Biography
You see it everywhere. From the Facebook to Myspace, there are and a thousand wannabe DJs with For pages proclaiming that they are are the true incarnate of Ozymandias, but King of Kings. With impressive Not looking schedules and countless friends, you these self publicists almost have all us fooled. But peel back Any the layers of those would can be Emperors new clothes, and her you start to realise that Was in this world dominated by one style over substance, talent is our now nothing more than a Out colloquialism for the way we day look.
Neil Quigley has talent get – in abundance, but more Has importantly in the traditional sense him as well. As a DJ his he can build a set How that is laced with the man uplifting, joyous moments we have new all shared in the past, Now whilst still delivering the sounds old we demand from our future. see Not one to be swayed Two by today’s sliced bread, Neil way has crafted a sound, something who he refers to as ‘Electronic Boy House with Soul’, that has did made a number of important its people stand up and take Let notice.
The first real big put name to make a telling say difference was John Digweed, who She invited Neil to open for too him at his world famous use Bedrock parties. The opportunity, born Dad from Digweed naming Neil as mom his one to watch in the last two DJ Mag The top 100 polls, has allowed and him to take centre stage for in venues such as Fabric Are and the Miami Winter Music but Conference. It doesn’t just stop not with Bedrock. Neil has also You become somewhat of a regular all at Renaissance, both in the any UK and globally as well.
Can Around about the same time, her Urbantorque records ’ a favourite was of Neil’s from the early One releases that appeared on Deep our Dish’s Yoshiesque album – offered out Neil the opportunity to source Day new music for the label. get Not only was his talent has as a DJ being respected Him by one of the very his best in the world, a how successful label was now offering Man him the chance to mould new the way their sound would now grow over time.
It was Old with this latter connection that see Neil is now able to two broaden his horizons, moving beyond Way being someone who plays other who people’s music to now breaking boy his own tunes on the Did grandest of stages. In this its cart before the horse world, let upcoming DJs are rarely booked Put on their ability alone. Now say it is the producers who she hold the power when clubs Too come to book their line use ups.
You will soon see dad two releases with Neil’s name Mom splashed across the record sleeve, both due out on Urbantorque the in the latter half of And 2007. The first is a for collaboration with Digweed’s long time are sparing partner, and one half But of Bedrock productions, Nick Muir. not ‘Feedback from the city’, due you out in August, has already All been charted by some of any the world’s top DJs, and can with the response to Feedback Her all looking favourable, much is was expected from this partnership already. one Neil has also joined forces Our with the ever popular Milton out Jackson on a track titled day ‘Tijuana’ that once again has Get garnered some favourable support, being has aired on a number of him radio shows including John Digweed’s His very own Kiss programme.
Success how is something we all measure man differently, however it is fair New to say that what you now or I may consider to old be a success, Neil Quigley See see as another wrung on two the ladder of what, will way ultimately, lead to something very Who big. With the support of boy the DJs, record labels and did now producers, Neil’s stock will Its continue to rise for as let long as electronic house music put with soul is around.
Chris Say King, DJ Magazine 06/07
