D&B DJ Competition:
UK OK

Drum & Bass Arena in association with the SAE institute UK & Gemini Sound Products sponsored the first national Drum & Bass Arena DJ competition. Six outstanding Drum & Bass DJ’s out of 100 performed at London’s The End club, West Central Street, London on March 11, 2005.

The winner of the DJ competition Chelsea-born, Edinburgh-bred DJ Samurai walked away with bragging rights until the next show as well as loads of free equipment. This prize package included a brand new pair of PDT-6000, digital direct drive turntables (four stars iDJ magazine), and a PMX-04 10” 2 stereo channel effects mixer (four & a half stars for the PMX series iDJ magazine) from Gemini Sound Products and a year long sound course at one of the global SAE Institutes. He also has the choice to play in the main room at the next Drum & Bass Arena party held at The End in July.

You can check Samurai’s own production work on his own label DC Breaks.
Here’s a break down of the final battle show:

MAIN ROOM:
THE BATTLE ARENA
ZINC b2b FRICTION
PENDULUM b2b 'BASSLINE' SMITH
CLIPZ b2b BARON
TK b2b UTAH JAZZ
MCs: DYNAMITE, EKSMAN b2b HERBZIE, E-LL, BIGGIE

ROOM 2:
DRUM&BASS ARENA DJ COMPETITION FINAL : DJs Cush T / mE / Reapa / Samurai / Scheme / Semloh. Plus DJ Aggers & Stealth Assassin
For more info on the events please visit:
www.breakbeat.co.uk

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