Rory Frazer Kelly
Yorkshireman of Scottish/Irish BloodPlays a mix of Funk/Soul/60’s & 70’s Beat/Psych Rock/Garage Rock/Old school/Hip/Hop/Electro/Vintage Rock’n'Roll/Punk/Ska/Reggae/Northern Soul/Rare Groove/50’s R&B…….. & anything else inbetween.
Love of the Brave
A recent acquisition of a job lot of old recording equipment, which had been in storage in a garage belonging to a 97 year woman, uncovered a long forgotten gem. In amongst the cart of one of the tape machines we bought were four mouldy 1″ reel boxes marked “Rita Brave – album sessions Oct-Dec ‘71″. Although the boxes were perishing, the reels were perfectly preserved within the plastic sheaths. We fell in love with what we found and felt duty bound to breathe new life into her work so that it may see the light of day.
Over the next year, with an 8-track tape machine and a bunch of old valve recording equipment we set about reworking some of the material we found. Some things we kept, some things we didn’t. A collaboration spanning 40 years.
John Parker
John started out on Northern Soul scene in the early 70s attending the major venues and soon discovering a passion for the scene…From early days behind the decks at the local youth clubs it wasn’t long before John became a familiar figure at venues such as Derby’s Assembly rooms, the City Hall and Samantha’s at Sheffield. Over the years Johns vinyl collection has developed into one of the country’s finest and he’s graced the decks at the legendary Prestatyn weekender, as well as regular spots at massive venues such as Bridlington and Scarborough weekenders and Tadcasters Riley Smith hall.
Tony Hatfield
Tony cut his teeth as a young Northern Soul DJ in the Wetherby area with his frequent trips further afield to Wigan and Cleethorpes yielding a constant flow of mouth watering gems for the local young pretenders…Tony soon established the Barley Fields all dayers and Boston Spa Youth club on Northern Soul scene.
BOYWONDER (Kevin Harper)
Kevin Harper aka “BOYWONDER” & George Eveyln met in Bradford in1984 As young Hip-Hop/ breakdance fans, & by 1985 ran their own club called “Downbeat” & Breakdance Troop called “The Solar City Rockers” Inaugurating their Poverty label in 1989 with a 12” feat Hip-Hop tune “Starting a Fact” on one side and “Let It Roll/ Dextrous” on the flip “Dextrous” became Warp’s second single which Put “Nightmares” well on the Northern Bleep scene alongside house pioneers “Unique 3” the likes of “LFO” & The “Forgemasters” 1990’s “Aftermath” crept into the charts at no 38 but following the “Word Of Science” album Harper left to concentrate on his DJ career which took him to Europe & other parts of the Globe….
Denney
This cheeky northerner has really been causing waves amongst the dance fraternity over the last couple of years, pushing his distinctive brand of quality Acid House and Techno. It wasnt until the end of 2004 that things really started to pick up for Denney when Mixmag awarded him the title of “Youngest Mixmag Future Hero”, This was a real stepping stone, as a few weeks after the magazine had been published, He was asked to warm up for Fatboy Slim on his much acclaimed Palookeville album tour infront of 2000 people.
Gold Frank
Gold frank, otherwise known as Richard Elsby hails and wails from the overtly fashionable northern town of Leeds A year in to University whilst simultaneously managing the city’s finest skate emporium, his boss, a long time friend and mentor suddenly passed away. Never one to miss an opportunity, Frank immediately left Uni to open his own store and capitalize on the huge customer base already set in place.
Richy Ahmed
Richy Ahmed is at the forefront of a new breed of British DJs, who are re-defining house music taking cues from disco, techno, funk and hip-hop.
Over the last year British house music has been through a renaissance with a whole new generation of DJs and producers like Robert James, Subb-an, Russ Yallop and Maya Jane Coles quickly making names for themselves. In the midst of this surge of homegrown talent is Richy Ahmed, Hot Natured resident and part of the Hot Creations inner circle.
Robert Owens
Ask any fan of dance music who their favourite male vocalist is and nine times out of ten Robert Owens name will come back. Sure, there are other great male house vocalists out there, but with more than twenty years as a gifted singer, songwriter, producer and DJ under his belt, Robert has not so much embellished house music as played a large part in defining it. ‘Tears’, ‘I’ll Be Your Friend’ and ‘Ordinary People’ are just some of the tunes that have borne his black velvet voice and gone on to become truly classic dance records.
James Priestley
Before long James discovered House, Hardcore and Jungle, making weekly trips to raves and clubs in Cambridge, London and East Anglia. It wasn’t long before he started to mess around on his friends’ turntables, and in 1995 managed to get his first pair of decks. It was while at university in Nottingham that James first started playing out, at the time of the more melodic, deeper side of Drum n Bass which he spearheaded locally with his ‘Bassic’ night, viewed by many as the ‘Swerve’ of the Midlands, welcoming the likes of Fabio to the club on regular occasions.
