BILLY NASTY has been DJing half his life; a career that has seen him spin p… Read Full Bio ↴BILLY NASTY has been DJing half his life; a career that has seen him spin professionally for over nearly fourteen years. He has continually travelled the world as one of the most in-demand techno/electro DJs, and has performed at the most prestigious events, and infamous clubs – across the globe. As a result, he has been one of only a handful of more ‘underground’ DJs who has consistently featured in the annual DJ Mag Top 100.
Billy is not, and has never been, just a DJ, though: he’s enjoyed an extensive recording career; runs three record labels widely-regarded by a broad range of DJs and record buyers alike; and also established a DJ agency, Theremin, that looked after the bookings of many of techno’s leading names, as well as nurturing new talent and allowing them to progress upwards through the ranks. Theremin closed last year, and, after signing up with the reputed DJ agency, Decked Out, Billy has now been granted additional time to concentrate on his labels and DJing.
Having spent a handful of formative, pre-house years, soaking up the rhythms of rare-groove, go-go and funk, Billy was already a committed DJ when house music exploded in the UK in the late eighties. He secured a job at the cutting-edge, Camden-based, Zoom record shop in the latter stages of 1989; this frontline job was extremely important and allowed Billy to regularly meet other prominent figures on London’s burgeoning club scene, as well as helping him to enhance his reputation as a DJ.
At the beginning of 1990, Billy took up his first residency at The Exploding Plastic Inevitable night (with accomplice and Lost founder, Steve Bicknell), at the legendary BrainClub in Soho. It ran for two and a half years with Billy playing a mixture of sounds and styles that proved a precursor to the progressive house scene that followed.
By 1991, Billy’s reputation behind the decks was such that he was invited to record the first mix for a new CD series entitled, Journeys By DJ. Seamlessly weaving between artists of the day – including Leftfield and Eagles Prey – Billy gained entry into the Guinness Book of Records for producing the first commercially-available DJ mix. Shortly afterwards, he undertook his first studio project when invited to remix St Etienne’s Join Our Club; he later accompanied the band, as tour DJ, on their 1992 Japanese tour.
Throughout 1992-93, so many bootleg mix tapes of Billy's were flooding the UK that they proved the ultimate marketing tool and resulted in requests for his presence at burgeoning nights nationwide, most notably: Venus, Renaissance and Back2Basics.
At the front of the pack when Progressive House boomed in ‘93, Billy's DJing schedule went through the roof. Besides being a regular at four of the most prominent clubs in London (The Drum Club, Open All Hours, Final Frontier, and Strutt), Billy began to reach wider audiences as he travelled the whole of the UK and undertook an increasing amount of European gigs. He enjoyed studio adventures with Dave Wesson (Zoom owner) as Shi-Take – who had a six-single career on the shop's in-house label – and also, future Chemical Brothers engineer, Steve Dub, as Vinyl Blair; the latter partnership led to releases on Leftfield’s recently founded Hard Hands label.
1995 saw Billy's workload multiply further still, to the extent, that, working at Zoom was no longer an option: he was now DJing 3-5 times a week in the UK and further afield. Such a hectic schedule required greater levels of professionalism and, it was with this in mind, that the Theremin DJ agency was launched; initially it looked after fellow UK DJs – Jim Masters, Mark Williams and Phil Perry – but European DJs were quickly added to the roster: Adam Beyer, Marco Carola, Umek, The Youngsters and Oliver Ho, as well as many others, would not be so widely regarded amongst UK clubbers if it had not been for their association with Theremin.
In 1996, with the airmiles continuing to stack up, Billy was nominated for best national DJ, as well as best Radio One Essential Mix, at the Muzik magazine awards. He also played peak-time sets at the seminal Tribal Gathering festivals in the UK and Germany.
Billy’s style had shifted dramatically by 1997 and he was now widely-regarded as one of the premier exponents of hard-edged techno. A second mix-CD – Race Data, released on the Avex label – documents this perfectly.
Due to frustrations with the number of UK labels championing the style of techno featured in his sets, Billy established his own imprint, Tortured, in order to provide an outlet for his favourite producers. A bi-monthly night, Open To Torture, at London clubbing mecca, The End, was established during the same period – it provided the perfect opportunity to showcase the talent directly involved with the Tortured label, as well as those linked by association: Adam Beyer, Umek and Marco Carola all played their debut London gigs at the night.
A fantastic year was enhanced further by, arguably, Billy’s greatest achievement – he became a father to the first of his two daughters.
