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DJ Griff

Born on the 3rd of April 1970 in Amsterdam, Marco Greven began spinning records at the tender age of 15. His musical tastes are eclectic, from Mantronix, Boogie Down Productions to U2, Depeche Mode and The Talking Heads....In 1988 he started spinning Acid-House, and branched out to varying styles, from New York house to Detroit techno and Ambient; and in 1992 finally bought his first set of Technics SL-1200's, and thus began a DJ career. DJ Griff has been on and off the turntables for over 20 years now.

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Dave Congreve

Having been inspired by trips to Detroit's legendary Music Institute and Chicago's Shelter, where he saw Richie Hawtin, Derrick May and Derrick Carter respectively, Dave started his own night in Nottingham (Ask Yer Dad) in the early '90's and was one of the first clubs to book guests who shared Dave's vision of house and techno such as John Aquaviva, Josh Wink, and the aforementioned Derrick Carter.

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Carl Brown

Carl Brown has made loads of music. The first to be available to people he hasn't met in person is "The Luminaries Must Be Destroyed" EP, put out by TheCentrifuge.co.uk and Acroplane.org (go and download it for free). He has played at many nights in East Anglia, and a few further afield, at Bangface and a Planet Mu event. His music ranges from melodic IDM to Jungle and Comedy Gabber (He is the creator of Tesco Value Gabba, popular with the Bangface crowd). He is currently (June 09) working on a number of projects encompassing Jazz, Prog-rock and Comedy Gabber.

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John Kelly

John Kelly is a true legend of dance music ,and a pioneer of the early house scene. There is not a lot that this man has not done. He has graced the decks at all of the worlds greatest clubs and has been a regular at the likes of Cream, Gatecrasher, Godskichen, Slinky, Passion,Miss Moneypennies, Chuff Chuff, resident at Ministry of Sound as well as all of the leading festivals including Creamfields and Global Gathering .

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Mark Maitland

Mark Maitland is one of the most proactive hard house/techno DJ’s in the North East of England. With initial breakthrough bookings in and around Newcastle, he quickly expanded onto a national platform. With residencies at Promise, Come Together and backing from hard house label Energy UK. Mark Maitland has all off a sudden become notable face on the Hard Dance circuit. With dates that have included “Godkitchen’s” mighty Arena tour in 2004, “Vicious Circle” and “Frantic” rooms @ Come Together Events, “GoodGreef” @ Tall Trees, and Newcastle infamous “Quality”.

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