Todd Terry, Mark Knight, Dave Lee (ZR), und Michael Gray

It is such an honour to see Todd Terry perform live as he is one of the most legendary house producers ever with such a distinctive sound that can be heard a mile off. It’s safe to say that this heavyweight has been on the scene for the best part of about thirty years now and has maintained his fantastic reputation along the way. His sound is very much a sampled haven of crossing over dance and disco. I can’t believe he even performed a boiler room set. He is so composed when he performs, just letting his music do the talking whilst he triggers samples on the decks that induce mass sing alongs and drops. He performs one of his biggest hits, “Keep On Jumpin’” which brings the house down. This huge audience can’t contain their excitement and the floor erupts, with everyone jumping up and down with their hands in the air, singing along to any melody that they hear. It’s retro but fresh, sounding as though it could have come out any time between 1980 and now and it would be considered “current”.

Mark Knight is a DJ and a British producer of house music. He founded the Toolroom Records label in 2003, which is based around house music as he found it’s his passion in life. The DJ is originally from Kent but has travelled all over the world with his job, he's done some amazing remixes including changing music from the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, Calvin Harris and Icona Pop as well as many other artists. Seeing him live made me have a new appreciation for DJ's, everyone was a bit crazy in the crowd at the festival he performed at including me, which I guess is to be expected. He remixed some old classics, which is always risky in case you can’t live up to its popularity but he did it so well that I can't complain. I hadn't heard much about him before that day and I can't really remember all the songs he covered, but the atmosphere he created was intense and the vibes in the air were electric. I may forget him quite easily in the future but I won't forget the fun I had as part of the crowd that day. I'd love to experience it again and it’s great to know that he will be passing on his knowledge of the industry to others as part of his record label.

Joey Negro is just one of a host of pseudonyms that have been employed by the British recording artist David Lee down the years; as a DJ and producer, Lee has also been known, depending on who you ask, as Jakatta, Doug Willis, Raven Maize and Sessomatto, and your guess is quite frankly as good as mine as to why he can’t just stick with the one. Either way, he’s enjoyed a career that’s been successful mainly because of his uncanny ability to spot trends coming a mile off; consider, for instance, the fact that his success in the nineties came mainly as a remixer, where he offered his own spin on tracks by the likes of Pet Shop Boys, M People and Diana Ross, and that more recently, with the EDM craze well and truly igniting once more, he’s been back at the forefront of that particular movement, playing high-energy sets across the UK on a regular basis and focusing most recently, in recorded terms, on the brand of house that he’s made his own in Britain over the course of his colourful career to date. He’s a regular fixture at major club events across the country, so it shouldn’t be long before an opportunity to witness what’s made him a British cult hero is made available to you.