Pat Ibbetson

So you want to know more about me? I don't know why you would but here's the basics.



First and foremost, I am a true fan of underground electronic music, going all the way back to 1983 when Juan Atkins unleashed Clear on the world. I got addicted to 'Black Crack' back in '87 when acid house took over the UK club scene and Pump Up The Volume hit the airwaves here in the states. I began DJing in 1990 after being inspired by early progressive techno hits like Chime and Not Forgotten. Even though I had been listening to techno for 8 years, it took the beautiful combination of minimal techno, bottom heavy house and futuristic defiance of genre rules that progressive techno embodied to get me behind the decks. Since then my musical tastes have evolved (as has electronic music) through Belgian 'Rave' music, UK Hardcore, Frankfurt-ish techno, to where I am now, as a pioneer of the new style of electronic music known as Wet&Hard.