With over a decade of experience as a professional mobile DJ, Alistair has established himself as a highly sought-after talent, able to cater to a wide range of events from weddings and corporate functions to festivals. He is the resident DJ for the festival Soul Circus and the Galaxia Boat Show based in Portugal, a testament to his exceptional music knowledge and ability to adapt to any crowd.
Previous clients include Amazon, Volkswagen, Henley Festival, Pfizer, John Lewis, The Perfume Shop & Audi UK. Alistair has also shared the stage and warmed up for Rudimental, Jordan North (BBC Radio 1), Norman Jay NBE, DJ Yoda & The Cuban Brothers.
Alistair's expertise extends beyond simply playing music; he is a master at reading and understanding his audience, and knows how to manipulate the mood of an event to create a truly memorable experience. He takes pride in his versatility, equally adept at creating a relaxed, Ibiza-inspired atmosphere as he is at keeping the party going all night long.
In addition to his work at private events, Alistair has also performed for high-profile corporate clients such as Amazon, John Lewis, IBM, The Perfume Shop and also has shared the stage with the likes of Rudimental, Jordan North (Radio 1), DJ Yoda, Norman Jaye NBE and The Cuban Brothers .
Based in Gloucestershire, surrounded by the stunning Cotswolds, Alistair has had the opportunity to perform at some of the region's most breath-taking venues, from grand manor houses to sprawling marquees. No matter the setting, he always delivers top-quality performances that exceed expectations
ARutherford DJ was a wonderful addition to our summer rooftop party, providing a diverse range of tunes for our customers to enjoy while sipping cocktails. He was professional, enthusiastic and created an idyllic vibe for our large outdoor social event. We would definitely use this service again!
Alistair DJ’d our garden party this summer. Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. Got the vibe spot on from the chill house music as people mingled through to the dance music later in the night. The setup was great with excellent sound and lighting.
We booked Alistair for our wedding and my only instructions were play some bangers - our lot love to dance. My gosh didn’t he just - what a night!! Absolutely epic!! Everyone loved it - someone even asked if we flew him over from Ibiza!! Alistair - we can’t thank you enough for helping to make our wedding magic!! My feet were the only things complaining the next day. Can’t wait to throw another party to book you again !!
Alistair played over two nights first was a rehearsal BBQ with requests for Ibiza chill mixes - his play list was fantastic! Everyone was commenting on how good the DJ was. The second day was the wedding reception we provided a play list and genres - he really made it his own with brilliant mixing, dance floor was full all night long, he even managed to work in two sets of Portuguese music. With Alistair the music takes centre stage, he doesn't talk over the tracks and he looks like he loves what he is doing. He is clearly passionate about providing the best possible experience. Super easy to work with. Highly recommend him and we would use him for events in the future.
Alistair is an incredible DJ. It was no easy feat finding a DJ in the west midlands who was confident playing Afrobeats and Caribbean music a long side other classics but Alistair was perfect. Our wedding guests could not stop raving about how on point every set he played was. He captured exactly the vibe we wanted from ceremony to evening set and it got every single guest on the dance floor. I will recommend him to anyone who listens! He is excellent and his lighting setup gave the perfect ambiance. Thank you so much Alistair!
Literally the best possible DJ we could have asked for. We’re an alternative couple who love Metal, Hip-Hop and Indie music, our friends included folks who are into EDM, R’n’B and Garage and a lot of our friends and family are much older and prefer Soul, 80’s and Motown, a tall order for any DJ and yet EVERY GENRE WAS COVERED. The dance floor was full for the entire evening with banger after banger being tailored so well to us and our guests that it was jaw dropping. Somehow he managed to play a tonne of tracks that would have been obscure at other weddings, but were pitched perfectly for us. Afterwards, pretty much everyone who we spoke to commented on how amazing the DJ was. We literally cannot recommend him enough, an absolute master of his craft and an extremely nice, pleasant and easy fellar to work with.
We booked Alistair for our wedding after seeing him action at a wedding we were photographing and thought he was great! We were not wrong! He arrived early, set up really fast after our wedding breakfast and compared our Piñata cake smash and helped set up ready for our dance lesson. The disco was just what we wanted and people were dancing until the very end. Thanks for helping to make our evening go off with a bang, we hope to see you around on the wedding circuit. Jodie and Tracey x
We booked Ali at quite short notice for our delayed Covid wedding celebrations and my god did we get bloody lucky!! Communication was fab, he nailed everything we asked for and was super flexible on the night. Ali’s set up is modern and sleek and we had so many compliments on how fabulous the music was all evening. We truly had the best party and I put that mostly down to Ali ☺️ I would book again in a heartbeat and actually might find a reason to throw another party just to experience the night all over again. Thanks so much Ali, you are amazing! X
Had Alistair for our wedding this weekend - he absolutely smashed the music choices! Read the crowd and had everyone dancing, everyone commented on how great it was. Lovely and helpful throughout, nothing was too much trouble. 10/10 recommend! Thank you for the perfect evening to our day
Ali DJ’d for our wedding at Stanway House on 4th June 2022. He was amazing start to finish - he was professional and helped us massively when we didn’t know where he would be best set up according to our hybrid indoor/outdoor venue (with the changeable English weather in mind..!).
He put our minds at ease completely, took the reins and did the right thing. He was in the perfect position outside and played music to suit the mood from 1pm in the afternoon to just before midnight.
He even fit in with our band and played good music either sides of their set ups to blend with the vibe.
One of our favourite memories was the outdoor light show which all the guests loved and enjoyed - totally magical and memorable.
10/10 would recommend.
Ali was amazing from start to finish! Not only did he do an amazing Dj set for our wedding but he also did a custom light show to go with our first dance to emphasise the change in music.
He is the most polite and lovely man too answering any questions we had.
I would book again and definitely recommend to others
Thanks Alistair!
Would absolutely recommend Dj Ali for any party or event - we had Ali play at our wedding and he was amazing from start to finish. He catered to all the age ranges and made sure the dance floor was never empty! He was great with communication in the run up to the event (which is good when weddings are so stressful) & sent us some lovely photos and videos after the wedding which was a great touch. Thanks Ali
Alistair recently DJ'd at our wedding at Pennard House and he was absolutely fantastic! We only gave him a very short list of must-play songs with a short brief ahead of the day but he got the whole evening spot on and had all our guests on the dancefloor all night! Alistair even very kindly took videos that evening which he sent to us after our wedding which was lovely to look back on for us and our guests! The set up was also super-sleek and modern, not at all tacky or cheesy. Would thoroughly recommend booking!
