DJ Vadim

DJ Vadim aka Andre Gurov
Background information
Birth name Vadim Andreev
Also known as Andre Gurov, Daddy Vad
Origin Russia
Genres Alternative hip hop
Occupation(s) DJ, producer
Instruments Turntables
Years active 1995-present
Labels BBE, Ninja Tune, Jazz Fudge, OGS Records
Associated acts One Self, The Electric, Skalpel
Website www.djvadim.com

DJ Vadim is a prolific DJ and producer, born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), raised in London and currently residing in both New York City and Berlin, whose music combines hip hop, soul, reggae and electronica. He has been described as "one of the few artists creating genuinely new work in the Hip-Hop field"[1] and an artist who "cannot be ignored".[1]

Career

In 1994, Vadim founded his own independent record label, Jazz Fudge, but signed to Ninja Tune the following year, before his current label BBE, in 2007. Aside from DJ-ing and producing, he has also worked as in A&R and promotion, as well as a radio presenter on the BBC's "Around The World In Eight Relays" programme.

Throughout his career he has worked with a variety of musicians, singers and groups, including DJ Krush, Stevie Wonder, The Roots, Prince, Public Enemy, Dilated Peoples, Kraftwerk, Sly and the family stone, Fat Freddys Drop, Super Furry Animals, and Paul Weller. He is also known for having worked with a number of unsigned artists who later went on to find commercial success.

In addition to his regular album releases, he has also recorded under the names "Andre Gurov" and "Little Aida" and has appeared as a member of the various artists project The Isolationist. He is also the DJ and producer for Spanish hip hop group 7 Notas 7 Colores, and, in 2001, was nominated alongside them at the Latin Grammy Awards.

His album, USSR: Life From The Other Side featured Scratch Perverts, Iriscience (from Dilated Peoples), Blade. 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 consisted of 200 live shows taking in twenty four countries throughout Europe and North America.

His central project for 2005-6 was DJ-ing for the hip-hop group One Self Self album, was released on September 20, 2005. U Can't Lurn Imaginashun was his return on BBE records May 2009 that featured the Single "Soldier" by Big Red (MC). To promote the record Vadim put a live group together consisting of Sabira Jade (singer), Ste Keyz (Keyboardist), Pugs Atomz (MC). They would later become a group calle The Electric and put out an album called " Life is Moving" on Vadim's on imprint Organically Grown Sounds (OGS) in 2010. "Beautiful" featuring Yarah Bravo was their first single and they toured 30 countries through out Europe, South America, North America, and Asia. His latest album, Don’t Be Scared (BBE, 2012) was praised for the "inventiveness of the beats" (incorporating dubstep, breaks, bhangra, Afrobeat and vintage house) by Q reviewer Paul McGee who rated it 4/5 and tagged "The One to Buy!" Dubcatcher (BBE, 2014) DJ Vadim & Sena - Grow Slow (BBE, 2015) Dubcatcher 2 (Wicked My Yout) (Soulbeats Records, 2016)

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He has made many remixes from The Cure, Erykah Badu, Alice Russell, Paul Weller, Prince, and CL Smooth.

On average he performs 170-180 shows a year and has played in over 63 countries.[3]

Style

DJ Vadim composes both music for MCs, singers and poets and soulful instrumental hip-hop beats. In both cases, certain stylistic trends emerge;

"Anyone recalling Sly & Robbie's mid-80s exercises in electro-dub fusion might see DJ Vadim’s latest as almost an update of that aesthetic," Paul McGee wrote in Q, reviewing Don’t Be Scared LP (2012).[2]

Discography

DJ Vadim

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Little Aida

EPs

Andre Gurov

EPs

The Bug

Albums

The Isolationist

Albums

Singles

Blixton Rodriguez

EPs

One Self

Albums

EPs

Singles

Productions

References

  1. 1 2 Record Mart & Buyer, Issue 12, July 1999, p59
  2. 1 2 McGee, Paul. Q magazine. December 2012. New Albums Review. Hip-hop. P. 112
  3. ↑ Template:Citation eb

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