Resident DJ and Promoter for Uber/Body People, Birmingham, now residing in Sydney, Australia.

Heavily influenced by Soul, Funk, Disco and Hip Hop from a young age, Gary began Djing in 1996 and since playing one of his first gigs for renowned club night, Miss Moneypenny’s aged just 17, he has been a regular on the Birmingham club scene playing at most of the city’s club nights and venues. 

In 2000 He won the Miss Moneypenny’s DJ of the Year Competition beating many established local DJ’s to win the prize of playing Miss Moneypenny’s Closing Party at El Divino, Ibiza alongside Danny Rampling. In 2001, he was selected as the first UK DJ to be invited to join the Estonian based Macadam Music Agency Estonia and was regularly playing in Estonia, as well as holding a bi-monthly residency for the Flyaway parties in Naples. In 2003, he became resident for the prestigious ”Rouge” and "Babooshka" nights in Birmingham where he played alongside names such as Roger Sanchez, Derrick Carter, David Morales, Tim Deluxe & Jocelyn Brown

In 2007, Gary teamed up with his close friend Charlie John to create the much loved ”Days Like This" parties at Red Bar in Birmingham which ran for over 3 years and regularly featured guests such as DJ Spen, Karizma, Alix Alvarez, Rocco, Ralf Gum, Yass, Zed Bias, Reelsoul, Aaron Ross, Neil Pierce, Phil Asher, Sean Mccabe, Groove Assassin, all in an intimate 100 capacity setting.

Gary has regularly played across the UK and Europe and has featured at a number of high profile club nights and venues including Ministry Of Sound, Le Queen (Paris), Prive (Talinn), El Divino (Ibiza), Cafe Mambo (Ibiza), Il Ciclope (Naples), Thompsons Garage (Belfast) & Mecca (Prague) and events such as the Soul Village Weekender and a residency at the Vocal Booth Weekender in Spain.

Prior to moving to Sydney, he promoted the Uber parties in Birmingham which brought Birmingham debuts for the likes of Detroit Swindle, Max Graef, Jimpster, Atjazz, Rahaan, Franck Roger, Andre Lodemann, Halo, Shur-I-Kan, Opolopo, Lay-far, Frankie Feliciano, Thatmanmonkz as well as co-promoting parties playing alongside the likes of Louie Vega, Kenny Dope, Jazzanova, Greg Wilson.

During his time in Sydney, he's been heavily involved in the Big Fun parties as well as playing for the likes of S.A.S.H, Rotary Disco, Slyfox, Flinders and Stanleys

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Music Style: Jazzy House/Housey Jazz. I&rsquo;ve been collecting records since I was about 12 and was inspired by the likes of Mastermind, Rapattack, Les Adams and Froggy, who all mixed in such a way that just blew me away and got me hooked on underground dance music. I started mixing by using a tape deck and a belt drive turntable and learnt to mix and scratch my tunes like that, by pushing the tape and phono buttons in at the same time. This is something I do not recommend, as I had to get my Dad&rsquo;s amp repaired far too many times. I got to try out my newfound skills at the tender young of 13, when I was at one of my elder sister&rsquo;s friend&rsquo;s party and the Dj had to go home and get another crate of records. He said to me, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all yours, shouldn&rsquo;t be too long&hellip;.&rdquo; After playing for a about three hours, I realised I could do the things my idols did and the things I did at home very easily with two turntables and I could also make people dance. I&rsquo;d got the bug! Since then I have played at many events world wide watching the scene change, being part of the original house explosion in the UK, playing at the groundbreaking raves like Sunrise, Energy and Biology to name but a few. The music I play now is heavily influenced by jazz, something that I put down to the music I was fed by my parents as a young child, the likes of Grover Washington, Stanley Turentine, Dizzy, James Brown, Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and also soca, reggae, hi life, funk and soul and disco, an eclectic mix of black music to whet any young boys appetite for music. I currently present &ldquo;A Nu Breed Of Jazz&rdquo; on PushFm each and every Thursday 20.00 - 22.00 GMT and am resident at the House Of Rhythm and play at various parties in and around London. Am also currently reworking many of the tunes I have produced over the years and starting new ones.

