LONDON BASED PARTY/EVENTS DJ
DJ BIOGRAPHY...
Prince Nelly is a unique talent from the East London school of DJs. His uplifting and nostalgic blend of club music from all eras makes him the perfect party player. 80s pop, 70s New York disco and 90s classic house - along with contemporary pop, dance and RnB make up his polished musical palette.
With a particular bias towards the 80s, Prince Nelly progressed from presenting his own shows on Hospital Radio to becoming resident of the Trash Room of Popstarz in 2001. Here he honed his skills in playing unpretentious pop, which led to other gigs in and around London, such as Wig Out and Radio Egypt.
Off the back of this success, Prince Nelly launched his own night: Retro Chart Rundown - a radio chart show hosted in a pub: Shoreditch’s George & Dragon. Press leapt on the concept with articles appearing in such diverse titles as i-D, Time Out, The Guardian, Jockey Slut, Metro and the Sunday Times. The show ran for four years up until the end of 2007 and returns to the George & Dragon for party season each December. Retro Chart Rundown has also appeared on real radio with shows on Diesel:U:Music 87.7FM and an appearance on Sean Rowley's Guilty Pleasures show on BBC Radio London 94.9FM in June 2008.
Aside from Retro Chart Rundown, Prince Nelly created the occasional old skool house party, House Arrest, with residencies held at Soho's Enclave and Mother Bar in Shoreditch. Previous to this, a personal tribute to his love of the 70s disco scene, A Night In New York, took place at The Green in Islington.
Prince Nelly co-promoted WORD, a bi-weekly Saturday electronic dance party at Bar Music Hall during 2008/9, playing alongside Rokk, Jamie D Winter and special guests.
Along with Baby Clyde, Prince Nelly celebrates the Now That's What I Call Music series with 25th anniversary parties taking place at the George & Dragon for each volume. The next of these will be the Now Dance 25th anniversary party in May 2010.
A more recent venture is That's The Joint, taking place every Thursday at All Star Lanes Brick Lane since April 2009. A soundtrack of 80's groove, electro, hip hop, freestyle and disco accompanies 80's hip hop movies projecting onto the big screen for the ultimate block party bowling experience.
The newest addition to Prince Nelly's self promoted parties is The Su Pollard Connection's Sunday Crumpet. Along with fellow party players, Farah DJ and Wooski, this shindig takes place monthly at King's Cross Social Club. Expect to hear Gay Disco in all it's forms: New York Disco, Euro Disco, Eurobeat, Hi-NRG and Boystown.
Prince Nelly has played venues including Kanalua, Dalston Superstore, Heaven (pre G-A-Y), Retro Bar, On The Rocks, The Egg, Vogue Fabrics, Lo-Profile, Kitts, The Loft (Clapham), Vertigo, Kettners, Village, The Westbury and Floridita. He has guest DJed at various regular club nights such as Gutterslut, Golf Sale, Curzon Midnight Movies, Erection Section, I Love This Song, My Salsoul, Geek!, Madonna's 51st, High Fidelity, Deep Disco Culture, Don't Call Me Babe, Porn Idol, Polaroid, Goldfish, Pick 'n' Mix, Paparazzi, Pop! and Ransom & Raid. His previous residencies include Trannyshack, Tea Dance @ KU, Remix @ Escape, Shampoo, Profile and Poprocktic. Guest slots at Guilty Pleasures, Carpet Burn and Wig Out have now all turned into residencies.
Aside from his club commitments, Prince Nelly also plays private events. His clients include TV companies Five, ITV and Optomen, publishers Simon & Schuster and Macmillan , and events company A Squared. He has played parties for the BAFTAs, the International Advertising Association, TalkTalk, Lovebox 2009, Milk In The Park, Gatecrasher Sound System festival, TV Quick Awards, Take That's SingStar launch, indigo2, Somerset House, Marco Pierre White, Hed Kandi, London Design Museum, Shoreditch House, Elle Magazine, The Curzon Cinema, Architecture Foundation, Frieze Art Fair (Black Pussy), London Festival of Architecture, Met Bar, Metropolis Studios, BOYZ magazine, DatingDirect.com, Carat, Leopard Films, Indigo Pearl, Candyshop's PA @ 93 Feet East, Magnus Hastings, MKone and Cafe Kick.
In fashion, Prince Nelly has headlined parties for Maria Luisa and Blaak as part of Paris Fashion Week. For London Fashion Week, he has played for both Erdem and Selfridges, whilst providing the music for Andrew Majtenyi's Spring/Summer 2008 show. Prince Nelly has supplied in-store music for Mulberry stores nationwide and for fashion shoots by the likes of John Akehurst. In 2004 he was commissioned by i-D to record a special mix of personal favourites, which can be heard on the i-DJ section of their website. He has also been photographed by Nick Knight for i-D as part of the George & Dragon DJ collective.
What sets Prince Nelly apart from the pack is his ability to cover a wide range of genres in his sets, guaranteeing a satisfied crowd. His current residencies are:
Guilty Pleasures
Carpet Burn
George & Dragon
Popstarz
Wig Out
Camp Attack!
That's The Joint
The Su Pollard Connection's Sunday Crumpet
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