DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog.

About Me

DJ A-UP is a member of the legendary Câ€™mon Feet crew and The Assmatics. At Câ€™mon Feet He is a resident DJ at the night which has showcased some of the finest acts in Hip Hop. A-UP has shared stages with the likes of Mos Def, Canibus, Craig G, Aim, Wordsworth, Punchline, Foreign Beggars, The Herbaliser, Yungun, Mr Thing, DJ Skully, C2C, Dirty Diggers, Harry Love, Mystro, DJ Woody and many more.
DJ A-UP is the latest member of The Assmatics crew which is made up of some of Manchesterâ€™s best DJs and MCs (Mathmatics, Reptile, Danny Drive Thru, Hope, Nanny, Air Adam and myself).
He is resident at Câ€™mon Feet (Manchesterâ€™s longest running Hip Hop night) and has played at a number of other nights including The Warehouse Project, Sketch City, DRSS, Hectic Harmoniz, The Hidden, Eurocultured, Hit & Run plus many others.
I have released 3 Mixed-CDs and these are available to buy direct from my myspace page (see below). Paypal payments are accepted so don't worry about payment security issues!
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/9/2005
Band Members: DJ A-UP, A-Pizzle, DJ B-DOWN, Rhum Bugga, Stabby (RIP)
Influences: The noise in my head sounds like: A Tribe Called Quest, Jazzy Jeff, J Rocc, J Dilla, The Pharcyde, 9th Wonder, Little Brother, Panacea, The Bush Babees, DJ Mitsu The Beats, J Rawls, Kero One, Jazz Liberatorz,

But the music I love includes: Bobby Hutcherson, Common, The Roots, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Black Milk, Mr J Medeiros, Presto, The Good People, Wu Tang Clan, Madlib, Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Buju Banton, Sizzla, Busta Rhymes, Gagle, Hocus Pocus, Tony Touch, The Beatnuts, Talib Kweli, AC/DC, Womack & Womack, Kanye West, The Neptunes, Dr Dre, Snoop, Blackbeard, Anthony Hamilton, Jodeci, D'angelo, Shai, Sublime, 28 Days and even Limp Bizkit!
Sounds Like: TROUBLE
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Wind Down - available to buy now

DJ A-UP Presents... The Wind Down Available to buy now from my myspace page for the low price of £6.99 [inc. P&P] or from Fat City Records Reviews: "THE MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR HAS LANDED! Manchester...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:17:00 PST

To all the laid back people and Jazzy Hip Hop fans....

I have a new Mixed-CD that will be available soon. Last year I decided to put together all of my favorite laid back tracks together into a mix and I thought they sounded so good together that I h...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:02:00 PST

Hip Hop Top Tens - 2007

OK this is a little bit late but I thought I would complie a list of what I thought were the best Hip Hop releases of 2007... Albums 1.Black Milk Popular Demand 2.Common Finding Forever 3.Panacea...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:53:00 PST

FREE Boom Brrap CD with orders from UGHH.COM

When you spend $35 at UGHH.COM you can get yourself a free copy of DJ A-UP's Boom Brrap Mixed-CD. To take advantage of this offer just go to www.ughh.com and purchase items upto the value of $35 then...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:50:00 PST

DJ Yoda's review of my Mix-CDs

Boom Brrap "DJ A-UP has put together a flawless mix of classic dancehall/hip-hop fusion, leaning heavily on the '90s sound (Shabba Ranks, Supercat etc.) but sensibly including some current fire (The...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:21:00 PST

Free Mixtape: DJ A-UP & Mathmatics - The Boy Bawang Mixtape

[B]DJ A-UP (C'mon Feet) & Mathmatics (Assmatics) present... The Boy Bawang Mixtape (recorded last night at my place)[/B] it's 55mins long and contains tracks by the likes of MF Doom, Royce 5'9",On...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:47:00 PST

Love & Hip Hop in the shops on Monday 30th April

Yes people. they will be available in Fat City and a few online outlets from Monday. Tracklisting: 01. Dangermouse & Jemini - Ima Doo Me02. The Roots ft. Common - Love of My Life03. Jazzy Jeff - ...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:44:00 PST

Boom Brrap Track Listing

Here is the track listing:01. Brraptro02. Krs One & Shabba Ranks - The Jam03. Funkmaster Flex - Six Million Ways to Die04. Kenny Dope - Don Dada05. Kenny Dope - Supercat06. Supercat - Ghetto Red H...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Mon, 21 May 2007 03:50:00 PST

Black Jack Mix

Finally I got round to recording my contribution to Air Adam's Black Jack Mix Club. Now it's only 16 tracks long and poorly mixed in sections because I was in a big rush. But you get to hear a mix whi...
Posted by DJ A-UP - Wind Down available now, see Blog. on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:11:00 PST