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Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travelers and tourists.

Etymology[link]

The word hospitality derives from the Latin hospes, which is formed from hostis, which originally meant "to have power."^{[citation needed]}

Current usage[link]

In the West today hospitality is rarely a matter of protection and survival, and is more associated with etiquette and entertainment. However, it still involves showing respect for one's guests, providing for their needs, and treating them as equals. Cultures and subcultures vary in the extent to which one is expected to show hospitality to strangers, as opposed to personal friends or members of one's in-group.

The hospitality service industry includes hotels, casinos, and resorts, which offer comfort and guidance to strangers, whether it be commercial (for monetary gain) or non-commercial (not for profit). The terms hospital, hospice, and hostel also derive from "hospitality," and these institutions preserve more of the connotation of personal care.

Hospitality ethics is a discipline that studies this usage of hospitality.

Global concepts[link]

Pakhtuns[link]

The Pakhtun people of South-Central Asia, pre-dominant in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and Afghanistan have a strong code of hospitality. They are a people characterized by their use of Pakhtunwali, an ancient set of ethics, the first principle of which is Milmastiya or Hospitality. The general area of Pakhtunistan is also nicknamed The Land of Hospitality.

Classical World[link]

To the ancient Greeks, hospitality was a divine right. The host was expected to make sure the needs of his guests were seen to. The ancient Greek term xenia, or theoxenia when a god was involved, expressed this ritualized guest-friendship relation. In Greek society a persons ability to abide the laws to hospitality determined nobility and social standing.

Celtic cultures[link]

Celtic societies also valued the concept of hospitality, especially in terms of protection. A host who granted a person's request for refuge was expected not only to provide food and shelter to his/her guest, but to make sure they did not come to harm while under their care.^[1]

India[link]

In India, hospitality is based on the principle Atithi Devo Bhava, meaning "the guest is God." This principle is shown in a number of stories where a guest is literally a god who rewards the provider of hospitality. From this stems the Indian approach of graciousness towards guests at home, and in all social situations.

Cultural value or norm[link]

Hospitality as a cultural norm or value is an established sociological phenomenon that people study and write papers about (see references, and Hospitality ethics). Some regions have become stereotyped as exhibiting a particular style of hospitality. Examples include:

• Minnesota nice
• Southern hospitality

See also[link]

• Backpacking (travel)
• CouchSurfing
• Hospitality management studies
• Hospitality services, modern day hospitality networks.
• Hotel manager
• Motel
• 3DFarm

References[link]

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Further reading[link]

• Danny Meyer (2006) Setting the Table : The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
• Christine Jaszay (2006). Ethical Decision-Making in the Hospitality Industry
• Karen Lieberman & Bruce Nissen (2006). Ethics in the Hospitality And Tourism Industry
• Rosaleen Duffy and Mick Smith. The Ethics of Tourism Development
• Conrad Lashley and Alison Morrison. In Search of Hospitality
• Hospitality: A Social Lens by Conrad Lashley and Alison Morrison
• The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg
• Customer Service and the Luxury Guest by Paul Ruffino
• Fustel de Coulanges. The Ancient City: Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome
• Bolchazy. Hospitality in Antiquity: Livy's Concept of Its Humanizing Force
• Jacques Derrida (2000). Of Hospitality. Trans. Rachel Bowlby. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
• Steve Reece (1993). The Stranger's Welcome: Oral Theory and the Aesthetics of the Homeric Hospitality Scene. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
• Mireille Rosello (2001). Postcolonial Hospitality. The Immigrant as Guest. Standford, CA: Stanford University Press.
• Clifford J. Routes (1999). Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• John B. Switzer (2007). "Hospitality" in Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
• Immanuel Velikovsky (1982). Mankind in Amnesia. Garden City, New York: Doubleday.

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Lincoln Barrett, better known by the stage name High Contrast (born 18 September 1979, Penarth, Cardiff), is a Welsh drum and bass DJ and producer.

History[link]

Barrett grew up more interested in films and film soundtracks rather than music, and still cites Wendy Carlos's A Clockwork Orange soundtrack album and the Vangelis soundtrack for Blade Runner as defining musical influences. Whilst studying film making in Newport, he heard J Majik's Arabian Nights which turned the then 17-year-old Barrett on to drum and bass music. Barrett used to work in Cardiff's only electronic record shop, Catapult. A short time after he began to make music, he was given a DJ residency at Cardiff's drum and bass night, named Silent Running. During his residency at Silent Running, Barrett played alongside artists such as Grooverider and London Elektricity.

In June 2002, Barrett's debut album, True Colours, was released on Hospital Records, with "Return of Forever" and "Global Love" finding their way into the UK Singles Chart.^[1] His second album was High Society.

