year” for his release “Disco Night” on Weekend Records. He was voted “Best Newcomer” at this years Ibiza DJ Awards, and accolade that has been giving to DJs such as Hernan Cattaneo and Steve Lawler.

Wally has done more than 40 re-mixes this year alone, for artists such as Robbie Rivera, Dirty Vegas, Ananda Project and for Spanish pop icons such as Monica Naranjo and Miguel Bose.
He has played in Pacha (Ibiza), Privilege (Ibiza), Dome (Tel-aviv), Florida 135 (Huesca), Diabólica (Cannes), 287 Studio (Paris), Creamfields 2002 (Liverpool), Turnmillls (London), Meet Me 2002 (Slovenia), La Real (Asturias), El Divino (Ibiza), La Terraza (Barcelona), Discoteque (Barcelona), Chic (Las Palmas), BCM (Mallorca), After Hour Power (Los Angeles), Electrogaia 2002 (San Sebastian), Rekyavik, Austria, Budapest and Nice to mention but a few.

Wally has worked with labels such as Weekend records, Defected Records, Bonus Tracks, Credence, Hipnotic Music, Fluential, City Rockers, Bugged out, House Works, Milk & Sugar and Vendetta. Wally also owns and runs his own label called “LA FACTORIA DISCOS”.