Tom's a whipper snapping 22 but his musical taste in the boompty has all the hallmarks of the much older Luke Solomon.” – I-DJ MAGAZINE 2003
Tom took his first steps into DJing properly when he put on a one off night called Homegrown in his home town of Northwich back in July 2000. The night was run alongside two of his friends (both DJs) Adam B & Nathan Landry. Shortly after the night they were contacted by Levi's and Mixmag to play alongside Tom Stephan on the 'Levis Student House Party Tour', which took in Leeds, Newcastle and Sankeys Soap in Manchester, this gave them a taste of what Djing out to crowds was like and they loved it.
In 2002 Tom and the other two lads set up www.homegrown-music.com as a base to promote themselves as DJs. The site grew immensely over five years and is know internationally for its 'Homegrown Hotmix' concept in which two guest DJs per month supply mixes for people to stream and download, previous guests have included Jazzanova, Miss Kitten, Mylo, Tom Stephan, Justin Martin, Natural Rhythm, Mazi, Tony Thomas and many more underground DJs.
As a DJ Tom has been playing out for the last 7 years all over the UK and across Europe. In this time he has held down 5 residencies, including a weekly residency at Manchester night ‘Landed’ back in 2003 where each week he warmed up for legendary Hacienda Resident Graeme Park. Doing the warm up slot enabled Tom to gain invaluable experience into building a vibe up from nothing, which is something he still enjoys doing today. Since 2005 Tom has been a resident and promoter for Manchester deep house night ‘Stylus’ in this time he has DJed alongside and brought to the rainy city many world class DJs including, Jimpster, Phil Weeks, Jason Hodges, Justin Long, Jay Tripwire, Ralph Lawson, Hipp-e, Joey Youngman, Evil Eddie Richards and many more. Tom is also resident at the Zagreb Film Festival in Croatia where he plays each night of the festival during a week in October, each year gets bigger and better with over 2000 people attending the nightly events. As well as his residencies Tom plays out regulary across the UK and Europe. Notable gigs in the UK include, Tribal Sessions & The Redlight at Sankeys, The Gallery at Turnmills, in London, Stealth in Nottingham, Electric Chair in Manchester, and doing various summer parties down at the now sadly defunct ‘The Bomb’ in Nottigham. Tom has ventured abroad on numerous occasions and played at some amazing parties, the highlights of which were playing at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in Croatia 2005 (on top of a fort!), playing at the awesome Cova Den Xoroi in Menorca (set in a cliff top cave), a tour of Belgium in 2005 and a week long tour of Croatia and Montenegro in Summer 2006 (playing in bombed out hotels, parties on remote islands and lots of good times!). Tom also won I-DJ Mags coverted Top Tape prize back in 2003 and he didn't even have to bribe the judges with drugs and knock off DVD players.
The logical progression to the studio started for Tom in late 2003 when he joined Adam to learn the ropes. The two of them produced ‘Homegrown Headz' in Jan 2004 and it was released in May 2005 on Midlands based label Lost My Dog, gaining excellent reviews from DJ Mag, I-DJ and lots a good reactions from DJs. In June 2005 they released the amusingly titled ‘Honey I've Lost My Panties' EP on Southside Shuffle which also received excellent reviews and reactions.
“I've lapped up everything these guys have released in their short career. These four trippy little buggers are evidence there is more yet to come. From the jazzy, bendy "VR Nightz" to the twisted tech-ery of "Light Em Up", it's like a Midlands house version of MFF. Excellent stuff” – I-DJ MAGAZINE 2005
nto 2008 and Stylus now has a new venue (One Central Street, Manchester) and lots of exciting projects in the pipeline, starting with the guys bringing US legend Karizma over in February and Ben Westbeech and Jimpster in March. A small tour of Belgium alongside Adam is also planned for Tom at the start of Spring.
