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Hip Hop /
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DJ Random |
Hip Hop and Breaks |
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Crew:
Steel Devils
Competitions:
- 1989 Technics/DMC world dj championships.Winner,welsh
heat,4th place area final
- 1990 Technics/DMC world dj championships.winner welsh
heat,2nd place area final,5th place uk dj finals.(Empire
ballroom)
- 1990 DMC European dj championships.4th place amsterdam
heat,5th place german heat
- 1991 technics/DMC dj championships.3rd place welsh heat
- 1995 uk Vestax dj championships.last 8
- 1996 Technics/DMC dj championships.4th place manchester
heat, 4th place uk finals
- 1996 Gemini dj competition.last 6
- 1997 Technics/DMC dj competition.last 8
- 1999 Technics/DMC dj competition.last 8
- 1999 DMC team competition.5th place.(Steel Devils)
- 2000 DMC team competition.3rd place.(Steel Devils)
- 2000 ITF team championships.4th place.(steel Devils)
- 2000 ITF scratching catagory battle.last 6
- 2002 Turntable techniques.denmark.last 8
Notes: DJ Random has over 17 years in the
game. As well as forming the Steel Devils in 1997, being an
original turntablist and accomplished DJ he is now part of the
permanent set up of the funk band Don Piranha.
Incorporating accepted
scratch techniques and inventing new scratch patterns that
have more in common with a musical instrument than conventional
turntablist patterns!
He also plays the part
of vocalist ,percussionist, drummer,etc etc.......all on turntables!
He has also represented
his country twice in battle...and at one time was the competition
back up for DJ Pogo in the European championships!!!!
As well as entering
many competitions, he is considered knowledgable enough to
judge some of the premier DJ competitions in the world....ITF,DMC
battle for world supremacy, DMC world team battle etc, etc,
he is also a masterclass lecturer at the prestigious Vestax
DJ academy (part of the academy of contemporary music) with
sparring partner and team mate
Jazz T
(Diversion Tactics), teaching scratching,
beat juggling and all aspects of the hip hop dj/turntablist.
Featuring on the Diversion
Tactics album (Pubs.Drunks and Hip Hop
and Roll Call) Random is no stranger to recording, with collaborations
with Diversion tactics, Procryptix, Ruff Physics, Chubby Alchoholic,
Scratch Perverts and more expected this year.
Style:
Dj Random is a dj/turntablist/musician with over 17 years
experience incorporating his own original style that doesnt
include watching videos! clubs, exhibition sets, showcases,
straight dj sets,session work. He is truly an all rounder
having supported the likes of DJ Noize and
Supernatural,J-Zone,DJ Pogo,mass influence,DJ
Vinroc,Lootpack,P-Trix and many others too numerous to mention!
As the founder of the Steel Devils he has fought against the
grain to establish the Steel Devils own sound which incorporates
the original elements of Hip Hop DJing,sound systems and most
importantly....partying! with the help of the other crew members
(Jazz T,Dixie,Juice and Chud) he has accomplished this.The
next step? world domination...........
Influences
Cash money, Jazzy
Jeff, Grand Wizard Theodore, Dj Cheese, Grandmaster Flash,
Jazzy Jay, Dj Pogo, Cutmaster Swift, DJ Biznizz, Jazz T, John
Coltrane and a bucketful more!
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