DJ
IDC's DJ career began around 2005 with guest headline sets at major electro clubs of the time such as Nagnagnag in London and Rio in Berlin following on from the release of his acclaimed debut single 'Scratch'.
The following year saw dates extend around Europe, most notably headlining a dance stage at Szegit Festival in Budapest and beginning an ongoing series of regular headline appearances at the 3,000 capacity Sala 1 of Razzmatazz Barcelona, which he has now played on over 30 occasions.
One such set at Razzmatazz on New Year's Eve 2006 led to a two-page review in International DJ Magazine calling IDC "the future king of electronic rock'n'roll"
In summer 2007 IDC's own Brighton club residency "Dirty Weekend" was featured in a major undercover-filming news expose on European satellite TV channel Sky News regarding the contemporary use of laughing gas in clubs in the UK. The story was picked up by UK national tabloid papers and the dance press and used by the authorities as a reason to clamp down on the sale of N2O for recreational purposes.
DJ Magazine then ran a feature on IDC saying "he makes music that sounds like a washing machine on crack - no wonder the likes of Mark Moore, Erol Alkan, Radio One's Pete Tong and XFM's John Kennedy are all over his tunes" and dates continued around Europe and at major UK venues such as Together at Turnmills in London, Stealth in Nottingham and Ocean Rooms Brighton as well as festivals such as Bestival.
In 2008 international headlines at clubs such as Zouk Singapore and Volar Hong Kong extended his reputation to SE Asia.
2009 DJ activity saw the biggest UK DJ dates for IDC to that point, with 'special guest' support slots to 2ManyDJs and Calvin Harris, as well as a third headline trip to SE Asia and continuing club dates around Europe.
In 2010 recording studio commitments restricted DJing activity to a new monthly hometown residency based at Digital Brighton, occasional one-off club dates in the UK and continued visits to Razzmatazz Barcelona.
2011 began with DJ Mag stating "IDC is a genius and 2011 will be his year" and iDJ naming him "clearly one of electronic music's finest purveyors". Highlights included a launch party for second album 'The Sun Is Always Shining Above The Clouds' at Razzmatazz Barcelona and a return to Bestival with a prime-time Friday night slot on the main Bollywood dance stage.
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