Hi,

I am looking for some fresh DJ talent from Sheffield.

The genres I am looking for are, House, Tech House, Techno and Electro.
I am looking for high quality music, please leave the cheese out!

I require 2 things. A link to a demo mix - at least 30 mins please!! And a biography or CV with your past experience.

Email to info.restless@gmail.com

Do we really have so few DJ's in Sheffield? I have only had a couple of people contact me so far.... Cm'on, get your demo's in. I know you are out there!!

I play prog house if thats any use to you? Stuff by artists like EDX, Mark Knight & Funkagenda, Adam K & Soha, Jerome Isma-Ae, Deadmau5, Pryda etc

Its not a question of 'Do we really have so few DJ's in Sheffield?',

most proper DJ,s in Sheffield play a varied selection of music and dont just specialise in what you are looking for.
I would imagine that if you have had a couple of replies to your add, then these may be from those DJ,s w ho do specialise in what you are looking for.



good luck though anyway

I usually play reggae nights but now also dubstep and drum n bass if thats included under the term 'breaks', and am looking for opportunities to play that. Do you have any more information about the events you want to promote? I have done a recent dubstep mix but don't know how to upload it to the web :help:

There's lots of DJs in Sheffield, however if you're not going to put any details about the night/venue etc and if you don't actually know any DJs personally, then you're not likely to get much interest are you...

Also hatter, mediafire.com

sent you a pm

@ Craig Holmes.

Yes mate, please send me a mix and a cv.

@ Hatter

To be honest it sounds like you would be a little outside what I am looking for but if you have a mix you can send me please do, I would love to be proved wrong!!

@ Matt S.

Point 1.. I know plenty of DJ's but most of them play music outside of the types I have described not to mention I already have residents but I am looking for fresh talent in these areas.

Point 2.. I have deliberatley not given any details out on the events I am planning for a reason.

@ Eric the man

Most "proper" club Dj's I know entirely specialise in a particular genre or two. Apart from the sheer cost of ensuring you have enough tracks across multiple genres then how on earth are you suppossed to learn them all so you can mix flawlessly??




Thanks to the rest of you for sending me mixes, I am starting to go through them this week and I'll be in contact. If there is anyone else out there with something for me then please send it across.

nice one, will record a demo this week! :)

I play prog house if thats any use to you? Stuff by artists like EDX, Mark Knight & Funkagenda, Adam K & Soha, Jerome Isma-Ae, Deadmau5, Pryda etcInteresting. Surely some of these are electro producers?

Interesting. Surely some of these are electro producers?

Pretty much all are electro, don't see much prog in there.

Electro house is a term that's banded around far too much these days, someone send me a funky house mix under the title of electro. not to mention the fact that a lot of tracks crossover genres so maybe you shouldn't judge Craig's work without listening to it first?

Oh and incidentally if you look at all the artist's homepage's then there is only deadmau5 that advertises himself as an electro producer... oh yeah and progressive house!!

Electro house is a term that's banded around far too much these days, someone send me a funky house mix under the title of electro. not to mention the fact that a lot of tracks crossover genres so maybe you shouldn't judge Craig's work without listening to it first?

Oh and incidentally if you look at all the artist's homepage's then there is only deadmau5 that advertises himself as an electro producer... oh yeah and progressive house!!

It wasn't my intention to judge, just discuss.

Id get in touch with the randoms- there really good!

(think jim random is registered on here!)

Electro house is a term that's banded around far too much these days

fck me, not another Electro debate :help:

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=274096

;)

Bit of a mischevious post Mr Chris :hihi:

Bit of a mischevious post Mr Chris :hihi:

No, just frightened incase I have a relapse and end up back in the clinic, that last one has left its' scars.

Will whack my demo in this thread along with the t/l...once you've listened to it I'm up for the debate!

Electro house is a term that's banded around far too much these days, someone send me a funky house mix under the title of electro. not to mention the fact that a lot of tracks crossover genres so maybe you shouldn't judge Craig's work without listening to it first?

Oh and incidentally if you look at all the artist's homepage's then there is only deadmau5 that advertises himself as an electro producer... oh yeah and progressive house!!I'm not judging Craig or his work. I'm merely stating that I thought most of the producers he mentioned were electro producers. Nothing wrong with that or their work. I actually think Mark Knight is a superb producer.

