DJ KC
DJ
Bio:
DJ KC started his DJ career shortly after the breakdancing era in the late 80's. He started as a mobile jock and was known for playing mainly Funk. He broke into the club circuit in 1990, starting off in Sydney's renown clubs such as Kinselas, The Dome, and Ziguratt. Being a DJ/ Producer for acts such as Bad Reputation, E.S.P, and Lill Harris who were breaking Hip Hop to the Australian market at the time, he was constantly on stage performing trick sets.
He was asked to do a 4 Deck trick show at a rave recovery club called sundayz at the Pavillion, and after seeing the enormous response, promoters realised that Turntable tricks and scratching was not only for Hip Hop and soon later KC found himself playing at various raves supporting acts such as Ultrasonic, The Dream Team, DJ Slipmatt, and many more.
His passion for performing tricks lead him onto winning the Australian DMC Championships in
92,93 and 96, with a 5th placing in the world when he performed with 4 turntables at the "Ministry of Sound" U.K and went up against the likes of Q Bert, Mix Master Mike, Crazy B, Noise, and Rectangle. That same year KC was also awarded "Best Creativity in Mixing" at Australia's first R&B Awards hosted by Mike Scott of "Ten Wedge".
KC retired from battles in 1996 but kept on rocking all major clubs and parties across Australia with mind blowing club sets that always left the crowd in awe. Being a lover of all music and genres he was able to play all styles from underground hip hop jams to club house and major raves. However KC never lost his grass roots and kept a funky soul flavor to all the different genres that he played.
KC was also well known for his 4 deck demos during this period and in 1995 he was approached by a rep from DENON to launch their new mixer. He did not know it at the time but he became the 1st Australian DJ to be officially sponsored by a corporation DENON (1995), Technics (1996), Intimidation (1997) and Vestax in (1999). DJ KC was also the first DJ to showcase the art at corporate tradeshows like ENTECH EXPO in 1997 and found himself in demand from all major companies that wanted to push their products.
He did many national tours for these companies and promoted their products in various clubs in each state. He was featured with a tutorial CD Insert in the cover of Australia's highly acclaimed magazine for music technology, "Next Music".
He also started his own weekly column called "Hot Stuff" in the popular street press "3d world" as editor and reviewer of latest DJ equipment. He contributed his work to other urban street mags "On the Street Magazine" and "Request Mag". In radio he did a weekly show "Turntablistics" to dedicate pioneering DJs that put scratching on wax with DJ Mark Walton on "Radio Dex". On TV he has appeared and showcased on BBC UK's "Club Choice", Channel V, Arena, "Australia Uncovered" (Sky U.K), and Ground Zero (SBS).
KC has played alongside pioneers like Jam Master Jay (Run DMC), Kool Herc (Founder of Hip Hop), Ca$h Money, 3 X World Champ DJ Craze and A-Trak to name a few. As a party rocker that could play to any crowd, KC is in high demand in all genres of music in diverse clubs and festivals across Australia which has kept him extremely busy throughout the 20 years of his DJ Career. He now focuses on teaching the art of DJing to upcoming DJs and appears as special guest at parties across Australia and Melbourne where he now resides.
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