Both on his own and as part of underground dance duo ‘Filth’ Ross Lyall has
played his own style of techno and tech-house alongside world class DJ’s both in
his home-town of Inverness, on the White Isle of Ibiza and at internationally
acclaimed music festivals Belladrum and Rockness.
Following the closure of Motion nightclub in 2008 Ross and fellow resident DJ Andrew McGibbon
created the now award winning ‘Filth’, an underground house, techno and electro night which
provides clubbers in the Highlands with a welcome alternative to commercial
clubs and tunes. ‘Filth’ was an immediate success; moving to the Ironworks – the
biggest live music venue in the Highlands – within only two months and seeing
the boys establish themselves as front-runners in the Highland clubbing scene.
In its first year alone ‘Filth’ hosted nights with huge guest DJs the Audio
Bully’s, Jon Carter and Dave Spoon and climaxed the year by headlining the
Ironworks on the biggest night of the year, Hogmanay. They have now been hosting
the legendary ‘Filth Resolution’ New Year party for three consecutive years.
2010 saw ‘Filths’ status rocket when they beat off stiff competition to win the
prestigious ‘Best Club’ at the ICA awards. They went on to welcome massive names
such as Jaymo and Andy George and Alex Metric as well as celebrating home-grown
talent in their Halloween party which brought together resident DJ’s from all
over Scotland. 2010 was also the year which saw Ross go international when he
flew out to Ibiza to host a night at Sofa King Good in San Antonio’s The
Highlander and played a set at the world renowned Ibiza Rocks Hotel. In August,
the Filth boys headlined the Mothers Ruin Stage at the Belladrum Tartan Heart
Festival where they played to a massive crowd of revellers and received rave
reviews.
But 2011 has without doubt been Ross’ biggest year to date seeing him
play alongside techno legend Dave Clarke in March and with ‘Filth’ featuring on
the same bill as household names Erol Alkan and 2 Many DJ’s at two massive sell
out nights. Ross’ success shows no sign of slowing down as he brings his
tech-house and techno to the shores of Loch Ness, playing with Andrew on the
closing night of the Rockness music festival, which is set to attract over
35,000 music lovers.
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