D-Joust 2008: Who's taking part?

This article is about D-Joust DJ Competition - Semi Final 1 @ PLAN B in London (UK), Sat 04 Oct 2008

Over 400 DJs from up and down the UK and across Europe entered the 2008 D-Joust competition – with only 40 spaces in the regional quarter finals up for grabs the judges had their work cut out deciding who should go through to the live events in London, Birmingham and Antwerp. Those chosen few did not disappoint and following on from the 6 awesome regional quarter final contests we now head into the final stages of the comp and the mother of all battles approaches…

Here is a bit about each DJ and the Guest players at the event this Saturday 4th October.

Chris Lloyd:

From : London
Time DJing: 14 Years
Part of: ROCK DA WORLD
Genre: Electro / Indie Rocking Mash UP
D-Joust History: London Round 1 Entrant
Website: rockdaworld.co.uk

Veteran DJ Chris Lloyd has been smashing up clubs all over the world for almost 15 years now. He featured in the very first D-Joust in '96 but unfortunately had to pull out due to other DJing commitments. He's back this year for more and after some truly impressive 3 deck trickery in his London heat he's one to watch. The judges decision was surrounded by controversy but he's back to show what he's made of and we're all looking forward to seeing some more.

Tom EQ:

Time DJing: 10 years
Part of: Fuzion Radio.com (www.fuzionradio.com)
Genre: House / Techno and whatever is in between
D-Joust History: Midlands Rnd 1 Winner 2008 | 2007 Runner Up
Website: myspace.com

Grimbsy boy Tom Wilson is well known to the D-Joust. After missing out on top spot in 2007 by a couple of points he's a hot contender for this year's title. His tunes are always phat and always fun, throw in some scratching, a wry sense of humor and maybe a bit of friendly showboating for good measure and your in for a great time.

Levels:

From: Antwerp
Time DJing: 7 years
Genre: Fidget, Bmore, Miami Bass, Chicago
D-Joust History: Antwerp Champion / Semi Finalist
Website: myspace.com

Kristof Van Reeth AKA Levels is our representative from Belgium in this round. A jackin' house master and one of two laptop DJs left in the competition, Levels took on 10 of Europe's best to earn his place in the London finals.

EnigmatiK:

Time DJing: 3 Years
Part of: NoiZe resident
Genre: Electro / Tech House
D-Joust History: Midlands Round 2 Entrant

Sarah Morris - Known as DJ Enigmatik Sarah joins us from The Midlands competition where the public favored her set as the best runner up in round 2. Don't be complacent though, public voted or not this is one talented DJ with a lot to offer.

Andy Roze:

From: Lithuania
Time DJing: 8 years
Part of: Flaxen Beats (Lithuania)
Genre: House (Funky , Jackin,)
D-Joust History: London Round 3 Entrant | 2007 Finalist
Website:http:// www.flaxenbeats.com

Andy Roze - Originally from Lithuania Andy Roze is again no stranger to The D-Joust. Finalist in 2007 and runnner up in his London heat, Andy plays fun, upbeat funky and jackin' house and always has the dance floor bouncing. Is this Andy's year?

Adam Horton:

From: Birmingham
Time DJing: 5 Years
Part of: Filth
Genre: Breaks
D-Joust History: Midlands Round 2 Entrant
Website: myspace.com

Adam Horton - Adam is the D-Joust's first ever wildcard entry. After having to say goodbye to great talent in previous years we decided to let one extra DJ go through to the semi finals and give them another chance. Adam was only half a point behind the winner in one of the Midlands heats and his score and overall performance warranted another showing. Watch this space…

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Hosted by our good friends from Antwerp, guest DJs will be the awesome DJ duo Twizters, guest RafDBXL and from closer to home DJ Gringle....

Twizters:

Robbedob and BackBin have been Mixing and scratching their sets together on 3 decks with 2 mixers since their birth in September 2006. They have hosted many a party with their energetic mix of breaks and electro topped of with acapellas, loops and scratches.Bringing their wide musical backgrounds, different mixing styles and unique record bags together, the spark made by plugging their decks together brought TwiZters to life right away.
They have played venues around Antwerp such as Café Capital, Kavka, Woosha, Magic Places (summer residents), Ockxfest, Stu Bru as well as They also played @ The White House London and La Cantina Barcelona.
For more info head here: myspace.com

RafdBXL (Bombomatic, Tresor, BE)

Raf Van Brusselen aka RafdBXL was sixteen he noticed you could create a lot off dirty sounds with electrtonic tools and he got interested in electronic music. He started to collect and got himself two Turntables and a mixer and from there he earned his residency at Meltpac, played for organisations like Technoir, Total techno, BOA... and has had the chance to play alongside some of the greats. Raf is one of the Belgian lucky ones who has had the chance to play twice in TRESOR (Berlin). At the moment he runs own party concept with his friends Michael van den Brande and Mr. Paul Chambers. BOMB O MATIC BOMB O MATIC.

DJ Gringle:

Part of the Drunk Monkeys DJ Gringle started out with Trance and soon enough moved onto Drum and Bass and has ended up focusng on being able to mix and scratch with hip hop and breaks. He'll no doubt be keeping the crowds rocking until the winner is finally announced!

Europe’s finest breakthrough DJ talent touches down @ Plan B, Brixton for the D-Joust FINALS on Saturday October 4th!
Upstairs House Rules will be rocking the joint with their 4th birthday party with House legend Sandy Rivera playing an awesome 3 hour set!

Tickets Available here:
viewlondon.co.uk

You can hear all the DJ sets @ djoust.com

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Comments

Zoelee

See you all there!

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Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008

i-love-charlie

hahaha, i wasnt gonna go after the "controversy" of the london heat, but as it happens im going to House Rules, will pop down for a bit, wont stay long tho, all the clanging will give me a headache!

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Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008
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VictoR-fL

not you again....

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Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008

wendybird

What time's it starting? my mate's running a club night in Dex on Sat which starts at 10pm.

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Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008

lammie-pie

I'll be at HOUSE RULES as well, should be a good night all round

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Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008

Zoelee

Tickets here:

viewlondon.co.uk

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Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008
Edited Thu 02 Oct 2008

Haran-De-Lucas

D-Joust downstairs and House Rules 4th birthday with Sandy Rivera in the main room upstairs - set to be a big night.

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Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008

Danny-D-Joust

Should be a fantastic night, D-Joust has some great talent on show from London, The Midlands and Europe, really looking forward to it.

Wendy, we start at 9:30 downstairs with some breaks from DJ Gringle, competition kicks off at 11:30.

Charlie, feel free to stay upstairs ;-)

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Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008
Edited Thu 02 Oct 2008

wendybird

Thanx Danny

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Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008

VictoR-fL

Danny, might pop in...will let you know!

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Posted Thu 02 Oct 2008

Danny-D-Joust

That'd be great, always a pleasure, drop me a mail if you are

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Posted Fri 03 Oct 2008

VictoR-fL

cool, will do!