Gavin began his involvement with music DJing around Nottingham as part of Giddy Fruit,  a group of like minded friends who were frequenting the deep house nights of the town in the early 90's. Inspired by the sounds of local heroes DiY and Go Tropo the Giddy crew would commandeer their own and friends' houses , cover them in decor and fill them with speakers and invite a club full of strangers to enjoy their first forays into public performance.

Over the years the Giddy Fruit sound could be found in clubs, at their own "Giddy Up" nights or guesting for fellow house heads such as Quadrant and Smokescreen. Towards the end of the 90s Gavin began to get interested in "the studio" , where all these great tunes derived. Invited along by friends Steve Walker and Jay Cowley, of house outfit To-Ka Project, Gavin contributed to two tracks on the 1999 To-Ka EP on Viva "Don't Cry", his first vinyl release.

By now Gavin had been a regular at parties thrown by Smokescreen, originally a rig from Sheffield that had relocated to Nottingham. The Giddy crew, especially Gav, Al and Lucy, would always bring their tunes down and eventually pester their way onto the decks. It was here that Gav first met Steve Lee, who had been playing for Smokescreen since his early teens and was himself starting to make his first attempts at making music. Gav and Steve found they shared a drive to make music and Gav began trekking down to the Rubber Biscuit studio with Steve to see what they could do.

Meanwhile several of Gav's co-compositions with Jay from To-Ka had found their way onto releases on his side project, Lo-Motion. Together they put out well received tracks on Tilted, Myna, DiY and Drop Music before Jay withdrew from the music scene.

Gav and Steve had by now gelled and, calling themselves The Littlemen, had their first major relase with the "Tall Order EP" on Drop Music in 2001. They then went on a run of around 20 EPs in the next 7 years, including highly respected labels such as Amenti, Lowdown, Tango, Nightshift and Aroma. Steve also founded a label, Mobile Trax, which put out a string of excellent releases between 2003-2006.

By 2008 Gavin was also making solo material and put out his debut tracks on Guess Who? and Guesthouse. He has since then put out several releases on Mobile Trax as well as EP's and remixes for labels such as Aroma, Myna, and Odour.

In 2015 Gavin relocated with his family to New Zealand where he has been putting on events under the monicker "Love Bug" as well as releasing music on local label HuHu.

2018 sees Gavin putting out a two-part release on Replay Recordings, the UK label run by his old party associates Kinky Movement as well as continuing  to push quality house onwards with Love Bug and FFWD nights in Auckland and Whangarei. 

Contact at gavinbelton@hotmail.com...for further music try the soundcloud pages of The Littlemen and Mobile Trax as well as Smokescreen Sound System.

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Inspired by the mid 90’s “Gathering” dance festivals, he began spinning vinyl in and around the Christchurch, NZ scene. Playing at Christchurch clubs Heaven, The Base, Eye Spy, The Church, private house parties and outdoor events in the South Island where he steadily mastered his skill. 

Returning to his hometown in the North saw him playing music at Deluge, Vinyl, Ibanez, Mix, Salut, Butter Factory and Butterbank in Whangarei. Providing entertainment as the weekly local summer resident Dj, he rocked Schnapper Rock during the mid 2000’s. Many great party events were had by those at his own “Local produce” nights, business launches, anniversaries, private gatherings, full moon and beach parties in Whangarei and on the Tutukaka Coast.

Forever passionate and wanting to share his love of house music, he again raised the bar and profile of House music in the North with the creation of “Front a House Productions” with its “Trusthouse” nights. Bringing International Dj acts “The Littlemen” to open Whangarei Restaurant Salut, “Dj  Andrew Riley ” to Butter Factory and “Dj Giom" to the Tutukaka Coast.

After a reflective hiatus Kevvy returned to play on 
Beagle Radio and at Phat House Brewing, LaLaLounge (Wanaka), InkBar (AKL), Roost, The Ledge, Artbeat Silent Discos, Community fundraiser events, Lakeside Odyssey festival, a steady feature at The Butter Factory and a regular at local Lovebug party night events with Little Man Big (UK); also over the years playing alongside some of New Zealand's finest: Soane, Al King. Shannon B, Neale Cooper, Greg Churchill, Andy Vann, Dj Nats, Paul Orion, Lady Mez, Brett Bronze, Amanda - Mania, Dj Poppa Soul, Jay Palmer and many more.

Renowned for delivering stonkin banger sets to the dance floor and instrumental in creating a house music following in Whangarei, Kevvy has been a constant presence and foundational part of the ever growing scene here in the North.

Kevvy currently runs his own events called Beat Phonique here in Northland featuring Dj's from NZ and abroad.

Good people are everywhere. So each episode of this podcast features a good person who is doing great things, in conversation with your host Lisa. First aired on Beagle 88.1 fm a community radio station in Northland NZ & streaming on beagleradio.co.nz

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From humble origins in Detroit, raised on a healthy diet of Motown, Jazz and early Hip Hop – Terrel Wallace (aka Tall Black Guy) has become a standard bearer for the current hip hop beats scene. Through a steady stream of productions filled with incredibly clever sample flips and deft production chops, he has won fans across the world, including Gilles Peterson (who included him on one of his Brownswood Bubblers albums), Lefto, Anthony Valadez, Jazzy Jeff, Questlove and countless others. With the tangible beginnings of worldwide recognition, Tall Black Guy has established himself to be one of the most influential producers working today.

2011-2020 has seen TBG's first vinyl releases with bstrd boots, First Word Records, Ubiquity Records and his own imprint Tall Black Guy Productions (TBGP). Plus projects with artists like: 80s Babies, The Primeridian, Malice & Mario Sweet, Maylee Todd, Temika Moore, Teri Tobin, Skyzoo, The Colman Brothers, Little Dragon, The Foreign Exchange, Sola Rosa, Rainy Milo, Georgia Anne Muldrow, The Black Opera, Reel People, Phonte, Zo!, Miles Bonny

***Disclaimer: NONE of my beats are free to use. If you wish to buy a beat etc. please contact : infotallblackguy@gmail.com

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