INSTEAD OF A TRACK LIST MY IN DEAPTH DJ DISCRIPTION WILL TRAVEL INTO THE PAST, TELLING THE STORY BEHIND THE MUSIC & MY MOTIVATION FOR GIVING BIRTH TO IT, WITH OPINIONS BASED ON WHAT I THINK TRAVELING FORWARD, MY EXPERIMENT TO TRY & CREATE THOUGHTS OR DISCUSSION - IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE, PUSHING A PROCESS, DJ TO DJ OR CLUBBER TO CLUBBER, I WANT TO GIVE MORE THAN A MIX I RECORDED 5 YEARS AGO, LIKE ALL MY STUDIO MIXES - EACH HAS A STORY, UNIQUE TO THEIR SELF.........

FIRST OFF, THIS FOR ME ANYWAY, IS TRULY CLASSIC HARD HOUSE NRG FROM BACK IN THE DAY - ALL TUNES THAT I MISSED FIRST TIME ROUND, IN THE VERY LATE 1990s EARLY 2000s!!

GOING BACK YEARS LATER WITH A WANT LIST OF BIG TUNES THAT GAVE ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF HARD HOUSE ALMOST FULL CIRCLE, IT WAS A REAL EDUCATION TO GET AN ARCHIVE OF EARLY ACID SYNTHS, HOOVERS & PURE STRIPPED BACK BUT SOLID UNDERGROUND HARD HOUSE SLAMMERS, NOT ALL OBVIOUS OR INDEED OFTEN DROPPED BUT STILL HAVING A NOSTALGIC EDGE WITH TRACKS KNOWN TO MOST WHO KNOW THEIR HISTORY OF NRG.

FIRST BEGAN TO MIX IN 1998 AT AGE 15, I CERTAINLY HAD NO HOPE OF GETTING INTO A NIGHT CLUB WITHOUT ID BEFORE I WAS 18 SO HAD TO SIT IT OUT BED ROOM DJING MY HEART OUT - CLUB MIXING REALLY WAS LIKE A DREAM. 

I HAD BUILT A PASSIONATE LOVE FOR TRANCE, WITH NO CLUE WHAT THE UNDERGROUND PARTY VIBE STOOD FOR, I WAS WELL AWARE OF FOR YEARS & YEARS BUT LOOKING FROM OUTSIDE, DESPERATE TO BE A PART, DID NOT FIT IN WITH POPULAR CULTURE AT SCHOOL, BRIT POP ERA WAS THE BIG THING BUT FOR ME IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE HARDCORE - BASS GENERATOR FROM 11 YEARS OLD, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A TUNE HEAD & PROUD OF IT!!! 

TRANCE TUNES CAME ALONG AT A TIME WHEN MY HARDCORE FLAME BURNED OUT, JUST BEFORE I STARTED DJING FOR VARIOUS REASONS BUT I STILL WOULD BUY HARDER VINYLS NOT REALISING THE DIFFERENT SCENES THAT TRANCE & OTHERS HAD FROM EACH OTHER, 2001 I TURNED 18 SO THAT WAS BIG FOR ME - MY CLUBBING ADVENTURES HAD KICKED OFF, WITH MY OLDER FREINDS RUNNING A NIGHT ALREADY, THAT WAS WHERE MY BOUNCE BEGAN. FRESHED FACED & CLUELESS, THEY REALLY LAID A FOUNDATION WARMING UP WITH HOUSE, PROGRESSIVE, TRANCE THEN ENDING WITH PICOTTO STYLE COMMERCIAL ANTHEMS - LEARNED LOADS, REALLY INSPIRED ME & IT WAS GREAT FUN!!

I WENT TO A CLUB CALLED DRUM IN ABEREDEEN WHICH WAS FAMOUS UP HERE FOR BEING A SPIRITUAL HOME FOR THIS HARD AS NAILS, BANGING JOURNEY THAT I WAS REALLY UNAWARE WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER, IT JUST FELT RIGHT & STOOD OUT BIG TIME!!!! 

