DJing across the UK since 1996, Xander plays a cunning mixture of dancefloor electro, disco, funk, hiphop, techno, dub, booty, breaks, rock\'n\'roll and jungle, and is also one of Manchester\'s acclaimed DJ / production duo Planet X - check www.myspace.com/journeytoplanetx
Xander is currently resident DJ at One Central Street (Romp), Po Na Na (Musica) and Sankeys (Bitch) in Manchester, plus he also produces his own music as Phush 1, and plays many of his own exclusive DJ re-edits and bootlegs.
Xander\'s DJ mixes have been played on Ministry of Sound radio and Radio Magnetic.com and he has also hosted shows for In The City FM and Festival FM and in 2004/5, Xander co-promoted Manchester\'s iconoclastic, multi-roomed See Things From Space live music events
He\'s also played in clubs and shows in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Coventry, Nottingham, Liverpool, Hull, Glasgow, Hebden Bridge, Maastrict and Amsterdam at parties and events such as Crash, Bitch, Geek, Stealth, Homoelectric, Bugged Out!, All Ears, Stylus, Inner City Acid, Ouch, [DividedByDirt], Tribal Sessions, Big Beat Boutique, Strange Daze, D:Percussion Festival, Futuresonic, HotBed, Freeform, Planet of the Breaks, Hive, Knom, Canteena, In The City Music Showcase, High Fidelity, Eurocultured Festival, Auto Test Pilot, Friek, Dreams That Money Can Buy, The Birthday Party, TVOD, Smirnoff Experience, Beatworx, Manchester Heroes, Fuse, 2Kinky, Freestyle, Art & Science, Hot Wax, NATO Festival, Wonderland, F-F3 Festival, M1, Doodlebug...
He also writes for Manchester\'s Flux Magazine, interviewing the likes of Craig Richards, Graham Massey, Pedro and Jamie Lidell, and has worked on events at venues such as Manchester\'s Urbis, Lowry Hotel, Cornerhouse and The Ritz, and parties at London Fashion Week. He\'s also extensively rep\'d the magazine in Europe and North America, and helped put together CD-ROMs with the likes of Brazil\'s Trama label and Manchester\'s Twisted Nerve.
DJ Xander also produces exclusive edits and mixes for fashion show and charities including BMW, Harvey Nichols, Adage Models, Wella, L\'Oreal, Boxfresh, All Saints, Fred Perry, Selfridges, Gravis, MacMillan Nurses Trust, MS Society, CALM, AfSL and Whizz Kidz, plus DJ workshops with Spearfish, Decks4Schools, Outlook and LiveWire
Xander has played alongside DJs and producers such as 2manyDJs, DJ Rolando, Craig Richards (Fabric), Matt Tolfrey (Crosstown Rebels/Leftroom), Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly), Stanton Warriors, Mylo, ATOC (Scissor Sisters), Mark Moore (S\'Express), Utah Saints, Mr Scruff, MarkOne (Altern8), DJ Hell, Vector Lovers, Glimmer Twins, Norman Jay, Damien Lazarus (Crosstown Rebels), Joey Youngman, DJ Touche, Max Sedgley, Finley Quaye, Jim Noir, Kate Wax, Felix Da Housecat, MYNC Project, Justin Robertson, Rob Bright, Simian Mobile Disco, DJ Craze, Erol Alkan, Kenny Dope, Graham Massey, Richard X, Simon \'Bassline\' Smith, Cylob, Mu-Ziq, Amon Tobin, Armand Van Helden, DJ Sneak, Cash Money, Freestylers, Unabombers, Howard Marx, Joey Negro, Loose Cannons, Desert Storm, Elliot Eastwick, Sir Real, Riton, Shirokuma, Mark Turner... plus (naturally) many of the Hippocamp.net family!
He\'s also DJ\'ed at live shows with Nelly Furtado, Badly Drawn Boy, Pedro, Guillemots, Cuban Brothers, Manitoba, Capitol K, Crack Village, Freeform Five, (The Real) Tuesday Weld, Daywalkers, Sirconical, The Magnificents, Guillotines, Irrepresibles, Sex in Dallas, Beta Band, Rodney P & Skitz, Ladytron, RSL, The Music, Bamboo Soul, Machines, Sam Hammond, Brothers With Different Mothers, Nathan Burton, Isobel Heyworth, Vincent Vincent & The Villians, Little Neemo, Viva Stereo, Mu, Lord Mongo, Engine, Alpha 606, DRGS, Atomic Kitten, National Forest...
Back in 1996, Xander was a member of both the infamous Terra Sound Kru (AKA Jungleterra) and the original incarnation of Hempology collective, and cut his DJing teeth across Yorkshire, Liverpool and The Netherlands at a range of underground clubs, parties and raves under the name DJ Monsta. After changing his name to Xander, he established his new title after moving to Manchester in 1998 and DJing at the then new Big Hands, and co-promoting events like Sketch, Bite Me and Phush (which brought together a number of new Manchester-based artists alongside more well known live guests). After Xander\'s event / record label Phush joined forces with Hippocamp.net in 2003, he became one of the international net label/community\'s group of moderators and helped kick-start the recording careers of the likes DNCN (releasing his debut 12\" - \'Crayons\'), Jim Noir, Fredo Viola, Phasic, Screech, Nybbl, Scrubber Fox and Batfinks.
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