Synonymous with energy
and life force, Normski has had a prolific career in the field
of Music, Television, Photography, Action sports, Fashion and
style.
An established radio
broadcaster, his credits include the legendary "DANCE ENERGY
RADIO SHOW on BBC Radio 1, "RAP ACADEMY" on KISS FM,
"PURE DM" online and "VIBE" on BBC Radio
5. "VIBE" won the Sony award for racial equalities
and harmony in programming. Normski is still rocking the airwaves
on Invicibles 'STiCKY BlaCK PLaSTIC' show every Thursday and
MoS Radio's 'HOUSeXY' show with co-host Nick Bridges.
His TV career kicked
off in 1991 when he became Britain's foremost youth presenter
on 'DANCE ENERGY' for DEF II on BBC 2. The show ran for
five series and has recently been re-screened on the BBC's digital
channel BBC CHOICE. Also in the DEF ll slot Normski presented
a 50-minute documentary on the history of Rap music for.RAPIDO
TV and a 40-minute special 'DANGEROUS' featuring MICHAEL JACKSON.
In 1995 Normski moved
to Channel 4 to launch "BOARD STUPID" the first ever
Snowboard show on British TV which he not only presented, but
also directed filmed inserts with stars like GOLDIE in Austria.
Normski's TV credits also include many appearances on shows presenting
features on Break dancing, Photography, Fashion, Style and Youth
Culture
Normski has hosted a number of major
international live events introducing some of the biggest names
in show business and sport to crowds in excess of 80,000, including
the Lovebox weekender with Groove Armada and Mylo headlining
the mainstage, Jazz cafePicnic in Kenwood Hampstead, Jazz stage
at the Phoenix festival 95/96/9, ENERGY 96 festival of dance
music in Zurich Switzerland, The SONY stage at the BBC Big Bash
and The Pepsi Max Mania Extreme sports event in Manchester.
After presenting the
2000 Notting Hill Carnival gala at the Millennium Dome, Normski
was invited to do a mini series of Live webcasts of Music and
interviews for the Jazz Cafe in London and a DJ set for Muhammad
Ali and Lennox Lewis as well as a stint as Project Consultant
with leading media design group The Deepend on the www. Technics1210.com
site which celebrates 30 years of DJ culture, and recorded the
soundtrack for the launch of the new Smart car in the UK
Generally considered
to be the top UK commentator on all things urban, Normski is
keeping the focus firmly on the future, internacting with and
championing Urban activity worldwide.
He recently co produced
5 short films based on stories of his experiences using his photography
for Channel 4. His regular DJ sets plus his weekly radio
show now in it’s 5th year keep him mainly in the UK these
days but Normski keeps the focus firmly on the pulse of the future,
communicating all Urban, Dance and style Activity Worldwide.
With talent and determination Emma Feline has achieved
international status and recognition as a leading urban DJ. She
began mixing UK Garage in 1997 and has been playing Hip Hop and
R&B since 2000. Her precise mixing, formidable selection
and versatile style works any crowd into a frenzy, and her record
box has been a passport to jet set around the world. From India
to America, Estonia to Barbados, Dubai to Ibiza, the list goes
on.
Her career literally began overnight
when DJ Funky Smith asked if she wanted to stand in for him at
Bar Code in London. Even though Emma had only been shown the
ropes a week before, she went for it and was immediately offered
a weekly residency. She quickly joined forces with Lynda
Phoenix, another female DJ who shared her passion for music.
The duo made their radio debut a few weeks later after blagging
the Sunday 6am- 8am slot on pirate radio London Underground.
Within a year they were promoted to Sunday afternoon and
set up London's Most Wanted, an all girl DJ collective that became
of great interest to the media. Guest appearances with Steve
Jackson, The Dreem Teem, and Woman's hour on Radio 4, newspaper
and magazine features in The Guardian, Time Out, Evening Standard,
DJ Magazine and Touch along with T.V interviews and documentaries
on Channel 4 and MTV gave the exposure needed to secure bookings
at many high profile UK events including a residency with Twice
As Nice at The End.
