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Desyn is one
of the very few DJ's in recent years that has stood out and caught
the ear of some of the worlds largest DJs (with Deep Dish, Sander
K and Danny Howells nominating him as their 'future DJ Hero' in
DJ Magazine's Top 100 poll).
With many established
DJs and nucomer DJs leaning towards a particular style and musical
range many are pigeon holed into a 'genre' of music. Desyn, however,
has managed to establish his own sound that crosses boundaries and
makes difficult to categorize.
Desyn incorporates
house classics, deep, tech, funky and progressive in his sets. His
musical taste takes inspiration from everything and anything that
he feels.
"I listen
and take inspiration from almost any type of music. Many tracks
I find may not be instantly playable, so I use technology such as
Pro Tools and Ableton live to re-edit tracks or update them so they
will then fit into my vision of how the music should sound on the
dance floor".
Desyn's love
of house music began in 1989. Born and raised in London he was exposed
to the acid house movement at 16 and a devoted regular at the legendary
spiral tribe and traveller raves around the UK at that time. Having
bought his first set of turntables in 1990 and working for 6 years
as a 'computer techie' his passion and real love in life was music.
His DJ career
all began with 1 mix CD that he took a considerable amount of time
and love preparing, he sent it out to 100 random people that requested
the CD from a post that Desyn put out onto various Internet message
boards. After a few months the CD had been passed all around the
world and ended up on the laps of various promoters and DJs. From
his first international gigs in Helsinki and Tampara, Finland 2000,
to his chaotic schedule today; it all sparked off from that one
mix CD.
In late 2000
Desyn met with Abi Farisi who is today still his current worldwide
manager. A great friendship and mutual love of house music saw the
two start a DJ agency called Symphonic in 2001, from which Abi started
work on pushing Desyn's career along with some other well known
DJs that joined the roster. 2002 saw Desyn's career skyrocket; with
Deep Dish's exclusive US booking agency, Bullitt, signing him up
to their US roster. 2002 kept Desyn packed with tours and performances.
Kicking off the year with a cover mount CD for DJ Magazine (WMC
issue), headlining at Glastonbury, and performing notable 6-hour
sets around the globe and guesting in venues such as Cream (Liverpool),
Gatecrasher and Renaissance (Worldwide).
During a hectic
2003, Desyn embarked on a global tour supporting his Yoshitoshi
3 'In House We Trust' CD. Performing 80 dates in 100 days, in some
of the world's largest venues, for some of the most renowned companies,
sponsors and festivals around the UK, Western Europe, Eastern Europe,
Malaysia, Asia, Middle East, North and South America. 2003... having
already released the highly acclaimed mix CD 'In House We Trust
3' (Yoshitoshi), and DJ magazines' WMC '02 cover mount, Desyn was
steering his exciting new label Alternative Route (house and progressive)
into the forefront of the scene.
With his first
signing (2001) being the mighty KC FLIGHTT 'VOICES' and one of the
most recent and successful releases being the colossal Chable &
Bonnici 'Ride'. Other releases have included tracks from friends
and producers, 16B, PMT, Creamer & K and DJ Vibe. The success
of these tracks On Alternative Route are testament to Desyn's A&R
ability to unearth superb originals, both new and old. 2003 saw
the launch of Desyn's second label SEXONWAX co-owned with 16B. The
label has already gained international reputation for superb releases
from dance legends MR C and Danny Howells (with a third single forthcoming).
2004... Desyn's productions pointed the way to an exhilarating future.
His first two
singles with co-idiots Omid 16b and Leon Roberts, The Idiots 'Feel
The Rush' and 'Keep it Real' (Sexonwax) were featured on Danny Howells'
24/7 Compilation. His first remix (Solar Plexus) is exhibited on
Deep Dish's Global Underground (025). Desyn has completed remixes
and edits for Yoshitoshi - Brother Brown's 'King's of Tomorrow',
Eddie Amador's 'Psycho Ex-girlfriend' and the merging of 'Loudeast
and Luzon'. The Idiots produced 'Dogman', remixed Danny Howell's,
'Spikes' (Sexonwax) as well as two remixes' of 'Sharpside', Belgian
Resistance (Renaissance).
John Digweed
requested Desyn join him on his 'End Of Summer Tour' around the
USA. Having joined forces with The Collective Agency (NYC) and Excession
(UK), a nomination for BBC Radio 1's "Essential Mix of the
Year", together with the Original Series (OS_1) Bedrock Desyn's
profile continued to grow. 2005… A third record label "Symphonic"
will be launched this July and ran in conjunction with 4 international
artists based around the world. With one of his best WMC's to date,
a Radio 1 "Live" Essential Mix and an outstanding "Balance
008" double mix - we should be seeing Desyn further establish
his name as one of the high, ranking, international DJs.
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