DJ Damon (Damon Shaw) has accomplished a vast amount in the DJing and producing world! Having releases signed by a number of labels in the United Kingdom, as well as tracks appearing on leading European compilations, it is fair to say he is a talent to look out for!

Starting to DJ and produce in his early teens, Norfolk based Damon attended many free parties in the Norfolk area where he thrived on the sounds of hard hitting basslines and punchy kick drums. With a strong knowledge of the Oldskool Hard Trance and the new scene, Damon honed his sound and his DJ sets are full of upfront productions as well as some well respected classics!

As a producer Damon is quite versatile, with Hard Trance being his main genre. However, he has spanned a multitude of releases that are also Hardstyle and some that lean influence from Techno as well as Breakbeat (All of which have received strong recognition in the free party scene).

2009 was a great year for Damon, with many well received releases. One such release was the 'Acid Well EP', on the Intravenous Sounds imprint. Damon has also released and remixed for GBH Records (with the original 'Back To Our Roots' EP). His remix of GBH Recordings 'Exorcism of Chucky' by Rushtex was licensed to legendary German DJ Gary D's D-Trance 51 compilation album which has drawn a new European audience to Damon's hard hitting sound.

As the years have progressed, he has further seen his remix of Exorcism of Chucky licensed to six more compilations including Attention Germany's Best Of Trance 2010, and a new alias 'Warpcore' was formed, with six releases signed to fellow Norfolk label Chemical Solutions (ran by popular DJ Holocaust). Under his DJ Damon alias, further releases followed with the 'The Bassline Project' on free party label Project Storm and the collaboration EP 'Ezekiel' with Dave IV. Both names have amassed tonnes of DJ support from the far reaches of the world, with a massive amount of interest from Australia. One surprising highlight was when Hard Trance pioneer, DJ M-Zone contacted Damon asking for material for his UK44 imprint.

With numerous releases, DJ sets and guest appearances on radio shows, he is certainly worth checking out!

Syco was first introduced to the Acid House movement way back in the inaugural days of the early Rave scene. Finding himself on the dancefloor of Gt Yarmouth Richard’s Parties during the halcyon 1988 Summer of Love, he realised he had arrived at an important point in time for music and culture. Wanting to be a part of the movement, fervour and runaway bliss of the moment, he took up DJing after seeing Hardcore Godfather Carl Cox rock out one of his legendary sets on three decks. 

He instantly fell in love with the music. He tells us “you walked into the room and it was like another world. A whole experience where House music took over. Back in the day you would play everything together. There were no boundaries to the music and DJs weren’t afraid to blend different genres together to create a musical journey”. 

From this point on he immersed himself in the scene, working with XL Records, the label that first thrust the Prodigy into the large lens of the public scene. During this period he played alongside such greats as LTJ Bukem, DJ Hype, Slipmatt and legendary Rave group Liquid. During this time he had his first record deal with Ozone Recordings, releasing two singles including Say Aaagh, which was played by John Peel on his late night sessions show. 

Syco’s career took off further in 1992 when he formed Dance on Arrival, or DOA for short, a group that managed to land a deal with Drum N Bass label Boogie Beat. They released two singles, I Like It and Muppet Mayhem, both of which received considerable airtime on the scene, making their way into the boxes of a number of big name DJs such as Ratty and Carl Cox. 

In addition to his releases, Syco also played at the Norwich Sound City gigs in 1992 at the Waterfront – a venue specially created to accommodate this event. He played on the ones and twos alongside N-Joi, Prodigy, Shaman and Orbital playing two sets for XL Records, his employer at the time. Following this he co-formed Another Dimension, a project that went on to spawn both the Wardance and Red Seal record labels, grabbing a major club smash with the Afterlife EP by 39 Orbits. 

Taking some time out between 1997 and 2005, Syco decided to return to the scene in bringing his Old School attitude to the then current soundscape, settling on an eclectic sound base on Hard Techno. This sub-genre best reminded him of the original Acid House scene, passing more than a nod towards the original European sounds. 

Syco is still passionate about the music in the same way as he has always been – from those first days of opening his ears to the first notes of the Rave scene. Instead of listening at record shops he spends hours sifting through samples online of hundreds of tunes. He has an absolute ear for good music and the ability to pull out sounds and select records from a huge slice of time, bringing a dash of both the old and new to any party at which he plays.

BRITISH HOMEGROWN FREE PARTY LABEL
HARDTRANCE//TECHNO//HARDSTYLE//PROG

[Wired Together]

Formed in 2010 as Stacked It Records by Jamie Kenny and Charlie Collen, and rebranded as Wired Together Records in 2011, WTR has been a powerhouse in the British underground party scene ever since. 

With a focus on 4 on the floor hardtrance and offbeat progressive trance, their aim was to bring the sound of UK free party to the masses. 

Over a decade and 5000 followers later the project is now solely run by Jamie, with Charlie pursuing his solo career but still helping with promotion.


Spotify @ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67DsUoXPIB2rOmtkDyWfsM?si=ROC4e4hqRDioTzJVAeW8LQ

Beatport @ http://www.beatport.com/label/wired-together-records/38913

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Jamie Kenny AKA Wired Together AKA DJ Katastrophe (Owner/Director/Promoter/Producer/Writer)

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1999-2015 party addict, built a massive collection of bangers. Got ahold of a friends set of decks at 14 years old me and my mate justin started mixing lots of dnb. Around 2004-5 we got in to free partys and the hard trance came flowing going raving almost every weekend 2005-2008 when the police clamped down on it in Norfolk as they were happening every weekend 😳 we started doing legal events during the quiet period and threw a lot of party’s in the 2006-2013 era. Including some illegals, notably the first Big Norfolk Party with a load of other crews. The 2012 potato crate party with the community, and even took the rig to London a couple of times for skumtek, Scumoween, and the Squat Monsters ball. The rig was called Evolution Sound System ✌🏻

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