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DJ Billy Caldwell (born Manchester, United Kingdom) is New York City based English DJ/Promoter and Music Consultant. Early Career: In 1988 Billy frequented the Hacienda Club in Manchester England. It was there that he was introduced to House Music by DJs Mike Pickering & Graham Park.It was this time period Billy honed his skills, sound and Technique for the basis to become one of Manchester's best Djs. A strong relationship developed with the two DJs from Nightly visits to the and it was here that he learned the skills required to become one of Manchester’s best DJs. DJ Career: Because The Hacienda closed at 2 am and people from the club just did not want to go Home Billy decided to start and After Hours party for the club that would take place in two ‘converted’ Flats (Apartments) that were knocked through to create one large space for dancing. He then with the help of the ‘Epping Walk Crew’ installed a sound system good enough to rival of the Manchester Clubs at the time. The Epping Walk After Hours became legendary on the Manchester Club scene and it was regularly frequented by such Music legends as New Order, The Happy Mondays, Tony Wilson, The Stone Roses, DJ Sasha & Pickering & Park and it was here that Billy would start his own DJing Career. The Club was also featured in an article by Britain's biggest dance music magazine MIXMAG entitled ‘Manchester Techno Blues’. Radio & Pirate Radio: During the 1990’s Billy was a regular DJ on the Manchester ‘Pirate Radio’ scene where he would spin his sets of Balearic Beats & House Music to the then underground scene. He then progressed to ‘Legal Radio’ after he was asked by legendary Manchester electronic band ‘808 State’ to be a regular guest DJ on their show on Sunset Fm where he is credited with being one of the first DJs to play and break DJ Winks mega hit record ‘A Higher State Of Consciousness’ and he also became a regular guest DJ on Kiss 100 Fm ‘Manchester’s Dance Music Station’. Clubs: After learning his trade at the Epping Walk After Hours Billy then realised his dream by playing the Legendary Cathedral to House Music ‘Manchester’s Hacienda Club’, he then went on to play every major club in the City including Sankey’s Soap, The Paradise Factory and securing a DJ Residency at Manchester's new ‘super club’ Home Club’ where he played alongside the Worlds Top Djs including Sasha, David Morales, Alfredo, Danny Rampling and Pete Tong to name a few. Sublime Club: In 1994 Billy was asked if he would become the resident DJ at a brand new club night that was going to open in Edinburgh, Scotland. He agreed and ‘Sublime’ was born. The club went on to become one of Britain's biggest and most respected Club Nights and when Billy received a surprise phone call from the producers of the Worlds biggest and longest running Dance Music Radio programs ‘BBC Radio 1’s The Essential Selection to name the ‘biggest record in his DJ set at the moment’ Billy named a track that he had picked up on promo and had been ‘Breaking’ at the Club for several weeks, that track BBE’s ‘7 Days and one week’ would be played for the first time ever on Pete Tongs show and later went onto to becoming one of Dance Music biggest selling Records. The club would also be credited with helping establish Paul Van Dykes name in the UK who said that it was his favorite place in the World to play. First U.S Tour: In 1995 Billy embarked on his first DJ Tour of the United States where he played alongside an eclectic list of Artists including Run Dmc, The Pharsyde, Roger Sanchez, DJ Icey, Doc Martin & Sandra Collins. He also opened for Rabbit In The Moon and Moby at a sold out Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. Present Day: Right now Billy lives and works in New York City as an Independent Music Consultant and DJ/Promoter where he spins at some of NYCs coolest Venues including Highbar, Aspen Social Club, The ACE Hotel and The SUBmercer. In July 2009 he helped promote a Manchester V New York City ‘Dj Culture’ Party on a Roof Top in Manhattan where he Dj’d alongside two of the Worlds most respected DJ Pioneers ‘Afrika Bambaataa (NYC) and Mike Pickering (Hacienda, Manchester)