26/10/2023
🎪 Player Number 5 🎪
Mike Speed, the 50 year old DJ from Huddersfield has been dj'ing, mixing and collecting dance music since 1986. Starting off in a youth club playing all kinds of stuff, but early acid house, hip house and classic British hip hop kept appearing in the mix, this is when he started collecting electronic music on 12" vinyl.
In 1990 he got a show on the local Pirate radio station Wacky FM, he played 9 until midnight every Friday night for years, transforming the station in to a all dance music station, nothing like this was being played in the area and Pirate radio was the only way to listen to this type of music.
His love of radio began here, playing on many Pirate stations. He was playing Oldskool, House Hardcore, Rave, Early Techno and some Commercial Dance. He had been mixing on all different types of belt driven decks until he bought a pair of Technics in 1993 which he still has to this day. His music tastes were changing around this time too, delving in to more Uplifting House & and the Harder Piano tunes after starting to go to the ARK nights in Leeds and events around the UK.
In 1996 he got a slot in a club, Eruptions, playing alongside some great Dj's including Steve Lugi, Leeds Gallery veteran until 2001. His music tastes were getting harder, playing the very early Hard House sounds & Uplifting House, developing in to a Funky Hard house / Hard house sound with the odd bit of Edgier Harder Trance. He pretty much kept this style until around 2003 doing the club gigs and loads of house party's.
In 2003 he decided to start go back and collecting Oldskool, House, Hardcore, Acid, Rave and hip house tunes in digital format and filling in the spaces in his vinyl collection, which to this day is still being added too.
He is known for his underground, alternative mixes and B-side approach to his music and has a vast knowledge of the Oldskool scene. He is in to all kinds of music technology and software including Tracktor Scratch and Rekordbox, making the switch to also mixing digitally in clubs in 2013.
Since around 2008 he has also been on internet radio, including, Renegade Radio, Rejuve Radio, Groove Flow Radio & back on Pirate radio Phatt 100Fm in Huddersfield for 2 years.�
He has been back playing out again at Oldskool Events over the last 14 years, mostly on vinyl and mastered the CDJ's in 2013. He has been playing on his dream line-ups with DJ’s and acts including Seb Fontaine (Radio 1), Paul Bleasdale (Cream), Alex P, Rob Tissera, Vertigo, DJ Sy, Andy Farley, Altern8, K-Klass, Dream Frequency to name a few 🙂. He has played for Rejuvenation - Leeds, Joy - Leeds, Quench, and was resident for Free2Dance in Preston, and FRESH! Events on a regular basis. A dream come true!�
He is the main driving force behind successful internet station React Radio Uk | Underground & Oldskool Beats | 24-7, www.reactradio.uk | playing on a Friday Night Live | 8-10pm and also hosts a show on legal FM and DAB station in Leeds, LDC Radio 97.8FM for the last 2 years, Sunday nights 9-11pm.
🎪 We can’t wait for Mikes debut Jamboree set! 🎪
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