Adam first started DJing properly when he put on a one off night called Homegrown in his home town of Northwich back in July 2000. The night was run alongside two of his friends (both DJs) Tom Golden…
Continue reading...Based out of San Francisco’s famed Moulton Studios complex, Andrew Phelan & Origami have made a name for themselves in the international house community with their mix of funk and tech based sounds built around a variety of live instrumentation and vocals.
The duo have releases on Amenti, Body Rhythm, Bounce House, Chillin, Drop Music, Dusted [...]
Aren B (Pronounced as RNB), was born in Warrensburg, Missouri. At the early age of five, he developed his love for music and began honing his skills through singing and playing the drums in church. After years of practicing he went on to set up a personal home recording studio in Columbia Missouri where he [...]
Continue reading...Artie Flexs(born in Riga,Latvia) started djing in 2002,playing in small clubs in his hometown. In 2004 he got a residency in a club called “4luv&$”, playing mainstream music to tourists and people all over the city. At the same time he began to produce music and started working with DjAbu (V.S. Project LV) who opened [...]
Continue reading...Atnarko’s own sleek productions – which he describes as “funky and fun” – have been pressed for underground imprints like Nightshift Recordings, Tango, Lowdown and Robsoul. He joined Patrick Turner for “Explicit Theory” and has worked with folks as varied as drum ‘n’ bass eradicator AK1200 and house-diva DJ Heather. His collaborations with British house-legend [...]
Continue reading...Bernard Jones’ musical journey started at the age of five, when his Grandmother insisted on his classical training in piano. He learned of the art of DJing through local DJs and first started experimenting in producing house in 2000. With a few releases under his belt for labels including Lost My Dog, Kolour and Funkfield [...]
Continue reading...Burnski is a young wipper snapper, born 1986 in a small industrial town in the chilly depths of North East England. Emerging from a seaside town renowned for smog & fish shops, he prefers to spend his time locked away in his little studio experimenting with his sounds. His musical career began at the age [...]
Continue reading...For eight years Chris Harris was label manager for the Glasgow label Solemusic, dealing with manufacturing, distribution and foreign licensing. He was also head of A&R for Solemusic’s sister label Tronicsole bringing artists such as Swirl People, Phil Asher, DJQ, Inland Knights, Jay Tripwire and Martin Venetjoki on-board. Chris left Solemusic and Tronicsole in summer [...]
Continue reading...Simon Newby (aka Da Sunlounge) began DJ’ing in and around the Midlands deep house scene 9 years ago. In the early days he was resident of the much-respected night ‘Travelling Without Moving’ playing alongside DJ’s such as Terry Francis, Inland Knights, Peace Division, Andy Wetherall, Digs’n’Woosh and Diesel. It was at this night, he played [...]
Continue reading...Daniel Kyo has become one of the main artists in the Spanish deep house scene. His productions and remixes, for labels such as Lost My Dog, Elevation, Loudeast and Next Dimension have been supported by DJs such as Laurent Garnier, The Timewriter, Llorca, Nacho Marco, Aaron Carl, Johnny Fiasco, Kevin Yost, Scope, Muzzaik, Subsky and [...]
Continue reading...Danny describes his sound as “warm house with plenty of energy…I think there’s usually a slight classic house influence to my tracks”.
As for his route into dance music, Danny doesn’t have the usual tale of hanging round local nights waiting for his big moment: “Burnley doesn’t have a thriving house scene so my DJ background [...]
It’s a place where hypnotic and carefully constructed beats mix and share their tales. A place where addictive hooks met with cynical loops. Where flamboyant melodies lead the charge and subtle snares delightfully retreat. Lost? It’s at the junction where city lights meet late night revellers. The exponential success of house producer and articulate DJ [...]
Continue reading...DeMarkus Lewis, a driving force behind today’s house music sound and key player in the evolution of its future, has come a long way in the last fifteen years.
From his start as a DJ in 1990 to the beginning of his production career in 2000, he had already established himself as a Dallas favorite. Add [...]
Dexter discovered the sound of house at some of the notorious acid parties organised around London in the late 80’s. Nights such as Mad Cats, Sabre Sonics, the RIP parties in Clink Street; later came the infamous Wiggle parties which were to become a major influence in Dexter’s sound.
Since Dexter’s debut release in 2000 he [...]
Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, Dominic Martin has been DJing in clubs and bars up and down the country for over 12 years, and in that time has played alongside some of the industry’s top spinners. In terms of music style, it really depends where you catch Dom. He plays everything from house to hip-hop and [...]
Continue reading...Straight off the streets of of their Midwestern namesake and straight into the studio, Bernard Jones and Don Tinsley, come together to bring you; The East St. Louis Players!As individuals these two are bringing down houses, with a quarter-century of deck time, and twenty years of production time between them… Whether playing DJ sets or [...]
