Dean Zone

Bio:

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Now a firmly established part of the furniture in the London Hard Dance scene after over 2 years of regularly playing out, Dean has risen very far in a remakably short space of time. Since his first ever set infront of a packed dancefloor at the legendary Turnmills, Dean Zone has gone on to conquer just about every club the capital has to offer, whilst earning the respect of both clubbers and promoters along the way.




Having only begun learning to mix in April 2003, Dean has gone from strength to strength in such a short space of time. Preferably playing European Hard Trance, he has adapted his sound to include not only Hardstyle, but also Trance and Tech-Trance, enabling him to play appropriatley for any set time he is given. Playing European Hard Trance and Hardstyle has enabled Dean to carve out a niche in the London scene and has gone on to rock the dancefloor for the likes of Frantic, Tasty, Innovate, Zoology and Addiction to name a few, as well as recent gigs coming from as far afield as Wales.

After being noticed by the promoters of Puzzle Project, Dean was asked to join the team in early 2006. This was then followed by Dean being given the sole responsability for relaunching SWAMP, which lead to him starting up his very own night, the award winning Magnetix.

More success's followed shortly after, as Dean was featured in the Raw Talent section of I-DJ magazine (Feb '07), and shortly after he was voted runner up in the HarderFaster.Net awards for best up and coming DJ 2006. More recently Dean has had mixes aired by Trance maestro Adam White on his Ministry of Sound "Euphoria" Radio show, as well as being voted the best music reviewer of 2007, again by the users of HarderFaster.Net.

As well as promoting and DJ'ing, Dean has been busy working on his own productions, the first of which were released on Vinyl by Repent Recordings, with the double A-side Set Me Free/Choices hitting the top 10 in the Chemical Records Chart!






Puzzle Project was started in September 2005 by the same team that brought you Obsession and Swamp. Dean joined as a co-promoter in early 2006 and has since become an integral part of the team. Hosting big names such as Cally Gage, The Organ Donors, James Lawson, Phil Reyonlds and Nick Rafferty every 2nd friday of each month at Club 414, along with residents Phil Lankester, Ben Bennett, Gordon Darley and Matt Church, Puzzle Project has gone from strength to strength and will soon be celebrating it's 3rd Birthday.



Magnetix was the brainchild of Phil Lankester (Puzzle Project, Swamp), Ashley James (Addiction, Recreation) and Dean himself. After becoming tired of attending events where minimum effort seemed to have been made both in terms of musical progression and venue decoration, it was decided that something needed to be done. Thus, Magnetix was born. Running on spare weekends at the 414 enables the team to not only promote each party properly, as well as leaving enough time to really decorate the venue to the hilt, which is something that the Magnetix team take pride in doing. After winning the the HarderFaster.Net award for the best new party of 2007, Magnetix has begun to take things to the next step, including bringing on Bi-Party residents Jon the Baptist and Jurrane, making every event a night to remember!



Dean has also been asked to host a monthly 2 hour show on one of the biggest Internet Radio stations in the world, DI.FM! Every 4th Monday from 8pm - 10pm will be host to the "Event Horizon" show, featuring special guests mixes from the likes of K90, Phil Reynolds, Frisky, Ben Bennett and lots more!




2009:
05/9 - Magnetix & HarderFaster.Net present: The Birthday Boat Party @ The London Pride
15/8 - Insurgence @ The Volks
31/7 - Magnetix Beach Party @ Club 414
11/7 - Twisted Mayhem & Sinistry Presents 'The Offical Klubbed Together Tour' @ Empire Club
29/5 - Magnetix @ Club 414
15/5 - Frantic & Squelcher Present HDS - Black & Red Early Summer Ball @ Hidden
08/5 - Hindsight @ Bohemia Night Club
14/2 - Frantic pres Timeless 7 "The Valentines Ball" @ The Kentish Town Forum
13/2 - Planet Angel @ Hidden
06/2 - Zoology Trance @ Club 414
30/1 - Magnetix vs. Firesky @ Club 414
16/1 - Club 414 Presents: The Re-Launch @ Club 414

