DJs, Artistes, Speakers & Panelists

Prolific remixer and producer Andy Almighty spent seven years working as part of the label, production and remix team 'Almighty Associates' helping them to become one of the world’s most successful commercial remix teams. Amongst other things, he is now Label Manager for top London based European DJ promotion company CD Pool.

Davey Asprey is a young, refreshing and enthusiastic DJ who has appeared on the trance scene of late. He showed a great interest in music from a very young age, listening to New Wave & Acid House in the early 90s. His passion for EDM evolved, luring him to the white isle of Ibiza in 2004 and back again in 2005.

Des Paul needs a new passport... “It’s always been a dream to have a stamp on every page of my passport, and I’ve got 2 blank pages left, having been lucky enough to join the elite team of Hed Kandi global residents playing all over the world.”

It’s very rare in this day and age to find new pioneers who work hard to push the boundaries of harder music. Hard Dance & Hardcore’s newest superstar Kutski aptly fits this title and is without doubt the most exciting cross over talent to emerge from the UK in the past decade!

Danny Rampling is a bonafide music visionary and a revolutionary dance music pioneer. Through his legendary ground breaking Acid House club Shoom and subsequent long-standing associations with Kiss FM and Radio 1, Rampling’s catalyst influence has helped to shape dance music for over 20 years.

Rebecca Saforia is always searching for inspiration. Her consistent experimentation with sound and music enables her to create a distinctive inimitable style which is constantly evolving to ensure the listener is always engaged.

Steve is no stranger to the DJ booth. After working in Ibiza at what are now regarded as the world’s 'Superclubs' Eden and El Divino, Steve returned to the UK with even more of a passion for house music.

Triple world record breaking DJ Jack Hill became interested in mixing when he was just 3 years old. Jack played his first paid live gig when he was 6 years old.

Coming from a DJing dynasty (both his dad and granddad were DJs back in the day); DJing is in Ben’s blood and it’s no wonder that at the tender age of sixteen he was playing to a sell out night at Creation nightclub in Stoke-on-Trent.

Following a long and successful career as a DJ, producer and presenter, Judge Jules remains popular with club and festival crowds the world over.

Jordan Suckley is a name that has quickly made people’s tongues wag on the dance scene over the last couple of years. This is why he was snapped up by the almighty PFAgency as their fresh signing for 2009, who also host other huge artists such as Eddie Halliwell and John O’Callaghan.

The career of Alex Kidd reads like the dream wish list of any hard dance DJ. Over the past ten years The Kidd has caused more waves than the most turbulent of tsunamis and he continues his reign today as one of the undisputed leaders of Hard Dance.

DJ/presenter/producer/remixer Steve 'Butch' Jones has had a love for music since he was in short trousers, a DJ since his early teens from the days of acid through to the emergence of house and a lover of all things techno.

2011 has been a busy year so far for French DJ Monsieur G. Between performances in the UK and France, he has also been producing tracks for ‘The Roses For the Madman’ (Virtual Lighthouse) and composing for music catalogues.

Brighton DJ, Matt Purkis, originally from West London started DJing back in the late 90's. He draws influence from the massive Ibiza music scene and the more alternative non-commercial music found in London's underground clubs, such as ones found along Vauxhall arches back in the 90's.

Charlie's passion for dance music has been with him since he was thirteen. Collecting early Prodigy vinyls and playing them on a simple stereo deck gave him a thirst to learn the art of DJing.

Lee started djing at the age of 15 and in fact started to write his own music a year earlier. Initially a drum and bass DJ, and inspired by Carl Cox, he entered the production arena professionally at just 18 years old, with his own material gaining support by the likes of Roni Size, Ray Keith, L double, DJ Rap and DJ SS.

Square Blox are 2 brothers from the northwest of England who both started DJing in early 2010 before getting together on this project.

Graham’s DJ career began in October 2009 in a small club in Preston called Ignition where the event was a promotion called Mayhem. Following this Graham began to do guest appearances at other venues around Preston and surrounding areas to establish his name on the circuit.

DJ Loverug is a General Commercial jock for that’s been DJing for about 4 years, who can turn his hand to pretty much any type of music thrown at him.

Adam has always had a love for dance music and when he bought his first mixer at 14 he knew DJing was what he wanted to do.

Jobe Elliott-King and Charley Tucker AKA (Sniff&Twitch) are a duo from Berkshire. They have been DJing for 2 years now with various clubs and bars under their belt.

Jack began his music career at a very young age playing at local bars/small venues and has quickly progressed gaining himself great reputation on the electronic music circuit.

Martyn had only been playing out just a few months when his friends noticed that his mixes were extremely pleasing to the ear. Martyn started out with playing mainly commercial edged house regularly in several bars in his hometown but after mixing in the many styles of house he found his feet with Progressive House being his number 1 choice.

