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KRAFTY KUTS BIO:
Multi award winning DJ Krafty Kuts, has started 2011 with an audible bang. Collecting THREE Breakspoll awards (including Outstanding Contribution) has only further cemented his already legendary status in the global DJ scene. Now with his schedule firmly packed out until next year, things are only going to get crazier for one of dance music’s most in-demand and highly revered artists.
Effortlessly maintaining hierarchy status in every genre across the breaks, electro, dubstep, drum & bass and hip hop spectrums, Krafty’s sets represent mash-up in its truest form. His ability to rock even the most diverse crowd will see him hit every major global festival throughout 2011, and with tours already mapped out in Asia, Canada and North America it’s clear to see this is set to be one of his biggest years yet. For anyone a little closer to home, keep your eyes peeled for upcoming ‘A Night With Krafty Kuts’ events and a university tour plus his second iPhone app which is currently under construction.
His recently launched label, Instant Vibes, will be the link between the studio and his fan’s sticky palms, with first offering ‘Shake Them Hips’ already out to riotous applause. Upcoming track, ‘Let’s Ride’ featuring Sporty-O, is currently gathering gold standard feedback, and with his third studio album underway Instant Vibes is fast proving itself as the label to watch in coming months.
Those who know this highly skilled DJ will agree that his incredibly warm nature and passion for the scene alone sets him apart time after time. This coupled with an unfaltering ability to deliver the finest, most eclectic and endlessly inspiring beats to his fans will ensure Krafty continues to sweep the board and inspire a global scene for 2011 and beyond.
He has a brand new artist album set to drop before the end of the year. And Vancouver, you’ve never seen him this kind of LIVE SHOW featuring Dynamite MC and Deekline.
BOOM!
DYNAMITE MC BIO:
Dynamite MC, aka Dominic Smith, grew up around the world… Germany, Ireland, Brazil, Gloucester, Bristol and now London. One of the biggest names in the global MC world, he originally gained prominence in the jungle and drum and bass arenas, but has since also released highly enviable hip hop, breaks, garage and reggae material. Over the years, Dynamite has gone on to collaborate with a range of world class artists including Krafty Kuts, The Nextmen (Round of Applause, Blood & Fire), DJ Skitz, Sinden, Switch, Andy C, DJ Zinc, Missile, DJ Friction, and the Scratch Perverts.
He started his MCing career on pirate radio station Krush FM, broadcasting in Gloucester, South West England during the early 1990s. After meeting the now legendary Roni Size in 1994 and MCing for the Full Cycle crew, the Bristol collective formed the live band Reprazent where Dynamite shared vocal duties with singer, Onallee. Their debut album New Forms won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997, and Dynamite's role was enhanced for Reprazent's second album, the hip-hop influenced In The Mode (2000).
He released a solo album, The World of Dynamite, and the mixtape CD Big Man Talk was released on the Strong Records label (featuring samples from Enya and Kanye West).
Further proving his versatility as an artist, the track Bounce (produced by Switch, now one half of Major Lazor) is not only featured on the soundtrack of Madden NFL '07, but also in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon, along with After Party. Warning also makes an appearance on the Xbox console’s Crackdown 2.
After this run of production success, Dynamite took time out to host two national radio shows in the UK, interviewing artists such as P Diddy, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Redman, Shaggy, Pussy Cat Dolls, Ja Rule, Estelle, Chipmunk and many more.
Currently, you will find Dynamite working hard in the studio on the upcoming Big Man Talk 3 alongside constant worldwide tours with alongside the cream of the drum & bass, dubstep and breaks DJs. His new solo album, Radioactive, is also currently in production and will feature collaborations with the likes of Blame, Zinc, Monsta, Jack Beats, Shy FX, Skream, Redlight and more.
And keep your eyes peeled for the recently completed new Reprazent album, along with his appearance on the new album of one the world’s biggest DJs, and Dynamite’s long time collaborator, Krafty Kuts.
His last release Big Man Talk 2 is available for free download from www.dynamitemc.com
Currently working on a new album "Radio-Active" expect production from Zinc, Jack Beats, Shy FX, Skream, Red Light & more!
DEEKLINE BIO:
Deekline is that rare figure in dance music, the seminal producer who has successfully maintained underground cache while making regular raids into the mainstream. This is the artist who brought you I Don't Smoke, the hyper-dope UK garage-breaks hybrid that broke the British top 20 back in 1999 and last year blew up all over again thanks to a 10-year anniversary re-release with a variety of new reworkings from top producers such as Krafty Kuts, Utah Saints, Tim Healey and Crissy Criss (as well as Deekline himself). Yet he also works tirelessly to push street level bass music artists like London's Ivory and Shystie via the six record labels which he currently oversees: Sludge, Hot Cakes, Jungle Cakes, Booty Breaks, Rat Records and Giant Pussy Records.
Having worked with or remixed the cream of the cream when it comes to electronic dance music, including the likes of DJ Assault, Fast Eddie, Kid Sister and Freq Nasty, this is a producer with his finger right on the button, and in a wide variety of musical pies. For many he's best known for throwing down bassbin-rattling peaktime joints, such as his dancehall vibed ghetto house anthem Bring It Back, alongside Healey, his partner in the Giant Pussy Records imprint. Yet he's also capable of moments of sublime, understated elegance in the shape of Angels, the soulful and cerebral cut from his critically acclaimed 2009 album with engineering maestro Wizard, Back Up, Coming Through.
Just as content jetting off to distant corners of the globe to bring his booty-shaking, genre-straddling style to fresh audiences as he is shutting himself away in his London studio to lock down the latest heavy jam, Deekline will be spinning his unique and iconic brand of bass music in the hottest of clubs across Australia, Canada, Europe and America in 2010 as part of the biggest world tour of his career.
He sold out Shine in October 2010 and Red Room with over 650 people in March 2010 on his own so you know this will be something crazy. |
Vancouver
Friday, May 20, 2011 (9:30 PM - 3:00 AM) | 
Gossip Nightclub 750 Pacific Blvd Vancouver BC (Downtown)
