Hammer

Biography

Rory Hamilton aka Hammer has established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting DJ and producers illuminating dance floors around Europe and beyond with his own take on electronic music. Gracing the decks at world renowned venues & festivals such as Panorama Bar, Robert Johnson, Concrete, Kompass, Houghton, Love International, Parklife, WHP to name but a few. Rory also has established his own party series which took on a residency for 10 years at the legendary Sub Club with the Thunder Disco brand, inviting the likes of Floating Points, Ben UFO, and Paranoid London to the club. He has also recently launched a sold out The Hammer Hits event series which launched at the end of 2019 inviting guests J G Wilkes, Luca Lozano, Sally C, Holly Lester to name but a few across venues in Ireland, Berlin and the UK. As one of the original co-pilots of the Feel My Bicep blog, Hammers relationship with Bicep runs long from childhood. He has joined the Bicep tour as support as well as having a string of releases on the mighty FMB label. **Live** Hammer's demand in far territories such as Asia & Australia has already seen him play a multi-city tour in these territories, with a second tour already planned. **Production** Since Hammer’s debut EP on Optimo, he has followed up with releases on Huntley & Palmers, Loft, Modern Magic, Hotflush and the aforementioned Feel My Bicep imprint. Continuously achieving praise such as Mixmag's record of the month with his latest track 'Ozone', whilst being held in high regard with his peers. The Hammer Hits label saw his track, Love Somebody (vinyl only) sell out within days. 2019 saw Rory release with Jennifer Cardini’s Correspondent, Denis Sulta’s Silver Service, plus with big independents FMB and Percolate’s new label. 2020 saw strong vinyl releases come out on Soft Recordings, the return of The Hammer Hits label with Strong Enough which included a big remix from Mall Grab as well as a single release on Permanent Vacation. 2021 Hammer launched a brand new imprint, Italo Hiits. Born out of the Belfast producer's workout videos, which he began sharing during lockdown in 2020, the label is a tribute to Italian Hi NRG house & disco of the 1980s. 'I Wanna Be Like You' is the first release to emerge, with the title track a pure indulgent slice of Hi NRG sleaze, engineered to make you move. With more releases to come from his own imprints Remmah & The Hammer Hits, introducing new talent along the way, the rest of the year is set to be jammed with more exciting projects, including a remix for Shibashi featuring Candi Staton and an EP on Correspondant.