The rest of his teens was spent making spare money at any event he could DJ though Cox studied electrical engineering in college, he quit after six months and began working various jobs until he could become a full-time DJ.Ĭox had followed the musical trends from disco to rare groove on to hip-hop during the late '70s and early '80s, but the introduction of house into Britain during the middle part of the decade convinced him that he had found his niche. He was buying his own records soon after, and owned his first pair of turntables at the age of 15. Cox began DJing family get-togethers at the age of eight, selecting records from his parents' stack of soul 45s. Perhaps the best testament to his mixing skills is his immense popularity despite his focus on music much more intense than the brand of arena trance spawned by Oakenfold, Sasha, Digweed, and others.Ĭox was born in Manchester in 1962, to parents originally from Barbados (they later moved back after he grew up). That large span of time has undoubtedly affected his choice of records, since Cox routinely detours through breakbeat, Italian house, and the dance mainstream during his usual sets of hard techno. A perennial favorite as the best DJ in the world according to fans as well as the major mixing magazines, Carl Cox has been a part of Britain's dance scene from the heady days of disco through to the global clubland of the new millennium, with temporary pit stops covering hip-hop, the rare groove movement, and the immense rave revolution of the late '80s.
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