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Kid Lopez
Billed as one of house music's most exciting artists, Jay Walker, AKA Kid Lopez has already
seen a residency at Ibiza's now infamous Manumission, guest appearances at some of the world's
most prestigious nights, including Cream, Miss moneypennys, Slinky, Freedom, Ultra Vegas
& Soulsugar, and the coming few months are set to see his unique and innovative style take
the music industry by storm.
2004 saw an 8-gig tour of India, a hugely successful debut trip to Miami, multiple European
dates and new residencies for Midlands-based promotions, Soulsugar and Cyberkitten.
All this and numerous guest spots all over the UK have meant a hectic schedule for this
lover of all things funky.
In the studio, things are going from strength to strength, with his huge track
'I can't take no more' being the first single from his own RED RECORDINGS label.
Let loose on the public in May 2005, this was the first of 4 releases on RED so far this year.
Jay has also signed his two chunky housers 'Good Times' (Top 20 Mixmag Dec 04)
And 'The Look' to the exciting UK-based Wallop label. With both tracks gaining huge support
from all the major players off CDR, the buzz is already massive on these two, and all that's
before his cheeky house number 'High' is released on RED In October 2005.
Under his tech-house DIGITAL PUNKS moniker, his superb track 'Life' has also been
signed to Connect, and release is scheduled for the end of 2005. Under yet another guise of
'AUDIO DELUXE', his remix of the 1979 Change classic 'Angel (in my pocket)' has already rocketed
to 'classic' status from only a handful of white labels and has been earmarked for licensing
to a future Hed Kandi album.
Perhaps Jays biggest success story to date is his current remix of Michael Gray's 'Weekend'.
Since being played on Radio 1 by Steve Lawler on Pete Tong's Essential Selection, this has fast become one of the years most eagerly anticipated tunes and will now finally be released on Eye Industries in
early 2006. New projects are well underway, with his trademark sound of dirty basslines,
chugging tribal beats and dubby vocals being used to take the musical connoisseur to
another level.
His remixing talents have certainly been in huge demand recently, and he is currently
working on various projects for labels such as Defected, Global, Player and Harlem here
in the UK, whilst US-based labels Funktion and Groove On are also commissioning mixes.
His recently completed remixes of The Trophy Twins' tracks 'Anarchism' and 'Ill Experience'
have gone down a storm, and are amongst this years biggest UK releases. His mix of
Soul Avengerz' '100%' has already hit the Buzz charts at number 2 and his take on their
forthcoming single 'Been robbed' has just come off the press. His currently unreleased mix of
the Bombdogs 'I can't explain' is also doing serious damage to some of clublands more
underground dance floors at the moment.
His energetically unique and innovative DJ'ing style is a truly mind-blowing visual experience -
with a fusion of chunky vocal house, tribal-esque beats and tech-funk grooves, all mixed
seamlessly and with true showmanship - this is one set that you dare not miss.
All this and a fun, crazy character to match, Kid Lopez is fast becoming…
One of The industry's freshest and most exciting talents.
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