DJ Chef AKA Chefal and D Double E live at OI! ft RinseFM | vjlennart . com
DMZ Exodus - Leeds December 2007
Heavily distorted but you ge the idea.
The lights are on because it's the end of the night.
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18th July - Tech:nology - Rhythmn Factory - Whitechapel
1st August - Renegade Hardware - The End
***Mini Biog***
One of the pioneering DJ's of Dubstep, 22 years young Chefal aka Chef, hailing from the home of Dubstep, Croydon, South London has been mixing for 12 years.
Chefal's upfront selection and skills on the decks have led to him djing around the World. Over the last year Chef has been spreading the Dubstep virus from UK towns and cities such as Croydon, Brixton, Nottingham, Brighton, Exeter, Newport, Bristol, Leicester, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow in Scotland and Cardiff in Wales etc to major towns and cities all around the world such as Seattle and LA in America to Amsterdam and Uterecht, Holland --- Ghent and Antwerp, Belgium --- Copenhagen, Denmark --- Helsiniki, Finland --- Vienna, Austria --- Tel Aviv, Israel, --- Prague, Czech Republic --- Munich and Frankfurt, Germany --- Paris, France --- Budapest, Hungary --- Basel, Switzerland plus more.
Chefal is a resident at the two pioneering Dubstep nights in London DMZ and FWD.
Chefal is also a resident at club nights outside of the UK including Slam It! which is a bi-monthly event in Helsinki, Finland and also Voodoo People in Amsterdam, Holland.
Chefal has been hosting a weekly Radio Show on London's leading Rinse Fm (12 years on air) for the last 4 years. When Chefal isn't playing the latest dubs at raves he's busy making them @ Transition Studios, while training to become a Mastering Engineer and managing the mighty Ringo Records!!
From the early secondary school days, Chefal was spending all his pocket and dinner money on the latest Jungle down at Big Apple on a Friday. He grew up listening to stations like Kool Fm, Weekend Rush, Rinse, Upfront, London Underground etc while playing Mario and Streetfighter in his bedroom.
Chefal Started listening to and buying House n Garage around 1997, when it got darker and more bassline influenced but still kept up to date with the Jungle and D'n'B until bout 2002.
Chefal's sound that he's pushing FWD foremost is Dubstep and the best bassed out Grimey beats.
''For me it’s the bassline that makes me feel a tune'', .
Chefal hooked up with Benga and Skream many years back through Big Apple Records (Croydon) and has been the main DJ in the crew, Smooth Kriminals since so Benga and Skream could concentrate on the production side of things but watch out for some beats from Chefal soon.
Chefal rinses out the freshet dubz first from everybody who’s sound he's feeling including... Benga and Skream, Digital Mystikz, Loefah, L.D, Plastician, Cyrus, Tubby, N-Type, Conquest and Silkie, Walsh, Martyn, Burial, Kode 9, Clue Kid and Cotti, Pinch, Jakes, Kutz, Joker, Distance, Hijak, Kromestar n Cessman etc to name a few.
The main ingredients of Chef's sets are energy and deep sub basslines whether it’s a half step roller or a 4x4 banger, anything goes. Chefal plays right across the board covering the full Dubstep spectrum, if Chefal likes it he’ll play it, simple. ''I play for the crowd and myself, if I’m not having a good time how can I expect the listeners and ravers to''?
This year watch out for Chefal pushing some fresh talented producers including L.D, Mr P, Clue Kid n Cotti(4n4mat), Dcoy, Reptile, Point, 15's, Aggro, Pinch, Conquest and Zomby.Catch Chef djing @ DMZ and FWD on a regular (It's what Dubstep's about) and other events such as Subloaded, Skull Disco, SubDub, Dirty Canvas, Cor Blimey, D.O.T.S, Dubpressure, Renegade Hardware and Breakin Science pushing the Dubstep sound.Chef had been show surfing on a lot of the best and worst pirates, south of the river for over 7 years until he found his home @ Rinse Fm early 2004.It's all about Bass!!
