Believe it or not one of the most creative minds to hit the scratch DJ scene this millenium doesn't hail from the Bronx or Brooklyn but infact Burnley in the UK. DJ Woody aka Woody Madera has invented a whole host of groundbreaking scratch and turntable techniques, helped Vestax to design the Worlds first ever musical turntable instrument & has 5 major UK and World DJ titles to his name.
With 3 critically acclaimed mix albums and an impressive CV of collaborative recordings Woody has worked with the industries most revered producers. He's toured with Madlib (Stones Throw), recorded with Aquasky (Moving Shadow/Passenger) & Tim Simenon (Bomb The Bass) and was a member of DJ Vadim's world famous touring outfit The Russian Percussion making up one quarter of Ninjatunes' supergroup One Self.
In the last 8 years he has toured the World relentlessly making over 500 shows across 40 countries & has shared the stage with many of musics biggest names including Eminem, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, The Black Eyed Peas, De La Soul, DJ Shadow & Snoop Doggy Dog. Woody utilizes his onstage experience, renowned turntablist flare and broad musical repertoire to optimum effect in order to devastate the dancefloor.
On top of his regular international club shows Woody is the DJ for latin hip hop superstar and 2007 Grammy Nominee Mala Rodriguez (Universal Records) and is currently working in collaboration with Barcelona's 20 piece Original Jazz Orchestra for their 2009 shows. Once again taking his skills to new audiences across the World.
As the old proverb goes, "Judge a man by company he keeps!"
Hi, I've been spending a bit of time checking out the pages of anybody who has posted positive comments about the Mouse Outfit, and linking them to 5 of the earliest tracks we wrote, which are FREE to download on soundcloud. We are an 8 piece hip hop funk band, based in Manchester UK, and we have recently supported Akil (Jurassic 5), Speech Debelle, Fabio (Radio 1). Feel free to pass them on to friends. Thanks for the support and don't forget to keep checking back for new tunes! Keepin real hip hop alive!
