One of the pioneering DJs of Dubstep, 23 years young Chefal aka Chef, hails from the home of Dubstep, Croydon, South London, and has been mixing for 13 years.He is a resident at the two pioneering Dubstep nights in London – DMZ and FWD – 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.
This year watch out for Chefal pushing some fresh producers including L.D, Mr P, Clue Kid n Cotti (4n4mat), Dcoy, Reptile, Point, 15′s, Aggro, Pinch, Conquest and Zomby. Chef had been show surfing on a lot of the best and worst pirates, south of the river for more than 7 years until he found his home at Rinse Fm early 2004. 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 and All Out Dubstep in Sweden.
When he isn’t playing the latest dubs at raves he’s busy making them at Transition Studios, while training to become a Mastering Engineer and managing the mighty Ringo Records, Sub Freq Records and pulling the strings…
Read MoreOne of the pioneering DJs of Dubstep, 23 years young Chefal aka Chef, hails from the home of Dubstep, Croydon, South London, and has been mixing for 13 years.He is a resident at the two pioneering Dubstep nights in London – DMZ and FWD – 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.
This year watch out for Chefal pushing some fresh producers including L.D, Mr P, Clue Kid n Cotti (4n4mat), Dcoy, Reptile, Point, 15′s, Aggro, Pinch, Conquest and Zomby. Chef had been show surfing on a lot of the best and worst pirates, south of the river for more than 7 years until he found his home at Rinse Fm early 2004. 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 and All Out Dubstep in Sweden.
When he isn’t playing the latest dubs at raves he’s busy making them at Transition Studios, while training to become a Mastering Engineer and managing the mighty Ringo Records, Sub Freq Records and pulling the strings with Osiris behind the London/Amsterdam run label Subbalicious 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, 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 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.”
He 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. Chefal rinses out the freshest dubz from 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 and Cessman.
Chefal’s upfront selection and skills on the decks have led him to all corners of the globe spreading the Dubstep virus: Vancouver, New Zealand, Seattle, LA, Chicago, San Fransisco, New York and UK towns and cities such as Croydon, Brixton, Nottingham, Brighton, Exeter, Newport, Norwich, Portsmouth, Bristol, Leicester, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and everywhere else around the British Isles.
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