DJs
Clare Large
By James (ClubTheWorld)
Jan 26, 2006 - 12:06:00 PM

Burning Man

An incredible energy, spirit and passion behind the decks...

Clare Large is one of the UKs most hardworking, dedicated and exciting DJs. She was introduced to music aged 8 when she started playing the harp. She's taken it busking all around her home of Cornwall, provided entertainment at weddings, given lessons, recorded a session improvised for Opus 3, played in orchestras and still plays today.

Going to raves many years ago inspired her to start DJing and create her own style. She's played at all kinds of clubs, bars, radio shows, afterhours, free parties, festivals and unusual parties around the world, and lined up with the best in the business. She's played on and organised many extensive tours of America, Bulgaria, Canada, Mexico and India, and has also undertaken sponsored tours, day events and promotions in addition to occasional own nights and her residencies.

Clare's open minded attitude embracing all styles of music makes her incredibly versatile. She can play a huge variety of sets; from a 10+ hour chill out set to peak time hard techno, and pretty much anything in between...she welcomes the variety and has the record collection to back it up! She's best known for relentless, slamming and quirky techno, and also plays tech, deep and funky house, progressive, breaks and electro. In addition to this, she also plays deep, jazzy and soulful house, and really loves eclectic broken beat and nu-jazz sets, with downtempo, lounge and ambient/chill out. Occasional drum and bass sets are not out of the question either!

Ice Dreams

Clare absolutely loves DJing and is passionate about music. She writes her own material and intends to use her musical background to innovate and challenge not just the sounds we hear but HOW we hear them. She's very involved in surround sound mixing and binaural possibilities. Look around the site for more details...she is developing a 5.1 live show.

Clare has a degree (BSc), an HND in Music Technology and Sound Engineering, and she engineers and produces every sort of music. Her diverse tastes make her adaptable, very open minded and extremely versatile. She is always smiling behind the decks! She is approachable, friendly, amiable and enthusiastic. If you book her, your crowds WILL WANT MORE!!!

Television

MTV CanadaInterview and music filmed 5th July 2002, aired 6th July.
Zee TVInterview in New Delhi, filmed 20th December 2003, unsure when aired.

Syndicate Seattle

Radio

BCFM(Bedford College Radio) (1999) Twice weekly show, for a month, with a weekly countdown from local record shop, and local prizes
Burn FM(Birmingham University) (1999) Weekly show
Bedlam FM(Derby University) (2000) Weekly show for 2 weeks
BPM Radio.com(Birmingham UK) Archived internet radio set
The Fire(Bournemouth)(2001/2) Pre-recorded guest mix, and live guest DJ spot
Amplified Radio(Guelph, Canada) (2001) Guest DJ
Kosmik Grooves(Guelph, Canada) (2001) Pre-recorded mix played and on another occasion live, as a guest DJ, with interview
livedjs.com(San Francisco) (2001-2) Guest DJ several times
Groovetech(San Francisco) (2001) Guest DJ, archived set
Global Grooves(Toronto) (2001) Guest DJ, and interview
1groove.com(Toronto) (2001) Guest DJ, archived set
LUFM(Loughborough University) (2002) Guest DJ
Unique FM(Nottingham) DJ Cas Roc Deep House Show, Guest Mix
Technostate(San Francisco) 2 guest mixes
Syndicate Recordings(Seattle) Guest archived mix for internet station
creativeradio.co.uk (UK)22.00-00.00 Wednesdays, 18.00-21.00 Fridays GMT.
azunderground.org (AZ, USA)22.00-01.00 Tuesday/Wednesdays GMT
afterhoursdjs.org (USA)random timeslots, live
friskyradio.com (USA)mixes played at random timeslots
swissdeejays.info (Switzerland)mixes played at random timeslots
sobroken.com mixes (USA)aired Mondays, 20.00-22.00 PST
djsets.gr (Greece)No.1 overall download, over 4000 so far
interface.com (UK)Long Running high traffic internet radio station out of Brighton UK
thumpradio.com (San Francisco)Forthcoming radio broadcast
Proton RadioLive set from Qool LA, aired October 2005
KSCRLA based radio station, 2hr live set, archived
KNRKPortland based, airing my mixes regularly

