About Me
Keith Lawrence is a very versatile DJ with over 25 years’ dj-ing experience playing Funk, soul, Hip-Hop, Boogie and Reggae. Whether it's Jay-Z's after party, dj'ing @ Musiq soulchild, Average white band, Maceo Parker or Joe Budden concerts or supplying riddims for Black Twang, Rodney-P, Tenor Fly & Daddy Freddy to spit over in the clubs dancehall style, Keith delivers for whatever arena it may be & deliver he does.
His love of Black music was instilled in him at five years old when his father, a sound system operator himself bought him a record player and gave him a bunch of reggae 45's. From that moment on, the reggae music bug had bitten him. He was & still is hooked!
Keith started his DJ career in 1985 whilst still in school with a soul sound system called 'Magic Touch' from South London. He was brought in as the 'Reggae man' but playing the soul, boogie and hip-hop in the house parties of the time led to those genres having an everlasting effect on him just like Reggae.
He began his 'community radio presentation' in 1989 with FAZE 1 FM, the same station that spawned a young Fabio & Grooverider. The station folded not too long after so Keith joined POWERJAM FM in 1990 and was there until 2000. From 2000 to 2007 he moved to BASSLINE FM.
During the EIGHTEEN years on community radio, Keith always played an alternative selection of soul, funk, r&b and hip-hop, especially UK hip-hop. Because of this, Keith managed to get respect and made links with the artists from the UK Hip-Hop scene and thus gave him the drive to set up his own record label in 2003 MUZIK-ED RECORDINGS.
It also gave him the chance to put his two main musical influences Reggae and Hip-Hop into his production work. Since Keith started in production (before 2003), it has led him to work with a diverse array of artists like Maxi Jazz (Faithless), veteran reggae singer the late Jnr Delgado, Jerry Dammers (The Specials) Keith Leblanc (Drummer of Sugarhill gang),Rodney-P, TY, Daz-I-Kue (Bugz in the attic),Spacek, Andy Smith and more.
Incidentally, Keith was nominated for 'Best underground hip-hop radio presenter' in the UK Hip-Hop awards in 2001. The reviews for his production work have also received critical acclaim too. During this time Keith's musical knowledge helped him to work in most of the top specialist record shops in London - Wyld Pytch, Major Flavas, Unity, Reds, Dub vendor etc. He may have even sold you a record or three in the 14 years he was doing that!!
His DJ skills have carried him internationally to places like Athens, Austria, Berlin, Barcelona, Denmark, Dublin (Resident for 4 years!),Estonia, Holland, Montenegro, Oslo and Paris.
As a Brixton man himself, Keith has also promoted his own nights locally helping to keep 'True school music' out there. Nights that has involved Bugz in the attic, Andy Smith, Trojan Sound System, Stereo mc's, Maxi Jazz and more.
Keith likes to have a laugh as well. He and his brother supplied the voices of the 'Bling dogs' in Aardman animations 'Creature Comfort' series. It was first shown on ITV in 2005 and is still being repeated up to this day. "My Brother and I have always been big fans of the show so when my mate Dan who was working on it asked if we wanted to get involved, we jumped at the chance! We had fun doing it!"
Keith's passion for REAL Black music has led him to feel 'at home at last' with Colourful Radio and whether you listen to his reggae show, his Drive Time show Fridays or when he's sitting in for any of the DJs on the station, his knowledge, professionalism, love and experience shines through every time.
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