Profile

Tony began his DJ’ing career back in 1991 in the Northern City of Leeds, playing at Ark and Dream.  He was soon presenting several shows on Dream FM in 1992.  Tony landed his first weekly club residency in 1992, playing at the Gallery in Leeds for the world famous Utah Saints, with whom he also toured America. 

By 1993, Tony had founded and promoted ‘Happy’ a weekly house night based at the Leeds Music Factory, which became best mid-week dance night in the UK (as voted by DJ Magazine). 

In 1994, Tony promoted and DJ’d at ‘Love To Be’ voted club of the year in 1995, before gaining the accolade of Best Resident DJ in the UK in 1996. 

Tony’s love of music crossed over into the mainstream UK radio network including:  Dream Fm from 1992 until 1995.  In 1996 Tony moved over to present and produce the Transatlantic Mix show on Kiss/Galaxy.  His show was co-presented with DJ Disciple live from NYC and featured the best upfront house music alongside interviews with artistes such as:  Armand Van Helden, Roger Sanchez, DJ Sneak, Eric Morillo, Mousse T, David Morales, Tony Humphries, Barbara Tucker, Sandy B and many more.  Tony also presented the Dance Capital Show on Galaxy 102 for Manchester.  Several of Tony’s shows have been syndicated globally to the following radio station worldwide:  Station 1 (Italy), UK Radio (Greece), KDGE (Dallas) and WIRE (New York City).

Tony was then elevated to the realms of Superstar DJ, when he broke into the Worlds Top 100 DJ list flying straight in at number 22!

Since the early to late 90’s, Tony has been a regular spinner at some of the biggest and best clubs around the globe including: Federation, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, El Divino, Space, Pacha (Ibiza), Centro Fly, Cheetah (NYC), Supper Club (Amsterdam), Passion, déjà vu, Kinky Malinky, Sugar (Singapore), Salt (Australia), and Stark (Dallas).

Tony’s production credits are lengthy and they include projects for Jonnie Fiori, Lonnie Gordon, Mary Pierce, Unique 3 and Serena as well as his own tracks recorded as:  Main Connection, Soul Friction, One Foot in the Groove, Peak Time Players and the Barkin Brothers.

Alongside, his DJ’ing and production work, Tony is currently Managing Director of T:MIX which is one of the North’s leading Production and Promotion Agencies, in addition to being the founder and Company Director of ‘One Foot In The Groove’ record label.  He is also a guest speaker for the DJ course at the Leeds College of Music and is Music Industry Consultant for the UK Government.

Tony’s residencies and regular appearances in the UK include the following vast amount of venues:  Ministry of Sound (London), Federation (Leeds/Manchester/Newcastle), Retro (various UK wide), Sankey’s (Manchester), Venus (Manchester), Love to Be (Sheffield), Déjà vu (Hull), Red (Reading), Foundation (Newcastle), Garage City (London), Angel Delite (Manchester), Glasshouse (Leeds), XS (Burnley), Babooshka (Birmingham), On A Plate (Manchester), Passion (Coleville), Empire (Middlesboro’), Bamboo (Glasgow), Thompsons Garage (Belfast), Blend (Derby) and Tokyo Project (Oldham).

His ever increasing guest spots around the UK include the following from North to South:  Love Parade (Leeds), Slinky (Bournmouth), Fabric (London), Ménage a Trios (Southampton), Elbow Room (Leeds/London), Hacienda (Manchester), Hard Times (Leeds), Up Yer Ronson (Leeds), Release The Pressure (London), Creation (Bristol), Out In The Sticks (Todmorden), Funk Labs (Harrogate), Po Na Na (Lincoln/Leicester/Leeds/Harrogate), Full On (Isle of Mann), Coach (Banbridge), Squires (Londonderry), Base (Leeds), World (Warrington), Shindig (Newcastle), Baglys (London), Madissons (Jersey), Manor Born (Sunderland), Revolution (Manchester), Spirits (Leicester), Leisure Lounge (London), Ampersand (Manchester), and many more!

The overseas guest slots have included the world as a whole stemming from Europe to the Americas, South East Asia and Africa. The venues include:  Centro Fly (NYC), Cheetah (NYC), Sound Factory Bar (NYC), Tilt (NYC), Decos (NYC), Seven (Dallas), Fishdance (Dallas), Stark (Dallas), Release (Chicago), Life (Toronto), Pacha (Ibiza), Eden (Ibiza), Es Paradis (Ibiza), Amnesia (Ibiza), Mambo (Ibiza), Café Del Mar (Ibiza), Kanya (Ibiza), Locomotive (Paris), Industry (Malta), Set (Falaraki), Supper Club (Amsterdam), Seymore Lity (Amsterdam), Paradiso (Lisbon), Sugar (Singapore), Zook (Singapore), One World (Sydney), Home (Sydney), Salt (Melbourne), Recharge (Johannesburg), Candy Club (Tenerife), Oh Marbella (Marbella), and again countless more venues throughout the world.

Being a DJ has led Tony into being a record reviewer for DJ Magazine, BPM and 8020 magazines (Greater Manchester based).  He has also written freelance contributions for Ministry, Muzik, Discoid and Club On magazines – all very well thought of within the music industry.  He has also managed 2 record shops, mainly looking after the vinyl at Urban Rhythm Records and Eastern Bloc Records.

Tony has also made a number of TV appearances including:  DFC (MTV Europe), Clubavision (ITV UK), Ibiza Uncovered (SKY), Tenerife Uncovered (SKY) and Connected (Cable).  

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