Tony Walker - Love 2 BePlays: House
Tony started djing in 1989. His first gigs were Ark and Dream in Leeds, England. He then presented several shows on Dream FM in 1992. His first weekly club residency was at the Gallery in Leeds in 1992 for the Utah Saints with whom he toured America. He created and promoted “Happy" a weekly house night at the Leeds Music Factory in 1993, which became best midweek dance night in the UK (as voted by DJ Mag). In 1994 he promoted and Djed at “Love to be” voted club of the year 1995. In 1996 Tony gained the accolade of best resident Dj in the UK. 1997 saw the start of his first UK wide radio show the “Transatlantic Mix” on the Kiss/Galaxy Network. Since then Tony has been a regular spinner at the best clubs around the globe including: Love to be (worldwide tour), Retro (worldwide tour), Hed Kandi, Federation, Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, Space, El Divino, & Pacha (Ibiza), Centro Fly & Cheetah (NYC), Supper Club (Amsterdam), Passion, Déjà vu, Kinky Malinky, Sugar (Singapore), Salt (Australia), Stark (Dallas) to name only a few. Tony is now managing director of Love to be... ltd and is taking the sucessful club brand back on tour to celebrate its 15th year in clubland.
Tony’s production credits are lengthy including projects for Laurent Wolf, Crispin J Glover, Lonnie Gordon, Jonnie Fiori, Mary Pierce, Unique 3 and Serena as well as his own trax recorded as Main Connection, Soul Fricton, One Foot in the Groove, Peak Time Players and the Barkin Brothers. Tony Is co-founder and managing director of the One foot in the Groove Label which has over 50 releases under its belt all of which can be found at www.traxsource.com and all good download sites. Tony is in the process of setting up the Love to be... record label which is currently looking for trax to sign alongside our current catalogue some of which can be heard on Tony's player. Tony also Co ordinates and produces at the Love to be... studio suite which he runs in Huddersfield, England.
Tony's radio work has included being presenter of several shows on Dream FM (Leeds) from 1992 to 1995. In 1996 Tony became producer and presenter of the Transatlantic Mix show on Kiss/Galaxy Network. This show was co presented with Dj Disciple from NYC and featured the best upfront house music alongside interviews with artistes such as Armand Van Helden, Roger Sanchez, Dj Sneak, Eric Morillo, Mousse T, David Morales, Tony Humphreys, Barbara Tucker, Sandy B…etc. Tony also presented the Dance Capital Show on Galaxy 102 (Manchester). Several Tony’s shows have been syndicated globally to Station 1 (Italy), UK Radio (Greece), KDGE (Dallas) and WIRE (NYC). Tony also hosts the Love to be show on SSRadioUK.
As you can see Tony is a living testiment to the phrase "music is my life".
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