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Steve Gerrard
Bedrock / Wrecked Angle / Filta
"Steve Gerrard is another DJ who is making a name for himself by delivering great
sets everywhere he goes. He always rocks it at Bedrock when he plays." John Digweed
Steve Gerrard is a name that, if you follow progressive music, you will be hearing
plenty of this year. Hailing from Chester, he now lives in Birmingham, UK and got
his first taste of house music in 1994 when he was given a copy of the first
Renaissance album. He recalls hearing the track "Song Of Life" by Leftfield and it
completely changed his ear for music and his life today.
In 1998, Steve won Muzik Magazine's Bedroom Bedlam competition, and 2 years later
won the Ericsson Award for Best Bedroom Bedlam DJ. Since then his career has gone
from strength to strength. With influences that range from Sasha and Digweed, Nick
Warren and Danny Howells to Adam Freeland and Hybrid and the technical skills of
Anthony Pappa, he has developed a unique style, which is: deep, progressive house
mixed with breakbeat, building steadily and creating a set which is more than the
sum of its parts. All the while keeping in mind that it is his job to make people
want to dance and keep on dancing.
These days, Steve's living the life that many aspiring DJ's dream of. He gets to
travel all over the world, meet new people and play great music. "If you're lucky",
he says, "this job allows you to do all of those things, and that's something I'm
very grateful for." Although we know it's more than just luck that will take you
places.
Some of Steve's notable accomplishments include: Winning the Ericsson Muzik Award
(best bedroom bedlam DJ 2000), starting his own successful club night in Birmingham
called Subspace and headlining at some of the world's greatest clubs. He also
produces as one half of both Filta and Wrecked Angle.
Now with a full DJing schedule, Steve has been invited to play around the world at
clubs like Bedrock, Home (London), Nikita (San Francisco), Giant (LA), Spundae (WMC
Miami), Limelight (NYC), Code (Birmingham), Ministry of Sound, The End (London), as
well as being picked by Steve Lawler to be resident at his Midweek Session night.
Steve's played alongside the A-list of DJs, and his broad musical tastes saw him
invited to appear as the support DJ for Oasis at Wembley Stadium in front of 93,000
people!!!
Steve's mixes have been featured on such well-known dance radio shows as Pete Tong's
Essential Selection and John Digweed's Kiss FM show in London, which he's appeared
on 3 times. He also mixed a CD for the cover of Muzik Magazine (December 2000).
As if the life of a jet-setting wasn't enough, Steve's now also focusing on
production. He and studio partner Russell Pearce have released tracks and remixes
under the names Wrecked Angle (breaks) and Filta (progressive). With releases on
Minimal, Intrinsic & Choo Choo, plus remixes for the likes of Baroque,
Navigation and 3 Beat. John Digweed, Sasha, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Steve
Lawler, Hybrid, James Zabiela and Danny Howells have all been supporting their
tracks. The Wrecked Angle mix of Age Of Love appeared on Hernan Cattaneo's
Renaissance mix CD.
In 2004 Steve finally released his debut mix CD, entitled "Thinking Out Loud".
Digweed said of the album "Steve Gerrard's reputation as a great DJ is increasing
year on year. This mix shows exactly why, with a cool mix of house and breaks." The
double CD, mixed totally live without any computer technology, had great reviews
worldwide. iDJ magazine called it "a sterling mix joining the dots between
progressive house and breaks" and Progressive Sounds called Steve "one of the most
inspiring up and coming DJs".
Xpander called Steve "one of the most impressive upcoming DJ's in the world", and
Chris from Hybrid said in Muzik magazine that "Steve is one of the best up and
coming DJs I've heard in a long time. He has very similar tunes in his box to me,
actually - deep, progressive tracks that aren't too shiny! I walked into a club
recently and he was playing most of the stuff I was going to play... God knows where
he gets all those tunes!"
If you're looking for new talent this year, look no further...
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