On 6 April 2003, High Contrast was featured on the BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix show. His mix included liquid funk mostly from the Hospital Records label. On 9 January 2005, this Essential Mix was replayed on Radio 1 when another drum and bass artist, Andy C, was unable to deliver his mix. In October 2005, Barrett launched his own record label, The Contrast. The first single, "Days Go By" / "What We Do" was released in early November 2005.

In 2007, he delivered his second effort, selected as 'Essential Mix of the Year' by Pete Tong.^[2] His third album Tough Guys Don't Dance was released in October 2007. The second single from the album, "If We Ever" was supported on Radio 1 by Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Jo Whiley helping it to reach number 1 in the DnB chart, number 1 in the dance chart and number 4 in the Indie chart.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, High Contrast remixed the #1 single "No Way to Say" for the Japanese Ayumi Hamasaki's remix album, Ayu-mi-x 6: Silver. He also made successful remixes of "Hometown Glory" by Adele and "Pjanoo" by Eric Prydz, which were later included on album, Confidential. He has started producing house tracks under the alias, 'Two Fisted Tales' with tracks released so far including "Fugue State" and "Rushmore" He played them during his take over for the Rob Da Bank show on BBC Radio 1 in January 2009.

He played at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Barrett currently is a resident DJ at the following clubs: Hospitality as part of Hospital Records at Matter in London (previously at Heaven), Aperture at Clwb Ifor Bach (The Welsh Club) in Cardiff, at Roxy in Prague. He is also on regular rotation at Fabric in London.

Personal life[link]

His father, Paul 'Legs' Barrett, used to manage Shakin' Stevens. His mother, Lorraine Barrett, was the Welsh Assembly member for Cardiff South and Penarth until May 2011. According to a recent Hospital Records podcast, Barrett is an atheist.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• True Colours (2002)
• High Society (2004)
• Tough Guys Don't Dance (2007)
• Watch the Ride - High Contrast (2008)
• Confidential (2009) (UK #68)
• The Agony and The Ecstasy (2012) (UK #45)

Compilation albums[link]

• FabricLive.25 (2005)
• Hospitality Presents This is Drum + Bass (2009)^[3]

Singles[link]

• "Make it Tonight" / "Mermaid Scar" (2001)
• "Return of Forever" (2002)
• "Global Love" (2002) (UK #68)
• "Basement Track" (2003) (UK #65)
• "Twilight's Last Gleaming" (2004) (UK #74)
• "Angels and Fly" (2004)
• "Racing Green" / "St Ives" (2004) (UK #73)
• "When the Lights Go Down" / "Magic" (2005)
• "Days Go By" / "What We Do" (2005)
• "Everything's Different" / "Green Screen" (2007)
• "If We Ever" / "Pink Flamingos" (released 16 July 2007)
• "In A Gadda Da Vida" / "Forever And A Day" (2007)
• "The First Note Is Silent" (with Tiësto and Underworld) (2011) (UK Single Chart #48)

Remixes[link]

• "Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)" by Stevie Nicks
• "Kaleidoscope" by Tiesto
• "Wall" by Enter Shikari
• "Baggy Bottom Boys" by Jokers of the Scene
• "Ready for the Weekend" by Calvin Harris
• "In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)" by La Roux
• "Most Precious Love" by Blaze featuring Barbara Tucker
• "Hometown Glory" by Adele
• "Pjanoo" by Eric Prydz
• "Reload It" by Kano
• "Time to Pretend" by MGMT
• "Something Good '08" by Utah Saints
• "Papua New Guinea" by Future Sound of London
• "I Found U" by Axwell
• "It's Too Late" by The Streets
• "Talk" by Coldplay
• "Gold Digger" by Kanye West
• "Flashing Lights" by Kanye West
• "We Run This" by Missy Elliott
• "My Dreams" by London Elektricity featuring Robert Owens
• "Remember the Future" by London Elektricity
• "Headlock" by Imogen Heap
• "Barcelona" by D.Kay & Epsilon
• "Hey U" by Basement Jaxx
• "Thugged Out Bitch" by Dillinja
• "Girls & Boys (Aquasky song)" by Aquasky and El Horner
• "Renegade Snares" by Omni Trio
• "Back For More" by Influx Datum
• "Karma (Comes Back Around)" by Adam F & Guru
• "No More" by Roni Size featuring Beverley Knight and Dynamite MC
• "No Soul" by ILS
• "Spaced Invader" by Hatiras
• "This Feeling" by Blue Sonix
• "Born Free" by M.I.A.
• "Blue Orchid" by The White Stripes

References[link]

External links[link]

• High Contrast official biography at Hospital Records.com
• High Contrast blog
• High Contrast on Myspace
• High Contrast discography at Discogs
• High Contrast at rolldabeats

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Danny Byrd (born 1979) is a drum and bass DJ, producer and musician from Bath in the South West of England. He is influenced by house, UK garage, R&B and the old skool rave/jungle techno sound and releases his music primarily on Hospital Records, the UK based, independent dance music label.^[1]

History[link]

Danny Byrd was one of the first artists to sign to Hospital Records in 2000. His first Hospital singles were Do It Again and Changes. Later in 2000, BBC Radio 1's Fabio championed Danny's remix of London Elektricity's Wishing Well. Remixes by Danny Byrd for High Contrast and contributions to the Hospital Records compilation "Weapons of Mass Creation" followed. From 2005 to 2008 there have been the singles Soul Function and Dog Hill on Hospital Records as well as contributions for Spearhead, V Recordings and Advanced.

