A musical ambassador from a young age, a professional DJ since his early teens, a veteran of acid house and a champion of techno, Carl Cox emits a love of his work that is dangerously infectious. Always playing music, breaking tunes, spreading love and celebrating life.

In 1977, aged 15, Carl got a set of turntables and began working as a mobile DJ. Disco was the first music that captivated him but by the early 80s Cox had moved on to playing the same music as other young London DJs - rare groove, New York hip-hop and electro. He was perfectly placed to hear Chicago house music in its earliest forms, and when the epic 'Acid Trax' by Phuture (a.k.a. DJ Pierre) came out in early '87 he said "I was just knew, this is it“.

As a founder of the sound, Carl rode the exploding British rave scene. He played the opening night of Danny Rampling's legendary Shoom, co-promoted The Project with Paul Oakenfold, held a residency at the Zap Club in Brighton and at the Sunrise rave in 1988 and established a personal rep for three-deck wizardry.

The next step was to make music, and Carl's 1991 debut single for Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto label, 'I Want You,' gave him a top 30 hit and a Top of the Pops appearance. Two more singles also made the charts. Carl was a reluctant pop star and as the masses moved onto fluffy house and trance, and the hardcore created jungle, Cox retreated into the club world that had nurtured him, and instead embraced the underground sounds of techno. "Techno drives home somewhere," he says of his core music. "It takes you to an element of surprise, not knowing where you're going. It's scary but wonderful at the same time."

Carl’s classic releases include his 1995 mix CD, F.A.C.T., which became a techno benchmark, selling over 250.000 copies and Carl’s 1996 EP Two Paintings and a Drum again broke the British top 30. Alongside Carl’s Ultimate Music Management company, which counted Josh Wink and Laurent Garnier among 27 clients, there was the Ultimatum record label, for which Cox recorded his third top 30 UK single 'Sensual Sophis-ti-cat.' In 2005, Carl’s third album, The Second Sign caused a stir across Europe and reached number 3 in Spain’s national chart. Also gaining critical acclaim was speaker freaker ‘Dirty Bass’ a collaboration with Christian Smith and the funky ‘Give Me your love’, both released on 23rd Century Records, an outlet for his own burgeoning production output. After forming Intec Records in 1999, the label went on to score a series of underground hits and celebrated its 50th release in 2006 with two Carl Cox productions on the label - ‘Spoon’ and ‘K’Pasa,’ the former a tribute to Carl’s friend Mark Spoon (of Jam and Spoon fame) who sadly passed away.

In 2008, Carl returned to Ibiza’s Space for the seventh year in a row, with a line up stronger than ever. Hands-on as usual, Carl welcomed a whole bunch of iconic mates including Francois Kevorkian, Laurent Garnier & Fatboy Slim. In keeping with the Carl Cox & Friends concept that has travelled the world, the line-up included talent spanning many genres of electronic music, from drum and bass pioneers Roni Size and DJ Marky, breaks heads Evil Nine and Adam Freeland, house/breaks maestro Bushwacka!, Freemasons, to Locodice and James Lavelle. In 2006 Carl’s Space night won ‘Best Ibiza Club Night’ at the Ibiza DJ awards which really shows how far the night has come since it was started and how people have taken to the diverse line-ups Carl has created. Every year the night gets stronger, 2009 has more people, amazing parties and amazing guest DJs for an amazing show called JOIN OUR REVOLUTION, get ready to start every Tuesday from 7th of July.

On the top of that, Cox will be performing at our big Opening Party, who’s get back after a two year absence and he does it with another award because Carl was voted best DJ of the last 25 years by Mixmag readers, an accolade that Carl appreciates fully: “It is a big honour to be considered the No.1 DJ after such a long time. I am very happy that people still enjoy my music. Music is my life and I have worked hard to try and share that.”

Carl’s ‘Global’ radio show has now reached over 4 million listeners and is broadcast across 24 countries worldwide, making him one of the most important broadcasters on the planet. Look out soon for the forthcoming DVD, which is an insight into Coxy’s life, following him on his travels around the world, with interviews from friends, family and industry figures along the way. Also look out for Carl’s highly anticipated third artist album and further mix compilations.

There are no signs of slowing down for Mr Cox!