Yousef

Originally spotted by Muzik Magazine through their famous Bedroom Bedlam competition Yousef has been smashing dance floors every since. He was soon sited as one to watch by Muzik for 1999 and Renaissance invited him to play in Ibiza.

A representative for the Ministry of Sound heard him and signed him to Ministry of Sound Management on the spot. From a young lad he followed the dance scene catching some of Carl Cox¹s and Prodigy¹s first rave sets that inspired him to get involved as much as he could.

Once signed by Ministry of Sound he became a regular at both their Friday and Saturday night proving to all his versatility of style. He also became a regular at the award winning Media venue in Nottingham with Renaissance.

The year took a turn for Yousef as Ministry of Sound Management closed and he was signed by Erick Morillo¹s manager and won Best Bedroom Bedlam DJ @ the 1999 Muzik Awards so things were getting better and better.

As 2000 kicked in, a residency at Cream with a room of his own began. As a native Liverpudlian it was a home coming pop stars dream about, and the residency began providing an antidote of US / UK house music as the main roomed heaved with the trance craze. As the year progressed the fan base just grew and grew and so did the list of guests requesting a set there. Before the year was out everyone from X-Press 2, Erick Morillo, Darren Emerson to rare first UK performances of people like Onionz and Joeski were playing and supporting the room and the man behind it.

Yousef also went on stage at Creamfields England in front of 20 000 people and wowed the crowds, smashed Space and Pacha in Ibiza and his reputation grew which was crowned by delivering a hot mix for Pete Tong in December as one of the Stars of 2000 series, one of only four DJs to do so.

2001 was drawing near and Cream put more and more emphasis on the Annexe with line-ups for the year growing more cutting edge as the weeks went by. As Yousef's achievements took him across the waters to perform Creamfields Ireland, he was also booked for the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, rumoured to be the line up of 2001.

With the opening of the season in Ibiza, yet again Cream prove their faith in Yousef's limitless talent. Allowing him the opportunity to welcome his regular Annexe guests to the Balearic Island, he was invited to blast the US house sound he loves so much across Amnesia's terrace. Following the success of his performance live on Radio 1 from Southport as part of the station's live weekend broadcast series he was full of confidence when asked to stand in for Seb Fontaine on his regular Saturday evening show which Yousef did again a success! Meanwhile his first mix compilation CD was released to great acclaim scoring 4/5 in DJ Magazine and 9/10 on spaced.co.uk.

Yousef amazingly found the time to turn his hand to the studio as he teamed up with Basics resident Paul Woolford producing music under the alias 10,000 BC with their first remix making it straight onto Danny Rampling's show. The duo released remixes for Aphrohead, Meeker, Stella Brown, Chocolate Puma, Hubert Hudson and Rainstar, not to mention significant work on Felix Da Housecat's new single still in the pipeline and plans are nearing completion for the release of the first 10,000 BC Ep. With Steve Mac from Rhythm Masters Yousef invented and has recorded as the "Drum Bums" and this is all with his own production work under his own name.