To listen to Billy Gillies is to capture true joy, because every song he produces and DJ set he performs radiates pure passion and vibrant spirit.

 

The Northern Irishman’s blend of quirky Eurodance synths, uplifting trance grandeur and hard-hitting bass rhythms goes beyond catchy melodies and expert timing, as breakout hits “Lagoon” and “Youth” tap into the very essence of what makes a night spent on the dancefloor with your best mates such a special experience.

 

That’s why he’s earned more than 145 million views on TikTok, filled a Creamfields tent with thousands of ravers at 1 p.m. on a Sunday, and why he’s managed to get an official remix of Madison Avenue’s 1999 hit “Don’t Call Me Baby” after ripping the iconic vocal off the internet.

 

Crowds chant his name from Taiwan to Texas because Billy Gillies dares to do something different; something unique to himself. Now, Billy Gillies is the next superstar-DJ-in-the-making, poised to take over the world.

 

Billy’s musical obsession started in the 2000s when his older sister started buying Clubland compilation CDs and dating a local DJ. One night, the boyfriend came over and brought his decks, but when the couple left to go dancing, 11-year-old Billy snuck into his sister’s room and started playing with the turntables.

 

“I was like, ‘what is this music? I love this,’” he laughs. “On the Christmas list for that year was a set of decks.”

 

His mom delivered with his first set of Kam belt drives, and Billy’s been mad for mixing ever since. Each Saturday, he’d head out of the house with a five Pound note and spend it on a new record (Tiesto’s Traffic being particularly influential). In turn, he’d spend the next week learning to mix that record in and out of his steadily growing collection.

 

When he was 17, he got his first taste of true Clubland. A year underaged, he caught an hour-long bus from Belfast to Banbridge and talked his way into a club called Coach. Japanese DJ Yoji Biomehanika and the UK’s own Lisa Lashes dropped heavy hard-house records all night, and Billy started dreaming of his own chance to rock a crowd, proper.

 

He knew that if he wanted to be an in-demand DJ, he’d have to come up with some original songs. In 2011, he locked himself in his bedroom with a copy of Ableton Live and didn’t come out until he’d mastered the basic trance sound.

 

He fell in love with music production and started sending his tracks to BBC Radio 1 DJ Judge Jules, who played them on his show every Friday night. For 19-year-old Billy, there was nothing better.

 

After spending much of his 20s as a self-described “party animal,” 28-year-old Billy once again locked himself inside his bedroom and churned out a ton of original tunes. The result? A spot on the lineup of Luminosity 2019 alongside major trance legends Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Gareth Emery and more. He played a set of all-original material, and when a recording was posted to Soundcloud, it earned more plays than any of the headliners.

 

“I’d brung a fresh sound into the trance scene,” Gillies says. “Everyone was making the same type of thing, where I just look back at my influences growing up and crammed it into the main trance style.”

 

International booking requests flooded in, sending him to Argentina to Australia—and then COVID struck. Many of his peers saw no point releasing music to a locked-down crowd, but Billy saw a chance to experiment.

 

“People need music in hard times, not just for clubs,” he says. “The music I was making around that time was proper emotional melodies, and it was resonating with everyone.”

 

He’d share each tune in a rough clip to Facebook or TikTok, and every post brought shares in the thousands. His fan base wasn’t just growing, it was ballooning, due in part not only to his masterful skills in the studio but also his effervescent personality that spills into each tune.

ᴡᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏ ꜱᴛʀɪᴄᴛʟʏ ʙᴀɴɢᴇʀᴢ 


MGMT - lee@lgrp.co

Worldwide Bookings -harrison@activetalentagency.com

Hardy M
MINISTRY OF BOUNCE RESIDENT,
House of Bounce Co.Owner
2016 B.T.I.D DJ COMPETITION WINNER.

Hardy M had been busy over the years establishing himself as one of the North Easts Top Bounce Talents. With productions available on various labels spanning the entire bounce scene with tracks supported by the Top Bounce Djs, there is no stopping him now.
MIchael 'Hardy M' Hardy was recently a co-runner of 'Darkzone Records Bounce Section' Which helped the lable to sign new talent which he was very proud to be apart of.
Hardy M has spent a lot of time getting himself to a position with his music which is now starting to make peoples heads turn.  his production skills have grown massively over the last year or two and he is starting to develop a reputation for big old school remixes including:

You got to let the music
Doo Dey!
Monstersounds
Wonder
Show me Love
Stereo Love
Everybody is a Star
BOMBA
The Escape
Too close
Outside world

Hardy M has spun the wheels of steel in Newcastles Nortorious Big Market and has worked closely with some big names in the Bounce community to enhance his productions. 

