Join us for our last event in Lakota until February for a mighty fine line up of pure House music in Bristol's original nightclub, Lakota.

We thought it would be a good idea to invite your favourite guest DJs from the past year, Martin Ikin-Soul Purpose and Low Steppa to treat us all to a Back to Back set which will definitely not disappoint the loyal Banjax crowd.

And we have not stopped there!

Joining them will be Hot Creations superstar and talented producer...

DeMarzo

Support will be provided by guests and Banjax residents across 3 rooms of House, Tech, Soul and Disco.

Craig Brown

Jordan O'regan

Tom Harvey

Dean Bray

Jack Cook

Shauny P

JBsquared

Tom Bruton

Ollie Higgs

Robert Van Ryn

Shawn Fleming

For details on how to to purchase tickets please call the Banjax line on 07784 486598

BIOs

DeMarzo

Deep, provocative and eclectic the crafted sound of DeMarzo.

DeMarzo's greed for music was hereditary. His father's life long affair with Soul and Motown became genetic. At the age of 8, DeMarzo was enrolled into the Yamaha Keyboard School where he got his first taste of creativity.

Years of writing and performing live became natural and nights spent watching Jazz improv's became highly influential. Whilst studying music technology at college he began producing his own material An amalgamation encompassing all his influences became evident in his work.

As a multi-instrumentalist, his obligation to inject'groove' into both his productions and sets is arousing more and more interest.

DeMarzo's sound is a meticulously crafted one. His toxic perfectionism and shrewd sense of rhythm lead him naturally to where he is today. His well-revised sets include anything from underground deep house to main room deep tech.

Releases on: Hot Creations, Noir, This IS Recordings, Warung Records, Glasgow Underground, Resonance Records, Digital Delight, 2DIY4, Nurvous, Acid Fruits, Loulou Records, Nasty Funk.

Overall, DeMarzo is striving to provide meticulously crafted dance music, which will definitely make you stand up and take notice.

Martin Ikin

DJ'ing since 1990 and Producing music since 1991, Martin Ikin previously known as; DJ Mayhem, Indigo, Soul Purpose, Migrant.. and loads more, has spent his life releasing records on many labels and under many aliases. Including, Defected, Nervous, OFF, Exploited, Zrecords, 3Beat, MOS, SwingCity, Hed Kandi, Soulfuric, Sony, Island, Atlantic..etc etc.

Martin's remix credentials include names such as Mariah Carey, Jamiroquai, Joey Negro, MAW, Grant Nelson, Hardsoul and many more...

Trained studio engineer and jazz pianist Martin stepped away from producing and engineering for others and launched his own label Soul Purpose Records in 2003, as a stable for his own productions.

2005 saw Martin adopted his label name"Soul Purpose" as his DJ & Production/Remix moniker, dropping the old school"Mayhem" tag from the early 1990's

Now Djing & Producing using his real name for the first time ever! Martin kicks of with a Monster release on Andre Crom's OFF Recordings. Watch out for lots of brand new music coming from Martin on some of the biggest labels in the game including more on the mighty OFF Recordings.

As a musician and producer Martin draws his musical influences from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Azymuth, Donny Hathaway, Jeff Lorber, Roy Ayers and legendary house masters like Mr Fingers, Marshall Jefferson, Derek May & Kevin Saunderson.

Low Steppa

Low Steppa's tenure in the scene has been short but due to his forward thinking and intelligent production work, his popularity has risen rapidly.

His Soundcloud page is becoming an essential download destination for house fans, due in part to his bootleg of Route 94 My Love. A track that received such hype that Route 94 replaced his own version within club sets, and also gave it away for free across his social media channels, as did Rinse Fm.

Other notable productions include'Styling' a collaboration with Sonny Fodera via Cajual Recordings which smashed the Beatport charts and peaked at the top ten, and also his remix of'Without You' by Dillon Francis & Teed, which along with a number of his other productions, has received huge support from Radio 1's B Traits as well as Gorgon City, Huxley, Shadow Child, Kry Wolf and many other leading names.

Forthcoming releases on OFF Recordings and'Spinnin Deep' are set to copy the success.

Aside from solo projects, Low Steppa's label imprint Simma Black Records is going from strength to strength, with releases becoming a staple in many a DJs set.

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