During 1999 Upfront FM was the pirate
du jour, and Emma was one of their flagship DJ's.n 2002 she joined
London's No 1 for Hip Hop and R&B Choice FM (owned by Capital)
to host the Wednesday night 'Raw Selection', and in January 2004
her musical knowledge and presenting skills were rewarded with
promotion to a Sunday daytime show.
When London Most Wanted split Emma began
touring the USA three times a year, building up a faithful following
in New York, Baltimore, North Carolina, Washington DC, Brooklyn,
Atlanta, Miami, Gainesville, Seattle, LA and Dallas, where she
is hailed as a major pioneer of UK Garage and 2 Step. During
these trips she would hunt down the latest Hip Hop and R&B
records before their UK release.
Not just a talented DJ, Emma Feline turned
her skills to the studio, producing and remixing tracks under
the alias of London's Most Wanted, Fierce and Funky and Tombraider
and setting up her own label 'Stereotherapy' - The gold selling
compilation 'Twice as Nice, Urban Flava's was one of the largest
selling urban compilation's ever - being expertly mixed mixed
by Emma and Steve Sutherland, and featuring her own productions
'Indian Summer'. With her fingure on the pulse of a vibrant
UK Emma was also approached by Tense Magazine in 2003 to write
her own column. The aptly named 'Decks in the City' is bursting
with candid stories, collected on her DJ travels, and she took
the concept with her when she was asked to join Touch Magazine
in 2005.
Discography (1999) Fierce & Funky
- 'Everybody' (Stereotherapy), (1999) Fierce & Funky
- 'Pump Up' (Stereotherapy), (2000) Fierce Funky Remix
- 'Come Together' (Dance Off Records), (2000) London's
Most Wanted Remix - Ft. Valerie M 'Positive In Motion' (Nice
'n' Ripe), (2000) London's Most Wanted Remix - Mykila
'Who's Stalking Me?' (Dance Off Records), (2001)
Tombraider - '911' (All Good Records), (2001) Tombraider
- 'Get Crunked Up' (All Good Records), (2001) Feline v
Davie G Remix - Nu Future 'I Can't Wait' (Radar), (2002) Feline
v Paleface - 'Indian Summer' (Stereotherapy), (2002) Twice As
Nice Urban Flava's Compilation (Warner Music)
DJ Philly is
London’s hottest female DJ, with residencies at ChinaWhite,
Fabric, The End, Heaven, Queer Nation, Raffles, plus regular
appearances at Pacha, Ministry of Sound, and Café de Paris
plus regular international gigs around the world. This year alone
Philly has played at private parties for the Sweeney Todd Premiere,
P Diddy, Hugo Boss, and Gucci. She is truly a master-musician
in her approach and regularly plays R’n’B, Hip-Hop,
Old Skool, 80s Soul, fused with the finest Electro, Funky, and
Deep House. This sophisticated combination has secured her regular
international gigs in Russia, Australia, Thailand, Greece, France,
Spain, and the Ukraine.
DJ
Philly is a regular feature at celebrity events at home and abroad
such as Kelis’ ‘Tasty’ Album release party, Smoove’s
3rd Birthday Party at Ministry Of Sound, the launch of ‘Supermodels’
for Chilli TV in Cannes, Attitude magazine’s 10th Birthday
Party, and recently the opening of Moscow's exclusive ‘Z
Lounge’, and a launch party for Oakley Sunglasses. She also
appears at major festivals and Pride events, playing to over
2,000 people at the Purple In The Park Festival in 2002, at Wild
Fruit’s events at the Brighton Dome 2002/3, and most recently
at Faceparty’s exclusive ‘Carnivale de l’Etrange’
at the Atlantis Gallery.
