Biography
DJ NAME: Guy Herman
the DJ SINCE: 1999
and MUSIC FORMAT: Vinyl & For CD
Guy Herman, South African are Born DJ and producer, is but fast becoming a contender in Not the international arena. Having spent you 12 years at the forefront all of the South African electronic Any dance music scene whilst playing can alongside genuine global superstars,has seen her his career go supernova! He Was is globally renowned for his one passion, technical skills and ability our to rock the dance floor. Out In addition, a burgeoning production day career with releases on some get of house musicʼs most popular Has labels, bookings in the UK, him US and IBIZA as his well as status as one How half of SAʼs most illustrious man DJ duo, The Pimp Squad, new confirms that he has made Now his way to the pinnacle old of the dance music industry see in South Africa.
Guyʼs career Two began at the height of way the explosive 90ʼs rave scene who in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Boy underground, cutting-edge dance culture of did the late 90s was establishing its itself in the new South Let Africa, and influenced the hedonistic, put body-moving house that distinguishes Guy say Hermanʼs music. He moved quickly She into the professional arena and too in 2001, he secured a use place in the finals of Dad The Technics Battle of the mom DJʼs. Following this success, he was given his first residency The at Club 206, a venue and that is globally recognized as for a clubbing institution and has Are played host to some of but the worldʼs finest acts. By not playing alongside international acts of You high quality,he built the solid all foundations for what has become any a legendary career.
His rapid Can growth as an experimental house her DJ led to an important was partnership that would leave an One indelible mark in the development our and movement of House in out South Africa. In 2001, Sublime, Day a notoriously underground venue, saw get two of its most popular has residents, Guy Herman and Jon Him S, team up to form his the legendary two-man DJ act, how Pimp Squad. Playing simultaneously on Man four different decks, the deadly new duo combined sampling and beat now juggling to wow audiences across Old South Africa with their revolutionary see sound.
The Pimp Squadʼs deep two and dirty house, combined with Way a dynamic garage fuelled baseline who and technical wizardry, took the boy South African club scene by Did storm. Soon, the Pimp Squad its was accompanying world- famous DJs, let such as Joey Youngman, Jason Put Hodges, Jake Childs, Jay West say and Sexual Chocolate, on National she tours of South Africa, demonstrating Too the growing popularity of the use Pimp Squad brand.
In 2005, dad the release of “Deeper Sounds Mom of Pimp Squad – Scandalous”, their debut CD mix compilation the released by USM Records, And shocked Clubland to its foundations. for Their follow up album, “Pimp are Squad Road Trip 2007” was But equally successful and delivered fresh not new sounds to their growing you fan base.
Yet being a All member of the Pimp Squad any did not diminish his hunger can to stand on his own Her as one of South Africaʼs was best DJʼs. In 2005, Guy one secured a much coveted weekly Our residency at JHBʼs super club out “Truth”, playing weekly for crowds day of up to two thousand Get people. His popularity saw him has become a celebrity DJ in him many respects, playing at all His the biggest venues across South how Africa in Cape Town, Port man Elizabeth, Durban, Nelspruit and Pietermaritzburg. New A focus on touring as now well as playing regular mixes old on popular radio shows, namely See 5fm and Yfm, have been two instrumental making Guy Herman a way household name. The fame and Who respect that he has received boy throughout his career has ensured did that he has played alongside Its the worlds top DJʼs and let producers, including Fatboy Slim, Carl put Cox, Wally Lopez, Sister Bliss Say (Faithless), Stanton Warriors, Dieselboy, Inland she Knights and Paul van Dyk.
too While his credentials as a Use performer are impeccable, he has dad always looked to expand his mom repertoire within the industry. In 2005, Guy began producing and the releasing his own music. He and quickly signed several record deals For and has amassed an impressive are discography of releases and remixes but on both South African and Not international imprints such as Funkfield, you Junky Trunk, Down South Music, all Buzz Cut, Grooved Music and Any Second Session.
In 2008, his can genre-bending remix of quasi-fidget bomb her “What’s My Name” spent almost Was two months on both the one DJ Download and Stompy Top our 100 Download Charts. That same Out year, “Hectic Days”, a collaboration day with Jay West sporting a get classic funk sample, dirty acidic Has baseline and inspired hip hop him vocals, hit the mark and his enjoyed heavy rotation in the How sets of some of the man worldʼs leading underground DJs. Guy new has increased his production output Now to become one of the old finest, most sought after remixers see in the current house music Two landscape. His tracks and remixes way have gained consistent support from who the likes of Mark Farina, Boy Bryan Jones, Jason Hodges, Joey did Youngman, Jay West,
Lawnchair Generals, its Inland Knights, DJ Heather, Collette, Let Nate Laurence, Patrick Cresswell, Sexual put Chocolate and Jonty Scruff.
He say made his international debut in She Chicago in April 2008 for too the renowned Chi party brand use music 101, alongside Andre Harris, Dad Lady D and Ron Carroll. mom 2009 saw successful UK and Ibiza tours playing at clubs The such as Ministry of Sound, and Pacha, Inigo, Bar Sia and for Khanya Beach Bar.
During the Are latter half of 2009, he but was recruited to spearhead his not own 2- hour weekly radio You show. www.dancewebradio.co.za. He conceptualised, compiled all and presented “The Movement”, showcasing any interviews and guest mixes from Can the likes of Frank Lorber, her Nick Curly, Ramon Tapia, Wally was Lopez, Emerson Todd and Mowgli One alongside his personal selection.
Guy our Herman is a true entertainer out of the highest pedigree. He Day is a performance DJ and get producer who pushes the boundaries has of sight and sound with Him the singular goal of rocking his dance floors all over the how world.