Danny Byrd is a popular club DJ. Danny Byrd has been touring nonstop, taking him from Los Angeles to Paris, from Romania to Vienna, as well as at Hospitality nights all over the UK. In January 2009 he mixed the Hospital Mix 7 album.

Supersized[link]

In 2008 Danny Byrd debut studio album Supersized was released on Hospital Records. Including notable tracks like Shock Out, Gold Rush with the Brookes Brothers, Weird Science and Red Mist feat I-Kay. Red Mist VIP, a new version of the track, appeared on Hospital's compilation Sick Music and has appeared in the film Dead Man Running and computer games Midnight Club LA and DJ Hero.

Rave Digger[link]

Danny Byrd second studio album Rave Digger was released in October 2010. The lead single "Ill Behaviour" featuring I-Kay has been supported by Zane Lowe, MistaJam, Annie Mac and Sara Cox on BBC Radio 1. The single was promoted to Radio 1's A-list on 8 September 2010.^[2]

Chart success[link]

In 2009, his track Red Mist VIP, reached number one on the UK Dance Chart on the week ending 25 July 2009,^[3] and on 7 February 2010, his remix of Liquid's Sweet Harmony gave him his first success on the UK Singles Chart, making #64. In October 2010 Danny reached #36 in the UK Singles Chart with the track "Ill Behaviour" feat I-Kay.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

Singles[link]

Other songs[link]

• 1998 - "Manhattan"
• 2000 - "Do It Again / Dub It Again"
• 2000 - "The Strutt / Walk Tall"
• 2002 - "Plastic Surgery 3 Sampler"
• 2007 - "Under the Sea (Taken from 'Weapons of Mass Creation 3')"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Danny Byrd at Hospital Records
• Danny Byrd discography at Discogs
• Danny Byrd at rolldabeats
• Danny Byrd Essential Mix 2010

Dynamite MC
Dynamite MC performing at Ultra Music Festival '09
Background information
Genres	Hip-Hop Drum and bass
Occupations	MC

Dynamite MC, (born Dominic Smith, 7 October 1973, Germany) is an MC from Gloucester, England. He originally gained prominence in jungle/drum and bass, working with Roni Size and Reprazent, but has also released hip hop material.

Career[link]

He started his MCing career on pirate radio station, Crush FM, broadcasting in Gloucester South West England during the early 1990s. He met Roni Size in 1994 and began MCing for the Full Cycle crew. When the Bristol collective formed the live band Reprazent, Dynamite shared vocal duties with singer, Onallee. Their debut album New Forms won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997. Dynamite's role was enhanced for Reprazent's second album, the hip-hop influenced In The Mode (2000).

Solo[link]

Following this, Dynamite has collaborated with a range of artists including The Nextmen, Caspa, DJ Skitz, Scratch Perverts, Andy C and DJ Zinc, releasing a solo album The World of Dynamite (2004). In 2006 a remix CD, Big Man Talk was released on the Strong Records label (featuring samples from Enya and Kanye West). A third album, Styles Galore was set to follow in 2006.^[1]

Other works[link]

Dynamite MC hosts a two hour 'Smooth Grooves' show on Kiss 100 every Monday night at 2100 GMT, as well as hosting the Fresh 40 R&B and dance chart across some of the UK's commercial radio stations on Sunday afternoons.

The track, "Bounce", is featured on the soundtrack of Madden NFL '07.^[2] "Bounce" and "After Party" also feature in the video game, Need for Speed: Carbon. He recently worked with Camo & Krooked for their song "Stand Up" (Camo & Krooked vs Friction ft Dynamite MC), yet to be released

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• The World of Dynamite (2004)
• Big Man Talk Mixtape (2006)
• Big Man Talk 2 (2009)
• Big Man Talk 3 (2011)

Singles[link]

• "Hotness" (2003) - UK #66
• "Ride" (2004) - UK #54
• "No More" - UK #26
• "Bounce"
• "After Party"
• "What!" (2008)

^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Dynamite MC website
• Official Dynamite MC MySpace profile
• Dynamite MC's page on the Kiss website
• Official Fresh 40 website
• Discography at rolldabeats.com

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