Age: 26
Hometown: Northwich, Cheshire
First Record Bought: DJ Bone - Cop In A Coma
First Club: The Void, Stoke-on-Trent, 1997
First DJ Gig: Homegrown, Northwich, July 2000
Influences: Subliminal, Danny Rampling, Ben Watt, Jay Tripwire, Carl Cox, Derrick Carter

Mixes | Charts | Press Kit

"Tom's a whipper snapping 22 but his musical taste in the boompty has all the hallmarks of the much older Luke Solomon.” – I-DJ MAGAZINE 2003

Tom took his first steps into DJing properly when he put on a one off night called Homegrown in his home town of Northwich back in July 2000. The night was run alongside two of his friends (both DJs) Adam B & Nathan Landry. Shortly after the night they were contacted by Levi's and Mixmag to play alongside Tom Stephan on the 'Levis Student House Party Tour', which took in Leeds, Newcastle and Sankeys Soap in Manchester, this gave them a taste of what Djing out to crowds was like and they loved it.

In 2002 Tom and the other two lads set up www.homegrown-music.com as a base to promote themselves as DJs. The site has grown immensely over four years and is know internationally for its 'Homegrown Hotmix' concept in which two guest DJs per month supply mixes for people to stream and download, previous guests have included Jazzanova, Miss Kitten, Mylo, Tom Stephan, Justin Martin, Natural Rhythm, Mazi, Tony Thomas and many more underground DJs . In the 4 years in has been running the site has received over 8 million hits. Tom also runs a weekly radio show called ‘Homegrown Radio' (took him a long time to think that one up) which started in 2005 and airs weekly on Pulseradio.net as well as having a dedicated website (www.homegrown-radio.com) where people can download and podcast each weeks show.

Djing wise Tom has been playing out for the last 7 years all over the UK and across Europe, in this time he has held down 5 residences including a weekly residency at Manchester night ‘Landed' back in 2003. Each week he was warming up for the legendary Hacienda resident Graeme Park as well as many other top-notch names, doing the warm up slot enabled Tom to gain invaluable experience into building a vibe up from nothing, which is something he still enjoys doing today. Over the last 4 years Tom has worked hard at getting the Homegrown name known and this has shown in the amount of gigs and places he has traveled to and played at, with the parties getting better and better each time. Notable gigs in the UK have included Tribal Sessions at Sankeys Soap, The Masque Theatre in Liverpool, The Gallery at Turnmills in London and doing various summer parties down at the Bomb in Nottingham. As well as the UK Tom has ventured abroad on numerous occasions and played at some amazing parties, the highlights of which were playing at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in Croatia 2005 (on top of a fort!), playing at the awesome Cova Den Xoroi in Menorca (set in a cliff top cave ), a tour of Belgium in 2005 and a week long tour of Croatia and Montenegro in Summer 2006 (playing in bombed out hotels, parties on remote islands and lots of good times!). Tom is also resident at the Zagreb Film Festival in Croatia where he plays each night of the festival during a week in October, each year gets bigger and better with over 2000 people attending the nightly events. In late 2005 Tom was approached by Manchester night Stylus to join the team as a promoter and resident which he duly did and has since warmed up for the likes of Phil Weeks, Joey Youngman, The Littlemen, Jason Hodges, Kenny Hawkes and Jay Tripwire to name a few.

The logical progression to the studio started for Tom in late 2003 when he joined Adam to learn the ropes. The two of them produced ‘Homegrown Headz' in Jan 2004 and it was released in May 2005 on Midlands based label Lost My Dog, gaining excellent reviews from DJ Mag, I-DJ and lots a good reactions from DJs. In June 2005 they released the amusingly titled ‘Honey I've Lost My Panties' EP on Southside Shuffle which also received excellent reviews and reactions .

“I've lapped up everything these guys have released in their short career. These four trippy little buggers are evidence there is more yet to come. From the jazzy, bendy "VR Nightz" to the twisted tech-ery of "Light Em Up", it's like a Midlands house version of MFF. Excellent stuff” – I-DJ MAGAZINE 2005

2007 looks set to be another good year for Tom with some excellent parties and guest DJs planned for Stylus, lots of European adventures in the pipeline, producing and promoting the weekly radio show and of course finding time to making some beats again!

RESIDENCIES
2000 - 2001 - Addiction @ Club North, Manchester
2002 - 2003 - Landed @ Ascension, Manchester
2000 - 2005 - Kushti @ The Wharf, Northwich
2000 - Present - Homegrown Sessions @ Various Venues
2004 - Present - Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
2005 - Present - Stylus, Manchester

MAGAZINES / ACCOLADES
Levi's/Mixmag DJ comp winner – Oct 2001
I-DJ Readers Mixes Winner – March 2003
Sony Minidisc Cream Resident Comp Finalist – July 2002
MYNC Redroom Sessions DJ Comp Finalist – Jan 2004

RADIO SHOWS
Back To Our House, Key 103, Manchester
Nu Breed, Galaxy FM, Leeds
Groovetech.com, London
Shiftin Sounds, eccentricbeats.com
Liquid DJs Show, All FM, Manchester
Housewerk, LCR1350, Loughborough
Metromixradio, NYC
Kiss Fm, Russia
Mish Mash Radio Show, Freakin Radio.net

CLUBS / EVENTS PLAYED
2006 Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
2005 Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
2004 Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
Stonehenge Club, Korcula, Croatia
Kupari Beach, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubrovnik Summer Festival @ Fortress Revalin, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Millenium Club, Ulcinj, Montenegro
Fluffyclouds @ Waaiberg, Leuven, Belgium
Antidote @ Lintfabriek, Belgium
Freestyle @ Cova Den Xoroia, Menorca
Infectious @ Stealth, Nottingham
Electric Chair @ The Music Box, Manchester
The Redlight @ Sankeys, Manchester
Tribal Sessions @ Sankeys Soap, Manchester
Deepsouth Sessions @ Rhythm Factory, London
Audio Bullys Special @ The Bomb, Nottingham
Banned @ 14 Lloyd Street, Manchester
The Bomb Boat Party, Nottingham
Riffraff @ The Purple Onion, Middlesborough
Lost My Dog Party @ Discoteca, Loughborough
Bubblegum @ The Masque Theatre, Liverpool
The Gallery @ Turnmills, London
Open House Project @ Fat Cats, Manchester
Corruption, Stoke-on-Trent
Primo Amore @ Clear, Newcastle
Mi Casa @ City Bar, Chester
Lost My Dog Vs Homegrown @ Fat Cats, Manchester
Stylus @ The Music Box, Manchester
Bubblegum @ The Magnet, Liverpool
Shootspeed @ Fat Cats, Manchester
Homegrown Sessions @ The Bomb, Nottingham
Redroom Sessions Warm Up @ The Engine, Coalville
Pure & Simple @ Vice Versa, Loughborough
Sony Minidisc Cream Resident Comp @ Revolution, Manchester
Passion @ The Emporium, Coalville
KaHua @ Discoteca, Loughborough
Freelance Funk @ Revolution, Harrogate
Neon @ Icon, Coventry
Netwerked @ Bar Tonka, Bournemouth
Mind Body & Soul @ The Edge, Alderley Edge
Fluff @ Club North, Manchester
Critical Mass @ Dry Bar, Manchester
Blend Warm Up @ Bar Vida, Derby
Therapy @ Abandon, Coventry
Slammin Sessions @ Ascension, Manchester
Landed Warm Up Parties, Manchester
Levi's Mixmag Tour, Manchester , Leeds , Newcastle
Addiction @ Club North, Manchester
Homegrown @ The Witton Club, Northwich

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