Continue reading...FraidSo are Manchester based DJs/producers also known as Dan McGlynn and Lee Daley. The pair are most commonly known for their own night “Afterhours” which brought together the bedphobic and headstrong every week, to get down and jack until sunrise to great deep house music. In July 2004, after three successful years, the party was [...]
Continue reading...Growing up in Chicago, Frank was exposed to house music at an early age. He would Tune in every Friday and Saturday night to the latest mixes from the legendary Hot Mix 5 on 102.7 fm WBMX.
Throughout his childhood and into his adolescence he continued to tune in to the underground sound. From [...]
Born In Hull and raised in Quebec City, Fred Everything moved to Montreal in 1996. He was then working at Montreal institution Inbeat Records and secured himself residencies in the city’s top clubs. Fred signed his first record to DIY Discs in 1996 and started traveling internationally.
Fred the first Montreal DJ to make it big [...]
Funky Transport, aka Iain MacPherson, hails from Aberdeen, Scotland. Funky Transport’s production career began in 2000 as a collaborative project with James SIssons and contains several highlights including EPs for 2020 Vision, LowDown, Brique Rouge, Chez and the Classic Music Company. Iain is also a fixture at Club Snafu in his hometown, regularly playing host [...]
Continue reading...Independent music producer Gavin Froome released his third album for Nordic Trax in October ‘04. Underground Heroes has that refined sound neatly described by XLR8R Magazine as ‘the kind of swanky house and slinky down tempo that could turn shit into sugar.’
Froome has an infectious tendency to have fun wherever he goes and the rogue [...]
Born and raised in California, Giano (aka Ian Lujan) was exposed to music as a young boy from his father’s love for rock n roll. His late father Alex Lujan had a natural talent as a guitar player, vocalist and song writer. Inevitably Giano eventually discovered his talent in music. As a teenager he learned [...]
Continue reading...With an adolescent Ween-like absurdist sense of humor that sometimes borders on creepy, Greenskeepers top bass-heavy beats with inside jokes, succeeding in taking a satirical home-recording project from the bedroom to the dancefloor before they were old enough to legally drink at a club. James Curd and Nick Maurer took the name Greenskeepers from the [...]
Continue reading...Harold Heath’s super-charged house music productions have been winning accolades world-wide with support from the underground and overground alike. And with an innate ability to read the crowd, around 15 years of Djing experience, and a record box packed with exclusives from his own studio, Harold’s DJ sets are not to be missed.
Harold’s discography to [...]
Dj’s, Producers and label owners, Andy Riley and Laurence Ritchie AKA Inland Knights hail from Nottingham UK, a city with a rich musical legacy, particularly for house music.
They met in ’93 and cut their teeth Dj’ing for Smokescreen, the renegade soundsystem from which they drew their early inspiration. Smokescreen consisted of dj’s, lighting people, sound [...]
It all started on September 30th of 1976 when Jake entered this world in Austin, Texas. Growing up in a musical environment Jake’s life mission was obviously going to be some expression in music. His father’s 9-5 was playing and touring with the Navy Jazz band as one of the trumpet players and, following in [...]
Continue reading...Long before James Curd was jet setting from London to Tokyo slinging records on the decks, he was spinning loft parties and raves at the ripe old age of fifteen in Chicago. By nineteen, he had already established himself as a premiere DJ in the Chicago club scene and surrounding cities. By twenty, he was [...]
Continue reading...“Responsible for some of the most exciting underground house music to come out of North America in recent years.” – DJ Magazine
“I am a DJ first and foremost”.
Jay Tripwire has proven this to the world time and time again and having played the finest clubs in some of the most exotic locations on the planet. [...]
Jay West has produced music since he was 12. As a songwriter, guitar & keyboard player and even as a singer he was part of many funk bands back in Argentina . It didn’t take him long to fall in love with house music and started spinning records with great success.
Now, at 25, Paul Velvet [...]
Born in Stockholm, Johan Elg’s passion for music developed rather early. He started drumming at the tender age of 10 and became something of young(and Swedish) Dave Grohl – playing in three bands simultaneously.
His appreciation for music grew as he did, and after five well spent years traveling the world, Johan decided to relocate down [...]
Born in 1975 in Argentina, Julian’s first contact with music was before he was even being born; his mother played piano at home while pregnant. Being able to play piano for as long as he can remember, Julian was given a Yamaha organ as a 12th birthday present after he insisted so much. He then [...]
Continue reading...Junia Ovadose is UK based house DJ & Producer. Having served much of his early age House music education in the mid to late 1990’s playing local nights around the north and also as a resident DJ of the somewhat legendary house night of the north ‘Hard Times’ hosting International Dj’s from across the globe.
