Originally from the north of England , he began playing music to an audience at the age of 13(20 years ago) at his school youth club/arts society , soon catching on to acid house and early techno , he quickly learned how to mix with his first pair of technics and began to play illegal raves/events in the Yorkshire area(1991),winner of a dream fm competition(Leeds) back in 1993,followed with the prize of a fortnightly 6am Saturday morning show where he soon matured as a dj-from the bedroom to the clubs and by 1994 landed a co-resident spot at the WAREHOUSE in Leeds with fellow legendary HACIENDA(Manchester)residents-JON DA SILVA and JOHN MCREADY.
1996 brought the multi-residency at the PLEASURE ROOMS in Leeds , playing there Wednesdays , Fridays and Saturdays to crowds of 800+,at the club nights-THE EGG,FUTURE LISTENING,BACK TO BASICS,EGGSTRA TIME and
THE SATURDAY NIGHT EXPERIENCE, along side residents JASON LAMB (Wakeem-cordero),JAMIE GARRY+SCOTT RUTHERFORD also with guests such as SASHA,BT,TOM WAINWRIGHT,JUDGE JULES,PAUL TROUBLE ANDERSON,CJ MACKINTOSH,TONY WALKER,ROB TISSERA to mention a few............................
Guest Dj-ing all over the north of the Uk with the "pleasure rooms resident" title under his belt , in clubs/nights such as Zicada,
The Sugar house , Elemental + Sound(Lancaster) , Alchemy(York) , Underworld ,
The 1 in 10 club , Suburbia + Brethren(Bradford),
MK heavenly social(Boroughbridge) , Colours,AD43,Visage+Zigurat events (Doncaster),Electric green sessions(Kendal)......
playing an early array of house , techno , progressive and trance.
1996 also saw his first international guest spots in ALTER EGO and LE NINFEE (Verona + Brescia ITALY)
The millennium new year 1999/2000 at ZICADA in Lancaster town hall was where the most exhilarating set up to date went down , playing a 12.30-2.30 set consisting of progressive house , tech-house and techno , in front of a massive 4,000+ crowd…..
Following his move to Alicante , SPAIN in 2000 , he began to work the magic and spread the underground tech-house vibe,
quickly seeing his first residencies at CECEO in El Albir and PLANETA-Benidorm, moving on to the most influential clubs in the Alicante area such as resident spots in the UNDERGROUND- Benidorm and also a resident spot in HAALEM DANCE-Alicante.
guest dj-ing at prestigious clubs/events such as KU(Benidorm),MANDALA(Valencia), IBERUNDERGROUND events(Costa Blanca)+ELICE beach parties(Altea+Benitachel),STATIC PLASTIC(la Marchosa)....
He then began to promote + reside at the infamous VOODOO MOON events with a new partners in crime TRON from norway and
MEL from Holland, bringing cutting edge tech-talent together with jungle decoration , incense , voodoo artifacts , live- percussionists , fire jugglers , impressive video projections and slide shows and not forgetting the notorious voodoo cocktail!!!.........
-these elements are what made an overnight success of the new concept.
Booked artists included JOE GUICASTRO(NYC),JASON LAMB(UK),JOHN SHAH(AUSTRALIA),JEFF DE PERAC(FRA),JAKE KNIGHTS a.k.a. SAPPPHIRE -CUT-TWISTED RECORDS(UK),ALBERTO GONZALEZ(ES),CARLOS CASAS(ES)and a live performance from LOSTTRIBE,
held in the UNDERGROUND,LA MARCHOSA and the BENITACHEL private beach.
Soon after ,a new concept began with companion DJ PACO GUILLEN(El Divino- IBIZA),together promoting and supplying 100% of the music at the club nights LE PARADISE , held in both the UNDERGROUND and KU , seeing the busiest ever Saturday night in KU Benidorm with 1500 people through the doors.
In 2004 he made his Norwegian debut in OSLO , playing at BOOGALOO ,promoted +organized by TRON , playing his blend of tech-house and Iberican grooves to the Oslo underground.
2005 saw the "BEST PARTY 2005" voted by Norwegian clubbers ,where he co-guested with DANNY HOWELLS at the GLOBAL UNDERGROUND MIAMI 027 RELEASE PARTY @ Hausmania,Oslo.
Since then there have been numerous guest appearances in Oslo , Norway with TRON, whilst residing there for just over a year , at nights such as TRIBAL TRAX SESSIONS,HOUSE IS A FEELING and DESTINATION OSLO with international guests DEEP DISH and FERRY CORSTEN.
Returning to Spain IN 2007 came also with the introduction to DJ TOWIE(ex technics dj academy teacher and boss/producer of NO DOUGH RECORDS),and so started the SHAKEDOWN collective movement resulting in new ideas , residents , guests , locations and an innovative music policy which all kicked off on the long awaited 15th of September......
starring DJS: TRON(NO),DJ WHALE(NO),JUS´PHIL(UK),CESCO(IT),DJ JOR-G (ES),MIGUEL VILA(ES),TOWIE(UK) and of course NEO(UK)...After the huge success of the first event , the pace was stepped up and the second event kicked off with the German SPORT CLUB RECORDS feature appearances DJ AXEL BARSCH and ASEEM SHAMA along side a live performance from the Swedish progressive and techno genius TOMAS ANDERSSON.
An up to date insight of a lengthy 4 hour NEO session would include ,deep percussive house , some techno , some progressive house , tasteful non-commercial electro , fused with some good old solid Uk tech-house , tribal rythmns ,a few breaks and the more chilled + soulful side of minimal……..
Style: Tech House - many styles such as techno,minimal techno,progressive,breaks,trance and deep house with a solid base of tech-house and electro.
Influences: sasha & emfire,richie hawtin & minus,sven vath & cocoon,darren emerson & underworld,dubfire & deep dish,carl cox, jori hulkonen, mark knight, james lavelle, oliver huntemann, radio slave, carl craig
Shows / Residencies: see above in "bio"
Discography: no "finished" projects.
many loops used in dj sets.
Influences: sasha & emfire,richie hawtin & minus,sven vath & cocoon,darren emerson & underworld,dubfire & deep dish,carl cox, jori hulkonen, mark knight, james lavelle, oliver huntemann, radio slave, carl craig
Shows / Residencies: see above in "bio"
Discography: no "finished" projects.
many loops used in dj sets.
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