Edseven

Armed with a unique ear, deep collection and a skill for combining diverse sounds, Sydney's edseven has built a solid reputation as a dj over the last 15 years as well as a producer/remixer and more recently as a promoter. A collector of many styles, a typical Edseven dj set could include anything from Detroit Hip Hop to Nigerian Funk, Broken beat to Chicago House, Classic Soul to Future Beat and beyond. This musical range and the technical ability to link it all together has seen edseven called upon to support international acts including Funkineven, Tim Sweeney, Seven Davis Jr, IG Culture, Recloose, Grooveman Spot, Nickodemus, Suff Daddy, Linkwood, Samiyam, EL-P, Dj Food, Frank Booker, Mark de Clive Lowe, Raf Daddy, Peanut Butter Wolf, Pablo Valentino, Mark Pritchard, Jose James, Waajeed, James Pants, Domu, Dj Spooky etc.. Edseven has also held regular local guest spots and residencies across Australia including Soul of Sydney, The Croft Institute (Melb), Space is the Place, Rootdown (Melb), Fringe Festival, Red Bull Music Academy, HAHA industries, Dust Tones, Future Classic, Sugar Adelaide, Tonic Lounge, Playground Weekender, Subsonic, Vibes on a Summer Day and Headroom. Edseven's production work draws upon the varied influences with releases including the dusty Off Kilter Hip Hop of his first two EPs on Straightup Recordings to his future focused 'Pigeon Clap' released via Frequency Lab on their Headroom compilation. Remix work for artists including Cookin' on 3 Burners, Dj Regal, Onur Engin and Rephrase.. In 2012 with the help of Melbourne stalwart Inkswel, edseven started a series of warehouse parties under the name "Lioness Presents'. The aim of this venture was to showcase top shelf international producers/djs in intimate Sydney warehouse spots. Delivering the initial goal in spades Lioness brought out West London artist Funkineven (Eglo Records), prolific master musician/producer Mark de Clive Lowe (Tru Thoughts) twice, French House/Beats don Pablo Valentino (MCDE/Faces Records), cult label Firecracker's Linkwood, Raff Daddy (The 2 Bears), Steve Spacek (Africa Hitech /WARP), Recloose (Planet E) & Kid Sublime (Rush Hour).. Lioness Presents has gone from strength to strength with good friends Henry Compton and Fred Tectonic joining the crew soon after it's inception. Late 2012 also saw edseven start a monthly Hip Hop, Funk, Beats, Soul and Afrobeat night '73 'til Infinity' - this side project initially launched in Newtown now continues at Sydney's Play bar. Press quotes:  With a reputation as one of Sydney's premier freestyle selectors, Australian production wiz Edseven specializes in rough, funky downtempo and brainy hip-hop beats. His choppy Mr. Scruff-style tracks combine whiskey-soaked samples, boom-bap drum loops and other odd audio elements. If you dig the GAMM labelÕs club stompers or MadlibÕs freeform funk, definitely hunt this down. XLR8R   "Edseven's compositions range from cinematic slow burners through to cut n paste bumpers with always the emphasis on quality. 
You can always tell an Edseven track because no one else can swing it like him." Rephrase