There are people who play records and there are DJs who blow minds, Eddie Halliwell is the latterwho makes every set, no matter how small the club or how big the festival, feel like the closing party of the end of the world - Mixmag, 2003.
'At 26 Eddie is a DJ legend to rank among the best of them..so clubland make some noise for clublands answer to Rocky.' - Mixmag 2006
'There are people who play records and there are DJs who blow minds, Eddie Halliwell is the latterwho makes every set, no matter how small the club or how big the festival, feel like the closing party of the end of the world.' - Mixmag
Despite only just turning 26 Eddie Halliwell is now firmly established as one of the most exciting DJs in the world having just been crowned Mixmags World Number 1 DJ for a second time and also earlier this year being Voted 17th The 2005 World DJ Mag Top 100 Poll. Unbelievably passionate about music he infects the crowd with his energy, captivating them with his highly visual performances (his interaction with the crowd has got to be seen to be believed!) and jaw dropping turntable trickeryhe really is a true DJ.
Eddie has become arguably the most in demand DJ in The UK , with him receiving rave reviews and capacity arenas for his sets at Creamfields, Global Gathering, Colourfest (Scotland) and Escape into The Park (Wales), spinning an unbelievable fourth Radio 1 Essential Mix, having both a second sell out BOSH! Live" UK Tour and a sell out Pioneer 909 Tour, and a sell out Fire It Up Tour. All the above whilst hosting his own Radio 1 Show which continues from strength to strength, most recently mixing a compilation for The Mighty Cream and previous mixes for Ministry of Sound, not forgetting Mixmags long awaited highly acclaimed follow up to the legendary Bosh CDs, named Fire It Up!!
2006 has already seen dates in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Singapore, Chicago, LA, San Fransisco, Miami, Puerto Rico, Moscow, Sweden, KL, Toronto, Vancouver, Amsterdam, Minneapolis and with Cream (Amnesia, Ibiza), an astonishing fifth year as Judgement Sunday Resident, and visits to South Africa, Uruguay, Poland, China, to name but a few, it looks like the Eddie Rollercoaster is in full fire motion!
There was a considerable rise in demand for Eddie internationally in 2005 with two tours of East Asia, a tour of Australia and New Zealand alongside Fatboy Slim, monthly visits to the USA, numerous visits to South America, Europe, Canada, Russia, Dubai and Egypt, being one of only a handful of DJs asked to play 2 sets at the infamous Dance Valley on his debut, debuting Skol Beats Festival (Brazil), Trance Energy (Holland) Mysteryland (Belgium) and was requested to play The Malaysian Grand Prix, alongside Felix Da Housecat. He has also enjoyed an astonishing fourth season as resident at Judgement Sundays and embarked on his first season with Cream at Amnesia alongside Paul Van Dyk and Tiesto.
2004 had as many achievements as 2005. In August he debuted at Homelands and completed his third live Radio 1 Essential Mix alongside Paul Oakenfold at Cream @ Amnesia. This was an experience Eddie particularly relished as it marked his first official duties as a new Radio 1 Resident, having won this coveted position following his previous Essential Mixes (May and August 2003) with a series of outstanding guest mixes on Judge Jules & Pete Tongs regular Weekend shows. Earlier in May of 2004, Eddie hosted his first show, as part of the Radio 1 Residency.
Having been brought up in Wigan, in the north west of England, it is where Eddie made his name and by 2002 held residencies at both Goodgreef (Mixmag Club of the Year 2003 & Runner-Up 2004) and Gatecrasher. Now he is a headliner at both clubs! 2004 saw Eddie chosen to play the closing set in the Main Arena at Creamfields (the previous year he was the only DJ to feature in two arenas, headlining the Frantic/Nukleuz tent as well as the Cream Main Arena). Gatecrasher also chose Eddie to headline the second main arena at the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System (2002).
To achieve this Eddie has spent nearly a decade honing his skills on the decks. Having caught the DJ-ing bug at 15 he was too young for clubs so channelled his creative energies into a Music Technology course where he learnt some of his now renowned hip hop scratches. His ability to adapt these to fit over other genres of music has earned him not only respect amongst fellow DJs but also admiration from stunned crowds. Eddies technical ability is such that when he is in front of the mixer he utilises it as a means to create energy and new sounds with rapid cut ups and warped effects. And its not just the dance floor that loves this mind boggling trickery Eddie is now working alongside leading audio manufacture Pioneer to help develop the next generation of DJ technology!
While the true Eddie experience can only be gained in a club, he has also mixed one disc of Gatecrasher Residents Transmission and for Mixmag (the worlds biggest dance music and clubbing magazine), mixed two massive cover mount CDs in his own name. Forging an exciting, new, tough sound combing tech-trance and hard dance elements the first, BOSH!, was one of the most successful Mixmag CDs to date and in 2003 clubbers demanded a follow-up so Next Level BOSH! was born. However, with this still failing to quench the publics thirst at the end of 2004 Mixmag and Eddie linked up to put on five massive BOSH Live events around the UK, an unprecedented move for the magazine. Due to further more public demand, Eddie has recently mixed his third Mixmag CD Fire It Up!
In an unprecedented time frame, Eddie has firmly established himself as one of the most talked about and exciting DJs in the world. With the recent launch of his Fire It Up brand, it looks like the whole world will be screaming EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE!
Tracklist will be updated during broadcast.
Hour One: Chris Allen01. Chris Lake - Release (Original mix)
02. Dave Spoon - At Night (Original mix)
03. Coburn vs. Robbie Rivera - Superstar (Robbie Rivera mix)
04. Henrik B - Overrun (Original mix)
05. My Digital Enemy - Elektro Joker (Original mix)
06. Montero - Hairy Hits (House mix)
07. Jaytech - Starbright (Jaytech's Touch Your DJ remix)
08. S.O. Project - Direct Dizko (Sander van Doorn remix)
09. Preach - Broken Inside (Original mix)
10. Valentino Kanzyani - I Pray (Let I Pray 4u mix)
11. Marcel Woods - Advanced (Bits and Crushed remix)
Exclusive Interview with Eddie HalliwellEddie Halliwell Guestmix01. Rank 1 and Alex M.O.R.P.H. - A Life Less Ordinary
02. Exelios - World of Life (Mac Zimms mix)
03. Congress - 40 Miles (Joc remix)
04. Ilgar Khaligof - In Hell Always Well (Eddie’s live EFX edit)
05. Wehbba - Aim High Shoot Low (Eddie’s Extended edit)
06. Killian - Alarm
07. ID - ID
08. Pedro Delgardo - Blunt (Kobaya's late mix) (Eddie’s Hot Cue edit)
09. 4 Strings - Take Me Away (Mac Zimms mix) (Eddie’s Live Fancy Festival edit)
