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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-font-kerning: 11.0pt;">Arran Swales is a DJ and producer from Leeds, England, who has been making a name for himself in Ibiza and the UK over the past few years and is now well placed and ready to move on to bigger and better things. </span>
Arran initially found himself drawn into the club scene through his love of trance and could regularly be seen at some of the UK’s leading night’s nights such as Gatecrasher in Sheffield and Promise in Newcastle. Realising he was into the scene for more than just a night out, it wasn’t long before Arran was buying his own vinyl and his passion was growing, his tastes evolved and expanded, and he started playing out at house parties and local nights, quickly developing a loyal following that encouraged him to go further.
By the summer of 2007 Arran was playing regularly in Ibiza with frequent gigs at The Orange Corner. Following this he went about setting up his own events back home in Leeds and to this end, late 2008 saw Arran run a series of parties at Bar Home, where he hosted DJ’s such as former Godskitchen resident AJ Gibson. It was working with AJ that Arran uncovered his next project, to move the parties to legendary Leeds venue Stinky’s Peephouse, which included a party featuring Judgement Sundays Ibiza resident Vicky Devine.
2008 saw his first track receive plays out in the main room of Ibiza super club Eden, and a third successful season on the White Isle was completed in 2009, playing guest slots at venues such as Kanya, Café Paradiso and BN3 for Tiesto’s pre-party events.
The summer of 2010 saw him take a big step forward in Ibiza, as weekly resident of new house music brand Clinik every Sunday at the new 400 capacity V Club in San Antonio, in addition to a weekly residency at The Orange Corner, playing an extended 3 hour set every Monday afternoon.
Around this time he began a weekly radio show entitled Music Therapy on Ontario, Canada based station Danceradio, which, after receiving positive feedback from listeners and station management, was moved to a more prestigious slot just prior to the first anniversary show in July 2011. Post-Ibiza, in November 2010 he became monthly resident for Tranceology in Birmingham, England, and made his debut in mainland Spain with gigs in Burela and A Coruña, as well as his Japanese debut, playing at the Studio Forum in Tokyo.
Early 2011 saw him continue his residency for Clinik with a gig in London at acclaimed Clapham venue Inigo in addition to making his debut in the United States in Rochester, NY at Decibel Lounge before resuming Ibiza duties in May and, in November, making his debut on the West Coast of the USA for a gig that was so well received, he has been invited back in February 2012.
After a break from production, he is back with a string of tracks including a track on Subtraxx Records, a sub-label of the famous Belgium based label Bonzai, called Saw You Coming which was released in October 2011 and was included on a Nukleuz compilation, and his first vocal track, a collaboration with US based vocalist Michelle Richer, which is due for release in early 2012 on the same label.
He added a second radio show to his portfolio in September 2011, as host of the Clinik Sessions weekly on New York based Sense FM, Wheee FM, Ibiza World Radio and Northern Underground
Arran’s musical style is cons
Eddie Halliwell
Leeds United Kingdom
Member since: 17 Feb 2010