Hard Kitty is a Larger than life female Hard Dance DJ and aspiring Producer. Not only has she won the prestigious Atomic Weekender DJ Competition in 2010 AND voted the Number one up and coming DJ of 2009 in the UK by the HHF (Hard House Federation)

Digitall DJ has been involved in music in one way or another for 20 years - promoter / journalist / festival organiser / radio presenter and now DJ.

Karl has been DJing professionally from the age of sixteen. He had his first ever live performance in front of 700 people just seventy seven days after first touching a pair of turntables at Salisbury's Chapel Nightclub (National Winner of ‘Nightclub of the year UK’ award in 2002).

London-based DJ and aspiring producer Fresh:Mesh has been DJing since 2001. He embraces a colourful, diverse style of electronic dance music that’s not easily pigeon holed.

Figa DJ has become synonymous with quality, originality and the freshest and coolest vibes around. She is an extremely skilled and hardworking DJ who consistently performs well. Just like the postman she always delivers!

DJ Shabz has the musical formula that is guaranteed to get any party pumping. His unique, quick, cross-genre mixing style is tried and tested giving the crowd exactly what they want, as he controls the melodic journey.

Multi-talented Bristol based DJ Etikut knows how to rock the dance floor!

When his good mate Karlos introduced him to the sounds of underground funky house he developed a passion for music but Karl opened his eyes to a bigger world of great music. DJ Jon Lil got familiar with the music and decided to pursue DJing as a career.

From what started out as a hobby with 2 Turntables and a mixer over 10 years, Essence DJ has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years into the Urban Music scene to find himself playing along UK Garage greats such as EZ,Martin 'Liberty' Larner,Luck & Neat,MC Creed & MC RB...plus many many more across many bars and clubs throughout the South East Of England

Hailing from the country of Malaysia, Evo is the youngest most profilic DJ in the South East.

DJ G is from the UK and incorporates a style that is Soulful, Deep, Funky and Inspirational/Gospel House.

Mark's relationship with music began at the young age of 15, when he started to collect records; he then soon found out my infinite love for House Music.

Mark is an avid raver and up & coming DJ who follows the music he loves to events as far away as mainland Europe.

Stu McLaren aka ‘McLaz’ has a heart which beats at around 127bpm. From the tender age of 13 he began his music career by producing tracks on software like ejay & music 2000. At age 14 he had caught the eye of Pete Tong who featured him on Radio 1’s upcoming talent website, as well as catching the eye of local newspapers and record companies such as Nukleuz and Manifesto.

Originally from Norfolk, BradCee first started mixing in 2000 on a pair of dodgy belt drive decks, and caught the mixing bug from then on.

DJ WreckDown is a 15 year old DJ out of Bedford, UK with the backing from the DJ Industry’s top company’s Such as Rane, Serato, Sennheiser UK, Novation and also is supported of Acclr8 car magazine.

Joe Griffith aka DJ Joe Grissle / Just Joe G is 28 years old and has been DJing since 1997. Originally from North Wales but now lives In Preston, Just Joe G learnt to mix with some basic soundlab belt drive turntables, playing many different forms of dance music in the mid to late 90's.

Lee Haslam is one of the most respected DJ's, Producer's, Label Manager's & Event Managers in dance music. His career spans over 15 successful years with him now running the global brand Slinky, as well as his own imprint label Digital Remedy.

Funked Off DJs are Doncaster-based production and DJ duo Kris Chambers & Craig Autherson.

Living Joy, the house music group from Italy who had immense success in the 1990s with “Dreamer” and “Don’t Stop Moving” are back in for a live PA performance with fierce front woman Luzahnn.

A New York native now residing in Switzerland, Sean Tyas is one of the brightest new stars to emerge in the trance scene in recent years.

Vass kicked off his career in the electronic scene back in 2001 when he worked as promotion manager for Offitsface.com. In 2002 he set-up the websites popular club tour, hosting backroom parties at various clubs across the country that included Ministry of Sound and Turnmills.

DJ Kippling is a fresh on the scene DJ and producer from Ipswich.

DJ Richie S is a 24 year old DJ from Kent who has been DJing in top clubs around the Kent and London area.

It’s been a busy 12months for Tom Upton, and things are just on the verge of getting a whole lot busier. From playing at a 20,000 capacity festival to running by monthly nights at Pacha, London and the Whitehouse, Tom hasn’t had a spare moment to stand still.

Barry is the owner of Fidget Studios based in Coventry and has worked for established DJ’s on engineering and productions such as Lisa Lashes, Sonique, Judge Jules and Anne Savage to name a few as well as 1000’s of under the radar DJ’s and producers looking for the help, guidance and knowledge that only someone with Barry’s experience can provide.

