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DVNT

in a mad world, only the mad are sane

About Me


DVNT the DJ
DVNT got decks as soon as he went to University in 2003 having been introduced to Drum & Bass, Jungle and Breaks that Summer.

After roughly a year of avoiding University work and practicing he landed a Friday night, 4+ hour residency. Somehow he swung it convinced them to lend him the venue, Bar Ingo, for his new night: Pickled. A monthly breaks night, among the first in Lincoln, the town of his University.

DVNT has been resident DJ for T-Dance, Greenpeace Lincoln, Eclectic Beats, weekly resident at the Attic and Bar Ingo. He’s spun at Formula and following requests played 3 gigs in a row at Lincoln’s biggest night, Digital. He has guested on the award winning website radioshow nuskoolbreaks on the Butane Pick & Mix show. And in the Summer of 2007 played at his first festival; Hamswell Festival, just outside of Bath

Since May 2007 DVNT has been hosting his own show MANTIS on BRAP.FM .

You can book DVNT to play at your club night, festival, radioshow, squat party, wedding, bar mitzvah or funeral by clicking here .

Please visit his homepage makemassair for mixsets, charts, radio show archives, and more information.


All MP3 downloads are free, contain full tracklistings encoded into to the MP3 files using ID3tags and come with artwork created by makemassair . More details are avaliable at makemassair.co.uk
DVNT, aka makemassair has performed video visual work for the award winning breaks night, Spectrum in conjunction with Breakspoll at Stealth. He has also done VJ gigs at Ambush in Nottingham as well as providing visuals for some of his own pickled gigs and other gigs over Lincoln and Nottingham.
He recently performed for Product and Stealth vs Rescued at Stealth and at Ground Level in Derby.
DVNT has performed alongside: DJ Hal, Matt Tolfrey, Paolo Mojo, Cass & Mangan, Rez, Hexadecimel, Mike Hogan, Froe (Breakfastaz), Kickflip, John Grief, Jo Stokes, Phantom Beats, M0del 101, ollspin, Ed Russell, Friendly, Andy McAllister, DJ Tantrum, AWE Soundsystem, and more.
makemassair is currently working on neuroMANTIS, a DJ/VJ AV project which is launching in March 2008 in London. More details can be found here
makemassair on Vimeo
emotion (2006) / 7min short, 1st in trilogy
themes: human conception, emotion, development, reproduction, acceptance, cycles, repetition
suppression (2006) / 3min short, 2nd in trilogy
themes: perception vs. reality
transcendence (2006) / 3min animation, 3rd in trilogy
themes: the journey after death
Miss Joey Holder (2006) / documentary
a visual insight into the abstract painter Joey and her inspirations, influence and approach to work.
Si Begg - V.I.P. (2006) / music video
J Hazen - Jigsaw (2007) / music promo for virus b-23

My Interests

Music:



Movies:

Hayao Miyazaki
Terry Gilliam
David Fincher
Ghost in the Shell
Addictive TV
Akira Kurosawa
Cohen Bros.
Hellraiser
THX1138

Television:

Twin Peaks
Brasseye
Jam
the Day Today
Mr Hell Show
Monkey Dust
Soap
This Life
Spaced
Simpsons
Futurama
Hellsing
Trigun
Ren & Stimpy
Black Books
MASH
Mork & Mindy
Monty Python & his Flying Circus
Bottom
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Young Ones
Whose Line is it Anyway
Garth Marengi's Darkplace
Nathan Barley
the Word
Mixmasters
Dare to Believe
Neverwhere
Father Ted
Absolutely Fabulous

Books:

Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)
Neil Gaiman
Chuck Palahniuk
Nietzsche
Descartes
Terry Pratchett
Iain Banks
Perez-Reverte

Heroes:


Photo by Allen G. Arpadi

My Blog

[chart] DVNT and January 2008

Been very slack. The previous chart, actually my only one ever was back in July or June. So it's high time I did another one. Here it is then, without further a due. My chart. Gonna try and get it mon...
Posted by DVNT on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:06:00 PST

[mix] DVNT - Subtle Sounds Wake Not the Maidens [promo08_01]

Subtle Sounds Wake Not the Maidens [promo08_01]mixed by DVNT 01. UNKLE - Reign (False Prophet remix) [Mo Wax] 02. Moseh Naim - Neem (Shooting Star) (Koma & Bones Remix) [Mob] 03. Chris Carter...
Posted by DVNT on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:47:00 PST

[radio] MANTIS 001.1 stand in for Hubnet Promotions: playlist & archive

MANTIS: stand in show 001.124th May 2007www.brap.fmPlaylistIntro identThe Higher Intelligence Agency  Speedlearn (reformed by the Irresistible Force) [Beyond Records]Markomen  Behind my Dirty House ...
Posted by DVNT on Fri, 25 May 2007 11:46:00 PST

[radio] MANTIS 001 with STORMFIELD: playlist + archive

MANTIS12th May 2007 15:00GMT on  www.brap.fmarchive (right click, save as) Intro DJ Rap - Fuck with your Head  [Sony BMG] Herzog  Milk Snatcher  [Serein] Pink Elln  Phobia (DJ Hell remix) [C...
Posted by DVNT on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:25:00 PST

[interview] Lawgiverz

Your take on breakbeat now, whether or not some of what makes breaks what it is gets lost when it cross breeds with other electronic (or not) genres, plod step etc.Our take on breakbeat now  it's par...
Posted by DVNT on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:25:00 PST

[playlist] T-Dance // 20th April 2007

Si Begg - On Ice [Under 5's]Zone 6 - Energise (SOTEG Rmx) [Full Intent Records]Mongrel Breaks Collective - Collision Decision [Drum & Breaks]DK8 - Murder was the Bass (Umek Remix) [ELP]PMT - Necromanc...
Posted by DVNT on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:00 PST

[playlist] T-Dance // 20th March 2007

Quiet night and a short set (40mins ish I reckon it was)PMT- Gyromancer (10 Kilo)PFN - Flow (False Prophet Remix) (10 Kilo)Deekline and Wizard  Bushpig VIP (Botchit & Scarper)Pendulum - Out Here (Bre...
Posted by DVNT on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:54:00 PST

[mix] DVNT presents: the Asthma Challenge 500

DOWNLOAD 69.12M...
Posted by DVNT on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:45:00 PST

audioMAIL issue002 //

audioMAIL002Let me know what you like and dislike and feel free to hit me back with stuff. Just leave a message on my myspace or blog: http://www.myspace.com/borstal First up is a mix by Cursor Miner....
Posted by DVNT on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:05:00 PST

audioMAIL issue001 // 80% dubstep

Welcome to the first audioMAIL. I come across a LOT of good music, either by surfing the net or DJs and producers emailing me it. In an effort to spread the love, I decided to begin doing an as and wh...
Posted by DVNT on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:42:00 PST