Dj Tom Baker

Underground House and Techno DJ and Producer (Wiggle, Brique Rouge, Wrong Recordings)

Tom Baker - a nocturnal life. With releases on Wiggle, Brique Rouge and Wrong Recordings, Tom’s low- slung bass-driven take on the underground sound has powered some of the world’s best festivals, clubs and parties.

But big clubs and headline gigs are not Tom’s only accolade. His underground credentials have been honed through countless warehouse parties where those in the know vote with their feet. Uncompromisingly selective, Tom digs ever deeper for the real dance floor gems. That’s why the dance music glitterati from Fabric in London to Sonar in Vancouver have good reason to remember his name.

Tom’s early ear was subliminally tuned in the late 80's when Tom discovered the London acid house scene. He’s been a true convert to the cause ever since, not just as a soldier of the underground, but one of the scene’s true green berets.

A humble C90 cassette tape, mailed into Mixmag’s bedroom DJ competition in 1994 submitted his obsession with warm, relentless, underground grooves. He beat over a thousand hopefuls to first place, enough to win him gigs at a string of high profile events. Seminal London clubs such as The Gallery at Turnmills, Bagley’s Film Studios and Ministry of Sound all booked him, but it was the crowd reaction to his innovative and eclectic sets that secured his reputation.

By 2000 there was a residency at Sound Architecture in Rotterdam and a non-stop itinerary of bookings all over Europe. Tom’s record box soon found its way around Asia and all over the Americas, and internet broadcasting via Pulse Radio with Natalie C helped him reach an even broader audience. The show ran every week for five years, played host to a talent roster that reads like a who’s who of the London scene, and included broadcasting live from the Winter Music Conference in Miami.

And underground legends such as Terry Francis and Asad Rizvi have conferred their own marque of distinction on Tom’s productions. His early collaborations with Lawrence Mohamed were signed to Wiggle, Wrong and Brique Rouge – seminal labels that have established tech-house as a global phenomenon through a succession of world-class releases.

Hear Tom in action behind the decks and you’ll find yourself immersed in a soundscape that’s impossible to ignore. His sets are always heartfelt, ever enticing and sometimes just downright filthy. Meet him at the bar you’ll be wowed by his knowledge, enthusiasm, warmth and wicked sense of humour. Book him to play and you’re assured of much more than tried and tested floor-fillers with all the usual drops and hooks. You’ll be teased by sounds that are the distillation of a thousand nights of sweat-drenched walls.
(Words c /o Martyn Rochester, Kerfuffle)


Tom Baker – Selection of Played Party’s

London

Fabric (Saturday - Room 2)
Wiggle @ Jamm (Main room)
Kerfuffle, Mulltiple Venues (London and Brighton)
Jaded @ The Egg (Main Room)
DLate @ The Aquarium
The Ministry of Sound (Friday, Main Room)
The Gallery @ Turnmills
Electric Social, Brixton
Digital Soul, Whirled Cinema, Brixton
Smitten, Rover Thames Boat Party
AlwayzFridayz @ The Egg (Room 2)
Hoxton Pimps (Secret warehouse)
Stop the War @ The Electrowerks
Cargo, Shoditch
RvS @ The Shorditch Butchery
The Battersea Barge
Fluid, Shorditch
The Horse and Groom, Shorditch
Mellisma @ The Cube, Camberwell
Night of the Gods @ Bagleys Film Studios
System @ The Impact Centre
Blonde @ The AKA
Lola Loves Acid @ Alhambra
Sizzle (Various Venues)
Sythetec Sunday (Various Venues)
Deepdown (Various Venues)
Astro Café (Various Venues)
Peg Party (Various Venues)
Pulseradio Party @ The Elysium
Bumpin @ The Colloseum
Dexx, Brixton

Other areas in the UK

Budweiser Tent @ The Glastonbury Festival
RvS Weekender Festival
Party for Peace, Glasgow
Force @ Soho, Leicester
Hanky Panky, The Sanctuary, Birmingham
Hanky Panky, Peterborough
Bristol Bar, Brighton
M Bar, Brighton
H Bar, Hove
Al Duomo, Brighton
Refuge, Cleethorpes
Submerge, Leeds

Bulgaria

Comics, Varna
EGGO Beach, Varna
La Playa Beach, Varna
Momo, Varna
Inognito, Varna
Sofia 26, Varna
Masai, Golden Sands
PR Club, Sunny Beach
Culture Beat, Sofia
Frozen, Sofia
Chevillo, Sofia
The Life House, Sofia
Plazma, Plovdiv
Ellectrica, Plovdiv

The Netherlands

On @ Off Corso, Rotterdam
Sound Architecture @ Cinerama, Rotterdam
Sound Architecture, Warehouse, Rotterdam
Sound Architecture @ Nighttown, Rotterdam
Foundation–X @ The Light Factory, Harlem
FFWD Festival Parade, Rotterdam
Revolution, Rotterdam
Club Gelub @ Euromast, Rotterdam

Belgium

Sirloin @ Silo, Brussels
Illtown, Denant
Decedance, Ghent
Naranja, Masaek
Dorp 21, Antwerp

Croatia

Stella Mare, Split
Murrall, Split
OTV, Zagreb
Vertico, Hvar
Luna, Supertar, Brac

DACH

Club Gattersberg, Liepzig
Vortex, Vienna
Fluc Mensa, Vienna
Club Massiv, Vienna
Rauch Club, Feldkirch

Asia / Russia

A1, Jakarta
Musro, Jakarta
La Boheme, Bali
Double Six, Bali
Hu’u, Bali
Pyramid Club, Bali
Chocolate Khabarovsk, Russia
Hospital, Khabarovsk, Russia
Horosho, Sevastopol, Crimea
Most, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Americas

Sonar, Vancouver
Symptontech, Winnipeg
Pulseradio Party (WMC) Miami
Gordon Bennet (WMC) Miami
Foundation @ Paradox, Baltimore
Fusion, Baltimore
Cinema, Bogata, Columbia
Electro Mundo, Montanita, Equador

Other European Clubs

Mega @ Roxy, Prague, Cz
Revoluce, Prague, Cz
Czech Tech Festival, Prague, Cz
SubClub, Bratislava, Slovakia
Extreme, Bratislava, Slovakia
Club Zoom, Goya, Hungary
Sarejevo X, Sloga, Sarajevo, Kosovo
Sugersea, San Antonia, Ibiza
Jo Bananas, Gran Canaria, Spain




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