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Fergie
Fergie
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Fergie at a BBC Radio 1 event
Background information
Birth nameRobert Ferguson
Born1979
OriginLarne, Northern Ireland
Genres
Occupations
Years active1993–present
LabelsExcentric Muzik
Websitefergiedj.com

Fergie (born Robert William Ferguson, 16 November 1979)[1] is a Northern Irish DJ and electronic music artist from Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[2] Initially playing hard house in the DJ sets of his early career, he is now better known for playing and producing House and Techno music. He also presented his own radio show on BBC Radio 1 for 4 years.[3]

Fergie played his first set at the age of 14 in his native Larne. Allegedly a milk crate was used so that he could reach the decks. Being underage, he was soon ejected from the premises by the police. He followed this by building his reputation at Armagh's The Met, promoted by friend Mark Dobbin. Before moving to London he met Tony De Vit while DJing at Lush! in Kelly's, Portrush. De Vit would become Fergie's mentor, playing together at Trade in Turnmills.[4] Through the 1990s he played at clubs across the UK including Sundissential and Godskitchen. He was also popular in Ibiza, DJing at Privilege, Space and Bora Bora. He has featured in the "DJ Mag Top 100 DJs" poll 7 years in a row (between 2000 and 2006) and currently holds the record for the highest new entry since the poll began, achieved when he was voted 8th in 2000.[5] He's currently living in Las Vegas and has been a resident DJ at the Hakkasan Nightclub at the MGM Grand since it opened in 2013.[6][7] He is working under the name Fergie (DJ).

Early life

Fergie's first ever visit to a nightclub came at the age of 13 when a radio DJ friend of his fathers jokingly offered to take him to The Arena in Armagh and his parents agreed to it.[8] The DJ on the night was Robbie Nelson and to enter the club he had to be sneaked in through a fire escape.[9] Recalling the events in 2007 Fergie said, "It was there and then that I wanted to be a DJ. I bugged my Dad’s mate in the car on the way back asking him what the music was and what they played."[10] This was his first taste of dance music and shortly after that he got himself a pair of decks.[11] He would spend his time in the Sounds Good Music record shop in Larne run by Mark and Gleave Dobbin[12] instead of attending school and later began working there to cover the repayments due on his turntables.[10] He left school permanently aged 13; after being in a car accident he took time off to recover and never returned.[8] Around this time he attended a Hellraiser rave at Ulster Hall in Belfast with Carl Cox performing.[13] It was the experience of this rave which led to the name of his debut artist album "Dynamite & Laserbeams".[14]

Still aged 13, whilst spending afternoons playing for the Northern Ireland national Under-16 football team, he began working at the Kilwaughter House nightclub near Larne.[15][16] Fergie was too young to enter the club as a customer and so instead the club promoter Mark Dobbin gave him a red boiler suit to wear and paid him to collect empty glasses,[15] brush the floor and clean the toilets.[17] It was here he would see the likes of Danny Rampling and Paul Oakenfold perform.[18] As a perk of the job he was allowed to practise on the club's DJ equipment (with the aid of a milk crate to stand on to reach it).[17] This led to him playing his first DJ gig when he was age 14, a warm-up set at the venue. Although at the time his DJ alias was DJ Destruction people preferred to call him Wee Fergie, which he became commonly known as.[19] His first paid DJ gig was at a nightclub called Airport 2000 in Templepatrick, County Antrim[20] and by the age of 16 he had played all the leading clubs in Ireland.[11][21] As he was underage he was often thrown out of venues by the police[22] meaning his parents often had to collect him from the police station.[11]

