tha en4cers (UK)

Breakin' Convention's resident DJ's and hip hop legends, the en4cers, will be on turntable duties in the foyers, spinning classic b-boy breaks throughout the weekend, so you guys can throw down and get involved in the action!  

Date: Saturday 5 May, Sunday 6 May & Monday 7 May
Venue: Main house theatre foyers
Website: www.myspace.com/theen4cers

Billy Biznizz

Since early 1980, Billy Biznizz leads his field as a UK DJ/Producer/Composer & Performer. Strides that he has taken in helping put UK DJ’s on the map, range from Radio, Club, Exhibition, Theatre and Studio Production. Billy’s theatre credits include Lyrikal Fearta and Aeroplane Man by Jonzi D, Generation Vex by Claire Missingham and RHUC, touring both nationally and internationally. Work with artists from USA to UK range from, Jungle Brother’s, De La Soul and Public Enemy to London Posse, MCM and the Cookie Crew. Radio credits include work with Choice FM’s DJ 279 and Radio One’s Tim Westwood. 1999 saw DJ Biznizz alongside DJ Pogo and DJ Cutmaster Swift, collectively known as the EN4CERS, win the DMC UK Team Championships. Currently Billy has been touring with Mercury Nominated Artist TY, and as stand in DJ for US artist MOS DEF. Billy, who’s the host for one of London’s club nights SCRATCH, is known as an all round entertainer. Look out for his up and coming musical projects due out later this year.

DJ Pogo

Adam Montout’s first introduction to DJ’ing/Turntablism, was to the likes of Supreme team, Jazzy Jay and Grandmaster Theodore on the Wheels of Steel. After an investment into a set of decks, DJ Pogo was born and the beginning of a worldwide career that now spans two decades. Now one of the UK’s most prolific Hip Hop DJs and an icon within the UK’s urban music scene, DJ Pogo is an inspiration to Hip Hop followers across the globe. The former UK mixing champion has gone on to become an internationally acclaimed turntable superstar as well as a successful music producer, re-mixer, club promoter and music educator. DJ POGO’s formation of THA EN4CERS DJ collective, with DJ Biznizz and DJ Cutmaster Swift, will be the inspiration for the next LP album he is compiling, due out at the end of 2007.

Cutmaster Swift

Encouraged by his father to explore music to the full Cutmaster Swift (CMS) began his close association with Hip Hop as a B-Boy. However CMS never forgot his DJing passion as it was also his duty to provide music for this crew. With this more dedicated role in DJing, helped CMS form the Imperial Mixers which included Cuttin K, Robbie Wiz & the Imperial Mixer. "Imperial Mixer was the first bedroom DJ that I knew with a pair of 1200's" who also became Tim Westwood's first official Mix DJ during LWR pirate radio show broadcasts, supporting many early USA act's such as Kurtis Blow. His talents were also further fueled by producing music which, started with The No Parkin Mcs, Mike C, Kiss & Storm. An invitation from Westwood, to perform weekly mixes on Capital Rap Radio, led to out of the box DJing style and saw CMS pioneer, beat creating techniques like, The Copy Cat, also known as the chasing. CMS’s full recognition throughout the world as well as the UK's underground Hip Hop scene, allied him with his ultimate sparing partner "The mighty DJ Pogo". Their partnership is maintained to this day with the addition of the Infamous DJ Biznizz. ‘96 seeing Pogo entitle the crew as the En4cers.