My Year In Hard Dance

Hard Dance Top Trumps

Gigs Played: 43

Tracks Released: 4

Countries Visited: 3

Biggest Crowd Played To: 2500

Longest Set: 3 hours

Compilations Mixed: Jan 2009

Jimmy Dean

What's been your biggest achievement of the year?

My brand Xstatic coming runner up as best small club @ the HDA. Becoming Storm Resident & Promoter.
Coming runner-up as Best New DJ in the HDA. Producing with some of my all time heroes.

What moments will you never forget?

Xstatic loosing out to Cyberkitten at the HDA. Playing my own tracks at Eden Ibiza for polysexual.
Playing my first set as Storm resident - I've worked at The Emporium for many years, just to become Storm resident - Its a dream come true for me.
Turning my friends Thai Restuarnt into The Xstatic Summer Garden Party which over 500 people came to!

Who's been your favourite newcomer of the year?

There are loads of new DJs that impress me. A few of them are - JMF, Jordan sukley, Gio, Ash Preston, Steven Richards, Neil M, Mike Lennon! Which are funnily enough all Xstatic residents!
Top class DJs, JMF plays solid techno and has a techno set b2b with Andy Farley in Feb '09. Gio is a regular @ Passion and Jordan Suckley has just been sighed to PFA, the same agency as Eddie!
The future in my eyes.

Who's been the artist of the year for you?

My favourite artists never change really, I remain dedicated to the like of JP & Jukesy, Andy Farley, Paul Janes(UK GOLD), Paul Maddox, Ilogik. I also love John O'Callaghan & Sander Van Doorn.

What's been your favourite label of the year?

Deprivation for there top class Hard House. Tidy for their consistancy. Deprived Of Funk, which has big plans for 2009.

What do you think has been the best track of the year?

Technikal ft MC Whizz Kidd - Music for a harder generation - UK GOLD REMIX
Jimmy Dean - Dynamite

What's been your favourite event of the year?

The Xstatic Summer Garden Party for many reasons!!!
Gatecrasher Summer Sound System - Storm arena.
Storm presents Fergie.
Polysexual @ Eden Ibiza

What's the funniest thing that's happened to you?

At the Xstatic Summer Garden Party, I was in one of the porta-loos and I overheard one of my mates taking the piss out of how drunk I was! So I decided to push the porta-loo over with him in it!
It then rocked back and fell on me, dislocating my shoulder!!! Yeah Yeah what a muppet!!!!

What do you have planned for the next year?

How long have you got! I've got big plans to start releasing my tracks, most of which will be through the new Deprivation CD release series which will be a DJ friendly set of tracks on various discs. Hopefully continue to play to the masses and enjoy Hard House!
I'll also be spending a lot of my time preparing high quality value for money events for Xstatic & Storm.

Hard Dance Awards