Daddy-O Productions & Red Cube present
Krafty Kuts
Tonight you're gonna see some breakin', and some breakin' and some breakin' and some rappin', and then you're gonna see some more breakin'. Then you're gonna call the doctor, because, yes, you guessed it…Krafty Kuts has got the 'Ill Type Sound'. Hit it! A Juggernaut of scratchability, Krafty Kuts has been itchin' the rash on the records since he was a kid. When most of us were still playing marbles or starting to go through that bewildering awkward stage, Krafty Kuts was already streetwise and old skool by 12 years of age.
When you enter a DJ’ing competition, having never DJ’d before, and get to the finals, you know you must have chosen the right career path – Krafty Kuts was born, aged 17. Having been responsible for the massively successful “Finger Lickin’ Funk EP”, remixes of Flint and 2InDaBush as well as DJ’ing regularly under the Finger Lickin’ banner, Martin is now firmly part of the Finger Lickin’ family.
Martin Reeves, a.k.a. Krafty Kuts, can truly be recognised as a member of the breakbeat elite. Along with other high profile figures such as Adam Freeland, Rennie Pilgrim, Freq Nasty and the Plump DJs, Krafty Kuts has been instrumental in pushing the breakbeat sound to a world wide audience. He was voted Best International DJ at the Australian Dance Music Awards and the Face of Breaks 2003 at the International Breakspoll Awards. These were the ultimate accolades for his efforts. However, this success didn’t just happen overnight.
Krafty Kuts’ first ventures on the wheels of steel occurred in the mid 80’s when he was bitten by the hip-hop and Electro bug. It was during this period that he developed his cutting and scratching skills, which are now a trademark of his party rocking sets.
While Krafty Kuts was rocking down the house with his DJ skills, he was also busy working on his own music. In 1996 he was signed to FSUK, one of the Ministry of Sound’s offshoot labels. 3 EP’s were released to critical acclaim, along with ‘Gimme the Funk’; a one-off release for Fatboy Slim’s label Southern Fried that was hammered by every DJ worth their salt. The success of these releases led to Krafty Kuts becoming one of the most in demand remixers within the UK dance music scene. Today, the list of people Krafty Kuts has remixed reads like an A-List, including the likes of Jurassic 5, Utah Saints, Arthur Baker, Eric B & Rakim and the classic ‘Humanoid’ by Stakker Humanoid. His remixing talents were cemented at the 2003 International Breakspoll Awards, where he won Best Remix for Afrika Bambaataa’s ‘Funky Heroes’. As well as dishing out killer remixes, he’s also managed to compile ‘Slam The Breaks On’ 1 & 2, both classic overviews of the breakbeat sound.
Whilst producing and remixing, Krafty Kuts has also managed to maintain his Djing commitments the world over, playing alongside such luminaries as Fatboy Slim, The Freestylers, Jungle Brothers, Scratch Perverts, Roni Size and Armand Van Helden. Amazingly, Krafty still manages to hold down his residency club at Supercharged.
Today, Krafty Kuts is still working harder than ever. To date, his music has been used for a Coca-Cola advert, Playstation 2, and for Guy Ritchie’s film ‘Mean Machine’. Himself, along with production partner A Skillz, released their album ‘Tricka Technology’ on Finger Lickin’ records last year to critical acclaim featuring hip hop legend Kurtis Blow as well as new talents Real Elements and ever reliable funky bass player Dr Luke.
Krafty is presently working on his debut solo album on Against the Grain featuring collaborations with Tim Deluxe, Freq Nasty and the Scratch Perverts, among others. In the words of Krafty himself, the album’s going to be a monster! He was recently chosen as the perfect candidate to mix one half of the highly acclaimed Circus vs Chibuku Mix CD alongside Yousef which has already been receiving rave reviews. This man is unstoppable!
With:
Dj Alden
(Lowdown - PDX)
From bouncy hip hop to blazing funk horns, DJ Alden's grooves will be the onramp to I-2005 for this extravaganza. DJ Alden has shared the decks with many downtempo heavyweights, including J-Boogie, Dynamo Productions, and Thievery Corporation, and is well versed in taking a cold dancefloor and sinking the beat hooks into the feets of peeps in order to turn up the heat.
and
James Steele
(N.B.A. / P.Z.T. / PDX)
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Level is Located @ 13 NW 6th 503 228 8888
21+
$10 Advance tickets @ Ticketswest/Platimun/360
Email me your name, phone #, street address and Birthday @ levelportland@hotmail.com and get in for $10 list closes night before the show, make sure to put Krafty in the subject line
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