DJ Blakey
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Birth name | Richard Blake |
Origin | London, UK |
Genres | DJ |
Years active | 1999–present |
Website | http://www.soundcloud.com/blakeydj |
DJ Blakey (born 1985) is a DJ from London, England. He won the UK DMC final in 2004.
Career[]
Between 2004 and 2007, he hosted a weekly show on BBC 1Xtra.
He has held a residency at Fabric, London.
In 2007 he supported Jurassic 5 throughout their entire UK tour, and has also supported Nas in 2007 at the Bristol Academy, and Jay-Z in 2004 at the Prince's Trust Urban Music Festival.
He was employed by FreeStyleGames, a subsidiary of Activision, where he was working closely on the video game DJ Hero.[citation needed]
Trivia[]
- He contributed the first ever "Mini Mix" on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show, days before competing in the 2004 DMC World Final.
- In 2001 at the UK ITF Final at Cargo nightclub in Shoreditch, London, he was asked to fill the place of a non showing DJ, as he had a bag of records with him. He placed 3rd.
Discography[]
Singles[]
- If You See Me / Back Then (Slime Recordings) (Summer 2012)
Categories:
- British DJs
- Living people
- 1985 births
- BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters
- DJs from London