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Monday 1st January 2007
2100
Studio 45 pres Le Pamp Play House - I Like The Sounds - Azuli
Morgan Giest - Crash Tracks - Metamorphic
Ruffy & Tuffy - Mr Baddass Walkin - Green Gorilla
Justin Martin - The Fugitive - Buzzin Fly
Rocco - Something For The Floor - Map Dance
Tiger Stripes feat Kerri Chandler - Rain Song (Tiger Dub) - Large
Luckystars - Swimming Under The Ice (Jay Tripwire & Gavin Froome Mix) - Lost My Dog
Wiley feat Kano – Baby
Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith – Ever changing
Kayne West – Jesus walks
High Contrast – Racing Green
John Legend – Ordinary People
2200 : Neil Quigley Guestmix
Bugz In The Attic - Intro
Unknown - Weekend Break
Tokyo Black Star - Blade Dancer (Dixon edit)
Departure Lounge - Dep Lounge 2
Discouraged Ones - All Of A Sudden
Timewriter - Reverence
Pete Dafeet - Frozen
Francois Dubois - Blood (Tom Middleton mix)
Dave Storm - Rockstar
Square One - Vesuvius (Justin Martin mix)
Milton Jackson & Neil Quigley - Tijuana
Yonderboi - People Always Talk About The Weather (Timewriter mix)
Neil Quigley
Fast food, QuickTime, meteoric rise to fame; words that litter our society as though speed is of the essence these days. If we are no longer prepared to wait for our food, why should we wait for our gratification? Why should we do the hard yards; sit our apprenticeships; clean the boots of another man simply because he is older? The same can be applied to the career of the DJ. The world is full of them and they want it all now. As long as you have a bag of tunes, a set of decks and the ability, which is questionable, to crash two sounds together then you could be the next big thing, today’s rising star, tomorrow’s chip paper.
Neil Quigley is none of the above. He’s not a superstar, nor do you get the impression that he hopes to be one in the making. Personally asked to open on more than one occasion for John Digweed as well as produce a mix for his Kiss FM radio show would, for some, signal their arrival on the global scene. For Neil it is merely the first of a number of ambitions that he hopes to accomplish. It is neither the DJs he plays with nor the venues he plays in. It is simply the being a DJ that counts. “The feeling I get from DJing is like no other I have experienced”. In short, Neil is obsessed. His rise has been a steady one. From helping out a friend in a provincial UK town and playing smaller parties on the London scene; to appearing in the main rooms of Fabric, The End and The Cross as well as numerous gigs around the world. He will be the first to tell you that there were times when he could have pushed harder, spoke to more people that might have set those wheels in motion. However fate would suggest that those solitary hours spent with just his records and his inner demons have crafted Neil in to the DJ that those that matter now respect. Clearly the support from allies within the industry has helped greatly. Close friendships with Paolo Mojo and Desyn Masiello, who have both followed similar paths to Neil, opened his ears to the needs of a fickle scene that demands constant change.
His sound, which Digweed calls his own and Neil will refer to as “Electronic House with soul”, has gained him a loyal following of committed fans across the world. What most appreciate is his unwavering desire not to be sucked in by fashion. “Trendy fads come and go but I’m confident people will always return to simple melody to make them dance”. This has become all the more poignant now that he has joined the ranks at Urbantorque Records. A label synonymous with quality house music, Neil is no longer charged with merely playing the tunes to make us dance, it is his job to find those potential, timeless classics and give them a home. What next for the DJ who has played clubs from Europe to South America, hosted his own ever popular internet radio show and spent time in the privileged company of people the majority of us can only worship from a far? “I’ve still a long way to go but I intend to keep working hard and building on the momentum I’ve gained of late as a DJ. It is possible to be recognised without production work on your CV, but collaborations with talented producers and musicians will help your cause immensely. I’m as neurotic in finding tunes for Urbantorque as I am for my DJ sets, so you can be sure that only the very best will be good enough for the label”. DJ, A&R man and soon to be producer; if 2005 was the year that propelled Neil Quigley in to the consciousness, 2006 should see him accomplish even more of those lofted ambitions that most can only dream about.
