⚡️Emerging from the underground with a surgeon’s precision and a turntablist’s flair, Dr Weevil has carved out a reputation as one of the UK’s most technically gifted DJs. With four appearances in the DMC UK Battle Finals, he stands among an elite class of scratch DJs whose skills are forged through discipline, musical instinct, and a deep respect for the craft.
🎶 Rooted in hip‑hop turntablism but never confined by it, Dr Weevil blends razor‑sharp cuts, fast‑hand techniques, and rhythmic manipulation with a selector’s ear for energy and flow. His sets move fluidly between styles, stitching together breakbeats, electro, techno, and bass‑heavy hybrids with the same precision he brings to the decks.
🎚️His long‑standing connection with Desert Storm has taken his sound deeper into the European underground. Whether on a rig in a warehouse, a festival field, or a battle stage, Dr Weevil brings a performance that is both technically fierce and musically grounded — a rare balance that has earned him respect across scenes.
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⚡️Hailing from Nottingham in the UK, Damian Henderson—originally known as DJ Damian and later D-Omen—has been a constant, quiet force in the underground movement since the early 90s.
🎶He started at only 10 years old in 1995 and was recognized as one of the UK’s original child techno DJs at the time. He grew up alongside the sound systems that defined a generation... Desert Storm, Spiral Tribe, Tribal Unity, BWPT, D.I.Y, and Smokescreen.
🎶At the height of the 90s underground scene Damian performed to crowds of 10,000+ people and alongside Desert Storm at huge Reclaim The Streets rake Overs and other legendary crews.
⚡️His early career saw him booked alongside titans such as CJ Bolland and also received signature support from Carl Cox, while featuring in a full-page review in DJ Magazine at just 11 years old!
👾His connection to the culture remains deeply personal; in 1997 the Spiral Tribe crew handed him copies of their own vinyl for his 11th year birthday—including the seminal Network 23 catalog at an underground party in Nottingham. This early passing of the torch cemented a lifelong bond for him with the underground movement of which he remains an active force and a valuable asset..
Web:
https://damian-henderson.com/
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⚡️Born from the rave roots of Napoli, Poison (Salvo) delivers an uncompromising vinyl‑only journey through true techno, electro, and the deeper corners of underground music. Shaped by Italy’s free‑party culture, his sets carry the grit, precision, and authenticity of a lifelong digger.
🎶 He joined forces with Desert Storm Sound System at the legendary Keith Napoli Rave in 2017, cementing a long‑standing alliance with the crew. Beyond the decks, Poison is known as a sharp, inventive engineer whose technical mind fuels his distinctive approach to sound.
🎚️ A dedicated purist with a relentless drive, Poison continues to push raw, high‑energy rave culture forward—needle, vinyl, and attitude intact.
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⚡️Empatysm, is an eclectic DJ and artist known for his unique blend of Techno, Hard Techno, and Hard Core music. Since 1994, he has been active in various genres, including Electro, Dark Techno, Nu Break, Booty, Ghetto Tech, Breakbeat, Drum N Bass, Bass Music, and Dark Ambient.
🎶 His performances have taken him across Europe,, where he has been a pillar in the Capsule Pirates Beach Parties and other major events.
🎚️ Empatysm's discography includes over 53 vinyl releases and many tapes, CDs, and compilations, with some pressed at 6000 copies on vinyl or released on CDs with over 100,000 copies
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⚡️Civil Storm is the partnership of D-Omen & Dr Weevil — forged from the legendary roots of Civil Unrest (DJ Pseudonym & Dr Weevil). This new incarnation channels the raw energy of the past into a future-facing fusion of live tekno and breaks.
🎶 Their live show includes D-Omen delivering a hardware only live set, while Dr Weevil brings his turntable wizardry. Together, they carry the legacy forward with a fresh, uncompromising tekno sound.
🎚️ Dr Weevil is a seasoned turntablist with serious credentials — including four appearances in the DMC UK Battle Finals, showcasing his razor-sharp skills and deep musical instincts.
👾 D-Omen made waves in the '90s as the UK’s first and original child techno DJ, tearing up dancefloors from the age of 10. Influenced early on by underground legends like Tribal Unity, Desert Storm, Spiral Tribe, he shared stages with icons such as CJ Bolland, Ralph Lawson, Luke Solomon, Luke Slater, Mark Hawkins— earning a full-page feature in DJ Mag at just 11 years old.
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⚡️Starting his musical journey at just eight years old, he was already collecting Kraftwerk records by 1978 and began DJing soon after, mixing electro imports and experimenting with doubles long before he ever touched a Technics 1210.
🎶By 1988 he had moved to Manchester, working at the Hacienda and collaborating with the Dogs of Heaven arts collective, performing at Glastonbury and across Hulme.
He later joined Demolition Sound, running free afterparties until a chance encounter led him to Glasgow and into the orbit of Desert Storm,from there he became deeply involved in the free‑party and protest movement, travelling the UK against the Criminal Justice Act, helping spark Reclaim the Streets, and touring Bosnia and Croatia with Spiral Tribe before moving through the European teknival circuit.
🎶His path eventually took him to Italy, where he lived and created with the Mutoid Waste Company, and later to Spain to collaborate on an album.
Captivated by the lifestyle, he stayed—growing food, keeping animals, running a retreat centre, and later building tongue drums for sound healers and doing sound immersion ceremonies with gongs.
🎚️ Despite the shifts, his passion for parties never faded, he continues to mix live bands, DJ for Youth at Puretone Resonate and Space Mountain, and holds a long‑running residency with Sequin Chaff in Órgiva, playing throughout Covid and beyond. He also works as stage manager for the Love Pirate Festival on both live and dance stages.
Today he plays a distinctive blend of minimal and tribal percussive Detroit techno and enjoys a strong local following on the dancefloor
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⚡️Wendy23 is a Catalan‑Spanish DJ, composer, and producer with over 20 years of experience. She began her career in 2000 in Barcelona’s underground scene, blending techno, acidtechno, hardtechno, hardkore, hardtek, drum & bass, jungle, and breakbeat. She has held residencies in local clubs such as Sala del Cel, Sala Instinto, M7, X Expressing, Begood, and Upload, and has performed across Europe and the UK.
🎶 Her journey as a producer started with the Korg Electribe EM1 and evolved through the Electribe MX and Ableton Live, shaping a versatile and distinctive sound. Since 2013, she has been part of the legendary Desert Storm Soundsystem, performing at renowned venues and festivals in London and the UK.
Today, she focuses on urban electronic music, mixing afro beats, hip‑hop, and rap with powerful basslines and synthesizers, often collaborating with vocalists, MCs, and rappers. Open to new creative partnerships, she continues to push the boundaries of her musical career.
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⚡️BSTORM’s journey is tied directly to the anarchic, nomadic culture that shaped Desert Storm from the early ’90s — a world built on DIY ethics, anti‑authoritarian energy, and a commitment to bringing music to people wherever the moment demanded it.
🎶 From abandoned warehouses to borderlands, from European free festivals to the ungoverned edges of the map, Desert Storm’s history became part of rave folklore, and BSTORM grew within that atmosphere of movement, resistance, and sound‑system grit.
🎚️ Carrying that lineage forward, BSTORM delivers heavy breakbeats, electro & jungle, shaped by years of playing on hand‑built rigs in unpredictable environments. His style reflects the realities of the free‑party circuit: fast decisions, tough conditions, and a deep instinct for reading a crowd that’s constantly shifting.
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