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Influences
James Brown, Tower of Power, Parliament, De La Soul, Stevie Wonder, Jurassic 5, Public Enemy, Ozomatli, Norman Cook, Wise Guys, Cut Chemist, Cash Money, Ugly Duckling
"STRAWBERRY JAM FOR EVER" is currently tearing up Clubs/Festivals and
Radio Stations all over the world, with Massive support and plays
from ANNIE MAC, PETE TONG, DJ CRAZE, Z-TRIP, DJ YODA, BASS NECTAR ,
FORT KNOX 5, KRAFTY KUTS, CUBAN BROS, SCRATCH PERVERTS, BASSBIN
TWINS, SOUL OF MAN and BEATVANDELS to name but a few.....
His incredible deck talents involve fusing funk, hip-hop and breaks with his unique style of scratching and mixing, whilst his reputation as a true party rocker has won him prime-time slots across the UK at FabricLive, Spectrum, Chew The Fat, Supercharged, The Boutique and Sugarbeat as well as gigs around the world at major events, festivals and music industry parties such as The Hit Factory (New York), WMC (Miami) and Field Day (Sydney). Ladies and gentlemen.... this is A.Skillz.
In 2003 A.Skillz released his debut album TrickaTechnology alongside Finger Lickin's very own Krafty Kuts. The album was a nod towards musical influences like De La Soul, James Brown and Jurassic 5, true Finger Lickin' Funk that enlisted the talents of some of the world's best hip-hop and funk artists including Kurtis Blow, Real Elements and Ashley Freakpower Slater.
February 2004 saw A.Skillz and Krafty Kuts team up on the TrickaTechnology Tour with live MCs from the album playing shows all over the UK. The duo then went on to DJ together leaving audiences and dance floors astounded with their skills on four decks and four CDJs, playing at Glastonbury Festival, Pacha (Ibiza) and a live session for Steve Lamaq on BBC Radio 1.
In October 2004 A.Skillz then embarked on his first solo tour of Australia which saw him play to sell out crowds in all major capital cities, gaining new fans and respect from fellow DJs along the way. He followed this by extensive gigs in the UK and a busy studio schedule producing music for Channel 4 (Talk Back), Renault (TV advert) and Sony Playstation (Gran Tourismo 4).
A.Skillz kicked off 2005 in January with a mini-mix for Annie Mac that was later voted best mini-mix of the year by Radio 1 listeners, beating industry heavyweights such as Basement Jaxx, Mylo and Scratch Perverts. He followed this with a series of remixes including The Fort Knox Five and a re-rub of his own track Simple Things, together with a multitude of gigs including 10:15 (San Francisco), Snow Bombing (Austria) Mystery Lands Festival (Amsterdam) Homelands (UK), Live 8 After Show Party (London).
2006 & 07 were massive years. First came 'Export 02', his funktastic first mix album for Finger Lickin Records, a release that continues to fly off the shelves with it's frenetic fuse of funk driven hip-hop and bass heavy breakbeat. Following that came a massive 27 date tour of the UK, sponsored by Vodka giants Revolution catapulting Mr Skillz to nationwide acclaim.
'08 has possibly been the boy Skillz' finest year. He's clocked up some serious air miles playing across Australia, Canada, America, and Europe whilst continuing to produce the finest in dance floor bangers including Strawberry Jam Forever, L.S.D and his highly sort after party monster Come Together. To end the year on a high, he has been hand picked by none other than soul and funk pioneer Norman Jay to provide the beats for his very own Good Times Live new years eve bash!
But be warned boys and girls.... if you think that's impressive, the best is most certainly yet to come!
Hay A Skillz! I'm a recent and big fan! Finally, a dj I can look up to! I wanted to share a link of my last mix; spread it around. Hope you get a listen! Respect from Salt Lake City! ~bests Dapper link: http://www.xmission.com/~dapper/MixMaster_Dapper-Jenga.mp3
Hey there, Just wanting you to know we're airing one of your recent tracks (Got The Rhythm) on our radio show this saturday. Your tunes have been smashing it in the club too. Thanks Radio: Nova 919fm Saturdays 6 - 7pm http://www.nova919.com.au/site/shows/track_team.aspx
Dude you absolutely rule, never been in the same place as you to catch your work live, I have a feeling I don't want to as it might make wanna give up what I'm doing...
Always play at least one of your remixes in my sets, 'Beat Don't Stop' gives the lady friends orgasms
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