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Chest Rockwell

You can dance if you want to...

About Me

YOU CAN LISTEN TO MY LAST PROMO MIX (BROKEN BEAT CONCEPT 09/05) HERE:
http://www.mixupload.com/index.php?act=mlite&CODE=playso ng&s_id=4339
I've been collecting and playing records for 10 years... won the Circus DJ Competition... used to have a show on Proton Radio 'Bonus Beats'... co-promoted Bubblegum... blah blah blah!
What I'd really like to do though is escape somewhere and make beats all day long, preferably with someone who can play keys!
View my music profile here: www.myspace.com/djgarethcheshire

My Interests

DJing: Joining the dots somewhere between House, Broken Beat and Jazz...! Usually mixed fast and furious playing 40-50 records an hour if I'm in the mooood to jack it up.
Music Production: Ableton Live 5.01/Propellerheads Reason 3.0
Games... the more off-kilter the better (such as Katamari and Loco Roco)!

I'd like to meet:

People who think they can drink a bottle of Tequila quicker than me...

Music:

I love lots of various music! Here are some of my favourite DJ's/Producers/Musicians/Bands (including some new additions over the past 12 months): Carl Cox, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina, DJ Sneak, Cajmere/Green Velvet, H-Foundation (Halo & Hipp-E), Miguel Migs, Dano, Onionz, Joeski, Master D, 6400 Crew, Tony Hewitt, Chris Lum, Jay-J, DJ Garth, Bugz In The Attic, MAW (Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales & Louie Vega), Gilles Peterson, King Britt, Swirl Peepz, Inland Knights, No Assembly Firm (Dan X & Justin Long), Justin Martin, Natural Rhythm, Jacob London, Demarkus Lewis, Fred Everything, Yousef, Switch (Dave Taylor & Trevor Loveys), Soild Groove (Dave Taylor), Hardfloor, A Jackin'Phreak, Abe Duque, David Duriez, Brett Johnson, Bionic Bump Band, (old) Basement Jaxx, Chicken Lips, Mazi (Audio Soul Project), Kenny Hawkes, Ian Pooley, Nick Holder, François K, Joshua, Iz & Diz, Cricco Castelli, Jamie Anderson, Q Burns Abstract Message, Pink Floyd, LCD Sound System, The Clash, New Order, Joy Division, Tom Vek, Queens of the Stoneage (shh... people think I'm just into 'dance' music), Prince, Beastie Boys, Bloc Party, Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Curtis Mayfield, Dr. Dre, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Daft Punk, George Clinton, Bob Marley, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy... and a whole lot more...

Movies:

Scarface (my favourite movie), Glengarry Glen Ross, Heat, Carlito's Way, The Godfather, Donnie Brasco, Sleepers, Casino, Copland, Goodfellas, The Untouchables, Once Upon a Time in America, Taxi Driver, Enter The Dragon, The Terminator, Commando, Conan the Barbarian, The Replacement Killers, Hard-Boiled, Once A Thief, The Killer, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, The Goonies (more to be added shortly)...

Television:

The Sopranos, Prison Break

Books:

Anything by Hunter S. Thompson

Heroes:

My family, Bob Paisley, Bill Shankly, Rafael Benitez and Richard Pryor (motherf**ker)!!

My Blog

Jingo 14.04.06

I'm playing at Jingo next week (Good Friday) and a good Friday it will be! More details here. ...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:38:00 PST

New (old) mix added to mixupload.com!

I've just added my Circus DJ Competition winning entry to my page on mixupload.com... you can check it out here. I would have added the set I played on the night too (plus a couple of others) if it w...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:39:00 PST

What's that... constant ringing?

Like many other people I have suffered with Tinnitus (the medical term for a constant sound in the ears) most of my life. I've just setup a direct debit to help the RNID in the aid of research. I imp...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:30:00 PST

MoS

Visiting Ministry of Sound in London for the first time this weekend for a bit of the ol' DJ Sneak! Should be fun...! Charlton v Liverpool also coming up this Saturday... come on you red men! How ma...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:43:00 PST

More DJing Dates

Lots of fun was had by all (I think...) at the last Beluga gig, so much so I've been asked back on a regular basis! The next 'Jingo' dates are Saturday 11th February (with the Inbetween DJs and Dislo...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:31:00 PST

Music / Gig News

Although I've been playing records for nearly ten years I put together my first ever broken beat/nu-jazz/house mix a few months ago which is available again on-line: 'Broken Beat Concept' hope you enj...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:51:00 PST

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

I found out a few weeks ago Halo & Hipp-E (H-Foundation) are due to play here in Liverpool again after a break of nearly three years...! If I hadn't heard H-Foundation's music roaring through C...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:18:00 PST

Arrrrg... this be the winter...

Chest infections are rubbish!...
Posted by Chest Rockwell on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:12:00 PST