Kutski
DJ and producer · Chester, England
On the bill with trance[]control: Massive @ Heaven, London (17 December 2004)
Background
Kutski is an English DJ and producer from Chester who started DJing at 15 and is known for DMC-style scratching in his hard dance sets. His first big event, Elevate in Bangor, led to a residency there. [1, 2]
At the time
In 2004 his management, Fresh DJ Management, presented him as an up-and-coming underground hard dance DJ with residencies at Ripsnorter in Bristol and Tasty in London. His first productions, as SPX with Vinyl Coup, were "Making Me Itch" on Knuckleheadz, used on Tidy's Insomnia 4 and Extreme Euphoria 3, and "Ear Drums" on ReBoot (2003); in October 2004 "Closer To God" with Roosta came out on X-Ite, a Honey Pot sublabel. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Later
In 2005 he joined BBC Radio 1 as one of six DJs hosting The Residency, chosen to champion hard dance and hardcore, and later presented his own Radio 1 shows. He was voted the UK's No. 1 hard dance DJ in a 2010 DJ Mag poll, launched the Keeping the Rave Alive podcast and brand in 2012, and Discogs gives his base as Warsaw. [1, 2]
Elsewhere
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