Originally spotted by Muzik Magazine
through their famous Bedroom Bedlam competition Yousef
has been smashing dance floors every since. He was soon sited
as one to watch by Muzik for 1999 and Renaissance invited
him to play in Ibiza.
A representative for the Ministry of Sound heard him and
signed him to Ministry of Sound Management on the spot. From
a young lad he followed the dance scene catching some
of Carl Cox¹s and Prodigy¹s first rave sets that
inspired him to get involved as much as he could.
Once signed by Ministry of Sound he became a regular at both
their Friday and Saturday night proving to all his versatility
of style. He also became a regular at the award winning Media
venue in Nottingham with Renaissance.
The year took a turn for Yousef as Ministry of Sound Management
closed and he was signed by Erick Morillo¹s manager
and won Best Bedroom Bedlam DJ @ the 1999 Muzik Awards
so things were getting better and better.
As 2000 kicked in, a residency at Cream with a room of his
own began. As a native Liverpudlian it was a home coming pop
stars dream about, and the residency began providing
an antidote of US / UK house music as the main roomed heaved
with the trance craze. As the year progressed the fan base
just grew and grew and so did the list of guests requesting
a set there. Before the year was out everyone from X-Press
2, Erick Morillo, Darren Emerson to rare first UK performances
of people like Onionz and Joeski were playing and supporting
the room and the man behind it.
Yousef also went on stage at Creamfields England in front
of 20 000 people and wowed the crowds, smashed Space and Pacha
in Ibiza and his reputation grew which was crowned by delivering
a hot mix for Pete Tong in December as one of the Stars of
2000 series, one of only four DJs to do so.
2001 was drawing near and Cream put more and more emphasis
on the Annexe with line-ups for the year growing more cutting
edge as the weeks went by. As Yousef's achievements took him
across the waters to perform Creamfields Ireland, he was also
booked for the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, rumoured to
be the line up of 2001.
With the opening of the season in Ibiza, yet again Cream
prove their faith in Yousef's limitless talent. Allowing him
the opportunity to welcome his regular Annexe guests to the
Balearic Island, he was invited to blast the US house sound
he loves so much across Amnesia's terrace. Following the success
of his performance live on Radio 1 from Southport as part
of the station's live weekend broadcast series he was full
of confidence when asked to stand in for Seb Fontaine on his
regular Saturday evening show which Yousef did again a success!
Meanwhile his first mix compilation CD was released to great
acclaim scoring 4/5 in DJ Magazine and 9/10 on spaced.co.uk.
Yousef amazingly found the time to turn his hand to the studio
as he teamed up with Basics resident Paul Woolford producing
music under the alias 10,000 BC with their first remix making
it straight onto Danny Rampling's show. The duo released remixes
for Aphrohead, Meeker, Stella Brown, Chocolate Puma, Hubert
Hudson and Rainstar, not to mention significant work on Felix
Da Housecat's new single still in the pipeline and plans are
nearing completion for the release of the first 10,000 BC
Ep. With Steve Mac from Rhythm Masters Yousef invented and
has recorded as the "Drum Bums" and this is all
with his own production work under his own name.