1998 saw Billy's first expedition to the States: the Americans quickly warmed to him resulting in frequent return trips to venues in: Chicago, Detroit, Washington, San Francisco, LA, Toronto, Seattle, and also throughout Canada. The US expeditions ran concurrently with dates in the UK and Europe; Billy had become especially popular in Holland by this stage and was voted second most popular international DJ there in 1998.
In May 2000, Tortured released The Torture Chamber, Billy’s third mix CD, which showcased the label’s high-quality output. It was the first instalment in a series of Torture Chamber mixes and, two years later, the second volume followed: Slovenian DJ Umek contributed a three turntable mix-up of incredible intensity that perfectly demonstrated his jaw-dropping deck skills.
Umek also had the honour of launching Tortured’s sister label, Electrix. Electrix was established with the proviso of pushing boundaries and putting out “experimental electronica – encompassing everything from Maurizio-style dubby tracks through to straight-up, dancefloor-oriented 808 workouts”. The label quickly proved popular and is now regarded as one of the UK’s finest for dancefloor electro with support consistently forthcoming from Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier, Andrew Weatherall and Freddie Fresh. Electrix was also a more natural home for album projects than Tortured and long-players from both Transparent Sound and The Advent now reside amidst a back-catalogue approaching 20 single releases in length.
In order to demonstrate his long-standing involvement with electro, Billy compiled his favourite electro tracks for his fifth mix CD, BN02, which was released on the trustthedj.com label in 2002; the first volume, BN01, which concentrated on techno, preceeded it.
The third of Billy’s labels, Painkillers, was established in 2002 – it acts as an outlet for remixes of tracks previously released on Tortured. The first release featured a Ben Sims remix of Ben Long’s Imperial Leather, as well as two Oliver Ho re-works of Umek tracks (recorded under his Mumps guise). Billy is currently working on releases two and three.
Four years after Billy’s first successful tour of the States, his deck skills took him even further afield: he has made several visits to Brazil and Columbia, both of whom have burgeoning techno scenes that proved a real inspiration, as well as an Australian expedition that took in Singapore’s world-renowned Zouk club on the way.
2003 saw Billy look to establish Tortured as more than just a label with parties held under the Tortured banner worldwide: the first took place at the Miami WMC, followed by a session at New York’s Arc. The label also hosted tents at the Impulse and Dance Valley festivals in Holland.
Now in 2004, with Tortured and Electrix both well established, and after nearly fourteen years as a professional DJ, Billy can boast a diary busier than ever before. He continues to turn his back on the cash-lined path, preferring instead to play for appreciative, knowledgable crowds worldwide.
Selected Discography
- Journeys By DJ - Billy Nasty Mix, CD (Moonshine)
- Journeys By DJ Volume 1: In The Mix With Billy Nasty, CD (Music Unites)
- Zoom Progressive House - Volume 1, CD
- Flux Trax 02, Cassette (EXP Recordings)
- The Torture Chamber, CD (Tortured Records)
- BN01, CD (Trust The DJ)
- BN02, CD (Trust The DJ)
Billy is not, and has never been, just a DJ, though: he’s enjoyed an extensive recording career; runs three record labels widely-regarded by a broad range of DJs and record buyers alike; and also established a DJ agency, Theremin, that looked after the bookings of many of techno’s leading names, as well as nurturing new talent and allowing them to progress upwards through the ranks. Theremin closed last year, and, after signing up with the reputed DJ agency, Decked Out, Billy has now been granted additional time to concentrate on his labels and DJing.
Having spent a handful of formative, pre-house years, soaking up the rhythms of rare-groove, go-go and funk, Billy was already a committed DJ when house music exploded in the UK in the late eighties. He secured a job at the cutting-edge, Camden-based, Zoom record shop in the latter stages of 1989; this frontline job was extremely important and allowed Billy to regularly meet other prominent figures on London’s burgeoning club scene, as well as helping him to enhance his reputation as a DJ.
At the beginning of 1990, Billy took up his first residency at The Exploding Plastic Inevitable night (with accomplice and Lost founder, Steve Bicknell), at the legendary BrainClub in Soho. It ran for two and a half years with Billy playing a mixture of sounds and styles that proved a precursor to the progressive house scene that followed.
By 1991, Billy’s reputation behind the decks was such that he was invited to record the first mix for a new CD series entitled, Journeys By DJ. Seamlessly weaving between artists of the day – including Leftfield and Eagles Prey – Billy gained entry into the Guinness Book of Records for producing the first commercially-available DJ mix. Shortly afterwards, he undertook his first studio project when invited to remix St Etienne’s Join Our Club; he later accompanied the band, as tour DJ, on their 1992 Japanese tour.
