Ones to Watch: Body Clinic
In our Ones To Watch series, we spotlight exciting new producers who are shaking up the game and progressing dance music culture while they do it.
Rory Gilmore, better known by his stage name Body Clinic, is a London-based artist from the North of Ireland. With a style that spans everything from tech-house and UKG to progressive, his sound is anything but ordinary. Today, he’ll share insight into his musical journey, his impressive production portfolio, and his big plans for the future.
The Beginning
At just 21 years old, Body Clinic has an impressive body of work by anyone’s standards. He was born and raised in Bangor, a small city just south of Belfast, and grew up in a musical family. “My parents ran an Irish Trad [Traditional Irish] festival in Belfast that eventually moved to Bangor,” he says. “I grew up with artists staying with us, so I was always around it. And then I started playing drums 10 years ago, and played in cover bands in pubs.”
One night, Rory’s sister threw a house party and a friend left their decks behind. “I used them over the weekend,” Rory says. “And I just loved it and knew that was what I wanted to do.”
Although he grew up listening to rock, punk, and jazz, he was instantly drawn to house music. He secured his first gig when he was just 14 at a pub in Bangor—when it was technically illegal for him to be there. Soon after, he tried his hand at production and started building towards the artist we know today.
From Bangor to Belfast to London
When Rory was a teen there wasn’t much going on in Bangor, so a few friends decided to launch a club night called Jungle Book Legion. That’s where Rory was booked to DJ repeatedly, and where his sound began to form. From there he got bookings at Belfast institutions Thompsons and Shine and then started throwing his own events. “I held them in The Bone Yard in Belfast and invited Jordan Nocturne and Twitch, and it was class,” he says. “It’s difficult to play unless you have your own event, so that gave me a chance to play.”
Belfast is a small city with very few clubs and many extremely talented artists—optmst, Plain Sailing, Bicep, Holly Lester, and Hammer, to name just a few. So Rory decided to relocate to London to find more opportunities to play and grow as an artist.
Body Clinic’s Production Journey
Rory launched the Body Clinic project in 2023, after creating and releasing a variety of genres under a different alias for several years. “I released everything from jazz to techno,” he says. “I was experimenting and trying to find out what I wanted to do.”
It all fell into place when he turned his hand to UK house. “It’s a spectrum, but my sound is progressive house moving towards old-school tech house,” he says. As soon as he landed on that sound he hit the ground running. In a very short amount of time, he released on HARDLINE, Piff, Goddezz, 39 Records, and Duality Trax.
In just one year, he dropped 19 tracks, 7 releases, and 4 vinyls. In 2024 he played major festivals across the UK, made his Boiler Room debut, and won support from names like LUXE (Boiler Room, Rinse FM), Papa Nugs (Rinse FM), Jamz Supernova (Selector Radio), Jaguar (BBCR1), Yaeji (NTS), Jennifer Cardini, and more.
The Body Clinic project has been off the ground for less than two years and Rory’s already shared the stage with Denis Sulta, Amelie Lens, and Yung Singh. His DJ sets have taken him all over the UK from the Isle of Man to Scotland, and his tracks regularly receive air-time on Rinse FM and BBC R1 and write-ups in DJ Mag, Clash, District Magazine, Hot Press, and FourFour Magazine.
And there’s no slowing down for Body Clinic. He just released an EP with fellow artist Wigs titled Body Wigs and released “159 Revolutions Per Minute” on Holly Lester’s Duality Trax, a label he’s proud to be part of. “I love the label and that was a goal of mine,” Rory says. “Holly does so much for the music industry in Northern Ireland, so it was a real privilege.”
Looking Forward
“I have two EPs signed and one in the works,” Rory says. “I’ve got an EP coming out on Papa Nugs’ label so I’m really excited for that, and one on ec2a as well.”
Rory says he’s always been productive, but since he streamlined his sound and launched the Body Clinic project he’s become unstoppable. And with just about every bucket list label checked off his list and a full summer of bookings lined up, there’s no doubt Body Clinic is all set to make even more waves in 2025.
