DJ Harvey

Harvey William Bassett (born 1961), known by his stage name, DJ Harvey is an English DJ. He was an early exponent of the US disco/garage/house sound in the UK.

Career Ersatz and transition to DJing (1978–1991) At age 13, he became a drummer for a Cambridge punk band Ersatz. The band formed an indie label, Leisure Sounds, releasing the single "Smile in Shadow", which was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 by John Peel. Ersatz released records with Harvey on drums from 1978 to 1983. He held six-hour mixes of disco, house, garage and rock records, a sound he has carried through to later residencies, including at the Hard Left at the Blue Note.

Ministry of Sound, collaborations and other projects (1990s—present) After Moist ended, Harvey began a residency at London's Ministry of Sound.

His debut tour of Australia and first trip out of the US ended in him destroying a few thousand dollars' worth of DJ gear in a rumored homage to an idol and after discovering his set was being recorded without authorization. He replaced and paid for repairs on all, some loaned from a local DJ friend. He was closing out the sunrise set at the Meredith Music Festival. In 2012 he played alongside DJ James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem at MOCA, as well as PS1 NY for Kraftwerk and FYF Fest.

His electronic recording project is as Locussolus, released on International Feel Recordings. He released singles in 2012 and later a full album featuring vocals by Tara Selleck (niece of actor Tom Selleck), actress Sam Fox, and DJ Heidi Lawden (credited under a pseudonym of Lusardi)who also co produced.

In 2013, Harvey opened an online store "Harvey's General Store" (HGS) with his son Harley, where he sells various merchandise as well as music both new and old and his highly regarded and successful Mercury Rising compilation series. HGS has collaborated with Wacko Maria, Neighborhood, Stussy Virgil Abloh is a fan and frequently photographed in HGS original designs and collaborations. In the summer of 2014, he released an album with a new band, Wildest Dreams, on Smalltown Supersound. The album was well received.

At the DJ Awards in Ibiza, Harvey was the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award, in recognition of his body of work and influence within the electronic music industry. he has an on island residency every summer Mercury Rising at Pikes Hotel in Freddie Mercury's old hotel suite converted into a club. He tours the world extensively playing clubs and festivals while being based in Los Angeles

In 2018, he appeared in a scene as himself in the movie Mission: Impossible – Fallout.

Harvey composed the score for the 2022 short film Bad Acid. He is currently recording a new album under the name The Dreams and co music supervising (with Mary Ramos) inc scoring Greatest Hits movie to be released via Searchlight in 2023 He is rumored to have a role in the movie as well as a character based on his conversations with the director. He has appeared in high end publications including GQ, Vogue The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Kaleidoscope for which he graced their cover he has also had cover features in dance music publications DJ Magazine, Mixmag in multiple territories.