Progression (UK)
PERSONAL PROFILE:
Name: Gavin
Age: 30yrs
Born: North London, England
Living: TKU / HKI
Collecting vinyl since: 1989
DJ'ing since: 1990
DJ'ing in clubs since: 1994
Genres currently DJ'ed: House, Progressive House, Prog-Trance + techy influences.
DJ BIOGRAPHY:
"Born in London, Progression's connectivity with electronic music began in the late 80's. The emergence of Acid House and Rave music within the UK created a prolific underground dance scene. It was this scene that captured Progression's attention! Artists such as The Prodigy, Altern8, Carl Cox, Ratpack and EllisDee were just some of the producers that fuelled his early record collection.
As the underground music scene expanded, so did Progression's vinyl collection and his musical tastes diversed. Genres such as Hardcore, Jungle, Intelligent Drum n Bass and early House music began to fill his box. With an already extensive stockpile forming, his emergence into the DJ scene began with the purchase of turntables in late 94'. It wasn't long before Progression became the instigator of organising small illegal parties and events held in local bars/clubs in neighbouring towns of London.
In 98' the big break in DJ'ing came with the start of University in central London. For over four years Progression ran his own club nights at the university's student union nightclub. By that time period his musical tastes had advanced to deeper Progressive House and Trance. The weekend parties soon became renowned luring in droves of clubbers. During his residency many legendary guest DJ's such as Tall Paul, Scott Bond, Jean-Jacques Smoothie, Tim Deluxe and Grooverider played alongside Progression.
A move to Finland came in 2003 with his DJ career continuing in Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Oulu, Vaasa and other major Finnish cities. Progression found himself playing alongside some of Finlands finest DJ's at nightspots: Laserpoint, Labyrinth, System Bar, Gloria, Kerma, Soda, Mother, Super Bar, Liberte, M-Bar, Uniq Nightlife, Bar Loop, Stockholm / Åbo Diskotek, Barbi, Superstereo and Klubi. These Scandinavian experiences brought another change in his turntableism: A careful balance of underground yet upfront tunes laced with a mix of timeless classics to ensure a twist of nostalgia!
In late 2006, Progression rekindled his promotorship skills. Club event organisation 'Liquid Crystal Sounds' (LCS) was born. Established by Progression and Ali King, LCS is Finland's only British run electronic music organisation. LCS fills a niche experience and offers a different perspective of music and perceptions from back in UK. Progression is one of the resident DJ connoisseurs aiming to build upon his previous London promotorship experiences. With almost four years on the Finnish clubbing scene, Progression's LCS brand has risen from strength to strength setting a benchmark standard as a trademark nighterie.
November 2008 saw Progression's activity on the Finnish music scene extend even further. Club 'Affinity' was born. Yet another unique concept merging the musical ambitions of three DJ's to offer something different from other events. Unifying clubbers from contrastive genres.
Now 30 yrs old, Progression's roots have firmly settled within House and Progressive. The emphasis of his live sets concentrate on driving basslines, deep breakdowns and techy atmospheric synths and strings. A DJ whose sets are never tiresome and enriched with emotion. In collaboration with some of Finland's finest DJ talents and the development of the 'Liquid Crystal Sounds' and 'Affinity' concepts, expect to hear much more from this Londoner as he clearly becomes a key figure in the 2010 Finnish electronic music scene."
