Lyndon Large
Manchester
Will DJ 'til I die! A club and rave DJ back in the day :) Now a dedicated dad but still playing out; also to be found doing regular livestream sets from the rave cave. (Full bio below - click 'show more')
I've played at Flashback (Birmingham), Dizstruxshon, Uprising, Sourcey (Humberside/Lincolnshire), Waveform (Manchester), Vasana (Scotland) and loads of free parties and illegal raves in Lincolnshire (yes crew).
I've been on the bill with SLAM, Lisa Lashes, Matt Hardwick (Gatecrasher), DJ Sy, Shock C, Mampi Swift, Top Buzz, DJ SS, Ray Keith (legend), Slipmatt, M-Zone & Mark EG, Noya, 007, Mrs Magoo, Nicky Blackmarket, Micky Finn, Top Groove, Billy Bunter, Hixxy, Force and Styles; and on house nights with Marshall Jefferson, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Allister Whitehead, Tony Walker (Love to Be), Rob Tissera.
And if you're really interested, full biog continues: As DJ L@rGeY (orig. DJ Bugsy), I started out in 1993 with belt drives bought with paper round wages! It was a hell of a time for dance music - this new sound - and the event tapes (copied 10x over by the time we got them) were flying around school. A Dance Nation set from Ratpack and a DJ Dougal one at Dreamscape changed my life! Technics decks followed (same ones still going strong) and a friendship with Yorks/Lincs DJ Matt Stephenson - owner of Scunthorpe's only dance record shop Plus 8, later named The Source - led to early slots at regional nights. Then DJ Bugsy, I went on to be resident at Matt's North Lincolnshire club night, Sourcey.
I played the back room (playing house and hard house)at the legendary Humberside raves Dizstruxshon and Uprising.
The illegal rave and free party stuff came thanks to an invite from a travelling sound system that set up commune in North Lincs and the guys used to come into the record shop to buy their gabber records with piles of 2p coins earned begging/busking! North Lincs was a decent spot for quarry and warehouse raves and it was limey, muddy, edgy, exciting and never to be forgotten!
I moved to Scotland for uni. and the DJ Bugsy moniker was dropped in favour of just my name for house nights and, having started as a pure joke amongst my mates, "DJ Lyndon Large" or L@rGeY stuck! I was resident in both the union and clubs in Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh; getting to play alongside techno legends Slam (Stuart and Orde) and other big names of the Scottish and international scene at the time.
Still DJ L@rGeY, I'm now a Manchester-based DJ, dad and full-time university academic, having been a BBC/ITV TV and radio producer for 18+ years for the day job.
I've got an extensive cross-genre vinyl collection and use Serato too, which means I play renowned epically eclectic and diverse sets that traverse through: dub step, house, hard house, wobbly house, dnb, garage, speed garage, techno, breaks, breakbeat hardcore (rave), happy hardcore, trance, progressive. I bloody love the creativity of Ableton edits, rerubs, tempo-changers, refixes, mashups and bootlegs!
Finally, I remain 'classically trained' on decks so I'm pretty purist about beat-matching manually (NEVER touch that sync button, kids!) and though digital is awesome, I still mix with Serato vinyl control records rather than CDJs or controllers.
My home setup remains those same, well-cared for, regularly serviced 1996 Technics 1210s, a Pioneer RMX500 (for versatile fx on vinyl) and a lovely Rane 72 mixer for crystal digital and analogue sound. I record sets through Ableton, and livestream using OBS.
Peace, love and unity. Keep the vibe alive! :)
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