Stephen Knight has a great deal of his life so deeply entrenched in electronic music, that becoming a DJ seemed more like an inevitability than a hobby. Growing up in London on a strict diet of House music, he began frequenting Fabric, Turnmills and The Cross and immediately developed a strong affinity for legendary DJ John Digweed, as well as a host of other high pedigree DJs and producers such as Sister Bliss, Xpress 2 and Argentinian maestro Hernan Cattaneo.

After moving to Southampton in 2000, away from the bright lights of London, Stephen was surprised to discover a thriving and energetic house seen under the helm of Gary Bennetton. He began, as many do, from the bottom and worked his way up, starting as a flyer boy for Southampton’s longest running house night – “Release” and began to further shape himself as a DJ.

In 2008, Stephen joined High Tide and has since helped take a mainly boat party based event into the mainstream of Southampton’s nightlife, hosting parties with some of the worlds most renowned DJ’s, as well as many exciting up and comers. In 2012 when the house scene began its resurgence back into the hearts and minds of many, and began to captivate a generation, Stephen helped orchestrate some of the best events Southampton has ever seen, including the brave choice to hold an outdoor party in the relatively unknown Sobar – a party that has since become a right of initiation for many Southampton house heads.

Among his memorable moments, Stephen cites warming up for astronomical names such as Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, Sasha, Lee Foss, Scuba, James Lavelle and James Zabiela. Understandably so, with many of those names at the height of the game when it comes to electronic music. This kind of broad education has of course influenced Stephen a great deal – in his sets you can expect anything from stripped back, minimal groves to more melodic, uplifting and driving techno, the one certainty though, is that his set will leave you grooving away for as long as he decides.