Biography

Dj Biography:

It’s been a busy number of years for Tom Upton, and things are just on the verge of getting a whole lot busier. From playing at a 20,000 capacity festival to running by monthly nights at Pacha London and the Whitehouse, Tom hasn’t had a spare moment to stand still, alongside holding down 2 weekly residencies.

These last 12 months has firmly established Tom Upton as an up and coming artist within the UK, and now currently focusing on additional international bookings. Holding down two weekly residencies at the Funky End in Aldershot, and the brand new night club in Fleet called MooMoo.

Tom has spent the last 20 years putting together an impressive record collection and has been working the dance floors around the UK securing an Impressive bi-monthly residency at Pacha London and the White House London, additionally on top of that Aquarium in Shoreditch, and various other locations around the UK.

Tom Upton started mixing with decks at an early age, in fact his love of music and mixing started in the summer of ‘96. Since then Tom has become a well-known dj across London and is now becoming recognised on a global basis and with an avid fan base of music fans waiting for his next podcast release.

Specialising in all things house! Tom Upton has a passion for club classics, and dance floor anthems. More recently Tom Upton has been working the dancefloors playing more underground tech house sets, that have always left the dancing customers wanting more.

Over the years Tom Upton has rocked dance floors around the UK, some of which include Pacha, SE1, Ministry of Sound, Egg, Essence, Indigo, Barcadia, Junk Club just to name a few. Alongside this Tom Upton has had great pleasure in supporting artists that include Seb Fontaine, Charlie Hedges, Danny Rampling, Justin Wilkes, Wez Clarke, Alex P and Brandon Block just to name a few.

Tom Upton has also been involved with a number of festivals including GuilFest which he rocked a crowd of over 2500 clubbers. Tom Upton was asked back on consecutive years to close the festival specially requested by the festival owner himself.

Tom has supported other global brands including Hed Kandi, Cream and BCM.

Summer 2011 was a turning point for Tom Upton, working on his own music production; he is expected to take the music industry by storm with some of his up and coming releases.

Press Release Snippet:

“Ready to give you 12 inches of Pure sound pleasure… DJ TOM UPTON!! Exposing his talents at this years Largest European DJ Event, BPM held in Birmingham, UK. The BPM: an eclectic line-up of DJ sets and performances from big names and new talent; where every style of music is covered, with the emphasis on fresh ideas and innovative performance techniques. BPM is a 3 day event of the most prestigious industry bodies that also incorporates an interesting and engaging programmes of educational seminars and panels from a variety of industry professionals. visit http://www.visitbpm.co.uk/index.php for full details”

“Hit that perfect beat Tom Upton drives the punters absolutely mad with their hard driven electro house dance that they spin out. With Hard Jackin’ wicked selections, Tom Upton is a talent that puts forward sets that are the epitome of what djing is about- passion, amazing tunes and a pair of hands capable of the most nimble mixing. Consistently wowing crowds with his technically brilliant, distinctly unique mixing style, and energy behind the decks; his sets are always fresh, original, well thought about, combining a plethora of house tracks, yet to be released MP3’s, white labels, club classics and acapellas on three decks- This ensures that Tom Upton stands out from the rest.”

Venues Played:

Pacha London, Ministry of Sound, Junk Club, Mantra, Indigo, Havana’s, HaHa Bars, Funky End, Yates’s Wine Lodges, Raunchy Rhythms Radio, The Babalou Brixton, Phatbeats, Bar Square, Casa Funk, Havana’s, INC, DUSK, HouseofDance.net, SSRadio, and many many more.