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Dates for your Diary - Catch me DJing at the following - All Confirmed
22nd Feb - Fwd meets Rinse.Fm @ The End
7th March - FWD - Plastic People
14th March - Stockholm, Sweden - With D1 and Kutz
15th March - Ghent, Belgium - with Clue Kid
19th March - Sub Division - Brighton - b2b Clue Kid
22nd March - Rinse.Fm meets OI @ Paradiso Club – Amsterdam – Holland Including N-Type, Tubby, D Double E + more
27th March - Dubstepper X - Club Rote Sonne – Munich – Germany
29th March - Man Make Music
, Warehouse Party – Hackney Wick
1st April - Vagabondz - Electrowerkz – With Mala
4th April - Sub Conscious - Milton Keynes
5th April - Kontakt – Leicester
11th April – Rinse.Fm @ Ministry Sound – London – b2b L.D
19th APril - Ringo vs Sub Freq - Theatre Kikker - Uterecht - Holland
25th April - Subloaded - Bristol – b2b L.D
2nd MAY - Club Delight - Cardiff - Wales
2nd May - Sub Conscious - Milton Keynes
9th May - Dubaholics - Nordstern - Switzerland
16th May - Electric Eliminator - Glasgow – Scotland
17th May - Dirty Canvas with Wiley - Rythmn Factory
17thMay - Soul Jazz Party - Electrowerkz
19th May - Dubriddim - Guildford University – b2b L.D
23rd May - Ruffage 1st Birthday!! – Leeds
24th May - Frankfurt - Germany
25th May - Breakin Science - SE One – London
****COMING TO AMERICA****
Fri May 30 – Seattle – Shift
Sat May 31 – LA - Smog Sessions
Tue June 2 - Pure Filth
Fri June 6 – Chicago – Bass Goes Boom
Sat June 7 – Vancouver - Lighta!
Sat June 14 - Montreal
Sat June 21 – NY - Dubwar
****End of America tour****
6th July - Dutch Festival
26th July - UK Festival - Secret Garden Party
8th August - Swedish Festival
7th November - Newcastle with Jammer and Rusko
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For DJ bookings, more info, to get tunes to Chefal etc.... send Chefal a message on here or use the contact methods below.
Msn Messenger and email = [email protected]
Aim handle = iamtherealdjchef
Telephone = (+44)07939-176768
Skype and PS3 id = chefaldubstep
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Chefal has a Weekly Radio Show on London's Leading Underground Station
--- Rinse FM 100.4 ---
Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings - 11:00pm til 01:00am GMT
Click the Rinse logo above or here for the live Rinse Fm Stream to the World!!
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Click here or the radio below be forwarded to Chefal's Rinse.Fm Podcast page where you can stream or download gigs of Chefals'latest radio shows in mp3 format your pod or pc.
Updated regular
Click the 3VOOR12 logo or here to stream Chefal's guest set and interview with Hollands finest, DJ Gomes on Dutch Radio 3VOOR12!!
Click play on the divshare bar just above to instantly listen to a Kiss FM show with Chefal going Back to back, dub for dub with L.D, Hatcha and Crazy D on the mic or click here or the Kiss logo to Download and Stream!!
Click the 1Xtra logo above or here to download Chefal's and Distance's guest show on BBC 1Xtra!!
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Chefal on the frontcover of RWD Mag
Click here or the picture below to read the RWD Magazine article ''Here Comes The Dubstepper'' an article on Dubstep, featuring DJ's... Hijak, Chef aka Chefal and Hatcha
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Click on the preview above or here to read the full exclusive Riddim.ca interview with Chef.
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Chef DJing @ Kids Up Late - The Barzilay Club, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Chef cooking up the Dubplates @ SLAM IT - The 1st Birthday Extravaganza in Helsinki, Finland
Chef DJing @ Voodoo People 2, Amsterdam, Holland
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Recent Past Bookings
21st Feb - Hench - The Tube - Bristol
16th Feb - Luv n You - Valentine Ball Loop - Croydon
15th Feb - Misst, Marcus Garvey Ballroom – Nottingham
7th Feb - D.O.T.S - Plan B - Brixton
26th Jan - DJing @ Melting Point, Paris, France
25th Jan 2008 - @ ChockABlock - EGG Nightclub, 200 York Way, Kings Cross, London N7
End of 2007
28th December - True Playaz – Fabric 3rd Room – Farringdon
15th December - Budapest – Hungary
12th December – The Music Box – Manchester
8th December - Big Apple Party!! – Club Hidden
??th November - Hyponik – Heavy Industries - ??
15 th November - Brighton - Sureskank Convention
9 th November - Super Dubpressure - Brighton
9th November - FWD - Plastic People - Shoreditch
8th November – Release - Charity Fundraiser Bash – Club Herbal – Shoreditch
1st November – Dubriddim - Surrey University Student Union
31st October - Rotte Sonne - Munich - Germany
27th October - Cor Bilmey - Jamm – Brixton -- b2b L.D
20th October - Breakin Science – Canvas aka Bagleys – Kings X
19th October - Man Make Music – Egg – Kings X
12th October - Kontakt – Music Café - Leicester
4th October - 3.5 Records – Reading
3rd October - Slam It – Red Rum Club – Helsinki – Finland+ More
***Chefal aka DJ Chef aka Chef aka DJ Chefal aka The Dubfather******VOTED THE 5TH BEST LIVE DUBSTEP DJ***
