Archive for the ‘DJs’ Category

3DJ

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

DJ Name: 3DJ

AKA: Spam, Sambo, CookBook

Catchphrase:
“Some people just want the moon on a stick!”

Funkdub Styles:
Funk, Dub, West-Coast Hip-Hop, Rock and Roll, Monkey Music and the sounds of now…

G-Kush

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

DJ Name: G-Kush

AKA: Gentleman-Kush, Chris, Snot Box

Catchphrase:
“Fuck”

Funkdub Styles:
hip hop, breakbeat, electro, drum n bass, dubniscious funk et al

Influences:
Coldcut, Mr Scruff, John Peel, Rob Da Bank, Michael Ruetten, people unconstrained by genres…

Heroes:
Orbital, Chris Morris, Spiderman, George Costanza

Villains:
The entire lazy ass r n b / hip hop fraternity who are steadily swamping the mainstream with a plethora of frighteningly dull music and a selfish ethos.

John Mcririck - A walking indictment of the right to free speech.

5 Artists to Watch /or/ Tips for 2005:
Well I tipped Mylo to go massive this year… as far as other tips go, PG!

Contact: Gentleman Kush

Starsky

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

DJ Name: Starsky

AKA: Joe Hutchinson

Catchphrase:
“You want the music, everybody scream LOUDER!”

Funkdub Styles:
Bit of this bit of that, whats a style nowadays anyway?

Influences:
Andy Smith (Portishead); Production wise: DJ Shadow/UNKLE, Mum,
Portishead and “Speak’n'Spell”

Heroes:
The Powerpuff Girls

Villains:
Mojo Jojo

5 Artists to Watch /or/ Tips for 2005:
Telepopmusik, Mum, The Arcade, Fire, Portishead & Audio Bullys.

Contact:
Lil-Bro-Joe / Starsky

Easy

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

DJ Name: Easy

AKA: Ian Davies

Catchphrase:
Haven’t got one but I do say “Do you know what I mean?” rather too much which frequently annoys me.

Funkdub Styles:
“dirtybreakshousehop”

Influences:
Bugged Out & everyone involved with the best club night to have ever existed, A host of 80’s/90’s Manchester bands, My mate Mark who kindly entrusted me with his entire record collection when he moved to China & all the heroes listed below.

Heroes:
Beck, Jon Carter, Groove Armada, Layo & Bushwacka!, Matt Johnson, Kurt Cobain, Christopher Walken & De Niro, Hanif Kureishi, New Order… not forgetting Ian Curtis, Julian Cope, I could go on…

Villains:
Im not a big hater but….Every NU metal band that wants to be Greenday but never will be, BMG, The Tax Man, Scally’s who tuck their pants into their socks.

5 Artists to Watch /or/ Tips for 2005:
South (they may not make it but deserve to for their true genius), Mr Cisco, Circlesound, The Black Keys & Kaiser Chiefs but i guess they’ve already made it.

Contact: Easy