Dj Gyrus Biography

Jason Nooning aka Dj Gyrus was born in 1981, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having been born the youngest in a family of three sons, Gyrus quickly developed a growing interest in his elder brothers passion for punk music as he reached his teenage years.

Soon after he turned 16 years old, his elder brother purchased a set of turntables and a mixer, and began to practice and learn how to mix in Pittsburghs party scene. Although he wasnt able to play with his elder brothers decks, Gyrus instantly found the concept fascinating, and practically begged his brother to teach him how to mix, however living on the other side of the state, Gyrus could only visit from time to time.

It wasnt until the summer of 2000, that Gyrus flew to London for something different. Upon arriving in London, Gyrus was delighted to find an awe inspiring club scene in every sense, and after a little networking he managed to get his foot in the door at a Bar/Nightclub called Belushis, which is situated alongside London Bridge, a stones throw from the Ministry of Sound. He started out working in the bar and began purchasing records almost immediately, practicing on the bars decks. A month later when the bars resident dj pulled out, Gyrus was asked to play. From there, Gyrus was offered a residency every Friday and Saturday night, playing 5 hour sets to the bars patrons. Approaching this art form with an appreciation for a wide variety of music, Gyrus began collecting deep, funky and vocal House, 2-Step and Breakbeats as well as uplifting Trance & Hard House. After almost a year, Gyrus decided to pursue a love interest hed met in the UK and moved to Australia to be with her.

Having just left the UKs impressive nightclub scene, Gyrus found Sydneys to be more intimate and close knit. After careful planning and establishing key contacts in the entertainment industry through networking, Gyrus received an invitation to play at Frantic, a high profile event featuring international as well as local hard dance artists. Frantic proved to be a valuable learning experience, not just in terms of endeavoring to impress a much larger audience, but also of integrating ones own personal style into the broader creative theme of each event. After having successfully demonstrated a passionate and creative flair for music, and an ability to work the crowd, Gyrus gained the honour of supporting a number of well respected internationals including K90, Phil Reynolds, Nick Sentience, Ed Real, The Disco Brothers, Vinylgroover, The Knuckleheadz and Skol.

Not long after debuting at frantic, Gyrus launched his first weekly nightclub event, Excess, at Eden Bar. Seeking to not only provide quality entertainment but to pioneer and also educate, Excess was a concept designed to provide a platform that would give talented up-and-comers the opportunity to showcase there own unique sound, play alongside established artists and find their feet in gaining the confidence building experience of being able to play in a club environment on a professional sound system. During its 6 month existence, Excess unearthed a plethora of up-and-coming artists who have since gone on to play at a vast number of Sydneys major weekly events including Sublime @ Home, Frantic @ Gas, Fly @ The Globe and Sounds on Sunday @ The Greenwood Hotel. After the success of his club night Gyrus took a hiatus from djing to focus on furthering his education and establishing himself as a producer.

In 2003 Gyrus setup his own home studio consisting of nothing more than a PC and midi controller which has steadily amassed to the size it is today. Over the past 3 years he has been busy producing and building up a library of tracks to unleash on the public in his newly formed live act. After debuting live at Plastic's "F*** Yeah The Event" on March 24, 2006 (ltd edition F*** Yeah DVDs available) the world will never be the same.

In September 2006 Gyrus entered the Transmission Electratech band competition which granted the winner a set at Sydney's legendary Transmission Party, main stage, peak time. The competition was stiff with some of Sydney's top electronic acts competing for the spot. Gyrus won the final held at Home Nightclub and than played at Transmission the following weekend. With sets being booked throughout next year this year is shaping up to be something special. Expect the unexpected from someone whose motivation is pure passion, a new artist emerges.