Career

1995-1996: Move To England

Fergie first met his future mentor and friend Tony De Vit in 1995,[18] when he was 15.[23] Tony De Vit was DJing at the Kilwaughter House nightclub and Fergie took a night off from his own DJ residency (at the Airport 2000 nightclub) to see him play. Fergie managed to meet him in person and persuaded him to let him in the DJ booth during his set.[24] They kept in touch and from then on Tony stayed at Fergie's parents' house when he performed in Northern Ireland.[25] Tony invited him to his house in Birmingham, England for a week's holiday and to experience the country's club scene.[24] During his holiday, the IRA ceasefire that was in place at the time back home in Northern Ireland ended and Fergie remained in England with Tony.[26] Tony De Vit took Fergie with him to his DJ gigs around the UK, usually around 7 or 8 gigs a week.[27] Tony would ask Fergie to record a DJ mix CD for these car journeys. If he ever heard Fergie manipulate the vinyl with his hand in the recording (a mixing technique he had advised him not to use) he would eject the CD and throw it out of the car window.[28] He would often ask the club promoter if Fergie could play a short DJ set after his, with a reduction in his own set duration if required.[29] It was around this time Tony first took Fergie to Trade, a weekly party held on Sunday morning at the Turnmills nightclub in London, where Tony had a DJ residency. Fergie was still only 16.[30] In 2018 Fergie said, "Tony was my mentor. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it was not for his support. (...) He opened doors for me and was a huge help with the technical side of my DJing too."[25]

1997-2000: Early Career and Success

An early breakthrough in Fergie's DJ career came when at the age of 17 he DJ'ed at Trade for the first time. He played in their Test Lounge; a room in the club where new DJs could be tried out and crowd reaction gauged.[31] Present were Tony De Vit, fellow Trade DJs Steve Thomas and Malcolm Duffy plus Trade owner Laurence Malice (amongst others).[32] This led to a phone call a few weeks later requesting him to play the Trade main room. In 1997 he played outside of the UK for the first time when he toured South Africa,[33] as the support DJ for Tony De Vit.[25] It was only his second time flying on a plane[17] and Tony had to be Fergie's named guardian for the trip (he had to be added to Tony's passport).[34] Fergie's first appearances in Ibiza came in the summer of 1998 when he played at Space, Privilege and Bora Bora.[33] The party at Bora Bora was held by Trade in memory of Tony De Vit who had died not long before. After Tony's death, Fergie received support from both Laurence Malice and Andi Buckley and together with his own determination his career continued it's upwards trajectory.[35]

In March 1999 Fergie toured the US for the first time and at 19 years of age he was once again not old enough to legally drink in the venues he was playing in.[36] In the summer of that year he returned to Ibiza to be a weekly resident DJ for the Trade parties at the El Divino nightclub.[37] Fergie's close association with Trade continued in 1999 with two more personal milestones. His debut release[38] "People Are Still Having Sex / Ooh Sir" was released on Trade Records[39] and he also mixed the second half of Trade Hotmix '99 (a covermount CD for M8 Magazine) with Guy Williams mixing the first half.[40] At the end of the year he was nominated for Best New DJ at the Ericsson Muzik Awards.[41]

In 2000 Fergie's first DJ mix CD was released. Fergie mixed CD1 of Nukleuz Presentz HardHouse Anthems, with BK mixing the other.[42] His first solo DJ mix CD 7 Live #3: Fergie was released later that year.[43] In the summer of 2000 he held a DJ residency for Godskitchen's events at the Amnesia nighclub in Ibiza.[22] In the October 2000 issue of Muzik he was placed 29th in the magazine's Top 50 DJs Of The World list, compiled by contributors of the magazine.[44] His first entry in the DJMag Top 100 DJs poll came in 2000, at number 8.[45] As of 2017, this is the highest new entry there has been in the history of the poll.[36]

From 1995 through to 2000 Fergie's DJ sets were composed mainly of hard house music and he became closely associated with it.[46] Fergie said in 2011 "(...) The music that I made my name with and in my opinion the hard house that we played in the 90s was where it was at, and that music has always stayed with me."[47] However he had grown uncomfortable with the direction hard house had taken.[32] From 2000, for a period of around two years, he regularly changed his music style[48] and played a wider variety of dance music.[46] In the booklet notes of the Hard Energy CD, he explained the music he played was better described as hard music rather than hard house.[29] The change in musical direction, away from hard house, initially had a negative impact on the number of DJ bookings he received and the DJ fees he could command.[32]