THE UNDERGROUND SCENE I WOULD BECOME ONE WITH WAS GOING THROUGH CHANGE WHEN I ARRIVED, HARD TRANCE BURST INTO MY LIFE - FRANTIC, Y2K, SUNDISSENTIAL, IMPACT, BXR, HONEY POT, FLASH POINT RECORDS BLEW MY MIND, IT WAS PERFECT WITH A HARD EDGE & TRANCE EDGE TOGETHER IN HARMONIOUS WONDER, THEN TIDY 2 & GOODGRIEF TO NAME A FEW BIG PLAYERS, KNID OF PUT THE HARDHOUSE NRG/HEAVIER STYLE O THE BACK BURNER FOR A WHILE, THERE FOR I MISSED OUT ON THIS OLD SKOOL NRG TUNES UNTIL I STARTED DIGGING THE HOOVER SOUNDS & BECAME AN NRG FULL ON FAN!!! 

THE IMPACT HARD HOUSE & IT'S SUBGENRE BRANCHES HAD ON ME WAS SO IMPORTANT, ALTHOUGH I STILL LOVE TRANCE, TECHNO, EVEN FREEFORM & LOADS OF GENRES BETWEEN, THE VALUE OF BEING PART OF A COLLECTIVE GROUP AT THAT TIME IS SOMETHING I AM THANKFULL FOR & IT LAID A REALLY SOLID FOUNDATION, GAVE ME TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTALS & ALLOWED ME TO PUT MY OWN SPIN ON IT WITH REAL CONVICTION THAT HAS MADE ME NOT JUST THE DJ BUT AS A PERSON ALSO.

JUST WANT TO ADD THIS TO MY STORY, I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN KEEPING THE VIBE ALIVE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR FUTURE PROGRESS - 

I HAVE JUST WROTE A PURE FROM THE HEART STORY HERE, WHICH IS THERAPY TO GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD, I WOULD LOVE IT IF SOMEONE READ THIS & GAVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON MY DJ TALE,

BACK 2 FRONT

At 15 years old his DJ journey had began although his love for dance music was born years before, at the age of 11 he found Hardcore & never looked back. His passion for dance music grew & before  long he saved up himself for a set of Numark decks & a cheap mixer, going on to teach himself how to play & dedicated his time & money to his art, it was clear by age 18 it was a matter of time before a night club came calling.

Trance music was the biggest influence & is still such an important part of his sound - the foundations were laid!! 

After playing a few gigs at a local club in a town outside Aberdeen, The Craigmile hotel was the first venue he played at. At age 21, DJ EGG had now found Hard house & quickly became part of the scene. Meeting influential people who would go on to give him a residency, 

He became a regular at Taste night club then went on to run nights every weekend. Taste was a real learning curve & a baptism of fire. 

Setting out to bring cutting edge music & DJs to Aberdeen has been his mission & still is - he introduced Technikal, Barry Diston, Paul Glazby, Ilogik - & many others. With a mind set that is all about the music, he continues to seek out the sound that will change & evolve Aberdeen's clubbing mantra - not always easy but it is a worthy cause.
 
vinyl collector amassing an arsenal of tunes - old skool to nu skool in each style from trance, techno, hard house, freeform, hard core & loads of sub-genres to bridge those gaps. !!!!!! 

Sticking to a mantra - proudly recording over 60 different mixes with different tracks making sure each is unique to itself  TUNES ARE A DJ'S LIFE BLOOD!!!!

With many tough, heartbreaking & difficult times along side amazing dream come true happy moments, his DJ path has been testing & really defined him as a person in so many ways, a fresh outlook was required to inject new life into those creative attributes, after a year or so away from it, he is ready rock!!!

The dawn of a new era with more cool grooves, nicely formed beats, melodic breakdowns, chunky vibes, cutting edge bass lines, uplifting energy, slamming power mixes, cuts, fx, spin backs & digging into more styles, tring new things but with a different outlook & healthier state of mind, his musical journey is now going down a different path.



