Born in London brought up on the decks of south africa
It all started with a Friday night
residency in ’94 at a Club called Nexus and since then, his chronology of
residencies reads like a history of Cape Town dance culture from ‘in-the-know’
hangouts like Rush and The Boiler Room to the more commercial Sky, Fez and
seasonal Zone parties. He’s also played the hottest spots around the country
like ESP in Johannesburg and Durban’s Club Crash and 330 and, on past trips back
to the ‘Old Country’ Tobie cooked things up at the Muzik Mag party and even
played at the UK’s no.1 club at the moment “ Goodgreef “. Club DJ? Yeah, sure,
but if you ask the fans, they’ll tell you that it’s the big stage where Tobie
really comes into his own.
Cape TownTake, for example, the annual Synergy New Year’s Eve party in
Although at his best playing to a
crowd Tobie has made a name for himself as a radio jock playing regular slots
on Good Hope FM, the Cape’s largest listener ship station, and took his first
steps in production a year ago having a track selected for the groundbreaking
Future Sound of Cape Town album. Most recently, collaborating with Magnetic,
has led to the release of two tracks through BMG international and his latest
offering, “Tell Me” made it to no. 5 on the dance charts earlier this year.
Like many of the country’s top
DJ’s, Tobie has been actively involved in promoting dance culture since his
legendary club nights at the Boiler Room back in the mid -90’s, so it comes as
no surprise that he was a co-founder of Cape Town’s very first ‘Super-club’ – Unity – in early ’99. Just when the
House crowd seemed to be dwindling, trance and hard House kept packin’ em in at
Unity and continued to do so every weekend for two years. With the best
resident DJ line-up in town, Unity reminded everyone what a great night out was
all about and introduced local dance fans to the ‘Club Night’ concept by
hosting Nukleuz, Global Underground,
Sundessential, Tidy Trax and Frantic.
One
must not forget the infamous KINKY South
AfricaSouth Africa nights Tobie held which regularly packed out with all the glitz and
glamour trendoids there were in. Holding no less than 30 Kinky nights
around the country Tobie was the only person to promote a single brand around
the nation. Along with his timeless DJing gigs Tobie’s promoting has continued
to provide
After
being snapped up by Cape Town’s leading super club, “The Gallery” to head up
their international tours and pr department and along with residencies at “ The
Lab, The Fez, Mink, Caprice and the world famous celebrity hang out Rhodes
House (all on the funky side of things)
Tobie
now resides back in the land of smoke and cockneys where he has launched another
brand ‘Bootleg’ providing more nights of carnage for his devoted South African
followers who now live in the UK.
Tobie
is preparing for a very big couple of year promoting and furthering an already
dynamic DJing career.. Busy……very busy.
The future of dance culture may be
uncertain, but one thing’s for sure – Tobie Allen will be right there leading
the way armed only with a box full of vinyl and an amazing ability to rock any
dance floor, any time, anywhere.
International Tours
Played for:-
Ministry of Sound, Godskitchen,
Miss Moneypenny’s, Renaissance, Slinky, Global Underground, Trade, Storm, Tidy
Trax, Plastic Fantastic, Frantic, Nukleuz
International Dj’s supported:-
Paul Van Dyk, Carl Cox, Danny
Rampling, Judge Jules, Fergie, Paul Oakenfold, Lisa Lashes, Anne Savage, Armand
van Helden, Deep Dish, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, Chicane, Sister Bliss, Roger
Sanchez, Danny Howells, Parks and Wilson, Dave Lee, Steve Thomas, Andy Farley,
BK, Ian M, Rachel Auburn, Groove Armada, Johnny Orange, Luis Paris, Jeremy
Healy, Tom Costelloe, Marc & Claude…..