2008:
31/12 - Londons New Years Eve Masked Ball @ Hidden
27/12 - Sunrise @ Club 414
19/12 - Frantic & More On The Door Present HDS @ Hidden
12/12 - Puzzle Project @
21/11 - Retribution UK @ The Mud Club
26/9 - Vision Control @ Hidden
20/9 - Hard Cash @ Hidden
14/9 - Just Groove @ Club 414
12/9 - Puzzle Projects 3rd Birthday @ Club 414
29/8 - Magnetix 1st Birthday @ Club 414
24/8 - Frantic 11th Birthday @ Koko
02/8 - Recreation @ Factory
12/7 - reFre5h @ Club 414
14/6 - HD@H & Firesky pres, DJ The Corbz' 21st Birthday @ Harry’s Nightclub
08/6 - Just Groove @ Club 414
30/5 - Magnetix @ Club 414
25/5 - AWsum vs. Kiddfectious @ Ministry of Sound
09/5 - Puzzle Project @ Club 414
25/4 - Frantic & Squelcher pres. HDS @ Hidden
19/4 - Free Party @ Factory
29/2 - Magnetix @ Club 414

2007:
31/12 - Frantic NYE @ Hearn Street Warehouse
31/12 - Just Groove NYE @ Club 414
15/12 - Total Mayhem vs. X-Static @ The Telegraph
14/12 - Puzzle Project @ Club 414
08/12 - HarderFaster.Net Christmas party @ Hidden
29/9 - Magnetix - The Launch @ Club 414
28/9 - Frantic pres. HDS - The Launch @ Hidden
14/9 - Puzzle Projects 2nd Birthday @ Club 414
10/8 - SWAMP @ Club 414
19/7 - Thirsty Thursdays @ Freedom
30/6 - Raving Bananas @ The Fridge
16/6 - Ascendance @ The Swan
08/6 - SWAMP @ Club 414
01/6 - Zoology Trance/Classics @ Club 414
13/5 - Byte @ The Purple Turtle, Camden
12/5 - Paradox - The SWAMP crack on @ Club 414
11/5 - Puzzle Project pres. SWAMPS 5th Birthday @ Club 414
03/5 - Thirsty Thursdays @ Freedom
21/4 - Raving Bananas @ The Fridge
13/4 - SWAMP @ Club 414
09/4 - Byte @ The Purple Turtle
17/3 - Triptonic @ Apollo, Porthcawl
04/3 - Byte @ The Purple Turtle
25/2 - Twist @ Crash
11/2 - Timeless Romance After Party @ Hidden
20/1 - Intervention UK: Unconventional @ Mass
01/1 - Frantic presents 01/01 @ Hidden

2006:
23/12 - HarderFaster.Net Vs the Residents Christmas Party @ Turnmills
8/12 - SWAMP @ Club 414
13/10 - SWAMP - The Return @ Club 414
5/10 - Thirsty Thursdays @ Freedom
29/9 - Paradoxx - The 2nd Birthday @ Club 414
24/9 - Byte, @ The Purple Turtle, Camden
22/9 - Spangulation @ Club 414
17/9 - The Official Tasty After Party @ Hidden
25/8 - Momentum @ Purple Turtle, Reading
20/8 - Byte, @ Purple Turtle, Camden
04/8 - Zoology Hard @ Club 414
16/7 - Byte @ Purple Turtle, Camden
15/7 - Innovate – 2nd Birthday @ The Fridge
14/7 - Puzzle Project @ Club 414
28/5 - Byte @ The Purple Turtle, Camden
13/5 - Paradoxx Afterhours @ Club 414
30/4 - Byte @ Purple Turtle, Camden
09/5 - Byte @ Purple Turtle, Camden
06/4 - Addiction @ Freedom
11/3 - Zoology @ Fire
05/1 - Paradoxx @ The South Side Bar

2005:
17/12 - The Heat Christmas Party @ Turnmills
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Member Since:

July 05, 2006

Members:

Dean Zone

Influences:

Ferry Corsten, DJ Scot Project, DJ Wag, Yoji Biomehanika, Dark By Design.

Sounds Like:

Dave Joy, Next Exit, Dave 202, Derler and Klitzing, Jon the Baptist, Uberdruck, Tommy Pulse, Fausto.

Record Label:

Repent Recordings