I have been DJ-ing now for about 19 years. I was always into hip hop as a teenager but going to my local club the Pleasuredrome in Farnworth UK and watching the likes of DJ legend Sasha made me want to get involved in the House music scene. I started DJ-ing professionally at a club called Monroes in Great Harwood, near Blackburn, which although only small had a great reputation across the North-West in the early 90s for its house music and atmosphere. I left Monroes after 4 fantastic years and I moved onto Maximes in Wigan, working with an agency called Hypnotic promotions. Being with Hypnotic allowed me to play at such venues as The Hacienda (Manchester), Mr Smith’s (Warrington), Park Hall (Wigan) and The Dry Bar (Manchester). After a couple of years I moved onto Federation in Blackpool, playing house music along side DJs Scott Bond, Alex P, Danielle Davoli and Smokin Jo to name just a few. I have since played at a multitude of clubs around the North of England and Europe alongside DJs Dave Morales, Sonique, Graeme Park, Joey Negro, DJ Disciple, Jim Shaft Ryan, Oliver Lang, Lottie, Mark Luvdup and Tim Lennox. I then co-promoted our own club nights under the name Souled Out. Our regular monthly events took place at various venues in the north west including sankeys soap also a new venue in london called the copyright club nr London bridge. Also a project called BACK TO FUNK which is organising parties playing upfront funky house etc.. I also got involved with an events organisation in Amsterdam where I have been flying there on a regular basis playing at there events with djs including Jorgensen, Marcella, Lucien Foort, Martijn Ten Velden to name a few And also we have been able to produce a few dance tracks of our own which up to now have not been signed but we are still hopeful….. These trax can be heard on myspace page:- www.myspace.com/djdamianlee I love the soulful / funky house vibe. I play music that is uplifting and often very vocal with a feel good sound primarily because it is the music that I enjoy and also because I feel it brings out the best kind of emotion from the crowd. I have more recently started playing a slower funky house disco vibe similar to that of artists such as the unabombers, moodymann, trus-me and greg wilson to name a few…. I am currently resident dj in manchester at a very successful and popular club/bar called label on Saturdays and have just started some monthly old skool nights in my town of Blackburn… Also in the pipeline is another project called WHO SAID BOOGIE? and aim to kick this off on nye. This as been set up by me and some mates….also local djs in the area and we aim to bring a different sound to the area…with funk jazz disco house etc….so fingers crossed…. I have uploaded a recent 2hr mix….this basically is the music we aim to play at the new night starting nye….. Enjoy……. Clubs Played As Follows.... Global Chillage (Mataro - Barcelona) Hacienda (Manchester) Bed (Sheffield) Crunch (Birmingham) Dry Bar (Manchester) Generation X (Manchester) Prague 5 (Manchester) Federation (Blackpool) Label (Manchester) Park Hall (Wigan) Maximes (Wigan) Club Xpo (Burnley) Mr Smiths (Warrington) The Egg (London) Club Euro (Blackburn) Cubes Bar (Blackburn) Monroes (Blackburn) Empire (Morecambe) J2 (formerly Juice Bar) (Bolton) Copyright Club (London) De Rechter (Eindhoven - Holland) Various Venues (Ibiza) Ultima (North West) Make Your Move (Amsterdam) Chateau D’House @ Fairytales (amsterdam) Club Magazijn (Amsterdam) Back Z treet (Eindhoven - Holland)