Rob Milton

Rob’s DJ pedigree dates back to the early Eighties in London where he was the co founder/promoter and original DJ of the infamous and notorious DIRT BOX

which produced London’s first illegal warehouse parties.

From Club Promoter, Club DJ, Radio DJ, Record Producer to Record Label Manager. Theres not much Rob hasn’t achieved so far in his illustrious career which has spanned three decades. His passion for music surpasses most of us mere mortals and he’s still spinning an ecelectic mixture of house funk soul and NY Disco.

Rob’s pedigree dates back to the Eighties in London where he was the co founder/promoter and original DJ of the infamous and notorious DIRT BOX which produced London’s first illegal warehouse parties and paved the way for the capital’s forthcoming house scene- as recently featured in Graham Smith's recent book on 1980s London sub culture "We Can Be Heroes".

Rob’s popularity as a DJ excelled and also saw him land residencies at some of London’s top clubs at the time such as Oliver Peyton’s RAW with Dave Dorrell and the Electric Ballroom in Camden alongside Jay Strongman he was also a regular at Philip Salons Mud Club and the Wag Club. Culminating with guest spots at some of the biggest and hippest clubs and one off events around the UK. Rubbing shoulders and turntables with some of the biggest and now legendary DJ names.

Rob left the UK in 1988 to set up home in Sydney Australia. And almost immediately continued his creative expertise, establishing the LOVE parties with Sugar Ray which pioneered the huge Sydney house scene in the early Nineties.

Quickly establishing himself and gaining residency at the world-renowned Vibes on a Summers Day and Sydney’s freshest funkiest parties Funk Inc.

Over the years Rob has played at most major Sydney and Australian clubs and bars and once again established two of the most popular club nights in Sydney’s clubbing history as co-promoter and resident DJ of Sydney’s infamous Kings Cross club the Underground Café. The late lamented HIGH TIMES & DELICIOUS .

Both nights ran for an incredible seven years from 1995-2002 and were constantly voted in the top three club nights in Sydney, with Rob being touted as one of the best funky house DJs in Australia.

The club was one of the first to book international DJs on a regular basis. With some of the UK and US top DJs playing virtually every other week.

After the closure of the Underground Rob took up resident DJ slots at Home and Yu as well as guest spots at clubs all over town. And was a regular on Sydney’s airwaves – hosting his own daily Mon-Fri afternoon shows on Radio Dex and Rhythm FM.

The last ten years he has immersed himself into music production starting off with the release of two of Australia’s biggest underground house tracks- the anthemic (and still much sort after) “Same Old Thing” by LOVERUSH (voted Australian dance track of the year by 3D magazine) and the excellent follow up “Love 2 See Ya (Dancin’)”. Both tracks were picked up for release in the UK on Credence and Azuli records respectively. Further releases for Hussle and Tinted Records followed under various guises while still maintaing a busy schedule on the international DJ circuit.

Rob was also responsible for putting together the essential “GROOVE ORIGINALS” compilation series. Which consisted of those original soul/funk and disco tunes that were being sampled for today’s dance tracks. Which was a formula that preceded the huge influx of similar compilations from around the world.

He recently returned to his native UK and is back DJing on the London and UK circuit while still prolific in the studio working on various production and remix duties. With a handful of funky house releases imminent - together with the launch of his own label IpsoFacto in 2012.