Jan 2010 Mix Comp winner: Steve Worrell

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The mix competition for February 2010 has been won by Steve Worrell, 24, of Milton Keynes.  Congratulations, Steve!

Favourite DJ: Marco V Favourite producer: Elon Favourite club: Berghain (Tresor a close 2nd!) Best party of your life: The last Trapped event, until 7am Worst party of your life: The last Trapped, AFTER 7am, when 'Captain Kezzle' reared his ugly head! Favourite food: Italian Dream alter-ego: "Stefan Vorrell", the pretentious German techno DJ with a pet crow! Ultimate self-indulgence: A credit card and Beatport. What clubbing means to you: You can't put into words how I feel about clubbing and techno!

Steve's mix, "guide to Berlin" has been inspired by his experiences at Tresor club in Berlin, amongst others. Steve has been DJing since he was 14, only ever playing house music.  He discovered minimal and techno only a couple of years ago, when trying some "new things"... and he was smitten! As with this mix, the music that Steve plays & makes is generally inspired by the Berlin scene.  He describes his affinity for clubs like Tresor and Berghain.  In his own words:  "They (Tresor and Berghain) hold a special place in my heart.  I love minimal and techno together, they compliment eachother so well.  Minimal for the groove, techno for the energy!" Steve runs his own club night on the 3rd Friday of each month in Milton Keynes, called Trapped, where they recently played host to Alan Fitzpatrick, and are in talks with Elon - another Berlin-inspired choice! Steve had an anecdote to tell us... "I Made a really crap tune in about 20 minutes before I went to work one morning.  I dropped it round to my mate Fraser's house and said it was a groundbreaking new tune from Richie Hawtin called "The New Techno".  I told him it was going to revolutionise techno as we know it and that I wanted his thoughts on the track.  Later that night, we got in from a night on the tiles and had a bit of the afterparty.  Fraser played "The New Techno"  no less than four times at the afterparty, telling everyone how groundbreaking the track was, little did he know that everyone at the party was in on it.  I broke his heart in front of everyone when I told him the truth!" ...Oh, the humanity!

Steve is playing for Mimo at the Whitehouse on Mar 6th, and at Ministry of Sound on Mar 12th... "So, if you're around, please come and say hello, and grab a CD from me!"

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