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james . ash performing with rogue traders , may 2008 faith state , rogue traders in technology , thunderchild , elan , union 1993 -- present jamie graham appleby windsor , england korg oasys colossal , vicious vinyl , tv rock , sonybmg james ash
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james ash

james ash -lrb- born jamie graham appleby 10 june 1973 -rrb- , is an english-born musician , songwriter and record producer .
he is the co-founder and keyboardist of australian electro-rock group , the rogue traders .
he can play the keyboard and `` bash out a few chords on the guitar '' .
ash was born in windsor , england and his early schooling was at wessex gardens , golders green in north london .
and then ashfold school in buckinghamshire .
he and his brother gary then moved to langwarrin , australia in 1982 .
the move only lasted 18 months , however , and the boys returned to the uk .
education continued at paignton college , devon -- then cheam high , surrey .
ash moved back to australia in 1988 for one year and undertook year 11 at sandringham secondary college in melbourne .
ash began writing music in 1989 on a commodore amiga .
soon after returning to the uk in 1989 , james met long-term collaborator steve davis who introduced him to dance music and djing .
meanwhile , james completed his education at carshalton college , carshalton in 1992 and finally emigrated back once again to melbourne , australia .
ash joined melbourne community based radio station hitz fm in 1993 as an on air announcer .
he began djing in clubs in late 1993 .
ash 's first proper dj gig was at melbourne venue ` lazar 's ' and was acquired after he lied about his skills as a nightclub dj .
he had actually never dj ` ed in a nightclub before .
ash got dragged off after just ten minutes by the manager who told him he was rubbish .
he convinced the manager to give him another try next week and came into the venue during the daytimes to practise .
ash has been an active member of australia 's dj fraternity since 1994 , and has held residencies at most of melbourne 's leading clubs over the years .
ash 's first record released was `` be with me '' under the name faith in technology through colossal records .
he quickly followed this up with ` thunderchild ' under the moniker thunderchild , released through leading australian dance label , vicious vinyl .
since 1994 ash has released over forty remixes and original productions under names including : faith in technology , thunderchild , elan , union state and rogue traders .
in 1998 ash turned 25 and moved to melbourne dance radio station kiss fm where he remained for the next few years .
in 2000 ash and long-term collaborator steve davis changed the name of their production partnership from union state to rogue traders .
in november 2008 after having enjoyed the success of two hit rogue traders albums and while working on the fourth rogue traders album , ash released a dance song `` son of 91 '' on tv rock 's record label , making this track the first ash had released under his own name .
the track is a throwback to late eighties to early nineties dance music .
