Mistajam

MistaJam
Pete Dalton performing at Amnesia, 2012
Background information
Birth name	Pete Dalton
Born	Nottingham, England
Genres	Hip hop, grime, urban music
Occupation(s)	DJ, radio presenter, actor
Website	mistajam.com

Pete Dalton, known professionally as MistaJam, is a British DJ and radio presenter for BBC Radio 1, joining in 2008, and BBC Radio 1Xtra, previously joining them in 2005.

Born in Nottingham, MistaJam grew up listening to the records of his parents and began DJing at local events at the age of 14, going on to DJ for Nottingham hip hop crew Out Da Ville and for a local pirate radio station. With associate Joe Buhdha, he ran SureShot Entertainment organising the UK Takeover events.

His show on BBC Radio 1, tag lined the "Saturday Night Soundclash", is broadcast on Saturday nights between 7 pm - 10pm and is broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The show is part of Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra's Urban Music strand on Saturday nights. Musically, the show claims to represent Dubstep, UK funky, grime, hip hop, R&B, drum and bass, house, reggae, dancehall and "everything in between".

His BBC Radio 1Xtra show is broadcast Monday to Thursday between 7 p.m.-10 p.m. The show covers new urban music across a "broad spectrum" of genres and was intended to bridge the gap not only between the mainstream and specialist worlds but also between genres. Tag lined 'the key to the underground', the show also features his "Jam Hot" (record of the week) the "Daily Dose of Dubstep" weekly DJ guest mixes and regular sessions from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios.

Since March 2011, as part of the show, the free Dubstep Download was launched and is available to UK listeners to download.

In June 2010, Adidas approached MistaJam to host a video diary of Glastonbury Festival, including his DJ set in the East Dance Tent. The diary captures footage of interviews and MistaJam backstage with his peers. It also includes footage of his hugely popular live set.