Brian Hiley was born in Sheffield and educated at the well-known Central Technical School in the city. At an early age, he developed a passion for music which took up most of his time. During the 1970 s he attended Northern Soul venues throughout the country, while in the early eighties he was promoting local bands at venues in the city. Later he was involved with the early underground Hip Hop genre photographing the break dancers at various venues, before it became mainstream. His next venture in the 1990 s, he became a respected and well known Salsa DJ and promoter in the Midlands. During this time, he made contacts in Europe, USA, Cuba, Guatemala, Chile and Colombia, some becoming good friends. He now lives in rural Leicester with his wife and still enjoys listening to salsa and jazz music while finding time to go salsa dancing.