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RECENT GIGS (2006 - 2008)


WALKABOUT - BRADFORD / GRIMSBY / LINCOLN / BARNSLEY / LEEDS / OLDHAM / BLACKPOOL
 LIVERPOOL / BIRMINGHAM / CARLISLE / NOTTINGHAM
SURFERS - MANCHESTER / MIDDLESBROUGH /WOLVERHAMPTON / BURNLEY
QUE PASA - STOURBRIDGE
CLUB SANUK (MAIN ARENA) - BLACKPOOL

IQ BAR - SIDARI, CORFU, GREECE
BED BAR - SIDARI, CORFU, GREECE
QUEEN VIC - LLORET DE MAR, SPAIN

TALL TREES - YARM
OCTAGON - BANGOR
COCOA LOUNGE - TELFORD
THE RITZ - MANCHESTER
FACES - NOTTINGHAM
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - BOLTON / WOLVERHAMPTON
CHICAGO ROCK CAFE - MIDDLESBROUGH / MANSFIELD /LINCOLN / WREXHAM / WARRINGTON / WALSALL
TERMINAL ONE - CARLISLE (FROM VENUE LAUNCH)
 

BLUE LAGOON FLOATING SUPERCLUB (21 Oct 2005 - Apr 2006)


I am proud to be remembered as the first DJ to play at this venue.  I opened the club, saw crowds as large as 2100 people (never been repeated since I left) and suggested many marketing and design ideas for the club.

I am pleased that many of my ideas and suggestions live on:

Guest DJs / PAs
The resident LJ
The dancers
The big screen
The newspaper ad design

etc, etc...

Good luck to Rick and a very fond farewell to Jacky.

The 2400-capacity, BLUE LAGOON nightclub, onboard the ex-Royal Danish train ferry PRINCESS SELANDIA, moored at Barrow-In-Furness docks, sports SIX dancefloors, 60 speakers, 4 lasers, 50+ intelligent lighting effects, massive video screens, 18 neon rigs and a 64K sound system!


Here is my interview in the NW Evening Mail (Reprinted courtesy of them, of course:  Thanks Claire and Pete!)

bluelagoondjmatstevensfeature 27nov 2005.pdf

Radio advert from 96.9FM THE BAY RADIO which I wrote (www.thebay.co.uk):



Here is our NIGHT Magazine Review from November 2005 (Reprinted with permission from NIGHT Magazine) www.mondiale.co.uk/night

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PREVIOUS GIGS

 
After leaving Club 54, Guernsey in July 2003, I was asked to work for THREE MONTHS in Corfu, Greece.  I became resident DJ at DIRTY NELLIES in Corfu, which was great fun, and certainly a little different to the usual club work that I have grown accustomed to!

After returning to the UK at the beginning of October 2003, I was approached by CHICAGO ROCK CAFE to provide relief DJ cover at several of their units (Macclesfield, Lancaster, Wigan, Wrexham, Rochdale, St Helens, Bury, Barnsley and Warrington)

I also completed a radio media / broadcasting course with Galaxy 102 FM - Manchester.

DJ residencies followed at THE WORKS - BIRMINGHAM (Main room),
plus CREATION - STOKE (Main room), where I worked with DJ DAVE PEARCE, amongst others.

Then I was offered Saturday residency at MR SMITHS - WARRINGTON.

In May, 2005, I travelled to Alanya, Turkey, where I was offered a residency on the VIP Floor of
ROBIN HOOD ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX.

Later, in August 2005, I was asked to DJ at SOUL TRAIN, MAGALUF, Majorca.  This gave me the opportunity to visit
Club BCM, where I was able to meet DJ TIM WESTWOOD.

September 2005 saw me travel to Halkidiki, Greece, for a holiday (!), where I (as usual), ended up DJing at
LONG ISLAND Bar, Hanioti (Hi to Vasillis - so much for a holiday, eh?)

