Graffite is a progressive house & trance DJ and producer from London known for his energetic performances and encapsulating DJ sets. Playing in a truly progressive groove, Graffite gives musical genres new context as he crosses the boundaries of house, trance and beats, making his style genuinely unique. He has received extensive international praise thanks to his own weekly radio show “Progressive Explorations” on Sense FM and the clubs that he rocked during his recent tour of the world through Central America, South East Asia, Australia and India. He is also often featured as a guest DJ on various other radio stations worldwide.

With a classical training that began at the age of 6, Graffite has an intense passion for music, receiving accolades throughout his teenage years. It is this love that lead to him becoming such a successful DJ, with over 16 years’ experience in the music industry, and a wealth of both UK and international experience. Plying his trade in his early years at events across the capital, a 3 year move to the South West in 2001 saw Graffite hold a number of residencies in Bristol, raising the roof off at the city’s biggest and best clubs (O2 Academy and Creation). His profile continued to rise on his return to London and he now holds a residency with undoubtedly one of London’s premier events DT Deleted, playing regularly at Ministry of Sound, Pacha, and EGG. 

In 2012, Graffite was snapped up by Sense FM to become one of their international residents; he is presented alongside global giants Matt Darey, Ronski Speed, The Thrillseekers and Kyau & Albert who also have shows on Sense FM. Catering specifically to a radio audience, Graffite showcases the best in brand new progressive house during his weekly show, as well as featuring the progressive side of breaks, deep house and deep trance that make him so unique and versatile. This is often a different flavour to his live sets at a club / festival, where he will take the crowd on an auditory journey through big soundscapes of progressive house and trance that he produces by combining the very latest in cutting edge music technology with exceptional track selection. He is guaranteed to get the dance floor grooving at any event, with his exceptional ability to read any crowd and draw them into the music.

He has featured on the bill alongside some of the industry’s most talented artists including Fedde Le Grand, James Zabiela, Basement Jaxx, Hardwell, Wolfgang Gartner, Tommy Trash, Ad Brown, Kaskade, Stacy Pullen, Audiowhores, Shapeshifters, Phil Faversham, Stephanie Jay, Tim Cullen, Lizzie Curious and Sonny Wharton to name just a few. 

DJ Bookings: graffite@live.co.uk

Twitter: @DJGraffite

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Ive been doin hip hop since i was 12 yrs old...influenced by crime and street life my passion for hip hop was put on hold...a long stint in prison made me refocus on my god givin talents and direct my attention to my kids and myself....hardReign is here and i hope you all enjoy my story, my journey ,my music

 He has been working in music industry since 1993 as a Club and Radio DJ, Producer, Music and Program Director, Voice Over Talent, Marketing and Event Manager and international PR Director. He gained respect from his colleagues through his great works and his modest character.
GUR says, I am playing and producing music to release my soul, silence is the worst enemy of me.

He has started to his career on a local radio when was in high school, Istanbul in 1993. When he was studying in The University of Kocaeli, he was also working on foreign radio Red FM. After graduation from The University of Kocaeli, Faculty of Economicsand Administrative Sciences, Finance Managing, he returned back to Istanbul and started to work for Metro FM which was the first National Foreign Radio Station in Turkey, and the Radio was on the 15th in the rating analyses in 1997. After 2 years, he became a Music and Program Director of Metro FM. With applying his new extraordinary music policies on RCS which is best Radio Automation System in the world, he carried Metro FM from 15th to 1rst in the rating analyses. Metro FM is still on the top almost for 10 years. In that year, he was one of the event team members of Jaydee gig in Ankara. Jaydee gave a Plastic Dreams record as a gift to Gur Hekim and he encouraged Gur to play music in the Clubs .
GUR HEKIM's first Club DJ experience has started in Club Big Buddha in Etiler which was one of the elite clubs in Istanbul. And then, he was invited by one of the two biggest high societies Club, Havana, which is also known as Reina now on the Bosphorus, in Istanbul. After 3 years playing music in Reina, he made an agreement with Laila which is now another biggest high society Club on the Bosphorus. In the summer season of the same year, he was invited by legend Club Samdan on Grand Island in Istanbul. After that, he started to play jazzy house in A Plus society club, Q Jazz Club in Ciragan Palace on Bosphorus in 2004.
While he was playing in these famous Clubs, he was also working for Metro FM as a Program, Music, Marketing, Event Director, prime-time host and for other 4 group radios Art Director and voice over talent ( He also dubbed for documentaries and cartoons on Imaj studios, which has privileged global standard on film and advertisement industry and many international brands, Coca-Cola, Fanta, M&amp;M's, Renault and many more...) He is also a member of Dubbing Artists Profession Society, SES-BIR. Can you imagine that he used to sleep 3 hours and half in a day for many years!
While Gur Hekim was working for Metro FM during 11 years, he released many compilation albums collaboration with majorlabels, Sony Music, Universal Music, and EMI. Some albums won gold and platinum awards. METRO DANCE PARTY,METRO FM LET'S DANCE, METRO HITS, METRO HITS 2002, METRO SMASH HITS, METRO WILD PARTY, MILLENIUM HITS, SHUTUP N DANCE, SUMMER HITS By GUR HEKIM.

