Guy Hornsby has been DJing in and around London for close to 3 years after first putting needle to vinyl in Dec '99. Brought up on the house sound of the north in Sheffield in the first half of the 90s, he has always been a dedicated music lover and that comes across in his mixing style and personality behind the decks. A career starting in the bedroom led to first forays into playing out the following summer, making his debut in August 2000, behind the decks in the Glasshouse, at house night Full Frontal. Successful promotion work through the year for London-based Wildchild also saw him gain his first residency in November, playing at the Hanover Grand and later Fink, as he honed his upfront, crowd-friendly house sound.
After a break in 2001 travelling Asia and Australasia he re-entered the scene, playing a tougher and more varied style. 2002 saw him spreading his wings outside London, thanks mainly to work with 4clubbers.net (where he reviews festivals and clubs across the UK), rewarded with a set at the Sundissential reopening warm-up at the Academy in Birmingham in July, Sacrilege in Nottingham (recently voted 4th best night in the UK by Mixmag) and a residency at the Dogstar in Brixton. Further hard work this winter has brought more dates in London and beyond, with his set for Wildchild v Nukleuz at Heaven in November a resounding success. The new year saw him celebrate his birthday in style at Soft Porn, and rock the Baby Box at Tribalism for MoS radio; his debut at Ministry was a memorable one.
Q&A
- Music Policy: Guy plays everything from vocal US house to deep and tribal. He's booked more for the 'funkier' side of things, but he will play anything that will get people on the floor.
- Guy quotes: "After all thats what we're here for!"
- From: London
- Year of birth: 1975
- Management Agency: self-managed
- Residency Wildchild (London)
- Bookings Contact: guy@4clubbers.net
- No. of records: ~650
- Started playing: December 1999
- All time top 3 tunes: Freefall feat Jan Johnston Skydive, Trisco Musak, Ministers de la Funk feat Jocelyn Brown - Believe
- Worst DJing moment: Getting the decks turned off as I was putting my first record on at a gig in London last year!
- Would most like to play: Space Terrace @ We Love Sundays
- Most enjoyable set you've played: B2B with my twin bro at the last Wildchild @ Heaven
- When you're not DJing you're: Doing IT tech support in a Bank in the City of London
- Favourite DJ: Steve Lawler, Hatty Lovehearts
- Favourite Venue: Pacha, Ibiza
- Favourite Promotion: Speedqueen
- Favourite Producer: Harry Choo Choo Romero/MAW
- Favourite Label: Soulfuric, Defected
- Biggest Influence: My mate Kev he got me into mixing. I owe it all to him.
- Drink: Vodka in damaging proportions
- Non-music pastime: Cooking, eating, watching films and playing with my new camera.
- Words of wisdom: Always make sure youre in control of your own destiny.
- If you could change the colour of the sky what colour would it be?: blue for once!
- Did you ever fancy your dinner lady at school?: no, they were all minging Im afraid (tho the headmasters daughter was alright)
Residencies
- Wildchild (London) Oct 2000 - present
- Fruit (Dogstar) Aug 2002 Oct 2002
Venues Played
- Barbushka (London)
- Full Frontal (Glasshouse, London)
- Wildchild v Future Perfect (Hanover Grand)
- Wildchild Xmas Party (Extra Time, London)
- Wildchild (Fink, Camden, London)
- Stylus (ExtraTime)
- Scubar (Aquarium, London)
- Single Cream (Babble, London)
- Sundissential re-opening Warm-up
- Sacrilege (The Edge, Nottingham)
- Laidback (Turnmills, London)
- Stylus 2 (Extra Time, Barbican)
- Revitalise Dogstar (Brixton)
- Wildchild v Nukleuz (Heaven, London)
- Madrugada (London) Dec 2002
- Soft Porn Jan 3rd 2002
- Tribalism @ Ministry of Sound 11th Jan 2003
- Wildchild @ Heaven - 14th March 2003
Future Plans
- 9th May - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 23rd May - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 6th June - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 8th June - Kemisrty (I think) ( Space (leeds)
- 20th June - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 4th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 18th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 31st July - Viva Trance & pre-bar, Summum (Ibiza)
- 14th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 28th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
- 24th Aug - Wildchild @ Heaven (London)
- 28th Aug - Viva Trance & pre-bar, Summum (Ibiza)
This year should see Guy heading into the studio, and building on the successes of 2002. With a passion for the whole scene that has seen him flourish in the last 12 months, and an year for originality, 2003 should be an exciting one
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