london, and one of the longest unbroken runs on this page. since 1994 he has been half of Full Intention with jon pearn, a duo that ran the dtension label from 1999 and started full intention records in 2009, and which is still going.

under his own name the record is The Weekend, out in 2004 with shena singing. it reached number seven on the uk singles chart, spent nineteen weeks there, and went to number one on the official dance chart for three weeks. more than two decades later it has over two hundred million plays.

he started Sultra Records in 2018 and has released almost everything through it since, including the album Optimism in 2024 and You & Me on 29 may 2026, his third. that one has mike dunn, kelli sae, tania foster, phebe edwards and audrey martells across thirteen tracks. Better Days with jimi polo came out on toolroom in february.

Character in a voice is really important for me, but most importantly I want someone who is easy to work with.

michael gray to dmc world, 27 may 2026

on 8 august he plays the fool's paradise stage at electric paradise, a new open air festival at the national bowl in milton keynes, on a bill with mark knight, todd terry and norman jay, and with Armand Van Helden, further up this page, over on the glitterbox stage. he takes fool's paradise into fabric in london on 24 october.