Those on the outside will never understand...

Flex FM is one of the longest serving underground music stations, with a heritage stretching back to 1992.  It has become one of the most influential broadcasting radio stations of its generation. With over 29 years of broadcasting experience, FLEX FM has grown into a multi-media broadcasting & production organisation to serve the community of London and beyond broadcasting to 13.2 million people across FM and DAB plus in Ireland.

http://www.EastForest.org
TOUR DATES - https://bnds.us/b7sg7x
Booking - booking@eastforest.org (Americas) / rich@midnightmango.co.uk  (Europe, Australia/NZ, Asia et al.)
East Forest’s “immersive and vivid” (Wired) brand of music blends achingly emotional wordlessness, ambiance, and contemporary classical touches with a touch of pop sensibilities and electronic flavors that has garnered him appearances at SXSW, Grace Cathedral, Mysteryland, Gillette Stadium, Summit, Google, and even his own TED talk in 2015.  Based in Portland, Oregon, the music of East Forest (aka Trevor Oswalt) is a connected journey that’s been dubbed “a revelatory excursion in sound” (Under The Gun) that invites listeners to go on a “blissful” (NPR) journey of self discovery.

info@eastforest.org
#eastforest  #eastforestmusic

Home of international DJ Thumpa 
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If you enjoy my mixes please donate so I can keep buying records - www.paypal.me/keepmixing

2023 gigs:

21/01 Tim Ryan's Birthday Bash, Birmingham
28/01 Drum & Bass Classics, London
29/01 Bellyman Show, London
04/02 Shadow Demon Valentines Ball, Birmingham
11/02 Explosive Bass, Walsall
24/02 Onset Of Bass, Bristol
02/03 Nicky Blackmarket & Friends, London
17/03 Fack Abaat, Coventry
18/03 NoughtyCulture, Leicester 
25/03 OnlyBass, Birmingham
25/03 Raveology, Birmingham
30/04 TBC
13/05 Drum & Bass Classics, London
24/06 Flashback, Birmingham
08/07 Fuse Festival, Lichfield
27/08 Crooked House Festival, Lichfield

2022 gigs:

18/03 Project 24, Lichfield
25/03 Gates Of Hell, Manchester
01/04 Return 2 Source, Birmingham
02/04 Uproar, Shrewsbury
14/05 Drum & Bass Classics, London
21/05 Inception, Cannock
03/06 Reawakening, Sheffield
11/06 Happedaze, Sunderland
25/06 DNB Shellaz, Birmingham 
03/07 Forbidden Forest Festival, Leicestershire
09/07 Fuse Festival, Lichfield
22/07 Mature Ravers, Telford
23/07 This Is Clubbing, Coventry
20/08 Quest / Amazon, Birmingham 
28/08 Crooked House Festival. Lichfield
02/09 Chapel Of Chaos, Birmingham
24/09 Club Kinetic & Illusion. Stoke On Trent
30/09 Return 2 Source, Birmingham
15/10 Drum & Bass Classics, London
26/11 DNB Collective, Birmingham
11/12 Bellyman Show, Life FM


My name is Thumpa and I've been DJ'ing since 1996. I've played at Westfest (the biggest indoor rave in the UK), Pandemonium (Holland), Slammin Vinyl, Breakin Science's 'Drum & Bass Classics', HTID & HTID In The Sun, Hardcore Heaven, Uproar, Hardcore Heaven Weekender, Raver Baby, Ravers Reunited, FINRG (Finland), Codex (Japan), Fantazia, Madness Industry (Holland), Mokum (Holland), Cenobite (Holland), Dimensions Of Darkness (Holland), Hardcore Underground, Freeformation, Vibealite, Uprising, Distruxshon and hundreds more including gigs in Japan, USA, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Finland, Germany and for every major hardcore promoter in every corner of the UK. I now play D&B, classic D&B / jungle and old skool...

Any mixes you can't find might be at https://hearthis.at/rebuildmusic/ or http://www.mixcloud.com/OllyThumpa

Godfather’, ‘Legend’, ‘International Hero’. All accolades attributed by loving fans Worldwide to the DJ, Producer and scene pioneer known as ‘Slipmatt’. For over three decades, this dubplate diamond has been changing the game, staying on the pulse and keeping ahead of the curve, packing dancefloors and selling out clubs long before it was cool and still does so to this very day.
  
Having produced a ton of successful singles and compiled a number of hit selling mix albums under his ‘Slipmatt’ alias for some of the World’s most respected record labels including United Dance and Ministry Of Sound, ‘Slipmatt’ is also one of the masterminds behind legendary production outfit SL2 (along with Lime and MC Jay), the visionaries responsible for the chart smashing anthems ‘On A Ragga Tip’ & ‘Way In My Brain’ among many others on the iconic label XL Recordings, home to legendary acts such as ‘The Prodigy’, ‘Basement Jaxx’; and ‘Adele’. 

‘On A Ragga Tip’ is presently enjoying a resurgence of popularity as it goes on the current Virgin Media TV ad as part of their Un-Limiting adverts which includes the new ‘On A Ragga Tip’ Un-Limiting Remix, which has equally proved as popular as ever with dancefloors around the globe and this year alone is scheduled  to collaborate in the studio with Shades Of Rhythm, Andy Galea of Sol Brothers, Alex P, Awesome 3, Alexis Raphael, Sooney and, his good friend DJ Lime with some brand new SL2 releases also in the pipeline.

This wayward don of dance has also played at every major dance event and venue worth knowing about over the years including Energy, Telepathy, Fantazia, Vision, Universe, World Dance, United Dance, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin’ Vinyl, Rezurrection, Elevation, Moondance, Raindance, Peace Fest, Clockwork Orange and to top it all off had the great honour of playing directly after his good friends ‘The Prodigy’ to a packed O2 Arena of over 20, 000 people, bringing that particular night to an epic close, and ringing in the year 2014 with a tremendous bang.

‘Slipmatt’ also repeatedly continues to play across the globe in the USA, Asia, Australia, Europe and every corner of his native UK for a string of well recognised and well attended club promotions, festivals and events. He’s no stranger to a Festival or two either playing at leading big top gigs such as Glastonbury, Boomtown and We Are Festival and there has also been and continues to be multiple overseas visits to Ibiza where Slipmatt still to this day enjoys regular return trips to the White Isle’s most infamous hot spots to play such as Eden, Es Paradis and Benimussa Park (The Zoo) 

His media outreach is quite noteworthy also, having started RAW FM, been a resident on Kiss FM, a regular in M8 Magazine and Mixmag, featured in the illustrious DJ Magazine Top 100, he’s been on BBC television a number of times including the famous chart show ‘Top Of The Pops’, runs two of his own popular Radio shows and Podcasts ‘World Of Rave’ and ‘Slip’s House’ and additionally, has won a multitude of awards, including that of ‘Best DJ’ and ‘Best Producer’ awarded by some of the industries most respected bodies such as Kiss FM and EHM.

Not one to ever slow down or fall behind and always keeping himself fresh and relevant, this dancefloor don has been focusing lately on the biggest and best house beats, which has led him to an already extraordinarily busy 2020. Add to that his upcoming book “My Story (and How I Became a World Class DJ)”, which is set to be a smash hit amongst rave fanatics the World over later this year and with over a hundred gigs booked for 2020 already (mid-Feb), there are no signs of this crowd pleasing international artist slowing down any time soon. 

Godfather Of Rave and still keeping it fresh? Definitely.

by Jon Brown | 2020

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