Pikey
- Real Name
- Kevin Thomas
- Location
- Newport City, South Wales
- Kitlist
- 2 pioneer cdj100s, pioneer DJM600 mixer
- Last updated profile
- 26th June 2009
- Contact this DJ
Biography
Kevin Thomas, or DJ Pikey to most, comes from Newport in South Wales.
Pikey has always been into dance music, even at an early age listening to hip hop, electro and moving into harder dance sounds like the prodigy in the early 90s. He listened to rave music since 1990 and has been attending raves since the early 90s.
Along with DJing, Pikey has co-promoted events with James Watts, (MC Wotsee), in Wales namely X-plosion and BPM. 2008 has seen Pikey take on a new project in promoting Ravers are: along side Ben Niacin. Being involved in these events has resulted in Pikey building good relationships with almost every artist in the scene. It is through these events that he developed a taste for getting involved in the scene and eventually started DJing hardcore in 2003. He quickly picked up the necessary skills from a lot of practise and spending time watching the main stream DJs.
In July 2005, Pikey put out his 1st demo cd and received good feedback from promoters and established DJs. His 1st bookings came in September 2005 at The Fruit Club, Swindon, for Jellybeanz and also Total Bedlam on the same night. Since then Pikey has played for some of the leading organisations today including HTID, UPROAR, FUSION, VIBEALITE and international bookings @ CANDYBALL, New York where he is now a resident DJ.
List of bookings to date:
Candyball (New York USA) (Resident)
I Heart (Pittsburgh USA)
HTID in the sun 2008, 2009 (Spain)
HTID Global energy weekend (Camber sands)
Hardcore Heaven weekender 5 (Southport)
Addiction/Rebirth (Forres, Scotland)
Luminous (Glasgow)
Natural born ravers (Cambridge)
Monthly Mayhem (St Ives)
Vibealite (Leeds)
We call it hardcore (Huddersfield)
SCC (Whitchurch)
Phutura (Loughborough)
Total Bedlam (Long Eaton)
Ravers Reunited (Coalville)
Uproar (Birmingham)
Whos Hardcore? (Birmingham & Northampton)
Hypnotize (Birmingham)
Discotek (Birmingham)
B2T (Birmingham)
Cruze in (Birmingham)
Lean 2 mean (Northampton)
Ravers are: Forever (Bristol) (Resident)
Delerium (Bristol)
Oxygen (Bristol)
Back to the future (Bristol)
Distorted dreams (Bristol)
Totally Ardcore (Bristol) (Resident)
Hybrid (Bristol)
Bangers & mash (Bristol)
Monkeywrenched & Ignition (Stroud)
Hardcore distortion (Yeovil)
Firewall (Bridgewater & Yeovil)
Hard velocity (Bognor regis)
Southwest Alliance (Torquay)
Carry on raving (Portsmouth)
Jellybeanz vs Sundissential (Swindon)
THC001 (Swindon)
Hardcore Creation (Swindon)
Fusion (Westbury & Bournemouth)
Experimental (Bournemouth)
Q-Bic (Weston S Mare)
Pure Hardcore (Weston S Mare)
Nemesis (Swansea)(resident)
Tick Tock (Swansea)
Atomic (Newport)
Port to the core (Newport)
Hard Dance propaganda (Newport & Caerphilly)
Rude Awakening (Newport)
Hardcore evolution (Cardiff & Newport)(Resident)
Hardcore Xpression (London) (Resident)
Live on hardcore revolution internet radio.
Pikey is an artist involved with Joey Riot & DJ Kurts label, Lethal Theory. He lists his main influences as being Marc Smith, Brisk, Sharkey, Kevin Energy, Joey Riot & Kurt.
Pikeys DJing can be described as fast, hard, bouncy, adventurous and entertaining. Fully involved and very animated when he plays as he believes a DJ should also show personality behind the decks.
His plans for the future are to release more of his own material as well as collaborations. Learning from many different established names over the last few years about different aspects of hardcore music.
In May 2006 he worked with Joey Riot to produce their 1st track together, entitled summin 2 dance 2 and have also completed another track - Move your body, both of which feature on DJ Kurt & Stormtroopers cd on the 1st Hardcore Underground album.
