BTTF_POD004 James Winter

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BTTF_POD004 James Winter
Originally from arguably one of the best clubbing destinations in the UK - Leeds, James has made house music his life and pretty much everything he thinks about since he was in his early teens.
He has played some of the biggest and best venues in England; Sankeys, The Lightbox in London, The Garage (Voted UK's best small club 2012), Mint Warehouse, The Warehouse, Stinkys (Backtobasics, the longest running weekly house night in the world), Wire and The Mint Club who has seen the likes of Sven Vath, Ricardo Villalobos, Ellen Allien, Shonky, Dyed Soundorom, the list goes on. James has achieved in five years, what some DJ's could hope only hope to accomplish in that small timeframe.
He first discovered his love for the rave scene after attending "WaxOn" back in 2008 in Leeds, England, hearing Brodinski, who was the first dance music related DJ he started listening to. After this passion spawned for house music, James started discovering new DJ's, labels, meeting all the people that mattered in the house scene and eventually started playing gigs in and around Leeds in early 2010.
In 2011, he entered UK's "Movida Corona" DJ competition which saw him get the the UK final at the Ministry Of Sound in London, playing to literally thousands of house music fans. It earned James a column in the Yorkshire evening post and a mention in UK's Mixmag.
Co-running his own night IN:VISION in Leeds, which is now well established in the UK house scene, it saw him play with the likes of FRANCK ROGER, JORDAN PEAK, ADAM SHELTON and more, as well as building a plethora of contacts which were put to good use in the months to follow.
Amidst all this progress, James was asked to be a new resident for APOGEE presents...in London. This helped to establish his name down south and to be able to play with the likes of HOT SINCE 82, WAIFS & STRAYS, AUDIOJACK and many others.
James now has two releases through Luke Pompey's label Love Not Money Records and two other releases through both Dudley Strangeways label Back To The Future Records and Farfan Deep's label Underground Lovers Records which have received support from Grant Nelson, DJ Caspa, Hector Morales and Subb-an to name a few.