Bars and Clubs UK

Bedford:Enigma, and Exodus Free Parties, McLuski's, The Club, The Bull Nose Bat
Birmingham:Immortal(XL's & Club Millenium), Ouch (The Steering Wheel), Medicine Bar, University Ball, The Bar (formerly MoS bar), CO2 bar (Bobby Browns), Harleys, Mr Q's
Bournemouth:Wax Club, Cheeky Little Monkey (The Showbar), Off the Edge and many others at Millenium Club, resident at Eclat (The Firestation), Mischief Promotions (Route 42), Club X, The Country Club, Charlie Parkers, Fushi (Bar Tonka), Camel Club (res), Clear (res), Bar Med, Bar Tonka, resident in Bar So? every Saturday
Brighton:Dolly Mixers (The Escape Club)
Bristol Esoterica (The Depot), The Maze, Ripsnorter(res), Pachanga!, Steart free party,
Bury St Edmonds:Plastic Surgery Free Parties
Cardiff:City Bar
Derby:Spin Out (The Courtyard), Soda Bar, Progress, Perfect Motion (Boom), Revolution, Soda Bar, The Late Bar, Moov, The Courtyard
London:Bagleys Warehouse (Freedom), Plastic Surgery Boat Party, Technosis at The Fridge, Brixton, Revitalise at The Dogstar, Brixton, The Gallery at Turnmills
Nottingham:Edge Club, Pure Filth (Techno at Bluprint), Market Bar, M.O.Tion (Rain), Loughborough student Uni, Brownes
Plymouth:The Underground
Salisbury:Rhythmicon, SundaysCool, neighbouring bar, Sunnyside Up (Enzo's), Discowhip
Torquay:The Monastery, Route 66, Exposure
Weymouth:Club 101
Yeovil:Affluence

Monastery

Clubs International

Ottawa:Chicks with Decks (2),
Quebec City:Strategy 2.0 (Quebec), Kool Kats (March 2002)
Montreal:The Beach Club, La Station Supperclub, Gloom @ MP3, Jello Bar
Toronto:Nation, Revolution(Cambridge), Van Goghs(Guelph), Atmosphere, Vault Lounge
Calgary:The Grey Goose
Sasketchewan:Connect Festival
Edmonton:Lost Tribe
Vancouver:9.23AM Productions,One Summer Night, The World afterhours, Club Viva, Heaven on Pender, Wicked House Party, The One Lounge (Van Island), Clark St Afterhours
San Francisco: FunkyCozy, Vivid, The Bubble Lounge, Fahrenheit, Huggermugger, Sister SF, Pixie, FeelGood Entertainment, The End Up, SooperQool, Qool, Gaarden, The Lo-Rise Motel, Elysium Music, Drop Culture, Minimal Mondays, Butter, Goodbeats- House of Shields, The Bambuddha Lounge, Tech-On, Qool, Vivid, Bubble Lounge, Sub Lounge, Lucid, Funky Cozy, Anu, Spin This!
Las Vegas:Soul Kitchen, Blank Canvas, 1st Friday, Pacific Soul Collective rooftop party
Los Angeles:Qool, Burning Man Decompression
Seattle:Seesound Lounge, Contour, LoveTribe Productions, Syndicate Recordings
Reno:The Stock Exchange Afterhours, The Blue Lamp, Metropolis, Club Underground, Shooters
Burning Man: Solarium, House of Lotus, Friends and Family, Operation, Illuminaughty, The Basswave Marina, Magic Glasses, Disorient
Washington DC:Shortbus Raves, Innuendo
Mexico:Goagoa (San Luis Potosi) and local large club in San Luis
Bulgaria:Ice Dreams beach bar, Chervilo (Sofia), Planet Club (Varna)
Calcutta:Showhouse Entertainment
India Tour:Dublin, 10 Downing St, T2, Poolside (Hyderabad), Velocity (Bombay), 32nd Milehouse, Taskers (Delhi), The Saturday Club (Calcutta), Paradiso (3) (Anjuna, Goa)

Afterhrs Vancouver

Fashion Shows etc

Kool Kats (Quebec), Hurricane Katrina Benefit (SF), Big Issue Free Party (The Country Club, Bournemouth), Various Clothes shops in Bedford, Mixa-ma-tosis Records Opening (Bournemouth), 'The Blue Room' (a drama production detailing peoples minds opening to music, Birmingham), World DJ day at Loughborough University, promotions for Phones 4U and Halfords all over the UK, 9/11 benefit, SF, Hurricane Katrina benefit, SF

Press Cuttings

Venue Magazine (Bristol), Diane Sidik (Toronto), Calcutta Times (India), Prime (Perth Australia), The Bournemouth Echo, DV8 (Bournemouth), The Torquay local paper, 12am.com.au, shejay.com (London), RNR Reno News & Review, Hyderabad Times, The Times of India ....copies supplied on request.

Musical Styles

Melodic, funky and hard TECHNO, tech, deep and funky house, twisted progressive, breaks, funky and intelligent drum and bass, groovy mellow jazzy house, nu-jazz, broken beat, downtempo, ambient, chillout, world music, jazz.

Musical Background

Grade 8 Harp, Grade 5 Music Theory, Grade 4 Flute, also to a lesser standard, clarinet and piano.

Education

BSc(Hons) Music Technology & Audio Systems Design from Derby University (2.1)
HND Sound Engineering and Music Technology from Confetti (Nottingham)
BTEC National Diploma in Sound Engineering and Music Technology from Confetti
Previously did a year of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science in Birmingham