Graham Dixons - ( Dickos @ The Disco Party Mix ) - Feb 2023

Graham Dixon since 1985 has been DJing at house parties and bars where he lived throughout the north of England then by 1988 he was a highly skilled & respected scratcher known for playing everything from hip hop, soul, breaks, early house and so on. Having already established a vinyl collection through his US, Europe & UK contacts, he became a most sought after DJ has his reputation grew which could've quite easily have taken the very reserved Graham to global status especially boasting a best vinyl, most advanced collection, which was by far way ahead of many at the time.

His regular London trips for packaged haul's of advance record orders, paid off, way before the stroke of 1990 had reached us, he was already playing regular club spots at The Leeds Warehouse, Tradeshall, Bradford's Bibbies aka The Capricorn Club & Leeds Twilight Zone a notorious converted Blues.

Then there was Blackburn's Monroes where low & behold all the illegal rave activity shaped itself in the north. Blackburn was an organised central focus to mediate northern areas catering to crews from Manchester, Blackburn & Leeds after club closing time, such as The Hacienda, Leeds Warehouse & Blackburn's Red Parrot plus other firms eventually joined the bond including Huddersfield, Liverpool, Blackpool & Bradford etc all via the renowned convoy system where 100's of cars skilfully avoided the police to prevent them breaking up the monstrous parties ahead.

Part of this organisation was assisted by pirate radio of which Graham was inundated with show's, keeping the organised party clock's ticking away for what storming 24/48 hour outdoor parties lay ahead. Basically cleverly moulding together, numbers in droves of 10 to 30 thousand happy smiles dancing their interactions away at the huge Summer Of Love parties such as Joy, Live The Dream, Sundance, Blast Off, Sunrise, Karma Sutre etc, all once it became UK widespread. 

After all this the house parties/raves were now regulated & no longer illegal, he was offered his own night at Ricky's in Leeds taking over from Sasha every Wednesday leading to more work at another red hot fixture back then, The Gallery with more work in & around Europe.  

Recent years in Leeds have seen him play to constantly sold out shows which he organised, UBER being one while Graham also set his sights on spinning at events pulling the success he always achieved, it actually seemed whatever Graham turned his hand to turned to gold, playing for brands like Kissdafunk, Plastic, The Zoo, Canya and Coastline without forgetting the legendary boat party. Plus for a solid 8 years week in week at Stinky's in Leeds he ran the Back2Mine Sunday daytime terrace shows, consistently playing to sold out audiences.

DJ influences who've guided his diversity flow throughout the years stretch from Cash Money, Jazzy Jeff, Grandmaster Flash, Nightmares On Wax from Leeds, the outstanding UK talents of Sasha & Mike Pickering plus Derrick Carter and Carl Cox have all driven the Graham Dixon talent wagon.

Check out his productions of remixes, mash ups & tracks at uberdifgitalrecordings.

Now he's fully re acquainted his passion for a solid underground classic acid house sound again, Shine offered him The Loft host slots at Leeds Warehouse for the FAC51 Hacienda shows which were taking off in the main room. Since then he's now been asked to fully join the residency outfit with his debut show set to commence 11pm, The Loft at The Warehouse, 13th June 2015 when Shine host the Made In Leeds Festival Afterparty, with Steve Lawler headlining the main room.

A music enthusiast from an early age, I bought my first pair of belt driven decks at the age of 15, quickly followed by a pair of Technics 1210s. Influenced by the likes of Sasha, Steve Lawler, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin and Danny Tenaglia in the late 90s through to mid 2000s my music taste and mixing style did not pigeon hole a single genre.

Having listened to and played out all forms of electronic music, my current sets and mixes tend to vary. However, expect Nu-Disco, Deep House and Tech House in a typically recorded set, always pitched to set a groovy rolling sound platform. 

Involved in a night called Schwein, together with a group of DJs and Producers sharing the similar passion for electronic music. We set to put on a series of parties which offer that second room vibe and deeper alternative to the main room action. 
Check us out here:- https://hogsozzle.com/schwein/
 
Also check out myself and other great DJs live streams and recorded sets for Northern Underground Radio @ www.northern-underground.co.uk where you can catch me playing fortnightly on a Friday 10-12pm UK time with my 'Hold Back Sessions'.

Hold Back Sessions will bring to you exciting guest DJs, showcasing their mixes and productions.....Look out for the sets on here and tune in to www.northern-underground.co.uk from Thursday to Sunday eve for my broadcast and other resident DJs on NU. 

Tracks and promos are welcomed to go out in fututre NU Radio shows and sets. Therefore, these can be sent direct to the Holdback Sessions Dropbox. If you would like to guest mix please get in touch and message me at holdbacksessions_nu@hotmail.co.uk

Along with mixes from myself on NU Radio I have had guest mixes from the following:-

Lee Sanderson (Dusk Underground)
Purple Gorillas 
Jack Cheetham (Fam, NuGroove) 
Kitchens Inc (Hogsozzle)
Tim Rial (Hogsozzle, OnandOn)
Sam Bunbury (Cream)
James Winter (Love Not Money Records, Agoraphobic) & Gav Whitehouse (Agoraphobic) 
Maria Luisa (TommorowAudio)
Kev Cable (Northern Underground Radio)
Luke Pompey (Love Not Money Records)
Knee Deep (Knee Deep)
Shep DJ (Hogsozzle)
Rich Tingz (Hogsozzle)
Marcus Sumpner (Ketoloco)
Chris Kitchen (Hogsozzle)
James Moon (Knee Deep)
Tom Frost (SpaceJam, Buzz, Devotion)
Ash Proctor
Azz Daniels (Pesh/Dusk) 
Rarebit 
Andy Sowerbeats (Dusk Underground, DKR)
Mike Jones (Wax:On, Deviate)
Gareth Cole
Sebb Aston (Frigo Vide Records, Love Not Money, Nu Panda)


Graham Dixons - ( Dickos @ The Disco Party Mix ) - Feb 2023

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