Mark Knight IS superb. I am hoping to book him late next year.

I will be able to start revealing a bot more about what event this posting is for in a couple of weeks time!

Mark Knight IS superb. I am hoping to book him late next year.

I will be able to start revealing a bot more about what event this posting is for in a couple of weeks time!I'll be going to that if you get him, his Toolroom Knights mix CD is the best mix CD i've heard in years

Some of the producers I named have produced electro tunes but it's no longer the case where some producers can be pigeonholed simply as "an electro producer" or a producer of any genre for that matter. The variety of tunes Deadmau5 has produced is quite impressive, and as someone thats not a big electro fan that means some of his tunes don't appeal to me (his new one Ghosts & Stuff for example isn't my cup of tea), Pryda is also tough to pigeon-hole (what would you describe Rakfunk as?, but then again Muranyi is definietly prog!).

:) blah blah blah

Trance and electro.

Progressive house is a style of house music that is noted for musical progression within melodies and basslines. The term was coined by Mixmag editor Dom Phillips. It has similar elements to both electro-house and trance. It has its origins in Great Britain in the early 1990s, with the output of Guerilla Records and Leftfield's first singles (particularly "Song of Life"). The music itself was produced with the 4-to-4 beat of house music and deeper dub-influenced basslines, with greater emphasis on emotion before structural considerations. Often, it featured elements from many different genres mixed together. Song of Life, for instance, has a trip-hop like down-pitched breakbeat and a high-energy Roland TB-303 riff at various stages.

In 1992, the dance club Renaissance opened in Mansfield where DJs Sasha and John Digweed were instrumental in popularizing its early sound. Other notable Progressive House DJs include: Dave Seaman, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, Jason Jollins, and Anthony Pappa. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_house)
Straight off wikipedia... Thought it was quite funny given WYEXILE's comments!!

"Progressive-Electro-Trance"?!?!

P.M sent!

I think you both make a good point, Prog has elements of other musical styles, and different sub-genres to it as well. Arguably I'm playing a stylized version of prog rather than what some house veterans would define as prog but it's still prog! Cheers for taking the time to listen guys :)

That wikipedia piece seems to contradict itself. Basically it's saying prog was coined as a term in the early 90's, then goes on to say it's a mixture of electro house (may god have mercy on my soul) and trance. Well, electro house (I said it again, hope I don't burn in hell) didn't turn up until a few years ago, and trance at that time was more of what would now be termed 'psy' trance.

All in all, it seems 'prog' is now a way of making trance and electro house acceptable as both genres are now seen as 'cheesy'. Artists liked Deadmau5 et all can all claim to be a bit more cool and unerground as they are producing prog tracks and not electro house or trance.

Prog to me is Leftfield - Not Forgotten, lots of early stuff put out on the Soma label and some early Underworld as well.

That wikipedia piece seems to contradict itself. Basically it's saying prog was coined as a term in the early 90's, then goes on to say it's a mixture of electro house (may god have mercy on my soul) and trance. Well, electro house (I said it again, hope I don't burn in hell) didn't turn up until a few years ago, and trance at that time was more of what would now be termed 'psy' trance.

All in all, it seems 'prog' is now a way of making trance and electro house acceptable as both genres are now seen as 'cheesy'. Artists liked Deadmau5 et all can all claim to be a bit more cool and unerground as they are producing prog tracks and not electro house or trance.

Prog to me is Leftfield - Not Forgotten, lots of early stuff put out on the Soma label and some early Underworld as well.

Id agree with that to be honest, even the best trance DJ's in the world don't label themselves as trance DJ's anymore.

sounds good, i'm in the process of recording a mix i'm completely happy with sending out....i'll get one posted up here asap...

what sort of event are you looking to put on, i'm well into my deep house and techno, nothing cheesy like the stuff you hear at shuffle and charged?

Also what type of venues you thinking about using?

i'm very interested in trying to develop a bit more of an educated music scene in sheffield with people playing forward thinking music and getting decent underground bookings!

Hi Danni,

Absolutley no cheese is fantastic, just please be aware that I am looking for music that is good in it respective genre/style but is accessible to as many people as possible. What that basically means is don't fall into the trap of going too deep. The aim of education is to keep the interest of your students... ie keep em dancing!! I have been sent plenty of mixes in the past that sound superb but don't make my feet itch!