M.A.N.D.Y. vs James Lavelle @ Cielo On October 23, 2008

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Cielo) - The CMJ Music Festival kicks off today with over 1,200 acts across 75 venues in NYC. Granted most are fledgling indie-rock bands hoping to be the next-big-thing and land a record deal, but as always there are a staple of electronic artists across town. We're not sure if M.A.N.D.Y.'s double-headed party principals Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung will be going tit-for-tat with UNKLE's James Lavelle but we do know that it's going to be a raucous party. Get Physical has been one of the hottest labels of the year with recent outstanding releases from Matthew Dear "Free to Ask" and his very own Body Language Vol. 7, upstart hit M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade Feat. Laurie Anderson "O Superman" gets the remix treatment by Audiofly and Felix da Housecat and Booka Shade "Sweet Lies" due to drop at the end of the month.

Cielo Presents an essential double-header on Thursday 23rd as Berlin-based electro giants M.A.N.D.Y. go head-to-head with London's eclectic pioneer, James Lavelle. Patrick Bodmer & Philipp Jung from the German group are also co-founders of Get Physical label and were responsible for the 2005 club smash 'Body Language', voted 'Ibiza Track of the Season'. Their particular blend of electro is chewier and more fun then most, employing tuneful and obscure reference points alongside unadulterated oddball crystalline electronica, helping propel them to an echelon all of their own. It's also impossible to do James Lavelle's resume justice in just a few lines. The mastermind behind the eclectically diverse Mo' Wax label, he also produced a plethora of acclaimed artists covering trip-hop, breakbeat and house genres working with everyone from Massive Attack and UNKLE to Richard Ashcroft and Thom Yorke. Today he scores movie soundtracks, holds a residency at Fabric in London, and if you come along and hear for yourself, will blow your mind with his diverse and highly entertaining DJ sets.