Hanky Panky resident DJ Herne is spending the weekend practicing his sets for appearances in the Silent Disco and the Rbbit Hole areas.

He hasn’t long to get the set’s nailed as the Hanky Panky crew embark to the Glastonbury festival site on Saturday 20th June to help as crew with the set up of the IDSpiral and Rabbit Hole tents.

Herne is now adding digital DJ’ing via an Apple Macbook and Native Instrument’s might Traktor Scratch software.  Herne has used the digital medium in his sets since buying the Pioneer CDJ500Mk1 in 1995, the first DJ CD player to incorporate a jog wheel (since copied on all DJ CD players).

Traktor Scratch opens up the horizon for a DJ to soar into new airspace, with the ablity to seemlessly extend tracks with loops, that are time synced into the mix.   Its now easier to create mash-ups and the ablity to handle digital files as vinyl (with the timecoded vinyl) is a magic Merlin would have been proud of.

http://www.native-instruments.com/newreleases/#/en/products/dj/traktor-scratch-duo/

Ahead of his debut at the Glastonbury Festival and to support the Dance Villages promotional programme, Herne has posted some links to his online mixes.  Herne will be playing in the Silent Disco on 9.30 Thursday 25th June 2009.  He will also be playing alongside Hanky Panky DJ cohorts, The Jester & Carobus in the Rabbit Hole tent (times to be released soon).

Returning in 2009 with no less than six amazing venues, the Dance Village truly is a party-within-a-party, a whole community of like-minded thrill seekers, toe-tappers and body-movers, nestled in the heart of your favourite festival. 

We’ll be kicking things off early on Thursday evening with a super-secret, fun-filled line-up in the Dance Lounge and a now infamous opening party from our favourite Radio One celeb in the ever-glamorous Pussy Parlure.

Herne’s DejiMaster mixes cut up a variety of styles and Herne is planning an eclectic set in the Silent Disco featuring may of the artists who will be playing at the festival this year including Lilly Allen, Calvin Harris,  The Prodigy and ,er, Bruce Springsteen.

DejiMaster Mix by Herne : Part 01 Luke

DejiMaster Mix : Part 02 Qui-Gon

more Dejimaster info and mixes on www.dejimaster.com

We’ve been partying at the Glade Festival since its first one.  Very much looking forward to the new location this year.  Its an inspiring place and we are blessed to be playing in the Rabbit Hole this summer.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glade-Festival/15734962614?ref=nf

Hanky Panky’s regular guest DJ Sean Johnson has set up a Facebook profile. You can listen to some of his mixes online.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sean-Johnson/20943283897?sid=a943591ddbad306d42097b7db883e034&ref=search

Hanky Panky soundystem now have a Facebook group for party people who all share a love of a good ole stomp in woods and fields across this green and pleasant land.  The group has its own message board and photos area.  Its open to anyone to join.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5205954977

Catch Hanky Panky DJ’ spinning their sonic threads into the weft of the Glastonbury ether this summer 2009.  We are stoked to get to play at the Mothership Festival.  The dj’s will be on at some point in the new area of the festival, The Park. Curated by Emily Eavis, daughter of the festival’s founder Michael, the Park area showcases a different vibe.  Hanky Panky dj’s will be in attendance and fancy dress in the Rabbit Hole Tent.  If you answer the riddle and get the carrot you can enter the warren and hear us play.

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/performance.aspx?id=529

http://www.safeconcerts.com/festivals/glastonbury/glastonbury-the-park-area.asp

After the quietest year since we formed back in 1997, Hanky Panky will be springing into life in 2009. Our goal of cracking into the festival scene is getting under way in fine style. We will be working with Over The Moon Tents, Captain Scarlett Lighting and The Rabbit Hole at this years Glastonbury and Glade festivals.  Yee har, what a buzz to play at these great events.  Glastonbury has been on the DJ venue Wanted list since the start of this madcap journey.

Its mad to play in The Rabbit Hole area as we did a series of outdoor parties around 2000 that had a theme of following the White Rabbit (a la Alice In Wonderland) and punters had to follow the white rabbit signs to the party.  Little did we know the rabbitt would lead us a merry jig all the way to the Mothership Festival, Glastonbury.  Can’t wait.

To celebrate we are getting the website updated with new music. herne has uploaded a trancey March 2009 mix into the online Ipod.  The Jester has a new Xone mix (slurp)  to show off his new tunes with. A mix due imminently (that’s probably 2012 then knowing him).

Occassional DJ at Hanky Panky parties, Sean Johnson is spinning tunes this weekend in Peterborough
After a legendary night of underground house with The Littlemen, Dig Deep returns to Dissident after a small Summer holiday
on Sat 4th October to collaborate with local deep house sound system Dizzy Funk.
After time off for paternity leave Sean (DizzyFunk) Johnson who started Dizzy Funk in 2001 touches down for his DigDeep debut
and to celebrate 7 years of running the soundsystem. Sean Johnson (also known as Sean Dizzyfunk) has been a DJ since the late 80s when he started out playing Soul, Funk and Disco at college parties and local clubs. Through the 90s Sean developed his House Music style and landed a number of residencies and regular appearances at clubs throughout the UK.

http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=77735105566

At last we get some footage onto You Tube. Keep calling back as there’s 12 years of footage to look through.

Here is a link to pictures of this years mini-festival in Windsor.  After the deluge of rain on Friday night, which tried to wash us off the hill, we pulled out all the stops and had the best one yet. Roll on next years.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/overthemoontents/Trystonbury2008?authkey=-xIPdwIiQ4w#

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/karen.dunsmore/Trystonbury2008?authkey=V4ne-mzw-aI#