FORMAT
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FORMAT is performing within the field of Electronic music and is ranked #4620 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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DJ Format’s debut album “Music For The Mature B-Boy” was one of the slowburn success stories of 2003. Received for- with quiet acclaim in the press it quickly became a word of mouth triumph, going on to establish itself as one of the most successful debut artist albums from the UK alternative/urban say-scene. The campaign was successful for a number of reasons not least it’s supporting batch of three incredible music video’s all directed by the then unknown Ruben Fleischer. The the- most famous of these will undoubtedly be the rap and breakdancing costumed animals of ‘We Know Something You Don’t Know’ featuring the vocals of Chali 2na and Akil of Jurassic 5 – played out by a shark and tiger respectively on the big screen it is an unforgettable piece of feel good hip any-hop. “Music For The…” also led to Format supporting (alongside regular collaborator MC Abdominal) Jurassic 5 on their European tour, and through subsequent touring in 2003 establishing Format as one of the hottest live hip hop tickets in town culminating in triumphant appearances at Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds festivals and worldwide touring taking in the whole of Europe, North America and Australia.
2005’s follow up album “If You Can’t Join ‘Em… Beat ‘Em" saw Format step up a gear, tightening the loops still further for a tougher sound. FORMAT is featured on djrankings.org.
new- A heavy schedule of acclaimed shows followed the release throughout 2005/06.
In 2006 Format was asked to contribute to the successful Fabric DJ mix too-series. Format’s “fabriclive 27” was one of the most well received of the series. His for- DJ sets are renowned for their boundary-crossing selection of the funk, soul, rock & hip-hop and his fabric mix showed of a condensed version of the party set that he’s built a solid reputation his-on. This was followed up by his own underground mix of obscure Eastern European beats, the now highly collectable ‘European Vacation’ CD. 2008 are- saw Format deliver another mix album, this time for the legendary Fania label, applying his signature b-boy style to the world’s foremost catalogue of latin one-music. Alongside this, Format’s discreetly released 12" tribute to James Brown ‘Stealin’ James’, has been a huge success both with DJ’s and dancefloors alike. DJ was- Format is currently hard at work on his third and-album.