MistaJam
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MistaJam is an award-winning DJ and Radio presenter for BBC Radio 1
, joining in 2008 and BBC Radio 1Xtra
, joining in 2005.
His show on BBC Radio 1
, taglined the "Saturday Night Soundclash", is broadcast on Saturday nights between 11pm - 1am and is simulcast on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The show is part of Radio 1 & Radio 1Xtra's Urban Music strand on Saturday nights. Musically, the show claims to represent Dubstep
, UK Funky, Grime
, Hip Hop
, R&B, Drum & Bass, House
, Reggae
Dancehall
and "everything in between".
His BBC Radio 1Xtra
show is broadcast Monday to Thursday between 7pm-10pm. The show covers the best new Urban music across the "broad spectrum" of genres and was intended to bridge the gap not only between the mainstream and specialist worlds but also between the genres. Taglined 'the key to the underground', the show also features his "Jam Hot" (record of the week) the "Daily Dose of Dubstep
" weekly DJ guest mixes and regular sessions from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios
.
Since March 2011, as part of the show, the free Dubstep Download was launched and is available to UK listeners to download.
In June 2010 Adidas Originals approached Mistajam to host a video diary of Glastonbury Festival, including his DJ set in the East Dance Tent. The diary captures footage of interviews and Mistajam hanging backstage with his peers as well as footage of his hugely popular live set.
Mistajam kicked up a veritable snowstorm at the Volvo Snowbombing Festival 2011 in Mayrhofen, Austria. The Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra DJ played numerous sets over the week and also hosted festival coverage for channel 4 online.
He has now got his own show on BBC Two called "No Hats, No Trainers", which aired in May. This unique storyboarded magazine show explores current urban culture, with a desire to illuminate the very best of both underground and mainstream music from the UK and abroad. ‘No Hats No Trainers’ brings the freshness back for a half hour of real must watch television by providing music news, videos and interviews with some of the urban scenes biggest names. The show also provides a laugh by airing comedy sketches for the entertainment of all BBC2 viewers. The show was well received within its demographic and was commissioned for a second series, the first episode of which aired on 4 September 2010.
, MistaJam grew up listening to the records of his parents and began DJing at local events at the age of 14, going on to DJ for Nottingham Hip Hop crew Out Da Ville and for a local pirate radio station. With associate Joe Buhdha he ran SureShot Entertainment organising the UK Takeover UK HipHop events. He also acts, was trained at Nottingham's Central Junior Television Workshop
alongside Toby Kebbell
and Samantha Morton
and has appeared in TV programmes such as Peak Practice
, Eastenders
; appeared as regular character "Minty" in the 2001 revamp of ITV soap Crossroads and most recently in the BBC Three sitcom Trexx And Flipside. In November 2009 he narrated the final, compilation episode of the BBC Switch
series Chartjackers
. He has now got his own show on BBC Two
called "No Hats, No Trainers", which aired in May. The show was well received within its demographic and was commissioned for a second series, the first episode of which aired on 4 September 2010.
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...
, joining in 2008 and BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specialising in new black music, sometimes referred to as urban music. Launched at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been codenamed Network X during the consulation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1...
, joining in 2005.
His show on 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...
, taglined the "Saturday Night Soundclash", is broadcast on Saturday nights between 11pm - 1am and is simulcast on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The show is part of Radio 1 & Radio 1Xtra's Urban Music strand on Saturday nights. Musically, the show claims to represent Dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
, UK Funky, Grime
Grime (music)
Grime is a style of music that emerged from Bow, East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop...
, Hip Hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
, R&B, Drum & Bass, House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
Dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
and "everything in between".
His BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specialising in new black music, sometimes referred to as urban music. Launched at 18:00 on 16 August 2002, it had been codenamed Network X during the consulation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1...
show is broadcast Monday to Thursday between 7pm-10pm. The show covers the best new Urban music across the "broad spectrum" of genres and was intended to bridge the gap not only between the mainstream and specialist worlds but also between the genres. Taglined 'the key to the underground', the show also features his "Jam Hot" (record of the week) the "Daily Dose of Dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
" weekly DJ guest mixes and regular sessions from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios
Maida Vale Studios
Maida Vale Studios is a complex of seven BBC studios on Delaware Road, Maida Vale, London.It has been used to record thousands of classical music, popular music and drama sessions for BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 from 1946 to the present...
.
Since March 2011, as part of the show, the free Dubstep Download was launched and is available to UK listeners to download.
In June 2010 Adidas Originals approached Mistajam to host a video diary of Glastonbury Festival, including his DJ set in the East Dance Tent. The diary captures footage of interviews and Mistajam hanging backstage with his peers as well as footage of his hugely popular live set.
Mistajam kicked up a veritable snowstorm at the Volvo Snowbombing Festival 2011 in Mayrhofen, Austria. The Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra DJ played numerous sets over the week and also hosted festival coverage for channel 4 online.
He has now got his own show on BBC Two called "No Hats, No Trainers", which aired in May. This unique storyboarded magazine show explores current urban culture, with a desire to illuminate the very best of both underground and mainstream music from the UK and abroad. ‘No Hats No Trainers’ brings the freshness back for a half hour of real must watch television by providing music news, videos and interviews with some of the urban scenes biggest names. The show also provides a laugh by airing comedy sketches for the entertainment of all BBC2 viewers. The show was well received within its demographic and was commissioned for a second series, the first episode of which aired on 4 September 2010.
Early life
Born in NottinghamNottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, MistaJam grew up listening to the records of his parents and began DJing at local events at the age of 14, going on to DJ for Nottingham Hip Hop crew Out Da Ville and for a local pirate radio station. With associate Joe Buhdha he ran SureShot Entertainment organising the UK Takeover UK HipHop events. He also acts, was trained at Nottingham's Central Junior Television Workshop
Central Junior Television Workshop
The Central Junior Television Workshop is a British organization that offers free training for young people in performance skills for television, film, radio and theatre...
alongside Toby Kebbell
Toby Kebbell
Tobias Alistair P. "Toby" Kebbell is a British actor.-Life and career:Kebbell, the fourth of five children, was born in South Elmsall, on the A638 between Doncaster and Wakefield, Yorkshire, but grew up in Nottinghamshire...
and Samantha Morton
Samantha Morton
Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and film director. She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes...
and has appeared in TV programmes such as Peak Practice
Peak Practice
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...
, Eastenders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
; appeared as regular character "Minty" in the 2001 revamp of ITV soap Crossroads and most recently in the BBC Three sitcom Trexx And Flipside. In November 2009 he narrated the final, compilation episode of the BBC Switch
BBC Switch
BBC Switch was the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two And ceased broadcasting on Saturday 17 December 2010...
series Chartjackers
Chartjackers
Chartjackers is a British documentary series, produced by Hat Trick Productions and commissioned by BBC Switch. It premièred in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2009 on BBC Two...
. He has now got his own show on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
called "No Hats, No Trainers", which aired in May. The show was well received within its demographic and was commissioned for a second series, the first episode of which aired on 4 September 2010.