Steve Lawler

Steve Lawler (born 1973) is a British house music producer and DJ born in Birmingham, England. He is a five time DJ Awards winner and has held residences at many popular dance clubs such as Space, The End and Twilo. Because of his successful performances at Space in Ibiza, he was nicknamed "King of Space". Lawler has released several mix albums and is especially well known for his Lights Out series featured on Boxed. He currently runs the record label VIVa Music. He also founded the now defunct Harlem Records leaving a list of creditors in its wake.

Biography Steve Lawler originally gained interest in the music scene around the age of 16, listening to pirate radio stations. Beginning at age 17, Lawler staged a series of illegal parties in a tunnel under the M42 motorway from 1990 to 1994. After several parties, the event began to regularly attract over 500 people and eventually earned Lawler appearances at proper clubs. In 2000, Steve started his first mix compilation series, titled 'Dark Drums'. This same year Steve started his new residency for Darren Hughes, at the infamous Club Home, where Steve Lawler held his own Friday nights Deep South which he ran until the club shut down 1 year later. He also released the single "Rise In" on Bedrock Records, which featured vocals from the Reef song Mellow (and previously remixed by Prince Quick) and reached No. 50 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 15 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play. This same year, he was asked by Boxed to mix the third entry in their Nubreed series, Nubreed 003. After his Nubreed release, Lawler approached Boxed with the idea for the Lights Out series. In 2001 Lawler started a night in his hometown Birmingham called the Midweek Session, this was run for 12 parties only, running monthly on a Thursday night. Lawler returned to London in 2002 with the beginning of his "Harlem Nights" event at The End, which was one of The End's most successful nights and ran continuously for 7 years. . Lawler founded the record label VIVa MUSiC in 2006.

In 2016, he held a residency at Sankeys in Ibiza under the Viva Warriors brand.

Personal life Lawler's wife Daniela appeared as a contestant on Come Dine with Me between 22 and 26 November 2010.

Musical genres Lawler describes his style of house music to be "deep" and "sexy".

Influences Rather than any particular genre or musical groups, Lawler says that his brand of dark house is influenced more by "vices" and dark experiences.

Albums 2000: Dark Drums (Tide) 2000: Nubreed 003 (Boxed) 2001: Dark Drums 2 (Tide) 2002: Lights Out (Boxed) 2003: Lights Out 2 (Boxed) 2005: Lights Out 3 (Global Underground Ltd.) 2006: Viva (Ministry of Sound) 2007: VIVa London (Renaissance Records, Ultra Records) 2008: VIVa Toronto (Renaissance Records, Ultra Records) 2011: "Lights Out Decade" (VIVa MUSiC) 2012: "VIVa Warriors" – Mixed by Steve Lawler & Darius Syrossian (VIVa MUSiC)

Singles

Lawler has won 5 awards and received 11 nominations overall. 2000 Steve Lawler Leader of the New Breed 2003 Steve Lawler Best Tech House/Progressive DJ 2004 Steve Lawler Best Tech House/Progressive DJ 2005 Steve Lawler Best Tech House/Progressive DJ 2006 Steve Lawler Best Tech House/Progressive DJ 2007 Steve Lawler Best Tech House/Progressive DJ 2008 Steve Lawler Best Tech House/Progressive DJ 2009 Steve Lawler Best Tech House DJ 2010 Steve Lawler Best Tech House DJ 2011 Steve Lawler Best Tech House DJ 2015 Steve Lawler Best Tech House DJ

DJ Magazine Rankings

1999 - No. 99 2000 - No. 11 2001 - No. 9 2002 - No. 13 2004 - No. 21 2005 - No. 30 2007 - No. 42 2008 - No. 91