BobaFatt

First Word Records | Soho Radio   ))   City of London, United Kingdom

BobaFatt has been DJing since the early '90s. His mixes, radio shows and club sets have seen him awarded acclaim over the years from BBC 1Xtra, Mixcloud & Fact Magazine. In addition to a fortnightly Friday night show on Soho Radio, he's "resident grandmaster" on BBC 6 Music's 'The Huey Show', providing numerous mixes for Huey Morgan, and also had a 5-year stint on hip hop station, Itch FM, as well as a number of slots on stations such as NTS, Resonance FM, Balamii & Worldwide FM.

He's played at venues such as Ministry Of Sound, Fabric, Brixton Academy, The Roundhouse, Koko, Somerset House & Royal Albert Hall, and held down a decade-long residency at the Big Chill in East London, as well as regular shows at The Jazz Cafe, and residencies at festivals like Hospitality & Soundwave in Croatia, along with various parties as 50% of Main Squeeze.

For a day job, Boba spent many years working in record shops like Rough Trade, and for record labels CoOp Presents, Extra Soul Perception, Dimensions Recordings, Total Refreshment Centre, Greco-Roman and R&S.

He is currently label manager of First Word Records, named 'Label Of The Year' at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2019, releasing music over the years by artists such as Children of Zeus, 14KT, Kaidi Tatham, Tall Black Guy, Eric Lau, Allysha Joy, Werkha, Don Leisure, Tawiah & Yazmin Lacey.

Aside from sharing stages with a long-list of high profile DJs & musicians over the years, BobaFatt has provided session work/mixes for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel, Roots Manuva's Banana Klan, Chuck D of Public Enemy's RapStation, DJ Yoda, Death Waltz Records, Dazed, The Guardian, Touching Bass, Noisey (Vice), Wah Wah 45s, The Allergies, Gymbox & WhoSampled. He self-released two beat tapes, 'Switch Up ' (2019) and 'Don't Sleep ' (2020) , consisting of his own productions.

This page is a selection of mixes from the past decade, covering a variety of genres.
There are 100s more radio shows & mixes over on the Mixcloud playlists.
Hit up the links for more info & noises.

2006 BBC 1Xtra 'M1X It Up' Champion
2013 Mixcloud Top 100 Cloudcasts ('BAd BReaks')
2014 Fact Magazine Reader's Poll: "Top 20 Most Underrated DJs"
2015 Mixcloud Online Radio Award: Best Alternative Radio Show (Rough Trade)
2019 Worldwide Awards Label of the Year (First Word)

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BobaFatt has been DJing since the early '90s. His mixes, radio shows and club sets have seen him awarded acclaim over the years from BBC 1Xtra, Mixcloud & Fact Magazine. In addition to a fortnightly Friday night show on Soho Radio, he's "resident grandmaster" on BBC 6 Music's 'The Huey Show', providing numerous mixes for Huey Morgan, and also had a 5-year stint on hip hop station, Itch FM, as well as a number of slots on stations such as NTS, Resonance FM, Balamii & Worldwide FM.

He's played at venues such as Ministry Of Sound, Fabric, Brixton Academy, The Roundhouse, Koko, Somerset House & Royal Albert Hall, and held down a decade-long residency at the Big Chill in East London, as well as regular shows at The Jazz Cafe, and residencies at festivals like Hospitality & Soundwave in Croatia, along with various parties as 50% of Main Squeeze.

For a day job, Boba spent many years working in record shops like Rough Trade, and for record labels CoOp Presents, Extra Soul Perception, Dimensions Recordings, Total Refreshment Centre, Greco-Roman and R&S.

He is currently label manager of First Word Records, named 'Label Of The Year' at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2019, releasing music over the years by artists such as Children of Zeus, 14KT, Kaidi Tatham, Tall Black Guy, Eric Lau, Allysha Joy, Werkha, Don Leisure, Tawiah & Yazmin Lacey.

Aside from sharing stages with a long-list of high profile DJs & musicians over the years, BobaFatt has provided session work/mixes for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel, Roots Manuva's Banana Klan, Chuck D of Public Enemy's RapStation, DJ Yoda, Death Waltz Records, Dazed, The Guardian, Touching Bass, Noisey (Vice), Wah Wah 45s, The Allergies, Gymbox & WhoSampled. He self-released two beat tapes, 'Switch Up ' (2019) and 'Don't Sleep ' (2020) , consisting of his own productions.

This page is a selection of mixes from the past decade, covering a variety of genres.
There are 100s more radio shows & mixes over on the Mixcloud playlists.
Hit up the links for more info & noises.

2006 BBC 1Xtra 'M1X It Up' Champion
2013 Mixcloud Top 100 Cloudcasts ('BAd BReaks')
2014 Fact Magazine Reader's Poll: "Top 20 Most Underrated DJs"
2015 Mixcloud Online Radio Award: Best Alternative Radio Show (Rough Trade)
2019 Worldwide Awards Label of the Year (First Word)

Member since: 7 years

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