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Steve Lawler

Steve Lawler is a British house music producer and DJ born in Birmingham, England. He has held residences at many popular dance clubs such as Space, The End and Twilo. Because of his successful performances at Space in Ibiza, he has been nicknamed "King of Space".Lawler has released several mix albums and is especially well known for his Lights Out series featured on Boxed. He currently runs the record label Viva Music. He also founded the now defunct Harlem Records.

Musical genres

Lawler describes his style of house music to be "filthy" and "sleazy". Others have echoed his sentiments, comparing Lawler's music to disco in terms of attitude. Though he's often named a progressive house DJ, Lawler says that he prefers not to fall under any particular genre. Lawler's music often has elements of 1980s electro music and electroclash, but Lawler maintains that he is against the 1980s electro revival, describing it as "shit in the first place". Of the music Lawler plays, he is known to perform his own edited versions.

Influences

Rather than any particular genre or musical groups, Lawler says that his brand of dark house is influenced more by "vices" and dark experiences. He does, however, claim his biggest inspirations as Depeche Mode and The Doors, citing their dark lyrics and atmosphere. Lawler says that the DJ most influential on him is Danny Tenaglia, admiring his passion and dedication to DJ-ing and clubbers.

Check Steve at

www.djstevelawler.com