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Eddie Halliwell Bio
Despite only just turning 26 Eddie Halliwell is now firmly established as one of the most exciting DJ’s in the world having just been crowned Mixmag’s World Number 1 DJ for a second time and also earlier this year being Voted 17th The 2005 World DJ Mag Top 100 Poll. Unbelievably passionate about music he infects the crowd with his energy, captivating them with his highly visual performances (his interaction with the crowd has got to be seen to be believed!) and jaw dropping turntable trickery…he really is a “true” DJ.
Eddie has become arguably the most in demand DJ in The UK this year with him receiving rave reviews and capacity arenas for his sets at Creamfields, Global Gathering, Colourfest (Scotland) and Escape into The Park (Wales), spinning an unbelievable fourth Radio 1 Essential Mix, having both a second sell out “BOSH! Live" UK Tour and a sell out Pioneer 909 Tour. All the above whilst hosting his Radio 1 Show which goes from strength to strength, mixing a compilation for Ministry of Sound, entitled Judgement Euphoria and mixing his long awaited Mixmag follow up to the legendary Bosh CD’s, named ’Fire It Up!!’
The year has also seen a considerable rise in demand for Eddie internationally with two tours of East Asia, a recent tour of Australia and New Zealand alongside Fatboy Slim, monthly visits to the USA, numerous visits to South America, Europe, Canada, Russia, Dubai and Egypt, being one of only a handful of DJ’s asked to play 2 sets at the infamous Dance Valley on his debut, debuting Skol Beats Festival (Brazil), Trance Energy (Holland) Mysteryland (Belgium) and being requested to play ‘The Malaysian Grand Prix,’ alongside Felix Da Housecat. He has also enjoyed an astonishing fourth season as resident at Judgement Sundays and embarked on his first season with Cream at Amnesia alongside Paul Van Dyk and Tiesto.
2004 had as many achievements as this year. In August he debuted at Homelands and completed his third live Radio 1 Essential Mix alongside Paul Oakenfold at Cream @ Amnesia. This was an experience Eddie particularly relished as it marked his first “official duties” as a new Radio 1 Resident, having won this coveted position following his previous Essential Mixes (May and August 2003) with a series of outstanding guest mixes on Judge Jules’ & Pete Tong’s regular Weekend shows. Earlier in May of 2004, Eddie hosted his first show, as part of the Radio 1 Residency.
Having been bought up in the north west of England, it is where Eddie made his name and by 2002 held residencies at both Goodgreef (Mixmag Club of the Year 2003 & Runner-Up 2004) and Gatecrasher. Now he is a headliner at both clubs and also makes regular appearances at Slinky, Inside Out, Cream, Godskitchen, Garlands and Frantic to name but a few! 2004 also saw Eddie make his debut at Homelands and then was chosen to play the closing set in the Main Arena at Creamfields (the previous year he was the only DJ to feature in two arenas, headlining the Frantic/Nukleuz tent as well as the Cream Main Arena). Eddie has also performed at Escape into the Park, Tidy Events (Tidy Weekender & Magna) and Gatecrasher Summer Sound System where he headlined the second arena (2002).
To achieve this Eddie has spent nearly a decade honing his skills on the decks. Having caught the DJ-ing bug at 15 he was too young for clubs so channelled his creative energies into a Music Technology course where he learnt some of his now renowned hip hop scratches. His ability to adapt these to fit over other genres of music has earned him not only respect amongst fellow DJ’s but also admiration from stunned crowds. Eddie’s technical ability is such that when is in front of the mixer he utilises it as a means to create energy and new sounds with rapid cut ups and warped effects. And it’s not just the dance floor that loves this mind boggling trickery – Eddie is now working alongside leading audio manufacture Pioneer to help develop the next generation of DJ technology!
While the true “Eddie experience” can only be gained in a club, he has also mixed one disc of “Gatecrasher Residents Transmission” and for Mixmag (the world’s biggest dance music and clubbing magazine) mixed two massive cover mount CD’s in his own name. Forging an exciting, new, tough sound combing tech-trance and hard dance elements the first, “BOSH!”, was one of the most successful Mixmag CD’s to date and in 2003 clubbers demanded a follow-up so “Next Level BOSH!” was born. However, with this still failing to quench the public’s thirst at the end of 2004 Mixmag and Eddie will link up to put on five massive BOSH Live events around the UK, an unprecedented move for the magazine.
In just four years Eddie has firmly established himself as one of the most talked about and fastest rising DJ’s. Come 2006 it looks like the whole world will be screaming “EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE!”.
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06/09 - FIRE Live!@ LL w/SECOND SUN-D:FUSE-Verdugo Bros-Lance Cashion-Titan-FIRE DJsDallas Motion Picture Release Party-The Fast and the Furious:Tokyo Drift
06/30 - FIRE@ LL w/COSMIC GATE-ADAM F-Lance Cashion-Titan-Greenwave-FIRE DJsDallas Motion Picture Release Party-Superman Returns
07/03 - Red, White & Boom! @LL w/EDDIE HALLIWELL
07/21 - FIRE w/CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE-PHOTEK w/MC Sharpness
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EDDIE HALLIWELL lights Red, White & Boom! - Monday July 3 at Llizard Lounge
