THE 313 TEAM

Irvine needs little introduction. A cultural icon, best known for his 1993 debut novel ‘Trainspotting’ which was adapted into a film of the same name (both highly acclaimed and considered cult classics), he has also written multiple books often being adapted for screen – such as ‘The Acid House’, ‘Marabou Stork Nightmares’, ‘Filth’ and ‘Porno’. Irvine left Edinburgh for the London punk scene in 1978, and has always been involved in music. In 2025, his latest book ‘Men In Love’ was accompanied by an album of the same name, a journey through classic Motown, soul, and disco influences, reimagined and supercharged with modern electronic production. With lyrics penned by Irvine himself, brought to life by the enigmatic Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra and featuring the powerhouse soul vocals of Shaun Escoffery and Louise Marshall, the music is the flip side of the narrative.

Carl wrote for the weekly music paper Melody Maker for most of the 1990s, and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of DJ Magazine, the biggest electronic music title in the world, having worked there since before the millennium. In parallel with music journalism, Carl has had a varied DJ career that has taken him to many far-flung places. He also ran a record label for ten years — Westway Records — and has produced music, promoted events, managed acts, and lectured too, plus regularly appears on panels at music conferences and in the media talking about electronic dance music.

Rob is currently lead developer on major music websites such as uDiscover Music and This Day In Music, with monthly visitor numbers in the multi-millions. Having started as a sound engineer at the famous Berwick Street Studios in 1989, Rob has since worked with over 200 artists, 100 labels and on hundreds of releases, bagging some of the biggest names in music on his CV, including Pink Floyd, David Bowie and George Harrison. Very experienced in music social media and marketing, Rob ran the record label and publishing company Second Skin for over ten years and has been involved in music in practically every single role.

A hip-hop fiend from a young age, Steve set up the Rhythm Masters DJ/production duo with partner Rob Chetcuti in the early ‘90s after falling in love with house music. They soon had some big remixes of artists like Michael Jackson, INXS, Todd Terry, Carl Cox and David Morales – to name just a few of the 300 or so artists they remixed – and became one of the biggest acts DJing in the UK house scene. After scoring big hits of their own, the Rhythm Masters split in 2002 to pursue solo projects, and Steve became a stalwart of the house scene – producing multiple hits of his own, and remixing scores of others. His techno project These Machines has been praised by Carl Cox, Pete Tong and many others, and he’s also been busy working with Irvine Welsh scoring the Trainspotting musical which will hit the West End soon.

Toni is a publicist with over 20 years of experience working with some of the most prominent names in dance and pop culture. Specialising in Electronic Music PR for DJs, Producers, Pop Artists and large scale events, delivering the desired coverage result. He spent nine years as Head of Press at Defected Records, before later going onto work with influential PR agencies where he was lead on many artists including Avicii, Tiesto, David Guetta and Steve Aoki for a number of years. He has worked with many of the world’s best DJs from Roger Sanchez, Masters at Work, Bob Sinclar and Faithless amongst many others. His career started as club promotor in legendary venues during the 90’s and 00’s, including The Hanover Grand, The Cross, Turnmills, Scala and The End.

Chris Hampshire has been involved in the music industry for over thirty years as producer, DJ, label owner and manager, publisher, mentor and entrepreneur. Having had well over 100 commercial releases, he is a producer with genuine cross genre appeal with successful projects in house, progressive, techno and trance. As an artist he has an impressive discography including remixes by and for Tiesto, Sinead O’Connor, Satoshi Tomiie and Tony De Vit. Chris presides over a suite of record labels under the Recoverworld banner that has helped launch the careers of established artists such as John O’Callaghan, John Askew, Thomas Datt, Manuel le Saux and many more. Chris was one of the original directors of Ampsuite, the label management and distribution system which powers many of the world’s largest independent labels.