As [...]
Born in England, but brought up in the San Francisco Bay area, Kelvin is now back in Brighton. This San Francisco upbringing, alongside a move to Philadelphia where he became acquainted with Josh Wink and King Britt, goes a long way to explain some of the slick deep house grooves he creates. Add to this [...]
Continue reading...Producer and DJ duo Jason Leva and Romano Arcaini formed Latenight Society (LNS) in 2005 with the shared vision to consistently deliver quality music to the dance floor. Having released many projects separately, they are in no way strangers to the game. Since joining forces the boys have seen over twenty releases on world renowned labels
Continue reading...London based Lee Jarvis is getting pretty much the best education in quality underground house music; he works part time at Freerange Records and is head honcho at London clubnight Moochin, which has welcomed anyone who’s anyone in deep/Chicago house circles. His productions and remixes have appeared on labels including Lost My Dog, 4Kenzo, Artizan, [...]
Continue reading...After buying Kerri Chandlers Atmospehere ep in 1993 life hasn’t been the same for Mark Currell aka Lil Mark. Avoiding all the “shit” that was being released in his native England, Mark followed his heart and his soul which led him into the sounds of American house. It has been a love affair that continues [...]
Continue reading...Luckystars are a unique and creative band whose tracks are revolutionising the Russian electronic scene, not to mention making a significant in Europe, the USA and the rest of the world. Their fresh approach to creating music distinguishes them from the more standard dance music currently being mass produced. Each and every track is full [...]
Continue reading...Marko Militano was born in Lake Placid, New York. He taught himself to play the guitar at age 10, while a few years later began dabbling with drums, bass and keys. While in high school, he played in a metal band in and around Minneapolis, where he grew up. Shortly after, Marko abandoned the metal riffs…
Continue reading...Matt’s love for dance music was ignited in the late 1990s upon, as a young teenager, hearing tracks by Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx & the Chemical Brothers; a keen developing interest in electronic music led to him catching the DJ bug at 16 and Matt soon found his niche with House music, spending every last [...]
Continue reading...Bionic Boy received plaudits from Tom Middleton, Laurent Garnier and Ashley Beadle – Jockey Slut called MJ ‘the most exciting thing to happen to UK house music’ and awarded the album 5 stars. Bionic Boy spawned some memorable singles; Sunlight even got a review in NME, ‘Dimensional’ tickled Romanthony’s feathers so much he asked to [...]
Continue reading...He fell in love with music during his childhood listening to a refined selection of Soul, Funk, Disco, Jazz, New Wave, Progressive Rock and Hip Hop, then became a DJ by the end of the 80’s during the acid house explosion and started playing records at the age of 15 in a disco of his [...]
Continue reading...Najan Ward is a label owner, DJ, actor, screenwriter and producer. Being based near Nottingham in 1996, Najan had plenty of inspiration to draw upon when he first started getting involved in the dance music scene. He first started a Sound Engineering course in Leicester, progressing onto the turntables six months later. Najan’s early influences [...]
Continue reading...Nathan Coles is one of the worlds most accomplished, hedonistic and uncompromising underground DJs. In a career spanning 15 years and 4 Continents, Nathan has rocked the international club scene with his inimitable style and unforgettable personality.
Co-founder of the legendary Wiggle parties, he plays at the Wiggle night at Fabric alongside long time partner and [...]
It all started at the age of 15 when Neil discovered dance music listening to Danny Rampling on Radio 1. Early influences coming from Masters At Work, Derrick Carter and Daft Punk. Having got the bug and deciding to take up the monotonous and anti-social hobby of bedroom mixing, he stumbled on Newcastle’s underground house [...]
Continue reading...Nick Dare’s music productions and record label have been making quite a impact since the turn of the century. His label Reform Recordings has been responsible for much of his output, under the names Nick Dare, Liquid Dreams and Overdrive (his project with Justin Drake from Peace Division). These tracks have picked up worldwide support [...]
Continue reading...With over 11 years deep in the trenches of the Underground, Nonfiction has helped contribute to the Southern California Dance scene for well over a decade. Holding a 5 year residency at the well respected house weekly-Focus, as well as being a regular at the Los Angeles underground Dynagroove, NF has shared the decks several [...]
Continue reading...Jochen Pash is an integral part of the German dance music scene; a regular guest all over the country and resident at Stuttgart’s premier house establishment ‘Housession’ where he has played alongside the world’s top DJs including Eric Morillo, David Guetta and David Morales. As a solo producer, he has released on Germany’s leading dance [...]
