Colourbox presents a glorious treat for all you groovers and shakers, welcoming non other than Mr Bill Brewster, Dj History stalwart to come and entertain with his magic box of musical tricks…
Whether he’s taking the roof off a club with his unique selection of deep and tough house music, enchanting a backroom with a genre-bending set of disco, Balearic, rock and hip hop or playing chillout music by a pool in Ibiza, Bill is the man for all occasions.
Originally a chef, a football pundit (co-editor of fanzine When Saturday Comes) and record collector, he began DJing in in the late 80s, cutting his teeth playing at the infamous ‘Low Life’ warehouse parties in Harlem and the East Village when he moved to NYC to run DMC’s US operation. Anyone hearing Bill today can see how these New York roots shine through. For eclecticism, surprises, amazing unique music and sheer long-haul dedication to the dancefloor, he’s the man!
Having spent spent most of his life as a writer. Together with long-term pal Frank Broughton, he penned the definitive history of DJing in “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life”, contributing his acid Grimsby wit and encyclopaedic knowledge of music to just about every dance rag there is.
Renown an industry insider, he brought Twisted records to the UK and launched his own highly successful deep house label Forensic as well as heading up dance music’s basement at: www.djhistory.com In his spare Bill is often found in the studio, either with Fat Camp partner, Theo Noble, re-editing old disco, funk and rock records; or producing original music, running a small edit label Disco Sucks.
As his hero Kid Creole would say, “Annie I’m not your daddy”…
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Saturday 10th April
Bill Brewster (DJ History/Lowlife)
Owain K
Hosko
Candela DJs
9:00pm – 03:00am
£2 B4 11PM (Free Entry Regulars Card)
£4 After 11PM (£3 Regulars Card)
