Billy Steele is a vital, magnetic artist whose abundant talent and charisma are already well known in the Manhattan fashion and club-going scenes.
Billy grew up on Long Island, about two hours outside of Manhattan, always knowing he would one day make it big in the city.
He arrived in Manhattan at age 20 and was swiftly recruited into New York's high-fashion modeling world. Behind the camera, he was all business. But when off the shoot and out of the lens, Billy Steele was all about the party.
The fashion and club-going scenes regularly inter-mingle so it wasn't a surprise that Billy would become a prominent member of each set. What was a surprise was that the rising model would eventually decide to leave the shutterbug industry - and his career behind the lens - to pursue DJ-ing and a career behind the turntables.
Beginning his music career as a promoter at New York City's infamous Tunnel & Sound Factory nightclubs, Billy's goal was to make people happy. Little did he know just how happy he would make them. He began his DJ career two months after purchasing his first set of turntables with a Saturday night residency at Manhattan's Limelight. He was 22 years old.
"I experienced the legendary parties thrown by DJs Junior Vasquez, David Morales, and Jonathan Peters," explains Steele. "It was intense - the freedom and security I felt when dancing. But a few years ago, the music started to become darker and monotonous. The parties didn't have the same energy, people stopped going, and the parties began to die down. My goal is to create that type of energy for the next generation."
lly's philosophy on spinning records is simple: he wants to make people happy. His beats incite an absolute need to dance, as if there is unfinished business on the dance floor, and the result is pure emotional ecstasy.
He eschews the typical anthem songs, or anything that people can hear anywhere. He believes it his responsibility to offer club-goers a unique experience.
Billy has worked with major fashion label icons such as Gucci, YSL, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger and Kenneth Cole. He has deejayed premier parties for J Records, Showtime, Disney, & MTV.
Most recently he has been remixing and producing music for major record labels and artists.
Billy has played throughout North America, but always keeping his home in New York City.
He is currently a resident DJ at Tao, Lavo & Dream Downtown NYC.