I have also made several guest DJ appearances at JUMPING JAX - HANLEY, STOKE
and CHICAGO ROCK CAFE, BARNSLEY during 2005.


Production News - ZAQ FEAT DJ MAT STEVENS:
CURRENT PROJECTS:

THE REMIX OF "SONAR" was completed early in 2003!

I renamed the track:  "ZAQ - Calling For Your Love".

CALLING FOR YOUR LOVE has  already been played out EXTENSIVELY by HUNDREDS of DJs in the UK
.
Reactions have been superb already, probably due to the fact that the track was engineered by the one and only -
MIKE DI SCALA, from ULTRABEAT / REZONANCE Q, / BCD PROJECT, etc, etc.
(THANKS MIKE - GREAT JOB!)

The track was played on radio for the first time on 25 February 2003 on Guernsey's 104.7 ISLAND FM by DJ Dave Bichard (www.islandfm.guernsey.net).  It was subsequently played AGAIN on Saturday 1st and Tues 4th March.  Thank you Dave!

The track was submitted to many key industry figures over recent weeks, including  principle UK and INTERNATIONAL RADIO STATIONS.
MAJOR RADIO STATIONS have started playing the track on-air!

RECORD LABELS / DJ AGENCIES have also started contacting me, enquiring about this and my other (secret) projects!

The remix is much more of a contemporary "scouse house" or pumping euro vocal trance feel, using elements of hard house, aswell as commercial and hard trance.  The vocal has been changed slightly, aswell as being spliced on the build-ups.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE NEW TRACK IN THE MAIN PART OF MY SITE.  GO TO THE MAIN MENU PAGE
AND CLICK ON THE LINK IN THE CENTRE.

YOU CAN ALSO HEAR DAVE BICHARD'S WORLD EXCLUSIVE FIRST RADIO AIRPLAY ON MY TRACK,
ALSO DOWNLOADABLE FROM THE MAIN MENU PAGE.

I am very excited to announce that "ZAQ - CALLING FOR YOUR LOVE" yet again featured on the BEDA White Disc on Volume WD136 (release date March 2003).

Here are the OFFICIAL UK North West Region BEDA White Disc DJ reactions to my track:
 

 NATIONAL quotes from WHITE DISC DJs, regarding Disc 136:

First national magazine review, courtesy of NIGHT Magazine's Alistair Bradley
(April 2003 - www.mondiale.co.uk/night):

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PREVIOUS PROJECTS:
 

The original track:  ZAQ Featuring DJ Mat Stevens - "SONAR" features on the B.E.D.A.
(British Entertainment and Discotheque Association) WHITE DISC Volume WD112 (released Feb 2002).

The White Disc is sent to professional DJs across the entire mainstream UK nightclub industry, as well as all the major record companies.
For info / subscription details please enter my main site and go to LINKS.

Reactions to the track on White Disc 112 (Feb 2002) were excellent:

"ZAQ is wicked - deserves a full release" - Paul @ Time
"ZAQ is getting a good response each time it's played" - Nick @ Pulse
"Mark Et Claude & ZAQ are the big hits for me" - Steve @ Cube
"ZAQ Feat Mat Stevens - Sonar.  Absolutely incredible..." - Ronnie Mutch - Scotland
"Personal Opinion - 10/10, 3 times played during the night, Dancefloor Reaction - 9/10,
"Chart prediction: Top 10" - Stu @ Riverside


OFFICIAL BEDA WHITE DISC REACTION REPORT (Compiled from
ALL reactions received in first three weeks, hence average figures obtained)

DJ Personal Opinions:  6.1 out of 10
Dancefloor reaction:  5.2 out of 10
Estimated Chart Prediction:  Top 31
Total Plays in BEDA Clubs:  1702

The track was also shortlisted for THE DAILY STAR
ESSENTIAL CLUBBING CD MAGNIFICENT 7 CD SERIES.


