‘There are people who play records
and there are DJ’s who blow minds, Eddie Halliwell is
the latter…who makes every set, no matter how small
the club or how big the festival, feel like the closing party
of the end of the world’ - Mixmag, 2003.
Despite having only just turned 25 Eddie Halliwell is now
firmly established as one of the most exciting new DJ’s
in the world having just been Voted 25th in the 2004 DJ Mag
Top 100 Poll. Unbelievably passionate about music he infects
the crowd with his energy, captivating them with his highly
visual performances (his interaction with the crowd has got
to be seen to be believed!) and jaw dropping turntable trickery…he
really is a “true” DJ.
What makes this even more remarkable is the way Eddie burst
onto the world stage just two years ago as the highest new
entry in the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll. Since then his rise has
been unstoppable, a fact recognised at the start of 2004 when
he was crowned Mixmag “DJ of the Year 2003”. This
year has in fact been his most successful to date with Eddie
performing the closing set at Creamfields, making his Godskitchen
debut, headlining Frantic’s Hard House Academy (London’s
biggest party), spinning a third live Radio 1 Essential Mix
plus he still has forthcoming appearances at Gatecrasher N/ICE
and his own “BOSH! Live" tour around the UK to
come!
The year has also seen a considerable rise in demand for
Eddie internationally with two tours of East Asia, a tour
of Australia with Godskitchen and numerous visits to the USA,
Canada, Russia, Dubai and Egypt. In Ibiza he enjoyed his third
season as resident at Judgement Sundays (again the busiest
night on the White Isle) and in August completed his third
live Radio 1 Essential Mix alongside Paul Oakenfold at Cream
@ Amnesia. This was an experience Eddie particularly relished
as it marked his first “official duties” as a
new Radio 1 Resident, having won this coveted position following
his previous Essential Mixes (May and August 2003) with a
series of outstanding guest mixes on Judge Jules’ &
Pete Tong’s regular Weekend shows.
Having been bought up in the north west of England, it is
where Eddie made his name and by 2002 held residencies at
both Goodgreef (Mixmag Club of the Year 2003 & Runner-Up
2004) and Gatecrasher. Now he is a headliner at both clubs
and also makes regular appearances at Slinky, Inside Out,
Cream, Godskitchen, Garlands and Frantic to name but a few!
2004 also saw Eddie make his debut at Homelands and then was
chosen to play the closing set in the Main Arena at Creamfields
(the previous year he was the only DJ to feature in two arenas,
headlining the Frantic/Nukleuz tent as well as the Cream Main
Arena). Eddie has also performed at Escape into the Park,
Tidy Events (Tidy Weekender & Magna) and Gatecrasher Summer
Sound System where he headlined the second arena (2002).
To achieve this Eddie has spent nearly a decade honing his
skills on the decks. Having caught the DJ-ing bug at 15 he
was too young for clubs so channelled his creative energies
into a Music Technology course where he learnt some of his
now renowned hip hop scratches. His ability to adapt these
to fit over other genres of music has earned him not only
respect amongst fellow DJ’s but also admiration from
stunned crowds. Eddie’s technical ability is such that
when is in front of the mixer he utilises it as a means to
create energy and new sounds with rapid cut ups and warped
effects. And it’s not just the dance floor that loves
this mind boggling trickery – Eddie is now working alongside
leading audio manufacture Pioneer to help develop the next
generation of DJ technology!
While the true “Eddie experience” can only be
gained in a club, he has also mixed one disc of “Gatecrasher
Residents Transmission” and for Mixmag (the world’s
biggest dance music and clubbing magazine) mixed two massive
cover mount CD’s in his own name. Forging an exciting,
new, tough sound combing tech-trance and hard dance elements
the first, “BOSH!”, was one of the most successful
Mixmag CD’s to date and in 2003 clubbers demanded a
follow-up so “Next Level BOSH!” was born. However,
with this still failing to quench the public’s thirst
at the end of 2004 Mixmag and Eddie will link up to put on
five massive BOSH Live events around the UK, an unprecedented
move for the magazine.
In just four years Eddie has firmly established himself as
one of the most talked about and fastest rising DJ’s.
Come 2005 it looks like the whole world will be screaming
“EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE!”.
| Tracklistings
::Eddie
Halliwell
Above you will find tracklistimgs for all of Eddie Halliwell's
Fire It Up shoes on Radio 1.
