About |
DJ Steve Bruce works as a successful DJ in Hong Kong.
MUSIC STYLE:
Soulful/Deep House, Funk, Soul, Rare-Grooves, Broken-Beats, Old-Skool Hip-Hop, 80's Boogie, Bossa-Nova, Brasilian Beats, Nu-Jazz, Lounge, 50’s Lounge, Underground Disco, Balearic/Nu-Balearic, Disco Re-edits, Northern Soul & Electrofunk.
WHERE?
• SOUTH BAY BEACH CLUB - Hong Kong (Sunday afternoon chill-out session)
• KEE Club, Hong Kong – monthly SOULUTION party
• Lots and lots of private parties and one-off events
• KU DE TA & COCOON Beach Club - Bali, Indonesia
DJ INFLUENCES:
Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Greg Wilson, Phil Asher, Ben Watt, Dimitri From Paris, Ollie Lazarus, DJ Spen, MAW, Dennis Ferrer, Kerri Chandler, Karizma.
DJ BIO:
Steve Bruce started his DJ career back in the early-80s as a mobile DJ spinning at weddings, bah mitzvahs & 16th birthday parties, trying to get away with spinning, the then underground jazz-funk, boogie & rare-groove music he loved, to a mainstream crowd. You can’t keep a good man down though, and Steve rapidly progressed to better things.
In London he ran the notorious ‘TOP OF THE POPS’ parties in Mayfair and was a regular DJ at 'LES TEAROOMS DES ARTISTES', a popular post MINISTRY OF SOUND after-party club that ran for many years in Clapham, south London.
Steve has lived in Hong Kong for over a decade now and during this time he has been a regular at many of Hong Kong’s top venues including, SOLAS, KEE Club, ARMANI/BAR, South Bay Beach Club, AQUA Spirit, YUMLA, F.I.N.D.S. & CLUB 97 as well as playing regularly around the Asia region.
His funky eclectic style covers many musical genres from BOSSA NOVA, through RARE-GROOVES, UNDERGROUND DISCO, BROKEN BEATS & OLD-SKOOL HIP-HOP, but he is best known for his SOULFUL/DEEP HOUSE sets. His sets are noted for their musically-knowledgeable, yet unpretentious content. Steve cites NORMAN JAY, GILLES PETERSON & DIMITRI FROM PARIS as his biggest DJ influences.
Steve has been behind some of the most successful regular nights in Hong Kong over the years including his long-running ‘SOULUTION’ night, now in its eighth successful year, ‘The South Bay Sessions’ at South Bay Beach Club, his mobile ‘EKLEKTA SELEKTA’ lounge night (which was featured as a show on www.ibizasonica.com ), ‘Hong Kong Eclectic’ at ELEMENTS bar and ‘Deano Martino’, a weekly lounge night at the now legendary 1/5 bar (in its day, voted one of the top 5 ‘best bars in the world’ by Conde Nast Traveler magazine).
Steve has been invited to DJ at private parties for RONNIE WOOD of the ROLLING STONES, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB artists RUEBEN GONZALEZ & IBRAHIM FERRER & R&B artist CRAIG DAVID and has played alongside many international DJ’s including Norman Jay, Lisa Loud, BARGROOVES head honcho Ben Sowton, PACHA Ibiza resident Graham Sahara and FIERCE ANGELS Mark Doyle.
Steve was the Friday night resident at Hong Kong nightlife institution, CLUB 97 (www.ninetysevengroup.com) in Hong Kong for over 2 years before moving to SOLAS Bar (www.solas.com.hk ) as Launch Music Director and later Friday night resident, running his successful ‘SOULUTION’ night.
His current project is South Bay Beach Club, a Sunday afternoon beachside venue where he has worked as Music Director for the past 5 years.
Steve also works closely with LOVE DA RECORDS (www.love-da-records.com ) in Hong Kong and in 2006 released his first commercial CD via Club 97 called ‘SOUNDS OF CLUB 97’ which spent the whole summer of 2006 in the HMV dance chart.
“Steve is an incredibly versatile DJ, with a deep understanding of the roots of dance music. His ability to read a crowd and to direct an atmosphere clearly demonstrates his gift for knowing what to play, and when”
DC Bull – GM Hard Rock Hotel, Macau