Troy J Been

TROY J BEEN takes a step to the left, immersing you in an eclectic blend of hip hop, soul, jazz, funk and broken beats from one of the broadest record collections in the business.Heard on FRESH FM between 1998 & 2007 TROY J BEEN built a solid reputation for delivering the sublime sounds of the global soul underground to Adelaide’s airwaves via the COSMIC LOUNGE which consistently delivered the world’s most innovative soul music, introducing the likes of SA-RA CREATIVE PARTNERS, SPIRITUAL SOUTH, PLATINUM PIED PIPERS, RECLOOSE and OWUSU & HANNIBAL to an open-minded audience. TROY J BEEN hosted some of the hottest names in the biz on his weekly 2-hour session from ‘LITTLE’ LOUIE VEGA & KENNY ‘DOPE’ GONZALES of MASTERS AT WORK, SOUL II SOUL’s JAZZIE B and BLACKILICIOUS to Japan’s KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE, QUANTIC, KOOP, BREAKESTRA, GALT McDERMOTT and jazz funk legend ROY AYERS.ROOTS MANUVA called the COSMIC LOUNGE ‘the best radio show in the world’!Nominated for BEST RADIO SHOW in 2002 & 2003, TROY J BEEN took out the award for BEST GROOVE DJ two years consecutively (2005 & 2006) at the SA SA DANCE MUSIC AWARDS. His radio profile developed into a busy DJ schedule which now has him spinning his eclectic soul selections across the city and interstate, taking in Sydney, Melbourne & Perth. In a career spanning over a decade TROY has played club nights and special events alongside German collective JAZZANOVA, MARK deCLIVE-LOWE, STEVE SPACEK, DJ SHADOW, RAE & CHRISTIAN, MO HORIZONS, MAD MATS (Jugglin/Raw Fusion), CUT CHEMIST, NORMAN JAY MBE, GREYBOY and the QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA.TROY was the resident DJ at the ADELAIDE FESTIVAL’s after-hours lounge – the PERSIAN GARDEN in 2006 warming up the dancefloor for the likes of New York City DJ NICKODEMUS, THE BAMBOOS, TALVIN SINGH, DEEPCHILD and INGA LILEJSTROM.Acknowledged for his exquisite taste, TROY is teh RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY's Mr. X, facilitating and hosting interactive annual forums for local ADELAIDE-based electronic artists, DJs and producers featuring the likes of DJ Q-BERT and STEVE SPACEK & MARK PRITCHARD (aka HARMONIC 313/TROUBLEMAN). LEVEL TWO MUSIC called on TROY J BEEN to source cutting-edge Adelaide artists for their BAR SECRETS:AUSTRALIA CD, while JAM Recordings enlisted the COSMIC LOUNGE host to help compile the final two volumes of their HEMMESPHERE CD series - Volume 4 featuring a mix from San Francisco DJ/Producer ANDY CALDWELL and Volume 5 featuring a mix from Sydney DJ Yogi.In addition to his residencies at DISTILL, CROWN & SCEPTRE, LOTUS LOUNGE & ZHIVAGO, soon TROY will spin alongside M.I.A, STEREO MCs DJs, DJ CRAZE and LYRICS BORN at PARKLIFE (in September), while rumour has it he'll resume his ADELAIDE FESTIVAL residency in 2008 alongside an extraordinary roster of ground-breaking artists.After a three year reign at the helm of Australia’s leading youth broadcaster FRESH FM, TROY J BEEN is now taking on a new challenge at commercial broadcaster NOVA 919 whilst continuing to lurk dangerously close to the cutting-edge...mspmb allowScriptAccess="never" enableJSURL="false" src="http://lads.myspace.com/slides/photoslider.swf?u=122179 559" enableJavaScript="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="445" height="230"