Gazza (Gareth Ainsworth) has been DJing since 2001, getting his first set of decks at the age of 12. Having worked and played at many of Irelands acclaimed ‘under 18s’ events and discos and thus moving onto private parties and nights in various Belfast bars/clubs local to his home and receiving rapturous responses to his âBangingâ Hard Trance Sets. In 2003 after of encouragement from enthusiastic clubbers, his parents bought him a set of Technics 1210 MK3 decks for Christmas in the hope that this investment would help further the 13 year oldâs obvious DJing Talent.
Now 15, Gazza has teamed up with fellow friend and DJ, Traxxz. Together they are embarking on a new adventure by running their own promotions agency called âGL Promotions and planning their own club nights and various other events. They are currently planning their first club night called JUICED which has had high interest from such talented UK DJs like WidandBen from Tidy.com and the acclaimed âDJGRHâ. The have also had interest from some of Irelandâs finest up in coming and home grown talent, such as Jordan X and Gordon Coutts and more.
Recently, Gazza returned from a gig alongside Radio One Superstar Dave Pearce, at Newcastle-Upon-Tyneâs largest venue âIkonâ where he played a stomping set to almost 2000 young clubbers as part of the Top 24 in the UK in Radio Oneâs âYoung DJ Searchâ achieving an extraordinary response and ranking at number 2 in his category- Trance.
The Futures looking bright for this young DJ, with upcoming dates over Ireland and the UK!