Leeds Hip Hop Scene

Elbow Rooms, Leeds - £3, 9pm

No Fakin’ DJs… Kwinzola, Fred and DJ Illson combine 4 turntables and a deep rooted Hip Hop sensibility to create a semi-live/DJ show like no other. And while Hip-Hop is the anchor, a phenomenal variety of music gets in on the act, seamlessly blended and layered with live instruments, samplers, drum machines and more.

Kwinzola is the founding member and the trio’s turntable backbone, and also holds down a residency at Fat City’s legendary club night Friends & Family. Fred is a classically trained musician turned turntablist and producer, whilst DJ Illson is also the turntable talent behind cut-and-paste maestros, the 45 Midgets. Individually and collectively, No Fakin’ DJs are impeccably connected with just about everybody who is anyone in dance music.

Armed with a new mixtape “Give an Example” out now through Fat City, No Fakin DJs have recently rocked dancefloors, boats, tents and tipis at events like the Garden Festival in Croatia, Creamfields and genre bending super clubs Chibuku and Fabric. Playing alongside the likes of Mr. Scruff and the Scratch Perverts and having the honour of supporting some of their heroes and inspirations…Public Enemy, Q-Bert, DJ Shadow and Steinski.

Through Hip-Hop, funk, soul, disco, reggae and more, No Fakin’ DJs make the classic and obscure into a mix thats guarenteed to get the party started right.