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BTTF_POD004 James Winter

Originally from arguably one of the best clubbing destinations in the UK - Leeds, James has made house music his life and pretty much everything he thinks about since he was in his early teens.

He has played some of the biggest and best venues in England; Sankeys, The Lightbox in London, The Garage (Voted UK's best small club 2012), Mint Warehouse, The Warehouse, Stinkys (Backtobasics, the longest running weekly house night in the world), Wire and The Mint Club who has seen the likes of Sven Vath, Ricardo Villalobos, Ellen Allien, Shonky, Dyed Soundorom, the list goes on. James has achieved in five years, what some DJ's could hope only hope to accomplish in that small timeframe.

He first discovered his love for the rave scene after attending "WaxOn" back in 2008 in Leeds, England, hearing Brodinski, who was the first dance music related DJ he started listening to. After this passion spawned for house music, James started discovering new DJ's, labels, meeting all the people that mattered in the house scene and eventually started playing gigs in and around Leeds in early 2010.

In 2011, he entered UK's "Movida Corona" DJ competition which saw him get the the UK final at the Ministry Of Sound in London, playing to literally thousands of house music fans. It earned James a column in the Yorkshire evening post and a mention in UK's Mixmag.

Co-running his own night IN:VISION in Leeds, which is now well established in the UK house scene, it saw him play with the likes of FRANCK ROGER, JORDAN PEAK, ADAM SHELTON and more, as well as building a plethora of contacts which were put to good use in the months to follow.

Amidst all this progress, James was asked to be a new resident for APOGEE presents...in London. This helped to establish his name down south and to be able to play with the likes of HOT SINCE 82, WAIFS & STRAYS, AUDIOJACK and many others.

James now has two releases through Luke Pompey's label Love Not Money Records and two other releases through both Dudley Strangeways label Back To The Future Records and Farfan Deep's label Underground Lovers Records which have received support from Grant Nelson, DJ Caspa, Hector Morales and Subb-an to name a few.

Funtom is a purist dedicated to preserving the vinyl experience for his Club performances. Funtom is also Founder and Owner of Deep Site Recordings, Deep Site Space and Co-Founder of Vancouver's DE Radio.

Biography
Nowadays Funtom is mostly in musical production publishing his own tracks and remixes on labels worldwide. His tracks are played and supported by some of the industry finest, such as: Ra-Soul, Tyler Stadius, Richard Grey, Nadja Lind, Klartraum, Cosmic Cowboys, Lars Behrenroth, Sezer Uysal, Aldo Cadiz, Ken Liu, Tiago Fragateiro, Miss Jools, Max Cooper, Dudley Strangeways, Highland Brothers, Addex, Sean Danke, Billy Disciple, Maksy, Napoleon Dominguez, Tony Stevenson, Bourne, Marcelo Méndez, Jamesen Re, Olderic, Max Conte, Rob Collman, Di Costa, Petar Cvetkovic, Igor Brzovic, Pete Griffiths, Alex Neivel, Bartellow, Cockney Lama, Alvaro Ernesto, James Warren, Dave Unversal Language, Marc Gerrard, Shlomi B, Shaun C, Sonnarson, Marq Walsh, Patrick Devereux, Colin Hargreaves, Marco Deep, Jonny B, Peter Ryan, Vision Collective, Lee Clarke, Deephope, Miguel Pone, Al Churchill, Vikte, Tim Welsh, Deeka, Peter Ryan, Daniel Derek, Elpierro, DJ Love, Simon Kirk, Steve Abbishaw, Rob Mayman, Obyvate, Deeka, Dim.k (S.G) and many more.

Description
He has been spinning vinyl for the past fifteen years and been resident in some of the most famous house clubs in Zagreb, Croatia.

For the previous five years Funtom has been airing radio shows gaining international respect as he host’s talented artists, generating a rich portfolio of interviews, which tap into the zeitgeist of the underground music scene, and giving the listener a well-rounded portrait of the current musical landscape.

Currently on his busy roster, Funtom is hosting shows on DE Radio Vancouver, DeepVibes London, Tunnel FM Stockholm, West Radio Athens and his long lasting show Groove Site FM 100.5 MHz Zagreb.

Funtom's Release on Back The The Future -
http://www.beatport.com/release/imaginative-spirit-ep/985178

Follow Funtom on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Funtom/208210182534355

LUKE BLACK
When DJ'ing Luke likes to approach every mix as though it were a production. Most DJ's like to fine-tune their sets and practice for weeks but Luke doesn’t like to work like that. Luke believes in being a performer and when DJ'ing likes to think that he can capture the energy of the dance floor at that very moment and keep it alive!

Luke believes that a good Mix is all about variety, capturing the moment
and giving the crowd what they need at the right time, throwing in surprises when they aren't expecting it. However his sets and general styles do tend to aim towards the sounds currently fresh.
That’s how Lukes mixes come out and that’s how they will keep coming out... Lukes DJ sets take in a few different elements of House from Tech House, Techno, Deep House, Minimal Techno.

Luke Black Latest Release on Back To The Future Recordings
"Hardmouth" Luke delivers some proper deep grooves. Also includes a cracking jacked up remix from Graham Laverty
http://www.beatport.com/release/hardmouth/1052814

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Maksy is a 20 year old up and coming Producer and DJ from Ireland. Having developed his own style over the past few years he has built up an impressive catalogue of tracks with the focus on a deeper, techier side of House Music. Through his productions he has gained well respected support on his tracks from major artists throughout the worldwide underground scene. With live and DJ performances at popular electronic music festivals and venues across Ireland, in addition to running his own electronic music party in his home town of Cork he is steadily developing a strong following and presence across the Irish electronic music scene.
Releases on Back to the Future, Enough! Music, Gartenhaus, Kiko Records, Swink Music ltd, Vision Collective Recordings
For more information check out Maksy's Soundcloud or Facebook
For bookings email info@animaltune.com or maksymusic@gmail.com

soundcloud.com/maksy
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