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Tomination

"He's a great DJ...almost as good as me"

About Me

I am a DJ and producer currently living in London.
My interest in all things musical stretch back to his childhood, playing Drums, Clarinet and Saxophone in various school bands and local groups.
DJing crossed my path at university in Coventry where I became heavily immersed in the Jungle scene. I bought turntables and started to DJ at local venues such as the Golden Cross (classic student boozer). In my graduation year, a was a resident on the often chaotic but hugely followed Infinity FM, a drum n bass and UK Garage station amazingly Coventrys only pirate radio station in 1998.
Moving to London in 1999, my DJ sets began to sway more towards, hiphop, downtempo beats and electronic music as Jungle music began to change (or go shit depending on your standpoint). I became a serial music event starter, launching a series of nights including Clinical Beats and Global TOMination at now defunct legendary London location The Clinic. Guests at these nights included members of Bugz in the attic, Warp DJs, Lex Records DJs. When The Clinic closed down, Global TOMination continued, moving to The Embassy in Islington. In its year and a half residency guests included Buddy Peace, Warp DJs, Lex Records DJs, Dr Rubberfunk, Kid Acne, Cartel Communications, Paul Trouble Arnold and loads more. When the Embassy changed hands, Global TOMination ground to a halt.
After DJing for Lex Records at Plastic People, The Premises, The Scala and The Camden Centre, I founded Keep Up! with a collective of like-minded music lovers. Myself and Hospital Records' Zac Vibert began to DJ at the Canalside Bar, Lock 17 in Camden and Keep Up! started to stage parties and invite artists they respected to guest for them. These guests included: Dean Rudland, Leisure Recordings, Greg Belsone, Jazzman Gerald Short, Doug Shipton, Nostalgia 77, Ben Smith, Elmore Judd, Nuff Rope Records and Matt Tarr from Above the clouds. The nights are continuing into Autumn as Lock Tones.
Not content with one night, I have brought Keep Up! to Brixton in South London for more dancefloor fun. My sets are currently a melting pot of soul, funk, hiphop, beats and breaks and whatever I can dig up to move the crowd.
My debut single The World Famous was released in Feb and seems to be selling well. Follow-up coming soon!..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/20/2006
Band Website: keepup.co.uk
Band Members: Tom Central
Influences: (In no particular order) Pharaoh Sanders, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Steve Reich, Jimi Hendrix, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Faith No More, Led Zepplin, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, De La Soul, Brand Nubian, Stezo, KMD, MF Doom, Danger Mouse, Eddie Bo, The Meters, Breakestra, Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod, Hank Mobley, Lester Young, Billie Holliday, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Tim Maia, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, The Herbaliser, DJ Food, Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Beastie Boys, Jurrasic 5, Kool And The Gang, Bernard Purdie, Galt MacDermot, Roy Budd, Radiophonic Workshop, EPMD, Eddie Warner, Trunk Records, Loka, Super Numeri, Can, Sixtoo, Buck 65, Fog, DJ Signify, Controller 7, Kaitain, Tru Thoughts Records, Ty, Roots Manuva, Spank Rock, Diplo, Autechre, TTC, Pete Rock, Jazzy Jay, Quantic, Breakin Bread, Pierre Henry, Mr Scruff, Eric Dolphy, Weather Report, Flora Purim, The Soul Destroyers, The Poets of Rhythm, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Antibalas, DJ Vadim, One Self, Jean Jaques Perrey, Keith Mansfield, Alan Hawkshaw, Boards of Canada, Squarepusher, Plaid, Two Lone Swordsmen, Nightmares On Wax,
Record Label: Recorded Delivery
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Swap meet

This weekend was largely spent making music with fellow Keep Up!ers Jules and Javier. The studio session started as it always does with all of us pulling parts of my record collection off the shelves ...
Posted by Tomination on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:35:00 PST

Chart music vol1

Hopefully this will be the first of many installments of my top ten records of the moment. They are usually made up of records that I've either just bought and am caining hard or ones I've had a while...
Posted by Tomination on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:59:00 PST

It begins

Wow, I started a blog. How exciting.I suppose I'll use this blog to talk mainly records, partying and other random stuff that is probably uninteresting to most.And what an excellent day to begin. Its ...
Posted by Tomination on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:33:00 PST