Downsyde - Fortune And Fame
Armee, party block rocka, turntablist cut master wonder kid! Standing as one of the strongest forces of hip hop and break beats in Australia. Representing Downsyde (6 piece hip hop outfit), Fdel (Invada Records) Trafik crew (one of oz's finest D&B club's/collectives) & base101 (premier Drum & Bass, hip hop and breaks promotion company).
His DJ skills stretching across genre's hip hop, drum & bass & breaks. Dropping combinations of sets with explosive turntable/cdj sampler tricks, precise mixers and straight up stage presence throughout all the different styles. Solo and alongside other performers.
Also a recording artist for many years with Downsyde, also just recorded new single with New York hip hop legend Guru of Gangstaa, FDEL and a heap load of other artists racking up loads of radio play, album sales and putting on more than 100 mighty live shows across the nation. His travels saw him play major events such as the national Big Day Out tour 2004, Big Day Out Melb & Brisbane 2003, Big Day Out 2007, Splendor in the Grass 2003 & 2004, St Kilda Festival 2003, World Of Drum & Bass Tour 03, Science Fiction 03/04, Delirious Festival, DMC DJ competition, Homebake 2003, In The Pines 2003, Adventjah 2003, COSmonautical 2003, Mainbreak 2003, Rock It 2003, Global Festival 2003, the, Mainbreak 2004 and the Australia Day concert 2004.He has played in London (Herbal), Hong Kong (Volar NYE & Hot), Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Byron Bay, Canberra, Jindabyne, Margaret River, Port Hedland, Christmas Island, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Esperance, Albany, Kalgoorlie. Gnowangerup, Denmark, Karratha, Broome, Kununnurra, Lismore, Newcastle and Tasmania and many more.
During this touring schedule he shared the stage with some of the finest hip-hop and breakbeat acts in the world; The Roots, Cypress Hill De La Soul, Method Man, Redman, Jurassic 5, , Grandmaster Flash, Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys), Hilltop Hoods, DJ Craze, Scratch Perverts, Roni Size & Dynamite MC, Pendulum, DJ Premier, DJ Kool, Guru, DJ Bailey, MC Stamina, Killa Kella, DJ SS, Naughty By Nature, Mc Tali, Kenny Ken, Rodney P & Skitz, Spearhead, Hilltop Hoods, Greg Packer, Resin Dogs, Mark B, Stanton Warriors, Tee-bee, Black Eyed Pees, Koolism and more.
Get the new shit now on the website www.downsyde.com.au and catch the awesome six piece live show at a town near you soon!
