DCO'S FIRST/EARLY MUSICAL INFLUENCES WERE OF A MIXED, WIDE RANGED BAG TO BE FAIR ! ENJOYING EVERYTHING FROM MICHEAL JACKSON, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK AND B.R.O.S ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO PRODIGY, SNEAK, FRANKIE KNUCKLES, HERBIE HANCOCK AND OF COURSE HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL.....DAFT PUNK

HOUSE MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PART IN DCO'S LIFE AND NEVER MORE SO THAN THE NIGHT THAT PUT EVERYTHING INTO PROSPECTIVE....

THE DATE: NYE 1999
THE CITY: SHEFFIELD
THE VENUE: THE UNIT
THE EVENT: NY SUSHI (THEM WERE THE DAYS !)
THE STORY: AFTER LISTENING TO OUR KID FOR NEARLY 4 HOURS OF A 6 HOUR SET AS FABIO WAS A NO SHOW, HE VENTURED DOWNSTAIRS FOR A LITTLE WONDER. ON APPROACH TO A RATHER LARGE OPEN DOORWAY ALL HE COULD SEE WAS A PACKED OUT ROOM WITH THE FITTEST BUNCH OF GIRLS GOING MENTAL TO THOMAS BANGALTER'S HUGE HIT 'TOGETHER' BEING DROPPED BY A BIT OF AN UNKNOWN AT THE TIME 'JACQUES LU CONT' AKA STUART PRICE TO YOU LOT WHO ONLY KNOW HIM FROM BEING MADONNA'S PRODUCER. BUT THAT WAS IT, IT ALL MADE SENSE FROM THEN ON AND HE KNEW HOUSE WAS MORE THAN JUST A SOUND, IT WAS AN ART, A CULTURE, A FEELING, AN OBSESSION, A LOVE AND MOST OF ALL....IT WAS TO BE HIS LIFE AND HIS FUTURE DIRECTION. HE THEN HAD TO BE OUT AND AMONGST ALL THESE FEELINGS HE HAD BUILT UP ON A WEEKLY BASIS, VENTURING OVER TO MANCHESTER TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR TO SEE THE 'UNABOMBERS' AND TO LEEDS TO NIGHTS SUCH AS BASICS, HARD TIMES, TECHNIQUE AND ASYLUM AS MUCH AS HE COULD TO FEED HIS PASSION......

HAVING BEGGED AND BEGGED OLDER BROTHER TC1 TO DROP A TUNE AT HIS NIGHT 'MOMENTUM @ WIRE IN LEEDS, TC FINALLY GAVE IN ONE EVENING BACK IN 2007 AND THAT SINGLE DEFINING MOMENT WHEN DCO BROUGHT IN A SWANKY LIQUID FUNK DNB MIX HE KNEW THAT BEING A DJ HAD TO BE A PART OF HIS LIFE. HE THEN PLAYED A FEW SETS AT A STUDENT CAMPUS CLUB AND THROUGH THAT GAINED HIS 1ST RESIDENCY @ BAR ROUGE IN HUDDERSFIELD WHERE HE INSTANTLY BECAME A HIT AND WAS INVITED TO PLAY GUEST SETS @ 3 OF HUDDERSFIELD'S BIGGEST EVENTS DAWN CHORUS, AFTERPARTY & AFTERPARTIES SISTER NIGHT, CARRY ON @ REVOLUTION. DCO'S DEDICATION AND ENTHUSIASM GOT HIM SETS A LONG SIDE SOME OF THE WORLD GREATS IN JUST UNDER A YEAR OF HIM BEING IN THE GAME. ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER AND WITHIN NO TIME D HAD CLOCKED UP SETS AT ALL OF HIS HOME TOWNS BIGGEST EVENTS, GIGS ALL OVER LEEDS INCLUDING THE MIGHTY MINT CLUB AND A LIL TOUR DOWN TO PARTY CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH-WEST NEWQUAY. BUT D'S BIGGEST BELT NOTCHES CAME IN THE YEAR OF 2010 WHERE HE WAS ASKED TO PERFORM TO ONE THOUSAND PLUS CROWDS NOT ONCE BUT TWICE FOR THE 'AFTERPARTY WAREHOUSE EXPERIENCE' @ BATES MILL IN HUDDERSFIELD WHERE ON THE 1ST OCCASION HE SUPPORTED THE LIKES OF FAKE BLOOD, BRODINSKI, TODDLA T, RUSKO, TOM STAAR & DOORLY AND ON THE 2ND SUPPORTING JACK BEATS, RADIO1'S KISSY SELL OUT, EXAMPLE LIVE, REVERAND AND THE MAKERS & THE SQUATTERS.

NOT BAD FOR 3 YEARS WORK I'D SAY, HERE'S TO THE NEXT 3 AND BEYOND......

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IN SUCH A SHORT SPACE OF TIME DCO HAS CLOCKED UP ALL THE FOLLOWING...

Addict @ Bar Rouge - Huddersfield
Come Play @ Cotton Factory - Huddersfield
Project 7 @ Tokyo - Huddersfield
Lets Get Funked @ D.Bar - Huddersfield
Disco Mafia @ CoCo - Leeds
Goshi @ Chilli Whites - Leeds
Dirtyfloor @ Iocus - Huddersfield
Seduction @ Mansion - Huddersfield
Project 7 @ Mansion - Huddersfield
Dawn Chorus @ Flying Circus - Huddersfield
Addivtive @ Cotton Factory - Huddersfield
Neon @ Mint Club - Leeds
Carry On @ Revolution - Huddersfield
Rewired @ Wire Club - Leeds
Le Bloc @ Rouge - Huddersfield
The Lock-In @ Camel Club - Huddersfield
Filthy Fridays @ Red Square - Newquay
Afterparty Warehouse Experience @ Bates Mill - Huddersfield
The Sesh @ Rouge - Huddersfield
Floor-Play @ Vampire - Huddersfield
Broken Beats @ Revolution - Bradford
Royal Television Awards @ Alea Casino - Leeds

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AND HAS PLAYED A LONG SIDE SOME OF THE GREATS...

Micky Slim
Mark Brown
Junia Ovadose
Donna Beatz
Suzee X
Jo Kira
Jon Fitz
Kate Lawler
D&G
Doorly
Kelevra
Utah Saints
Little Bastard
TC1
Octane & DLR
Stupid Fresh
The Squatters
Escobar & Vito
Dave Spoon
Heavyfeet
Cassette Jam
Aspin & Dipace
Jack Beats
Jackinori
The Dutch Rudder
Fake Blood
Brodinski
Toddla T
Rusko
Tom Staar
Kissy Sellout
Example
Reverand And The Makers