ATrade resident since 1993, Steve Thomas's big break came from a most unlikely source. Arriving in London in 1987, Steve became regular club-goer at the infamous Shoom which gave him the inspiration to create his own music and within weeks of owning some decks he secured a residency at the groundbreaking Labyrinth in London. It was when Laurence Malice heard him here one night, he was asked to fill in at Trade. Steve played, rocked the joint, and was offered a Trade residency the next week - a post he has held for the last 9 years.

Steve is still a firm favourite at Trade, but his appeal has spread and spread since then, resulting in worldwide recognition. UK guest spots have included Cream, Sundissential, Vague, BugJam (10,000 people), Ministry Of Sound, and another weekly residency at DTPM. Worldwide, he has been a summer resident for Trade in Ibiza at Privilege for 4 years, and a regular in Japan, US, South Africa, Hong Kong and Canada all alongside his regular gigs in Europe. One of Steve's highlights has to be his residency alongside Danny Tenaglia at Twilo in New York. This came about via Trade, whose DJs played in the second room…all except Steve. He was the ONLY person EVER to play a two hour prime time slot in the middle of Tenaglia's set, not once but every time he played there.

Steve's musical style is based around house, and his tough tech-house sound. But what puts him ahead musically is his intuiton and skill at putting unlikely tracks together. He is a complete perfectionist but is unafraid to experiment and for the past four years has been voted into the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ's.

Steve developed the hugely successful Tripoli Trax, and releases his tracks under guises such as 'The Experts', 'Fruitloop' and 'N.O.K' as well as under his own name. Recently he has been working on tracks for another successful label; Tinrib Recordings, producing adrenaline pumping tracks like 'The Leader' and 'What is Love.' He has remixed numerous other singles including records that charted in the UK Top 10, Tall Paul - Rok Da House for one. Steve also compiled and mixed three of the Trade Compilation Albums and 'The Best of Tripoli Trax' and is due to compile the next DTPM compilation.

Voted 'DJ of the Month' in Muzik, Steve has played many times live on Kiss FM, Danny Rampling's Radio One show and has guested on Radio One's Essential Mix.

As one of the innovaters of the hard house sound with Tony DeVit, Steve's unique sound has been reknowned for its smoothness - whilst never being harsh or bangin'. He has recently developed a fresher more melodic and sexy style which is winning fans wherever he travels. These days, that's everywhere from Amsterdam to Australia, Stockholm to Shanghai.

To hear Steve live is to experience one of the finest DJs that the dance music scene has to offer.