DJ Vadim
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| DJ Vadim | ||
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| Birth name | Vadim Peare | |
| Origin | Russia | |
| Genre(s) | Turntablism, Trip-hop, Breakbeat, Hip-hop | |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, Producer | |
| Instrument(s) | Turntables | |
| Label(s) | Ninja Tune Jazz Fudge |
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| Website | http://www.djvadim.com/ | |
DJ Vadim (aka Vadim Peare) is a prolific DJ and producer born in Russia, based in London. His music combines hip hop and electronica and his recording technique primarily involves very precise sampling as well as, to a lesser extent, looping.
He signed to Ninja Tune in 1992, and founded his own independent record label, Jazz Fudge in 1995.
Aside from DJ-ing, he has worked in numerous roles including A&R, promoter, and radio presenter on the BBC's "Around The World In Eight Relays".
He has worked with a variety of musicians including DJ Krush, Company Flow, The Roots, The Pharcyde, Public Enemy, Beat Junkies, Dilated Peoples, Kraftwerk, Ed Rush, Morcheeba, Super Furry Animals and Paul Weller.
His album, "USSR: Life From The Other Side" featured Scratch Perverts, Iriscience (from Dilated Peoples), Blade and Sarah Jones. To promote the record, Vadim put together a live group - The Russian Percussion - consisting of Mr Thing (turntables), Killa Kela (beat box), Blu rum 13 (mc), John Ellis (keyboards). The tour was 200 shows taking in 24 countries including most of Europe and North America.
In addition to his regular album releases, he has also recorded under the names Andre Gurov and Little Aida. He is also the DJ and producer for Spanish hip hop group 7 Notas 7 Colores, and has appeared as a member of the various artists project The Isolationist.
His central project for 2005-6 is DJ-ing for the hip-hop group One Self with MCs Yarah Bravo (DJ Vadim's wife) and Blu Rum 13. The first One Self album, Children of Possibility was released September 20, 2005.
[edit] Style
DJ Vadim composes both instrumental hip-hop and background music for MCs. In both cases, certain stylistic trends emerge:
- Minimal or no use of melody
- Atmospheric sounds
- Dominating, abrasive sampled drum rhythms
- Frequent drops, where the percussion is removed for a noticeable time. The resulting gap is sometimes filled with atmospheric sounds.
[edit] Discography
- Headz Ain't Ready (Jazz Fudge, 1995)
- U.S.S.R. Repertoire (The Theory Of Verticality) (Ninja Tune, September 1996)
- Andre Gurov - Revelations Of Wrath (Jazz Fudge, February 1997)
- Andre Gurov - A New Rap Language (Jazz Fudge, September 1997)
- U.S.S.R. Reconstruction (Theories Explained) (Ninja Tune, January 1998)
- U.S.S.R. Life From The Other Side (Ninja Tune, September 1999)
- U.S.S.R. The Art Of Listening (Ninja Tune, September 2002)
- Stereo Pictures Vol. 03 (DJ mix album) (MK2 Music, 2003)
- DJ Vadim Featuring DJ Woody - Lettuce Propelled Rockets (JFM Records, 2005)
- One Self - Children of Possibility (Ninja Tune, 2005)
- The Sound Catcher (BBE Music, 2007)