Throughout 1992-93, so many bootleg mix tapes of Billy's were flooding the UK that they proved the ultimate marketing tool and resulted in requests for his presence at burgeoning nights nationwide, most notably: Venus, Renaissance and Back2Basics.
At the front of the pack when Progressive House boomed in ‘93, Billy's DJing schedule went through the roof. Besides being a regular at four of the most prominent clubs in London (The Drum Club, Open All Hours, Final Frontier, and Strutt), Billy began to reach wider audiences as he travelled the whole of the UK and undertook an increasing amount of European gigs. He enjoyed studio adventures with Dave Wesson (Zoom owner) as Shi-Take – who had a six-single career on the shop's in-house label – and also, future Chemical Brothers engineer, Steve Dub, as Vinyl Blair; the latter partnership led to releases on Leftfield’s recently founded Hard Hands label.
1995 saw Billy's workload multiply further still, to the extent, that, working at Zoom was no longer an option: he was now DJing 3-5 times a week in the UK and further afield. Such a hectic schedule required greater levels of professionalism and, it was with this in mind, that the Theremin DJ agency was launched; initially it looked after fellow UK DJs – Jim Masters, Mark Williams and Phil Perry – but European DJs were quickly added to the roster: Adam Beyer, Marco Carola, Umek, The Youngsters and Oliver Ho, as well as many others, would not be so widely regarded amongst UK clubbers if it had not been for their association with Theremin.
In 1996, with the airmiles continuing to stack up, Billy was nominated for best national DJ, as well as best Radio One Essential Mix, at the Muzik magazine awards. He also played peak-time sets at the seminal Tribal Gathering festivals in the UK and Germany.
Billy’s style had shifted dramatically by 1997 and he was now widely-regarded as one of the premier exponents of hard-edged techno. A second mix-CD – Race Data, released on the Avex label – documents this perfectly.
Due to frustrations with the number of UK labels championing the style of techno featured in his sets, Billy established his own imprint, Tortured, in order to provide an outlet for his favourite producers. A bi-monthly night, Open To Torture, at London clubbing mecca, The End, was established during the same period – it provided the perfect opportunity to showcase the talent directly involved with the Tortured label, as well as those linked by association: Adam Beyer, Umek and Marco Carola all played their debut London gigs at the night.
A fantastic year was enhanced further by, arguably, Billy’s greatest achievement – he became a father to the first of his two daughters.
1998 saw Billy's first expedition to the States: the Americans quickly warmed to him resulting in frequent return trips to venues in: Chicago, Detroit, Washington, San Francisco, LA, Toronto, Seattle, and also throughout Canada. The US expeditions ran concurrently with dates in the UK and Europe; Billy had become especially popular in Holland by this stage and was voted second most popular international DJ there in 1998.
In May 2000, Tortured released The Torture Chamber, Billy’s third mix CD, which showcased the label’s high-quality output. It was the first instalment in a series of Torture Chamber mixes and, two years later, the second volume followed: Slovenian DJ Umek contributed a three turntable mix-up of incredible intensity that perfectly demonstrated his jaw-dropping deck skills.
Umek also had the honour of launching Tortured’s sister label, Electrix. Electrix was established with the proviso of pushing boundaries and putting out “experimental electronica – encompassing everything from Maurizio-style dubby tracks through to straight-up, dancefloor-oriented 808 workouts”. The label quickly proved popular and is now regarded as one of the UK’s finest for dancefloor electro with support consistently forthcoming from Dave Clarke, Laurent Garnier, Andrew Weatherall and Freddie Fresh. Electrix was also a more natural home for album projects than Tortured and long-players from both Transparent Sound and The Advent now reside amidst a back-catalogue approaching 20 single releases in length.
In order to demonstrate his long-standing involvement with electro, Billy compiled his favourite electro tracks for his fifth mix CD, BN02, which was released on the trustthedj.com label in 2002; the first volume, BN01, which concentrated on techno, preceeded it.
The third of Billy’s labels, Painkillers, was established in 2002 – it acts as an outlet for remixes of tracks previously released on Tortured. The first release featured a Ben Sims remix of Ben Long’s Imperial Leather, as well as two Oliver Ho re-works of Umek tracks (recorded under his Mumps guise). Billy is currently working on releases two and three.
Four years after Billy’s first successful tour of the States, his deck skills took him even further afield: he has made several visits to Brazil and Columbia, both of whom have burgeoning techno scenes that proved a real inspiration, as well as an Australian expedition that took in Singapore’s world-renowned Zouk club on the way.
