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Born in Glasgow in 1978, Mr.Livewire grew up absorbing house and techno music with the help of legendary nights like Pure at the venue in Edinburgh and Subculture at the Sub Club in Glasgow. He got his first set of decks in 1993 at the age of 14 after hearing mix tapes from a club night called Pure in Edinburgh. Using his fake ID he would sneak into the Pure and catch early sets from guests like Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Mike Banks, Jeff Mills, and Carl Craig. Mesmerized by the sound of second wave Detroit techno pioneers Mr.Livewire picked up DJ'ing and was a regular on the city's underground party scene by fifteen. Driven by the Chicago house sound of artists like Boo Williams, Cajmere and Gemini, by the early to mid-nineties he was mixing in bars and clubs in and around Glasgow. He started playing around with early trackers on the Atari ST in 1995 and got serious about producing in 1999, taking up a degree in music production. Mr.Livewire put out his first record in September 2004 on Lady D's, D'lectable Music, other artists on the label have included Glenn Underground, Jamie Principle, E Smoove, Mel Hammond and more. ..
this is great, jonny. nicely done :)
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