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Cheeba (Solid Steel)

About Me


Bristol’s Cheeba is a name that has been ringing out across UK dance floors for the last 12 months. Fusing unrivalled technical ability with an ear for music squarely aimed at the dance floor, his is a style all of his own and for all of us at the same time. As part of the renowned Bristol based crew the Detectives of Perspective, he is a resident DJ with Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel club nights and more recently Soundcrash. Frequently rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in alternative beats and hip hop, he has out shone them at every opportunity and cemented himself as one of the most popular DJs to emerge from the Solid Steel stable in some time. This was confirmed in 2007 when the label and the Solid Steel radio show listeners voted him runner up in the ‘Mix Of The Year’ poll and then in 2008 won it with his widely acclaimed mix 'Cheeba Investigates... 'The Case of The Missing Records'. Check out his award winning mixes in the 'Sounds Like' section below and prepare for mindmelt! In 2008, as part of Ninja Tune’s 20th Anniversary celebrations Cheeba was officially inaugurated into the Solid Steel family alongside Boom Monk Ben and Mone$hot to join the already outstanding team of Strictly Kev (DJ Food), DK, Coldcut and J-Mountain.
Cheeba has been found in clubs and at festivals across UK, whipping party people into a frenzy with his genre smashing freestyle DJ sets. Fusing neck snapping beats and breaks, underground dance floor gems and stone cold party classics into a melting pot of hip hop trickery and dance floor devistation, Cheeba has been the highlight of many at Big Chill 2008, Glastonbury, Bristol Festival and the best clubs up and down the country and will no doubt be the highlight of many more to come.
Cheeba has now also gone all AV too, after nearly 6 months in the making the 'How To Be A Detective' audio-visual show is now live. Using the latest technology to enable video controlled and manipulated by vinyl the live shows make the most of this technogoly scratching everything from The Muppets to Aphex Twin and everything inbetween. Films made by Cheeba and James Reed (ex-audio bullies vj) sit cunningly along side video mashups, cartoons and a wealth of other bizzare yet wonderful video sources. Coming to a projector near you this spring. Your eyes wont believe your ears, keep them both peeled!
For bookings and further info please go HERE
"Cheeba's attention to musical detail is as meticulous as his cuts, he leaves no stone or style unturned in his search" - DJ Food
”Cheeba – the new Director General at Flip-Flop-Trip-Hop AV-TV” - Hexstatic
"Cheeba is the sound and sight of Solid Steel's new school. Having won the 'Mix of The Year' award in 2008 and been a regular guest for Soundcrash over the last 12 months Cheeba's ability to rock a party is unrivaled. Now bringing visuals into the mix, this new show will twist sight and sound into a blend of beats and breaks cut with visual material from the far reaches of moving image history. Expect the unexpected... your eyes wont believe your ears, keep them both peeled!" - Soundcrash

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/30/2006
Band Website: djcheeba.com
Band Members:

Detectives of Perspective / Solid Steel


Influences:

Sounds Like: Three turntables, two Ranes, Serato Scratch Live, a midi controller and moving images. Some mixes for free d/l right here including "The Case of The Missing Records', voted by Solid Steel listeners as mix of the year 2008... just hit the links!

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

20/04/09 - Videocrash III Announced!

Just a little heads up with a date for your diary... June 6th sees the third installment of the incredible AV night 'Videocrash' at the spectacular Koko venue in London's Camden. Along side the master...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:47:00 GMT

16/04/09 - NEW MIX FOR DOWNLOAD 'Cheeba Investigates... Solid Steel Radio'

Morning, Here's a download for the third mix i did for Solid Steel, it was originally broadcast at the start of the year. Hope you enjoy it, please feel free to distribute it.cheebaCheeba Investigates...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:04:00 GMT

08/04/09 - Musik Messe and upcoming AV shows

YES MATE!Hello all, heres another rare chance to scope my brain spillages and comment on my poor grammer and spelling. dive in... do your worst.First up i have just returned from 5 days in Frankfurt f...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:56:00 GMT

23/01/09 - Back on the air

Hello all,Just a quick heads up to say the new mix is now on the air for all to check out. Dig inCheeba(Just hit the image below to be re-directed) ..
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:58:00 GMT

19/01/09 - JOHN BELUSHI (1949 - 1982)

Greetings,In honour of John's (would be) 60th birthday I've organised a day of screenings, rhythm and blues music and some top secret stuffthat will be revealed on the day... Its free entry and by far...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:09:00 GMT

02/01/09 - Bristol Underground (BUG) Awards 2008

Happy new year! Hope a good time was had? Task and i had a great time playing the midnight hour at The Attic in Bristol, such an underrated venue and up for sale sadly. Wish i had the bucks! Caught so...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:23:00 GMT

21/12/08 - Cheeba vs Kentaro

Cheeba vs Kentaro in a battle of stupid faces.... i think i won.This photo was taken at the HUGE Ninja Tune party at London's The End nightclub back in November... Sadly i was playing down the road a...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:56:00 GMT

20/12/08 - SOLID STEEL MIX OF THE YEAR!

I am on cloud 900...As if the year couldn't get any more crazy, i have just found out 'The Case of The Missing Records' has been voted by Solid Steel listeners as guest mix of the year 2008! That is p...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:52:00 GMT

17/12/08 - A new mix and other exciting things

Greeting fellow slueths,Well another year has passed and my resolution to keep the blog updated and do loads of mixes kind of fell a bit flat so sorry for that. It has been a positive year though with...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:13:00 GMT

5/4/08 - THE CASE OF THE MISSING RECORDS

Greetings fellow investigators, Following the exclusive week on Solid Steel radio, my latest mixtape 'the case of the missing records' is now available for free download!click on the link below for th...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:35:00 GMT