Patrick Topping

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Patrick Topping
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Background information
Born Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Genres House, tech house, techno
Occupations
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

'In 2008' Topping attended the White Isle in Ibiza and was blown away. In an interview Topping explained: "I knew I needed to come back every year, but there’s no way I could afford to do that. So I thought to myself, I’ll have to be a DJ!". 'During Christmas of that year' Topping received a DJ deck. 'The following summer' Topping enrolled in Point blank music school's online minimal techno course. [3] [4]

Topping studied at the University of Edinburgh before starting a career as a DJ. [5]

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. [6] In addition to this he holds a summer residency for Paradise at Ibiza's DC10. [7]

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. [8] 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. [9]

Discography

EPs

Remixes

Collaborations

Mixes

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick Topping: Top'S Off!". djmag.com. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "2014 WINNERS ANNOUNCED". Djawards.com. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Artist of the Month: Patrick Topping Isn't Who You Thought He Was". www.beatportal.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Flores-Trevino, Greta (16 January 2023). "pointblank Alum, Patrick Topping, awarded DJ Mag's Best British DJ -". pointblank Music School's Blog. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Jeffery, Sarah (16 September 2016). "DJ Patrick Topping to play at Motion, at Digital". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "RA: Patrick Topping tour dates". Residentadvisor.net. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Goldberg, Janson (25 October 2014). "FEATURE | Patrick Topping: Watch this space". Ibiza Spotlight. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 "BBC Radio 1 – BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix, Patrick Topping". Bbc.co.uk. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "These are the winners of DJ Mag's Best of British awards 2022 - DJ Mag". DJ Mag . 2022. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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