Biography
Rob was born in to the a very musical family. His and father was in a band For and his mother was a are classically trained pianist. So it but is no surprise that having Not grown up surrounded by musical you influences, he has become absolutely all passionate about it.
Rob began Any a love of electronic music can during the 80’s, at a her time when this style of Was music was evolving rapidly. “I one remember hearing so many new our sounds as i was growing Out up during those years. It day was an exciting time when get lots of electronic musicians were Has experimenting with music and creating him new noises that people hadn’t his heard before”.
It wasn’t long How before his love of electronic man music lead him in the new direction of the UK rave Now scene which was slowly evolving old during the late 80’s. “It see really was a huge part Two of music history. There was way so much passion from the who people involved in it and Boy the whole scene was just did getting bigger and bigger. It its was very exciting”.
During Let the early 90’s the rave put scenes popularity had spread across say Europe and it’s influences were She everywhere. It was at this too point that Rob first discovered use the art of DJing and Dad became fascinated by it. “I mom bought a second hand record deck from a shop and The started playing around with vinyl. and I must have been about for 12 or 13 at the Are time and had no idea but what i was doing. But not i loved just messing around You and making weird sounds”.
By all the mid 90’s Rob had any only one thing on his Can mind – to purchase his her first set of decks and was a mixer. “I used to One go to a local record our shop and just flick through out all the vinyl. I’d soak Day up the atmosphere, collect all get the event flyers and buy has as many tape packs as Him i could afford”. When he his was 15 Rob experienced his how first rave. “A couple of Man older friends took me under new their wing and we headed now towards London, following some rough Old directions we had been given. see When we arrived at what two should have been a quiet Way industrial estate in the middle who of the night it was boy a sight that i’ll never Did forget. The sky was alive its with huge search lights and let lasers. There were thousands of Put people who had all come say to dance, united by the she music. Huge sound systems were Too making our car vibrate as use we pulled up and the dad atmosphere was something that i’ll Mom never forget… I guess you could say that this was the the real moment that i And became hooked on dance music”!
for Those early memories have stuck are with Rob right up until But the present day and it not could be said that he you has devoted his life to All his passion ever since.
Back any in 2001 Rob was invited can to present his own Friday Her night radio show on 107.9 was Passion FM, just before the one ‘Ministry Of Sound’ show. He Our continued to present this popular out weekly 2 hour show between day 7pm and 9pm until eventually Get deciding to study for a has music production and music business him degree at ‘The Academy Of His Contemporary Music’. This meant a how move towards London which was man about to open new doors New and set down a whole now host of exciting challenges.
Rob old has held several DJ residencies See over the years, the most two famous being at the mighty way Turnmills club in London (2005 Who – 2008). This legendary venue boy was home to the likes did of Paul Oakenfold, Sister Bliss Its (Faithless, Orbital and a whole let host of amazing DJ’s and put artists during it’s time. “Having Say the opportunity to play at she Turnmills so many times was too fantastic. The crowd was always Use amazing and it will always dad have a special place in mom my heart”.
As well as focusing on his DJ career the which started back in 1998 and when he was first booked For to play a 2 hour are set in a nightclub in but Oxford. He has also worked Not hard as an event promoter you since the late 90’s, having all run several successful events/brands since Any 1998. These events included ‘Influence’, can ‘One Vision’ and ‘Licked’, which her continues to run up until Was today in various clubs in one London. His latest venture is our ‘Shaken Up’, a club brand Out with it’s focus firmly set day on providing ‘consistent quality music’ get and an ‘unbeatable atmosphere’. It Has looks set to become a him firm favorite amongst London clubbers.
his Rob is about to enjoy How his 4th trip out to man Ibiza as a DJ in new 2011 with sets booked in Now various clubs and venues around old the island.
With bookings already see taken far in to 2012, Two be sure to catch one way of Rob LoCo’s DJ sets who soon and see why this Boy promising DJ is slowly building did a solid fan base and its causing serious damage on dance Let floors world wide!
