My Nozstock DJ NOZ Comp 2023 entry

Tracklist:
Frankee – Wonderland
Dimension – Offender
Sub Focus – Timewarp VIP
RAM Trilogy - Both Worlds (Levela Remix)
A.M.C - Look Out
Andy C – What Bass
Jonny L - Back to Your Roots (Friction & K-Tee Remix)
Basstripper – Typhoon
Napes – Talk To Me Proper
Mefjus – Matriarch
Break - Keepin It Raw (Calyx & TeeBee Remix)
Protoje - Roll (Realist Bootleg)
Rahmanee – The Only One
Bladerunner – Power Up
Sudley - XTC (Molecular Remix)
Alibi & Dunk - Rockers
GZY - Kill The Sound feat. Natty D
Tang – Moody (Dub)
Noisia – Diplodocus (Skeptical Remix)
Chase & Status – Take Me Away

My name is Charlie Johnstone aka ‘Tang’. I’m a 21 year old aspiring drum & bass DJ/producer. I was born and bred in Bromyard, so playing at my hometown festival Nozstock has always been on the bucket list for me!

I got my first pair of decks when I was 15 after being inspired by my cousin, who is also a drum & bass DJ. From there, I went on to study music technology at college and began to produce my own music. Since then, I’ve had releases on labels such as GZ Audio, Identity Records and Twisted Sounds Audio, as well as bagging myself a few sets.

In this mix I have tried to showcase all the styles of drum & bass that I love playing. Starting off with a jungle intro, then going into some heavy and techy tracks, followed by a bit of jump up and some deep rollers, before finishing with some dark and gritty minimal and a classic to draw it to a close. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

Nozstock DJ NOZ Comp 2023 - Tang (WINNING MIX)

Nozstock The Hidden Valley | 10 stages - 350 acts - 1 big family. 💖
18th - 21st July 2024 🎪
Independent, eclectic, family friendly and host to some bass thumpin' rave sheds. Nozstock caters for festival goers of all types, from the veteran festival aficionado through to those newly affected by the festival bug. It has evolved from a gathering of 50 friends into an intimate musical odyssey joining the dots between pop, ska, folk, funk, soul, indie, drum’n’bass, psytrance, house and a whole lot more. It is now firmly established as one of the country’s leading boutique festivals. 

The Orchard Stage is set at the foot of a natural arena on the side of the gently sloping valley. Alongside the farmhouse is the Garden Stage, which provides a more eclectic lineup, turning electronic by sundown whilst a converted cowshed, the Cubicles, pushes out sub-thumping bass and dubstep through to the early hours.

The festival is truly home-grown and hand-made – quite literally in fact, with a small army of grass roots supporters helping to create the wonderfully themed environment each summer. Nozstock is the quintessentially British festival – a little bit eccentric, a lot of fun, full of wonder, enchantment… and a touch of magic.
 
"A rural slice of English eccentricity" - Russell Howard

“Nozstock is the best festival of its size in the UK” - Phill Jupitus and The Blockheads

Drum & Bass DJ/Producer
Releases on:
- GZ Audio
- Vault Recordings
- Identity Records
- Pollen Archive
- Twisted Sounds Audio

For bookings and enquiries email: tangdnb@mail.com

Blending and cutting musical styles from all different genres, firmly believing that talent arises from all corners of the musical web.  

Available for booking in Brighton or also willing to travel.

james.semaj@live.co.uk

Bookings email real_djlockdown@outlook.com
For deejay and producer Lockdown, this is the second chapter. And — in the noble tradition of ‘The Godfather, Part
2' and 'The Empire Strikes Back' — it looks like the sequel is set to be even better than the original.

A few years ago, he'd got his foot on the ladder, winning a few competitions and beginning to score himself bookings.
Real grown-up life with all its inconvenient commitments came calling, however, and music was forced to take a back
seat for a while. Then, the combination of redundancy and the covid pandemic unexpectedly presented him with the
time and opportunity to revisit his passion.

(The answer's no, by the way. The pandemic isn't why he's called Lockdown. He always was, so the covid connection is
pure serendipity!)

Having started raving in his native Bournemouth as a teenager — possibly a few years shy of the legal age,
although you didn't hear that from us — his original genres of choice were happy hardcore and old skool. Having been
exposed to classic rock, soul and Motown by his parents, his older brother had introduced him to the electronic side of
things and when he first experienced the atmosphere and energy of a rave, he instantly fell in love with it.

Lockdown was born and there was no going back.

Discovering DnB in room two of a hardcore dance at the sadly now-defunct Manor club was the final piece of the
puzzle. Studying luminaries like Brockie, Nicky Blackmarket, Mampi Swift and Ray Keith gave him the inspiration he
needed to begin collecting DnB vinyl and practising as many hours as he could.

Supplementing all that deejaying practice, a music production course on his return to DnB added another string
to his bow. Now, he's ready to take things to the next level, bringing the maturity of hard-earned professional experience to bear on this next phase of his career.

And that career has been gaining momentum, as has his stylistic progression as a deejay and producer. Techstep,
jump up, liquid, neuro... If you've caught a Lockdown set you'll know he stays well clear of pigeonholes. It's about
taking his audience on a journey through the music, giving them those same wide-eyed vibes he was smitten with back 
at The Manor.
https://www.instagram.com/dj_lockdown_1/

Nozstock DJ NOZ Comp 2023 - Tang (WINNING MIX)

Tang (UK)