O'Callaghan hoping to rise up top DJ poll

John O'Callaghan from Navan, who was voted number 24 in the 2009 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll, is hoping to rise further in the 2010 poll. John's high energy trance mix coupled with a refined precision mixing style has seen him surge up through the DJ ranks. Spinning his first Radio 1 Essential Mix in the summer of 2008, the 28 year-old was one of only four trance DJs to do that year. Immediately following that he made his debut in DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs rundown, arriving at number 60. In the 2009 chart he became one of the year's highest climbers, leaping 36 places, cementing his place as Ireland's foremost DJ and producer. He has picked up the Best DJ awards at the Irish Dance Music Awards for three consecutive years, decisively conquered the notoriously competitive testing ground of Ibiza and was the first Irishman to play Trance Energy. Since making his first moves into music production six years ago, O'Callaghan has notched-up over 35 productions and released them on some of the most respected labels in the industry. Early club-thrillers like 'The Chamber', 'Exactly' and 'Space & Time' became mainstays of DJs sets. Soon after John produced 'Big Sky', voted number one trance tune of 2007 on Armin's ASOT show. In the latter half of 2009, John again reached into the heartland of electronic dance with both his second artist album and the first edition of his new compilation series, containing the hit singles 'Find Yourself', 'Never Fade Away', 'Out of Nowhere' and his Giuseppe Ottaviani collaboration 'Our Dimension'. 'Subculture' quickly followed - an innovative hybrid artist/mix album that premiered freshly produced material including 'Cramped', 'Backup' and 'Striker'. Tracks went on to be wholeheartedly hammered by deeper-minded DJs including Sander van Doorn and Marco V. From the DJ booth he has gone on to throw trance-fire onto the floors of some of the world's highest-profile clubs, arenas and festivals. Counted amongst them are Planet Love, Lush, WMC in Miami, Rain in Las Vegas and Creamfields. He is also a regular fixture in Ibiza, and has expanded his fan bases into Eastern Europe and North and South America. In March 2009, John played the main-stage at Trance Energy, universally regarded as the pinnacle apex of the trance calendar and in 2010 he has also taken one of the much-prized residency positions on Godskitchen's 2010 Globalgathering World Tour. For the last three years John has presented his take on the trance scene through his Subculture show on DI FM. After the radio show and compilation, in February 2010, John launched Subculture: the label. 2010 has been the year of Subculture, with John's own events selling out at each location. Lush in Northern Ireland had its doors closed at 10pm due to a capacity crowd, a record-breaking feat. The Subculture brand has quickly built momentum with such success that John has recently played at Tripod in Dublin, and sold out his feverishly awaited debut. This year so far has seen John locked away in the studio working on his forthcoming album, to be released early in 2011. This summer, he will release the massive trance track 'Desert Orchid' on his own Subculture label with a remix from Dutchman Thomas Bronzwaer.