NEWS : Jakwob: Leicester Step Your Game Up!

Written by RWD on 10 Mar 2010


“Leicester just doesn’t have that much going on, it’s completely dropped off,” according to dubstep maestro Jakwob, the Midlands bred DJ/ producer went in on Gary Lineker’s city in a recent interview with RWD.

“Apart from a few DJ’s that pass through every month there’s nothing there! I can’t really make connections there, it just happens to be in London where I’ve made a lot of connections also Bristol and Manchester they’ve been good places meeting people.”

It’s hard to believe that Jakwob re-fixed the likes of Ellie Goulding and Temper Trap to produce dubstep anthems whilst up in apparently lifeless Leicester, which also spawned the likes of Kasabian and one half of Basement Jaxx and, erm… Mark Morrison. Ok we see where he’s coming from now.

Jakwob will soon be on the move though and is heading down to Nottingham before the end of the year after university because his “education is the only reason I’m kinda still there.”

Read the full interview with Jakwob in the upcoming April issue of RWD magazine where he gives us the low-down on working with Scorcher and other artists on his upcoming album and how he wants to get in the studio with Snoop.

For more Jakwob check MySpace.com/jakwob

Words by Nardene Scott

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6 Responses to “Jakwob: Leicester Step Your Game Up!”

  1. Jon1st says:
    31 Jul 2010 at 4:16 pm

    …But there are a few promoters in the city who really try to progress things!

  2. Jon1st says:
    31 Jul 2010 at 4:15 pm

    He has a point in terms of there being a truly active scene where people are constantly trying to progress the local sound. Not enough people go out and support acts when they’re put on either, which puts promoters off booking left of center dance acts.

  3. Anonymous says:
    8 May 2010 at 6:10 pm

    jakwob go suck ur mum

  4. Anonymous says:
    10 Mar 2010 at 1:56 pm

    Thats is true Leicester is breeze

  5. Smea says:
    10 Mar 2010 at 12:46 pm

    chatting utter rubbish. Leicester is home to some of the UKs best dubstep and dnb acts. who the fuck is jakwob anyway? some blogspot producer who booted two crap tunes anyway? doorly mk2? Bar9, Rob Sparx, Nero and other Leicetsr based acts SHIT on jakwob.

  6. