There are few that can say they were there when the acid house boom fully erupted in the early nineties, most artists have a very short career span and many ride the wave that they have caught until it reaches fruition, then pack up their headphones and return to their everyday life.  But there are a small handful of artists whom never seem to disappear, these few, are the true soldiers of sound, the ones that no matter how hard things get, and how tough the hills are to climb, they always manage to stay on their path whilst others fall by the wayside.

London born & Bred Carl Nicholson is without doubt one of these people, Carl started his journey way back in 1990 as an Hardcore MC, and after months of watching top end DJ’s at the time such as Micky Finn & Carl Cox, Carl decided to see what all the hype was about and give it a shot himself, and after 6 gruelling months of his very own brand of ‘Wild Horses’ mixing, Carl got a feel for it and the rest as they say is history.

In the summer of 1994, Carl came across a tape, a tape that was to change his life forever, this tape was the Tony de Vit mix on the massively popular ‘Retrospective of House’ compilation by Fantazia, and Carl simply could not believe his ears.  From that day forward Carl lived, ate, and slept all things TdV, he used to follow him around London whenever he was playing, find a good spot near the decks and just stand, watch and listen.

After about 6 months, Carl finally got the courage up to speak to Tony, and bear in mind to Carl, Tony was a musical God of monstrous proportions, so this was no easy task to say the least, but after a few minutes of chatting with him, Carl realised that this man was just like any other guy, he wasn’t a god, he was a normal friendly bloke who had just happened to be in the right place at the right time, and that gave Carl a confidence, something he had lacked in early years, and it dawned on him that with hard work, dedication and a burning passion for the music and the people it attracted, anything was possible.

Since 1995 Carl has been on the forefront of the UK Underground dance scene, he began his journey living in a doorway in the west end of London, learnt his craft from the undisputed king of Hard House, Tony de Vit.  He’s played alongside everyone from Fatboy Slim, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Frankie Knuckles & Chemical Brothers to Judge Jules, John ‘OO’ Fleming, Paul Van Dyk & Lisa Lashes for virtually every major hard edged brand and festival in the UK & Worldwide including Cream, Judgement Sundays, Frantic, Fevah, Glastonbury Festival, Insomniacz, Bulldog Bash, Miss Moneypennys, Soundscape (NZ), B2T, Traxx (SA), Timeless, Hard Dance Ibiza (IBZ), Sundissential, Trance port Festival (ARG), Round Bass (NL) & Tasty to name only a handful, plus he is the only Hard Dance DJ to have received a residency at the world famous Fabric nightclub in London for DTPM.




Hard House DJ & Producer based in Moscow, Russia.

Bio:

Jon Hemming rose to fame following the very popular shed sessions.  One of the very first live dj streams on Facebook. This brand has grown from
Strength to strength, hosting rooms at the iconic Emporium night club alongside Storm and the legendary shed sessions summer beach stage at Sundissential. This has created a strong following for the brand and for Jon.  Along side the shed sessions Jon has held residencies at stimulate, sundissential and Wax format and has had regular guest appearances at Gatecrasher, Storm, Rejuvenation and Tidy to name a few. Shed sessions also collaborated with tidy trax  to put on a vinyl only party which was a complete success. One of Jobs proudest achievements was playing along side all the legends at the Tony De it Vit 20th memorial event at the massive O2 academy in Birmingham. Jon has seen a lot of success in what appears to be a short space of time, however Jon is no newbie to the dj world. It all began in 1999 when he purchased his first set of turntables. From then the drive and ambition to succeed has never faded.  Jon’s style behind the decks is that of pure energy, he doesn’t take himself too seriously and his main goal is to deliver the best music at the right time of night. Jon is a dj that takes pride in really keeping the harder side house scene alive and he invites you to join him on a dance floor soon.

Hard music Artist of over 20 years, playing alongside headliners including Rob Tissera, Andy Farley, Andy Whitby, Skol, also including heroes such as Digital Mafia and Ryan Walker to name a few at events such as Ideal, Juicy, Storm, E:volve, and more recently Unity in the Sun. His productions/collaborations have been well recognised in the scene with tracks hitting number 1 on several occasions, including Get em higher (Solid State Digital), One (Bezerk), Hot Gurry (Tempo Trax) as well as an absolutely massive remix of Kronos - Illusion (Ideal) that was massively acclaimed last year. Forthcoming events you can see him at include NYE event 'The Union', brand new event by the Resurrection crew - Spotlight and next year's highly anticipated Tidy Weekender (Government permitted obviously). To join his page over on Facebook search @GSRDJ1 & Instagram gsrdj1 for mixes, info and forthcoming releases, and for booking please email dj_gsr1@live.com. Rave safe, love and peace 👊🏼🎶😎🔥 #GSRDJ #Hardhouse #HardTrance 

Originally formed in the heart of a laser beam, Jody 6 evolved into an electronic music artist. His Techno has a heavy groove with dark yet uplifting melodies. 

Jody 6 tunes are on leading labels including: T78’s Autektone, A*S*Y*S’s Fe Chrome, Spektre’s Respekt, and Spartaque’s Codex Records. 

Many top artists have played Jody 6 tunes, including Deborah De Luca, Umek, Oliver Heldens (Hi-Lo), T78, Spektre, Marie Vaunt, and Armin Van Buuren among many others.  

Through the power of music he strives to create euphoric - enjoy this moment in life experiences.

Head of Tempo Trax. Hard House/Trance music producer from Sheffield. 

Mix engineer, Ghost engineer, DJ & Artist. 

For bookings contact via email: 
Mclarkson1980@gmail.com

Enjoy! X

SHED TRAX is a label born out of the demand from the SHED SESSIONS ever growing family of followers and djs. The aim is to deliver top quality music within the harder side of electronic dance music. Reaching out to a wide variety of different genres. We don’t pidgeon hole ourselves we just love music! Original productions from the Shed Sessions artists and selected friends of the shed. We also aim to deliver alternative remixes to really keep you shed headz on your toes. 

Please support us by following all our channels on Facebook, instagram and mixcloud and look out for SHED SESSIONS EVENTS. 

The shed Dj / Artist roster is::

JON HEMMING 
ADAM DIXON
EGGMAN
BEAKO
JOE LONGBOTTOM
ANTO
LILMISS JULES

Thank you for your continued support.

Esoterica - A UK Based Hard House Label and brand

Hard House producer, label owner of Shark Fin Records and CO owner of Global Awakening Records, all of my tracks are available to buy from toolbox.
https://www.toolboxdigitalshop.com/dean-richardson.html

Matt Clarkson is following