These are the most powerful men you may ever get to know.
They have the power to make thousands, maybe millions of people to dance.
Now that's not bad in my book:
THE Tool of the trade / Carl Cox / Dave Pearce / David Morales / Judge Jules / Norman Cook / Sasha / Paul Oakenfold / Pete Tong
Ask a DJ which decks he uses and as sure as Bernard Manning is fat, and Headache follows funnelling frenzy, he will say 'Technics" Never mind model numbers or shit like that, everyone knows He's referring to the Technics 1210 MKII or it's slinky older albino version, the 1200. Go to any club in the world, and there will be at least two 1210's Everyone uses them, everyone swears by them.
Following on from the SP-1500, the 1200 MK1 was introduced in 1973 after being developed by panasonic. The Pitch control was a digital affair, with 2 buttons which adjusted the pitch up or down by 0.5% and was shown on a dinky little screen. Which was nice. It incorporated the 'new' direct drive system, where the platter is welded directly to the motor. In November 1980, Technincs indtroduced the 1200 MKII with the familiar vari-speed slider to the right of the platter and nothing has changed since (Save the introduction of 1210 in 1986) Technics are planning on releasing the 1210 MKIII globally in 2002, I belive it is availiable in Japan.
Dance music now has its equivilant of rock's Fender Stratocaster
Scary isn't he? NO! The Big Guy, Music's Mr. Nice, good ol' 3 decks Coxy is one of, if not THE UKs most poplar Jocks.
He was Mr. HArdcore at one point,. but resenting the tag, he changed to Mr. Techno. Thats the thing about Coxy, when you think you've got him sussed, he confounds your expectations. Take his Kiss FM show, he was hired to be a techno DJ, but in his first hour on the waves, he banged out rare grooves, house foundations and house collections. As he saw it:
"People need to be educated about music got like it is today. People must know there was life before house music"
His first regular gig was as a moblie jock for Sutton Footbal club in the early eighties, before breaking into the resident circuit of Brighton and London. It wasn't long before establishing himself as one of the countires top DJs. Well done Mr. Nice
A clever bloke, some say he pioneered house music and I think he did a pretty good job of it. His trademark of "Roll another Fat one" has certainly stuck, with the most successful radio dance show on Radio 1
It's not like he invented house music, nor was he the first DJ about either. But as the brief history of dance music approaches the unfolding path to the millennium, David Morales' name will be the one you'll most likely see at the neon sign manufacturers. Born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican parents, Marales was already spinning regualrly at his own parties in his early teens and at a club called ozone layer.
In the reduced size universe that is dance music, David Morales is at the summit.
Born Julius O'Riordan, Jules aquired his nom-de-techniques while he was balancing a law degree and runnig clubs at the same time. "When I started DJing it was a wallies job, the qualifications were afootball haircut and a loud shirt!" Organising groove parties in the eighties he discovered on a New York trip he began playng it.
A Kiss FM DJ from thier Pirate days he remained with them as they became legal in 1990 and presided over thier highest-rated show until Radio 1 appraoched him in '97. He joined the manifesto label, a subsidary of Polydor in 1994 and He remains one of clublands most popular and sought-after DJs
The remix champion of 1998, real name Quentin Norman Cook. And he still gets to pork Zoe Ball
Sasha, the UKs home-grown DJ superstar, Sasha.
His name (A deviation of his real name Alexander) has the hint of glamour neccessary for a star DJ. Born in Bangor, he soon found something to occupy his time. IN 1988 he became resident at Hacienda. He then moved to Manchester and his gigs were only a blag away.
The best DJ in the world (apparently) Recently had been awarded a place in the guinness book of records.
In september 1987 three things arrived on the shores of the quiet island of Ibiza. House music, Ecstasy, and Paul Oakenfold. He revolutionised acid house and became the head of perfecto records in 1990:
Learn more at www.pauloakenfold.com
LAAAAAARRRGGGGGEEEE IT!!!