Although I never generally know what tunes I’m going to take on any given set, there’s a few tracks that I’ll pack for almost any occasion. Jayou makes a lot of these kind of tunes. They’re heavy enough for the wobble massive but not too much for the Futurestep snobs, his Township Funk and Eastern Jam remixes breathed new life into a couple of big but rather over played tracks and even those who think they don’t like Dubstep can generally get down to his bootlegs of Lily Allen and Semisonic. All in all he’s a perfect party DJ for those inclined towards the bass side of life and has amongst his fans, the mighty Diplo, who collaborated with him on a remix for Partysquad and included his ‘Crack Hands’ track on the Major Lazer Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1.
Download: Young Fathers – Automatic (Jayou Remix) via RCRD LBL
Friday June 11th: Jayou – Township Funk Remix (VIP) by cardiffartsinstitute
Also on the night we have one of my favourite Dubstep producers, Magenta. I’ve been a fan of his music since the Drum N Bass days but he really seems to have come into his own with Dubstep. Sometimes his tracks are so big you can’t even imagine some of them working in a club but then when you see both him and the crowd bouncing about and really loving the sound it certainly changes your mind. Check out his Podcast for Neuropol, all his own productions.
Friday June 11th: Magenta – Transformed Nightmares by cardiffartsinstitute
Oisin has been taking over the occasional hour or so of my Sunday sets for a while now and he is undoubtedly a top class DJ. His mixing skills, enthusiasm and love of the music is unquestionable and even though ‘Jackin House’ sounds like it could be rather a dodgy genre it’s actually just the more soulful and funky end of the House spectrum with some great jazzy riffs alongside total get on the floor beats.
Although Paul B was one of the first people to defend my behaviour when I started getting involved with events outside of the Hip-hop scene, I have always seen him as a straight up die hard Hip-hop fan. I guess he still is but things have changed in that arena and although I’ve been pushing the new sounds such as Glitch hop and Aqua Crunk through Chrome Kids for a while now it’s pretty heart warming to know that DJs such as Paul are on the same page and are still pushing things forwards. In fact tonight he’s planning to rinse out some of his Future Garage sounds, I very much look forwards to what he’s going to pull out of the bag for this one.
All on Friday June 11th at Cardiff Arts Institute
10pm – 4am
£2 Before 11pm (Free with Regulars Card) // £4 After (£3 with Regulars Card)
