Craze (US) & Dillinja (UK)
May 24 @ 9:00 pm - May 25 @ 2:00 am NZST
Dillinja & Craze are coming back to Christchurch!
Hide Club | 172 St Asaph Street
Saturday 24th May | 9:00pm – 2:00am
Support from: RYDR & ARTEMIZIA
CRAZE
If the first thing you know about Craze is that he’s the only solo DJ to win the DMC World Championships 3 times over, prepare to get yourself schooled.
By the age of 20, Craze had won his first DMC World Championship. Two more consecutive wins later, he was (and remains to this day) the only three-time winner of the world’s most respected international DJ competition, the DMC World Championship – earning the attention of Time Magazine who proclaimed him America’s Best DJ.
After touring with Kanye West, Craze founded Slow Roast Records with Kill The Noise, an imprint of the infamous Fool’s Gold Records (A-Trak, Kid Cudi, Danny Brown).
As if that wasn’t enough, in 2015 he brought us one of the most prolific DJ routine videos to date: “New Slaves”.
With greatness at the forefront of all Craze does, in 2016 he started a DJ super group with Four Color Zack – 2¢, with the primary goal of creating and presenting the most exciting DJ show on the planet. Since then they have been taking their brand of witty wordplay and impeccable DJ skills to the masses through their mixtapes and live shows which can be summarized as a true tour de force.
Always humble and putting the performance above all else, Craze has earned his place as an international ambassador of the art of real djing.
DILLINJA
One of the more prolific producers in jungle music — with records on over ten labels strong, two of them his own — Dillinja is one of the few drum’n’bass artists who spends more time in the production studio than in clubs. While living in Brixton in the early ’90s, he became tipped to jungle by DJ Bryan G, who lived around the corner from him. Fascinated with the sound of drum’n’bass, Dillinja began recording in 1991, releasing tracks on Cybotron, Intelligent IQ, Conqueror, Logic, Lionheart, V, Philly Blunt, and his own Deadly Vinyl label. In 1994, he recorded “The Angels Fell” for Goldie’s Metalheadz label and became one of the hottest names in jungle. With his friend Lemon D. (who has also recorded for Metalheadz), Dillinja formed Valve Records, a label that expanded the drum’n’bass aesthetic to include elements of ancient analogue sequences. Though he signed to the major label London for a long-term contract, a planned LP was dropped and he continued producing multiple singles for the Test label during 1998-99. ~ John Bush, Rovi
