The Gemini Bash: Fun in 2's: w/ The Rogue Element

Opel presents Fun in 2's : the Gemini Bash. To herald our favorite zodiac sign and those fun loving Geminis, we're throwing a flighty, flirty, airy, chatty, charming, celebration of twins and 2's, with Gemini's FREE all night, and a special birthday set by Syd, who'll be celebrating his b-day that night.

With very special guest from the UK : The Rogue Element, who flies the flag for a new generation of producers who defy genre conventions. Having become a household name and winning highly prestigious industry accolades for ‘Best Producer’ and ‘Best Remixer’, The Rogue has morphed and evolved into a truly remarkable artist bridging the gap between breaks, techno, electronica and indie.

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The Rogue Element (aka Ben Medcalf) The Rogue Element (aka Ben Medcalf) flies the flag for a new generation of producers who defy genre conventions. Having become a household name and winning highly prestigious industry accolades for ‘Best Producer’ and ‘Best Remixer’, The Rogue has morphed and evolved into a truly remarkable artist bridging the gap between techno, electronica and indie.

A taster of The Rogue’s new sound started to sneak out in sets of remixes he delivered for fellow Exceptional Records artist, Culprit 1and the Broken Family Band followed by the single ‘Panic Attacks’ which gathered massive support from DJs across the spectrum - DJ Hell, Japanese Popstars, Autokratz, Cagedbaby, Etienne De Crecy, Annie Mac, James Lavelle are some of the names who have been championing The Rogue in the past year. Further dance-floor cuts ‘Hive’ (backed by the equally excellent ‘Vices’) and ‘Escalation’, coupled with their refreshingly unhinged videos garnered even more wide spread support (the ‘Escalation’ video became a fixture on the home page of leading video hosting site Dailymotion for quite some time). Before long the NME started paying attention, taking up The Rogue’s remix of Franz Ferdinand’s ‘No You Girls’, and offering it as an exclusive on the hugely popular NME blog.

Keeping a lot of material under wraps The Rogue Element has just delivered his massively anticipated 2nd album, named ‘Lumina’ - a groundbreaking electronic record that was single handedly written and recorded by The Rogue over the past 15 months. A thread of dark atmospherics runs through the album also punctuated by brighter, melodic and optimistic moments. Unconventional arrangements on tracks such as ‘Binary Suite’, ‘In Place‘ and ‘An Unsavoury Urge’ give insight into The Rogue’s compositional sensibilities and rival peers such as Booka Shade and Trentemoller. ‘Mistakes’ boasts the only full vocal on the album and it is an electronic indie anthem in the making. The track features the vocals of up and coming Welsh singer, Luc Prosser whose delivery echoes Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce.

‘Lumina’ is not short of pure peak time dance-floor monsters either. In addition to ‘Hive’, ‘Escalation’ and ‘Sidewinder’ which are all included here, the title track is an epic techno odyssey and contender as a single as is ‘Sore Tooth’ which is probably the brightest track on the album with its shimmering synth-lines and disco roots.

The Rogue Element is gearing up for a heavy DJ schedule and a live show is also in the works. Expectations are high as ‘Lumina’ is an undeniable tour de force of electronic music that should reach an audience well beyond the confines of the dance community.