Niall F

Music has always played a pivotal role in Niall F’s life and it’s easy to see how his musical journey has rubbed off into his sets today as a regular of the KL underground scene. Growing up in Scotland, between Aberdeen and Glasgow, Niall — a son of a jazz pianist — played piano and trombone as a kid and started dabbling in DJing at the age of 16. It wasn’t until he moved to London aged 19 in 1988 that his passion for Indie and early dance emerged, doing the rounds at the local record shop on King’s Road and forging an affinity to the Happy Mondays, Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets, to name a few. And it was a landmark performance of legendary English record producer and trance DJ Paul Oakenfold as opening act for the Mondays — the first time Niall had seen a DJ open before a band — and the Oakenfold remix of Happy Mondays’ WFL in 1989, that fuelled is fire for a new kind of dance music following the Chicago and Acid house sound. Other artists to have influenced him during his teens and 20’s include Orb, Air, Zero 7 and DJ’s Sasha, Hernan Cattaneo and John Digweed, and more recently local KL DJ's such as Obadius and Terence C. Of course, there’s also the memories of raving in Glasgow and across the world that have left an imprint on Niall. “Glasgow raves and in particular the tunnels in Glasgow were insane and always one of the best places to go see good dance music growing up,” he recalls. “Then there was Beirut. Beirut has an amazing party scene and some of the coolest clubs I have ever been to. BO18 is a disused bomb shelter in the middle of a car park that only gets going at 4am. Coffins are tables and when the sun comes up or it rains, there’s a roof above the dance floor which opens to freak people out. “I met my wife Noura at a Tiesto concert in Beirut in 2006, as well. It’s well and truly one of the best kept secrets of the world.” Like his esteemed Connected colleagues, the formula is simple for Niall F. Try and reproduce, recreate and share those amazing experiences that have shaped him and his memories, though the sets he plays and events he hosts today. Be sure to check out Niall F and his melodic progressive House, melodic Techno and Deep House sound at venues such as Elysium, Pisco, Como and of course Privi weekly.