Currently setting up his label “Slinksta Records” & working on remixing and original production projects, Slinky has become a name synonymously associated with good music & in particular breakbeat.
Crafting out a nifty career in this genre for the last 15 years, he has toured the globe playing at some of the biggest clubs, best festivals and coolest cities.
From playing at GLADE festival 2008 UK in the Breaksday Tent, to Cairns 2009 Winter Solstice Festival Australia, Slinky’s other feats include playing Ministry of Sound (UK), Supercharged (UK), De Vloer (Holland,) Wink (India) to Space Base festival (Slovenia) and Reactor in Sweden for Sound of Habib Records.
Nationally Slinky has played The Big Day Out, Vibes on a Summers Day, SummerfieldDayze and was a crowd favorite and standout at Splendour in the Grass 2004/2005 and 2009.
Slinky has supported almost everybody in the breakbeat fraternity, such as the likes of General MIDI, Drummatic Twins, Tayo, ILS, FreQnasty, Evil Nine, Adam Freeland, Stanton Warriors, & Krafty Kuts, Soul of Man, BLIM, Chris Carter & Deekline to name but a few.
Competition wise Slinky came 2nd in the Quicksilver Air Show DJ contest, and Won the DJ contest for a slot at SummerfieldDayze.
In the public eye, slinky has featured on US Radio show Bajou Breaks, & appeared on I-Breaks internet radio (UK). Slinky has also held down a stable radio-show called “Down & Out” for over 6 years on Bay-FM in Byron Bay (AUS), with a short stint broadcasting the show from Bombay India, via NSB Breakbeat Internet Radio (UK).
Initially slinky’s fame was carved out of a reputation creating beach parties on the north coast of NSW Australia, and playing a range of styles from Breakbeat, Dub, Trip hop, & believe it or not Psychedelic Trance.
Now his focus is on production, having signed his remix of The Groove Diggerz “Time Kontrol” to their UK label Breakin Even in 2008
(remixes by breakbeat stalwarts The Drummatic Twins (Fingerlickin), Kickflip (Breakin Even), Rektchordz (Brighton Breaks) and Jay Stewart (Breakin Even).
2009 sees Slinky with another release on Rapid Fire Records (Canada) called “The Darker Phaze” which he co-produced with Digitalis (Sinister/Matsuri), whilst 2010 has remixes for Rennie Pilgrem & Myagi in the pipeline.
2009 Splendour in the Grass Festival in Byron Bay this year watched Slinky play a 10 PM peak set in the dance arena “Tipi Village” to a 3000+ strong crowd, representing breakbeat to the masses….
Alongside national and local gigs, 2011 has Slinky continuing his “Down & Out” Breaks Radio slot on BAY-FM 99.9 friday nights 8-10pm EST, his remixing/production projects in the studio working on Lounge tracks with various vocalists & nuskool breaks productions for his forthcoming label “Slinksta Records” & teaching his DJ course at Byron College.
Find Slinky at:
www.slinkstarecords.com
www.soundcloud.com/slinkstarecords
www.myspace.com/slinksta
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