* Bud Redding ( DJ Bud ) played in Green Jellö during the Buffalo days, and was the DJ at the band's favorite venue, The Continental.

Having initially worked with Drum n ' Bass producer DJ Technical Itch on Pink Punk the band discussed working with him on the new Pledge Music project but were then introduced by Tech Itch to Dominic Angas aka Dom and Roland with whom the band are currently working.

Lady Mecca is currently working on her next album and has taken up another career, as DJ Lady Mecca with her second gig on March 12, 2011 at LOLA in St. Louis, Missouri.

The live nature of the sets ( as opposed to the Electric Brainstorm DJ mix series ) suggested they might feature the first entirely new Future Sound of London material since 1997, and those rumours turned out to be true with a few new tracks played, albeit currently untitled.

He is currently directing the film ' Shoot The DJ ' as well as continuing his studio work.

However, Thirlwell currently makes DJ appearances under the pseudonym DJ OTESFU ( an anagram of Foetus ).

Marsden is currently the only free form DJ on a commercial radio station in North America.

Thunderpuss themselves also put out several later singles as artists, including " Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag ", a fully electronic dance cover of the Pigbag song which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1982, " Stand Up " ( with Latanza Waters ), and " FMH " ( under the artist name Harris & Cox ). Both men are currently pursuing DJ / remix / production work on their own.

Bridges is currently active in the music community as a producer and DJ.

The Wide Awake Club intro theme is currently used by DJ Stuart Webster in Dundee's Tay FM early morning programme ' Wake up with Webster ' which runs Monday to Friday.

* Jim " Big Jim " Murray-Production Director and Drive time DJ ; currently fill-in sports anchor for WBZ-AM

He is currently playing with electric ceilidh band ' MoonDance ', the DJ led improvising crew ' DiscQuartet ', Bristol based ' K-Passa ', and the Commodore 64 rock covers band ' SID80s '.

Funkademia was started by DJ and promoter David Payne at The Boardwalk in 1995 and has since gone on to be Manchester's longest running club night, currently at the Mint Lounge.

O ' Keeffe, Colebrooke and Rhodes currently DJ worldwide as 2 Bad Mice, whilst also promoting their own old-school events with many of the original innovators of the scene.

DJ Peril is currently signed to the Street Elite record label.

After having a few releases on smaller record labels, they managed to get the attention of bigger producers like DJ Trace, currently known for his DSCI4 record label.

Barrett currently is a resident DJ at the following clubs: Hospitality as part of Hospital Records at Matter in London ( previously at Heaven ), Aperture at Clwb Ifor Bach ( The Welsh Club ) in Cardiff, at Roxy in Prague.

* Jim Elliot: Competing DJ of " Elliot and Woodside ", later worked at WAVA with Don and Mike, later worked at Arista Records, and currently ; analyzes radio airplay.

He is currently the hip-hop correspondent for IDJ magazines, and also writes the DJ page for Hip Hop Connection magazine.

He was the music director for WHTG-FM, hosted shows on MTV and VH1, was Vice President of A & R and Artist Development at Columbia Records, and currently is a DJ on WRXP and Sirius Satellite Radio.

Ill Bill was the main voice behind the now disbanded Non Phixion, and is currently involved with La Coka Nostra, along with Slaine, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal of House of Pain & Limp Bizkit fame.

McBride is currently touring in a " straight-ahead " quintet called " Christian McBride & Inside Straight " featuring alto / soprano saxophonist Steve Wilson, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Christian Sands and drummer Ulyssess Owens, as well as performing as " A Christian McBride Situation " with saxophonist Ron Blake, guitarist David Gilmore, and turntablist DJ Logic.

He is currently working as a DJ with Eminem and is also signed to his label Shady Records.

Originally formed by five Dutch DJ's ( DJ Distortion, MC Raw, DJ Reanimator, DJ Petrov, and DJ Rob ), currently there are only two of the original left.

Leftfoot is the bar's main funk and soul night which is part run by ex Rockers Hi-Fi DJ Dick and Adam Regan ( who now owns the Bull's Head bar in the birmingham suburb of Moseley ).

The company also owns the Hed Kandi, Euphoria, and Hard2Beat brands, and co-owns Ministry of Sound Australia's Hussle Recordings, along with MoSA and Hussle's founder and MoSA's Managing Director / Founder DJ Tim McGee.

* He admitted on his Real Radio show that he owns Freddie Mercury's leather peaked cap, sold to him by friends of DJ Kenny Everett.

In addition to Alesis, O ' Donnell also owns Numark ( DJ equipment ), Akai Professional, ION Audio, Alto Professional, MixMeister, and Sonivox.

Barry Phipps owns and operates the North Branch Recording Studio and Tight Ship Records as well as Beep DJ Service.

In what is considered a forerunner to disco style clubs, New York City DJ David Mancuso opened The Loft, a members-only private dance club set in his own home, in February 1970.

