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For those who don’t know you, give us an introduction…

I’m DJ Cable – multi-award winning DJ, sneaker head and DIY enthusiast. I play a mixture of Hip Hop, Dubstep, Grime & Electronica, and have a tendency to be sarcastic.

What did you do at the weekend?

I had a rare weekend off from DJ-ing, so I went out in East London for the evening, got drunk, and ended up sleeping on Khalil’s sofa.

Tell us how you got into music, and doing what you do now…

I heard scratching on various Hip Hop mixtapes and records, thought it sounded cool and wanted to try it out. I blagged a budget set-up, and it progressed from there really! My taste in music has somewhat changed a little along the way, but I still keep to my Hip Hop roots with my sets, productions, mixtapes, etc.

You’re 3 times DMC Champ (and champ of a few other things too actually). We’re all ears…

Rather than go out and party like the rest of my friends when I was 16, I locked myself in my rooms and focused on how to scratch records back and forth. I started entering battles in 2003; lost a few, won a few, and eventually managed to become 3x DMC UK Team Champ (as part of Bionic Stylus), as well as win a few mix competitions (Dogs On Acid Comp, Alizé Remixed Comp, etc).

I’ve retired from solo battles now to concentrate on doing shows, working with artists, producing music and running a digital label (Triangulum), but I’ll still keep doing the Team battles – they’re a lot of fun.

Send us one of your favourite YouTube clips…

If you could work with anyone in the world, who would it be?

Joker. His sound is incredible… I’m still trying to figure out how me makes some of those synth sounds. The dude’s too good!

What can readers expect to see from DJ Cable on the Boxfresh blog?

Anything from sneaker posts, to DIY tips, random scratch videos from myself or of other DJs that I rate, new music, mixes, and a lot more…Maybe more videos of talking pets. There’s even a husky that can say “I love you”. Awesome stuff.

We wanna know your Top 3…

Artists / Dj’s

Currently: Yasmin, MK, Motive

Blogs

Nah Right, Rock The Dub, Hypebeast

Mixes

Recently, I’ve been listening to the following a lot:

DJ Shortkut “Going Uptown”
Elijah & Skilliam “01012011 Mix”
Fused Forces’ guest mix for Get Darker

Oh, and some of my Podcasts too

Raves

Overproof, Goonies, Bad Intentions

Cities

New York, Paris, Toronto

Foods

Lobster, Paella, Pizza

Finish this sentence,

Life is full of…

…opportunities; don’t waste any.

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