DJ Bio
This biography covers a 23-year span from 1983 to 2006 with more up-to-date info to be added soon. For more details about any of these events please contact Rob.
| 2006 | A new monthly residency for F2D Breaks meets Funky House starts @ Hidden mid-January. History of House builds by moving to Koko [formerly Camden Palace] now incorporating the best new Funky House tunes too. The weekly Sunday morning show on Passion 91.8 continues, starting a little earlier at 9am now [also catch it on www.passion918fm.com too], Promised Land stays @ The Scala and a big Moondance trip is planned for Barcelona sometime during early Summer '06. New show from February on Unknown 90.2FM - www.unknownfm.com, every Monday night 10pm - midnight |
| 2005 | F2D Breaks Moondance @ The Egg, Funk Life @ The Langley, Lenny Grooves' Champagne Fridays in Epping. In March a weekly Sunday morning show on Passion 91.8 FM commenced, playing the 10am-12pm slot [also broadcasted through the internet on www.passion918fm.com], Promised Land @ The Scala, United Dance Raindance @SE1, Kiss 20/20 20th Birthday Party @ Alexandra Palace and Funky House @ Sin pretty much summarises the year. |
| 2003-2004: | Rob provided mixes for two radio shows: a monthly "Labmix" for Wayne C McDonald's Saturday night show on Metro Radio in Newcastle upon Tyne, and a weekly mix for Matt Trollope's Sunday night "Club Mix City" show (tied in with my chart in the Recorder local newspapers) on Soul City FM in London and Essex. 2003 also saw Rob contribute to "Urban Essentials" magazine, writing the monthly US House reviews page. Gigs included a new monthly club residency with Freedom 2 Dance called Breaks at the Egg kicked off successfully in November, also a 'House Room' residency rolled through at Kiss 100's flagship event 'Moondance' at the massive SEOne club at London Bridge. |
| 2002-2003: | Progressed with new gigs at Rulin and Soul Heaven @ Ministry of Sound. Appearances for Rob have also taken place at Red @ the Fez in Reading, City Loud (with Robert Owens) and The Gallery (with Pete Tong) @ Turnmills and monthly gigs at Camden Palace for EHM and Freedom2Dance productions. Ibiza commitment progressed to a Monday night residency at Pin up on Platja den Bossa across the whole Summer of 2003. |
| Summer 2001/2: | In the summers of 2001/2 Rob was part of the "Soulsonic Izit Dance? Relaxation Thereapy Tour" in Ibiza. Back in 2001 Rob made his debut, and now is resident jock at DJ Helmut's "International G.A.Y. Happening" Bank Holiday parties in Duesseldorf at "Nachtresidenz", where 3,000 attend. |
| 1998-2001: | Southport Dance Weekenders, Hippodrome (Leicester Square), Bagleys (King's Cross), The Honey Club (Brighton) and Sugar (Royal Leamington Spa). In addition to this, Rob has worked with London's Kiss 100 as a club DJ at many of their events over the past fourteen years. He is an Ibiza veteran and has played in the main rooms at the following venues across the past twelve years: Privilege, Terrace at Space, Amnesia, Pacha, Es Paradis, Bora Bora, Cafe Mambo, Savannah, QPQ, El Divino and Eden. Rob presented a Saturday night show on the commercial radio station Active 107.5 FM (now Soul City FM) for 5 years ('98-'02) The show focused on US House, and held the second highest share of listening for the whole station (source: Rajar). |
| 1996-1998: | Divine, World Dance, One Nation and Kiss 100 FM's House Nation at The End (Holborn). |
| 1993-1996: | Galax-e @ Cafe de Paris (Piccadilly Circus), Spirit @ SW1, Slinky Fruity @ Legends (Old Burlington Street, Mayfair), Club UK and The Leisure Lounge. |
| 1991-1993: | Resident DJ at Kiss 100 FM's 3rd Base, playing alongside Roger Sanchez, Judge Jules, Fabio, Grooverider, and Paul 'Trouble' Anderson. Also played at Camden Palace, Ministry of Sound and Glastonbury Festival. |
| 1989-1991: | Kiss FM's 2nd Base/Trouble's House (resident DJ with Paul 'Trouble' Anderson) @ Dingwalls (Camden Town), Brighton's Zap Club, London Astoria and Brixton Academy. |
| 1988-1989: | DJing on pirate station "Strong Island Radio" with the "Re-inforced Records" crew and at organised warehouse parties. |
| 1983-1988: | Playing Soul, Electro and Hip Hop at private organised parties in and around London. |