Tim Healey

Purveyor of Super-Trash Electro

Whether its his trashy, 80s-tinged dance production or his punk-funk/rock-house DJ set and nightclub vibe, he's in demand. His productions are supported by DJs as diverse as Pete Tong, Annie Nightingale, Eddy Temple Morris and Phil Hartnoll. Tim is no stranger to radio airplay. Paris and Healey's "Blue" - their cheeky re-rub of Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll is the current booty of the month for many top jocks, gracing cool cuts and buzz charts this summer.

Tim has just co-produced the new Tomcraft single at his studio in North London. Anne Savage is the next big name to take up the Healey studio challenge, and in between Tim has delivered a series of "on the money booties" under a variety of pseudonyms. With Pete Martin, Tim has a load of new dance products up his sleeve: look out for their alter-ego Body and Soul.

Also peel back your lug-holes for his 4-piece post-club electro-rock outfit Coburn, featuring Tim on vocals and guitar, soon to be debuting in a series of secret gigs around the UK before their tour in Germany Austria and Switzerland this autumn. In the UK, you can catch Tim airing his skewed version of house at The Gallery, Turnmills, in the Rock Da World room.

Tim is a purveyor of super-trash electro to the needy and sleazy dance-floors of the world. One of the hardest working men in dance, he DJs every weekend and produces during the week. Content to work solo, Tim is a member of The Death Kit, he has also been known to execute tunes with Pete Martin, under the name Coburn.

The DJ

A Tim Healey DJ set effortlessly fuses the best in alternative house with indie-remixes, bootlegs and tough fidget-electro sounds: punk rock gets the funk and skewed pop gets a club overhaul all in the name of damn fine dance music.

Tim started DJing at 16, ran his first club at 18 and began taking international bookings 3 years later. In the last year Tim has delivered his explosive DJ set to events across Europe, USA (incl. Burning Man), South America and Asia. In 2007, Tim launched his "Tim Healey presents" stage in Brazil, where he presented his own brand of electro/breaks (with guests The Egg, Tomcraft and Atomic Hooligan) and toured the country, playing to crowds of 10,000 + in Rio, Sao Paolo and Porto Allegre. Tim has continued to tour his strong territories as well as headline The Opulent Temple stage at 2008's Burning Man festival.

The Producer

Having cut his teeth with 2 albums and countless 12's of harder dance sounds in the mid 90s, by 2001 his edgy progressive house and bootlegs received regular radio play under his Electric Tease guise, and his tracks featured on Global Underground compilations.

Joining forces with Pete Martin in 2002, the Coburn project was born, and pretty much coined the genre "Electro House". The 2 producers executed a slew of official remixes and bootlegs (from Gwen Stefani to Joy division, via Nirvana) and a number of singles before hitting the jackpot with Coburn: We interrupt this programme (DATA) in 2005. The tune was proclaimed "the coolest and strangest dance record of 2005" by Music Week.

The Coburn artist album followed in 2007, and it was met with critical acclaim, and was duly caned by US TV shows (Grey's Anatomy, Heroes etc).

Fast forward to 2008, and is taken a well-earned break from Coburn. Operating from his new perfectly formed "ocean view" studio in Brighton, Tim began the "Tim Healey Vs..." project. Tim says "The concept was simple – work with the best people in dance, do an album, and deliver a dance-floor bomb that reflects my DJ set and love of all things electronic."

His collaboration with drum'n'bass rising star TC resulted in the speaker-ripping "Out Of Control" signed to Holland's premier dance label Be Yourself Music/Big & Dirty.

Dylan Rhymes was next up for some studio noise-terror. The resulting "The Flow" will be Tim's first solo EP on Menu, with his studio-spar with Atomic Hooligan:"Look at you", on the flip. Tim has just remixed Benjamin Bates' new single for Be Yourself Music, and also delivered a bomb of a minimal tech tune "Turn Me On".

His latest side project is The Death Kit (http://www.myspace.com/thedeathkit) with Pablo Decoder fuses indie and electro with a 2008 twist. They just remixed indie-band The Cazals' single "Poor Innocent Boys" for Kitsune Records. Their fidget-punk-techno take on David Bowie's "Fashion" is currently turning heads, and resulted in them being booked immediately for The Secret Garden Party.

His work producing indie-band The Scarlet Street Resistance saw the light of day in May as the band released their first single, "Nasty Thoughts" (Big Room).