21 Facts About DJ Harvey

Harvey William Bassett, known by his stage name, DJ Harvey is an English DJ.

DJ Harvey felt that "cutting up" breaks was an extension of drumming and so purchased his first pair of Technics, brought them home and practised.

DJ Harvey was a graffiti artist and member of the group TDK, which was later renamed TONKA Hi Fi.

DJ Harvey's focus moved from hip hop, electro and disco to house music and garage, and he began playing more parties in London with the US DJs Francois Kevorkian and Kenny Carpenter, playing at clubs including Solaris and Freedom.

In 1991, DJ Harvey was a full-time DJ with his own weekly night "Moist" at the Gardening Club in London.

DJ Harvey brought over DJs from New York City and other US cities including Larry Levan, DJ Harvey held six-hour mixes of disco, house, garage and rock records, a sound he has carried through to later residencies, including at the Hard Left at the Blue Note.

DJ Harvey played for clubs including Cream in Liverpool and Back to Basics in Leeds, and in Ibiza.

DJ Harvey is one half of the duo behind the BC record label, on which he has recreated edits of disco records by house music artists including friend Larry Levan and Ron Hardy.

DJ Harvey was married in Hawaii where he resided and founded a successful gallery and nightclub thirtyninehotel in Honolulu, he custom built the sound and purchased some RLA audio speakers as well as being gifted some components from a famous defunct NY club.

DJ Harvey played at the club exclusively inviting guests such as David Mancuso to join him.

DJ Harvey realized the business partnership and marriage was exploitative and destructive and left, his ex wife resurfaced some years later reselling his audio equipment on eBay.

DJ Harvey relocated to Los Angeles, and performed around the US with a bi-monthly residency at Santos in New York.

DJ Harvey replaced and paid for repairs on all, some loaned from a local DJ friend.

DJ Harvey was closing out the sunrise set at the Meredith Music Festival.

DJ Harvey's electronic recording project is as Locussolus, released on International Feel Recordings.

DJ Harvey released singles in 2012 and later a full album featuring vocals by Tara Selleck, actress Sam Fox, and DJ Heidi Lawden who co produced.

In 2013, DJ Harvey opened an online store "DJ Harvey's General Store" with his son Harley, where he sells various merchandise as well as music both new and old and his highly regarded and successful Mercury Rising compilation series.

At the DJ Awards in Ibiza, DJ Harvey was the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award, in recognition of his body of work and influence within the electronic music industry.

DJ Harvey composed the score for the 2022 short film Bad Acid.

DJ Harvey is currently recording a new album under the name The Dreams and co music supervising inc scoring Greatest Hits movie to be released via Searchlight in 2023 DJ Harvey is rumored to have a role in the movie as well as a character based on his conversations with the director.

DJ Harvey has appeared in high end publications including GQ, Vogue The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Kaleidoscope for which he graced their cover he has had cover features in dance music publications DJ Magazine, Mixmag in multiple territories.