Bio
DJ Problem Child was born in the UK where his love for music started with Michael Jackson but grew up in Trinidad in the 1980s. By then he mainly listened to Dancehall and especially Hip Hop. Such as NWA, Public Enemy & Ice T etc. He moved back to England in 1991 when he was 11 and was handed a tape, Top Buzz @ Eclipse 'The Highlander' - the event of which The Eclipse Nightclub in Coventry had held in Scotland. This blew him away because this was not only a Coventry promotion who had staged this event, but he also lived just very near the club itself, and he loved the sound Top Buzz were playing because it was a mixture of Hip Hop breaks with Reggae vocals and loved the energy of the music.
After this and listening to Ratty @ 'Dance Nation' tape he was hooked, listening to dj's like Jumping Jack Frost, Fabio, Grooverider, Mickey Finn, Randall but his main influences and who are still his favourtie dj's to this day were Doc Scott, Ratty & LTJ Bukem. During the period when he was at school in the 1990s, he was always spending his pocket money on tapes at Bangin Tunes, Revive & Spinadisc, and then he started to collect records and flyers (he had every flyer you could think of until someone decided to bin them all once when moving house, argh!) but he was never djing. He just loved listening to the tapes and in 1994 he started buying records.
When Problem Child was 16, he went to his first rave; Helter Skelter 'Imagination' on New Years Eve 1996 at The Sanctuary in Milton Keynes. It was everything he could dream of with loads of his favorite dj's & mc's playing and he was raving non stop from 1997 onwards he was raving non stop, attending parties such as Dreamscape, Slammin Vinyl, Helter Skelter, Hysteria, One Nation, Flashback to name a few. By 2000 he decided to buy a pair of decks because by this point he had quite a large record collection, and in 2002 he had his first gig at one of Coventry's well known local events; No Wet Weed. He also went onto play at Safe + Sound which was a weekly event at Platform 5 doing Drum & Bass and Hardcore where he met Noizee B, who had also just started playing out and was only 15 years old and still in school, they both had similar tastes and to this day are still great friends.
Over the years Problem Child has had bookings around the midlands playing Old Skool and Drum & Bass, and has also worked on & off with Gamma Funkula. He's especially known for playing his Old Skool sets where he plays rather dark tunes from producers such as Bizzy B, FBD Project, Nasty Habits, Tango, rufige Cru and so on.
He is now promoting his event 'Dubplate Wars' which launches on Friday 30th March @ The Loft in Coventry, where he has Old Skool legend BIZZY B headlining. The event consists of 2 rooms of Old Skool, Jungle and Drum & Bass with a selection of DJ's from around the Midlands, more information can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/events/384123444946697/
Big shouts from Problem Child to:
Glenn Aston, Gershwin, Noizee B, Toz @ Distortion Cru, Adi @ Gamma Funkula, Chris & Dundee @ Rubber Duck PA, D Tain, Rob May, No Wet Weed, Platform 5 crew, Vader, Assasin, Spangle8, Justin, Aimee, all the artists and team helping with Dubplate Wars, and those who have downloaded his sets and supported him.
