Neil Thomson has been controlled by electronic music from an early age

First taking onboard hip hop and electro from the U.S   in the mid 80s were he got hooked on the Street sounds Electro compilations



Along came Acid House and techno in the early 90s when his D.J passion started to evolve......

Neils first night's in the early 90s was the Art of Noise at the famous Phoenix nightclub in Holyhead where they would have the finest U.K djs gracing the decks and would regularly have the residents from Orbit Leeds John Berry been one of them who Neil would get records off from the Manchester record shop Eastern Block Records showcasing the best techno

Alongside his night he would hook up with Richard Block(pitbull) at the bliss night's in Bangor were the likes of Adam Beyer would perform. 



2002 came time to visit the birthplace of techno Detroit where he would hook up and meet his heros like Jeff Mills,Juan Atkins and Kevin Saundrson At The Detroit Electronic Music Festival afterparty which has always held a special place for him.



Since then Neil has warmed up for djs such as Ben Sims and Joey Beltram and been on the bill with artists such as Bicep but also done some crazy party's including a Happy Mondays after party with Bez

 The British festival scene has also hosted Neil's talents including Gottwood,Electric Wave,Awareness festival to name a few..

Most recently Neil has been hosting the Alias Techno nights On Anglesy hosting international Dj artists Such as the Detroit Techno Militia from across the water.

Last year was a  an epic year Including performances at a couple of festival bookings in Slovenia

NEIL THOMSON - SL8 AUDIO PODCAST #003


DJ Zoid (Steven Colclough) has been deeply rooted in dance music and the underground scene since the age of 11, sharing the journey with his younger brother, Distek / HALUSO. As a founding member of the FAT Collective and head of Kick the Drum Records, he has delivered explosive releases on iconic labels such as Cluster, Compound, More Punk Than Funk, Unknown Forces, and Yolk. His music has earned support from industry legends, including Mark EG, Chris Liberator, Dave the Drummer (Henry Cullen), Adam Beyer, Amelie Lens, Carl Cox, and countless other high-profile DJs.

After a life-changing head injury in 2013 forced him to step back, Steven made a full recovery and reignited his creative spark. Today, DJ Zoid returns with a fresh evolution of his signature chaotic sound—merging underground grit with a modern, dynamic edge that carries both raw energy and a subtle commercial appeal.



Fin Cormack is a techno artist and musician from North Wales, known for crafting relentless tracks rooted in the darker edges of the genre. Influenced by the raw energy of late ’90s Techno, his sound merges industrial weight with hypnotic, percussive momentum.

Also an experienced bass guitarist, Fin brings a deep musicality shaped by years immersed in funk, jazz, dub reggae, and extreme metal. These influences feed directly into his production style with an unmistakable emphasis on groove, rhythm, and lowend power.





Code-13 has been been on the north Wales scene since the early 2000s, performing at indoor events and underground outdoor raves across various genres including electro swing, drum and bass, and techno. With his diverse musical palette, he brings a dynamic and energetic vibe to every gathering, focusing on techno as his main style of production


To start from the start, Neil has been into electronic music since coming out of his mother's loin and being deprived of oxygen for several hours. Thanks to a passing midwife who cut his cord, he now lives for all to see and hear. He was raised in a simple way, but after a toddler labotomy his magnificent mind soon tuned in to the waveform transmissions which pumped out of his fisher price wireless. Tip-toeing through primary school in the mid-eighties, he was visited by a semi-professional break dancer with a crew called Electro Shock, introducing Neil to the sounds of electro. Eight years old, a tiny Neil stepped on the train and travelled across the continent to Cob Records in Bangor, where he purchased records marked with the Street Sounds Label. < Battling though puberty, despite the occasional disappearance into his bedroom with a poster of Samantha Fox, Neil's attention was almost entirely focussed on a radio show presented by a man called John Peel. Underground acts like 808 State, Richie Hawtin and Jeff Mills caught his ear, and introduced him to a new, beat-driven electronic sound. Acid house techno had arrived. At that time the main source for this underground sound were DJ sets on tapes he used to get from his older mates who went to raves(hacienda,quady park,the eclipse).At that time neil devised different ways of editing music using a complex system of wires, cassett decks and a turn table to make audio mixes using songs recorded off the john peel show and his vynil collection but eventualy saving enough to buy some turntables. Neil went off to college,to study engineering, but balanced his studies with promoting Art of Noise nights at local night-club, the Phoenix, with producer, Dez Williams. They were the first electro techno nights ever started in the legendary club, introducing acts such as The Von Trapp Family, H from Red-Seal Records, John Knuckle and Orbit resident John Berry to North Wales. neil was then known as fusion. In '92, he was resident at the Doors of Perception and Order to Dance nights at Bangor night-club, The Octagon. and DJ'd at countless other nights and free parties including the legendary penmon raves. By then. the scene was really picking up, and Neil was invited to DJ further afield, to Leeds and Bradford playing at the flashback nights. Throughout the nineties, in-between doing nights around the country, and as far afield as Thailand, Neil founded a radio station, known as "The Other Side f.m". It played all kinds of underground music, ranging from drum n'bass to electro and techno, and featured a wide variety of odd-ball conversation topics. He later went to Detroit with Mind Your Head Records (Grimes) to the DEMF, meeting all his music idols who originated from the Motor City.Along side his job as an aircraft technician he still plays around north wales having played with justin robinson,hybride at the manipulate nights and also mark e.g, maggot and mark woods at Ed Mackies nights and recently played with the creamfeilds tour......
 Neil has now started producing his own tracks,
 and invites you to listen to them here via his soundcloud page and via his own label SEX PUSH RECORDS

Darjan Brdnik (Slovenia) aKa theFrog was first interested on punk rock music. In 1999 he went to his first party in well known 'hala golovec'. He was so inspired by that scene so he decided to buy his first turntables. His djing started in 2001 and 3 years later he started also with making his own sound. He first liked hard techno sounds and was playing on parties with real hard techno music. Than he decided to make a big change and he started searching his own unique techno sound.

NEIL THOMSON - SL8 AUDIO PODCAST #003

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