Music News - The ЯED Room with Shan the DJ
15 July 2015 - 0 Comments
FREE entry and the ЯED ambassadors will be giving away FREE merchandise and FREE ЯED product samples on the night! Specials for this event include 2 cans for $12.
Friday
24th July 2015, 10pm – 1am
Chapelli’s
Eatery and Wine Bar, 18 Laings Road, Lower Hutt
R18
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Shan the DJ
As a DJ based in Wellington city there isn't really too much that Shan the DJ
hasn't accomplished.
Shan is known as a main staple ingredient of the Wellington night life and is
not only rated as one of NZs top party rocking DJs but also as a top party
rocking host MC.
“Music is from the soul. As a DJ, it gives you the power to control emotions,
feelings and take people on a musical journey giving people a night they will
remember forever”. Musical Style: 'Party music, Music to make people dance,
laugh and have a good time. Hip Hop, RnB, House, Old School. “Good music is
good music regardless of its genre”. Shan is also the face and an ambassador to
the snapstar brand & the host of Snapstar TV having had the honour to have
hosted and interviewed an incredible list of some of the worlds top musicians and
DJs like: Opuio, Tim Phin, General Lee, Dick Johnson, Flux Pavilion, Doctor P,
Cookie Monsta, Sneaky Soundsystem, Vandalism, DJ Cash Money, DJ Scratch, DJ
Rectangle, Savage, The Upbeats, Kora, Katchafire, Minuit, Sam Lamore (MOS) and the
list goes on. Not only that Shan has also been the face host MC or headline DJ
for some of Wellington's biggest parties period! The Sevens street party,
Homegrown, The Wellington Cup, Fashion in the field, Cuba Street carnival &
the SuperClub franchise.
Wellington born, raised in Arataki, Mt Maunganui. Shan has always had a passion
for Turntables and Records. Ever since he was a little kid he knew exactly what
he wanted to be when he grew up. A DJ!
Shan moved back to his birth city to make a life for himself within the
thriving DJ music scene over 10 years ago.
During this time he has established himself and gained a reputation as being 1
of Wellington’s finest Vinyl assassins and party rocking DJ’s within the city
club and party scene, starting out in 1996 at the now infamous Hip Hop cauldron
“La Luna” night club. From there he has gone on to front many of Wellington’s
finest Hip Hop, RnB club nights. Drink lab, Starlight ballroom, Zebos’s, and
is 1 of the founding members of Deluxx at Coyotes and many, many more
performing with Wellington city legends like- DJ Raw, Rhys B, Mikki D, Shawn T,
Goosh and DJ Kerb to name a few.
He has also made a name for himself as a musician Turntablist on the live music
scene playing also side of some of New Zealand most respected and admired
musicians like: 50Hz, Rhian Sheehan, The Nomad, Baitercell and Timmy Schumacher, Scribe
and P-Money, Chong Nee and Che Fu and the Footsouljahs. Shan has also supported
some of the world’s top international recording artists and DJs that have
toured this country.
In 2001 Shannon had a vision to create and set up a DJ school to help pass and
carry on the art of Turntablisim to the youth of today.
2003 Shan teamed up with George Packard and DJ Raw and together wrote the
curriculum for such a school to turn the dream into reality.
The Result.. In 2004 Shan and DJ Raw opened the doors to New Zealand’s first
ever NZQA approved DJ School at Whitireia Polytechnic.
This is known to be one of the only DJ schools in the world with unit standard
credits (120 at level 4) - Certificate in DJ Music and Turntable skills.
He is also working on the 1st ever Stars DJ Music course in conjunction with
Whitireia Polytechnic in to tour throughout secondary schools in 2007.
Shan believes in honest hard work, dedication practice, the perfection and
mastery of his chosen instrument of choice. “The Turntable” You will find
usually find Shan at any good party or event spinning on the 1s + 2s. Or you
can always find him at his resident bars Rain, The Grand or Boston on Blair in
Wellington or touring around the country side with his partners in crime DJ Raw
(Double Trouble) & DJ Rollout as part of the underground massive Taniwha
Bassline.
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