The Sound Of Subst@nce Vol 1

1. Kikumoto Allstars - Warehouse Days
2. Justin Martin - The Fugitive (Sei A Mix)
3. UNKLE - Hold My Hand (Innervisions Orchestra Mix)
4. Jimmy Hill - LateNiteSleaze
5. DJ Honesty - Bleep Me (Jimpster Perspective Mix)
6. Segeke - Deeper Side (Elon Mix)
7. Undo & Vicknoise - Submarino
8. Chris Lum - Feeling High (Acapella)
9. Ben Watt - Just A Blip
10. Chus & Ceballos - Low Frequencies (Acapella)
11. Tim Jirgenson - The Rabbit Proof Fence (Jamie Anderson's Detroit Sub Mix)
12. Sasse - Break Up (The Timewriter Droit Up Mix)
13. Techno Squirrels - Love Comes First
14. SHOW -B - On A String (Dub Mix)
15. Booka Shade - In White Rooms (Mexico Mix)
16. Booka Shade - Night Falls

Biog

Growing up in the Uk positioned between the 3 big cities of Leeds, Sheffield, and Nottingham Steve grew tired of always having to travel to get his fix of quality house music on a weekly basis, yet there was little on offer on his doorstep. After scraping together enough money to buy some turntables Steve and his friends (a collection of promising musicians, bedroom dj’s and budding young promoters) originally started promoting and djing at free outdoor events in and around his home city. Steve was not looking for money as a reward, just wanting to have a quality party of his own in his home town. At the time, a name for the night could not be agreed so they named it after the style of music they would play. Funky, grooving, tech house music. Funktec was born. From free parties to house parties to boat parties, regular gigs at most of the better bars in and around his home city followed. The music and their name was spreading and this led to longstanding residencies at arguably two of the best nights to grace the UK in recent years, Reach @ Ponana and Choobe @ The Cell. The latter was hailed by Mixmag magazine as one of the top 3 nights in the country at the time and featuring dj‘s such as Mark Knight, Cagedbaby, Pete Gooding and Inland Knights to name a few. Steve stayed on as resident for these two nights for a total of 6 years before moving to Dubai in January 2008.

Upon moving to Dubai Steve teamed up with Kazeen Events & DJ Agency after Adrian Galea (co-founder) heard his mixes posted online and asked him to get involved with them. Kazeen have staged numerous highly successful events and regular club nights in Dubai over the past 5 years, most prominently the immense Halloween party 'All Hallows 3' at Dubai World Trade Centre, where Steve played the main slot of the night to over 700 tech house loving revellers.

Steve, along with co-promoter James Hastings, has now turned his attention to promoting and djing at a new night that they have started in Dubai called Subst@nce. The premise of the night is to deliver uncomprimised music by quality home grown/local DJ's to a musically educated and up for it crowd in a non-pretentious environment, something that Steve feels is currently lacking in Dubai. After putting on two successful recent events Steve and Subst@nce are now looking to capitalise on the enthusiasm surrounding the night and push the night and the sound to the next level.