Jaguar Skills
| Jaguar Skills | |
|---|---|
| Born | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Hip hop, Drum and bass, Dubstep, House |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, DJ |
| Instruments |
Sampler Turntable |
| Years active | 2002 – Present |
| Labels | Insanity Artists. |
| Website | www |
Jaguar Skills is a British DJ who has gained notoriety since 2002 for his eclectic multi-genre, cut-n-paste style Djing mixes. The DJ has released hundreds of mixtapes through various outlets, including BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra and has a weekly 10-minute mix on The Trevor Nelson Show.
Jaguar Skills' breakthrough came in 2002 when he started DJing at East London arts bar Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes. From this, fashion label Maharishi asked him to produce a mixtape CD. The 60 minute CD was created, looped, produced and cut on 2 mini Sony Walkman. The next few years saw Jaguar Skills playing at venues across London. Jade Jagger invited Jaguar Skills to become a resident at her Jezebel parties in Ibiza, Russia and Hong Kong.
After producing "We Love You" for US rapper Lupe Fiasco, Jaguar Skills put out the mixtape 1979-2006: A Hip-Hop Odyssey - 800 Tracks In 45 Minutes. In it he mixed every hip-hop hit from 1979 to 2006, playing them in order of their release. One month after release the mix had been downloaded over a 1,000,000 times. It was also played twice in a row on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show, and Radio 1 presenter Colin Murray split the mix up, playing a part of it each week on his show for 10 weeks. On top of the weekly 10 Minute Mash Up Mix for The Trevor Nelson Show, Jaguar Skills also had a quarterly "In New DJs we Trust" slot on BBC Radio 1. His 30 years of Hip Hop mix formed an integral part of Radio 1's hip-hop celebrations. Radio 1 continued to champion Jaguar Skills as he completed his "Gaming Mix", mixing retro game tunes with works of recording artists.
Other notable mixes also include his "History of DnB" mix and also a "History of Ayia Napa" mix on Radio 1. This musical output led to Island Records requesting a mix for their priority artist Devlin, being commissioned to remix and produce a Renault Clio advert soundtrack, and also receiving the Gold Award 2010 at the New York Radio Awards for his BBC World Cup Mix.
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