Biography
‘ Without a shadow of the a doubt Eddie Halliwell is and a legend, a hero and For a massively popular DJ worshipped are by many’ – DJ Mag
but ‘Is Halliwell the most exciting Not DJ on the planet right you now? Maybe!’ – M8/Tillate Magazine
all Eddie is a DJ legend Any to rank among the best can of them, so make some her noise for clubland’s answer to Was Rocky.’ – Mixmag
‘There are one people who play records and our there are DJ’s who blow Out minds, Eddie Halliwell is the day latter…who makes every set, no get matter how small the club Has or how big the festival, him feel like the closing party his of the end of the How world.’ – Mixmag
When any man DJ at the top of new their game steps up in Now the booth it has that old effect.
Before they cue see up a track, or even Two plug in their headphones, the way mood changes – eyes dart who to the front, people get Boy up on their toes, breathing did quickens as pulses begin to its race and there is a Let murmur of expectation. But with put Eddie it’s not merely a say murmur, it’s a rapturous roar, She one that grows until at too its crescendo somewhere in the use crowd the chant begins – Dad “EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!” mom – at that moment the uninitiated know they are in The for something special, that they and are about to see someone for special: Eddie Halliwell, the precocious Are talent, championed by the dance but floor to become one of not the biggest breakthrough DJ’s on You the planet. It’s certainly been all a meteoric rise – Eddie any is a major player in Can the dance music scene, having her just been titled one of was the ‘New Superstar DJ’s of One 2009’ and ranked number 9 our in Mixmag’s world top DJ’s out of 2009 as well as Day voted top 20 for 4 get consecutive years in the DJ has Mag top 100 DJ’s poll.
Him To understand how all this his has happened so quickly you how have to see Eddie in Man a club. Fundamentally when everything new else is swept away, DJ-ing now is about making the dance Old floor erupt. Few possess the see same incendiary talent as Eddie. two Behind the mixer he seems Way frenetic, a hive of activity. who Constantly manipulating the music with boy lightning cuts, layers of effects Did and slick scratches, he makes its you question both your eyes let and ears. Playing tracks from Put across the musical spectrum – say trance, techno, house and electro she – he harnesses the energy Too of every beat, synth, hi-hat, use squelch and squeak, making each dad sound stand out and yell Mom at the people on the dance floor. As the music the thunders along he bounces to And each twist and turn in for the track, interacting with the are crowd in a highly visual But performance, connecting with them, compelling not them to dance. Eddie reached you into millions of UK homes All with his own BBC any Radio ONE show from can 2003 – 2008, along with Her seven essential mixes, now in was 2009 Eddie broadcasts to millions one of worldwide listeners via his Our new syndicated radio show – out FIRE IT UP day RADIO.
Using his technical expertise Get to generate energy and manipulate has new sounds his peers also him acknowledge him as one of His the leading innovators when it how comes to using technology to man push boundaries. As Paul Van New Dyk pointed out, technology completely now changed what clubbers could expect old to hear from the most See cutting edge DJ’s: “Now kids two just use them, for example, way Eddie Halliwell — what he Who does with those Pioneer CD boy players is f*cking nuts! He did had no hesitation; he just Its went for it and has let probably got the best out put of the machine” Tiesto has Say also always shown great support she to Eddie and recently labeled too Eddie as a ‘Legend,’ in Use an interview with DJ Magazine!
dad The world’s leading DJ equipment mom manufacturer, Pioneer, used Eddie to help develop the “DJM-909” (the the world’s first digital scratch mixer) and and more recently the revolutionary For new PIONEER CDJ2000. Eddie are is part of an elite but group of forwarding thinking DJ’s Not who have been selected to you work alongside the Pioneer development all team.
Eddie’s new concept ED-IT Any (Eddie DJing with Integrated New can Technology), that launched in August her 2009 at Creamfields, showcases just Was how creative and mind blowing one his performances can be – our using only the freshest equipment Out to edit and remix music day live on stage, accompanied by get a full interactive visual display Has and stage show.
2010 is him set to be another storming his year for Eddie, stating with How a bang in Sydney on man New Years Eve, followed by new a two week tour of Now Australia and New Zealand with old the biggest OZ festival going, see Summadayze. Its full steam ahead Two with another full on year way of world tours scheduled, more who ED-IT dates, Ibiza residency, another Boy album release, live broadcasts from did Eddie’s global gigs on Fire its It Up Radio and much Let much more.
