GTP resident DJ

Cleggsta

UK Garage / 4x4 Garage / 2-Step / Garage House / House & Garage / Deep House

Newark, Nottinghamshire

UK Garage
4x4 Garage
2-Step
Garage House
House & Garage
Deep House

Followers

102

Mixes

26,774

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Updated 10 Nov 2026

Upcoming shows

Fresh UKG & Bassline Flavours
Sat, 14 Nov 2026
14:00 UK
Fresh UKG & Bassline Flavours
Sat, 21 Nov 2026
14:00 UK
Fresh UKG & Bassline Flavours
Sat, 28 Nov 2026
14:00 UK

About Cleggsta

My name is Scott, although I inherited the nickname Cleggsta (The Cleggsta) some time in secondary school... A lazy play on my surname, that seems to be be the go-to name that folks jump to.... That, or Cleggy (older folks like that!). I wish I had got given a proper nickname... Like "Big Sexy" or "The Beast".... Or, anything cool... But, I ended up with this. I'm a single parent, and a full time mechanical technician. I grew up in a small East Midlands village, my formative teenage years coming during the 90s wave of Euro dance music and Brit pop. I listened to a LOT of music before this though, I was fascinated by radio and would sit until late at night when Radio 1 would go off air, then I'd be up at the crack of dawn to hear the same stations test signals at 0400-0500 in the morning before normal programing began. We had a gramopohone as well as a hi-fi with a turntable and I was interested in how this fragile disc stored sound, and how the needle converted these grooves in to high quality audio. I spent a lot of time playing my parents 7 & 12 inch Records. Mum and Dad loved music, not just the sound or catchyness of a tune... Something deeper. How it made you feel. How these recorded sounds could change or amplify your mood. Something that resonated with me from very early. I hooked up with my Mums friend when I was 13, and started going out with him most weekends. He was a mobile DJ, and I learned so much from this man. The technology didn't lend itself to mixing, but I learned a lot about reading the room, and track selection. The man I went out with was incredible, and would have the audience in the palm of his hand. He was a truly great DJ in his arena. I was fortunate enough to buy some speed controllable CD decks in 1998 and quickly learnt to mix on them. I even got to play a few nights in a night club with him. Then, life, poor choices and depression got in the way. I lost all interest in DJing, and didn't start to pick up the pieces until 2007.

My story

Before the Internet, or mobile phones, a lot of my time was spent listening to music. I grew up on radio - FM, MW, LW - listening to foreign stations as much as British ones. Recording charts on audio tapes, we would record our own "radio shows" as kids, pressing on the tape deck lid to try and slow tracks down to similar speeds, with limited success. All I ever wanted to be was a radio DJ.

My sister would sneak out at night to attend raves and free parties.... She would sneak home early morning, where we'd be waiting for her to bring us back glow sticks! This would be 91/92/93. Breakstep rave music was king. Acts like SL2, Ratpack, The Prodigy, KLF... My first taste of DJs beat mixing. I wasn't sure how they did it, yet. I just knew I loved it. We quickly found out where to buy the tape packs - up here there were no Garage Tape Packs, it was all Rave, Jungle. But, we loved the sound and the energy.

I started going out DJing age 13, and at 18 bought the kit to learn to beat mix. By 21, life got in the way and for a few years, I was on my knees. Around this time my brother starts playing UKG, buying the vinyl in London and bringing it home. This sound hadn't really made it to our neck of the woods, not until it started appearing in the charts. I loved what he was playing, and quickly started collecting it digitally myself. Before controllers, I resorted to using software "DSS DJ" to mix, for fun. Around 2008 I bought an early controller and Serato ITCH. I'd record mixtapes for mates, and do the odd Shoutcast broadcast. 2012 and a few deaths close to me, killed me off. I didn't really start to get back in to music until 2021. DJ Tripz, Mr Brainz. Then I stumbled across Del Sanderson around 2022 and his sound immediately resonated with me. Del Sanderson led me to change sounds, I'd buy the records he was playing, and learn how to mix this style of music. Heavily influenced by Del, Lyrical, Nigel Reece, I was given my opportunity by GTP.

Influences

DJ EZ, DJ Cameo, Mr Brainz, DJ Q were the guys I was listening to at the start of my UKG journey. Destination Weekend on Kiss, with EZ & Winston was my number one destination for learning how to mix Garage, as well as for finding new music. The Internet was still kind of primitive back then, and digital releases were hard to find. When 1xtra launched, I bought a pocket DAB and would listen to and record "The Pirate Sessions" and DJ Qs mix Show. O G 1xtra really was rough, tough n ready music from the streets, not like the sanitised version we have today. Living where I am, it was one of a few reliable places to hear new garage.

Later, DJ Tripz was someone I listened to a LOT. His sets were always technically outstanding. He always laid it on thick with new music, anthems absolute bangers. Tripz played a HUGE role in DJs like me finding good music.

Then, Del Sanderson in particular is the biggest influence on me to date. My sound and style changed, and he opened so many doors for me

The sound

I think I do 2 different things with my shows. I play a broad range of sounds, especially when I'm trying to showcase new music. A lot of my shows are formatted to start off easy, and move harder as we progress.

My favourite kind of show will be switchy: trying to take listeners on a journey through different corners of the House & Garage scenes. I'm a MASSIVE lover of really minimal, heavily swung sounds. I like obscure beats, but I also love classic sounding 4x4, energetic & bumpy Garage too.

My GTP show

Expect 99.9% Nu Skool Garage, and Underground House music that closely borders with Garage - these are my "go to" sounds.

I love minimal, swung beats. I like music that some might call 'obscure' when compared to main stream UKG, but I like to blend this with other sounds from the scene. The Garage umbrella has such a diverse range of sounds beneath it, and I do enjoy the challenge of switching between these distinctly different sounds, and making it sound like they belong together... It doesn't always come off, of course! But, that's live DJing

I like to showcase new releases & future releases. I've been blessed to have been given this platform, and it's an absolute honor to use some of my slot to promote independent artists and labels.