Bio
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Dj Darren Hardy is a versatile, Soulful House DJ. He is known for his unique style and talent for creating that memorable set. He likes to spice up his Soulful mixes by playing a selection of Funky, Deep, Disco, Jackin, Tribal, Latin and Tech House grooves.
He had his first taste of mixing back in 1992 whilst spinning some tunes on a friends decks, after just a few attempts he was hooked and soon enough bought his first set of decks. From then on he experimented with various styles of dance music, predominately hardcore which was dominating the scene at the time. Drum and Bass, House and UK Garage were to follow, along with a brand new set of Technic SL1210s. In 1997 he had his first big break on landing a fortnightly Friday night resident slot at the Mirage Club, aka The House of Windsor, where he played alongside fellow DJ and friend Ryan Giorgiano at the widely established Garage UK event. In 1998 he landed a slot alongside the mighty Heartless Crew @ underground Flavours, a NYE event held @ Pyramid Studios in London.
In 1999 he changed his style of music and moved on from Mirage to the legendary Manor where he played a monthly slot of Soulful House and US Garage alongside resident DJs Si Gracia and Seth Sanchez and doing warm up sets for the likes of CJ Mackintosh, Dj Disciple, Danny Rampling and Joey Negro. Sadly after just a year, in 2000 this spot ended as the Manor closed its doors for the last time. At this point he decided to take a break from professional djing, although his love of the music and desire to perform soon led him back to what he does best.
In 2004 he re-established himself with his own event @ OCs nightclub in Birmingham, namely Surpassion and a residency @ Sunday Function, an after party event held @ G2 also in Brum, where he produced various live mix cds. His return to the scene also led him to encounter Mr H and The Smooth Team who were based in Reading and soon hooked him up with a regular slot @ Mangos throughout the summer of 2006 where he played a smooth blend of Soulful House in their contemporary garden area.
In 2007 he teamed up with his good friend Simon B and together they became Soul Clerics. Since becoming Soul Clerics they had quite a busy schedule playing weekly on their own radio show (Soul Clerics Recovery Sessions-Logik FM) and at various different venues such as Klute, K1, Supastar Boudoir and Bar So (Bournemouth) Tonic, Sleepers and Bar Rock (Basingstoke) Mango, Fez and Face Bar (Reading) Apartment (Swindon) Square (Camberley) Niche (London) the list goes on, and also playing their two monthly resident slots at Junkclub (Southampton) and Origins-Twenty (Bournemouth).
After a busy and exciting period as the Soul Clerics they both decided that they would like to go their own way and continue their djing careers as solo artists.
Darren is still in popular demand and can still be found playing at venues all over the southcoast, he is now also concentrating fully on the production and releasing of his own material and with continuous djing opportunities and production shaw to follow, the future's looking good for Dj Darren Hardy.
Basingstoke United Kingdom
Member since: 17 Jan 2011
