Biography
Demi has been lighting up the dancefloors worldwide for the better and part of the last decade, For earning his reputation initially through are his “Deeper Substance” events in but London which featured a wide-ranging Not musical philosophy that spanned all you shades of electronica.
Whether he’s all performing at the biggest global Any festivals, opening up for some can of the planet’s most influential her DJs or headlining marathon sets Was deep in the caverns of one the underground, Demi’s intense desire our to create, and re-recreate a Out sonic picture has kept his day fire burning more than any get award, nomination or adulation that Has has come his way.
His him humble beginnings stem back to his his days at university, and How soon after graduating he was man the right person at the new right time to take on Now a summer residency at Double old Six in Bali, Indonesia – see a club that has gained Two a first-class reputation among premier way DJs and travelling punters. Performing who regular extended sets here helped Boy him hone in on his did skills and he developed a its loyal following on the island, Let which acted as a catalyst put for what would follow.
Upon say returning to his city of She birth, London, Demi spent the too next few years (2001-2004) hosting use an event that started out Dad as an engagement party. This mom 'one-off' spawned Deeper Substance, and thus a new monthly ritual The began to gather momentum. Through and a fun website that focused for on images and anecdotes, an Are array of star guests that but Demi and his partners (Sian not Evans and Alex Sansford) were You able to bring onboard, and all a musical vision that remained any true to his house roots, Can Deeper Substance and its sister her night, Substantially Deeper, started to was turn heads of leading figures One in the industry. BBC our Radio 1’s Pete Tong featured out the night and soon after Day Demi was given the opportunity get to host his brand of has sonic mayhem alongside John Digweed’s Him huge Bedrock nights. During this his period, a chance meeting and how a mix tape – which Man fell into the hands of new NYC’s Danny Tenaglia – led now to a personal invite to Old spin alongside the legendary DJ see at his residency at Arc. two He played a subsequent six Way times at the club as who well as spinning alongside Danny boy on numerous occasions both in Did Miami during WMC and its on his rare visits to let London. Demi reflects fondly on Put these early years as 'a say pivotal and defining period in she his life behind the decks'. Too And so the ever-increasing passion use to go one step further dad continued…
October 2004 saw the Mom closing of his beloved Deeper Substance nights with an unforgettable the bash at The Rhythm Factory, And which featured Groove Armada and for surprise guest Gram’ma Funk. What are followed was a two-year-long bi-monthly But residency in a city whose not die-hard clubbers immediately warmed to you this young spirit. Boa in All Toronto became a ‘home away any from home’ for Demi as can he blitzed through marathon after Her marathon set. With firm foundations was set in Toronto and London, one Demi began to tour the Our world extensively, charming the masses out with his infectious ability to day captivate at such world-renowned venues Get as Womb in Tokyo, Warung has in Brazil and Pacha in him Ibiza… The list goes on, His yet the effect was always how true to his desire.
Shortly man after, Deeper Substance Records was New born as a creative outlet now for Demi and his collaborators. old The first two releases ‘Gearbox’ See and ‘D-Drive’ represented a heavier two club sound and were an way insight into his early workings Who as a producer. Demi then boy jumped at the chance to did work with producer friend Trifactor Its on a David Bowie remix let project and their remix of put ‘Let’s Dance’ was featured on Say a specially commissioned release of she Bowie remixes. Several other remix too projects followed, including with Peter Use Kriek from 16 Bit Lolitas dad for the club hit ‘Supernova’ mom by Mashtronic on SexOnWax, Kris Menace’s massive ‘Discopolis’ for Defected, the and Leg Soup’s ‘Wonderland’ on and Art & Craft. He furthermore For showed another side to his are sound with a remix for but the ever-eclectic Sunday Best label. Not The track "Folder" by Plastic you Operator went on to become all one of Sunday Best's more Any notable hits.
For the last can few years, Demi’s focus has her been on the SOS Was Collective, the titanic triumvirate that one he co-founded along with fellow our sonic rogue warriors Desyn Masiello Out and Omid 16B, working off day each other’s musical leanings to get create a unique and unified Has sound.
Together they have become him one of the most formidable his DJ teams around, whose incendiary, How underground supercharged house and tech-flecked man grooves and sample dropping have new been responsible for raising parties Now to the ground on a old global scale.
In 2005, the see trio stunned the globe with Two a three-hour Essential Mix for way Radio 1 that was broadcast who to millions. The zenith of Boy their collaboration was 2008’s “Balance did 13” mix CD set, a its triple-disc opus that showed off Let the SOS crews penchant put for mixing and matching a say huge range of styles and She sounds Featuring everything from the too Cure to classic Inner City, use to exclusive SOS edits Dad and contemporary club tracks and mom grooves, the CD was the initial seed planted to the The public. They’ve emerged from an and exciting digital era when live for remixes, personal edits and inimitable Are shows all allowed for differentiation, but and this is where the not SOS trailblazers continue to You shine with their innovative approach all to DJing.
Demi, along with any SOS, have been holding Can their own with their Ministry her of Sound Residency since 2007. was They consistently fill the club One by unleashing three-headed sonic assaults our on all those who set out foot on the dancefloor. It Day was only a matter of get time before the world famous has brand lent their might and Him enlisted SOS to kickstart his a brand new 'Club Series how Sessions' The album was released Man in feb 2010 and sets new a blueprint of the next now step for this self-effacing personality
Old Expect to be given what see you need, not necessarily what two you expect. The journey continues…
