Switched On Sounds DJs

26/11/2021

Tonight is my first Christmas party in 2 years! I'm playing for the fantastic people who developed the Oxford Vaccine! With David at Tophat Events and his photobooth. Let the bells ring out for Christmas........

15/10/2021

Tonight I'm at Bull Wrotham for Jack's 30+1th birthday celebration! Happy birthday Jack only a year late! 😆

07/10/2021

11/08/2021

At Donnignton Manor Hotel we are now looking for team members to join our team. We have a role to suit you, whether it’s reception to waiting or even helping on our bar.

You will need to be of a cheerful with a polite disposition, you will be an excellent team player with the ability to give great service and be computer literate.

Drop us a line or your CV to [email protected]

29/12/2020

12/12/2020

Well what can I say, I'm really sorry everyone. I tried to bring a party and some festive cheer to you all, but Facebook and specifically Warner music decided I wasn't allowed to play and promote their music and artists. However we are not done yet! I'm thinking of promoting a Zoom (how 2020!) party for NYE! PM me if you are interested! Merry Christmas everyone!

11/12/2020

11/12/2020

So with 24 hours to go have you got your party frock ready? Have you dug out your dancing shoes/ slippers? Who fancies a pre - party, party? Cos we are...............

10/12/2020

Right then party people this Saturday 12th December it's time to pop the prosecco, grab yourself a beer, push back the sofa and head over to this page as we are hosting a very special Christmas Party! Playing the biggest floorfillers and ofcourse some Slade, Wizzard and Pogues! Send in your requests! From 7.30pm!

04/12/2020

So we are working on a live stream Christmas house party in the next couple of weeks! Watch this space for more details...........

03/12/2020

Hands up everyone who wants a Christmas party? (Whilst still abiding by tier 3 rules ofcourse!) 🎅🎄🎉

02/12/2020

Hello... we're back! After a horrible year for us DJs we have a special offer for anyone wanting to host a Christmas or New year party. We can provide a full sound and lighting party system for your house or venue. All you need to do is connect up your device to play music and you can party all night long! Prices start from as little as £50! Contact us now for more information.

26/09/2020

The essence of what this guy says is exactly how I feel. Hopefully, one day, I can get back behind the decks and fill a dancefloor........

DJing

It’s been over 6 months now, for me, for almost all of us, since I performed live to an audience. This is where I am at today with it…

I started DJing in 1986, in an under 16’s disco in the basement of a church, playing Hip Hop, Soul and 80s Dance, thanks to an old school friend letting me on the decks. In 1988 I went to an Acid House party. Everyone was together. Unity. Love. Peace. Hugs. Holding hands. Smiling. Facing the same way, moving as one organism. That first party changed my life forever. I went from a social existence that involved people getting pi**ed in the pub, dancing round the edges of the discos until they were drunk enough to get in the middle, and punching each other for eyeing up their girlfriends, to the most incredible revolution which sparked a movement which eventually became an industry that grew and grew. It kept growing until (in my opinion) the bubble burst with overkill, greed, and saturation.

Don’t get me wrong - until COVID there were still loads of amazing moments to be had, incredible gigs, big and small, and I have no doubt there still will be in the future, maybe even now in places I don’t know about. BUT - it’s different now. I have been tuning into the social distanced raves that have been happening. I have very kindly been asked to play at a few of them, including ones that some of my DJ friends have done, and enjoyed. Alas, for me, it is currently a no-can-do. Maybe next year I will be up for it - but here is why I am not:

The thing is - if I was a singer, a musician, for example a guitar player, or a theatrical performer, someone who could entertain by my musicianship, my voice, my abilities, I would have no problem at all performing to socially distanced audiences. People separated by barriers, told they have to stay seated, or not be allowed to mingle. That (in my opinion) is different. There is something to see, watch, appreciate, and in a way that being separated is no big deal. But DJing? Not for me. There are many different kinds of DJs and DJ gigs. Its perfectly acceptable to play background music in bars, restaurants, chill out rooms, its fantastic to play rare and hard to find classics to groups of appreciative music lovers and trainspotters, or people out just for the sake of going somewhere after work. That is all good. Me though, I come from Acid House, and when I get on the decks the general intention is to annihilate the place. I want to create havoc. I want people to jump on top of each other, to lose their s**t on the dance floor, I want people to hug the person next to them because they are so lost in the moment. I want people to talk to total strangers. I want community. I want people to come TOGETHER. I want the heat, the sweat, the madness, the euphoria. I desire people to become as one, totally connected.