CLUB 54 - GUERNSEY - THE STORY

I have received many messages from well-wishers, and must say that I thoroughly enjoyed entertaining the Guernsey crowd over the 22 months that I spent in the Channel Islands, between 2001 and 2003.

I am very satisfied with the results that I achieved at Club 54.  Below is the first press article for some YEARS relating to Club 54, and my position as promotions manager, and the plans I had for the club.



Above article reproduced in full by kind permission of THE GUERNSEY PRESS - www.thisisguernsey.com


AYIA NAPA 2002 REPORT (August - October 2002)

During my six week DJ trip to AYIA NAPA, I had the great pleasure of working in THREE separate MAJOR venues:

LINEKER'S BAR  (www.linekers-bar.com)

CLUB ABYSS - home to EUPHORIA  (www.clubabyss.co.uk)

CREAM @ CLUB ICE Ku

In all, I performed 46 DJ sets over 38 days!  I met the promoters and DJs from
CREAM, MISS MONEYPENNIES, MYTHOLOGY, CASTLE CLUB,
BLACK & WHITE, INSOMNIA, EUPHORIA and many others!

I have added some photos on the GALLERY page.

CLUB HEAVEN AND HELL
 

During 2001-2003, I worked as resident DJ at CLUB HELL - STOCKPORT and HUDDERSFIELD, plus have enjoyed a couple of dates
at CLUB HELL - LEEDS, plus several weeks at CLUB HEAVEN - BLACKPOOL..  Please note also that I opened TERMINAL ONE in Carlisle, initially working 4 nights a week there.
 

NAMEDROPPING

A big i to the following people, whom I have either worked alongside, or got very drunk with, or both:

DJs:

David Forbes & Mallorca Lee (Public Domain)
Jody Wisternhoff (Way Out West)
Chris C (Mohawk Records)
Gordon Kaye
Garry White (Slinky)
Marc Vedo (Slinky)
Simon James (Renaissance)
Paul Loraine (Global Dance)
Neil Anthony
Boy George
Robert Van Ryn (Euphoria Album Tour)
Darren James (Euphoria Album Tour)
Miss Moneypennies (Ayia Napa) Tour
Cream (Ayia Napa) Tour
Club Mythology (Ayia Napa)
Seb Fontaine
Eddie Halliwell
Mike Di Scala (Ultrabeat / Rezonance Q / Stuart / Cooper / BCD Project)
Mikey B (Wigan Pier)
Brandon Block
Fergie
James Sammon (Pianoman)
DJ Fubar (Syndicate Blackpool)
DJ Absolute
Dave Pearce
Tim Westwood
K-Klass (Paul & Russ)
Flip & Fill (Mark & MC Junior)

Celebrities / PAs / Radio DJs, etc:

Michelle Collins
Paul Usher
Sue Johnston
Scott Wright
Kevin Kennedy
Steve Wright
Pat Sharpe (BRMB / various)
Darren Proctor - Key 103
Nicksy - Galaxy 102
Steve Denyer - Galaxy 102
Armand Beasley (GMTV - LK Today / How To Look Good Naked / Fakeover, etc) (My brother - by the way!)
Jodi Albert
Jodie Marsh
Gramma Funk
Abi Titmuss
Dane Bowers
Romeo Dunn (So Solid Crew)
Jimmy Harkishin (Coronation Street)
UK Dream Boys
UK Fantasy Boys
Sophie Ellis-Bexter
Shapeshifters
The Real Thing
Clock
Lee Watson (MC Jester  - ITV Clubreps / Syndicate Blackpool)
Urban Cookie Collective
Robbie Craig
Anthony (Big Brother 5)

PLUS the 104.7 ISLAND FM GUERNSEY DJs / Presenters / Team:
Craig Hicks
Carl Ward
Damien St John
Dave Bichard
Ed Nell
James Mountford
Kevin Stuart


Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy the site.

Mat Stevens A.K.A. ZAQ     A.K.A. DJ Mat One T

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