Rob Murray

I started DJ-ing in the early ’90s, back when it was all vinyl, belt drives, battered mixers and stacks of records spread across the bedroom floor. Long before social media and USBs, it was all about the rave scene: all-nighters, pirate radio, swapping tapes, meeting DJs in dark backrooms, and handing out cassette mixes wherever people would listen.

That hustle got me regular slots in clubs across Fife, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Livingston and Stirling, in places like Carlton Studios and The FUBAR, sharing booths and after-hours sessions with names like Tom Wilson, ZBD and Technotrance, while tearing through more house parties than I could ever count.

Then life did what life does. Work, family and responsibility took over, and eventually the decks, mixer and vinyl ended up boxed away in storage while the rave years became stories.

But the music never really leaves you.

Over the last few years I’ve found my way back behind the decks through internet radio and, more recently, as part of the Ganghaus collective. After lockdown, I linked up with Mike, Gary Jack and Jim Payne for a few casual sessions that quickly turned into something bigger.

Since then, we’ve played live at Silverburn Festival in Fife, the Day Moves afterparty at Abandon Ship in Dundee, and The Drop Inn in Birmingham. This June, Ganghaus will headline the Taiko Sound System area at Silverburn Festival.
Thirty years on, still chasing the same feeling, loud systems, dark rooms, heavy grooves and that moment when the crowd locks in.