Kutski
Encyclopedia
Kutski is a radio DJ
. He was born in Chester
, England
. He currently presents BBC Radio 1
's early Saturday morning show, where he plays a variety of hard dance music, including Breakbeat
, Electro, Hard Trance
, Hardcore
and Hardstyle
.
which resulted in a residency.
His turntable skills resulted in Kutski being named Energyuk.com's 'DJ of the month' 3 times in 2004.
Kutski's DJing has taken him across the network of underground and mainstream hard dance clubs in the UK.
His current residencies include Tasty (London), Ripsnorter (Bristol) and Elevate (Bangor).
In 2004, Kutski released debut track "Making Me Itch" under the name SPX. He signed to the Knuckleheadz label and featured on compilations Insomnia 4 and Extreme Euphoria 3.
His tune "Closer To God" released on X-Cite got rave reviews and support from Anne Savage, Lisa Lashes and The Tidy Boys.
A collaboration with Ollie (Warp Brothers
) has been signed for release on the Tidy Tools EP and has already featured on the Tidy Addict compilation.
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
. He was born in Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He currently presents BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
's early Saturday morning show, where he plays a variety of hard dance music, including Breakbeat
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
, Electro, Hard Trance
Hard trance
Hard trance is a subgenre of trance music that originated in Western Europe in the mid-1990s as the breakbeat hardcore production community began to diversify into new and different styles of electronic music, all influenced by UK hard house, happy hardcore and jungle/drum & bass...
, Hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
and Hardstyle
Hardstyle
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre mixing influences from hardtechno, hard house, hard trance, hardcore and rave music. It is between 148 and 157 bpm in speed and is written in 4/4 time....
.
Profile
Kutski started DJing aged 15. The first big event he played was Elevate in BangorBangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
which resulted in a residency.
His turntable skills resulted in Kutski being named Energyuk.com's 'DJ of the month' 3 times in 2004.
Kutski's DJing has taken him across the network of underground and mainstream hard dance clubs in the UK.
His current residencies include Tasty (London), Ripsnorter (Bristol) and Elevate (Bangor).
In 2004, Kutski released debut track "Making Me Itch" under the name SPX. He signed to the Knuckleheadz label and featured on compilations Insomnia 4 and Extreme Euphoria 3.
His tune "Closer To God" released on X-Cite got rave reviews and support from Anne Savage, Lisa Lashes and The Tidy Boys.
A collaboration with Ollie (Warp Brothers
Warp Brothers
Warp Brothers is the dance music group moniker used by German DJs Oliver Goedicke and Jürgen Dohr. Established in 1999, Their style includes techno, hard acid, house, trance and electro....
) has been signed for release on the Tidy Tools EP and has already featured on the Tidy Addict compilation.