A half hour mini mix recorded for Tim Hunter's show on BBC Radio in the Channel Islands broadcast on 17th September; slightly self-indulgent including three of my productions but I was delighted to have the opportunity to showcase new music and premiere a couple of tracks on the BBC - thanks again for the support Tim! I included my unreleased track Oh My Love that has had great support from Nick Warren, Luke Brancaccio and Gustin, as well as my first two officially commissioned remixes; my remix of Darkersound's Through The Night that came out on Stripped Recordings in September... the remix EP hit the #1 spot in the Electronica genre on Beatport. I ended this set with my brand new remix of VegaZ from Sri Lanka's "Dreaming You" coming out on Emotional Content records on 25th October. Enjoy! x

Tracklist:

1. Framewerk - Full Circle (Original Mix) 
2. Gus F - Oh My Love (Original Mix) 
3. Raphael Mader - X-ray (Original Mix) 
4. Darkersound - Through The Night (Gus F Remix) 
5. Loew - KnifEdge (Original Mix) 
6. VegaZ (SL) - Dreaming You (Gus F Remix)

Gus F - Sep 2021 Mix For BBC Radio Channel Islands

Gus F is a musician, producer and DJ based on the beautiful island of Jersey. Gus won the global Sasha / Last Night On Earth DJing competition with a popular breaks mix just before the Covid pandemic sent the world into lockdown. He has been busy with productions, mixes and events since; dreaming up and broadcasting Secret Sunset to showcase new music at iconic locations around the beautiful island of Jersey and producing popular bootleg remixes from the likes of Kate Bush, London Grammar and Billie Eilish. Gus's first signed remix reached #1 on Beatport in the Electronica genre; a deep house version of Darkersound's "Through The Night" on Stripped Recordings. A number of other remixes were signed to Emotional Content and Music To Die For in late 2021. A massive remix of Bronski Beat's iconic Smalltown Boy was finally released in summer 2022 with Jimmy Somerville's blessing, almost 2 years and 1 million streams after a bootleg version was first aired at Secret Sunset. 

2025 events; 

02/05 5.05 @ The Watersplash (5pm - 9pm) 
03/05 Bond Street Social (10pm - 1am) with Wottonski 
07/06 Abandon Ship! Boat Party (6pm - 9pm) + afters 
08/08 5.05 @ The Watersplash (5pm - 9pm)
16/08 Wonky Festival 

2024 events; 

First person to DJ a full marathon at the London Marathon - https://marathondj.co.uk - took it all out of me emotionally & physically... not many gigs! 

2023 events;

17/06 Nude Beach (1pm - close)
24/06 45SQ @ Rojo
06/08 Splash Sunday @ Watersplash 
19/08 Nude Beach (High Tide!)
27/08 Ce Soir (closing party) 
09/09 Abandon Ship! Boat Party 

2022 events;

13-15/05 Yurt Fest (Scotland) 
03/06 Nude Beach (12 - close)
04/06 Abandon Ship (Jersey) 
10/06 Nude Beach 
09/07 Mont Orgueil
09/07 Balestock 
16/07 Nude Beach (12 - close)
13/08 Nude Beach (12 - close)
27-28/08 Full Circle Festival (Jersey) 
09/09 Abandon Ship (Jersey)
15/09 3rd Wave
30/09 3rd Wave 
29/10 "Dead or Alive" Halloween (SQ1)
27/12 Watersplash 

2021 events;

31/12 Club Lobster - LIVE set with @kingsyofficial
11/09 Secret Sunset (6hr Set) 
04/09 WYSIWYG
14/08 Nude Beach
12/08 Secret Sunset
18/07 Nude Beach
17/07 Wonky Festival 
10/07 Boat Party
04/07 Secret Sunset
12/06 Nude Beach
28/03 Secret Sunset

2020 events; 

13/09 Nude Beach
12/09 Boat Party
06/09 Secret Sunset
30/08 Bank Holiday Boat Party
21/08 Secret Sunset
30/07 Secret Sunset
19/07 Secret Sunset
11/07 Nude Beach
10/07 Secret Sunset
03/07 The Beat Laundry & www.music.je 
26/06 Secret Sunset
20/06 Secret Sunset
13/06 Nude Beach
07/06 Secret Sunset 
30/06 Nude Beach
24/05 Nude Beach
01/02 Dig Deep @ Rojo
27/02 Sober Sessions @ Project 52

2019 events; 

27/12 Dig Deep @ Rojo
21/12 Reasons debut @ Rojo
05/10 Krafty J's
26/09 Pizza Projekt Finale 
15/09 Nude Beach Closing Party 
12/09 Battle of Britain @ Nude 
23/08 Beat Laundry @ Paradise Palms (Edinburgh)
10/08 Dig Deep @ Rojo 
10/08 Dub Pistols Support @ Jersey
27/07 Tremor @ Rojo
06/07 Dig Deep @ Rojo
26/05 Dig Deep @ Rojo
05/05 Nude Beach
20/04 Krafty J's
09/03 Nude Beach
16/02 Dose of Music 01

...and a few secret parties in unbelievable locations!!!

Bonzai Progressive Artists Philippe Sartre and Chitra Kumar started their production and djing career through running their own night, Agenda, in Manchester's underground scene. Under the alias Philthy Chit, their sound was directed more towards bringing the 'ecstasy' back into dance music, with a euphoric energetic grounding, holding onto the principles of the genre they grew up with in the late 90s as they watched the scene around them turn, in their opinion, towards a more minimal and hollow version of an intelligent and emotive music institution. 

Zen 3.1 is their more hallucinogenic and evolved take on progressive house music. Focusing more on layering sounds to create auras and atmospheres to dictate musical experiences and journeys rather than aiming to stick to a blueprint of big room club sounds, their sets and productions hope to highlight the subtleties of dance music genres and the ways in which they can be overlapped and interwoven to create original progression.

For years progressive house and techno has seemed to stick to a linear pattern, and the word progressive too often taken to mean an increase in bpm and energy towards the end of a set rather than a true flowing of harmonies and melodies, contrasting whilst complementing, leaving the listener always guessing and never predicting and ultimately always engaged.

Zen 3.1 is hopefully about exploring different ways to approach dance music, and learning whether progression is possible without sticking to defined formulas and patterns and always holding onto the belief that it should remain emotive. 

Recently signed to This Is Progressive Record Label/ Booking Agency 2013 looks to be a big year. 
http://thisisprogressive.com