2003 saw Billy look to establish Tortured as more than just a label with parties held under the Tortured banner worldwide: the first took place at the Miami WMC, followed by a session at New York’s Arc. The label also hosted tents at the Impulse and Dance Valley festivals in Holland.
Now in 2004, with Tortured and Electrix both well established, and after nearly fourteen years as a professional DJ, Billy can boast a diary busier than ever before. He continues to turn his back on the cash-lined path, preferring instead to play for appreciative, knowledgable crowds worldwide.
Selected Discography
- Journeys By DJ - Billy Nasty Mix, CD (Moonshine)
- Journeys By DJ Volume 1: In The Mix With Billy Nasty, CD (Music Unites)
- Zoom Progressive House - Volume 1, CD
- Flux Trax 02, Cassette (EXP Recordings)
- The Torture Chamber, CD (Tortured Records)
- BN01, CD (Trust The DJ)
- BN02, CD (Trust The DJ)
The Hunter
Billy Nasty Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'The Hunter' by these artists:
Adam Jensen Fame is in the front seat Trouble with the kerb Mama's …
Adamah Swallowed whole by the moonlights embrace I sought to seek v…
Albert King They call me the hunter, that's my name A pretty woman…
Alex Henry Foster A gun has been fired, echoes from the mountain can't…
Alpine Universe I am the hunter, You are the prey. I am the hunter, You…
Ancillotti Run like the devil Over land and sea I never let down,…
Asia It don't come easy, that's understood Faint-hearted loser, t…
B. Dolan Sitting up in bed when the sun sets The room is…
B. Dolan & Buddy Peace Hoes talk shit in the party Don't make it out of…
Basecamp Stuck inside Lost in mind Branch that broke and left me grou…
Beardfish Your kind is the worst You are a type of animal…
Benny the Butcher feat. Skyzoo Okay, Nike Tech silks and Huaraches Step through on the poll…
Big Sixes I'd rather be anyone but 21, my eyes are red…
Black Horizon Chasing after you, no chance no hope of surviving Recognise …
Blue Cheer They call me the Hunter and Lord, that's my name A…
Bonney & Buzz She is the hunter and I am the hunted She is…
Boyd Rice & Friends The hunter must hunt For as soon as he stops He becomes…
Boyd Rice and Friends The hunter must hunt! For as soon as he stops he…
CANNATA The hunter's got an edge, as sharp as a knife He…
Canned Heat Well, they call me the hunter Likes to have my fun Early…
Caspar Auwerkerken You were still alive When he came to find out…
Clannad Hear a man with a wounded past While walking on, I…
Clinton Fearon The hunter lost his gun The congoman a come The hunter start…
Danzig Call me the hunter That's my name Pretty young thing like yo…
Degrees.K I'm addicted to you I'm addicted to you I'm addicted to you …
Derdian Living and Fighting Together Living and Fighting Forever L…
Dokken Clouds roll by as I look to the sky And then…
Doom Groove Orchestra Illusions, in the mist, thats what you do But you better…
Doyle Bramhall They call me the hunter Baby that's my name A pretty woman…
Dr. Creep I see you glowing ruby As I float suspended in A…
Dropsaw I'm not sure where I am locked in this car…
E-Jun 내가 웃을때면 보기 좋다고 하며 다시 또 웃어보라고 귀엽게 재잘되며 웃기려고 애쓰는 너의 모습 사랑스러웠지…
Edgär Always looking for the solution To feed your greed for emoti…
Exilia (I'll be your sin, the hunter is coming, but I'm…
F&M Don't forget your dreams Flying to the top Don't forget your…
Firespawn It's the dawn of a new day in the midwest…
FourPlay String Quartet I've seen a picture of me and you And all that…
Free They call me the hunter That's my name A pretty little woman…
Free Will They call me the hunter 'cause that's my name Pretty…
G.T.R. As you travel far across the globe, starting to awaken as…
Gary Numan I'm in a big clean room There's blood on my shirt I'm…
Gatsby's American Dream What if when the curtains go down there is nothing…
Girlschool He is tracking her down With a drink, and a smile Movin'…
Glenn Danzig Call me the hunter That's my name Pretty young thing like yo…
Gov't Mule They call me the hunter, that's my name A pretty woman…
Grave Have you seen that man Wrapped up all in black He waits…
Great White They call me the hunter 'cause that's my name Pretty little…
GTR It don't come easy that's understood Fainthearted loser that…
Helen Marnie A heart explodes every second on my street The weight of…
Iced Earth A force of light an angel Sent through time to destroy Aveng…
iKE They call me the hunter, that's my nameA handsome man like…
Ike & Tina Turner They call me the hunter, that's my nameA handsome man like…
Jack Hardy You who were the gatherer who gathered me in arms and spent…
Jennifer Warnes Come on over my sporting frend Bring your favorite weapon Sh…