coventry United Kingdom
Member since: 20 Feb 2012
Stamina Sound City Vinyl presents...JUNGLE ADRENALINCalling all junglist and drumbass crew its onREPRESENTING ALL THINGS POSITIVE ABOUT RAVING INCLUDING PEACE LOVE UNITYFor our first installment...DJ DEVIOUS DIn 1990 he came 3rd in the DMC Mixing Championships.By 1991 Devious D started playing out on the Rave circuit and got his first big break for the well known organisation Telepathy and from this playing weekly at Marshgate Lane he started to become well known.1992 Devious toured the UK with well known rave band The Prodigy and made 25 appearances playing before every Prodigy performance.1993 94 Devious has established himself on the circuit and playing at most events up down the country with his Uplifting Jungle Beats. As well as this was a runner up in the Jungle Soundclash Finals which featured other mainline Djs.1995 Devious D played an event called Jungle Dawn and was the first Dj known to ever play the whole night from start to finish. As this was billed as a special 1 DJ event.Around this same time Devious linked with MC Jay J from SL2 and released various tracks on Awesome Records Time of Our Lives Drives Ya Crazy Rock on Time more .Since then Devious continues to play in his style of Crowd pleasing mixing the Old School Jungle Flavour with the Up to date Drum Bass.Devious D has written produced tracks for 3 Lions Records one called Goldfinger which was released in January 03 and is working on various other projects soon to be released.As well as working for most promoters in the UK Devious has played in Poland Canada Toronto Germany Frankfurt Mannhein France Paris Ayia Napa and Holland Amsterdam.DjsDevious D 90 MinsLJ HighRob MayNoizee B DetantaGeneral Dee Dr. MillsMindgame Mr BlondeMax AmmoProblem ChildMcsRuptionToddlahDetanataBobby OneDtainThis is an open event everybody is welcome please invite your friendsDate Saturday 19th May 2012Venue The West Indian Centre Spon Street Coventry City Centre. CV1 3BBTime 8pm4amPrice 6 before 11pm 8 After 5 NUS All nightAttractions Facilitys25k Full Elephant Sound System Extremely Loud Audio Visual Projections Smoke Flame MachinesUV Cannons RGB Lasers Strobes Very Cheap Drinks FREE CD GiveawaysFully Licensed Bar till 3am FUll Decor plus much much more... Info Telephone Stamina Sound 07523 242 381WebsitesStamina Sound httpwww.staminasound.co.ukCity Vinyl httpwww.cityvinyl.co.ukFACEBOOK EVENT PAGE httpwww.facebook.comevents268693096555093
DUBPLATE WARS EPISODE 1 A NEW DOPEOLDSKOOL JUNGLEUPFRONT DampB IN COVENTRY ACROSS 2 ROOMS FEATURING BIZZY B BRAIN RECORDSSUBURBAN BASE RECORDSFRIDAY 30TH MARCH AT THE GOLDEN CROSS 8 HAY LANE COVENTRY CITY CENTRE CV1 5RF. 9PM TIL 3AMIMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CHANGE OF VENUEWe have had to move venue at the very last minute to The Golden Cross which is on Hay Lane just a 2 minute walk from where we were originally holding this event at The Loft right next to the Coventry City Council House. This is because unfortunately The Loft has certain issues and we just know it39s best to move venue.As a compensation for this with our punters we have now made the admission price even cheaper to compensate. So now you39re still getting 2 rooms of Old Skool Jungle Drum amp Bass and it39s just 1633 all night with the same line up The time for this event is now 9pm til 3am instead of 10pm til 4am.We want to thank everyone who has helped us out so far We39re still going ahead just a change of venue with a decent smoking area too and EVEN CHEAPER DRINKS PROMOTIONS THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLYMAIN ROOM UPSTAIRS HOSTED BY 39DUBPLATE WARS39 OLDSKOOL JUNGLEBIZZY B BRAIN RECORDSSUBURBAN BASESPANGLE8 DUBPLATE WARSGLOUCESTERNOIZEE B B2B DETANATA GAMMA FUNKULAURBAN TROOPERSROB MAY COVENTRY39S OLDSKOOL SPECIALISTGENERAL DEE STAMINA SOUNDSPROBLEM CHILD B2B CODE C DUBPLATE WARSNORTHAMPTONROOM 2 DOWNSTAIRS HOSTED BY 39PRESSURE DROP39 UPFRONT DampBMOODY BOYS PRESSURE DROPNO PAIN NO GAINSNYPA D RANDOM CONCEPTDUB PROFESSORS DREADNOUGHT RECSDUBPLATE MAFIA RECSDOUBLE D DUBPLATE WARSCEE OHH ELL B2B MINDGAME INFINITESTAMINA SOUNDS2 FACE SAGA URBAN DISORDERMC39S ACROSS BOTH ROOMSDTAIN VADER ASSASIN TODDLAH CLUED UPSOUND SYSTEM PROVIDED BY RUBBER DUCK PA1633 ALL NIGHTNO BAD ATTITUDES DRUGS THUGS OR MUGS R.O.A.ROVER 1839S IF YOU LOOK YOUNG BRING I.DDRINK PROMOTIONS ON THE NIGHThttpwww.facebook.comevents384123444946697