DJ Progression
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Name: Gavin Doherty
Age: 26yrs
Born: London
Living: Helsinki, Finland
Collecting Vinyl Since: 1989
DJ'ing Since: 1994
Promotorship: 5yrs in UK running two clubs nights every week:
'Tranceparance' & 'Your Weekend Starts Here'
Current Residencies: Liquid Crystal Sounds (Helsinki / Turku) in Finland
Musical Styles:
* Trance / Progressive (Deep, Uplifting)
* House (Deep & Techy)
* Old Skool (Jungle, Drum n' Bass, Hardcore, Techno)
Common DJ Sets Played:
* Progressive Trance & Electro
* Drum n' Bass/Old Skool (Usually For Guest Mixes/Nostalgic values)
Record Collection [Retrospective]:
1989-1991 - Hardcore / Techno
1991-1993 - Hardcore / Happy Hardcore /Jungle / Drum n' Bass
1993-1994 - Happy Hardcore / Drum n' Bass / House
1994-1996 - Intilligent Drum n' Bass / House
1996-1997 - House / Breaks
1997-1999 - House / Trance
1999-2001 - US House / Tech House / Trance
2001-2003 - U.S House / Trance / Progressive
2003-2005 - Trance / Progressive
2005-2006 - Trance / Progressive / Electro
Influential UK Clubs:
* Peach @ The Camden Palace (London)
* The Gallery @ Turnmills (London)
* Bugged Out @ The EndClub (London)
* Heaven @ Bedrock (London)
* Fabric Live @ Fabric (London)
* Strawberry Sundae @ Cloud '9' Vauxhall Bridge (London)
* Slinky @ The Opera House (Bournemouth)
* Gatecrasher @ The Republic (Sheffield)
* The Arches (Sheffield)
* Godskitchen @ Air (Birmingham)
* Dreamscape & Helter Skelter @ The Sanctuary (Milton Keynes)
Biography:
Born in London, Progression's connectivity with electronically produced music began in the late 80's. The emergence of Acid House and Rave music within the UK created a prolific underground dance scene. It was this scene that captured Progression's attention! Artists such as The Prodigy, Altern8, Carl Cox, Ratpack and EllisDee were just some of the producers that fuelled his early record collection.
As the underground music scene flourished, so did Progression's record collection and his musical tastes diversed. Genres such as Hardcore, Jungle, Intelligent Drum n’ Bass and early House music began to fill his box. With an already extensive stockpile forming, his emergence into the DJ scene began with the purchase of turntables in late '94. It wasn't long before Progression soon became the instigator of organising small illegal parties and events held in local bars/clubs in neighbouring towns of London.
In 1998 the big break in DJ'ing came with the start of University in central London. For almost five years Progression ran his own club nights at the university's student nightclub. By that time period his musical tastes had advanced to deeper Progressive House and Trance. The weekend parties soon became renowned and hauled in droves of people. During his residency many legendary guest DJ's such as Tall Paul, Scott Bond, Jean-Jacques Smoothie, Timmy Deluxe and Grooverider played alongside Progression.
A move to Finland came in 2003 with his DJ career continuing in Helsinki, Turku & Tampere. Progression found himself playing alongside some of Finlands finest DJ's at nightspots: Labyrinth, System Bar, Gloria, Kerma, Soda, Mother, Super Bar, Liberte, M-Bar, Uniq Nightlife, Stockholm Diskotek, Barbi and Klubi. These Scandinavian experiences brought another change in his turntableism: A careful balance of underground tunes mixed with a few timeless classics to bring in a twist of nostalgia!
In late 2006 Progression established a music collective with two talented Northern Irish DJ’s. ’Liquid Crystal Sounds’ was formed and a virtual home website swiftly constructed: www.liquidcrystalsounds.com The emergence of these three separate DJ visions unified different musical genres, experiences within the clubbing scenes and the sharing of international contacts. With a Liquid Crystal club night already born, Progression is one of the resident DJ connoisseurs aiming to build upon his previous London promotorship experiences.
Now 26 yrs old, Progression's roots have firmly settled within Progressive Trance / Electro and the emphasis of his sets concentrating on driving basslines and deeper atmospheric breakdowns. In collaboration with some of Finland's emerging DJ talents and the development of the Liquid Crystal Sounds concept, expect to hear much more of him as he mixes his way into the Finnish clubbing scene. One DJ who never goes unnoticed!