Steven began DJing at just 15 years of age. Being too young to gain entry into clubs at the time, many of his early influences would come from bootlegged live mix-tapes, mainly from U.S. house DJs such as Todd Terry, Masters At Work, Erick Morillo & Roger Sanchez who at the time, were the kind of open-minded & creative DJs who brought with them something different, utilised the new technology available to them & had an undoubtedly unique style. Still drawn towards the more technical side of things today, the passing years have meant Stevens interests & influences have become more diverse with both admiration for such technically brilliant DJs as Jeff Mills, James Zabiela & many of Hip-Hops pioneers, through to the varied selections of DJs such as Rae & Christian, The Unabombers, Greg Wilson, Mark Farina & Laurent Garnier. The result is a sound thats never heading in one direction & instead branches out, taking on board elements from all of the above & embracing everything from house, disco & electro, to hip-hop, soul & funk.

Following a year of playing in local bars, Steven came to people’s attention after winning a large scale DJ competition held over the summer of 2000 by the Middlesbrough-based night, Sugarshack. Aged 19, without a great deal of public experience & thrown in at the deep end, he was soon gaining it first hand in the main room being placed on the same bill as the likes of Ministry Of Sound’s Paul Jackson & Jazzy M as well as Roger Sanchez, Tim Deluxe, Erick Morillo & Harry Choo Choo Romero at Subliminal Sessions events etc. The experience serving him well, a year later he went one better beating the many 100’s of entrants & winning IDJ Magazines Readers Mixes DJ competition & proving it was no fluke, was also featured as a runner-up several months later-with both articles flatteringly comparing him to such greats as Roger Sanchez (“…a mix Roger himself would be proud of…smart stateside grooves, spot-on mixing & full of clever acapellas…this lad will go far...” IDJ December 2001), Erick Morillo & Masters At Work (“…such an obvious talent...rocks like Morillo, throws in more acapellas than Sanchez, likes his vocals as big as MAW, but costs a fraction of the price of the lot of them…” IDJ April 2002).

Pushing a sound that tastefully fuses both familiar & underground material, Steven has been a regular face in his local area for some time now & with a renound technical ability as well as an ear for great music, is soon becoming a favourite with both fellow DJs & clubbers alike. Recent years have seen Steven feature regularly throughout the areas more popular bars & prominant night spots which have included Beyond, Newcastle; The Cornerhouse, Middlesbrough: Sugarshack, Middlesbrough (including 2 "Release Yourself" parties with Roger Sanchez & their 10th Anniversary with Paul Van Dyk) as well events held by hard dance night, Goodgreef. After submitting a demo CD & making an impression on the Goodgreef promoters, Steven found himself been called up at an hours notice to cover a DJ who had fallen ill. Not one to miss out on an oppertunity, he hurried to Tall Trees, Yarm where a successful warm-up for Radio 1's Judge Jules in the "Houseparty" room for Goodgreef Vs Judgement Sunday meant he would be included in several future line-ups featuring the likes of Eddie Halliwell, Ann Savage & Lisa Lashes (to name but a few) for
events held not only at Tall Trees, but also The Warehouse, Leeds & The Foundation, Wakefield.

It wasnt' until shortly after the airing of a guest-mix recorded for poular local station, TFM96.60fm's "Friday Night Kiss" radio show that Steven began playing for local agency Dleuxe DJs & with that came regular appearances at Dusted at The Purple Onion, Middlesbrough together with other Deluxe-ralated venues in the area such as Bar 55, Newcastle & Blue Lounge, Middlesbrough. With the positive feed-back recieved having already played at Dusted on several occasions since the change of venue, as well as doing his bit for the tsunami appeal in headlining at an overseas charity event earlier this year which featured a host of other up & coming UK DJs, it was only right to make Steven the most recent addition to the Dusted team. With future dates beginning to mount up, with future gigs still being confirmed in Plymouth, Birmingham & Ibiza, as well as a follow-up to the Tsunami benefit event in Spain, expect to hear a lot more very soon!