Monday 21 June 2010

DJ/Producer Highlight - DJ Raggs


Its been a week or so since you heard from us but we're back with more future superstars of Dubstep. This week we're highlighting DJ Raggs a female dubstep DJ who already has quite a following with a number of collabos and projects under her belt. We love her Jump Up Dj style, shes guaranteed to have you skankin out hardstep ...read on to find out more about DJ Raggs.

DJ Raggs is a producer, artist, and DUBSTEP DJ. She also has an extensive selection of Bashment, Hip Hop & UKG

Raggs' production collabo's include UKG's - DJ Femme Fatale (Ministry of Sound/1 Xtra/MTV Base), alongside Nathan Lockett (Baffled/Headtop/Colour Girl/So Solid), she worked with Slipmatt, KT Tunstall, Qualifide (Compound One), MC Styles (It's a London Thing), Sweetie Irie (Gorillaz), and various other artists. Raggs worked on Upfront 99.3FM alongside the likes of Hatcha & Crazy D – the then leading pirate station for UKG. During this time she studied a Diploma in Jazz & Popular Music at Goldsmith’s University. Raggs spends time in Jamaica producing with Dancehall artists, and StoneLove engineer, Diavallon Fearon in Kingston.

She is currently producing/featuring on (vocals, sax, flute..) Dubstep tracks with El-B (GHOST), & is a part of the label/collective, SUM TING NEW (STN) - producing & working with Cotti and Crazy D. Raggs is the Dubstep representative for the FEMININE PRESSURE collective, and has just begun production collaborations with its founder DJ Touch. DJ RAGGS runs the record label 5-Claw Records, based on old & new UKG/House releases. She plays regularly on Life FM & guests on Sub FM alongside Blakstarline, and on Flex FM on the MyBreakz show. RAGGS' beats are hard and dark, and her style is most definitely JUMP UP!!!

Usually we give you a 10 minute mix but we love Raggs so much I thought i'd just let you have the full 30 minute mix. Listen and enjoy :)

30 Minute Mix

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