TrophyTwins The Trophy Twins are one of House musics rising stars. They began their career in the North of England at clubs like Gatecrasher, but these days are recognized on an International level, playing shows in South Africa, China, Spain, Denmark, Slovenia, Singapore, Jakarta, Poland, Ukraine, Finland, Dubai and Ibiza to name just a handful. Nationally they play for Pacha, Godskitchen, Progression, Bedrock, Shine, Colours, Honeyclub, The Cross, Escape and Play. In addition to all this they are residents for KissdaFunk at Mission in Leeds, Dusted at Egg in London, and Judgement Sundays in Ibiza. For the last few years the Trophy Twins have been developing their diverse and varied sound amongst the rising stars of the House scene, when in 2003 they were announced as Mixmag Future Heroes aside Nic Fanciulli and Tom Neville. The Trophy Twins are no strangers at major events. They performed a live mix for Radio 1s Ibiza weekend in 2004 to over 1 million listeners and In addition they have performed at Godskitchen Global Gathering 2005, Creamfields 2004 (Radio 1 Outdoor stage), Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, Radio 1s Secret Party in Ibiza, Escape in the Park, MTVs Aquasonic Festival in Ibiza, the main stage at Radio 1s 12,000 strong One Big Weekend at Perry Park in Birmingham 2004 and more recently for the 2005 Radio 1 One Big Weekend in Sunderland. 2006 saw a return to Manumission in Ibiza, the Love Leeds Festival, and also debuts at Virgin V Festival in Stafford and O2 Wireless Festival in Leeds. After performing at Radio 1 events the Radio 1 head honchos decided to enroll them into a specially selected team of DJs that host a new specialist dance show 'The Residency'. The Trophies featured alongside Eddie Halliwell, Nic Fancuilli, Crissy Criss, Jon OBir & Kutski, Tayo & Plastician. After serving as part of 'The Residency' team for over a year, Summer 2006 saw the Trophies signed full time to the Radio 1 team. The twosome will host a new show, The Aftershow on Radio 1. The Aftershow airs each and every Saturday & Sunday Morning 4-7am. For further information check out www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/trophytwins In 2004 they mixed one disc on Goodgreefs critically acclaimed debut album and in 2005 mixed one disc on the highly successful Judgement Euphoria compilation. Over the past couple of years and they have barely been out of the studio. Working on various remix projects and original material lead to them joining the 24 Management team, and, the launch of their own label with Funkagenda, Pop Pop Records. Their debut release, 'Anarchism' on Global recordings gained heavy support from the likes of Deep Dish and Steve Lawler. Dutty Rhythm was aired for four weeks continuously by Judge Jules on his Saturday evening Radio1 show and was backed by everyone from Tom Neville to Seb Fontaine. Ill Experience on Red Recordings received big support by Carl Cox [5/5] and Pete Tong, playing it both on his live Essential Mix from Space in Ibiza, and on the Essential Selection too. Their remix of Cant Take No More by Disciples of Sound also on Red Recordings was championed by Mark Knight and Tom Stephan (Superchumbo), who supported on his Kiss 100 show. The Trophy Twins remixed a third track for Red Recordings, High by Disciples of Sound, then having produced on all 3 of their first 3 releases, which Carl Cox then named label of the year 2005. Their remix of Armand Van Heldens When The Lights Go Down was featured in Music Week and got to both 5 and 6 in the DMC club charts, was featured on Ministry of Sounds Annual 2006 compilation, and received plays on Radio1 from Annie Mac, as did their remix of Flanders 'By My Side' on Gut Records. The Trophies mix of Olav Basoski 'Waterman' on Positiva went to 4 in the Coolcuts Chart, and their mix of Angie Browns 'Give You Up' received 6 weeks continuous play on Judge Jules Radio1 show. 'Never Alone' by Artificial Funk was huge for everyone from Tong to Morillo, championing their FATT mix collaboration with Funkaganda. Further collaborations with Chris Lake 'Babaloo' & Funkagenda 'Pete Loves Rat' received support from the Shapeshifters to Pete Tong, who once again supported on his Essential Selection show on Radio1. Pete showed further support with their classy re-rub of Phoniques awesome, For The Time Being on Renaissance, a remix that reached number 1 across the download charts and was hailed by Sebastian Leger as his 'Record Of The Year'. On the back of the above success the Trophies were enrolled to do a remix for Deep Dish Yoshitoshi label, Mr Groove & Vergas 'Thats The Way I Like It', yet again support from Pete Tong on the Essential Selection. Keep your eyes peeled for future productions, 'The Way' forthcoming on the Shapeshifters Nocturnal Groove label, and 'Muziq', another FATT collaboration with Funkagenda, forthcoming on Matteo Esses Italian label Cosmonote Blue. Check out their website: Discography:
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