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For our first event, we’re bringing you something special – a night of Hard House classics. Headlining the night will be the legendary Steve Thomas – a DJ who helped shape the Hard House scene through his residency at Trade and his work with the classic Tripoli Trax label. As one of the innovators of the original Hard House sound alongside Tony De Vit, no other DJ is better qualified to take you on a journey through some of its finest moments.
Steve has played at every major Hard House club in the UK as well as numerous events around the world. UK gigs include Cream, Sundissential, Vague, BugJam, Ministry of Sound, weekly residency at DTPM and many more. Worldwide, he has been resident for Trade in Ibiza (Privilege, El Divino & Space), a Japanese Tour, a US Tour, and a South African Tour, all alongside regular gigs in Europe. One of Steve’s highlights was a residency alongside Danny Tenaglia at Twilo in NY. This came about via Trade, who’s DJ's played in the second room; apart from Steve - he is the only person ever to play a two hour prime time slot in the middle of Tenaglia’s marathon set, not once but every time he played there.
As well as DJing, Steve has released several of his own tracks under guises such as 'The Experts' and 'Fruitloop' as well as under his own name, with all these records ripping up the dance floors at Hard House clubs.
Can there be anything else to say? Yes, Steve has also been voted ‘DJ of the Month’ in Muzik (Sept 1998), and has played live on Kiss FM and on Danny Rampling’s shows on Radio 1 and of course the ever famous Essential mix for Pete Tong. He has been voted in DJ magazine’s top 100 DJs four times and in a poll done by Muzik Magazine Steve was voted number 8 in the world.
Overall, Steve is one of the finest DJs that the dance music scene has ever had the opportunity to experience. DEVOTION presents to you the opportunity to hear him playing the distinct sound which he pioneered.