2001-2006: BBC Radio 1

He was signed by BBC Radio 1 in 2001, initially as a bi-monthly resident for it's Essential Mix radio show[49] along with Carl Cox.[50] He went on to record 4 Essential Mixes in 2001[51] as the official Radio 1 Essential Mix DJ.[52] To date he has recorded a total of 13 for the station.[53] After his first Essential Mix Fergie won "Essential Relief"; this was a battle of the DJs style competition broadcast live on Radio 1 from the nightclub Home in London, in aid of Comic Relief. He beat Carl Cox and Jon Carter in his first 2 heats and in the final he beat Fatboy Slim. The other competing DJs were Judge Jules, Seb Fontaine, Lottie and Darren Emerson.[52] That summer saw Fergie continue his Godskitchen Ibiza DJ residency at Amnesia for a second year.[54] After his third Essential Mix, live from Godskitchen in Birmingham, he covered Judge Jules' Radio 1 show for the first time.[55]

In 2002 he began hosting his own weekly Friday night show.[56] His first radio show was broadcast live from Larne F.C.'s Inver Park stadium (the home of his local football team that he had previously sponsored[38]) and was billed as his homecoming. Over the lifetime of the show, there were also live broadcasts from Ibiza,[57] Miami,[58] Glastonbury,[59] the Global Gathering festival (UK),[60] the Creamfields festival (UK),[61] the Skol Beats festival (Brazil),[62][63] Coloursfest (UK),[64] Planet Love (UK),[65] and The Met nightclub in Northern Ireland.[66] These live shows typically featured a live DJ set from Fergie instead of his usual show structure. The show later moved to a Saturday night slot.[67] Reflecting on the show in 2014 Fergie said, "The vibe was just to have a kind of house party feel, I wanted people at home to be involved. It was a show for them hosted by me, music by the people for the people I guess".[19]

In 2003 Fergie was nominated for Best Newcomer DJ at the DJ Awards.[68]

September 2005 saw Fergie share the lineup with Moby at the Nokia Trends festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[69]

In September 2006, Fergie left Radio 1 due to the station's schedule revamp on evening and weekend shows.[70] The final show aired on 23 September 2006 and was broadcast live from Kellys nightclub in Northern Ireland[71] where he interviewed his mother and brother amongst others.[72] During the time of his radio show he was also a monthly columnist for Mixmag.[73] The column was at first titled "Mixmag Future Heroes"[74] and later as "Stick It Out! With Fergie".[75] Together with his radio show and events at the Turnmills club in London, the column provided exposure for up and coming talent.[76]

2007-2011: Launch of Excentric

In 2007 Fergie launched his own record label by the name of Excentric Muzik.[77] The label's first release was a re-release of Salt City Orchestra's "The Book" alongside two new remixes.[10] He launched Excentric Artists, a DJ agency created to nurture and assist up and coming talent.[24] He also held regular events under the Excentric brand, including a weekly party throughout the summer of 2007 in Ibiza.[78] In 2008 he launched a second record label with Mr Henry Von called Rekluse.[79] On Boxing Day that year he played at seminal Techno event Pressure (at The Arches in Glasgow)[80] for the first time.[81] He remixed Slam's "Positive Education" track as an exclusive for his DJ set that night[82] although it did receive a full release through their Soma record label the next year.[83]

In 2010 he launched a third label, again with Mr Henry Von, called Tribal Rage.[84] His debut artist album Dynamite & Laserbeams was released in October 2010 through his Excentric Muzik label.[14] The album was a critical success with positive reviews in offline and online publications such as Mixmag,[85] DJ Mag,[86] Data Transmission,[87] IDJ[88] and Tilllate.[89] The album also won the Best Album award at the Irish Dance Music Awards 2011.[20] He recorded a monthly podcast titled Fergie's Excentric Muzik Session in 2011 which ran for 10 episodes and could be described as having a similar style and structure to his former Radio 1 show.[90]

