Alan
Thompson, emerged from the Trade generation with his own blend
of funky disco house and pumping hard house, and
now enjoys his own weekly DJ show Ministry of Sound radio
show - he's also resident for the superclub’s 2002 world tour
programme. top
Armand
Van Helden
With
his diverse variety of genre-splicing house Armand Van
Helden was a high profile DJ on the US and European circuits
for many years, releasing the now-legendary Witch Doktor in
1994 which attracted a larger audience to his work. He broke
into the UK mainstream in 1996 with the house remix of
Tori Amos’ Professional Widow top
Boy
George
The frontman of eighties outfit Culture Club turned superstar
DJ is one of the most popular DJs in the scene
today. George first started spinning alongside schoolmate Jeremy
Healy way back in 1979, and it was Jeremy who persuaded George
to buy a set of decks. He was given gigs by the likes of Charlie
Chester in the late nineties, and learned to mix as he went
along. top
Deep
Dish
Spacious.
Warm. Dubby. Melodic. Techy. Spaced out. Deep. Vocal. These
are just some of the words that describe the Deep Dish Sound.
Both sought-after as DJs and producers, Ali ‘Dubfire’
and Sharam Tayebi recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of
their Deep Dish project, which has been responsible for a stream
of quality productions and remixes including names like Gabrielle,
Beth Orton, Ashley Beedle, BT, The Shamen and many names not
normally spoken in the same breath as ‘deep house’, like
Beth Orton, Tori Amos and even the drum’n’bass-turned hip-hop
virtuoso Adam F. top
Danny
Howells
Danny
Howells has been behind the turntables for the last ten years
and was voted number 10 in 2001’s DJ Mgazine Poll. Considered
one of dance music’s best warm-up jocks, Howells can be found
spinning with John Digweed at many of his Babealicious and Bedrock
Parties. He describes his style as "deepsexyfuturistictechfunkhouse"
- anything from progressive house to tribal techno or
tribal house, and the sound earned him residencies at
Home, Renaissance and Twilo. top
Danny
Rampling
One
of the most influential figures in the UK house scene
today, Danny has lived and breathed house music since
the late eighties. At the tender age of eighteen Danny was a
regular sight plying his DJ wares in various pubs around
South London, but it was not until a trip to Ibiza in 1987,
with Paul Oakenfold, Trevor Fung and Nicky Holloway, that Danny
discovered house. top
Danny
Tenaglia
Few
people in the industry command as much respect as Danny Tenaglia.
When you consider that the forty-year-old from Brooklyn has
been DJing for 25 years, it’s hardly surprising. His
first residency was at Brooklyn’s Roller Palace and every spare
weekend he had was spent in the presence of Larry Levan at New
York’s seminal Paradise Garage. He has since become the biggest
DJ in the world but has kept true to his roots with his
weekly residency at Vinyl in New York top
Erick
Morillo
An
undeniably talented DJ, producer and remixer, Erick Morillo
is also head of the funky house label Subliminal Records.
He began DJing at the age of twelve and as he gained
studio engineering experience at New York's Centre of Media
Arts he began remixing tracks for playing out. He then, inevitably,
moved into the production of his own work. He has recorded under
a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers de la Funk, Pianoheadz
and Deep Soul. However, it was his work in Reel 2 Reel that
propelled him into the limelight. A number of hit singles all
over Europe and America peaked with the memorable I Like To
Move It which was certified gold in the UK top
Groove
Armada
Groove
Armada are the ground-breaking duo Andy Cato and Tom Finlay.
Dubbed the 'Chill-out Kings' they first met seven years ago,
joining forces in London to start a club night, taking the name
'Captain Sensual at the Helm of the Groove Armada', from a kitsch
70s disco night in Newcastle. From there the project developed
into what we now know as Groove Armada. top
Judge
Jules
Jules
O'Riordan is one of the most prolific and hard-working DJs
in the business today. An early interest in punk soon waned
as Jules was attracted to the exciting Chicago house
vibes emanting from the USA. He began DJing and setting
up house sound-systems in his native North London whilst
still at school, and there followed the acquistion of a law
degree....hence the Judge prefix! top
Nick
Warren
The
reason why Nick Warren gains respect from so many is because
he knows how to truly work a club, to take a crowd high, and
then higher again. That’s what comes from vision and, just importantly,
experience top
Pete
Tong
PETE
TONG is possibly Britain's best-loved dance DJ and is
host of Radio 1's ground-breaking Essential Selection show .
He was appointed A&R manager at newly-founded independent label
London Records in '83 and while looking after the careers of
pop acts like '80s girl group Bananarama, he continued to pursue
his budding radio career. top
Sasha
The
Man Like should need no introduction. With a music history dating
way ‘back in the day’ to when most crasher kids were still in
nappies, Sasha’s kept his audience spellbound with a heady mix
of melody, intricate percussion and trippy effects, evolving
his sound over the years from the innocent days of wailing diva-house,
trance (then with a small ‘t’) and the blissed out epic house
of BT right through to the darker, dubbier West Coast chuggers
present in his current sets at Fabric. top
