PATSAN Biography
Strong scenes revolve around motivated people. Not only is George Patsan a world-class DJ, but hes one of the few DJs that have put their heart and soul into building the Newcastle scene. George built his reputation the classic way. Since the age of 18, hes played gig after gig at places like The Castle and Leeroys dance clubs, mixing whatever tunes were necessary to move the local crowds. Meanwhile, Georges DJ skills have strengthened through his residencies at every major local club. Georges sets are fast-paced and neatly mixed, incorporating everything from tough tribal house to upfront party rockers. In 99, George headed to Sydney for the NSW DMC championships and took home third overall for his on-point mixing and clean cut-up routines. Patsans past venture Vitalbeats was Newcastles biggest regular party, pulling in over 700 on a regular basis. Held once every six weeks, the night went for 5 years until the club closed down in 2005, George ended Vitalbeats and started a new event called United which covers everything from progressive house, tribal house, Electro house and the funkiest breaks. His skills even took him overseas to Italy in 2004 playing with house legends like Pastaboys, Deepswing, Raul Rincon, Tony Hunphries, and @ home his played along djs Ian Pooley, Dimitri from Paris & Ministry of sounds Alan Thompson. As if promoting, playing and running a record store werent enough, George is now taking things one step further, working his way into creating his own House/Tribal music with releases like U give me love which made it on a compilation in the U.S.A called Tunetank 2006 which promotes upcoming artist in addition tracks like bring back that feel, and Rock it on. Its a time-honoured path to greatness, followed by everyone from Fatboy Slim to Adam Freeland or John Digweed: sometimes you have to create a scene to give yourself a chance to play what you love. Working from the ground up guarantees you a following, and as the packed floors testify, George is doing everything right. | read more
