I own and promote the Superb JOY club nights held in and around the city of Leeds.. i am also one of the resident DJ's
Joy is one of the cities longest running club brands..


JOY was born in the illegal world of the club scene and quickly became something special. 

Partys were then had in iconic venues such as the Leeds Corn Exchange... Mint club, Stinkys and later Mission..

The music was originally 90's house, but later changed into a internationally recognised Techno brand.

I have been  lucky enough to DJ along side some of my all time favourite DJs...and meet some great people along the way

The fun does not end here,

Joy still holds a few events per year in venues that are as close as possible to the early days of Joy - the illegal years..   small and all out Atmospheric with very special guest DJs joining the superb residents... 




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Missperception’s passion for the underground scene has been growing for the past 3 decades now and over those years she has been influenced by many different genres of music which have helped mold her own unique sound.
She first hit the decks back in 2000 performing at bars and clubs, as well as free parties and on pirate radio bringing different styles of underground music to her listeners. In 2004 she decided to turn her attention towards music production and attended a music technology course for 2 years, learning how to produce & engineer while building her own studio along the way.

It was evident to her peers that the hard work she’d put in and obvious talent would not go unnoticed and so it was no surprise when she went on to become resident DJ for ‘JOY’  dropping live sets which included her own material and remixes, Missperception soon found herself performing along side legendary artists such as Joey Beltram , Gayle San, Speedy J, The Advent and many other great performers.

Loving all aspects of underground music she is not one to shy away from stepping outside of her comfort zone and experimenting with different styles, sounds and genres. 

Missperception has had releases on various labels including Tekknik Exprimental, Mastertraxx, Boobs & Loops, Algorithm and One Shoe Records.

She now runs her own label G Punk Records releasing underground Hip Hop.
Supported by BBC Introducing UK.

DJ NATHAN WARD BIOGRAPHY.

Nathan Ward started DJing at his local youth club at the age of 14 years, where he played Punk,Ska and early 80’s music.

His first real clubbing experiences began in 88/89  at the Havana club in Middlesbrough - he had always had a passion for House music and in 1993, his career as a House music DJ took off when he was booked to play a large event on Clacton Pier in Essex.
Later in 1993 he returned home to the North of England, when vinyl was at its very height, Nathan along with his business partner set up an  import / export / National record distribution company, House & Techno dealing strictly in Underground House and Techno , mainly from USA (Chicago,New York & Detroit), and also France, Germany and Italy and Switzerland. 
His business supplied some of the biggest record shops in the UK including ‘Eastern Bloc’, ‘Manchester Underground’ (Manchester), ‘3 Beat records’ (Liverpool), ‘Play Music' Jumbo’, ‘Crash’ , Racks Of Wax (Leeds), 'Warp Records (Sheffield) 'Black Market Records’, ‘Vinyl Addiction’, ‘Tag’, ‘Vinyl Junkies’, ‘Uptown Records’ Vinyl Zone( London) to name just a few.
During this period, his company went on to set up a Promotional division, helping break amazing such legendary labels as ‘King Street Sounds’, 'Cajual Records’, ‘Relief Records’, ‘Guidance Records’ plus many more.

This distribution business was a huge success and continued to thrive until the vinyl crash in 2006.

Throughout this time, Nathan Ward also had regular DJ bookings under the ‘Cajual UK’ banner and has DJed at great venues such as ‘Music Factory’, Leeds ,Studio 24’, ‘Headrow House’ ‘Old Bus Station’ (Leeds) to name just a few.
After a spell away from the scene , In 2012, Nathan began clubbing again and his excitement for music was reignited. One of his friends brought him up to date with the new digital set up, which in turn, led to bookings at ‘Joy’ (Leeds) and secured him a residency at ‘The Moretti Club’ in Leeds playing alongside Lisa Jane, his sister Becka (on vocals), Steve Richardson and Scott Lees.

In 2019, Nathan went on to set up the highly regarded  ‘Club Together Events‘ brand - a local residents party supporting DJs in the area and his sister Becka on vocals at some of Leeds most premier venues - ‘Headrow House’, ‘Distrikt Bar’ and ‘212’.

In 2019, Nathan began managing Becka - approaching producers, labels, setting up record deals, arranging contracts and promotion of her music which eventually led to Becka working been remixed Steve Silk Hurley, recordings with Italian house masters Antonello Ferrari and Aldo Bergamasco, T. Markakis, Angelo Ferreri to name just a few.

The ‘Club Together’ events were a huge success and led to Nathan setting up Club Together Records during lockdown where he worked alongside Steve Silk Hurley’s right hand man - Zonum. 
They released tracks by Becka, Kaylu, T. Markakis, Sulene Fleming (formally of Brand New Heavies) and Zonum himself .

The label has released 23 wonderful tracks so far and has many more in the pipeline, ready for release.

DJ Nathan Ward has been extremely successful with his regular LIVE radio shows on ‘React Radio’ Influx Radio’ and he now a has a bi-weekly show on ‘NDC Radio’ on a Saturday 5-7PM.

His musical style is a broad range of House, ranging from Deep, Soulful to Jackin House, which is always guaranteed to move you!!

JOY (Leeds) Brad Kells is following