Philly
regularly plays for celebrity crowds, including Paris Hilton,
Johnny Depp, the Black Eyed Peas, Alexander McQueen, Ludacris,
Julian Macdonald, Jermaine Dupri, Timbaland, Orlando Bloom, and
George Michael to name but a few. She also regularly plays alongside
some of the industry’s biggest talents, including: Kelis,
The Scissor Sisters, Danny Rampling, DJ Disciple, Barbara Tucker,
Kurtis Mantronix, Norman Jay (MBE), Jazzy Jeff, Lisa Lashes,
Sonique, Shortee Blitz, Semtex, Masterstepz, Boy George, Lisa
Pin Up, Krafty Kutz, Deep Dish, The Freestylers, and Angie Brown.
Alongside this, Philly has an impressive and varied client list
including Hugo Boss, Gucci, Levi Strauss, W Hotels, Oakley, Volvo,
Quintessentially, Faceparty, Diageo, Attitude Magazine, and Martini.
Alongside her
DJ and promotion career, Philly has also worked and written for
Rolling Stone magazine in New York, as well as taking her talents
on air as both a producer and presenter. She pioneered Purple
radio’s first, and immensely successful ‘URBAN DNA’
show, from there she moved on to present the ‘Funk Sessions’
on Unknown 97.1FM, and then on to co-hosting the ‘Firmed
Up’ show with Kinky D every Saturday on Urban Fresh 96.1FM.
Philly is now moving onward and upwards to more radio, voice-over,
and TV work in a variety of genres.
The
Mirror "DJ Philly soon got Paris Hilton grinding
on the dancefloor!"
Pulse
Magazine "A serious presence on the decks - her sheer
talent and finess are guaranteed to fill every dance floor she
comes near"
Kinky D has been
a professional in the music industry since 1994; as a DJ, promoter,
and presenter she has worked with some of the best in the business.
Kinky is a DJ with a daring and fluid style of mixing, with her
music ranging from RnB, Soul, Hip-Hop and Dancehall, to House,
UK/US Garage, and Old Skool club classics.
Kinky
has continued to headlne at some of London's premier clubs venues
and special events including:
Werner's Club - Kuala Lumpur 2010 Paramount - London 2009 Middle
East International Film Festival-Cannes/ Abu Dhabi 2008/2009
Kinkys' Night - Century (resident) 5 hour set, spanning over
3 decades of music, Claridges - London Blacks - London No 5 Cavendish
Square - London Bedford & Strand - London Kinkys'' Night
- Embassy Bar (resident) , Discotec - The End (resident) DTPM
- Fabric(resident) China White Flava - Soundshaft, Lifthouse,
Plan B, Teatro Smoove - Ministry of Sound Century Club- Cannes
Film Festival 2007/8(Cannes) MTV Block Party - Gravity (Lithuania)
Z Lounge - (Moscow) W Hotel -(Seoul) La Boom - (Mexico) Jet Set-
(St Petersburg) London Party- Arena (Kiev) Kikkon -Peppermint
Lounge (Australia) Ghetto Fabulous -Q Bar (Bangkok) Your Mother
- Blue (San Francisco)
She featured
as Javier De Frutos ' My Favourite Londoner' in London's Time
Out: "..she has this encyclopaedic knowledge of music…
it becomes almost anthropological…she can immediately smell
what the is crowd wanting." Time Out April 2008 At the Middle
East International Film Festival (Abu Dhabi) held by Mohamed
Khalaf Al Mazrourei & Nashwa Al Ruwaini at Century Beach
in Cannes: "Kinky D who no doubt has the best Afro on the
Croisette played consistently rocking music…Some punters
were so exuberant it was like watching a four hour aerobic work
out with smiles." The Hollywood Reporter May 2008
Amongst
her greatest accomplishments is her work with BBC Radio 1Xtra,
where she amassed over 800 hours with her own show "Xcess
With Kinky D". At 1Xtra Kinky worked alongside the cream
of the urban scene including Ras Kwame, Robbo Ranx, and Ronnie
Herel. ˜Xcess With Kinky D" ran Tuesday to Friday,
2-6am with great success both at home and abroad. It was with
this show that Kinky did a live simultaneous broadcast on Christmas
morning 2002 with Radio 1, her energetic and gregarious manner
