Steve Rothery
Steve Rothery is the creator of Roast Groove and main man within the band.
Steve recently blew the crowd away at the SW4 festival in August 2008 alongside Carl Cox, Danny Tenaglia, Eric Morillo, John Digweed and Nic Fancuilli. See video footage at
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d9MzPTVGHoI.
Steve brought in the New Year 07/08 on the main stage at KOKO before handing over to Junior Jack & Kid Crème, see footage at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=53p79KgF4bc.
Since moving to London Steve has played at a variety of venues including Pacha, KOKO, Egg, The Cross, Turnmills, Brixton Academy, Hidden and Sin.
Steve has played for the following promoters in London – SW4, PUSH, Electric Gardens, Pushca, Space, Gliteratti, Prologue, Pukka Up, Menage a Trois, Sundazed, Mannequin, Shiva and Plush da Funk.
Steve has also played in Russia many times in the last 2 years, in Moscow (Club XIII), St Petersburg (Arena & Decadence), Sochi (Plotforma), Nizhny Novgorod & Rostov as well as performing in Cape Town, South Africa.
Originally hailing from Portishead – Steve Rothery started mixing over 10 years ago, introducing himself to DJ'ing by spinning jungle and drum 'n' bass cuts at parties around Bristol and Bath. By 1996 Steve discovered his true love of house music which he has continued to mix since then.
Steve successfully ran Fusion in Birmingham from 1997–2001 promoting events and warming up the decks by playing the best in funky house before such names as Brandon Block, Alex P, Sonique, the late Tony De Vit and John Kelly. Steve also started Fusion's infamous boat parties sailing down the River Severn every summer for each season's finale. Fusion also ran coach trips to some of the best clubs in the country at the time....Ministry of Sound, Cream, Gatecrasher, Turnmills and Passion.
Steve is a promoter and resident for the Roast events, alongside Oli Smiles and Greg Smiles - including Sunday Roast at Inigo, Clapham - on the 1st Sunday of every month – see www.roast.me.uk for details.
Steve was a resident for 18 month at the infamous Super Sundays (Voted No 2 in Metro for "Best Sunday Clubs in London") at Oblivion, Clapham and has played at SW4 launch party and after-party at Brixton Academy alongside Sasha and Carl Cox.
In terms of style Steve plays across the board including dirty electro and breaks, house, minimal or funky French-influenced grooves depending on the gig – he is definitely a party DJ who loves going mental to the tunes as much as anyone in the crowd.
Steve is currently on a world tour between Oct 08 and July 09, including New York, San Francisco, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Contact Steve for bookings on djsteverothery@yahoo.co.uk.
LATEST MIX: A copy of Steve's live set at the SW4 festival in August 2008 alongside Carl Cox , Danny Tenaglia, Eric Morillo, John Digweed and Nic Fancuilli can be downloaded here
Check out www.roastgroove.com, http://www.myspace.com/djsteverothery, www.roast.me.uk and www.djsteverothery.com for all news and gig details, free mixes to download and pictures.
