Sounds of Dj Pilgrim

DJ Pilgrim, a name that graced many an event in the early 90’s, originating from Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK & still playing at events, one of the finest & most respected DJ’s still in the Old Skool scene. Pilgrim first started getting into 'Rave' music back as early as 1988.

”At this point I was into Hip-Hop in a big way & started going to a regular weekly club called 'The Lord Raglan' in Wolverhampton which played a few Hip Hop tracks but the music played was prodominently Rave so the more I went to the club, I became more exposed to the Rave sound & found myself enjoying it more to the point I started purchasing the music”.

When he crossed over to playing Rave he took his Hip-Hop turntablism techniques with him, which involved scratching as well as using two copies of the same record, one slightly more ahead than the other to make a doubling affect, hence the record sounding like it has been re-mixed. Such techniques were used by legendary DMC DJ’s like Cash Money, Jazzy Jeff & Cutmaster Swift, who influenced him in his earlier Hip Hop days which became his signature & was just one of many things that made him stand out from all the other DJ’s on the scene.

“For me, a DJ has to do something more than just mix two records together to gain respect as most DJ’s on the circuit can mix two records together but when it comes to scratching & doubling up, it takes a lot of courage as well as talent to perform that live which is why I choose to do these things as not every DJ can, & thats what makes you stand out & sound different from the next DJ”.

It was 1991 before Pilgrim got his main break, performing at the opening night of the legendary Quest night in Wolverhampton, the night was a great success with an electric atmosphere & became one of the first major weekly clubs that ran every Saturday night. Pilgrim became resident DJ at Quest playing weekl & as the clubs reputation got more well known nationwide, so did his name with people making the trip to the club from as far away as Scotland. Soon after he became a household name across the UK in the 1992 - 93 era, headlining at some of this countries biggest & best events such as Pandemonium, New Age, World Party, New Dawn, Blast, Dance Planet, Helter Skelter, Total Kaos, Infinity, Kinetic, Mind Blown, Bangin Tunes, Dreamscape, Amnesia House, Fibre Optic, Milwaukee's (Equinox), Dance Nation, Fantazia, Summer Dance Festival, Vision, Entropy, Obsession, Adrenalin, Inter Dance, The Edge, Starlight, Heaven On Earth, Zest, Vibealite, Dance Trance, Reincarnation, Devotion, Innersense,Fusion, Tribal Gathering, Perception, Phobia, The Pleasuredome, Frequency, Destiny, Fun-de-mental, Labrynth, Diehard, Southern Exposure, Rezurection, Ardshock, Asylum (Bowlers), AWOL, Warehouse(Doncaster), Uprising, The Drome (Birkenhead), Sutra, Sunrise, Spellbound, Double Dipped, Planet Earth, Origin, Hypnotic, Evolution, Distruxshion & many more but the biggest crowd he ever played to was the massive Fantazia event at Castle Donnington with an estimated 40,000 people there, which he played on the main stage & played the midnight set.

“People in today’s scene would never have thought that I have headlined nearly all the biggest raves there have ever been in this country”.

Over the years he found the music getting faster & harder so he took a back seat from the scene until about 1998 when he started playing more of the original old tunes from his favourite era of music 91-92, as there were so may classic tunes about which to this very day still get a really good response when played, & this brought along the emergence of his own Old Skool night he started in Wolverhampton called 'Reminiscence'. Not long after that Pilgrim also hooked up with the guys from 'Flashback' as they too, were ex Ravers, & were also putting on small parties totally dedicated to the 'Old Skoo'l classics to which he also became their resident DJ & since then the Old Skool scene has risen once again with club events dedicated to the music all over the country.

Pilgrim now likes to turn the clock back by playing at 'Old Skool' events as he finds the atmosphere is always 100% electric at these nights, & not only brings back good memories but also the old faces that had left the scene. This DJ is an excellent mixer, he knows what the crowd wants & executes it well. He has been around for a long time playing alongside some of the original Old Skool DJ’s such as Carl Cox, Stu Allen, Grooverider & Sasha with sets that justify him being just as good.

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