Pikey

Real Name

Kevin Thomas

Location

Newport City, South Wales

Kitlist

2 pioneer cdj1000s, pioneer DJM600 mixer

Last updated profile

3rd April 2010

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Biography

Kevin Thomas, or DJ Pikey to most, is a hardcore DJ/Producer 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, Bridgend)(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

DJ Pikey & DJ Bishop - Rockit

DJ Pikey & Darren Grant vs Joey Riot - Yo DJ

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 contact:

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