nonames

Known for recording and touring the world as full time DJ for UK rap/bass music exponents Foreign Beggars. Consistently killing club shows and producing dope and varied mixes has seen him travel the world over and culminated in being voted amongst Mixcloud's top cloud-casters. Credits appear on all Foreign Beggars LPs; Asylum Speakers, Stray Point Agenda United Colours of Beggatron, The Uprising . Arranged, mixed and hosted: Peak Season, all Par-Excellence podcasts, Beggars Brew, Bukaki Ski Trip, Kyza’s Shots of Smirnoff, Strictly Grizzness, Cakemix and radio mixes for amongst others Triple J, BBC1, BBC AsianNetwork, 1xtra, 6 music, and The Selctor Par Excellence Music co-founder. Scratches appear on productions from Gorrilaz, Corrine Bailey Rae, Roots Manuva and UNKLE… Coming up during hip-hop and turntablisms golden era with experience working in live bands and alongside musicians led to an invitation from James Lavelle to tour the U.S.A /Russia in 2007 with UNKLE. Before embarking on a 100+ show/year tour schedule with Foreign Beggars from 2009 onwards, residencies in the capital over the years include Notting hill Arts Club, The Marketplace, Bar Rumba, Herbal, Colors, CeCe Club and Café De Paris. Throughout 2007-2008 Nonames presented a weekly radio show (Mic Check on the BBC Asian Network) alongside fellow Beggar- Orifice. Having shared stages at festivals worldwide with Amy Winehouse, Mala, Chemical Brothers, Chase and Status, Ian Brown, Snoop Dogg, Pendulum, Wu Tang, De La Soul, and Muse to name a handful, Foreign Beggars were requested as main support for The Prodigy's UK tour in 2010, and Skrillex's first ever USA tour, 'Mothership' in 2011. Solo dj bookings include headlining Synergie in South Africa, VH1’s ‘Hip-Hop Hustle’ in Delhi and Bombay, Cultura Urbana Madrid, headlining in Mostar Bosnia, shows at Webster Hall NYC, LA at Avalon and HARD festival, Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, plus umpteen HipHop festivals in Switzerland, France, Norway, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, China and Hong Kong. Foreign Beggars. Par Excellence Records