The Guest House Podcast

SolarTrak aka Ian McGonagle. House MusicProducer, Remixer & Dj from Essex, England.Aliases: DJ Makka, HouseFly, FatFly, NUCL3U5Coming from a musical family background his dad was always a keen guitaristand his older brother was in many bands so at first Ian headed naturally in thedirection of band music learning to play the guitar from the early age of 12. Itwasn’t until a few years later around the age of 18 when he met his first dj friendand decided he wanted to learn the art of dj’ing. After picking it up relativelyquickly he soon swapped his Fender Stratocaster guitar for his first set ofturntables.He started off buying some early 90’s house records and quickly fell in love withthe new 2 step uk garage sound that was starting to evolve and here his first aliasDJ Makka was born.After mixing in his bedroom with friends it wasn’t long before he was approachedthrough a friend by the boss of Essex Pirate radio station Force Fm and here hestarted his radio journey learning