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Neil Pierce Biography

Neil Pierce may be known as a DJ, Producer, Remixer and Label Manager but all these titles can be summed up with one thing in common – he is a name you can rely on for good quality soulful house music you can dance to.  Playing exclusives to classics, gospel to dubs, Neil’s DJ sets are full of energy that never fail to take you on a musical journey that will have you smiling and letting loose on the dance floor.

It was whilst Neil was the Manager of Release the Groove record shop in London’s Soho that he began to make his way in the industry and became friends with many of the people that he would eventually play alongside.  It wasn’t long before Neil was DJing at legendary nights such as Garage City and Paul Trouble Anderson’s Loft parties in Camden.


In 2001, a new night was launched at the infamous Ministry of Sound super-club in London.  That night was Soul Heaven and it soon became a club night synonymous with playing quality house music with soul.  It is of no surprise then that not long after its launch, Neil was asked to be a Soul Heaven resident.  Nearly a decade later and Neil continues to be part of the Soul Heaven nights representing the brand in the UK and Worldwide.

In 2003, Neil partnered up with fellow Soul Heaven resident Aaron Ross as producers under the name Fanatix.  Since their collaboration, they have made a name for themselves by working with some amazing artists such as Blaze, Kimara Lovelace, KOT, Kenny Bobien, Roy Ayers and Stephanie Cooke, as well as homegrown talents, Terri Walker, Kele le Roc, Jamiroquai, Alex Mills, Don-E and Sunburst Band.  Recognition for their music came with releases on respected major ‘house’ labels including Sony, Defected, BBE, Ricanstruction, ZR, Def Jam, Soulgroove and of course Soul Heaven Records.

In March 2008, Fanatix released their debut album, There It Is on London based label BBE to great critical acclaim and the No. 1 spot on Traxsource. The album was raved about from all the top Dj’s in the scene, and it was also licenced to Toys Factory in Japan.
 
During this time, Neil also found time to work on some solo projects.  In 2005 he set up his own label Hustle Music which most famously is responsible for originally signing The Way You Love Me by Ron Hall & The Muthafunkas featuring Marc Evans which is now a house classic.

Neil’s reputation for recognizing and pioneering good music continued to grow and in 2009 he was the obvious choice to replace Aaron Ross as Label Manager at Soul Heaven Records.  As well as finding new up and coming artists and music, this gave Neil the opportunity to put out his own music and in 2010, his debut solo record Relish Your Soul performed by Kadija Kamara was released on Soul Heaven Records.  Written by Neil, Kadija and Mike Patto (Reel People) this cutting edge soulful house track received huge support from DJs worldwide.

In May 2013 Neil and Ziggy Launched Rhemi Music .Their first release (a remix of a the classic “call on me “ by Fanatix  reached number number 2 on the singles chart on traxsource and from there it’s snowballed like crazy. In just a few years they have had countless Number 1 hits including the club anthems “Diamond”, ‘Mask Off” ‘Back to the one” and ‘Shake Your Body Down”.and they have remixed for Joey Negro, Dj Spen, Louie Vega and Sandy Rivera to name but a few. Rhemi also released their first compilation on Dj Spen’s Quantize Recordings.

At the end of 2016 Rhemi were placed 4th on the world for Soulful House producers on Traxsource.com which is highly regarded as the biggest download site for underground house music. Please see the article here … http://news.traxsource.com/articles/2484/100-soulful-house-artists-of-2016

2017 is set to be a massive year for Neil, with non-stop studio commitments as well as his Deep Into Soul Party at the POW packed to capacity every month, and a string of releases on countless labels, he is definitely one to watch !

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