Writing and playing music is fundamental to Gareth Emery. His first gigs were at the age of 4, when despite never having lessons, he turned out to be so handy on the piano that his teachers insisted on him taking over the duties in school assembly. At 15, he found himself neglecting classical music training to sneak out to play guitar in a local indie band so ahead of their years that they found themselves headlining Southampton’s music pubs despite all being underage. And at 22, whilst on holiday in France, fiddling with a £500 laptop and wondering what he was going to do with his recent politics degree, he wrote his first electronic classic: the seminal ‘Mistral’. Plenty more were to come.
The Drink
DJ WRISTPECT & MC SIR LANCELOT The D'Luxe Lounge
ALONSO MENDEZ Orange Room
JOHN J WITH FAMOUS SKYBAR
DJ ETRO
MANZONE & STRONG