links to Hardy M

FB                       https://www.facebook.com/DjHardyAkaHardyM

ALIASES

NRG & Hardy M:
Teaming up with North East Legend DJ NRG (The Colosseum, After Dark) Hardy and Nrg have been working to bring the glory days of Bouncy Techno Back with a Bang. Making modernised 170BPM beats with a twist of the Old Skool.... This partnership will be Massive. They have released "The Colosseum Rebirth E.P" on Vinyl and are planning Vol 2 now.... which will include a remix of one of QFX's Newest Tracks

2WISTED BOUNCE:
Producers 'Hardy M' & 'Semtex' join together to bring you a new twist to Bounce, taking other well known sounds from different genres of music and adding them together to bring a new sound to Bounce.

BPM BULLYZ:

A pair of DJ's who have joined together to form a partnership playing all styles of Bounce, Scouse and UK Hardcore.  The act is built of two individuals (Pete Cowens and Hardy M) who both bring a different edge to the table, making us a unique combination for this style of music...

DJ Slapshot (AKA Pete Cowens)

Pete has a mass of experience playing on the trance scene and has played for some of the biggest brands in the industry, at some of the biggest and best venues in the UK:

THE GALLERY @ Ministry of Sound, london (6 times)
BOOM and ESSANCE @ Club Air, Birmingham (3 times)
ABOVE AND BEYOND TOUR @ O2 Academy, Brixton
OFF THE RAILS @ The Plug, Sheffield
and about 30 other venues around the country. 

These events have seen him play along side some of the biggest artists in the trance genre including:

Above and Beyond
Markus Schulz
Ferry Corsten
Armin Van Buuren
Ernesto vs Bastian
Ben Gold
Jordan Suckley
Aly and Fila
Richard Durrand
Kyau and Albert
Nitrous Oxide
Mat Zo
Lange
James Dymond

The future sees him booked to play for Trance Nation which will broaden his wings to the international scene (Ukraine, Malta or Holland).

as well as DJ... Pete has his own club brand and up and coming DJ agency which is associated with main stream FM radio station in the south, he works in the back ground for future focus records and booking agency and has worked with some big artists to get them on board with some big releases (Matthew Nagle and Billie Gillies)

links to Pete Cowens

FB                                                          http://www.facebook.com/slap.shot.982
Soundcloud (trance page)                

'BPM Bullyz' bring a new and exciting twist to there music, incorperating sounds from all walks of Dance Music, Bringing OIdskool & Newskool together with Big Vocals everyone knows and loves!


Soundcloud      http://soundcloud.com/hardy-m

Back2Bounce at the legendary Doncaster Warehouse,
 
https://www.facebook.com/back2bounce

In to your house music to??

https://soundcloud.com/richpinder

Alan Benn is a multi genre EDM DJ/Artist 
He formed in 2019 as a solo artist and already has tracks signed to:
Bounce Heaven
BTID
Klubbed Digital
Filtrate records
DNZ Records 
Minimammoth 

As a DJ his career has taken off with bookings all over the U.K. at some of the largest Bounce events including 
BTID Wonderland
BTID Zombie Nation
BTID Pier On The Pier
BTID Ibiza
Clubland 
Nu Rave
Rave Kidz
Maxine’s & Monroes
Bounce Nation
Ministry Of Bounce 
And many more! 

He is also one half of ‘Insight’ along with Jamie Dodd (Doddy)in the Hard Dance genre.

All my socials: https://linktr.ee/alanbenn and be sure to check out my website - www.alanbenn.com

Nathan Dawe x Abi Flynn - Hold On- out now:
Listen here: https://NathanDawe.lnk.to/HoldOn

MGMT: lee@lgrp.co
ROW: Barry@activetalentagency.com
America: Marissa.Loil@unitedtalent.com
Tour Dates & Tickets: https://bnds.us/xunnre

Schak is one of the newest emerging talents coming out of the town that is rapidly becoming globally known, North Shields, which is also home to Sam Fender, Patrick Topping & Ben Hemsley. He is rapidly establishing himself as one of the newest exciting new talents in the house music world with catchy vocals, Balearic vibes and dance flavours of the well loved 90’s. The North Shields based artist has spent many hours in the studio, developing & finessing his sound. With support from the likes of Patrick Topping, John Summit, Skream, Ben Hemsley, Danny Howard and many more he is rapidly becoming an established artist. His much anticipated forthcoming debut single “Moving All Around (Jumpin')” coming October 21st which was picked up by TRICK & Ministry of Sound has been creating a lot of buzz this summer, with many eagerly wanting to hear what he has coming in the future.

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