Continue reading...After experiencing classical music at a very young age, Peckos (aka Sven van Coillie from Leuven, Belgium) started his musical career in 2001 behind some local turntables, experimenting with different styles & genres – techno, electro, disco, club – they all went through the mixer. After deciding that his real passion lay in a more [...]
Continue reading...Pete Dafeet is a 25 year old deep house producer and co-owner of Lost My Dog Records, who started DJing in the late 90s after messing around with his cousin’s decks. Learning the basics of a computer sequencer in 2003, Pete started producing deep, rhythmic house and quickly caught the eye of northern house heavyweights [...]
Continue reading...In 2000, Phil Weeks founded the successful Robsoul Recordings label. Since the first release, Robsoul’s reputation has steadily increased within the world of house music. Robsoul releases all present the deeper and hypnotic edge of the ‘tech-house’ genre, providing discerning ears with forward thinking underground hits from artists such as Derrick L. Carter, David Duriez [...]
Continue reading...Take a love for electric boogie music, an appreciation for black culture, an admiration for snares, palpitating bass lines and seducing vocals and what do you get? A consummate dish of tantalizing house music, Belgian-style, served delightfully by Raoul Belmans. He has emerged as a prominent, international house music figure, with a DJ career spanning beyond [...]
Continue reading...Rhythm Plate consist of Ant Plate and Matt Rhythm, two friends who met at school through a mutual love of shoplifting and warm real ale. Plate constantly varies in age and Rhythm gets younger by the day.
Hailing from the beautifully backward peak district town of Matlock , in Derbyshire, they began recording their efforts on [...]
Richie’s life long passion for music was started at an early age, with his love for Hip Hop and RnB but in the last year of high school he was inspired by his older brother to pick up his first pair of turntables and was given his first introduction to house music.
In the year of [...]
Roseroice is the meeting between 2 guys whose activities and origins are different: Timothée’s background is as a DJ and Kapzy’s as a computer engineer. The pair bonded over a love of electronic music and decided to begin producing. This is something they have done to great effect and their work has received wide acclaim. [...]
Continue reading...Sean Smith is ranked among Chicago’s top DJ’s as well as producers. He began spinning at the age of 13, and has since performed with legends Mike Dearborn, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Armando, Ron Carroll, Derrick Carter, Diz, Pharris Thomas, Lil’ John Coleman, Paul Johnson,
Continue reading...Born and Raised in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, Michael Colledan aka Sir Cosmic grew up in a family that didn’t listen to music. But surprisingly at a young age he fell in love with it through “borrowing” older cousin’s tapes and secret late night radio listening sessions. At age seventeen, he began making [...]
Continue reading...Co-owner of Lost My Dog Records (with Pete Dafeet & Nags Modhwadia) and the Kahua Music record shop in Middlesbrough (with Dan Sudron), Strakes has been involved in dance music for 10 years starting out as a DJ and promoting events. Lost My Dog was established in early 2005 and has quickly established itself as, [...]
Continue reading...Mansfield based Chris Hovey and Craig Goodwin are Subterfuge. As residents on the club and bar scene in the UK’s Midlands, Subterfuge have managed to introduce their own unique blend of four deck no-nonsense house action, gathering a loyal following and support from many of the areas big named DJs.
Tony Thomas is a producer and [...]
Timeless Banditz (Debs Jarvis and Christina Wigmoe) hail from Leicester, UK, famous for it’s red cheese, the Elephant Man and not much else. The two ladies were nevertheless inspired to embark on a musical collaboration that brings together Debs – a well respected underground house DJ, part of the legendary Babble Sound System; and Christina, [...]
Continue reading...Tom took his first steps into DJing properly when he put on a one off night called Homegrown in his home town of Northwich back in July 2000. The night was run alongside two of his friends (both DJs) Adam B & Nathan Landry. Shortly after the night they were contacted by Levi’s and Mixmag [...]
Continue reading...Tommy Largo aka Peter K hails from Arnhem in The Netherlands. He discovered house music in 1986 after originally being drawn into the world of crate digging for disco records in ‘83. Tommy says “I didn’t have much to spend so I bought all these great disco records that I could afford for as cheap [...]
Continue reading...Vernon Bara and Massimo DaCosta are a fresh new breeze in the deep house scene. Their musical influences are wide and varied in both time and space, the guys say “no frontiers, no rules, only good taste and pleasures! Their mix of hi-tech computer knowledge and ingrained musical culture results in a house sound that [...]
Continue reading...Non smoking, 5′11″, near-veteran House music producer originally from Derbyshire, slowly greying but still looks OK for age, is seeking the ultimate song for release. Must be up for good times, deep beats, soulful vibes and the occasional chilled night in. Enjoys nicely syncopated rhythms, heavy melodies, outgoing quirkiness and a quality [...]
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