Lamont started dj-ing in 1992. He had one technics SL-1200 turntable, 2 tapedecks and a cheap mixer. Around this period he made mixtapes to practice his skills in mixing and scratching. In 1997 he entered his first competition, the I.T.F. European championships in Hamburg Germany. That night he took the 4th place right after DJ Static (DK) DJ Pogo (UK) and DJ Shine (DK). This motivated him to enter more battles. (see battle stats)
Lamont's battle statistics
1992 : bedroom dj 1997 : 4th place I.T.F. European championships (Germany). 1998 : 3rd Place I.T.F. Belgian Championships (Antwerp). 1998 : Fat beats dj battle semi-finalist Rotterdam. 1999 : Belgian regional I.T.F. champion (Antwerp). 1999 : Belgian finals I.T.F. champion (Antwerp). 1999 : 2nd place I.T.F. Eastern hemisphere scratching (Denmark). 1999 : 2nd place I.T.F. Eastern hemisphere Teams (Denmark). 2000 : Belgian DMC Teams Champion with Killa Tactics. 2000 : Participation DMC World Team Championships with Killa Tactics. 2001 : Vestax Extravaganza vice Middle European Champion 2001 : Participation Vestax World Finals, Los Angeles 2002 : Belgian DMC Supremacy 3rd place
Releases
Records
1998: City Kingz, V/A - Ouverture, L'echo juggle, by Grazzhoppa & Lamont. 1999: Deejayz from hell vol. 2 - produced by: Lamont, Grazzhoppa, Smimooz. 2000: Beltdrive breaks - produced by Killa tactics and Lamont. 2001: High school jock breaks - produced by Lamont. 2001: College jock breaks - produced by Lamont. 2002: Hi-fi series vol. 1 - produced by Lamont. 2003: Unknown break project - produced by Lamont. 2004: DJ's from Earth vol.1 - produced by Lamont, Grazzhoppa and Smimooz. 2005: Hi-fi series vol. 2 - produced by Lamont. 2006: 6 DJ's +1. Produced by Grazzhoppa and 2tall.
Scratches by: Grazzhoppa, 2Tall, Optimus, Vindictiv, Mix Monster Menno, Lamont and Realson.This track is on the Dinner at table n°9 EP Cheebawax/B9000.
CDs
2002: Deviate - Red asunder, scratches on track "Mama said knock you out". 2004: Realtablist.com: Radio 21 showcase feat. Grazzhoppa and Lamont. 2005: Electric Barbarian - Featuring on: Mini Rock, Left or right, Shuffle-O-five. 2006: Senses overloaded with DJ 2tall.
Support act
Lamont was a support act for many top European and U.S. groups : The Beatnuts, Company flow, Cypress Hill, E-live, Jungle brothers, Tha liks, The Pharcyde, Blade, Wildchild, Taskforce, Russian percussion, DJ Spooky...
Projects
DJ Grazzhoppa's DJ Big band
Lamont is a member of Grazzhoppa's DJ Big band and is touring throughout Europe with the band promoting the turntable as a muiscal instrument. The DJ Big band (founded by DJ Grazzhoppa) consisted of eight members in the beginning: Menno, XXL, Yzerbeat, Grazzhoppa, Lamont, Smimooz, Monique Harcum (vocals) and Fabrizio Cassol (saxophone). Grazzhoppa's DJ Big band has expanded in october 2004. Seven extra dj's joined the existing line-up: Optimus and Vindictiv, Court a Sock, Boula One, J to the C, Cee Brown and Iron.
On top of that the DJ Big band is supported by Fisheye, this is a VJ crew who supports the DJ Big band with visuals during the performances.
http://www.djbigband.com
Electric Barbarian
Lamont also plays with a Dutch/Belgian free jazz collective called Electric Barbarian.
The members are: Floris Vermeulen (bass & compositions), Harry Arling (drums), Bart Maris (trumpet & effects), Kaine (spoken word, founder of Last poets N.Y. USA), Grazzhoppa (turntables & effects), Kypski (turntables & effects), Lamont (turntables & effects).
http://www.electricbarbarian.com
Etoile Polaire
Grazzhoppa and Lamont went to Greenland twice in 2004 to work with the local rap group "Nuuk Posse". This was a part of the "Etoile polaire" project which was a musical exchange program between Belgium and the Nordic regions. The realisation of the Etoile polaire project was possible thanks to the Arts center Katuaq in Nuuk Greenland and the Arts center VOORUIT in Gent Belgium.
Rodec Scratchbox
In 2004 DJ mixer manufacturer Rodec asked Lamont if he wanted to join their R&D team and help them develop their very first scratch mixer.
Together they succeeded in creating the ultimate scratch mixer in 2006 after a lot of research, looking for the right components and endless testing.
Rodec and Lamont share the same philosophy: NO UNNECESSARY BELLS AND WHISTLES!!!
The Scratchbox is all about excellent sound quality, sturdy construction, great customer service, innovative new features and quality components.
http://www.scratchbox.eu
Going out / Bangers and Mash
Jerboa and Lamont had a television show in early 2006 on the local Flemish music channel Jim TV called Bangers and Mash.
The concept was to create "Live" mash-ups of all different styles of music ranging from folk music, to rock, from disco to hip hop, from house to new wave ...etc. The latest DJ technologies were used: CD decks, turntables, Serato Scratch Live and Ableton Live.
Senses overloaded
Lamont and DJ 2tall (Eclectic Breaks, Pro X fade ...) are the creators of the project called "Senses overloaded, Live beat creation".
Equipment
Lap-tops, drum machines, turntables, synths, percussion instruments, microphones ,effects units and midi controllers are used to build up tracks from scratch.
The lap-tops and hardware looping devices are used for creating layers of sounds which are molded and shaped into pleasent music.
Visuals
VJ (Teknar Visuals prod.) uses several cameras to film us on the spot. 2tall and Lamont are filmed from every imaginable angle and the VJ projects the images onto a screen realtime.
He also triggers images and mixes them with our live action footage. The reason why we have all these cameras pointed at us is to show the public what we're actually doing on stage and to make it absolutely clear that we're performing LIVE!
Music
It's quite diverse ranging from downtempo to electronica, glitch to hip hop , D'n'B and experimental etc...
Our goal is to keep things interesting for everybody and not to stick to one theme all the time.
Yo Lamontasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
Click on the banner and get your copy of "The K-Hole" for just $4.99!!! Also, be on the lookout for the upcoming mixtape "Lyrical Pilates: Vol 1" dropping this Winter!!!
"Wer sieht wenn ich weine - wer hört meinen Schrei ? Wer fühlt wie ich leide - wer liest was ich schreib ? Sag wer nimmt mir meine Ängste und wer gibt mir neuen Mut - wer kanns tun - wenn nicht Du ?"
Ich bin diese Woche der featured Artist auf Myspace und komme zusammen mit Afrob auf die neue Juice-CD.
Als Dankeschön für jeden der seine Stimme beim Voting für mich abgegeben hat , präsentiere ich nun den neuen Song "Wenn nicht Du" und das dazugehörige Musikvideo:
Viel Spass mit dem Video + dem neuen Song (der Downloadlink steht in der Videoinfodatei)
Bitte schreib mir ein Kommentar bei Youtube und gib mir 5 Sterne - liebe Grüße aus Neuss
Check out the WICKED floorfilling remix I did for German balkan brass band Äl Jawala! Äl Jawala vs Merdan Taplak - Borderbounce as played on Dour festival, check out the movie!
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