Neville Watson

Falling in love with dance music culture at that thrilling, heady time when the music was still discovering itself - mutating and spinning off in different directions - is something that still informs Neville Watson’s musical choices to this day. Be it balls to the wall Chicago jackers or the deeper veins of house and techno, his productions, DJ and live sets sets are not content to hang out for too long in one place. From sweaty beginnings at 90’s den of iniquity, Checkpoint Charlie, learning his trade warming up for the likes of Andrew Weatherall, Laurent Garnier and Derrick May to guest spots at Glasgow’s Sub Club, Berlin’s Berghain/Panorama Bar and Paris’s Rex Club. Neville has taken his personal blend of raw house and techno worldwide. As a producer his music has graced an array of well respected labels, from Clone and Rush Hour (with KiNK) to Don’t Be Afraid, Créme Organization and I Love Acid, finding it’s way into the charts, hearts and sets of selectors such as Steffi, Ben Sims, Ambivalent, Radio Slave and the aforementioned Andrew Weatherall. When not out on the road, Neville will, without doubt, be locked in the studio. No Internet. No phone signal. No distractions. Just him, the machines and the ideas in his head, bursting to get out into the world. 2018 saw the release of his 2nd album, The Midnight Orchard, on UK imprint Don’t Be Afraid. A departure from the more dance floor-friendly, jacking material he’s known for, the album explores a more experimental vein.