Dave Lewis is predominantly a DJ. 2011 has seen him smashing the clubs and the radio waves around Europe playing in venues such as GodsKitchen, GateCrasher, Ministry of Sound, Pacha, EGG, The Fridge and many more including a summer tour in Ibiza and appearing on radio shows in the UK, Holland and Russia.

Baby D is constantly performing at venues and raves all over the country and abroad. In the summer of 2008 and 2009 Baby D performed at the massive dance event “Global gathering” and more recently in 2011 at the Isle of Wight festival.

There are more DJs on this planet than there are lorries or domestic dogs. This is a scientifically proven fact. Few, however, play the game as well as Richard Dinsdale. Destination Big League: During his short but precision formed career he’s achieved more than many can muster in a whole lifetime.

There are moments, occasions, trends and people in life that can change the person you are. Mark Luxton's love for dance music and entertaining people came from all of these. As a growing teenager his love for dance music developed in his mid-teen years after the majority of his early high school years were spent wearing skinny jeans and enjoying the sounds of indie rock groups.

A true clubber at heart, the real spark for Mike Beaumont’s DJ career came from his debut visit to the mighty Gatecrasher night at the late Republic for the 8th Birthday. Having been introduced to the premier clubbing experience, he left wanting more which is where his quest throughout trance began!

Brian who is one of the busiest and active DJs in the UK has been DJ'ing to packed dance floors since the early eighties.

Known as the original rock and roll DJ, Mick Wilson made up one half of the infamous Parks & Wilson duo during the heady days of the emerging Dance Music Scene. Arguably one of the most influential DJ duo’s on the British dance scene at the time. Since getting together in the early nineties, the duo played at all the top clubs and events around the globe.

Now one of London’s fully established DJ and Producers on the electronic music scene, Tim’s career in music started at a very young age. Fast-forward to 2011 and we now find Tim in London, at the forefront of its vibrant electronic music scene as both a popular DJ and a highly respected producer and mixer.

Fast becoming famed for his incredible live mixes on four decks, Delimentary is a serious spectacle to behold.

Sam Mitcham [also known as trance producer 'phaseFOUR' and tech house dj 'Babushka!'] is a 24 year old rising star in the world of electronic dance music.

DJ Beat2's career has had a meteoric rise since its inception in 2003.

Coming from the City of Preston, Lancashire, Jack Barron found a love for House music at an early age.

Steve began his career in music at the tender age of 15 as work experience at Trent FM Nottingham, working behind the scenes in the studio and assisting at road shows.

So Solid Crew is an electronic and urban musical collective from South London, England, whose hits include "Oh No (Sentimental Things)" and "21 Seconds", the latter reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 2001.

Beginning at the young age of 15, Josh Eaton was inspired by various friends who gave him the drive to learn to DJ

In April 2003 Faroutsounds / VPS worked on an idea to move across fully to video as the entertainment format they would use at all of their gigs.

Solo, born Stefano Ritteri, is a man whose star is most definitely in the ascendance. His prodigious rise to prominence over the last few years has seen him release on a who’s who of the most exciting labels in contemporary dance music, remix the likes of Underworld, Depeche Mode and Wiley and embark upon his first world tour.

Born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands to a musical family, Daniel indulged his passion for music from a young age.

From hard techno to hardstyle, from minimal to electro and everything in between, he has managed to carve himself a distinctive place deep within the minds of passionate music devotees the world over.

There are very few people in the world who can say they have been instrumental in creating some of the industry's most renowned products. Jason Pook is the head of Product Development at Pioneer DJ Europe and has been part of the team who designed & developed the ground breaking CDJ, DVJ & DJM products since 2000.

Esme is a key member of Radio 1's dance team, producing Kutski's weekly show and working with the full range of Radio 1's superstar DJ family! She has the experience and know how to pinpoint exactly what makes a great radio presenter.

Michael’s DJ career began with a move to London. A club promoter heard one of his mixes and the rest as they say is history! Michael’s trademark high energy sets and slick mixing skills secured bookings at some very high profile gigs and venues.

Today, Caspa is synonymous with the underground. If you don't know Caspa you don't know Dubstep.

Alex Foley has been DJCruz since 2002

“The DJ that brought you House to the UK, tagged by Grooverider as The Godfather of UK House.”

What do Ibiza Rocks, Wax:On, Metropolis and Reclaim The Dance Floor all have in common? The cream of international DJ line-ups? Legendary tales of debauchery? A clutch of awards and critical acclaim? Yes, yes, and yes, and one more important ingredient; genre-hopping resident and rapidly rising UK producer/DJ talent, Doorly.