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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=110 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brighton Rocks! Homepage"><U><I><IMG SRC="1814b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brighton Rocks! Homepage"><U><I><IMG SRC="019641b0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brighton Rocks! About Us"><U><I><IMG SRC="012641a0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brighton Rocks! 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Homepage"><U><I><IMG SRC="00d4b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="18600320dvldtc.jpg"> <div> |  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Just Ali</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="724" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#0000BF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 55 ><NOBR><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF3380" FACE="Arial" ><B>Alistair Owen-Thomas</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >aka</FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF3380" FACE="Arial" ><B>JustAli</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Website: </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF3380" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.justali.co.uk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.justali.co.uk"><U><B>www.justali.co.uk</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="305"><div> <B>Mob: +44 (0)7720 396967</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 405 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8e0fa600.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="352" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>My Sound</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>“Dirty House” with Electric & Indie influences </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If all else fails tune - ”Disco to Disco”- Rhythm Digitale</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Currently</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I hold a residencies in Eastbourne</B></div> <div> <B>as well as numerous visits to London along with the rest of the</B></div> <div> <B>Brighton Rocks!</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> guys and gals.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Currently undertaking my first music production project.</B></div> <div> <B>Watch this space!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#4,0,0,0" width="300" height="90"> <param name="SRC" value="HTMLobj-2279/AliOT.swf"> <embed src="GEMDIR/AliOT.swf" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="90"> </embed> </object> </center>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 604 WIDTH="294"><bR> <div> <B>A little bit a history about me</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Overall highlight of my DJ career -  has to be playing a set at the official after party for the closing of Miss Moneypenny's (Ibiza).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>DJing really kicked off though, in the same way as most house aficionados… Got to know the owners of a local record shop and started hunting down tunes I had heard on the “Essential Selection”.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From there I bought my first pair of decks (thank you granny - she unfortunately passed away and left me some money to “invest”).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>My first `break' came when my sisters' boyfriend took me along to his residency in Bognor (the British Riviera at its finest!!). He then took two months off, to travel, and I stepped in as resident (Sheiks Nightclub</B></div> <div> <B>on the pier!!).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I then played the usual assortment of house-parties and started to work out that US house was what I wanted to play.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>My true break came when I started at Southampton University and got offered a couple of spots at the bar (the Boiler House) located in my halls. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This moved onto me warming up at a couple of student balls (put on for my Halls …thanks all of you lot from Monte).</B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1814b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1814b4b0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="604" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="303"><bR> <div> <B>I was then offered a couple of warm-ups at the main campus bar and was then asked to take the position of resident DJ for the main University events. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Highlights being....</B></div> <div> <B>-Warm-up for Danny Rampling, Binary Finary and The Dreem-Teem (Radio 1).</B></div> <div> <B>-Headline House DJ opposite - Fabio, Grooverider (various Drum & Bass,</B></div> <div> <B>breaks DJs).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>During my time at University I was also involved in the setup and running of a website called </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Arial" ><B>www.clubber.co.uk</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> <B>(unfortunately no longer running) and got involved in a hellishly, hedonistic, amount of partying. Highlights that have no legal repercussions - </B></div> <div> <B>DJing alongside: Seamus Haji, Dope Smugglaz.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Since leaving Southampton, I spent six months living in the Alps and got to play a set in a snowboard comp along with various sets in bars and clubs. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>On my return, I took over as resident in a couple of venues locally and have been fortunate enough to play in Ibiza, Privilege, Turnmills & Pacha (london), Zap (Brighton)</B></div> <div> <B>and run some awesome nights with</B></div> <div> <B>Brighton Rocks!</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Massive amount of thanks and gratitude to</B></div> <div> <B>Matt & Matt.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 196 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8e4969f0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="159" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="184"><bR> <bR> <div> <B>Best DJ moments:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The first time we saw the</B></div> <div> <B>Brighton Rocks!</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> logo on a flyer in Ibiza.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>When I got to play a set in Turnmills with my best mates! </B></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=5 HEIGHT= 179 WIDTH="702"><bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.justali.co.uk" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.justali.co.uk"><U><IMG SRC="8ebaf900.png" border=0 width="175" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>            </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="211"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="211" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="82"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="82" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="101"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="101" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="303"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="303" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>