Eddie Leader is the label owner of seminal label Hudd Traxx, home to artists like Nightmares On Wax & Jovonn. He was also the label manager for legendary label and club night Hard Times, who were the first people to bring the likes of Masters At Work and Roger Sanchez to the UK in the early 90’s. Eddie has released music on labels like Luke Solomon’s Classic, Phil Weeks’ Robsoul, Chez Damier’s Balance Alliance and had his music licensed to Defected. His music has been played by the likes of Disclosure, Derrick Carter, Josh Wink, Riccardo Villalobos, Jamie Jones, Kerri Chandler & Laurent Garnier.
Eddie Leader was first known as one third of DJ & Production trio Slum Science from Huddersfield, UK. Slum Science released their 1st EP in 2003 on Belgium label Deep Future and went on to release music on DJ Heather’s Black Cherry Imprint amongst others.
In 2005 Eddie launched Hudd Traxx. Artists on the label include Rolando, Matthew Herbert, DJ Sneak, Rick Wade, Agnès, Luna City Express, JT Donaldson, Brett Johnson & many more. Hudd Traxx quickly became a staple in the house music community and is renowned for its consistency. Hudd’s music has been licensed to the likes of Fabric, Om & Ministry Of Sound.
2007 saw Eddie release his 1st solo EP on the Robsoul imprint. Since then Eddie has gone on to release a number of solo EP’s, his ‘GILK EP’ being remixed by Detroit Techno legend Rolando, which received support from Richie Hawtin, Brothers Vibe, Delano Smith, Sebo K, and was regularly played by Zip in Panorama Bar, Berlin. Leader & close friend Yuriano were asked by Chicago Guru Chez Damier to remix a track for his Balance Alliance imprint for the ‘Life’ EP. Past collaborations have seen Eddie team up with Jason Hodges, Romanians Mihai Popoviciu, Jay Bliss & Pagal, aswell as good friend Hector Moralez. His collab with Indonesian classically & Jazz trained Pianist Yuriano saw their first EP released on Plastic City with a follow up on Hudd Traxx. His first track with Freerange’s Tomson was signed to longstanding label Morris Audio. They have also released a project together with Chez Damier on Hudd Traxx which was played by the likes of Heidi on Radio One. Eddie also released ‘Feel For You’ with Tom Lawson on legendary label Classic, which was licensed to multiple Defected compilations. His Slum Science track ‘Mezmerized’ was also licensed by Disclosure for their DJ Kicks compilation.
As a DJ Eddie has been playing in venues since 1997. He has rocked venues throughout the UK including Fabric, Back To Basics, Manchester, Edinburgh, Sub Club After Party in Glasgow, whilst also touring Europe in countries like Germany, Belgium, Spain, France & Romania. Eddie, now based in Manchester, has toured the States several times frequently playing in NYC, San Francicso, LA, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas & more. His last few Tours have taken him to Asia & South America playing in Australia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bahrein, Thailand, Colombia, Argentina, Brasil, Mexico, Peru, Chile and Paraguay.
Eddie also ran the night ‘Content’ in Manchester which won the City Life Magazine’s ‘Best Bookings’ Award. In 5 years Eddie & the Content lads brought the likes of Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Andrew Weatherall, Raresh, Kenny Larkin, Kevin Saunderson, Delano Smith, Patrice Scott, KINK & Stacey Pullen amongst others to the rainy city. Eddie has recently released on Jovonn’s NYC ‘Body n’ Deep label & Doorly’s Reptile Dysfunction imprint. He released a solo EP on Hard Times in early 2023 and also remixed a future Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley classic. With further releases on Hudd Traxx, 2023 was Eddie’s most productive year so far in 20 years of releasing music. Eddie is currently working on Hudd Traxx 20th Anniversary celebrations and various releases for other labels.