Mr Bristow
Mr Bristow
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About Mr Bristow
Mr.Bristow has been DJ-ing for over 10 years, playing a wide range of music genres including hip hop, house, breaks, drum and bass, funk, reggae, pop & soul. He is the Head DJ Tutor at Point Blank Music College in Hoxton where he teaches DJ skills and music production. Mr Bristow is resident at the The Vinyl Touch - winner of ‘best small club event’ at the 2008 Breaks Poll Awards - alongside nu-skool breaks veterans Ed 209, Dr S Gachet, Swifty B & Ellis Dee. He also regularly plays at No Rest For The Wicked, a live drum & bass / breaks night held at the Rhythm Factory in Whitechapel. In June 2009, Mr Bristow & Swifty.B featured on Eddy Temple Morris’s XFM show, The Remix, where they treated listeners to their unique blend of mash up mayhem. The pair were also clear winners of a national DJ competition on dontstayin.com, resulting in them playing a storming set at Dance Island festival in Cambridge the same month. Aside from breaks, Mr Bristow can often be found cutting and scratching at Brand New Beat at the Social, Oxford Circus, which boasts some of the finest UK Hip Hop talent. He has also recently performed with new up and coming live hip hop band, Kaned & Able, at a sell out gig at the prestigious Horn pub in St Albans (winner of ‘Best Live Music Venue’ award 2007) and London’s famous 333 Club in Old Street. Since January 2009, Mr Bristow has also been resident and promoter of Academy at 93 Feet East- a DJ showcase event that gives up and coming DJ talent a chance to perform in the heart of east London’s thriving music scene. Mr Bristow has scratched it up in clubs across London as part of the band ‘1 i Bear’, alongside members of the Brand New Heavies & Dub Conspiracy. In his role at Point Blank Music College Mr Bristow also teaches at outreach projects across the South-East and at events including ‘The Princes Trust Urban Music Festival’ and the ‘Activ8 festival’, Hyde Park. He has taught several celebrities, including Radio 1’s Annie Nightingale. He has featured on X FM, Kiss FM, XFM, ITV London Tonight and been interviewed in DJ Magazine. From Oct 2005 - July 2008, he was a resident at Backdrop – a D&B & Breaks night held at Brixton Jamm & The Telegraph. Here, he performed alongside the likes of Foreign Beggarz, Pendulum, Shy FX, Bad Company, Fabio, Shut Up & Dance, Mr Thing and many others. Mr Bristow reached the regional finals of the Daily Telegraph's Juice DJ competition twice (2001 & 2002) whilst studying for a Music Technology degree at the University of Hertfordshire, where he gained a 2:1 Bsc Hons. He also held residencies at the Student Union and hosted a weekly Breaks radio show with one half of established Breaks act ‘Diverted’. With an ability rarely equalled in the saturated world of wannabe DJs, Mr Bristow is a unique performer who can adapt to any situation and get the beats pumping and the crowd jumping. Links myspace.com/mrbristowdj youtube.com/misterbristow twitter.com/MisterBristow www.reverbnation.com/mrbristow myspace.com/kanedandable pointblanklondon.com nrftw.com Myspace.com/academyevent backdrop-breaks.co.uk
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