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Blando!

fuckin bangin techno

About Me

Ive been dj'ing 11 years, I have played all over the country and a few foreign destinations. Highlights for me include being a resident at the Ninja Tune club night Solid Steel in Edinburgh for a year when i finaly got to play with and meet DJ Food & DK. Also rockin four decks with Treva Whateva & B-Burg. Recently i have had a mix with Coldcut on Solid Steel radio and hope to have some more on the way with some other Ninja's. I ran my own night The Flow for a couple of years at the world famous Blue Note with my old pal Ollie. I have played alongside such luminaries as Hextatic, The Beta Band, Lord Finesse, Hidden Agenda, Freddy Fresh, Marcus Intalex, J Majik, Joseph Malik, Bonobo, Treva Whateva, Dave Angel, Plump DJ's, Soul Of Man, DJ Extra, DJ A La Fu, John B, Mark Williams, Pest, Ed Real, Fila Brazillia, Legobeast, Ezy Ryder, New Flesh For Old, Wreckage and many others......... Local Product Recordings seems to have died a death at the moment and is firmly on the back burner but i still have a passion for it and realise it's a solo effort in terms of cash and organisation. At the moment i am resident at Split a drum & bass and techno & hip-hop night, you can catch me down there once a month @ Cabaret Voltaire Edinburgh. Our radio show on Radio Magnetic is also on hold just now. A lot of work for very little reward has unfortunatley called a halt to it. Big thanks to Ash, Kev, DK, Ollie, Dom, Jee4ce, Whys, Burg, Greig The Singing Dentist, AL, Nick Fury & Pyz for inspiration and support. mspmb allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://lads.myspace.com/slides/photoslider.swf?u=912521 14" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"DJ SIGNIFY IS A GENIUS..................

My Interests

working hard, earning lots of cash then spending it.

I'd like to meet:

musicaly minded women with similar tastes (see list) and people who write good honest music, no attitudes thanks.

Music:

The Beta Band, Aesop Rock, El-P, Madlib, Mr Hiz, Jeff Mills, Ritchie Hawtin, The Verve, Sonic Youth, Eric B and Rakim, RJD2, Rob Sonic, Boom Bip, Found, The Duke Spirit, Supersoul, Ghost, Kashmere, Low Life, Missile, Liquid Blasted, Vin Landers, Skill Mega, Non Phixion, Ill Bill, Necro, Firecracker, Joseph Malik, Hidden Agenda, DJ Signify, The Coral, DJ Shadow, The Roots, Ray La Montagne, Bonobo, DJ Food, DK, U-Ziq, Q Project, Pantera, Ragga Twins, Peace Orchestra, Total Science, B-Burg, Dabrye, Braintax, EL-P, Whys, Eyesee, James Ruskin, Adam Bayer, Joel Mull, Anything on Trapez Recordings, Addict, Boymerang, Audiodacity, Show N Prove, Rollins Band, Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Entombed, Black Flag, Black Keys, The Broken Keys, Mike Ladd & The Majesticons, Kings Of Leon, Edan, Public Enemy, Quemists, Hexstatic, Stevie Wonder, Michael Catto, Connie Price & The Keystones, Quasimoto, The Kinks, Dinosaur Jr, Photek, Marc Bolan, Thin Lizzy, The Wiseguys, Deadly Avenger, Wreckage, Lee Coombs, Shitmat, Dynamo Productions, DJ Krush, DJ Kentaro, Strickly Kev, Aphex Twin, Carl Craig, Stephen Brown, Kareem Smith, Thomas Schumacher, Dave Clarke, Raoul Delgardo, John Peel, Fourtet, Kid 606, Knifehandchop, David Holmes, Optimo, Mary Anne Hobbs, Wriggler, Moving Shadow, Metalheadz, Solid Steel, Stone Roses, Richard Bartz, Niel Young, James Brown, Pest, Jee4ce, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Tes, Dangermouse, Cryogenic Recordings, Great Ezcape, Soul Of Man, Drumattic Twins, DJ Die, Beastie Boys, Steel Pulse, Peanut Butter Wolf, Louis Prima, Quannum, The Rolling Stones, Dirty Diggers, The Remedies.

Movies:

Blu-Ray

Television:

Sopranos

Books:

1984, Henry Rollins - Get In The Van, anything by Carl Sagan or Orson Wells

Heroes:

Laika - The first dog in space.

My Blog

new gig’s...........

This Tuesday at Split in the speakeasy 12-3am..........get your flares out and come bust a groove Thursday 29th May - Pass The Vibes @ Medina - JEE4CE & Blando! (live)   grrrrr...
Posted by Blando! on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:26:00 PST

Ghost Dog with Q&A from RZA (Wu-Tang Clan)

Just got my tickets for this, sweeeeeet! http://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/ghost-dog-the-way-of- the-samurai/...
Posted by Blando! on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:31:00 PST

new gig’s..............

Tuesday 18th March @ SPLIT - Techno Set Tuesday 1st April @ SPLIT - B2B w. WHYS (Tape Dek Rok) Tuesday 29th April @ SPLIT - B2B w. WHYS (Tape Dek Rok) Tuesday 27th May  @ Split - B2B w. WHYS (Tap...
Posted by Blando! on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:06:00 PST

i woke up this morning...........

and was 30 years old. downhill and the brakes are off. just going into town to get some zip up slippers. throwing out all my trainers in favour or sensible shoes. t-shirts, gone in favour of shirt and...
Posted by Blando! on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:59:00 PST

some gig’s im going to.....

oh yes, back in the swing of things............. Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic & DJ Big Whizz @ The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. Should be a belter. A propper poet if ever there was one. Ante up sandeep it'...
Posted by Blando! on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:05:00 PST

split ......dan bland (solid sttelios) & dave lowe (obceneios)

yup back to back with the man. nigh'on 3hrs of dub & bass with the crazy two. 30mins each at the start and then we try to kill each other with sound as our only weapon!   Tues 18th Dec 2007 @...
Posted by Blando! on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:02:00 PST

catch me at slashdot @ the hive this saturday

yes yes. will be playing some banging techno at slashdot this saturday night from 12pm-1am. hold on to your wigs it's going to be heavy
Posted by Blando! on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:24:00 PST

whys set on thursday?!

doing an mc battle night on thursday at the bongo and realy should show the kids what it's all about. striktly whys, b-burg & vigilante production will be smokin on my dj set if i can mess shit up...
Posted by Blando! on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:27:00 PST

dj competition

i will be judging a dj competition tomorrow from 6pm-12am at "the street" in edinburgh. come and have a larf and join me cause ill need the help.
Posted by Blando! on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:01:00 PST

check this shit!

the mighty scratch is back in the burg with the main man j-zone. if you are in any doubt about how good this man is check his remix album of jimi hendrix entitled "experienced" amazing. i would descri...
Posted by Blando! on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:18:00 PST