Residencies: – Current & Previous:
Hed Kandi / Ministry / Cream / Society / G Bar / Garlands / Miss Moneypenny’s / Club 051 / Peruvia / The World / Club Zinc
Record labels:
Hed Kandi (uk) - AATW (uk) – NRK (uk) - Baroque (uk) - Forensic (uk) - Oxyd (Italy) – Big Love (uk) -Little Mountain (Netherlands) – Low Pressings (uk) - Kidology (uk) - Harlem (uk)
Collaborations:
Mirabeau – Colin Airey & Rob Jay
Mike Discala & Colin Airey
E.F.F. - Colin Airey & Nigel Casey, formerly of House 909
Airey & Trippier – Colin Airey & Jamie Trippier
Kingkade & Airey – Alex Buchanan & Colin Airey
From the beginning:
I have been Djing for 13 years, starting off in various bars in Liverpool city centre. I began to create a new sound of funky and vocal house which attracted promoters from one of the leading clubs in Liverpool, Garlands. It was there that I served my apprenticeship, building up a very respectable name for myself as a DJ.
I also became resident at some leading nights in the North West such as Club 051, Sunrise, The World (Warrington), Club Zinc (Rhyl) and what was then my proudest moment, I was asked to play on the Miss Moneypenny's tour in 1998.
In 2002 I became a resident DJ for Cream and was asked to go on tour with them for 4 months to Greece and Cyprus where I was a weekly resident at Cream Ayia Napa Cyprus, Falaraki Rhodes and also in Zante. In September 2004 I left Garlands after nearly 9 years and became resident at one of Liverpool’s most exciting clubs, Society. The club itself was magnificent and the crowd were fantastic.
Whist being at society, I was given the chance to play with some of the worlds most respected producers, including Jose Nunez and Stonebridge. I had 2 fantastic years there but I felt it was time move on and was lucky enough to join Ministry of sound, where I played on various tours across the UK and that then gave me the chance to play for Hed Kandi at the end of 2006.
Hed Kandi
Since joining Hed Kandi ive been lucky enough to play all over the world, playing in some of the worlds best clubs. Countrys include China, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, USA and Russia, as well as playing all over Europe. This summer I played for the first time in one the best clubs around.
El Divino in Ibiza is somewhere ive wanted to play for years and I was lucky enough to play there twice this year. The atmosphere in the club is better than ive ever played before and I cant wait till next year when i hopefully play there again.
In the studio
I made my first successful track, Jackin, in 2002. It was signed to Cornwall based label Play recordings. I was astounded by the reactions that it received; it was being played by many DJs including Sasha, Danny Tanaglia, Steve Lawler, Xpress 2 and Tom Stephan but received a glowing review by Lottie who played it on her radio 1 show and charted it at number 1 in her personal chart for Feb 2002. She also cited me as a new face to look out for live on radio 1.
In March 2002 I was signed to Low Pressings with tracks called, Jungle Runner and Better Way. This was a great achievement for me as I had been a fan of that label for years. The track was a hit with all top DJs and got to number 7 in the cool cuts countdown.
In 2003, Myself and Rob Jay of 3 Beat Records formed MIRABEAU and set out on our first debut single entitled brass disc which was snapped up by Seamus Haji for Big Love records and supported by many leading dj's including being featured in Pete Tong’s hottraxx section, where he reviews the 3 biggest tracks of the week in club land.
Our next single, Back from outta space was again played by Pete Tong, which led to Italy’s hottest label Oxyd, jumping at the chance to sign it. It became number 1 in the Buzz chart , 3 in the hype chart ,and number 6 in the Coolcuts , this was one the top 5 Ibiza anthems in 2004 . It had an amazing 6 plays and the award of Pete tongs essential new tune on radio 1. The track then in August 2004 was signed to All Around The World, who instantly licensed the track for compilations including Hed Kandi and Clubland 6.
We also formed an offshoot project named Hydroponix and brought out a track entitled Don’t Stop, Go. It was signed to Sander kleinenberg’s label, Little Mountain Records.
Its debut play on radio was on Sasha & digweed’s Essential mix broadcast from Renaissance on Radio 1. It then made its second play on the Essential mix live from Creamfields by the legendary Deep Dish.
We also had two tracks signed to Forensic, Houston Calling and Inner Love, which had plays from Sasha and Steve Lawler to name but a few.
My most recent project was with Mike Discala on a track called Space and Time, which was signed to All Around the world and has had mixes from Jerry Repero and 2008 remixer of the year Deadmau5. The track went top 10 in the Beat port Download chart.
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