Ken Evil
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Ken Evil
DJ and promoter originally from Croydon, South London, widely regarded as the man that brought Dubstep to Manchester via his seminal Bass Camp event which began in November 2004. Bass Camp gave artists such as Skream, Loefah, Sgt Pokes, N-Type, Rusko, Kromestar, Hijak, Pinch, Mungo’s Hi-Fi and Truth, amongst many others, their debut Manchester bookings. Bass Camp, alongside Leeds event Exodus, also recently hosted the UK’s first showcase night for Mala from Digital Mystikz’ label, Deep Medi Musik.
Ken began DJing Drum & Bass at free parties across the north of England in '99 but really cut his teeth as part of D’n’B collective Rollin’ Flava at parties across Madrid, Spain. On returning to the UK he started playing UK Garage in his sets, tracing the evolution of the sound into Grime, Breakstep and ultimately Dubstep. In 2006 he began featuring regularly on London’s React FM alongside MC Point Blank and later went on to do a little presenting on the Drum Music show on Unity Radio in Manchester. His sets currently mash together elements of Dubstep with UK Funky and bass-heavy music across many genres.
2008 saw Ken Evil play his first set at the Warehouse Project in Manchester alongside regular host of choice and Subsonik Records label boss Subliminal. Since then the duo have gone on to play Europe’s biggest Dubstep event, the Outlook Festival in Croatia, Subdub in Leeds, Creamfields, regular slots at the WHP and residences at events such as Manchester’s Ape, playing to over 3000 people in January this year.
Ken has played every Beat-Herder Festival to date and this summer also sees him hit the festival circuit to play Parklife, Kendal Calling, Creamfields and Outlook for the 3rd consecutive year.
For more information on bookings and where to catch Ken Evil live go to:
http://www.myspace.com/ken_evil
http://www.last.fm/music/Ken+Evil
http://www.facebook.com/DJ.KEN.EVIL
http://www.myspace.com/basscampuk
