Tribe Hyperclub Thursdays Presents Dj Steve Lawler

*steve lawler* (warm up set by jimmy hill and anton) 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. lawler's "big break" came in 1995, when dj jason bye asked him to play daily at ibiza's reputed cafe mambo of san antonio "sunset strip" fame. here, he met darren hughes of the nightclub cream, who signed him to a residency at cream. in 2000, he released the single "rise in" on bedrock records, which featured vocals by prince quick and reached #50 on the uk singles chart and #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. lawler returned to london in 2002 with the beginning of his "harlem nights" event at the end, which has since been changed to "viva harlem nights" to reflect lawler's label viva. lawler founded the digital record label viva music in 2005, citing as a reaction to the increased sales in mp3s relative to vinyl and cds. lawler himself stopped using vinyl in live sets, exclusively using cds.