2012-Present: Move To USA

Fergie relocated to Las Vegas in 2012,[6] initially to begin a DJ residency at Wet Republic, MGM Grand Las Vegas.[19] A DJ residency also commenced that year at HQ Nightclub, Revel in Atlantic City.[11] In 2013 he became a resident DJ at Hakksan Nightclub, MGM Grand Las Vegas when it opened.[6] He was featured in an advert in GQ magazine, to promote the opening of the club, alongside the other launch resident DJs.[91] Since the Hakkasan Nightclub opened, he has been featured on the outdoor video billboards of the MGM Grand to promote his DJ appearances. He described this as one of the highlights of his DJ career in 2014, "Seeing the image of myself on the Las Vegas strip topped it all off. It took me back to being 14 years old my bedroom in Larne and reminded me of everything I’ve done in the past".[92]

In 2015 he gained another Las Vegas DJ residency when Omnia Nightclub, Caesers Palace, opened.[17] On 19 October 2016, Fergie appeared on the Fox News TV programme "Fox & Friends" in connection with the third presidential debate that was held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.[93] As of 2018, Fergie holds DJ residencies in Las Vegas at Hakkasan Nightclub, Omnia Nightclub and at Wet Republic.[7] For his DJ appearances in the USA he is billed as Fergie DJ to avoid confusion with the singer of the same name.[94]

Discography

As well releasing many singles of his own work, he has released a number of mix albums for labels including Ministry of Sound and remixed artists such as Tears For Fears[95] Slam,[96] Umek,[97] UNKLE[98] and Silicone Soul.[99] Fergie released his debut album Dynamite & Laserbeams on his Excentric Muzik label in 2010.[14]

Chart singles

  • "Deception" (2000) – UK No. 47
  • "Hoovers & Horns" (2000) – UK No. 57
  • "The Bass EP" (2002) – UK No. 47[100]

† Billed as Fergie & BK

Albums

  • Dynamite & Laserbeams – Excentric Muzik (2010)

DJ Mix Albums (Commercially Available)

  • Nukleuz Presents Hard House Anthems Mixed By BK & FergieVirgin (2000)[42]
  • 7 Live #3: Fergie – DMC (2000)[101]
  • Hard Energy Mixed By Fergie and Yomanda – Ministry of Sound (2001)[102]
  • Headliners: 03 Fergie – Ministry Of Sound (2001)[103]
  • GK Summer Trance (CD3) – INCredible (2002)[104]
  • Mixmag Live: Fergie – DMC (2004)[105]
  • Toolroom Presents Rhythm Distrikt 02 Mixed By Fergie – Toolroom Records (2012)

DJ Mix Albums (Magazine Cover CDs)

  • M8 Presents Trade Hotmix '99 Compiled and Mixed By Fergie and Guy WilliamsM8 Magazine (1999)
  • Let There Be Hard House – Mixmag (2000)[106]
  • Fergie's Funky Techno Mix – Mixmag (2003)[107]
  • DJ International Allstars: FergieDJ Magazine (2004)[15]

Essential Mixes (Broadcast on BBC Radio 1)

  • Studio session (2001)[108]
  • Live from Godskitchen, Leeds (2001)[109]
  • Studio session (2001)[110]
  • Live at ONE Live, Birmingham (2001)[111]
  • Live at Trade, London (2002)[112]
  • Live from Eden, Ibiza (2003)[113]
  • Live at Radio 1's Big Weekend, Sunderland (2005)[114]
  • Live from Global Gathering (2005)[115]
  • Live from Space, Ibiza (2005)[116]
  • Live from Meganite, Ibiza (2006)[117]
  • Live from Ibiza (2006)[118]
  • Live from Lush!, Northern Ireland (2006)[119]
  • Studio session (2007)[120]

Filmography

List of television appearances
Title Year Role Notes
Super DJ's[121] 2004 Himself A BBC documentary broadcast on BBC Three.
Creamfields 2004 2004 Broadcast on MTV Dance.
Fox & Friends[93][122] 2016 A guest appearance in an item aired on the Fox News channel.

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