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Terence Toy - Stampede - Part 1
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Biography of Terence Toy
From an early age Terence Toy was fascinated with sound equipment, electronics and the most important element of a DJ– records.
He began buying “45” records at the age of eight. Later on, his first album purchase (Earth, Wind & Fire's “Open Our Eyes”) would prime him for a future of playing records–a future that would open the eyes and ears of those who were lucky enough to be on his dancefloor.
This dancefloor could at times, be as far away as Japan; where he was flown out to play a series of dates, that soon after, turned into a six month stay because of so many offers to play in the country's best clubs. All of the major cities in the U.S. have hosted nights featuring his sound, as well as Montreal, Vancouver and other parts of Canada, plus countless trips up and down the West Coast.
Based in Los Angeles since the beginning, his DJ career began after a friend suggested that he enter a major DJ competition at a popular nightclub. After easily winning the competition (by using two copies of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean), Terence went on to hold extremely popular residencies at such clubs as 24k, (held at The Probe nightclub) and later on Paradise 24, held at a venue called Circus (which now is known internationally as Giant). Paradise 24 was a Thursday night event that was always filled to its capacity of 2000 people– for the entire seven years that Terence Toy was the resident. It was also the place where Terence made the transition from playing “freestyle” – a sound popularized by artists such as Debbie Deb, Lisa Lisa and Expose– to the newer sounds that were known as “New York Dance.”
His friend and mentor David Bryant conducted a weekly ritual of hearing the sounds played by Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage on Saturday, purchasing them during his weekly trip to the record store on Monday, and sending them to Terence in Los Angeles by Tuesday. After some time these records became known in the underground as House Music, a sound for which Terence Toy has been well known, throughout his extensive career.
