Soulful Playground was created by veteran hip-hop music producer & artist, Chris Vermillion. Producing tracks featuring Moka Only, Finale, Bonecrusher, Lil' Jon, T-Max the Novelist, and other notable artists as well as providing music for MTV, ESPN, YES Network, and other TV shows, Chris Vermillion has enjoyed an eclectic career to this point.

Drawing from his vast experiences, Chris put together Soulful Playground as the stage to present his unique combination of music, stories, and art. In 2018 Chris released a series of projects under his other production alias "A Beautiful Ordinary." This collection highlighted his love for music, photography, and design including his first shoe release.

The main website at SoulfulPlayground.com features new music releases, custom music production, breakbeats & loops, videos, custom graphics & The Playground Shop.

The new featured "BoomBox Collection" has just dropped, celebrating classic sound systems from the past and features the FREE mixtape "BoomBox", available for download at Soulfulplayground.com/BoomBox

Scratch nerd/Beat creator; God sound status

The elusive combination of skill, style and selection. Not the right music for every occasion...the right music for the RIGHT occasion.

Dumi RIGHT is regarded as a standard bearer for global hip-hop. He was first introduced to audiences during hip hop's golden age as a member of Zimbabwe Legit, one of the first African hip hop groups to gain international recognition. In the years since, he has remained immersed in the culture and business of hip-hop, releasing a number of noteworthy album projects and performing all across the country and on the world stage. 

His craft is steeped in classic hip-hop styles, with thought-provoking lyrics and poignant wordplay over a backdrop of rugged beats from some of the underground's finest producers. The scope and scale of his work exhibits broad geographic and cultural diversity with collaborations with artists from across the globe as well as notable US hip-hop luminaries including the likes of the Jungle Brothers, Mr. Lif, stic man (dead prez), Chubb Rock, Vast Aire, YZ, Prince Po and more.


James is a Brighton/Somerset (UK) DJ, remixer, and aspiring producer whose sound has been shaped by a love affair with dance music, particularly since 1992 when he got his first belt-drive DLP1s decks. A House and Techno diehard, he's deeply inspired by the 90's golden age of House, Techno, Garage, Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, Speed Garage, Goa etc. This eclectic mix, sprinkled with modern gems, shines through in his genre-bending daytime sets and legendary crowd-pleasing nights.

Always reinventing himself with both fresh styles his commitment to quality sound is unwavering.  James is a veteran of the scene, boasting many residencies in iconic clubs like Turnmills and a long list of festival appearances (Noisily, Truck, Secret Garden, Glastonbury, Shambala, and more).

Need a dose of the unexpected? Check out his alter ego, Dr. Lames the Animal King (and his Amazing Travelling Animalarium). This sequencer-wielding, creature-loving character delighted festival crowds with animal noises morphing into quirky dance tracks.  "Different but strangely moreish!" as one late-night Glastonbury reveler put it.

Bookings: dj@jamesnorman.co.uk

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