Iain Cross is a name firmly set
into the hearts and minds of most involved with the UK
dance music scene. His passion for music, technical ability
and incredible production skills are evident in every
energetic set he plays. This superstar DJ has certainly
earned his place as the Southwest’s number one hard trance
DJ.
Iain Cross’s sound has evolved
over the years into a unique blend of hard and heavy beats
with spine tingling, arm raising trance breaks. This sound
is so unique it sets him apart from so many of his peers
and has seen his strong fan base grow into a huge following
of clubbers that have followed Iain all over the Southwest.
Since his humbling beginning as
a DJ eleven years ago, Iain has acquired residencies for
two of the leading brands of trance and techno, Atmosphere
and Resonate. He’s been booked for massive events all
over the UK such as HTID, Raverbaby, Digital Circus, Hindsight,
and Exotic as well as headlining for a multitude of more
local nights, and has began taking Europe by storm playing
at events such as QLUBTEMPO #16 @ Q-Dance - Holland with
crowds of over 4500 people and Maximum Trance @ Club IK
(Holland). Thus ensuring his booking schedule is full
all year round. Being booked for such prestigious events
has seen his name on the same line up as a galaxy of stars
including: - S.H.O.K.K. - Andreas Kramer & Thomas
Pogadl - The Trance Generators - A.S.Y.S - DJ Jo &
Tom-X - DJ Passion - Mat Sliver & Tony Burt - Mark
.E.G - M-Zone - K90 - Pablo Gargano - The Producer - John
Turelove ( the man behind Candi Staton’s, You Got The
Love) - Chris & Aaron Liberator - Andrea Montorsi
- Danna - Lab 4 - Fastfloor - DJ Frantic - Jon Doe - DJ
Wag - Organ Donors - Uberdruck & Dj The Crow - Hellraser
- Dj Slideout - Tommy Pulse – Kutski to name a few.

Iain Cross is a man who lives,
breathes and dreams music, he has applied himself to many
aspects of the industry. He was the promotion’s manager
and weekly resident for the legendary Country Club from
1998 to 2002 when the Country club sadly closed. “A dream
dies but a legend lives on”. Iain gained valuable experience
as a director and label manager of High Fish Recordings,
which was founded in 1999 by himself, Dave Spinout and
Jon the Baptist, primarily to release their own music
productions, but also as a promotional outlet for all
their work within the industry. Moving onto pastures new
he left High Fish, and joined the family at Bare Cheek
Recordings in 2004. Not content with music being his passion,
hobby, part time employment Iain wanted to make it his
full time employment. So in 2001 he joined his friend
and fellow DJ, Meri as assistant manager of the Chunes
record shop, one of the longest running independent record
shops in the South West. Here he stayed applying his talents
until 2006.
Over the decade that Iain’s been
involved with the Music Industry, he’s also turned his
hand to journalism and radio play. For over 2 years he
reviewed trance tracks due to be release for TTR Magazine.
His articles were published weekly in the magazine sent
out by a distribution company all over the UK. Iain is
the creator of Maximum Radio. A show that once a month
rocks the hard dance channel of the ‘Digitally Imported’
internet radio station. The 2 hour show brings an exclusive
set from the man himself, an hour set from guests such
as Tommy Pulse (Stealth Industries), Organ Donors (Nukleuz),
Wavetraxx (Drizzly), DJ Spoke (Progressive State), DJ
Choose (F&W) and Max Savietto (Mazeman) to a fan base
of over 700 people.

Production is one area that this
young man excel’s, he is a hugely respected producer.
Iain’s sets show – cases many of his unreleased tracks,
one - off edits and sneaky “Cross” retakes which he works
on in his well established studio. He also has 14 stomping
collaboration’s under his belt which have been released
on a number of the scenes leading labels including our
own, Bare Cheek Recordings, Italian label Future Sound
Corporation, De Novo Records and High Fish Recordings.
Discography:
THE ELITE aka Iain Cross
- Jon The Baptist - Meri
The Elite -"5 Seconds 2 Terminate"
- Future Sound Corporation (016)
The Elite - "The Root's of Evil" - Future Sound
Corporation (021)
The Elite's Club Experience E.P - Future Sound Corporation
(028) (3 Track E.P)
The Elite Remix - "Atomic Bomb" - Future Sound
Corporation (033)
The Elite Remix - Trancefusion - High Fish Recordings
(002)
PRO-T.O.N aka Iain Cross
& Jon The Baptist
Proton remixes - "Neutron"
& "Insomnia" - Future Sound Corporation
(018)
Jay Sanders Vs Pro-t.o.n - "Interference" -
De Novo Records (001)
IAIN CROSS & JON the
BAPTIST
Iain Cross, Jon the Baptist &
Dave Spinout - "Fishy Bizniz" - High Fish White
Iain Cross, Jon the Baptist, Dave Spinout & Meri -
"Future Unknown" - High Fish White
Iain Cross, Jon the Baptist & Logi wan - "Invisible"
- Future Sound Corporation (029)
Iain Cross & Jon the Baptist Vs The B.C.R Boyz - "It
Can Not Be Done" - BCR (001)
Iain Cross & Jon the Baptist E.P - "Utopia"
& "Follow the Sun" - Future Sound Corporation
(035)
Iain Cross, Jon the Baptist & Jay Sanders - "Evolution"
- De Novo Records 002
Iain Cross & Jon the Baptist - "Substance"
- High Fish Recordings 003