TROPHY TWINS

The Trophy Twins are one of House music’s rising stars. They began their career in the North of England at clubs like Gatecrasher, but these days are recognized on an International level, playing shows in South Africa, China, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Dubai and Ibiza to name just a handful. Nationally they play for Pacha, Godskitchen, Red Room Sessions, Garlands, Rise, Sugar Shack, Dusted, Honeyclub, Cross, Escape and Play. In addition to all this they still find time to be residents for KissdaFunk at Mission in Leeds, Dusted at Egg in London, and Judgement Sundays in Ibiza. For the last few years the Trophy Twins have been developing their diverse and varied sound amongst the rising stars of the House scene, when in 2

3 they were announced as Mixmag Future Heroes aside Nic Fanciulli and Tom Neville. The Trophy Twins are no strangers at major events. They performed a live mix for Radio 1s Ibiza weekend in 2

4 to over 1 million listeners and In addition they have performed at Godskitchen Global Gathering 2

5, Creamfields 2

4 (Radio 1 Outdoor stage), Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, Radio 1s Secret Party in Ibiza, Escape in the Park, MTV’s Aquasonic Festival in Ibiza, the main stage at Radio 1s 12,


strong One Big Weekend at Perry Park in Birmingham 2

4 and more recently for the 2

5 Radio 1 One Big Weekend in Sunderland. Due to performing at Radio 1 events with their technical flair and cheeky way the Radio 1 bosses decided to enroll them into a specially selected team of DJ’s that host a new specialist dance show ‘The Residency’. The Trophies feature alongside Eddie Halliwell, Nic Fancuilli, Crissy Criss, Jon O’Bir & Kutski, Tayo & Plastician. For further information check out www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 In 2

4 they mixed one disc on Goodgreef’s critically acclaimed debut album and in 2

5 mixed one disc on the highly successful Judgement Euphoria compilation. The past couple of years and they have barely been out of the studio. Working on various remix projects and original material lead to them joining the 24 Management team, and, the launch of their own label with Funkagenda, ‘Pop Pop Records’. Their debut release, 'Anarchism' on Global recordings gained heavy support from the likes of Deep Dish and Steve Lawler. “Dutty Rhythm” was aired for four weeks continuously by Judge Jules on his Saturday evening Radio1 show and was backed by everyone from Tom Neville to Seb Fontaine. “ill Experience” on Red Recordings received big support by Carl Cox [5/5] and Pete Tong, playing it both on his live Essential Mix from Space in Ibiza, and on the Essential Selection too. Their remix of “Can’t Take No More” by Disciples of Sound also on Red Recordings was championed by Mark Knight and Tom Stephan (Superchumbo), who played it on his Kiss 1

radio show. The Trophy Twins remixed a third track for Red Recordings, ‘High’ by Disciples of Sound, then having produced on all 3 of their first 3 releases, which Carl Cox then named label of the year 2

5. Their remix of the Flash Brothers – “Happy” was supported by Nic Fancuilli and they also remixed ‘Let The Music Play’ by Genie Queen, a new girl group managed by Andy McClusky who was responsible for Atomic Kitten. Their remix of Armand Van Heldens ‘When The Lights Go Down’ was featured in Music Week and got to both # 5 and # 6 in the DMC club charts, was featured on Ministry of Sounds Annual 2

6 compilation, and received plays on Radio1 from Annie Mac, as did their recent remix of Flanders ‘By My Side’ forthcoming on Gut Records. The Trophies mix of Olav Basoski ‘Waterman’ on Positiva went to # 4 in the Coolcuts Chart, and their mix of Angie Browns ‘Give You Up’ received 6 weeks continuous play on Judge Jules Radio1 show. ‘Never Alone’ by Artificial Funk was huge for everyone from Tong to Morillo, championing their ‘FATT’ mix collaboration with Funkaganda. Look out for forthcoming collaborations with Chris Lake ‘Babaloo’ & Funkagenda ‘Pete Loves Rat’ already receiving support from the Shapeshifters and plays on Radio1.