Young DJ Academy

The Young DJ Academy is happy to announce the launch of its brand new mix series. Its been a while coming but its sure to be worth the wait. The academy plans to post up special guest mixes from young dj’s who have been involved with the academy. For some dj’s this will be the first step into a new world of performance and exposure. Hopefully they will be lacing these mixes with their own individual styles and judging on our first edition things are looking good.

We kick things off with a mix from DJ Rasrob, who offers up his musicality for all to hear…….

Rob Mwangi (aka DJ Rasrob) hails from Kenya originally but has been in the emarald isle for some years now. At just 20 years old he has taken his interest in music to new peaks through dj’ing. The longest running member of the academy, Rob has shown a keen eye for many styles of music in the past few years but his reggae roots have taken a firm grip. Rob was in his very early teens when he was exposed to reggae djs and bands in his home town. All his spare time soon became about hanging with them, asking questions, helping out at gigs and most importantly loving the music and seeing the effect it had on people.

Rob carried these experiences with him and it shouts out in his mixing. Having played at many of the Young DJ Academy events in the past as well as most recently performing in meeting house square in Dublin’s Temple Bar as part of the big bang festival. Rob has played at electric picnic and a host of other venues in Dublin and at just 20 years old thats a pretty good cv for any dj.

Technically, DJ Rasrob is working with turntables, cdj’s and serato scratch. This mix was laid down using Pioneer CDJ’s and a Pioneer DJM 600 and features the choicest track selections from his extensive record collection.

So click on the link below where you can either listen online or download DJ Rasrobs homegrown reggae beats mix.

Listen online or download here http://soundcloud.com/tracks/search?q=rasrob

After a short break from services the Young DJ Academy returns this week with a guest appearance from DJ Rasrob at the Big Bang Festival on Sunday July 26th from 6:30pm. The event is taking place in Meeting House Square in Dublins famous Temple Bar. Over 100 percussionists will be perfroming over two hours.

DJ Rasrob will be perfroming for a short DJ set during this event. The event is free and is supported by Dublin City Council and run by Irish Percussionists Brian Fleming and Robbie Masterson.

Come along to check out whats going on. See you there

On Saturday Oct 3rd as part of the youth arts festival, 12 young people who are participating in the Graffiti workshops met in Casino, beside Donnycarney at the cities only free wall to have a graffit jam.

Despite the weathers best attempt to wash us out from the jam, the group kept going and managed to get a number of really good pieces finished. The majority of this group are newcomers to Graffiti but having seen them work on Saturday its hard to believe.

Photos will be uploaded here soon, in the mean time you can see the photos if you copy this link into your browser

http://picasaweb.google.com/VIRGINIATOGA/GraffitiJam?authkey=TQiQhC5RGIM#

The Academy is proud to present the open decks night in the Issac Butt on Store St.

Beginning this Thursday night at 10:00pm till 2:30 and continuing every Thursday, the open decks night is an opportunity for new dj’s to show off their skills in a live enviroment. The only must is a good demo and a drive to show off your skills to a eager crowd.

We plan to make a very special night with the latest dj talent as well as unique live performances. Check it out weather your a dj or just love music and a good night. DJ’s get in touch with academy djs Neal or Rob on neal@youngdjacademy.com or mark on 0879898930

The event is over 18’s only

The young dj academy is proud to present Parallel NRG, the freshest dance collective hailing from Waterford City.

Parallel NRG are a group of five very talented dj’s who have joined forces to bring their unique brand of hard dance, techno and trance to the Irish music scene. The academy first met with this group last year during some dj training in Waterford and Manager ( Mark Finn ) was immediately impressed with the high bpm, pumping grooves these already very skilled young dj’s were playing. A short time later the academy linked up with the group to begin working together on the Parallel NRG project.

These enthusiastic dj’s have a flair for selecting top class tracks from the hard dance scene to fill up their mixes and with all members the music is serious business. They play from the heart which is obvious from these mix sets which you can hear online at the details below.

Anyway whatever happens Parallel NRG have a promising career in music and the young dj academy is backing their journey all the way, check them out online to hear mixes, pass on contact details or leave comments. The academy will be promoting some events with parallel NRG mixing up a storm on the wheels of steel, so keep an eye on their progress on the links below and here at the academy website.

myspace - http://www.myspace.com/parallelnrg

bebo - http://www.bebo.com/parallelNRG