SEM Mix of the Month
SEM’s Mix of the Month highlights some of the DJs from the School of Electronic Music.
Each month we’ll be sharing a new mix from SEM students past and present with music spanning a variety of genres.
March 2020February 2020January 2020December 2019November 2019October 2019September 2019August 2019July 2019June 2019May 2019April 2019March 2019February 2019January 2019December 2018November 2018October 2018September 2018August 2018July 2018June 2018May 2018April 2018March 2018February 2018
Aspiring DJ and Producer Yaz AAhmed currently studying at SEM Manchester, originally from Stockport.
I first started DJ’ing when I was about 16 when, I bought a Numark mix track pro and self-taught myself the basics of DJ’ing. I was always the ‘DJ’ at high school parties, choosing the music and getting everyone up dancing. I have been looking up to many DJs, including Hannah Wants, Patrick Topping and Manchester’s Mason Collective, and been driven by their success to try to make it a career of my own.
‘I wanted to make my passion for music into a career and so booked myself onto the DJ course at SEM Manchester.’
You can follow Yaz on Instagram | Soundcloud
22 year old aspiring DJ from Manchester, Deacon Healey spins genres ranging from house, tech-house, disco and experimenting with different sounds to see what works together.
“My main goal is to make music people can connect with in the same way that I do. Attending SEM gave me the opportunity to play a mix live in front of an audience, which really gave me a taste of what it’s like when people hear my music for the first time.”
You can follow Deacon on Instagram | Soundcloud
Purveyor of deep, infectious dance grooves – it’s Adam de Hoogh! Growing up on his father’s eclectic combination of soul music & West Coast American with his own love for house, disco & hip-hop, Adam ended up with quite a mixed spectrum of musical influences. 30 years later and this translates into sets of soulful and ethereal backdrops, brooding basslines, and occasional vocal hooks… all on top of a pronounced foot-shuffling disco beat.
Having studied at SEM to enhance his DJ skills, this has given him an elevated level of technical proficiency.
“For me, it’s all about mood and a deep, hypnotic groove… playing those tracks that get you tapping your feet and nodding your head without you realising it, regardless of genre, tempo, style, or release date. “
You can follow Adam on Facebook | Mixcloud | Soundcloud
Callum Booth is a recent student at SEM, and is looking to make a name for himself in the music industry, bringing funky and retro-inspired sounds to the dance floor!
Follow Callum on Soundcloud and Instagram.
MissBliss emerged on to the UK DNB scene this year. Her style: high energy, unexpected drops and of course giving you the classics you CRAVE. Be prepared to skank and lose your SH*T when she is on!
Follow MissBliss on: Soundcloud | Instagram | Facebook
Born and Bred in Longford, Ireland. Currently residing in Manchester with a passion for house music and everything techno. Em-Jay also a graduate from our July 2019 Complete DJ Course.
Follow Em-Jay on Mixcloud | Soundcloud | Instagram
Manchester-based SEM alumni ‘Charpring’ has been flying through the ranks since she graduated from our Complete DJ Course.
In the space of a year Charpring she’s gone from not knowing how to DJ, to DJing most weekends in bars and events all over Manchester.
Now moving on to the music production side of the industry, we are excited to see what’s to come from this fast-rising star.
Follow Charpring on: Soundcloud | Instagram
Check out: Complete DJ Course | Ableton Live Short Course
Mark submitted a mix which we hosted in April 2019, but he’s come back with another solid one so it’s time to feature him again!
Manchester-born Mark Morris has a massive passion for music. He’s been mixing for over 18 years and is aspiring techno producer.
You can listen to more of Mark’s mixes on Mixcloud and follow him on Instagram.
Monopoly Phonic is one of the founders and resident DJs of Girls Night Out, a new hyper pop party playing experimental, niche and iconic pop music.
Monopoly’s Girls Night Out sets mix PC Music and Internet bops with pop fan favourites and forgotten deep cuts.
With three successful Manchester parties under their belt since their launch in March this year, next month Girls Night Out are launching their first London party. You can follow them on Girls Night Out Instagram and keep up to date with their events on Facebook.
Monopoly studied the Complete Music Production & DJ Course here at the School of Electronic Music. You can find out more about our courses here, and arrange a call with a course advisor here.
