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Paul Sethi AKA  Scottish Paul

Getting dance-floors going for over fourteen years Paul is an accomplished DJ who has spun his tunes at innumerable clubs, bars, concerts and parties all over the world. His technical ability and inventive sets have established him as a prominent and popular DJ at both local and international levels.

Over the years Paul has held residencies as far afield as Sydney and Mexico. Most recently and in this country he has graced the decks at Glastonbury Festival, The Brick House, Herbal, The Drunken Monkey and the Voodoo Room as well as countless underground parties in his now native Shoreditch.

His sets are imaginative, fluid and always funky. He seamlessly mixes Funk, Old Soul, Reggae and Disco with a little Hip Hop, Electro and God Knows Whatever thrown in for good measure. Its very rare that you’ll find anyone standing still during one of Paul’s sets.

Tony George AKA Big T

Anthony George has been DJing for over 15 years. He worked with Tim Soar at Sound Architecture from the mid 90s (’95 – 2003). At Sound Architecture, he collaborated on a variety of musical styles and contributed in  branding many of London’s elite venues, from the Met Bar to the Sanderson. Anthony ventured into World music,  whilst resident DJ at Hakkasan, Opium and Atlantic bar.

His sets can comprise of the usual commercial hiphop, r&b, house and breaks…or the more eclectic; playing a number of other genres at venues in London, ranging from  Nu Disco, Deep/minimal Tech House and funk breaks. www.amberandlambswool.com

Steve Proctor

Started in 1980,  as the resident DJ at a “Roxy/Bowie” night in Liverpool and was soon to become a true forerunner to what became the Balearic/House music scene. In January 1987, he moved to London to work for Polydor Records. Responding to the rare groove movement in London at the time and set up a label called “Urban” and had immediate success with the re-release of a number of Rare Groove classics such as Maceo and the Macks “Cross The Tracks”, The Jackson Sisters “I Believe in Miracles”, Bobby Byrd “I Know You Got Soul” and Roy Ayres “Can’t you see me”.

He then went on to become one of the small number of DJs who started the Balearic/ Acid House Scene, the effects and influence of which are still felt twenty years on. He worked at Shoom with Danny Rampling (my first night being to rescue the spirit of the night after Cold Cut). Having played at the early Boys Own parties with Andy Wetherall and Terry Farley, The Hacienda with Mike Pickering and numerous parties with Paul Oakenfold and Love at the Wag where he was resident DJ .

He has more than 50 remixes to my credit, including The Mock Turtles “Can You Dig It ?” (eat your heart out Norman), Soho “Hippychick”, China Crisis “African and White”, Pete Wylie, The Railway Children, JBC, BoysWonder, C-Force, Neutron 9000, YBU, Candyland and many more.

Ronnie Herel

Ronnie Herel is a disc jockey and radio presenter on BBC 1Xtra, the BBC’s digital station for new black music, presenting the flagship 1xtra R&B show on Monday nights from 10pm til Midnight. Ronnie Also hosts The 1xtra Chart Show and The Basement on 1xtra – Saturday and Sunday 1pm til 4pm respectively.

He has previously been nominated for two MOBO awards in the categories of Best Radio Show and UK Best Club DJ and was voted Best Club DJ by readers of Blues & Soul Magazine in 2000, he was also nominated for Best DJ at the Urban Music Awards 2008.

Ronnie Herel has supported artists such as Amp Fiddler and Brand New Heavies and performed on releases by the Brand New Heavies.

Ronnie is also a recording artist and his first record ‘Quartz – Its too Late’ reached No 8 in the UK charts in 1991. Ronnie was also co-director of Uptown Records in London with his wife Debra. They live in Leytonstone, East London

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John Stokes

Ex –Drunken Monkey ressie John Stokes has been DJing for the best part of 20 years now, with an eclectic style taking in Disco, House & Balearic (forgotten) Classics.
Previously a regular DJ in the VIP room at Heaven, and long term residencies in Bars in Soho and Shoreditch, John has developed an anything goes style.

Club-wise, guest slots for some of London’s more underground nights at venues like East Village, Jam, The Valmont Club & The Key for the likes of DDD, Chosen & Monophunk have all helped fuel Johns passion for quality dance sounds.

A regular DJ at Shoreditch House, John has worked for YSL, Versace, Arsenal FC to name a few, in addition to various film premiers, album launches & fashion shows.

“For me an ideal set would take in 30 years of quality dance music, whilst making fresh and new sounds readily available”

Giles Smith

Giles’ love affair with all things House and Techno was sparked at the beginning of the 90’s after hearing it on the radio. Before long the voodoo lure of the dancefloor and club life was too much to resist and he fell head long into his obsession.

Despite collecting records from the age of 15, it wasn’t until moving to London in 2000 after completing his degree that Giles began DJing. Within a very short space of time he made his mark, earning a coveted residency for the Junior Boys Own affiliated Faith parties. Here he played alongside UK stalwarts such as X-Press 2 and Terry Farley and international guests such as Doc Martin, Kerri Chandler and Dubtribe.

Soon after, inspired by hedonistic cutting edge clubs both in the UK and Ibiza, Giles and a group of friends launched secretsundaze in 2001. In a short period of time, secretsundaze became the hottest ticket in town for both guest DJ’s / Live Act’s (Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Craig, Steve Bug, Luciano, Ame, Losoul, Ivan Smagghe, Jay Haze, Rhadoo, Cobblestone Jazz, Mountain People, Keith Worthy and Jus Ed to name a few); and party people from all over Europe. These colourful summer Sunday daytime parties have also made secretsundaze the darling of the UK media with it being voted “Best Club Night” by readers of Time Out in London in “The Time Out Live Awards 2005” and awarded the accolade “Club of The Year” in the January 2006 edition of Mixmag. secretsundaze also became known for taking risks with bookings, breaking new, fresh talent in the UK, something which Giles was largely responsible for. The buzz about secretsundaze has also spread across Europe with hugely successful parties taking place in Ibiza (2005 / 2006), Sonar Festival In Barcelona (2005 / 2006/ 2007/2008/2009). Miami (2009) and Snowbombing in Austria.

During this period, Giles’ reputation has soared with him being named “Best New DJ” in 2003 by Time Out magazine. He has played many of the UK’s most respected parties / venues from smaller more underground venues such as The Key, Plastic People, 93 Feet East to larger venues such as Fabric (Room 1), Back to Basics, The Sub Club and internationally Panorama Bar, Watergate, Robert Johnson , The Rex, Priviledge and The Underground in Ibiza, Love in New York and various clubs in Tokyo to name just a few.

Giles Smith – Resident Advisor Mix