Mike Pickering

Michael Duncan Pickering

Key component of The [a7607] Mike Pickering (b. Michael Duncan Pickering, 24 February 1958, Accrington, Lancashire, England; keyboards/programming), a former DJ at the Factory Records' owned Haçienda club in Manchester. His activities there once encouraged The Face magazine to proclaim him as "England's most revered DJ". After school, Pickering worked in a fish factory and engineering warehouse, becoming a big fan of northern soul. He played saxophone and sang for mid-80s indie/dance forerunners [a=Quando Quango], and had various connections with [a=New Order], including sharing a flat with their manager, [a=Rob Gretton]. He also had the distinction of booking [a=Smiths] for their first Manchester gig, and signing both [a=James] and the [a=Happy Mondays] in his role as Factory's A&R representative. After leaving [l=Factory Records] he became a junior director at [l=Deconstruction] Records, to whom he brought [a=Black Box] and [a=Guru Josh], the label's two most important early successes. He also provided Deconstruction with [r=45007], cited by many as the first UK house music compilation, though in truth it was Pickering and his band [a=T-Coy] behind seven of the eight songs. He is also the founder member and songwriter for M People - the M standing for his first name - who also record for Deconstruction.

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