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and then after Italy we moved onto Munich and got ourselves a gig there also. It was an amazing adventure, that i'll never forget and it was definitely a huge part in giving me the dj itch.
What has been your favourite venue to play at over the years?
There have been so many amazing venues and some of the best have not been venues and have been locations. One amazing place was in the middle of the jungle by a lagoon for cave diving.. near Playa Del Carman. That was unreal and felt almost prehistoric and as if a dinosaur could have walked past at any minute.. or maybe that was the lack of sleep.
You’ve a career within the industry spanning over 25 years and to have amassed such a longevity and still be deemed relevant that takes some doing. What are your most memorable moments from organising legal & illegal underground parties?
Our first Wiggle was a really close shave, as we lost the venue the night before. I had to run around all day trying to find another space for the party for that night. I managed to find some where at the last minute and we ended having a brilliant first party and Wiggle was born... i'll never forget that one!
How did you deal with and over come the issues the licensing of the unique venues in the early years?
There was no such thing as a licence back then and you just put the party on as a and hoped you wouldn't get closed down. Fortunately none of the parties i've been involved in, have been stopped... but i've had to do some serious smooth talking with my fair share of local chief inspectors.
How did the link up with Terry Francis, which transpired into the curating of WIGGLE, fall into place?
Terry and I met through our girlfriends back in the early 90's and he actually played at the first party I ever did. I'd wanted to organise a party ever since I went to my first warehouse party, which was one of the Sunrise parties in 1989. One day I found a big old abandoned victorian house in Blackheath, that had the basement windows boarded up and I managed to get in and transform it. There was fungus on the walls and it was really run down.. but it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it and I roped some friends into help and we cleaned it up and put bin liners on the wales to cover up the damp, got a sound system, some lights and I asked Terry to come and play. it turned out to be a great night and it gave me a taste to wanna do more parties. I lost touch with Terry for a bit after that, but we linked up when I got involved in co founding a party called Heart & Soul and Terry started playing for us and they were really special parties and amazing times. After a year of Heart & Soul, I decided to move on and Terry, myself and our girlfriends started Wiggle.. the rest is history.
Wiggle was one one the original brands that began distributing bass driven grooves through events and as a label, in part forming the sound that we now know as Tech House. How have you managed to maintain such a high standard and consistently set n?
We've just played, made and released the music we love over the years and it's as simple as that really.
Over the years you’ve showcased world renown acts such as Richie Hawtin, Alex Arnout & Stimming, what was it like working with acts of such calibre and who have been your favourite guest over the years?
So many to mention really, but Maetrik live in the Wiggle room at Fabric was really special and it was before he had blown up.. so not many people knew what was coming. He fried everyones onions!
You’ve released over 200 tracks and have a number of respected artists release on Wiggle, including Phillip Ort, Saytek & one my favourite DJ’s Ceri. What 3 tracks that have been released