With business at Cold Chillin ' booming, Marl put out the first full-length release under his own name in 1988 ( he'd previously recorded the single " DJ Cuttin '" in 1985 with the alias NYC Cutter ).

In addition to performing their own music, they also hold regular DJ nights where they mix other artist's tracks ( in the style of Brothers Gonna Work It Out ).

Based in Athens, the five-piece band played a mixture of cover versions and their own material, the latter written mostly by Vangelis ( with lyrics by DJ and record producer Nico Mastorakis ) but still sung in English.

Collaborations with Russia's DJ Ram, and Germany's Bastards of Love appeared on tis release, as well as the artists own respective albums.

Several prominent hip hop producers, such as DJ Premier, and RjD2 also favour retaining the lo-fidelity characteristics of the records they sample in order to achieve a hard, unpolished and " uncut " sound in their own music.

According to Clinton ( who shares credit for the song with Bernie Worrell and Bootsy Collins ), he was frustrated that radio stations refused to play his songs and invented his own station ( called W-E-F-U-N-K ) and a DJ to man it.

Edge provided " 22, 000 Days " ( featuring Thomas as lead voice with Hayward & Lodge ) while Thomas ' own contributions were the final portion of the set with his singing on the final two songs ; " Painted Smile ", " Reflective Smile " ( a poem narrated by a DJ friend of the band ) and " Veteran Cosmic Rocker ".

In 1977 they recorded " The Floral Dance " which reached Number 2 in the UK Top 40 and stayed there for 6 weeks, inspiring radio DJ Terry Wogan to release his own version some time later.

Amongst those shows rediscovered were many that feature Monkhouse himself, including The Flip Side, a 1966 play starring Monkhouse as a television DJ with his own late night show, and the 1958 series of his comedy My Pal Bob including an episode in which he is suspected of an extramarital affair.

1984 was the year that Uncle Jamm's Army released their first single Dial-a-Freak and the year Egyptian Lover released his On the Nile album which includes the most listened 12 ' single Egypt Egypt. City of Compton former locking dancer Alonzo Williams formed his own electro-hop group World Class Wreckin ' Cru which included future N. W. A members Dr. Dre and DJ Yella.

Following this and two encounters as the opening act for the German leg of both DJ Bobo and Westlife's 2001 concert tours, No Angels embarked on their first own concert tour in October 2001.

With Canadian DJ John Acquaviva he formed the label Plus 8 in 1990 to release his own tracks under the name F. U. S. E.

By 1964, Jack Douglas, a local DJ at WNIL radio station in Niles, formed his own record label, Snap Records.

Giving up hours of his own time, Steve has played a major part in the production and final mixing of two songs by Leighton Buzzard amateur rap duo Docta Dax & Murfmann, with son Felix acting as DJ / Producer under the pseudonym of Inside Legg.

Music was being licensed to UK Labels by DJ International, Tracks, KMS and the Transmat record labels, and with that the music began to expand throughout Europe as many homegrown UK artist, DJ's and producers began to have their own releases influenced by the Chicago and Detroit music they were importing.

Lee was from Kielce, but Warsaw soon emerged as a center for hip hop, after KOLOR, a radio station, began broadcasting Kolor Shock, hosted by Bogna Świątkowska, Paul Jackson, an African American expatriate, Sylvia Opoku from London, and DJ Volt, whose crew, 1kHz, became performing stars in their own right in 1995.

The type of DJ that specializes in mixing is well respected for his own set of unique skills, but playlist mixing is still DJing in the traditional sense.

Kool Herc instead originated the idea of creating a sequence for his own purposes, introducing the idea of the DJ as the " feature " of parties, whose performance on any given night would be examined critically by the crowd on both a technical and entertainment level.

This is followed by a band ( sometimes the school's own band, if there is any ) or a DJ playing music, usually starting with a Waltz before moving on to other dancing.

Sister Bliss is a prominent dance DJ and has for a long time toured the circuit on her own, remixed others ' albums and even appeared in music videos, such as Paul Oakenfold's " Weekend ".

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony five members officially returned with their new album Uni-5: The World's Enemy, released in 2010 by their own record label, BTNH Worldwide, with distribution by Warner Bros. Uni5 also marks the return of long-time collaborator, DJ U-Neek, who was absent from 2007's Strength & Loyalty and has produced for the group throughout their career, including hits such as " Thuggish Ruggish Bone " and " Tha Crossroads.

Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo released their own hip-hop version of " Cars " on their debut Road to the Riches album in 1989.

After a brief spell as a professional wrestler ( performing under the name " The Masked Executioner "), and as a debt collector for Trojan Records, he worked as a DJ on local radio and ran his own sound system.

More recently the children of exiled Chileans have made their own successful mark in music with acts like internationally acclaimed DJ Ricardo Villalobos, producer and one half of Super Collider ( along with Jamie Lidell ) Cristian Vogel, DJ Luciano, Alejandro Vivanco, Pier Bucci, Cuti Aste, Bitman & Roban, Claude Roubillie and Electrodomesticos being prominent names.