Posted 6 years ago by Snizl for Select Fashion
Heritage:Allister Whitehead, Jon DaSilva, Tomislav, Phil Gifford at Hare And Hounds
Event Dates
4:10pm, Tue Jan 9th
11:59pm, Tue Jan 9th
About this Event
For the first celebration of our second birthday, we've pulled out all of the stops to bring an impeccable collective of DJ's who shaped the house music scene in the UK since it first reached our shores......
About Jon DaSilva
The Hacienda in Manchester, circa 1988, was a special place. A convergence of post-modern architecture, cutting-edge music, out there youth culture, Factory Records (arguably the best record label of the decade), the greatest bands for more decades to come, including New Order, The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses, and three DJ’s that “pissed petrol on the fire” (A.H.Wilson), soundtracking the whole affair with a freshness of attitude that launched many, many clubs and even more DJ’s. You’ve read the books, seen the films, bought the albums, and even, yes, worn the T-shirts. A great time was had by all, clearly…
One of the Hacienda Three, “perhaps The Hacienda’s most singular resident DJ”, is Jon Dasilva. Fresh to the scene in '87, Dasilva had found DJ inspiration in the House and Disco DJ’s of deepest New York and Chicago, amidst a sea of influences from Bowie to Dub Reggae to Kosmische Musik and beyond…
As a DJ, these wide musical tastes and his ability to work so many genres into proper dance floor action also mark Dasilva out as specialist deck-master, taking his cues from the legends that inspired him, the likes of Francois Kevorkian and Ron Hardy. Considered an influence on a whole generation of DJ's from Balearic Legend, DJ Moonboots to the ubiquitous star, Sasha, Jon has nevertheless retained a freshness of approach as displayed in his recent DJ mixes where his penchant for the varied shades of techno and house as well as his keen nose for sniffing out the most interesting modern producers have been so clearly evident.
A mercurial producer, he has had a string of cutting-edge productions to his name spanning
About Jon DaSilva
The Hacienda in Manchester, circa 1988, was a special place. A convergence of post-modern architecture, cutting-edge music, out there youth culture, Factory Records (arguably the best record label of the decade), the greatest bands for more decades to come, including New Order, The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses, and three DJ’s that “pissed petrol on the fire” (A.H.Wilson), soundtracking the whole affair with a freshness of attitude that launched many, many clubs and even more DJ’s. You’ve read the books, seen the films, bought the albums, and even, yes, worn the T-shirts. A great time was had by all, clearly…
One of the Hacienda Three, “perhaps The Hacienda’s most singular resident DJ”, is Jon Dasilva. Fresh to the scene in '87, Dasilva had found DJ inspiration in the House and Disco DJ’s of deepest New York and Chicago, amidst a sea of influences from Bowie to Dub Reggae to Kosmische Musik and beyond…
As a DJ, these wide musical tastes and his ability to work so many genres into proper dance floor action also mark Dasilva out as specialist deck-master, taking his cues from the legends that inspired him, the likes of Francois Kevorkian and Ron Hardy. Considered an influence on a whole generation of DJ's from Balearic Legend, DJ Moonboots to the ubiquitous star, Sasha, Jon has nevertheless retained a freshness of approach as displayed in his recent DJ mixes where his penchant for the varied shades of techno and house as well as his keen nose for sniffing out the most interesting modern producers have been so clearly evident.
A mercurial producer, he has had a string of cutting-edge productions to his name spanning