Formative dj years in the ‘80’s - the famous / infamous weekly Sheffield 1 before Rave happened: regular opener on the graveyard-shift playing alternative / punk / goth / indie and new wave, or duelling with others for main-time action and 1000 partying students. The days before we discovered slip mats - literally dropping records for instant starts (or the needle bounced off).The smaller, select parties where someone once asked if we had any ‘House music’...

Fast-forward to the 90’s &amp; early 00’s –Tong, Rampling, Jules, Stu Allan, Andi Durrant exposing a world of excellent music on radio. Increasingly disillusioned with bland dance mix albums never matching up to the best club or radio material (and clearly not going to the right record shops), Aarell needed decks and 12’s to make some better compilations...

Early trance and funky house outings moved aside for more soulful, deep, tech and progressive house influences. With a handful of micro-legendary mix releases on private imprint ‘Ned Kandi’, and a few DJ tweaks, edits and mashups in the bag, watch out for more Aarell activity...

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