Planet Angel - Live an Ordinary Life in an Extraordinary Way

Involved From/ To: 2002 to date
Description: Resident DJ/Music Team
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I got my first chance to play at Planet Angel in 2002 and have never looked back.  I was honoured to be offered a residency in 2004, along with sets at some of the most prestigious venues and events in London, and it just keeps on getting better.

Check out Sly's website at: http://www.djslyone.co.uk/ for demo mixes, charts and news.

I first stumbled across Planet Angel at their first party at Imperial Gardens in December 2000 - a free event (which surely had something to do with how easily I was prised out of my student house outside the M25) which was one of the most stunning experiences of my life.  I didn't miss a single event after that for nearly a year, spending almost all of every party jumping about to sets from then-residents U-4-IC , Tequila and Therapy.

The music in the Meltdown Room then was raw, upfront uplifting trance, when trance had just hit the mainstream and people like these guys were pushing hard to stay one step ahead of the charts.  Tracks like Darude - Sandstorm were hitting europe months before the UK and these guys had them.  It was like getting lost in a whole new world.

I started DJing as a direct result of what I was hearing, wanting to recreate that atmosphere in my home and find some way of listening to music without feeling like I had to be doing something else at the same time!  It wasn't long before I'd caught the bug and rode the wave of the real rise of trance, snapping up everything I could. until by the time I felt ready to play to the public, trance was no longer the coolest thing since sliced bread - it was back to being a phenomenon rooted in the clubs.

Now, I pride myself on being able to play at any time of the night, and play everything from progressive house, through uplifting trance, tech trance, hard house and psy trance, but trance is my natural home.  It still amazes me that this style of music keeps changing and growing but still clings on to its fundementals - there simply is no other style that resonates so perfectly with the clubbing experience.

Watch out for my own tunes out there, like Gamma Storm on Magic Beans Records, which attracted support worldwide from names like John "00" Fleming, Judge Jules and Dave Pearce, and also House of Muzik, due for release on UK imprint Six:Thirty records later this year.  I'm always playing my own mashups and bootlegs and works-in-progress.

It's been one hell of a ride so far, and I'm proud to be part of it.  As I tell people, Planet Angel is the best club in the UK, and the only way you'll ever know is to come.