There are few that can say they were there when the acid house boom fully erupted in the early nineties, most artists have a very short career span and many ride the wave that they have caught until it reaches fruition, then pack up their headphones and return to their everyday life.  But there are a small handful of artists whom never seem to disappear, these few, are the true soldiers of sound, the ones that no matter how hard things get, and how tough the hills are to climb, they always manage to stay on their path whilst others fall by the wayside.

London born & Bred Carl Nicholson is without doubt one of these people, Carl started his journey way back in 1990 as an Hardcore MC, and after months of watching top end DJ’s at the time such as Micky Finn & Carl Cox, Carl decided to see what all the hype was about and give it a shot himself, and after 6 gruelling months of his very own brand of ‘Wild Horses’ mixing, Carl got a feel for it and the rest as they say is history.

In the summer of 1994, Carl came across a tape, a tape that was to change his life forever, this tape was the Tony de Vit mix on the massively popular ‘Retrospective of House’ compilation by Fantazia, and Carl simply could not believe his ears.  From that day forward Carl lived, ate, and slept all things TdV, he used to follow him around London whenever he was playing, find a good spot near the decks and just stand, watch and listen.

After about 6 months, Carl finally got the courage up to speak to Tony, and bear in mind to Carl, Tony was a musical God of monstrous proportions, so this was no easy task to say the least, but after a few minutes of chatting with him, Carl realised that this man was just like any other guy, he wasn’t a god, he was a normal friendly bloke who had just happened to be in the right place at the right time, and that gave Carl a confidence, something he had lacked in early years, and it dawned on him that with hard work, dedication and a burning passion for the music and the people it attracted, anything was possible.

Since 1995 Carl has been on the forefront of the UK Underground dance scene, he began his journey living in a doorway in the west end of London, learnt his craft from the undisputed king of Hard House, Tony de Vit.  He’s played alongside everyone from Fatboy Slim, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Frankie Knuckles & Chemical Brothers to Judge Jules, John ‘OO’ Fleming, Paul Van Dyk & Lisa Lashes for virtually every major hard edged brand and festival in the UK & Worldwide including Cream, Judgement Sundays, Frantic, Fevah, Glastonbury Festival, Insomniacz, Bulldog Bash, Miss Moneypennys, Soundscape (NZ), B2T, Traxx (SA), Timeless, Hard Dance Ibiza (IBZ), Sundissential, Trance port Festival (ARG), Round Bass (NL) & Tasty to name only a handful, plus he is the only Hard Dance DJ to have received a residency at the world famous Fabric nightclub in London for DTPM.




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Hi and thanks for taking the time to read my profile. I first got behind a pair of 1200’s at a house club in 1990 but cut my DJ teeth many years before running a sucessfull mobile outfit with two friends- that mobile roadshow was called Expansions Roadshow.
 
Playing soul, rare groove and disco from the 60's onwards we played to packed danbcefloors every weekend for six glorious years. Interesting to note that at that time I was following some soul DJ's called Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong and Trevor Fung - how things have moved on!!

Then one day in 1989 all that changed when I was introduced more fully to a new musical genre I was was only experimenting with on my "disco" dance floors. That music was house. I'd been playing the odd house track since 1986 - loving the pumped up 4 on the floor beat.

Impressed with the music that was coming out of Ibiza, Rimini and Amsterdam and being played at clubs in the UK like Passion, Shoom and Yikes - I decided it was time to give up the disco and dedicate my time to playing in clubs and running my own parties.
 
By hassling other DJ's and any promoter who's phone number I could get I was lucky in 1995 to be firmly routed as resident DJ to one of the UK's biggest club nights (and first super clubs) of that era in the massively popular Full Monty and soon after the legendary House of Windsor - both located at the 2000 capacity Mirage nightclub in Windsor. 
I then followed the Full Monty to their new home in Reading, long before Reading became a UK hotspot for clubbing with clubs like Mangoes where I now play guest spots.

I have always held the belief that I am here to entertain and not educate the dance floor and I possess a remarkable ability to set a dance floor on fire from my first track. I fully use the 30 years of musical knowledge I have gained, forging it into a two hour microcosm of dance music with a soulful yet tough edge. I definitely have my own sound.

Production came much later. I just didn't have the time to run a family and a 9 til 5 job and find time to get into a studio as well. 
That's all changed now with my two sons growing up and I'm experimenting with a number of different styles fusing together elements from my favourite artists, remixers and genres - sometimes all in the same track.

I'm still learning and have a long way to go but if I can produce music like I can play it then watch out world.

Take a listen to my latest track called Stellar - a remix of Antons Theme engineered by Ali Wilson. Also listen to my remix called U Make Me Feel So Good and the Hip Hop away track commissioned by Quantel for a HD Movie trailer. Follow me and I will return the favour

Regards
Tony B



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