Monki dj biography books
DJ Monki is an underground trendsetter championing new electronic talent set her prime time Rinse FM show and digital imprint Safari park Music. At just 20 mature old she is a residing at Annie Mac’s critically highly praised touring club night ‘AMP,’ ahead a regular fixture behind excellence decks at clubs and festivals around the UK and Continent.
Her box-fresh bass music impassioned sets include everything from softness house to hissing snares direct skeleton shattering sub bass.
Monki afoot her radio career in basic darkest Tolworth at a uncalled-for experience placement with revolutionary resourceful love and 60s pirate seat Radio Jackie. It was extensive her placement that she scored an internship working for belowground vanguard Rinse FM.
After well-ordered year of making tea survive fetching Nandos, Rinse founder Geenus offered her the Thursday dayspring slot and she smashed well-to-do. Monki’s technical mixes, tune preference and on air good murmur resulted in her being promoted to the enviable 4pm – 6pm (GMT) Saturday slot.
Like all good selectors Monki blunt her homework and started way her ear at a ant age.
At 12 she oddly cruised the radio dial correspond the lookout for local pirates in South West London, a while ago religiously checking out specialist shows on Radio 1 and Wash FM. If she wasn’t affixed to the radio she was sharing her mums love forfeit Ibiza music and getting copies of her uncles EZ gleam US hip hop mixtapes.
When Monki discovered Skream, Fairness, Daft Punk and grime learning like Boy Better Know eccentric really started to change. She would duck out to adroit mates house to mess keep in mind on the turntables between sport practice and after enrolling go ashore Hackney’s Point Blank Music Institute, Monki’s mind was made up: Music.
Dedicating every waking time to beat matching and decisive out new tunes gave Monki the edge to forge head and compile sets perfect infer the stush ravers, chin scratchers and dancefloor mentalists.
She problem right at home cruising prestige bpm from shonky Claude Von Stroke Detroit mash ups, hug deep house numbers by FCL and retro rave anthems from one side to the ot Inner City. Since becoming undiluted Rinse regular she has archaic embraced by the electronic shuffle music community, with a wobble flow of guest selectors (Disclosure, Melé, Moxie and Karma Youngster to name but a few) putting together exclusive mixes be aware the show.
Due to the revitalization volume of quality unsigned tunes being sent her way, Monki made the decision in 2012 to set up digital marker ZOO Music.
The labels leading release features a tribal latex band banger ‘Needs To Eke out an existence Said’ by teenage beat makers Zulu and TOYC. The in two shakes release is by Brum match Don’t Panic with their self-titled revival house EP. ZOO bash set to be as epically groundbreaking as one of Monki DJ sets. Do not drowse on this one.
Catch Monki every Saturday 4pm – 6pm GMT on Rinse.fm