This week, EXIT strategy conference under the slogan „Together We Create an Exit from Pandemic“ presents its second international panel dubbed “The Clubland’s Longest Night”. This will be a long-distance discussion broadcast live on EXIT Facebook page on June 23rd at 6 pm.
The panel brings a fresh perspective on the most recent situation the music and club scenes found themselves in, with some prominent experts answering the most burning questions.
Participants:
Duncan Dick
Mixmag
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Duncan Dick
Editor of Mixmag, the world's biggest dance music and club culture magazine. Originally from a small village near Glasgow, he completed a degree in law and a post graduate diploma in journalism – during which a short period interning at Mixmag convinced him to move to London to try to become a freelance journalist.
When a staff position as Clubs Editor / Staff writer came up at the magazine in 2004, Duncan joined Mixmag full time, working his way up to Features and Deputy Editor before fulfilling his dream of becoming Editor in April 2015. Duncan's day to day job involves selecting with the team who and what to cover in each issue, editing the feature section and overseeing every facet of the magazine from pictures and design to copy and cover shoots. In November 2016 he also oversaw a complete redesign and relaunch of the magazine, which continues to evolve in terms of content and aesthetic.
With Mixmag evolving from primarily a print title to arguably the world's biggest dance music media brand, there are always far more things to do though: from giving DJ lessons on stage at Bestival to developing native content and event ideas for brand partnerships, from helping with artist liaison at Mixmag events to presentations and panels everywhere from Lost Village Festival and IMS in Ibiza to Smirnoff's Equalising Music project.
Judy Griffith
Promoter and programming manager – fabric, London
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Judy Griffith
Ever experienced the magic of a Saturday night at fabric? You have Judy Griffith to thank. For almost the entirety of the London club’s 21-year history, she’s curated the venue’s weekly house and techno session, championing artists new and old that would go on to define the club’s core sound. Many of today’s biggest DJs got their break visiting her at fabric for the first time, and she’s in no small part responsible for the club’s enduring legacy.
Griffith caught the electronic music bug long before she was booking one of the world’s best nightclubs. Two seasons working & partying in Ibiza led to her landing a job at the legendary house label Strictly Rhythm, turning her lifelong passion into a career in the music industry. She’s still a raver at heart all these years later, something every fabric regular knows that from seeing her face light up the floor on any given weekend.
Matthew Hoag
elrow, Spain
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Matthew Hoag
Hoag has been actively present in the global music industry for more than two decades now, which makes him a school example of a 360-degree music business professional. His very intuitive and at the same time systematic approach has enabled him to master the music industry from every possible aspect.
From his earliest experience as an international DJ himself, Hoag retained an interest and passion for the music not just by creating new tunes, but also by promoting and organizing parties for the clubs and working for notorious record labels such as Recycled Loops and Jesus Loved You. In 2017 Matthew was approached by Spain’s leading brand of electronic music and entertainment – elrow. Since then, he has majorly contributed to the brand’s expansion all around the world: from South America to European countries, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Branislav Jovančević
Drugstore, Serbia
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Branislav Jovančević
In 2012 Jovančević joined Drugstore team as program manager and from that point, he organized and produced hundreds of music events, ranging from neo-classical, free-jazz, experimental concerts to more club orientated shows. In 2015 he joins Resonate festival in the capacity of curating music workshops and more experimental part of the music program and in 2017 becomes head of the music program team.
In 2015 together with Relja Bobić (Dis-Patch), he started +++ music festival, held in Serbian mountains, which was focused on presenting a different approach to well-known festival format with awareness towards sustainability, ecology, and interconnection between music and nature. As a speaker, he has been participating several panels and conferences in Serbia, France and Germany.
Ulrich Wombacher
Watergate, Berlin
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Ulrich Wombacher
Ulrich Wombacher has been an integral part of Berlin’s electronic music movement for the last 25 years. He developed his passion for music in the late ’80s, as a member of the local hip hop scene. In early '90s saw him switching to genre of House and Drum & Base music and he quickly became one of the renowned DJs at the time, under his “DJ Metro” moniker.
After having promoted hundreds of parties all over Berlin it became time for him to focus in one place – iconic club known today as Watergate. As a co-founder he is responsible for artistic programming, founding the Watergate’s record label and last but not least developing international brand strategies for the club’s booking agency, which is home of all Watergate resident DJs.
James Bullock
Moderator
The Wild Seeds
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James Bullock
Bullock established a management company for leading creative artists in electronic music, intent on establishing space to nurture talent, develop responsible, generous leaders and make projects that move people and grow culture. He is also a coach, agent at Elite Music Management, and prior to all of this was a promoter. The Wild Seeds roster currently includes Derrick Carter, Max Cooper, Guy Andrews and Rob Clouth.