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DJ Bacon - in Switzerland

Long-haul Mixer - Virgin Atlantic style

About Me


From an early age DJ Bacon was into music, at school he was in various bands/groups and spent most of his time learning instruments in the music hall instead of going to lessons, but it wasn’t until 1995 when he heard the classic Rosie Gains tune ‘Closer Than Close’ which hallmarked the beginning of his journey into a whole new world of underground dance music.
Inspired by the likes of TuffJam, MK, Armand Van Helden & Grant Nelson etc… Bacon began collecting tunes on vinyl (at the time this was the only format available).
“I never had any inspirations to be a dj, I just wanted to listen to music I liked, even when I started raving in ’97 and began to understand what mixing was all about, I had no interest in making music my life”
In 1999 DJ Bacon went to Bournemouth University to study ‘International Marketing Management with German and French’ and quickly built up a reputation on campus for throwing the biggest and best house parties.
“One legendary night ‘Twice as Nice’ did a large event at the University Nightclub and I got the address of a free after-party read out on the mic. At 4am over 800 people showed up to a student house that I had kitted out with strobes, smoke machines and a kicking sound system where we partied till 3pm the next day”
But it wasn’t until 2000 that Bacon’s dj career started to take off, a local drum and bass promoter needed a garage resident for room two. Word soon spread about that a new dj was in town and before he knew it Bacon was playing everywhere Bournemouth had to offer, having the added advantage of having tunes from London, some djs found it hard to compete. He made the decision to leave University and put all his energy into djing full time. For the next 3 years Bacon continued living in Bournemouth working full time as a DJ.
“Those three years are just a blur, partying that hard tends to have that effect”
2003: Work started drying up in Bournemouth due to a cultural change in the music, garage got very dark and mc based and the main bulk of night clubs jumped on the RnB bandwagon. Bacon decided he had reached as far as he could get on the south coast and made the move back to London with a view to crack the highly competitive London club circuit.
2004: Bacon was finally launched on the London circuit at Club Liberty courtesy of Martin ‘Liberty’ Larner (known for giving up’n’coming djs breaks). During this legendary set Bacon broke the rewind record and afterwards when Matt Jam Lamont (the pioneer of UK Garage) made a gesture towards his record box, Bacon knew that this was just the beginning of things to come.
2005: Saw Bacon as one of the most booked up’n’coming UK G djs on the London circuit averaging 20-25 gigs a month. By offering the use of his flyering service ‘Pack of Bacon’ he soon built up a reputation for being a dedicated hard worker. Come rain or shine, after his gigs Bacon could be found outside London venues at 6am every weekend doing his small part in filling club nights for the coming weeks.
2006: Bacon stepped up the ‘Pack of Bacon’ by teaming up with promotion outfit Mix It Up UK and a record shop Manic Vinyl to bring ‘Maxx Paxx’ to the streets of London. As well as dabbling in tune distribution Bacon set up ‘Bacons Box’, a free tune promotion service ensuring the top djs in clubs and on radio get the latest firing tracks.
2007: With seven years of club experience under his belt Bacon is now taking the next logical step……production. He is currently in the studio with Scott Tonic and Mr Rumble and have releases scheduled to drop for the summer.
2008: Bacon wins the lottery and sods off the music to make porn films.
2009: Bacon gets run over by a milk float.
2010: ???
For bookings/info contact Denis @ PPR Management:
Email: [email protected] or call +44 7724 503 525
For tune promotion/distribution contact DJ Bacon directly:
Email: [email protected]
www.baconsbox.com
www.baconsbox.co.uk
www.houseandgarage.co.uk
www.myspace.com/bongobeard

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/20/2005
Band Website: houseandgarage.co.uk
Band Members: DJ Bacon, Scott Tonic, Mr Rumble, Groovestep.
Influences: Simon Fuller, Max Clifford, Dag Krister Volle aka "Denniz Popz" (R.I.P), Martin Karl Sandberg aka "Max Martin", Simon Cowell, TuffJam, Grant Nelson.
Sounds Like:

Bacons favourite Club Nights Played:

Back To 95 / Bare As You Dare / Before / Block Party / Club Jam / Club Liberty / Connoisseurs of the Old Skool / Curiosity / Detour and Desire / Destiny / Don’t Be Shy / Family Affaire / Four to the Floor / Frequency Four Four / Frozen In Time / Garage Fever / Garage Nation / Heartless Crew Showcase / House of Garage / Indulgence / Industry / Intrigue / Jazzy Jeff Showcase / Lords of the Underground / Luscious / Music Nation / Nice’n’Sexy / Obsession / Old Skool Sundays / Passion Funkstars / Pure Old Skool / Pioneers of the Old School / Prolific / Premier Nights / Reminisce / Rememberance / Rewind / Sincere / Switch / Twice as Nice / Your Skool

Bacons favourite Venues played in:

London:
Brixton Mass (Brixton - South London) / Café de Paris (West End) / Camouflage (West End) / Carling Academy (Islington - North London) / Copywrite (London) / Eros Super Club (Enfield - North London) RIP / Herbal (Shoreditch – London) / Jam (Brixton – South London) / Ministry of Sound (Elephant & Castle - South London) / NYT (West End) / Opera House (Tottenham - North London) / Priory (Ealing – West London) / Purple E3 (Bow – East London) / Rainforest Café (West End) / Red rooms (Ealing – West London) / Rococo (West End) / Rouge (West End) / Scala Super Club (Kings Cross - North London) / Storm (West End) / Studio 33 (Vauxhall - South London) RIP (now called Hidden) / Straford Rex (East London) / Thirst (West End) / Wandsworth Palace (Wandsworth – South London)

Out of London:
Area (Watford - Hertfordshire) /Brunel Rooms (Swindon - Wiltshire) / Club One92one (Croydon - Surrey) RIP / Club Rise (Grays - Essex) / Club Temptation (Camberley - Surrey) / CM20 (Harlow - Essex) / Destiny (Watford - Hertfordshire) / DNA (Bournemouth - Dorset) / Elements (Bournemouth - Dorset) / Faces (Gants Hill – Essex) / Faces (Hoddeston - Essex) / Firestation (Bournemouth - Dorset) / Kandi Klub (Watford - Hertfordshire) / Liquid (Windsor) / Loop (Croydon - Surrey) / Millennium (Bournemouth - Dorset) / Pantiles (Bagshot - Surrey) / Revolution (Watford - Hertfordshire) / Room 201 (Hemel Hempstead - Hertfordshire) / Scotch (Windsor) / Time’n’Envy (Hemel Hempstead - Hertfordshire) / Zest (Ipswich)

Tours/Festivals Played:

Club Liberty Club Tour / Fire Uni Tour / Fire Music Festival / Fly Bi (p.a.) Club Tour / Garage Nation Club Tour / Greek Island Tour / Greene King Tour / MRKIE.com Club Tour / Musik 4 U Festival / TMF Music Festival / Yates Tour

Record Label: Pink Pudding Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DOWNLOAD: DJ Bacon & Scott Garcia in the mix

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Posted by DJ Bacon - in Switzerland on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:08:00 PST

DOWNLOAD: 'The Get Wet Show' (Interview with Scott Garcia)

Below is a link to download 'The Get Wet Show' with special guest Scott Garcia.   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4K1DAK6T     Please leave comments below   Thanks Bacon  ...
Posted by DJ Bacon - in Switzerland on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:38:00 PST

DOWNLOAD: 'The Get Wet Show' (Interview with Tony Portelli)

Below is a link to download 'The Get Wet Show' with special guest Tony Portelli. It was his first interview in 15 years!!   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PY540WN2     Please leave commen...
Posted by DJ Bacon - in Switzerland on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:36:00 PST

Contacting DJ BACON

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Posted by DJ Bacon - in Switzerland on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:00:00 PST