well suited to the slot. From there she propelled herself onto
the FM dial hosting and producing her own shows on London's Urban
Fresh, Rhythm FM and House music station Unknown FM. With London
as her base, Kinky D has ventured far and wide with her record
box, energy, and skills playing gigs in many countries including
Mexico, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Australia, Russia, Seoul,
Spain, and Greece. Over the last 9 years, Kinky D has also promoted
at a variety of London venues, and is currently promoting at
Discotec @ The End, Slave To Rhythm @ Essence, and a collection
of under 18's events under the Firmed Up name. Her recent appearances
and Firmed Up promotions at Ministry of Sound's Smoove (including
Kelis's ˜Tasty' album launch party, and Keisha White's single
launch party)
Alongside
her guest appearances with the likes of Scissor Sisters,50 Cent,
Todd Terry, MOBO Award winners Steve Sutherland and Manny Norte,
Plump DJs, Krafty Kutz, and EZ (amongst others), Kinky regularly
plays at a variety high profile and prestigious corporate events
- she has played at the Cannes Film Festival for the last 3 years,where
she played for 11 consecutive nights and has been invited back
to play this year! The MTV Block Party,W Hotels and Faceparty's
exclusive 'Carnival de L'estrange' at the Atlantis Gallery. She
has worked for clients such as Selfridges, The Department of
Trade and Industry, and various charity benefits including A.I.D.S.
and Breast Cancer awareness. Kinky D kept the glitterati more
than happy mixing Luther, Lionel, and the Neptune's with flair"
(Attitude Magazine, 06/04) Kinky D has also featured at many
of London's bigger summer festivals including Mardi Gras, Purple
in the Park, London's 2004 Pride, where she not only appeared
as a DJ but also programmed a 2,000 capacity dance tent under
the Firmed Up name. Kinky D has continued to work with Faceparty
over the years including coordinating and performing a dance
tent at a 30,000 capacity festival under the Firmed Up brand,
with PA's from Lady Sovereign and Sonique. Her appearance in
Brighton alongside MC Chickaboo gained her high praise in DJ
Magazine, "The gorgeous DJ Kinky D with her raw mix of R&B
and UK Garage monsters"
Never
content with the status quo, Kinky D has consistently explored
new territory and diversity, including narrating a documentary,
Gayz
In The Hood tackling the prevalent issue of homophobia in
Hip-Hop for BBC Radio 1 Steve Lamaq show . This piece also won
a Gold World Medal at the New York International Radio Festival.
Kinky has also been working on producing her own material, some
of which has been featured on worldwide television, proving Kinky
D's skills are varied as well as impressive. Welcome to the world
of Kinky D.
DIVA
Magazine "Enter the realm of Kinky D and you walk
into another world!"
You''ll also
find Madam Zu an welcome addition to our urban section having
widened her style selection in recent years from her well-known
hard trance/danc/house rockers to include awesome Breakbeat and
Drum 'n' Bass sets which have a whole new set of dance fans going
nuts to her performances and rightly so - check the mixes to
hear why
Head of NILE
RECORDS, Madam Zu (Julia), is looking forward to another great
year of amazing DJ gigs, production and vinyl releases to consolidate
her profile as purveyor of one of the most exciting DJ sounds
around
Must have
releases on MOHAWK, NILE & AZTEC (who can forget scorchers
"The Red Pill" and "Spinback") that remix
of ANDY FARLEYS "The Warning" and a string of other
consistantly played hard house faves have pushed Julia to the
forefront of popularity, resulting in extensive club tours of
the US and Canada, as well as aking her from top UK nights such
as PENDRAGON, RIPSNORTER & CHEEKY LITTLE MONKEY to the bizarre
experiences of Japanese clubland in TOKYO and OSAKA
