Tim “Journeyman” Fielding began DJing and promoting in 1985 at a dingy club in Oxford, trying his best to operate the smoke machine while mixing stuff like Talking Heads, Prince and New Order with James Brown, Hugh Masekela, Misty in Roots, Bohannon and the evolving sounds of Electrofunk. He played at London’s leading club Heaven in 1986 and a number of warehouse and Acid House parties in the late ‘80s, before spinning his way around Asia and Africa.

In 1989 Tim established “Club Sandwich” at London’s Vauxhall Arches, then set up at Soho’s legendary Techno club The Brain. He toured with The Brain to New York in 1991 and to Berlin and Moscow in 1992. During this period Tim appeared at venues around the UK and abroad, cutting his teeth alongside many of The Brain’s early performers who have gone onto great things: Orbital, Leftfield, Billy Nasty, Moby, Graeme Park, The Shamen, Mixmaster Morris, Andrew Weatherall, A Guy Called Gerald, Roger S., to name a few.
The driving force behind Brainiak Records, Tim released music by such early UK electronic heroes as Ultramarine, Doi-oing, Lazonby and Infinite Wheel, as well as legendary London promoter Sean McLusky’s Live at the Brain series, and eventually B-Sides, The Best of Brainiak.

In 1992 Tim launched Journeys By DJ (JDJ), the world’s first DJ-mixed compilation series, featuring never-before commercially available CD mixes from the likes of Danny Rampling, John Digweed, Farley & Heller, Justin Robertson, Judge Jules and Paul Oakenfold - and the mix album to end them all, Coldcut’s 70 Minutes of Madness.

The mid-90s saw Tim focus on production and development of the JDJ series, restricting DJing to larger events like Love Parade, Notting Hill Carnival and Cannes Film Festival. In 1995, he personally programmed and produced After Hours (released in USA by Twisted/MCA in 1998), a series of deeper jazzy House albums that paved the way for the likes of Hed Kandi, Lazy Dog and Hotel Costes; and the Ultimate House Party series, combined sales of which topped 150,000 worldwide.

In 1995, Tim invested in the launch of London’s leading nightclub, The End, where he is a director alongside partners Mr. C and Layo Paskin (of Layo & Bushwacka!). He spun at and promoted Triptonite, the monthly party at The End that ran til 1998, and on Journeys By DJ tours around the UK and Europe, and on his Thursday “Dr. Brainiak” show on pirate station Face FM.

After moving to New York City in 1998, Tim launched the series Stateside. He recorded Ley Lines, another mix album, and re-released classic albums such as Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay’s “Desert Island Mix” as well as new albums from Cielo’s Nicolas Matar, electrotech prodigy John Selway and DJ Touché of The Wiseguys. In 2002, he also executive produced the Sancho Panza album ‘Carnival’.

These days Tim can be heard regularly in London and at US venues such as Cielo (voted America’s Best Club 2004), and at his infamous loft parties in Brooklyn overlooking the East River. He was recently sighted throwing down some deep house vibes on the Sol sound system as the sun came up at Burning Man festival. In his spare time, he contributes to a number of magazines and is developing a multimedia DJ-mix project to be unveiled on DVD. But no matter whether it is writing, producing or live DJing, when it carries the seal of the Journeyman, you can expect it will come bearing the three hallmarks that have characterized his work to date: quality, eclecticism and the shape of things to come.


Tim “Journeyman” Fielding
Tracklist for November 2004

Dalminjo Despacito - (SUMO dub) - Deeplay

Tasita D’Amour - Pressures of the World - White label

DJ Prom - Stompin - Philly Groove

The Phat Swede - He Belongs to Me - Definite Groove

Cricco Castelli - Personal Solution - Illegal Beats

Price Cuts - Sunday Swinger - Lab-Rok

Primary Sequence - I See the Light - Visitor

Andy Caldwell - Give A Little (Trentamoller) - Naked

The Backstage Sluts - Thigh High Boots EP - Wonda Boots

Jeremy Sylvester - Got Soul - Azuli

Friendly - Bump and Grind - Fingerlickin

Blondie - Rapture (Cookie’s rework) - CDR