These are other tracks he has worked on below
Discography:
Joey Riot & DJ Pikey - Summin 2 dance 2 - Lethal Theory
Joey Riot & DJ Pikey - Move your body - Lethal Theory
Joey Riot & DJ Pikey - Dr Evil - Lethal Theory
DJ Kurt & DJ Pikey - Gimme a bassline - Lethal Theory
DJ Pikey - Lets go - Lethal Theory
DJ Pikey - Renegade - Lethal Theory
Joey Riot & DJ Pikey - Sun goes down - Lethal Theory
Joey Riot & DJ Pikey - That bouncy track - Lethal Theory
DJ Pikey & DJ Bishop - Rockin all the clubs
It is clear that Pikey enjoys every time he plays out but is always looking to better himself and play to bigger crowds across the UK and overseas.
For all bookings please email Spit n spin artist agency @ info@spitnspin.co.uk
pikeydj@hotmail.co.uk
www.myspace.com/pikeydj
DJ Mixes
| DJ Pikey & MC Wotsee - Hardcore March 2009 | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| DJ Pikey & MC Wotsee - Drum n bass Feb 2009 | Drum & Bass | |
| PIKEY LIVE @ CANDYBALL 6, NEW YORK, USA | Old Skool/Hardcore Breaks | |
| Freeform fury! | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| DJ Pikey - Lethal Theory release mix | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| Back to my roots - Drum n bass August 2008 | Drum & Bass | |
| Hardcore March 2008 | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| Hardcore Domination October 2007 | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| Pikeys dark side | Drum & Bass | |
| Give it beanz April 2007 | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| DJ Pikey and MC Wotsee December 2006 | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| Move your body October 2006 | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| Bedlam set | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| DJ Pikey and MC Wotsee April 2006 | Hardcore/Freeform | |
| July 2006 | Hardcore/Freeform |
Blog Entries
More studio news posted 7th April 2009
Finished a track with Joey Riot - "That bouncy track".
Should be smashing up dancefloors very soon ;-)
Also started work on a 3 way colab - Me, Kurt & Joey - things are gonna get interesting!!!
Studio business! posted 31st March 2009
Been in the studio with Joey Riot again, this time we've come up with an old school sounding track called "That bouncy track"
Also I'll be heading up to Kurt's soon to work on something else :-)
New residencies posted 10th January 2009
2009 new residencies for DJ Pikey
Candyball - New York - USA
Nemesis - Swansea
DJ Kurt & DJ Pikey tune posted 14th September 2008
"Gimme a bassline" by myself and DJ Kurt will be available on vinyl & MP3 on 22nd September.
DJ Pikey & Joey Riot - Dr Evil posted 11th February 2008
Dr Evil is now available to download from the LETHAL THEORY MP3 STORE (link below)
http://www.serioussounds.net/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=182
Upcoming projects posted 30th January 2008
Will be in the studio over the next few months, so here's whats planned for now:
With Stormtrooper end of Feb
Then working with Mikey Nemesis (Future Dance)
And hopefully another track with Joey Riot in the summer!
Renegade! posted 14th January 2008
Keep your ears peeled for my latest track, "Renegade".
Uses the classic sample of "Renegade master" by Wildchild.
Upcoming Bookings
Hardcore Evolution
17th July 2009 at Fire and Ice, Newport City, South Wales
Hardcore evolution vs Sub zero
15th August 2009 at Elements, Bridgend
Stompin
4th September 2009 at Lakota, Bristol
Southern sound festival
19th September 2009 at Canford park arena, Poole
Hardcore evolution vs Sub zero
24th October 2009 at Elements, Bridgend
Past Bookings
Vinyl Destination
4th July 2009 at Bar Fresa, Liverpool
Hardcore evolution vs Sub zero
27th June 2009 at Elements, Bridgend
HTID in the sun 2009
15th June 2009 at Colossus, lloret de mar, Spain
Hardcore Evolution
22nd May 2009 at Fire & Ice, Newport
Nemesis
24th April 2009 at Crobar, Swansea










