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HarderFaster DJs >> Beatnik

Music Style: Hard Trance, NRG and a bit of hard house [if it has a trancey feel]
From: Born in Wales and lived in Africa
Date of birth: 2 April - that's Aries
Residencies: Himalaya's, Sarahs, Hardcore, Beatbox, Tube, Wiggle, Flatdogs, Sahara’s, La Vanhu and Origins, all in Zimbabwe. Schnax in UK.
Management Agency: Schnax
Bookings Contact: bookings@schnax.co.uk
No. of records: & CD's: Mmmm. Started collecting in the 80's so you can imagine.
Started playing: 1980's
All time top 3 tunes: 2 Full Moons and a Trout - Union Jack, Age of Love - Age of Love, The Wave - Sosa
Website: http://www.schnax.co.uk
Sample set: http://www.schnax.co.uk/share/schnax-co-uk_VIII-beatnik_ver_X.mp3
Worst DJing moment: Having a gun pointed at me and being told to turn off the music or the gear would get shot - only in Africa!
Most enjoyable set you've played: Too many to mention - probably one of the big raves in Harare
When you're not DJing you're: Graphic and Web designing
Favourite DJ: So many
Favourite Venue: The Tube, Harare - could get a drink and go for a pee without walking through the punters and the biggest DJ booth I've ever seen with air-con and extractor fans [dunno what they were for!] Also...
Favourite Promotion: Tilt RIP
Favourite Producer: Lee Pacha at the mo
Favourite Label: Too many
Drink: Yes Please
Non-music pastime: Cooking
Words of wisdom: We'd be naive to think that there are no Extra Terrestrials out there.

Last updated:
24 May 2006

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Updated 17-06-04 13:06
Nick Wyllie was born in Cardiff, Wales and has been in Zimbabwe since the 80's. Apart from DJ'ing Nick has also been involved in engineering and producing for artists such as 'Ilanga', 'Piece of Ebony' and 'Thomas Mapfumo'. He has worked with 'UB40',...[expand]

Upcoming UK Sets
Updated 24-05-06 19:05
schnax IX : saturday 10 june 06 : mike e mike, si dread, jumpin' jay, kirsty, technojunky and beatnik : and all the regular nutters : hogs head, high st, croydon : 2 - 10pm : guestlist

Recent photosets featuring Beatnik

TILT - The Winter Edition
Studio 33 (4th December, 2004)
(Photos: Nathan)
TILT's last day party until April 05 and what a way to go out! See you Feb 4 for the first of many night events in 2005...

schnax V
E! Bar Croydon (6th November, 2004)
(Photos: beatnik)

Schnax IV
Bar Monaco (9th July, 2004)
(Photos: beatnik)
schnax is the absorption of the zimbabwean dance crowd into the uk dance scene, kelly, djbeatnik and the [hard working] crew aim to re-create the kind of atmosphere we had at the numerous clubs and p

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It began in Africa 24th May 2006

Beatnik's latest set - take a listen & come and visit us at Schnax 24th May 2006

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