Sandy Astley has an amazing story. She became interested in dance music at the age of 46, after bringing her son to an open day at the School of Electronic Music. Her Son, Mitch Astley, signed up for our Ableton Live Course and Fast Track DJ Course. He then started DJing and producing as one half of Attollo (whose release ‘Free (Gay & Happy) ft Justine Riddoch‘ features in the mix).
An inspiration to Sandy, Sandy then began to take DJ lessons at SEM a few years later, at the age of 50! Now she’s an inspiration to us all at SEM!
You can ready more about Sandy‘s journey on her blog: http://bit.ly/
Ben Lockwood-Layton is a DJ/Producer whose main genres are techno, house, EDM, Trance and Deep House. You can follow Ben on Soundcloud here.
His influences include artists such as Laidback Luke and Deadmau5. His production focuses more on Techno as well as trance, film scores and progressive house.
March’s Mix of the Month comes from HUGO MANSION.
Hugo Mansion’s musical influences are broad and expansive. He’s a versatile DJ playing everything from RnB, Grime, House to Bassline. Expect a cross-genre set including a range of styles and tempos. Productions inspired by Jave, Don Diablo, Gorgon City and a range of artists spanning the genres.
February’s 2019 Mix of the Month comes from EKKINZ.
The North West based DJ and Producer structures his mixes with a classy selection of dark and vibey bass music. Expect to hear weighty productions fusing elements of dub, techno, breakbeats and more.
Ekkinz has been playing raves as part of the outdoor party scene since 2014 and more recently supported the likes of High Contrast and Dynamite MC at the Highest Point festival official after party. He was also invited to play a 2hr influences set on Limbo radio Mcr, showcasing his ability to mix genres like Garage and Dubstep all the way through to Footwork and Minimal Dnb. Ekkinz also played the Jungle Sale at Beatherder Festival 2018.
Our first SEM Mix of The Month for 2019 comes from Nialas.
Nialas is DJ/Producer from Salford in Manchester, inspired by legends including Daft Punk, Deadmau5 and The Prodigy.
Our final SEM Mix of the Month of 2018 comes from DJ Hamish Gilbert. Hamish is a DJ living in Manchester playing techno and house music.
He takes his inspiration from many DJss, including Carl Cox, Jon Rundell, Adam Beyer, Amelie Lens amongst others.
November’s Mix of The Month comes from DJ alumnus About Time.
About Time is a house DJ living in Manchester. He is also part of Manchester based DJ collective, Tempo Rubato.
October’s Mix of The Month comes from DJ alumnus DJ Dee Bee.
Expect a mix influenced by his love of deep house, commercial house, bass house/bassline and tech house.
September’s Mix of The Month comes from DJ alumnus DJ Usman.
Expect a selection of top Progressive House tracks from artists such as Paul Kalkbrenner, Julio Bashmore and Deetron.
August’s Mix of the Month comes from DJ alumnus Moltonic.
His influences vary from deep and chilled beats to the hottest tech house rhythms and basslines. After producing a remix for the industrial/rock band Hypnotic, he’s now working on some tracks for his first EP due in 2018.
July’s Mix of The Month comes from DJ alumnus George Dower.
The upcoming DJ from warrington mixes an assortment of styles and is co-owner of New Age Sounds, local record label and events promoter.
June’s Mix of The Month comes from SEM’s youngest student, Rocco Harris.
Rocco’s having a busy start to the year with his very first EP recently being released on Roughmoose Records.
May’s Mix of the Month comes from SOMNIA.
After diving into the Psytrance scene in the Netherlands, Gimi aka Somnia became interested in electronic music production and DJing. He later studied electronic music production and took DJ lessons from DJ Mark One at SEM during his stay in the UK.
April’s Mix of the Month comes from SEM student Notchyy.
Wigan based DJ Notchyy has been Djing for over 6 years and his influences include Yotto, Dusky, Lane 8 and Above and Beyond.
March’s Mix of the Month comes from SEM student Liohness.
Recently she’s been ripping up the dancefloor in Manchester at local club night 10th Dimension and last year she warmed up for Submorphics, a key player in the Drum & Bass scene.
Our first Mix of The Month comes from head lecturer Tom from 2 Billion Beats.
Tom is a prolific ghost-producer running a professional studio, and part of the successful electronic band 2 Billion Beats, with well over 25+ releases.
