DJs
Guy Hornsby
By SarahPVC
Jun 26, 2003 - 9:00:00 AM

Biography: Guy has been DJing in and around London for close to 3 years after first putting needle to vinyl in Dec '99. Brought up on the house sound of the north in Sheffield in the first half of the 90’s, he has always been a dedicated music lover and that comes across in his mixing style and personality behind the decks. A career starting in the bedroom led to first forays into playing out the following summer, making his debut in August 2000, behind the decks in the Glasshouse, at house night Full Frontal. Successful promotion work through the year for London-based Wildchild also saw him gain his first residency in November, playing at the Hanover Grand and later Fink, as he honed his upfront, crowd-friendly house sound.

After a break in 2001 travelling Asia and Australasia he re-entered the scene, playing a tougher and more varied style. 2002 saw him spreading his wings outside London, thanks mainly to work with 4clubbers.net (where he reviews festivals and clubs across the UK), rewarded with a set at the Sundissential reopening warm-up at the Academy in Birmingham in July, Sacrilege in Nottingham (recently voted 4th best night in the UK by Mixmag) and a residency at the Dogstar in Brixton. Further hard work this winter has brought more dates in London and beyond, with his set for Wildchild v Nukleuz at Heaven in November a resounding success. The new year saw him celebrate his birthday in style at Soft Porn, and rock the Baby Box at Tribalism for MoS radio; his debut at Ministry was a memorable one.

From:  London
Date of birth:  04/01/75
Management Agency:  self-managed
Residency  Wildchild (London)
Bookings Contact:  guy@4clubbers.net
No. of records: app 650
Started playing: Dec 1999
All time top 3 tunes:  Freefall feat Jan Johnston – Skydive, Trisco – Musak, Ministers de la Funk feat Jocelyn Brown - Believe
Worst DJing moment:  Getting the decks turned off as I was putting my first record on at a gig in London last year!
Would most like to play:  Space Terrace @ We Love Sundays
Most enjoyable set you've played:  B2B with my twin bro at the last Wildchild @ Heaven
When you're not DJing you're:  Doing IT tech ‘support’ in a Bank in the City of London
Favourite DJ:  Steve Lawler, Hatty Lovehearts
Favourite Venue:  Pacha, Ibiza
Favourite Promotion:  Speedqueen
Favourite Producer:  Harry ‘Choo Choo’ Romero/MAW
Favourite Label: Soulfuric, Defected
Biggest Influence:  My mate Kev – he got me into mixing. I owe it all to him.
Drink:  Vodka in damaging proportions
Non-music pastime:  Cooking, eating, watching films and playing with my new camera.
Words of wisdom:  Always make sure you’re in control of your own destiny.
If you could change the colour of the sky
what colour would it be?:  blue for once!
Did you ever fancy your dinner lady at school?:  no, they were all minging I’m afraid (tho the headmaster’s daughter was alright)

Residencies:

               Wildchild (London) Oct 2000-

               Fruit (Dogstar) Aug 2002 – Oct 2002

Venues Played:

               Barbushka (London)

               Full Frontal (Glasshouse, London)

               Wildchild v Future Perfect (Hanover Grand)

               Wildchild Xmas Party (Extra Time, London)

               Wildchild (Fink, Camden, London)

               Stylus (ExtraTime)

               Scubar (Aquarium, London)

               Single Cream (Babble, London)

               Sundissential re-opening Warm-up

               Sacrilege (The Edge, Nottingham)

               Laidback (Turnmills, London)

               Stylus 2 (Extra Time, Barbican)

               Revitalise – Dogstar (Brixton)

               Wildchild v Nukleuz (Heaven, London)

               Madrugada (London) Dec 2002

               Soft Porn – Jan 3^rd 2002

               Tribalism @  Ministry of Sound – 11^th Jan 2003
               Wildchild @ Heaven - 14th March 2003

Future Plans:   

      9th May - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      23rd May - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      6th June - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      8th June - Kemisrty (I think) ( Space (leeds)
      20th June - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      4th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      18th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      31st July - Viva Trance & pre-bar, Summum (Ibiza)
      14th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      28th July - Liquid (Old Street, London)
      24th Aug - Wildchild @ Heaven (London)
      28th Aug - Viva Trance & pre-bar, Summum (Ibiza) 

This year should see Guy heading into the studio, and building on the successes of 2002. With a passion for the whole scene that has seen him flourish in the last 12 months, and an year for originality, 2003 should be an exciting one