Patrick Topping

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Patrick Topping
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Background information
Born Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Genres House, tech house, techno
Occupation(s)
Years active2012–present
Labels
Website www.patricktopping.co.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Patrick Topping is an English DJ, music producer and the owner of the record label company Trick. With releases on Hot Creations, Hottrax and Relief Records, Topping has hit number 1's on the Beatport Tech House charts, [1] and received DJ Awards for Newcomer DJ [2] and Track of the Season in Ibiza for his summer hit "Forget" in 2014. He won Best Tech House DJ award in 2018. [2]

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Early life

Topping studied at the University of Edinburgh before starting a career as a DJ. [3]

Musical career

Topping has built on his DJ career, from playing gigs at his own hometown club night formally known as Motion at Digital (Newcastle) to playing at clubs across the world including: Tomorrowland (Belgium), Awakenings (Netherlands), Winter Music Conference in Miami. [4] In addition to this he holds a summer residency for Paradise at Ibiza's DC10. [5]

Patrick started his own label TRICK in early 2019 with his own release Watch What Ya Doing. As well a holding close ties with Jamie Jones' Hot Creations label and his first BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix was broadcast in 2015. [6] He has helped many new artists, including Ewan Mcvicar with his release, Tell Me Something Good.

In October 2020, he collaborated with his wife Hayley Topping for the single "New Reality" which was Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World for BBC Radio 1.

In 2022, Topping and his Label Trick held a residency at Ibiza’s DC10 for 9 weeks.

He won DJ Mag ‘Best of British’ DJ of the year in December 2022. [7]

Discography

EPs

Remixes

Collaborations

Mixes

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References

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