Anthony Holder

Bio

Technic 1200 x 2, CDJ 800 x 2, DJM 800....
Cd's & vinyl....all types of house, as long as it rocks, it'll be played.
I was first drawn into djing back in the early 90's after being influenced by the electronica sounds of Sunset Radio (808 State), Paul Taylor & friends at the now legendary club Angels, Burnley and the harder techno sounds of the dj's at hippos in Middleton. I soon sussed out the art of mixing, practicing for hours in my mum and dad’s dining room and my friends bedroom mixing jungle, techno and old skool. Pretty soon, after much harassment, the landlord agreed to let me play in the function room of my local pub, which lead to my first kind of residency, every Friday playing to a wide verity of people, playing a mixture of old skool house, disco and soul. But wanted to play the sounds that I heard every Friday at Angels. After speaking to my clubbing friends, telling them about what I was doing, they joined me in the backroom before we left for Angels and I started to get a following – which then got the attention of the owner of Sam’s, a nightclub in the centre of Bury. It was your typical cheesy nightclub, with no musical direction, until I played there. My first night must have been a shock for the locals, as I played a house set and my friends filling the dancefloor, it was a hit. The owner offered me a bi-monthly slot, on a Saturday so he kept his resident on a Friday and on a Saturday when I didn’t play, also it didn’t clash with my set in my local pub and more importantly my weekly travels up to Angels. Since then I developed a style, pretty much my own, blending tracks in such a way I can tease the crowd until the right moment, releasing tunes with maximum effect. I always like an element of funk in my sets and play different styles of house in my sets, but what really get’s me going is dirty, twisted, deep house with harder tech house. And on occasion I will play funky beats of breaks with techno. When behind the decks I display all the energy and passion of the music, loving, breathing and feeling every moment. And once I’ve finished, I love nothing more than joining the party and dancing (or trying) on the dancefloor till the early hours. Using the contacts that I made through various message boards, I set out to make my dream come true and a name for myself in Manchester. I started in the Drybar, Manchester’s most legendary bar as a guest, returning on more than one occasion. I collaborated with a friend to promote and dj at a one off night at Sankeys Soap for our friends from the club and the message board. These gigs lead to other gigs in Manchester. It got to the point where I wanted to run and maintain a night of my own, hence Fusion was born, where I and a friend could play what we wanted, the full spectrum of house, from US vocal right through to full on techno. The owner of The Attic moved our night to a Saturday because of the success and it ran for 8 months, until we decided to pull the night due to unforeseen issues. Since then I have keep on djing, gaining guest slots in bars/clubs in Manchester, returning to venues again and again keep the crowd rocking, keeping the dream alive. Demo mixes are available. EXPERIENCE/VENUES Drybar Manchester - Subliminal Funk Sankeys Soap Manchester - Soapbar Phull Phat Sankeys - Manchester – Veryveryverywrongindeed Sankeys - In Bed With Space Spirit Manchester - Spectrum Sessions Jones's Chester – WISH Barca Manchester NYE 2004 - Intro The Phoenix Bar Manchester - Tangled Warm Up The Attic Manchester - Fusion (resident/promoter) RIGMATU - Club North Manchester - Tuesdays are... - Ginnyk show - Disco Tech - Djs In The Mix Show - every Saturday 5pm till 6pm GMT. - Sonica @ Spektrum September 12th -;DARK MATTER weekly show on www.clublifeglobal.com - Outside In - red sed dance sessions - REVOLUCION RECORDS RADIO SHOW - Transmission FM
Kerri Chandler, Dariue Syrossian, Steve Lawler, Carl Cox, Paul Taylor, Sasha, Digweed, Nick Warren, Greg Vickers, Dave Spoon, Laidback Luke, Axwell, Max Cooper, Tim Sheridan, Deadmau5, Johnny Cash (legend)

Manchester United Kingdom

Member since: 18 Apr 2009