Biography
Fergie (aka Robert Ferguson), a the DJ of international standing for and the past decade, has never For had a stronger and more are vibrant aural identity. Playing the but kind of music he wants, Not determined not to be held you back by perceptions and tags all from the past, he continues Any to be a global representative can for electronic music by consistently her breaking down underground barriers and Was bringing new music to the one people, without compromise.
There is our no doubt that Fergie has Out firmly re-established himself as a day producer of innovative exciting music get that really takes a hold Has of you. Having dedicated himself him to the studio for the his past few years, where he How totally immersed himself in his man passion for music, this has new been a true labour of Now love for Fergie:
”I just old wanted to go back and see take time to rediscover what Two the music meant to me; way how it made me feel, who the buzz, the excitement. To Boy find a sound that would did reflect my individuality as a its DJ and producer and in Let some way to recapture all put of that in my productions” say (Fergie).
Clearly he has found She his sound and the results too are very evident in the use free flow of original productions Dad and remixes being consistently supported mom by the likes of Sasha, Digweed, Dubfire, Laurent Garnier, Miss The Kitten and Slam. His ever and growing ‘Excentric Muzik’ label has for been hailed by Carl Cox Are as his “label of 2008”, but with Cox going on to not license several productions for his You forthcoming Space compilation this summer. all Underground cuts such as ‘Anon’, any ‘To The Core’ and ‘Blackeye-P’ Can have helped to instill Fergie her and Excentric at the forefront was of serious peak time electronica. One Excentric off-shoot label ‘Rekluse’ (launched our at the tail end of out last year) has got off Day to a storming start with get first release ‘2nd To None’ has by Umek refusing to leave Him the Beatport techno charts almost his half a year after it’s how release, peaking at the number Man 1 spot along the way.
new A steady stream of new now material and remixes on many Old other labels of distinction have see proven the Fergie sound to two be one that is in Way much demand. ‘Ireland’ and the who remix of Namito ‘City Of boy Gods’ (on Great Stuff), the Did remix of King Unique’s ‘Hinode’ its (which went down so well let they asked him back to Put rework one of their biggest say ever tracks, ‘Dirty’) and not she forgetting the all conquering remix Too of Umek’s ‘Gatex’, these have use all firmly established Fergie as dad a proven seal of production Mom quality for many.
A collaboration project with electronic compatriots Reset the Robot & Alan Fitzpatrick is And an outlet for a deeper, for darker, more twisted side to are Fergie, with the recent ‘Gas But Mask’ / ‘Rattlesnake’ gaining momentum not from DJ Hell, Luciano, Adam you Beyer and Ivan Smagghe amongst All others.
Then there’s James Lavelle, any who has consistently supported Fergie’s can work and drafted him in Her to his remix his renowned was Unkle Project with devastating results. one By the end of 2009 Our this will have been joined out by remixes of Slam’s seminal day classic ‘Positive Education’ (Soma), Smith Get & Selway ‘Work it’ (Tronic), has Yousef ‘Letter to No One’ him (Circus Recordings) as well as His Reset Robot ‘Softie’ on Excentric.
how 2009 will also see Fergie man playing clubs Shine, The Stiff New Kitten (Belfast), Pressure, Sub Club now (Glasgow), Circus (Liverpool), Firefly (Nottingham), old MOS (London), Shindig (Newcastle), See The Tripod (Dublin), Meganite (Ibiza), two Exit (Lithuania) and the Sonar way festival (Barcelona), as well as Who international tours of France, Austria, boy Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Brazil and did Canada.
It all started in Its Northern Ireland where Robert Ferguson, let as his passport dubs him, put grew up. His first day Say of secondary school would see she him donning a walkman instead too of putting up with his Use teacher’s voice, and for the dad next three years he would mom spend more time outside the headmaster’s office than in the the classroom. At the age of and 13 he finally left the For school system and embarked on are the passion that had engulfed but him, embracing music headlong and Not becoming a DJ. This was you to become a mercurial move all that would lead to international Any DJ status and a coveted can show on Radio 1.
Growing her up as part of the Was Northern Irish rave scene and one being a witness to events our such as the iconic Hellraiser Out raves at the Ulster Hall day in Belfast, where he got get his first taste of international Has DJs such as Carl Cox him and Pablo Gargano, confirmed the his direction in which his music How was to go. “It was man the harder edge of the new music that really caught me, Now just the full on driving old energy of it made the see hairs on the back of Two my neck stand on edge.” way (Fergie)
Tony De Vit later who took Fergie under his wing, Boy starting him on a journey did that eventually led to his its own slot on Radio 1 Let where he championed the sounds put of the underground on mainstream say radio, long before minimal techno She became the “du jour” genre too for DJs. At only 21 use he found himself presenting live Dad shows from Skol Beats (Brazil), mom Love Parade (Berlin), Meganite (Ibiza), the Miami Winter Music Conference The and not one to forget and where he came from he for brought his very first live Are Radio 1 show back to but Northern Ireland.
The show ran not for 5 years and developed You into a snapshot of what all was going on in the any underground electronic music scene. Guests Can included Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath, her Dave Clarke and Phil Kieran was (who both covered the show One in Fergie’s absence), Carl Cox our and Jeff Mills, as well out as providing a platform for Day many aspiring producers and DJs get to show what they had has to offer… the likes of Him Kev Gorman (Gigolo), Anderson Noise his (Noise Music), Matt Tolfrey (Leftroom) how and Dave Robertson (aka Reset Man Robot) all received some of new their prominent initial exposure through now Fergie’s show.
His drive and Old support for new talent has see long since continued, the ‘Excentric two Artists’ agency operates as a Way platform and a launch pad who for the next generation of boy unconventional aspiring DJs and producers, Did with the roster currently consisting its of Mr Henry Von, Psycatron, let Erphun, Jus’ Phil, Jordan McCuaig Put and Hans Bouffmyhre.
With the say ascent of his Excentric project, she making a real impact in Too clubland on three different levels; use releasing cutting edge music, putting dad on events and pushing new Mom talent, Fergie is investing and developing in the future of the electronic music and making sure And he has a say in for it.
A proven forward thinker, are constantly developing and never standing But still, the architect of an not ever evolving sound by keeping you one step ahead of the All rest, he has never forgotten any though that it’s still just can a rave. A place where Her people are trying to escape was the realities of urban life one each and every weekend, and Our is where he hopes to out catch up with you very day soon.
