ColTheMedik Posted by SarahPvc on May 13, 2003 - 8:40:00 PM

Biography:  ColTheMedik used to go to clubs like Tin Tins and Sundissential years ago and was always making a nuisance of himself in the DJ booth.  He made a point of watching and learning from all the great djs of that time i.e.  Andy Farley, Tony De Vit and Paul Kershaw and tried to learn as much as possible about djing before he took to the turntables himself. 

He took up his quest to become a hardhouse DJ around 3 1/2 years ago.  He got his first set of decks in September 1999 as a present from his brother and it wasn't long till he was playing for mates at party's and the like.  Infact!  Believe it or not, he played his first gig 3 months after first starting to a crowd of 500 at a rave in a skatepark in Birmingham on millenium night. 

He has to say that after having played to a crowd of 500 at such an early stage of his djing career, he was well and truly hooked and decided then to make it one of his goals to play at both his two favourite clubs. (Sundissential and Tin Tins)  He is happy to say he has played at both those clubs now. 

His first big break came in 2000 when he was intoduced to the promoter of CRUNCH.  The guy had never heard him play before, never mind not having met him before.  He took a risk on him and gave him residency playing warm up sets.  Thanks to him Col was able to get himself recognised in Birmingham.  He was soon playing at alot of the hardhouse clubs in the midlands and now has residencies at SHAFT, Saturday SHAFT, AFTERSSENTIAL and held a residency at CRUNCH.

About a year ago he was given the opportunity to run his own night called SHAFT  in Birmingham at Decades Musik Bar. He was totally new to the whole promotion side of things so it was definately an up hill struggle for him, especially doing it on his own with no promotional experience.  Luckily he was introduced to the lads from REAL FM (Toni De Leon, Projek K, Padge and CID) They jumped onboard and gave him much needed help and advice.  Thanks to the help of them and his co-promoter Mark H. Shaft has now moved on to bigger and better things and is without a doubt a name that people in Birmingham and all over clubland associate with the hardhouse scene.

Music Policy:   He would describe his style as tough chunky hard trance and hard house with a bit of acid techno thrown in at the end of his sets every now and then.  He has got to say that his mixing style is never the same week in week out.  He is a great believer in always trying to better himself and try new techniques and styles.  His sets do vary enormously. However!  The majority of the time he starts of trancey and proggresively get faster and harder as the minutes tick away and finds this works wonders with the crowd. 

He has a unique and natural ability to interact with the clubbers.  It's important as a  DJ to get the vibe and atmosphere right in a club.

Played Alongside:

Andy Farley, Charlotte Birch, Nick Rafferty, Justin Bourne, KARIM, Rob Tissera, Mark H, Ian M, Paul Kershaw, Gaz James, Strange Dave, Mick Cree, Chad lewis, James Birch, Steve Thomas and Paul Glazby but to name a few.

Venues Played:

      SUNDISSENTIAL HQ Main Room

      SUNDISSENTIAL Members Suite

      Tramps Nightclub(Tenerife),

      AFTERSSENTIAL @ Subway City

      CRUNCH @ Premonition

      SCRUNCH @ Dance Factory

      BOO! @ Decades

      Frazzle @ Dot Com Bar

      SHAFT @ Decades

      Saturday SHAFT @ Radius

      SHAFT @ RADIUS

      Hard House Heaven @ The Sanctuary

      INUKSHUK @ The Sanctuary

      AFTERSHUK @ Radius

      CHEYENNE @ Decades

      AURA ORANGE and ATOMIC JAM

      Tin Tins @ Subway City

      IMMORTAL @ XL's

      FIDGET @ Platform5

      Friday FIDGET @ Platform5

      SPONGEY @ Decades

      SENTENCED @ Jailhouse

      Birmingham Pride Festival 2001 at The VILLAGE

      SPOOFERS BAR

      WARPED ROADSHOW

      WARPED ROADSHOW

      BIG 50 @ The Village

      The Jam @ Subway City

Radio Stations:

      BPM Radio  www.bpmradio.co.uk

      Castle Vale Radio

      WCR Radio

Future Dates:

      SHAFT @ Radius

      AFTERSSENTIAL @ Subway City

      Saturday SHAFT @ Radius

      RESIDENCY @ NICHE

      INUKSHUK @ Sanctuary

      AFTERSHUK @ Radius

      DAMNATION @ H20

      The JAM @ Subway City

      BREEZE

      Delicious/Furious @ Victoria Rooms

      WARPED ROADSHOW

      BPM RADIO www.bpmradio.co.uk

      WCR Radio

      MEGGAHERTZ @ The City Bar

      RUSH V SHAFT(North V South) @ The Mass

      Birmingham Pride Festival

      InfusionFM