 Falling Sideways
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01 - Tus'me - Narda (Intro, from Jackie Brown) - Prime Numbers
02 - Joi Cardwell & Steal Vybe - Wanderlust (Sole Channel Main) - Seasons
03 - Sascha Dive - Deep - Compost
04 - Justin Martin - Nightowl (Manoo & Francois A Remix) - Buzzin Fly
05 - Soldiers of Twilight - Drive On (David Duriez Plastic Music Mix) - Serial Recs
06 - Kemistry - Kemistry Ep - Soul Heaven
07 - Corrugated Tunnel - One Night In Barcelona (Scope Remix) - Elevation
08 - Nikola Gala - Kilo Tango - Ibadan
09 - Fred Everything & JT Donaldson - I Said - Lazy Dayz
10 - JM Limited - Driftin - White
11 - Troydon & DaCosta - New York Minute - Phonoshuffle
12 - Platinum Doll - Let Love Live (Frankie Feliciano Remix) - Sub Urban
13 - Demarkus Lewis - Shake That Thang - Black Vinyl
14 - Phil Weeks - I'm So High - Robsoul
15 - Kirby & Damien Bailey - I Like It Rework - Tango
16 - Mr V - Da Bump (Ame Instrumental) - Defected
17 - Kurd Maverick - Strings of Tortunga (Jimpster Remix) - Cr2
 July 2007 Promo Mix
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01 - Marko Militano - Good People (Joshua's Dub) - Banaza
02 - Giom - People - Motion Music
03 - Manoo & Francois A - Magnetic - Buzzin Fly
04 - Scooper & Bubba - I'm Satisfied (Brett's World of Nonsence Mix) - Classic
05 - Booka Shade - In White Rooms (Neo Mix) - Get Physical
06 - Vernon & DaCosta - When Darkness Falls (Giom Mix) - Amenti
07 - Phil Weeks & Diz - Who's Gonna Be The One - Robsoul
08 - Slum Science & Hector Moralez - Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Zoom - Hudd Traxx
09 - Pete Dafeet - Lungs (Fred Everything Mix) - Lost My Dog
10 - Manoo - Agoe - Earthstrumental
11 - Halo & Reel Soul - The Warning (Unreleased Mix) - City Deep
12 - Marko Militano - Think of A Place (Fred Everything's Movin' Dub) - Lazy Days
13 - Unknown - Unknown (Jay Tripwire Mix) - Nervous
 Adventures in Audio Volume 3
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01 - Jennifer Karr - Livin on Love (JT Donaldson Dub) - Gallery
02 - Nature Love - You Turn Me Around (Johnny Fiasco Dub Mix) - Smooth Agent
03 - Ben Watt - Lone Cat (Dennis Ferrer & Steve Martinez Remix) - Buzzin Fly
04 - Pty Ltd - Feeling Gone (Joshua's Mix) - Gallery
05 - Inner Soul - Pressure - Deeply Rooted House
+ YSE - Bounce Back (Accapella) - Lost My Dog
06 - DJ Spen & The Muthafunkaz - It's So Easy (4 The Love Mix) - Code Red
07 - DJ Disciple - Deep Underground - Catch 22
08 - Pete Doyle - What God Has Chosen (Jimpster Dub) - Defected
09 - Franck Roger - Rawesome - Earthstrumental
10 - Ben Watt - Just A Blip - Buzzin Fly
11 - Kreepz & D-Tain - Moody Gear (Pete Dafeet Full Moon Mix) - Lost My Dog
12 - Franck Roger - Rubycube - Real Tone
13 - Badmouth - Anymore (Phonique Remix) - Fresh Meat
14 - Ferrer & Karizma - The Cube - Objecktivity
+ Steven Mestre & Wilson Santos - Judgement & Misconceptions (Accapella) - Fluential
15 - Solaris Heights - Midnight - Airtight
 Adventures in Audio Volume 2
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01 - Mr V - Jus Dance - Vega
02 - Moisture Control - Truckin Like Disco - Photo
03 - Kontrol Freq's - Ya Feel (Liquid Gold Mix) - CDR
04 - Fred Everything & Jay Tripwire - Sometimes I Feel - Nightshift
05 - Jimpster - Square Up - Buzzin Fly
06 - YSE - Bounce Back - Lost My Dog
07 - Kelvin K & Jon Gray - Heatwave Jackin - Tango
08 - Tiger Sprouts - Sorry, Wrong Beat - AJ
09 - Jason Hodges - Shake It - Aroma
10 - Trademarq - Coconut Lamp - DotBleep
11 - Inland Knights - Hands Up - Drop Music
12 - Troydon & Joey Youngman - Take Chances - Fetish
13 - Oriental Funk Stew - Body Perspective - Amenti
14 - Troydon - Its Alright - Om
15 - Kelvin K - 2 Doors Down (Hipp-E Mix) - Nordic Trax
16 - Subsonic Collective - House Was Feelin Soul - Jack the System Recs
 Adventures in Audio Volume 1
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01 - Amberflame - Rise Hour (Jimpster Remix) - Polyphonics
02 - Trackheadz - Feel - NRK
03 - Peven Everett - Stuck (Phil Asher's Soul Heaven Instrumental) - Soul Heaven
04 - Ruffy & Tuffy - Mr Badass Walkin - Green Gorilla Lounge
05 - Dublex Inc - Slack Society (Swag's Asbo Vocal) - Sugacane
06 - Justin Martin - The Fugitive - Buzzin Fly
07 - Harold Heath - El Fornico - CDR
08 - Mel Hammond - Mixed Emotions - D'Lectable
09 - Luckystars - Swimming Under The Ice - Lost My Dog
10 - Tiger Stripes - Rain Song (Tiger Dubstrumental) - Large
11 - Dennis Ferrer - Transitions - Defected
12 - Rocco - Roots 4 Acid - Buzzin Fly
13 - Hipp-E - Dreemz - NRK
14 - Joss Moog - Room 25 - Robsoul
15 - Troydon - Shake That Groove Thang - Spatula City
16 - Gavin Boyce - Believe It - Alphabet
17 - Jay West - Nastee - Headtunes
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