Day: 25 April 2010

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Tom Taaffe (Artist Agent for International Talent Bookers)


Tom Taaffe is an artist agent at International Talent Bookers. Tom began his music industry career as an agent with Trading Post Agency in Australia, where he represented acts including Frenzal Rhomb, The Butterfly Effect, Karnivool and Gyroscope. In 2004, Tom started his own touring company in Australia, Hill 16 Entertainment, touring U.S. acts including From Autumn To Ashes and Eighteen Visions & Rufio.

As of 2010, Tom works at The Agency Group and represents alternative and heavy rock talent including August Burns Red, Every Time I Die, Chiodos, Asking Alexandria, Bless The Fall, Whitechapel and A Skylit Drive, among several others.

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Dave Spoon (DJ, producer, Radio 1)


Dave Spoon is the alias of DJ and producer Simon Neale. He currently hosts Radio 1’s ‘In New DJs We Trust’.

Signing ’21st Century’ to Toolroom Records in 2004 was a key point for Spoon, an instant success supported by the likes of Pete Tong and Roger Sanchez. The piano led ‘Sunrise EP’ followed and was instantly signed to Seamus Haji’s Big Love imprint. With a lot of buzz surrounding his releases, the remixes poured in with re-works for the hottest underground labels including Stealth, Cyber, Toolroom & Cr2.

In 2006, keen to push musical boundaries and break new sounds, Spoon released ‘At Night’ – a dance floor killer. Championed by everyone from Deep Dish to Tiesto, the track caused a stir on dancefloors. With an added vocal in 2007 from Lisa Maffia the track crossed over as ‘Bad Girl (At Night)’ on Universal, it was one of the biggest records last summer, earning Spoon his first top 40 hit.

With a Ministry Of Sound “Summer Sessions” compilation under his belt, remixes of artists like Dizzee Rascal, Pet Shop Boys plus updates of classics such as Gat Décor’s ‘Passion’, 2007 has moved Spoon further into the limelight. Having landed himself a show on Radio 1’s ‘In New DJs We Trust’, writing his artist album and writing with the likes of Pete Tong, it seems a string of new material is soon to be heard on a sound system near you.