Salsa DJ Torqueo

djtorqueo_01Steve Bridger, aka DJ Torqueo, originally started DJ'ing House music in the early 90's with great success, including an appearance on Radio 1's Essential Mix and DJ slots across the UK, including Cream, Ministry Of Sound, Creamfields, Gatecrasher, etc. A few years later, he moved onto DJ'ing funk, breaks and hip-hop in bars and smaller clubs, before becoming involved in the Nu-Skratch project. It was during this period that he did the DVD Production on Turntable Trixters, a documentary about the old UK Hip-Hop group, Hijack, who got signed to Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate label. The film ended up being shown at the National Film Theatre in London, in 2006.

The musical journey finally ended with Salsa in late 2006, after falling in love with the music and scene, while bringing with him the experience and versatility gained from those other styles of music.

DJ Torqueo plays a good mix of Salsa, Mambo, Cha-Cha-Cha, and more, constantly able to read the floor and adapt accordingly to keep the dancefloor full!

He plays regularly across the UK, guesting at numerous high-profile events, with great feedback from all levels of dancers and a number of international Congress bookings confirmed for late 2009. Previous gigs include the 1st Scottish Salsa Congress, Scalalatina, The Leeds Weekender and the Belfast Dance Asylum Weekender (where he made his Salsa DJ debut).

Steve is one of the founding members of Salsa-Central.com, a global online Salsa and Latin Music and Dance Magazine, through which he regularly interviews musicians, runs their online radio station, and reviews cd's.

2009 Gigs;

  • Scottish Salsa Congress, Edinburgh, 16th to 18th Jan (Website)
  • Club Candela, Shrewsbury, 23rd Jan
  • Salsa Northwest, Preston, 24th Jan
  • LatinXces Leeds Weekender, Leeds, 6th to 8th March
  • One Love Salsa Launch Party, Birmingham, 13th April
  • Mambocity 5 Star Congress, London, 1st to 4th May (Website)
  • Irish Salsa Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 15th to 17th May
  • Rumberos at The Wardrobe, Leeds, 22nd May
  • Scalalatina All-Nighter, Scala, London, 24th May (Website)
  • La Rosa Negra Big Apple Launch Party, Rugby, 6th June (Website)
  • Crossbodyleads Charity Night, Nottingham, 7th August
  • New York International Salsa Congress, New York, USA, 2nd to 6th September (Website)
  • Absolute Salsa at Rollerworld, Derby, 12th September
  • Munich Salsa Congress, Munich, Germany, 6th to 8th November (Website)
  • The Great British Salsa Experience (GBSEx), Manchester, UK, 20th to 23rd November (Website)
  • Salsa Noche, The Half Time Orange, Leicester, 12th December
  • The 2nd Scottish Salsa Congress, Edinburgh, 15th to 18th January, 2010 (Website)

Plus more TBC....