Michael McGuinness

Michael McGuinness
Background information
Also known as	Lempo, Ninjury, Micky Fidget
Born	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Electronic, House, Dance
Occupation(s)	Producer, DJ, Presenter
Years active	2006–present
Website	www.lempo.co.uk

Michael McGuinness born in Manchester, UK on 8 June 1983, is best known by his stage name Lempo. He is a British DJ, music producer and radio presenter. He founded the Applique Music record label in 2011. His music genre is House with hip-hop, electronica and swing influences.^{[1][2][3][4][5] [6][7]}

Career

DJ Career

His DJ career began in 2006 with a residency at Sankeys in Manchester for the club brand Bitch Events. In 2010, Bitch Events relocated to Venus The Club in Manchester where Lempo remained resident DJ until October 2014. In January 2010, Lempo was voted Manchester's number one DJ on The DJ List. He presented his own radio show on Cheshire FM 92.5 from November 2010 until moving to Manchester’s Unity Radio FM 92.8 in January 2012. Lempo is a regular performer for UK club brands Ministry Of Sound, Cream and The Warehouse Project, having supported artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki and Skrillex.^{[8] [9][10][11][12]}

Production Career

On 28 June 2010, Lempo released his first full-length EP titled The Death of Micky Fidget on Wonked Records. On 24 April 2011 The Organ Grinder was released on Cr2 Records and in July 2011 Lempo launched his own imprint Applique Music with the labels first release, The Best Times featuring Brazilian chanteuse Angelita Jimenez which reached 2 on Trackitdown and 3 on Traxsource, supported by Eric Morillo and Roger Sanchez. On 9 January 2012, he released the single "Jack In Boots" a collaboration with Japwow on SuSu Music, featuring a vocal from Nancy Sinatra, which reached 13 in The Music Week Club Chart (UK) and 36 on Beatport. On 21 October 2013, Lempo released his debut album Done & Dusted on Applique Music, which featured collaborations with several acclaimed artists including Dirtybird Records’ Will Clarke on Sound Of The Horns, Parlophone Records remix group K-Klass on Brass Attack, The BBC’s Daniel Pemberton TV Orchestra on Leaders Of Men, along with the albums stand out track Playboy Bunny, a collaboration with producer of Craig David’s platinum selling Born To Do It album Mark (The Artful Dodger) Hill, featuring Hollyoaks actor Ashley Taylor Dawson on vocal, which reached 1 on Juno Download and 54 on iTunes, supported on BBC Radio One with plugs from Greg James and Nick Grimshaw. 2014 was spent on the Ninjury project, a collaborative alias with Japwow, producing The Fat Lady album which spawned several Juno Download Number 1 sellers including the title track which featured Fatboy Slim vocalist Roland Clark and Cowabunga which was supported by Claude VonStroke at Ultra Music Festival in Miami and plugged on BBC Radio One by Pete Tong and Danny Howard. On 13 April 2015, the single "Woo Yeah" was released on Applique Music, reaching 1 on Juno Download and 82 on Beatport. On 3 August 2015, the single Making Love was released on Applique Music featuring a vocal from X-factor Holland finalist Barry James Thomas, which reached 1 on Juno Download, 20 in the Music Week Club Chart (UK) and 32 on Beatport. ^{[13][14] [15][16]}

Discography

Album	Label	Year
Triumph (Feat. Princess Superstar)	Applique Music	2016
Soz (Single)	Applique Music	2016
Goinout (Feat. MC Flipside)	Applique Music	2016
Making Love (Single)	Applique Music	2015
Woo Yeah (Single)	Applique Music	2015
The Fat Lady (As Ninjury)	Ninjutsu Music	2014
Done & Dusted (Album)	Applique Music	2013
Jack in Boots (Feat. Nancy Sinatra)	SuSu Music	2012
Jenny (Single)	Applique Music	2012
The Best Times (Single)	Applique Music	2011
The Organ Grinder	Cr2 Records	2011
On & On (Single)	Crossworld Records	2011
Kundalini (Single)	Crossworld Records	2010
The Death of Micky Fidget (EP)	Wonked Records	2010

References

1. "Push The Lempo: An introduction to the career of Lempo, One of Manchesters most respected music personalities". CBS.
2. "Hollyoaks' Jorgie Porter and Stephanie Davis are lacy ladies as they support co-star's DJ set at Static club launch". Manchester Evening News.
3. "Lempo Biography". MTV.
4. "GLT Exclusive Interview with Ninjury". Get Lifted Tonight.
5. "Parklife countdown: Lempo". Quays News.
6. "Saxophone Studio Session at Castle Rock Studios". Saxophone Lady.
7. "Lempo Artist". BBC.
8. "Bitc_ presents size records third party plus residents". Skiddle.
9. "Top 10 shortlist for Awaken Ibiza 2016 DJ Comp!". Awaken Biza.
10. "Novitech Recordings presents two DJ/producers, same name, same label.". DJ Log.
11. "Lempo - DJ & Music Producer". Reverbnation.
12. "Music Producer - Lempo". Band Page.
13. "Lempo & JapWOW". Party Flock.
14. "The Career Of Lempo". Kusi News.
15. "Composit Music Presents: Laidback Luke, Benny Benassi, Kryder, Eddie Halliwell & D.O.D". Composite Music.
16. "At BPM". Visit BPM.

External links

• Official Website