At the same time, he got many awards as a Metro FM Director,
In 2002 the most listened Radio Station from ''Prive Middle East Education Foundations''
In 2001 the best Radio Station of the year from ''Istek Foundation''
In 2000 The Radio Oscar Award of the year from ''Magazine Journalists Association''
In 2000 the most listened to radio station from Prive Middle East Education Foundations.
In 1999 the best Radio Station of the year from ''The University Of Istanbul Communication Faculty''
In 1999 the best Radio Station of the year from ''Rotaract Club''
In 1999 The most listened radio station from ''Prive Middle East Education Foundations''
GUR HEKIM's style is happy mood and always dynamic.


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Criado pelo carismático DJ e produtor paulista, Gustavo Assis, o projeto de Progressive House vem conquistando uma grande legião de apreciadores por onde se apresenta.

Alem do público, o projeto G-LOW retirou elogios e conta com feedbacks positivos de renomados produtores mundiais como: Flippers, Fresh, Ruby&amp;Tony, Alter Breed, Sesto Sento, Eitan Carmi, Felix Young, WEGA, andrea Bertolini, Glitter entre outros.

Atualmente, faz parte do casting de artistas de grandes labels como: Punch Underground, Virtual Love, Braslive, Movida Music, Straight Up!, RecoveryHouse, Fatali Music entre outras...

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Bookings: matt@thepool-london.com 
Promos: promo@gregwilson.co.uk 
DJ Dates: https://blog.gregwilson.co.uk/upcoming-dj-dates/
Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester’s majorly influential Legend, having originally started out in his hometown, New Brighton. A pioneer of mixing in the UK, he became the first ‘dance music’ specialist hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester’s now legendary Haçienda club in 1983. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed ‘Electro-Funk’.

In 2003 he set up electrofunkroots, a website documenting this crucial era in the evolution of dance culture. After a two decade hiatus from the booth, he returned to DJing and soon welcomed bookings throughout Europe and, subsequently, worldwide.

Greg was the first DJ to mix live on British TV, putting together the first UK radio mixes of their type for Piccadilly 261 in Manchester and showing a certain Norman Cook (later Fatboy Slim) how to scratch.

Nominated by DJ Magazine for outstanding contribution, and also named amongst their top twenty remixers of all-time, Greg’s remix credits include Grace Jones, The XX, Groove Armada, Bryan Ferry, Confidence Man, Gilberto Gil and Simian Mobile Disco, whilst he’s edited tracks by A Guy Called Gerald, Talking Heads, O.M.D., Electronic, Imagination and Missy Elliot.

In January 2009 Greg’s reputation was further enhanced when his Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1 received almost universal acclaim and was selected as one of 10 classics that spanned the show’s near 17 year history.

Greg’s Blog, ‘Being A DJ’, was launched in June 2010 for observations on various aspects of club culture now an online touchstone for an ever-increasing amount of dance enthusiasts and aficionados.

In August 2010 he co-curated areas at the inaugural Vintage Festival at Goodwood, which was named ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards.

He has produced a series of documentary podcasts, Time Capsule, Random Influences and Early 80’s Floorfillers, as well as the long-running blog series, Living To Music.

Greg has given talks on music and DJ culture at a number events at venues The Tate Gallery in Liverpool and London's Southbank and Institute Of Contemporary Arts, whilst in 2013 he was invited onto a panel alongside legendary figures Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder @ ADE in Amsterdam. 

In 2014 he unveiled the multi-media label Super Weird Substance, focusing on recording and live events. In 2015, the label released 8 vinyl singles, brought together in the 2 CD comp, 'Greg Wilson Presents Super Weird Substance'. September 2015 saw a memorable Festival No.6 Happening in Portmeirion and Greg rounded off the year with the Liverpool-based celebration of the 40th anniversary of his first club date in 1975 as well as being presented with DJ Magazine's Industry Icon award.

Greg launched his Credit To The Edit club collective at 2016's Festival No.6 and since then has taken it to Liverpool, Berlin, Brixton, Bethnal Green and finally back to Portmeirion for Festival No.6 2017.

2017 saw his label host the epic 14 Hour Super Weird Happening at Liverpool's Florrie, following a mixtape collaboration with Alan Moore, who also appeared at the Happening, whilst it also saw the digital release of The Super Weird Society's 'Gone With The Vibe', released the following year on the first Substance Select 12" vinyl alongside 'The Ghosts Of Watling Street', 'The Best Is Yet To Come' and 'Summer Came My Way'. 2018 also saw the release of Vol.3 in Greg's long-running Credit To The Edit compilation series.

After a handful of further releases, the label was put into hibernation with the onset of covid. Diversifying, ‘Greg Wilson’s Discotheque Archives’ was issued during 2020 lockdown as a limited run paperback, with more books, both Wilson’s own projects and by other authors, now planned.

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