So I am not doing it. I am not compromising on the social distancing parties as a DJ. I believe that VIP culture destroyed what I loved about most of Ibiza and many other clubs and events around the world. This also involved people being roped apart, told where they can and can’t stand, and not allowed to mingle. Even the best most crazy clubs on the planet succumbed to the money with this culture (you know who you are). The restrictions now, the separation, the rules, the destruction of the unity, the community, and the togetherness, is not what I started DJing for, and neither is the money. That first Acid House party captured me because EVERYONE WAS TOGETHER. I have NEVER lost that spirit, and as a DJ I want to bring people together, not just play music to them. For now, 6 months into my weekly live streams, I still close my eyes and feel into the music, while my friends and fans connect on the live feed and chat about the tunes, the mixing, the cat, the bad dancing, whatever, but they can ALL talk to each other. It’s how it is.

Hopefully 2021 will bring better times, where unity can exist again, togetherness can really happen, and we don’t have to sit down, be separate, and fenced off. Hopefully less people will get sick, more people will get better, we find ways to do things that work for the greater good. I hope and pray for everyone that this comes as soon as it can, and we find a solution.

Peace. Out.

15/01/2020

Amen.......

26/12/2019

Today I'm at The Donnington Manor Hotel for the wedding of Melissa and Jake. Providing the hat trick of ceremony, wedding breakfast and evening reception with room uplighting!

15/12/2019

Tonight I'm at the stunning West Heath Weddings for Waitrose Sevenoaks Christmas party. Supplying a DJ and Photo Booth package with help from Chris at Discover that DJ! Santa Claus is coming to town...........

14/12/2019

Back at the Bull Wrotham, tonight's Christmas party is for Sergeants partnership accountants...... I have been assured that they are party people and in no way boring!

Also out tonight are Discover that DJ at Bearsted golf club for Bearsted FC Christmas party and DJ Liam Quinn is at The Donnington Manor Hotel. Jingling all the way!

13/12/2019

Tonight! At the Bull Wrotham a Christmas party for local company H +H celcon. Ho,ho,ho! 🎅🎄

05/12/2019

Back again for the KPMG annual awards and Christmas party! Providing DJ service, room uplighting and mics for the awards! 🎄🎅

29/11/2019

I'm back at The Bull Hotel Wrotham for Paul's big 4 0 and my new booth set up! With Missy Magic Mirror

16/11/2019

The office........

16/11/2019

Tonight I'm at Weald of Kent Golf Course & Hotel for their annual presentation evening!

15/11/2019

Congratulations everyone at Weddings at The Bull Hotel! A very well deserved award! I look forward to working with Kent's No1 Boutique wedding venue in 2020!

02/11/2019

Tonight we are at Metrogas ASA with our DJ and Photo Booth package for Chloe and Bill's engagement party! Congratulations!

11/10/2019

A very busy weekend ahead, starting back at this stunning venue for Jessica's 18th birthday celebration!

21/09/2019

DJ David at the stunning Leeds Castle, Kent!

21/09/2019

A big night for us tonight, taking care of 2 weddings and 2 birthdays! I'm at Spa Hotel Tunbridge Wells for the wedding of Hannah and Spencer. DJ David is at Leeds Castle, Kent taking care of another wedding. DJ Ricky and Chris are at The Spitfire Pub, Kings Hill playing for a birthday party. DJ Lawrence is at The Mount Vineyard for a 40th birthday! All work is good work!

31/08/2019

Tonight I'm at Nizels Golf and Country Club for Sarah's big 40! I'm supplying DJ, Photo Booth and light up 40. Also playing are the fantastic The Itemize. This is gonna be fun!.......

23/08/2019

Tonight I'm at a house in Weald, Sevenoaks for the first of 2 parties here! This is Movie night!

10/08/2019

I'm at this beautiful house in Sevenoaks for the wedding of Lisa and Ian. Congratulations! (Hopefully the marquee doesn't take off in this wind!)

08/08/2019

What an absolute classic wedding banger! From Emily and Phil's big day!

01/08/2019

Now there's a well worked routine! 🇬🇧🇩🇪

27/07/2019

Today I'm at a beautiful house near Canterbury for the wedding reception of Emily and Phil! Many Congratulations!

20/07/2019

Here's a video of today's wedding set up at The Quens Hall In The Corn Exchange Rochester, Medway Register Office for Carys and Matthias. Congratulations guys!

19/07/2019

Today I'm at the absolutely stunning Botleys Mansion for the wedding of Liz and Mike. This is gonna be SOME PARTY! 🍾🎉

16/07/2019

The end of the Gibbings family leaving party at Glebe FC Clubhouse and Bar last weekend. You gotta love a bit of Chas n Dave!

15/07/2019

It was an honour to supply our services and be part of your special day. RIP Matt.

I feel so privileged to have been part of Mathew and Charlene's very special wedding day at The Dreys on 17th May 2019. The love between the couple and their…