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Rory Hoy is a Multi- Award Winning Music Producer/Film Maker and DJ. He was the Winner of the Yorkshire Young Achiever of the Year Award 2012 hosted by ITV, in the Arts Category, which he won alongside actor Mikey North who plays Gary Windass in Coronation St. He has 5 critically acclaimed albums under his belt on Freddy Fresh’s Howlin’ Records label (USA) and numerous singles, EPs, remixes and collaborations on various labels worldwide.  His first album ‘Cosmic Child’, mostly chillout and ambient beats, is regularly played as background music in USA on various American airlines and in department stores such as Macy’s. His second album ‘Standing on Dust’, more funky breaks, included tracks played on the PRS Dance Podcast and featured regularly on Craig Charles’ BBC6 Music ‘Funk & Soul Show’, and his new tracks continue to be played by Craig on his show. Rory was featured in the PRS ‘M’ magazine as a rising new talent and has seen praise from artists such as Fatboy Slim, Afrika Bambaata, Craig Charles, Mr Scruff, DJ Cam, Fake Blood, Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest among others.

He also makes short films, over 38 to date, 3 of which have been shown on BBC TV. His film 'Autism & Me' is released with his booklet on DVD worldwide through Jessica Kingsley Publishers. He’s been featured on British and American TV (BBC, ITV, Sky, and NBC "Today Show" in America) and also on BBC and Independent Radio. He’s won 6 national awards, a UNICEF award, a Royal Television Society nomination, and collected an award from film director, Guy Ritchie. He’s Youth Patron of the London based charity 'Resources for Autism', and in this capacity, was invited to a special reception at the House of Lords. He also goes into schools and organisations where they show his film, and talks about autism. He was a Centenary Ambassador 2010 for the National Charity, UK Youth - and featured in their promotional film. He continues to be an Ambassador for them.

Rory has enjoyed Djing at many Festivals and Clubs including the legendary Leeds Festival and was the Opening Act at this year’s Tour De France Fan Park playing to over 20,000 happy punters! He has also performed in Paris and is now working on Syncs for Film, TV and Adverts, having his tracks featured in 2014 by Disney, Sony BET TV, Costco in USA and the official Tour De France Documentary.

He is an energetic and crowd pleasing performer and always happy to hear from festivals and venues looking for a DJ to really get a party atmosphere going!

Rory is a multi award-winning Music Producer/DJ and Film Maker. His music career has seen him producing 8 critically acclaimed albums and numerous EP’s, Singles, Remixes and Collaborations with other artists worldwide on various worldwide labels. Rory covers many genres including House, Funk, HIp-Hop, Big Beat, Breaks, Chillout and many more. Some of his tracks have been used as background music on internal American Airlines and in stores like Macy’s. He has also produced tracks for Film, TV and Adverts including tracks for Disney, Sony BET TV, Fox TV, Costco, Audi Asia and the Tour De France Documentary and is constantly working on new syncs. He has DJ’ed throughout the country in clubs and at Major Festivals including Leeds Festival, he was the Opening Act at the 2014 Tour de France Fan Park performing to over 20,000 people and has DJ’d in Paris  for the Crea Sourire Charity for Sick Children.

In September 2018, Rory had a book published, ‘The Little Big Beat Book’ where he interviewed 120 major artists of the 1990s Dance Scene including Fatboy Slim and The Prodigy. The book reached No.1 in the Amazon Dance Music Book Charts. His second book The Beatles: Acting Naturally; Obscure, Rare, Unfinished and Abandoned film & TV Projects of the Fab Four’ has just been published in 2021 to rave reviews.

His film ‘Autism And Me’ is published worldwide on DVD together with a booklet he’s written explaining in easy to understand terms what it’s like living with Autism on a daily basis. Some of his awards are listed below and he has seen praise for his work from people like Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Craig Charles, Fatboy Slim, Michael Palin,  Jane Asher among others. He works constantly to promote understanding of Autism, going into schools and organisations where they show his film to do Q&A Sessions and gets messages from all over the world from grateful families. In fact, one American mother said she felt she knew her son for the first time having watched Rory’s film. 

He’s been on British and American TV, Radio and Press a number of times over the past few years, and has been called ‘Inspirational’ and a ‘trailblazer’.

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