Degenerates was originally formed in 2001 by DJ Jo Devious to promote the backbone of the London scene, ie. the often not heard of, but definitely danced to, underground House DJ's!
Jo Devious has always loved to help organise good parties! The original crew will remember partying hard with Bigshots Promotions... which goes way back to 1990 with the "Napsbury" parties, hosted by Darren ST (then known as DJ Ability) with support from Jo, Jutt and Peter Dee plus guest DJ's (and friends back in the day) "The Corporation" (aka Vinyl Junkie and DJ C) and "Steve Kotey".
There were also the "Funkt Up" boat parties, "Onwards" at the Dome bar (now Beduin bar), and "Calling" at Club 13, all instigated by Bigshots promotions, as well as Jo's (birthday) collaborations with Mark1 & Richie G with "Sizla" at the Lazy Toad.
When Bigshots took up a residency with Smartie Party at Turnmills, Jo took to the helm and started her own promotion, Degenerates with parties at the "Million-Hare", and the infamously messy "Wine Cellar" do's ;o)
Jo then took some time out from being DEGENERATES and spent a few years being the first UK rep for shejay.net, working with Boston born Kellilicious in raising the profile of Shejay and its members through interviews and reviews, and also by co-promoting some all female lineup parties with "Fordshouse promotions", most notably, "Shejay meets BIG" with Candice McKenzie headlining and also, "BIG Girls!" which featured some of Londons most prominent female DJ's, including, LadyT, Jolie, AnnaB, Dominique Danielle, Landlady, Jo Devious and VibrantC.
Already working under the watchful eye of a well established promoter, DJ Gerrad of "FUN Muzik" (formerly Mums the Word) gave Jo the opportunity to co-promote "BEATDOWN" at the Brixton Telegraph, where she learned more about successfully promoting larger scale venues.
Jo Devious is now DJ'ing with the almighty Centreforce radio (centreforceradio.com), who are already supporting her re-launch of Degenerates with advertising and air time dedicated to the "SMITTEN" parties, which have been running at The FHT and are moving to the "Whipping House" for fun and frolics every 3rd Saturday of the month, commencing Saturday 18th October!
DEGENERATES ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR AN EAST LONDON AFTERPARTY VENUE - SO PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU CAN RECOMMEND ANYTHING?
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