DJ Chile

about

DJ & Producer extraordinaire. You can find his Jazzadelica mix tapes here http://dj_chile.podomatic.com. Brought up in Africa intoxicated with rhythm and sunshine:) Inspired by Fela Kuti, Ossibisa, Thomas Mapfumo, James Brown, DJ's Josh Makawa, John Matinde, and Kudzi Marudza. First records played from fathers collection of STAX, MOTOWN and Fantasy labels. In Yugoslavia got infected from Kim Band, September, Boban Petrovic, RTB Big Band, Lala Kovacev, Mica Markovic, Misha Blam, Vlatko Stefanovski, DJ's Sloba Konjovic and Rasha Petrovic. From 1982 - 1984 played in the first Yugoslav Funk Band CANNIBAL FRU FRU together with Fiki, Shkopi, Godja and Bojan Z (today the best jazz pianists in France and Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres). At the same time started DJ'ng in clubs like Luv and Zvezda, together with dear friend and funky brother Drasko Uzelac (rip), with whom earned pocket money breakdancin' on the pavements of Dubrovnik in the summer of 1984 ! From 1987 moved to London where witnessed the awakening of the "new Jazz era" in the clubs and the "pirate radio stations" daze in the mid/late 80's. Inspired by Roy Ayers, Don Blackman, Gil Scott Heron, Loose Ends, Eddie Harris, Incognito, and DJ's Paul Murphy, Patrick Forge, Gilles Peterson, Paul Guntrip (rip), Norman Jay, Paul "Trouble" Anderson, Dr.Bob Jones, Jez Nelson, Snowboy and clubs like the Wag Club, Electric Ballroom, Dingwalls, The Fez, Cask & Glass, Turnmills. Stateside fell in love with: Cameo, Slave