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Fergie

At the age of 20 today's high profile DJ's were still DJing in their bedrooms, sending out demo tapes and blagging slots at the local night club. Now enter FERGIE... having only just reached his 20th Birthday his DJing career began over 6 years ago and is currently one of the UK's most sought after DJ's. He was recently voted No. 17 in a Mixmag readers DJ poll and was nominated for one of the "Best Up and Coming DJ's of 1999" by Muzik Magazine.

Fergie started DJing at the tender age of 12. When most boys had just got into chart music Fergie already had his own decks and was banging out the latest club tunes from his small bedroom in Northern Ireland. At 14 he got asked to play at the club Airport 2000 where he had to stand on a milk crate to reach the decks and shortly after his set he got thrown out by the police for being under age! It wasn't long before other Irish promoters witnessed his ability to rock the dance floor and wanted him at their club, by the time Fergie reached 16 he had exhausted Irelands club scene. Fergie then spent two months in England and was introduced to the English club scene by his biggest influence Tony De Vit. It didn't take long for Fergie to gain regular guest spots at Trade, Sundissential, Gods Kitchen and Passion... to name but a few. Fergie now holds residences at Gatecrashers new superclub Bed and Godskitchen; which also includes a weekly residency in Ibiza.


"At such a young age Fergie is already an accomplished and extremely talented DJ. Way ahead of his time he is the perfect resident for POLYSEXUAL which will be held at Godskitchen's new venue CODE. He has played at GODSKITCHEN for 2 and a half years now and put simply the crowd love him....his career has only just begun and you should expect a lot more from this man" ; Godskitchen Fergie's unique sound has already seen him DJ worldwide to South Africa, Hong Kong, Australia and America. In the summer of '98 he went to Ibiza for the first time and played at Privilege, Space and Bora Bora. While touring in America Fergie even managed to spend 5 days in the slammer after helping himself to an American number plate "DJ TECH" as a momentum. After his first tour of Australia it seems the clubbers couldn't get enough, so in April '99 Fergie went back and also came 2nd in the "Best International DJ awards - Melbourne '99". "Fergie has an amazing ear for music" as said by Tony De Vit, this not only shows in his mixing skills but production as well. In January 1999 Fergie released his first single "Ooh Sir" on Trade Records which sold out in 5 days. He has since gone on to release "Friction" on Rude Boy, "Hoovers & Horn" and "House of Pain" both on Nukleuz. He was also approached by Pepper Records to remix The Tampera "Hammer to the Heart" and more recently by Ministry's Substance label for Trevor & Simon's "Put Your Hands Up". Fergie has also mixed and compiled his first compilation "Nukleuz Presentz... HardHouse Anthems". Fergie was then approached by DMC World to front the next "7 Live" compilation; out September 2000. Fergie is fast becoming one of the country's most sought after DJ's, With all this demand Fergie needed someone to take care of him, so he approached Duty Free Artist Management and is now managed by Steffan Chandler. Fergie has also signed an exclusive 3 single deal with Duty Free Recordings and as soon as he signed on the dotted line he went straight into the studio and came out with his first release, "DECEPTION", out on the 28th August. Most recently, Fergie accompanied by Paul "Yomanda" Masterton has mixed Ministry of Sound's latest album, 'Hard Energy'. Off Its Face :: Clubbing, DJing & dance music :: Articles