Fergie is an Northern Irish DJ

Disc jockey

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 and electronic music

Electronic music

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 artist from Larne

Larne

Larne is a substantial seaport and industrial market town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a population of 18,228 people in the 2001 Census. As of 2011, there are about 31,000 residents in the greater Larne area. It has been used as a seaport for over 1,000 years, and is...

, County Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. Initially playing hard house in his early career, he is now better known for breaks and techno.

Fergie played his first set at the age of 14 in his native Larne. Allegedly a milk crate was used so that he could reach the decks. Being underage, he was soon ejected from the premises by the police

Royal Ulster Constabulary

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. He followed this by building his reputation at Armagh's The Met, promoted by friend Mark Dobbin. Before moving to London

London

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 he met Tony de Vit

Tony De Vit

Tony De Vit was a British club DJ, Producer and Remixer and one of the most influential of his generation. He was credited with helping to take the "Hard house" and fast "Hard NRG" sounds out of the London gay scene and into mainstream clubs...

 while DJing at Lush!

Lush!

Lush! is a night club in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Located in the Kellys Golf Links Hotel, the club is the largest in the complex, which houses a number of bars...

 in Kelly's, Portrush. De Vit would become Fergie's mentor, playing together at Trade in Turnmills

Turnmills

Turnmills was a London nightclub on the corner of Turnmill Street and Clerkenwell Road in the London Borough of Islington. It closed on the morning of 24 March 2008....

. Through the 1990s he played at clubs across the UK

United Kingdom

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 including Sundissential

Sundissential

Sundissential is a dance music club started in Birmingham, England, in the 1990s. Originally hosted in various venues in the city, the event started as an after normal club hours event and exploited loopholes in Licensing laws of the United Kingdom to allow alcohol to be sold on a Sunday to...

 and Godskitchen

Godskitchen

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. He was also popular in Ibiza

Ibiza

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, DJing at Privilege

Privilege Ibiza

Privilege Ibiza is the "world's largest nightclub" according to the Guinness Book of Records, with a capacity of 10,000 people. It is located not far from San Rafael, Ibiza, less than 1 km from the nightclub Amnesia. For fourteen years, Privilege hosted Manumission, one of the island's most famous...

, Space and Bora Bora.

In 2002, he was hired by BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 to present a late night weekend slot. His original show was on a Friday night, but later moved to a Saturday night slot. In September 2006, Fergie left Radio 1 due to the station's schedule revamp on evening and weekend shows. He is often a matchday sponsor of his local football

Football (soccer)

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 team Larne F.C.

Larne F.C.

Larne F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Larne and plays its home matches at Inver Park. Club colours are red and white...

. In 2002, he DJed at the club's Inver Park

Inver Park

Inver Park is a football stadium in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Larne F.C.. The land was acquired by Larne in 1918 and has been in continuous use as a stadium ever since...

 stadium in his Homecoming tour. He is also a columnist for Mixmag

Mixmag

Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...

. He has released a number of mix album

Album

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s for Godskitchen and Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

, as well releasing several singles

Single (music)

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 of his own work.

Chart singles

• "Deception" (2000) - UK
  UK Singles Chart
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  #47
• "Hoovers & Horns" (2000) - UK #57 †
• "The Bass EP" (2002) - UK #47

† Billed as Fergie & BK