Joe Sample With one light on in one room I know you're up…
Judie Tzuke Okay! They call me the hunter 'cause thats my name Pret…
Justin Courtney Pierre There's a life residing in me From a long, long time…
K. Beta I'm addicted to you I'm addicted to you I'm addicted to you …
King Raam استخونهات صدای پوکی میدن ، آواز گرگها رو دور آتش…
King Raam Joy Marquez & John Corba من با صدای ستون های تنِ تو می رقصم، می رقصم من…
KITCHEN - Free They call me the hunter That's my name A pretty little woman…
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith & Baker Mukasa Stole away on the ship in the back of your…
La-Ventura Look out here she comes, will she find you? Breathe my…
Love and Death siempre ando flexin dripeando en la calle haciéndolo con mi…
Love and Death feat. Keith Wallen Make your escape Bleeding like a child without a mother We …
Love And Death Keith Wallen siempre ando flexin dripeando en la calle haciéndolo con mi…
M-LinC Mais qu'est-ce qui pourrait tourner mal ? Si tu savais j'en…
Mamvth They have tried to tie her hands and shoot her…
Manntra The ritual Happens tonight Shadows are claiming The ground…
Marley Carroll When I was just a boy and then a hunter Follow…
Marnie A heart explodes every second on the street The weight of…
Mastodon All the love I've shown Given to the ones I've known All…
Mastodon (USA) All the love I've shown Given to the ones I've known All…
Me and the Rest Way back in the forest Stands the lonely wolf Hunger drives …
Melody Club I hear the sound of heartbeats That′s fading Into emptiness …
Metalite You can run but you cannot hide From the beast that…
Moss Never is easy you know When your father passed away In case…
Neon Arcadia You're in your head Let go instead It's only time Step back…
New Found Land Sitting out there in the cold Your′re all alone The shadows …
Of Cabbages and Kings They call me the hunter, that's my name A pretty woman…
On & On They call me the hunter, that's my name A pretty woman…
On An On Haailoo Hello I Am A Hunter And She Want To See…
On and On They call me the hunter, that's my name A pretty woman…
Oshins Feel it coming in the dark Steady how it follows Look over…
Ostrogoth The city is a jungle, you better take care Never walk…
Paul Rodgers Cropper-Dunn-Jackson-Jones-Wells They call me the hunter,…
Paul Rodgers & Friends The hunter must hunt! For as soon as he stops he…
Persuader Run Away Together at heart, but weak in spirits Formation fa…
Red Woke up this morning like I always do I still like…
Rice Boyd The hunter must hunt! For as soon as he stops he…
Riot City The target is acquired Locked on ready to fire Crosshairs on…
Rob Acid He´s a hunter…
Shy Stranded on the freeway Waiting for a ride The car pulls u…
Slaves The people are freezing And the water is warm And the ice…
slaves (band) The people are freezing And the water is warm And the ice…
Slaves Slaves The people are freezing And the water is warm And the ice…
Steve Hackett - GTR It don't come easy that's understood Fainthearted loser that…
The God Machine All things will eventually die And a true hunter weeps at…
The Kingston Trio Jack Splittard The hunter, he did cross the plain and then…
The Rats She is the hunter and I am the hunted She is…
the the kingston trio Jack Splittard The hunter, he did cross the plain and then…
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical Original London Cast They call me the hunter, that's my nameA handsome man like…
Tito Falaschi The Hunter Beating heart made of steel Or so you…
Tonio K. He stalks the night in silence He walks the streets by…
U.Poet Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 汚い手 ならば wash すぐ洗いましょう (wash) …
Victory I′m on the prowl for big game, I've got you…
Wanda Jackson There's a stranger in town called the Hunter wild and…
Warpriest Running through, the graves of the dead You've lost your…
Winterlong Running into the dead of night I can sense the power…
X-E-Dos Nickname City Hunter Ryo Saeba Mir fließt der Charme und die…
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@markdublin4648
One my Favourite labels absolute quality 👌
@aaronharris5275
Love this album, I have it on cd 1995. I was nineteen then and now 47!
@jasonbrockbank-gash8046
This is basically the greatest DJ mix album ever. I gifted so many copies of this CD back in the 90's. Every party, come down party, car drive, where I played this, people went mad for it and I ended up giving them the CD. Leftfield kick it off and never take their grip off the Scruff of your neck (and the hairs on the back of it) until the last note plays. Perfection imho.
@redparade99
Second that Sir. It's unreal