KOMBUSTION
(DJ/Promoter/Producer)
(vista/hardcore/audio generator/erc/beats-n-bass)
What can i say? I've been a lover of the Hardcore scene since before there was a Hardcore scene haha.
My first taste of EDM was in the late 80's when i had the pleasure to go to one of the greatest all time Rave clubs ever the Quadrant Park (R.I.P.), Liverpool (which i lived 5 minutes away from lol).
After my first visit to the Quad Park i was hooked to EDM for life.
By the early 90's i was a party monster an was a regular at some of the best clubs in the North West from Kinetic & Shellys (Stoke) to Bowlers (Manchester) to HardDock (Liverpool) and the Drome (Birkenhead) the list is endless.
But i needed a change in my life so i moved across the globe to Florida, When i got there i felt like i went backwards in sound as they listened to a simplistic breakbeat sound so i came back to the UK bought up as many Hardcore tunes as i could an learned to dj. By 93-94 i was djing Happy Hardcore in Florida and was one of only a hand full of djs there spinning Hardcore.
As time went on i pushed promoters into booking me to get the Hardcore sound out, before long i was being booked at all the main underground events in Florida. I became Florida's number one Hardcore dj and started to become the only Hardcore dj to get bookings on a regular basis. So when i made my name big enough to start getting booked to headline rooms an stages along side Breaks/Dnb/Trance/House national and international artists i wanted to help Hardcore more, so i started pushing the promoters into giving me rooms and stages at there events too, to promote full Hardcore line ups an make the sound stronger. The more flyers i got on the more i was getting interest from promoters out of Florida. Before long i was getting bookings up and down the east coast of the US from New York to South Beach, Miami.
With more open minded clubbers and promoters in other states now i could open up an play anything hardcore, today i play anything from UK Hardcore to Nu Style Gabba to Hardcore Techno.
as a dj...
My greatest achievement as a dj came in the way of being booked 3 years at the WMC in Miami which i don't believe another single Hardcore artist has had that pleasure. The WMC is one of the biggest yearly dates on the World EDM Calendar. Also having the pleasure to fly around the World an dj with Artists i grew up idolizing like Lenny Dee, Frankie Bones, Brisk and so on.
as a promoter...
I became a promoter to push Hardcore more in Florida an threw successful Weeklies, Bi-Weeklies, Monthlies, one off club events all the way through to co-promoting one off festivals, the biggest being Turntable Massacre 2 a 5 stage 60 plus dj event that has went down in Florida's EDM History as being one of the best Underground Events in Florida ever.
Now i've been back in England i joined forces with Rick Chubbs (Audio Generator promoter) and promoted an event with him it was on the 4th July called Hardcore @ the View in Frodsham, with dj's Re-con, Kurt, Fracus and so ..
as a producer...
As for producing, this is all new to me but i never turn down a challenge and have came together with Mark (Foe) a talented producer/remixer who has tracks out on Nukleus, HecTech and Hardcore Adrenalin compilations and has already helping me get my head around cubase.
...DATES IN LATE 2007/2008...
2 SEPTEMBER 2007
...HEAVEN & HELL...TAMPA, FLORIDA, USA.(Gabber)
21 NOVEMBER 2007
...UTOPIA...New York, USA.(Gabber)
24 NOVEMBER 2007
...BOOMBOX...New York, USA.(Gabber)
NEW YEARS 2007/2008
...SNARF'S PLACE...North Georgia, USA.(UK Hardcore/Gabber)
25-29 MARCH 2008
...WMC...Miami, Florida, USA.(UK Hardcore)
4 APRIL 2008
...AUDIO GENERATOR...Preston, ENGLAND.(UK Hardcore/Hardcore Techno)
12 APRIL 2008
...TOTALLY MASHED...Wigan, ENGLAND.(Gabber)
4 JULY 2008
...HARDCORE...Frodsham, ENGLAND.(Gabber/Hardcore Techno)
tbc SEPTEMBER 2008...ENGLAND.(UK Hardcore)
tbc SEPTEMBER 2008...ENGLAND.(Gabber/Hardcore Techno)
3 OCTOBER 2008
...AUDIO GENERATOR VS TOTALLY LOST IT...Frodsham, ENGLAND.(UK Hardcore)
31 OCTOBER 2008
...CANDYBALL...New York, USA.(Gabber)
I've posted , 2 live chat messages, and I've been spotted 31 times.
Music I listen to: Hard Dance
Places I visit: Liverpool