Career
He co-founded the Wicked Sound System and established a series of legendary underground parties which were important in putting San Francisco on the club/rave map. Born and raised in England, Garth moved to San Francisco in 1990 and became a key player in the city"s exploding dance scene. By 1994 the crew imported a custom Tony Andrews-designed Turbosound system, teaming up with a 1947 Greyhound bus which allowed the Wicked act to tour the States.
Wicked Records" first (and most successful) release was DJ Garth"s 1996 collaboration with East.T.I., "20 Minutes of Disco Glory," which remains a popular House track.
lieutenant was featured in the soundtrack for the movie Groove. In 1998, Garth founded his own label Grayhound Recordings, named after the Wicked tour business
Grayhound became the home label for his own projects including singles with Markie and as Rocket with Eric James. The label went on to release 53 singles from California recording artists including DJ Garth & East.T.I., Rocket, Defenders of the Faith, Wicked, Mirror Boys, DJ Harvey, Nectar, Stranger, Rasoul, EBE & Michoacan.
1998 proved to be a milestone year, with the release of Thrive"s popular mix Civil Defense United States. Underground, Volume
1. 2000 saw the release of The Cisco System, a Garth mix Civil Defense showcasing the work of Grayhound artists. This was the first of three Grayhound mixes, the others being Revolutions in Sound & Unleash the Hound.
In 2001, Om released San Francisco Sessions Volume
3, showcasing his blend of House and Dub. In 2003, United Kingdom label Norsk Rikskringkasting released Garth"s Nitelife Volume(s) 7. Garth has remixed A Tribe Called Quest, Jane"s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell along with Faithless, Yabby You, The Units, The Glimmers, DadaMunchamonkey, Adam Freeland and many others
In 2004 Wicked disbanded after thirteen years.
Garth closed ranks with longtime partner Jeno with their Back2Back parties that endure to this day. In 2007 he launched Golden Goose re-edits with James Glass to release their own King & Hound edits
The purpose of the label lies in reviving forgotten Disco and Synth Rock tracks. 2011 saw the Wicked crew reform.
Garth organized a 15 city tour of major cities in United States of America and Japan to mark Wicked"s Twenty Years of Disco Glory.
He has built up many on-camera and voice-over credits in film since and maintains a busy tour schedule DJing around the world. In 2010 he toured extensively in Japan & Australia with DJ Harvey. His latest party is All Night Long, a solo affair at The Public Works" Loft in San Francisco where Garth stays true to the original art form playing extended all vinyl sets for six hours.
