Fergie (DJ)

For the former singer with the Black Eyed Peas, see Fergie (singer).
Fergie
Fergie performing a DJ set at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Preston, UK on 20 May 2007.
Fergie performing a DJ set at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Preston, England on 20 May 2007.
Background information
Birth nameRobert Ferguson
Also known asRob Guson
Born (1979-11-16) 16 November 1979 (age 44)
OriginLarne, Northern Ireland
Genres
Occupations
  • DJ
  • music producer
Years active1993–present
Labels
Websitefergiedj.com

Robert Ferguson (born 16 November 1979),[1] known professionally as Fergie, is a Northern Irish DJ and electronic music artist from Larne.[2] He has been an internationally touring DJ and a music producer for over 20 years.[3] He presented a radio show on BBC Radio 1 for over four years[4] while recording 13 Essential Mixes for the station.[5] He was featured in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll seven consecutive years[6] and currently holds the record for the highest new entry since the poll began, achieved when he was voted 8th in 2000.[3]

Fergie played his first DJ set at the age of 14, standing on an upturned milk crate.[7] He met Tony De Vit who invited him to England and would become Fergie's mentor.[8] His career escalated in the 1990s when he played mainly hard house in his DJ sets[9] at club nights such as Trade, Godskitchen, Sundissential, Golden, and Passion (where he had DJ residencies).[10] He achieved UK Singles Chart success in the early 2000s with releases such as his remix of "Meet Her at the Love Parade".[11] Throughout the 2000s his DJ sets became more house and techno orientated.[12] He DJed in Ibiza every summer at nightclubs such as Amnesia,[13] Privilege[14] and Space.[15] He released multiple DJ mixes including two via the Ministry of Sound record label and magazine covermounted CDs for Mixmag and DJ Mag.[16] He also wrote a regular column for Mixmag.[17] He founded the Excentric Muzik record label in 2007.[18] He has released his debut artist album "Dynamite & Laserbeams" on the label in 2010.[19]

He currently resides in Las Vegas and has been a resident DJ at the Hakkasan Nightclub at the MGM Grand and at the Omnia nightclub of Caesars Palace since they both opened.[20][21] He also has a DJ residency in Las Vegas at Wet Republic.[7] He is working under the name Fergie (DJ).[22]

  1. ^ p.62 Mixmag December 2010 issue
  2. ^ Graham, Polly (2002). "24/7: Fergie minds lingo". Sunday Mirror. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009.
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  14. ^ "Beatfactor: Mauro Picotto and Chris Liebing to headline Meganite in Ibiza". Beatfactor. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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  20. ^ "Fergie DJ has seen and heard the scene evolve". LasVegasWeekly.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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