JOHN GIBBONS - IRELAND

Following his inauspicious beginnings DJ'ing at school discos and 21st birthday parties, John Gibbons' rise has been meteoric, fast-tracking his way into the public conciousness and making a name as arguably Ireland's hottest young property on the dance scene and the country's only international Wet & Hard DJ.

Currently tagged as probably "Irelands hardest-working DJ*", and "Ireland's answer to Corvin Dalek**", Club Educate head-honcho John has guested in the vast majority of Irish clubs including PoD, Red Box, Temple Theatre, Radisson, Enigma, Rapture, Foundry, runs the hugely successful Vivid Vinyl tour nationwide, plays regularly in Europe and the US and has appeared on MTV Dancefloor, VIVA TV Europe and 4FUN TV Poland. Gibbons currently holds down residencies in Lamouche (France), Forth (Miami), with the Escape club tour in Ireland, the Pornoground World Tour and DOM @ Pod/Crawdday, Dublin among others.

  A champion of the ever-expanding worldwide Wet & Hard sound, John produces and hosts his own 'Club Educate', dubbed "the world's only dedicated Wet & Hard radio show"***) on Spin FM, Dublin (Thursdays 23.45gmt - webcast on www.spin1038.com) and regularly appears on 2FM and various other high-profile radio stations including Ministry Of Sound (London & worldwide), KFBK (California), Europa (Czech Republic), Fun Radio (Slovakia). John also has his debut release 'Engorged' forthcoming on Flesh Records and the track has been licensed by Mexico's Arteria Records for inclusion on the Tecnogeist 06 compilation, having received air-play on many major European and US radio stations to date.   His follow up 'The Urge' has also been signed to Flesh and licenced by X-Mag in Czech Republic for inclusion on the forthcoming Summer Of Love CD.

Playing regularly worldwide alongside names such as Tiesto, Roger Sanchez, Fergie, Corvin Dalek, DJ Klang, Paul Van Dyk, Hybrid, DJ Rush, Space DJ's,  Chris Liebing, Ferry Corsten, Westbam, Marco V, Carl Cox, Steve Lawler, Timo Mass, Sandra Collins, Derrik Carter, Tall Paul, John 00 Fleming, Tomcraft, Groove Armada, Richie Hawtin, Green Velvet, Lisa Lashes, Jeff Mills, Eddie Halliwell, Scot Project, Armin van Buuren and with confirmed future DJ bookings in America, UK, Spain, France, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Mexico, Canada, and Russia, John Gibbons is a name to watch out for now and in the future!

International press credits to date include DJ magazine, I-DJ magazine, M8 magazine, Mixmag, BBM, Bassline, USDJmag, Remix and full national exposure.

Recent high-profile gigs of note include Love Parade, San Francisco in front of 500,000 clubbers and the massive Summer of Love festival in Prague where response was such that John has been booked alongside Kraftwerk, CJ Bolland and Tiga for this years entire Summer of Love series. Gibbons also recently guested alongside Groove Armada at this year's Playstation Experience in Dublin's RDS Arena, with Dave Angel and Corvin Dalek at the massive 3D 4 Elements event in Slovakia and a series of dates with VIVA TV in Poland and headlined with Dalek, Angelo Mike and Tomcraft in the gigantic Lokomotiv club in Poland. Gibbons is also a part of the Pornoground Wet & Hard World Tour with Corvin Dalek and DJ Klang which has seen dates in Dublin, London, and Northern Ireland in advance of the assault on Eastern Europe and Central America. John Gibbons also played last August alongside Armin Van Buuren, Fergie, Marco Bailey, Rolando, Umek and Steve Lawler at Ireland's biggest dance music festival - Planet Love, appeared at Dublin's 8000 capacity Point Depot in September and the RDS Arena, Dublin with Groove Armada.

2006 has also seen Gibbons embark on an extensive tour of Mexico including a headline slot at the amazing Tecnogeist festival in San Luis Potosi in front of 50,000 screaming clubbers as well as making his London debut, headlining the world-renowned Gallery @ Turnmills alongside Fergie.

Future gigs of note in 2006 include an exclusive 3 hour headline slot at Summer Of Love, Prague The Gallery, London Lamouche, France Vernazzo, Italy and a series of gigs across Eastern Europe as well as appearances in Miami, Mexico, China, Russia, Greece, Spain, Planet Love 06, The Point Depot Dublin, NEC Arena Birmingham in July, Gatecrasher Ireland, and alongside Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold and The Prodigy at Global Gathering's Hi:Fi event.

The star continues to rise as John Gibbons soars towards top-flight recognition - watch this space!

*          Niall Redmond (Ministry of Sound)

**      Mark Kavanagh (Trade, UK)

***  Mark Reeder (MFS/Flesh, Berlin)

Steven Gerome for Club Educate - June 2006