Chat Inbox Favourites Watching My comments

This news was posted in the chat forum of the The-Flashback-Project group

News

Back to topics list

Subject
DJ Flashbacks Biography
Name: DJ Flashback



DJ Flashback AKA The Flashback Project is Farrukh Wasiuddin, London’s very own award-winning Old Skool Hardcore and Breaks DJ and one half of The Breakz Alliance. He started DJing in 1990 whilst studying at Surrey University, played at all of the University events and had his own show on Radio Surrey from 1990-1991. Soon after he became a regular on Greenapple pirate radio. He organised and played at raves whilst still at Uni, in 1991, booking PA's such as The Scientist, HHFD and K-Klass. Also at this time he played at Kemistry on the South Coast, The Milk Bar and The Marquee in London. Since then he has played at various sell-out events in Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Spain and Poland as well as playing all over the UK at many events including private parties and illegal outdoor raves. He currently is in the 11th year of his residency with Raindance, and also holds residencies with Epidemik, Hardcore Revival, Resonance, Sunday Skool, Divine Promotions and Riverdance, as well as playing regularly for Moondance, Together As One, Warning, Breaking Science, Best of British, Life 4 Land and Seduction. He has played at many legendary rave venues including The Sanctuary, The Rocket, The Dielectric Club, Hastings Pier, Fantasy Island, Bagleys, The Ministry Of Sound, Camden Palace and Labyrinth.

Along with the scene’s leading artists he has played and continues to play regularly at sell-out parties all over the UK and around Europe and in 2006, was nominated 'Best DJ' at The Yolk Music Awards, 'Best Oldskool DJ' at the Hardcore Till I Die Peoples Choice Awards and was awarded 'Best New Era DJ' at the prestigious Old Skool Awards in London.



Flashback has been producing tracks for the last 10 years and to date his efforts have remained exclusively on dub-plate. Recent time spent in the studio though has resulted in him producing tracks signed by Slipmatt’s Ravebreakz label, Ministry Of Sound, Mert Wax, Firewall Records, Tornado Records and 2FX His remix work includes a recent re-working of DJ Vibes’ classic ‘Obsession’, also further collaborations with leading hardcore breaks producers are due to hit the street soon. His radio work includes shows on Radio Surrey, Greenapple, Impact, interFACE, Worldwide, Origin, Breakpirates, Freeze, Addiction, London Live & Direct, Eruption and UK Rumble.

For more information check out: www.djflashback.org

For bookings contact: booking@k2-promotions.com
Reply Quote
Posted Mon 11 Feb 2008
Looking good! xx
Reply Quote
Posted Tue 12 Feb 2008
absolute legend :) wicked read!!!!
Reply Quote
Posted Tue 12 Feb 2008
Good read there....
as Scar said, Flash is an absolute legend! :0)
Reply Quote
Posted Wed 13 Feb 2008

Back to topics list

Post a reply

To post a comment you must first log on - use the links below to log on or create a free account.

Log in

If you've already signed-up

Sign up FREE!

If you've not used the site before

You can't post until you are logged in!

Don't Stay In mix of the week

Chat

Your browser looks like it's not compatible with our live chat box. We recommend FireFox.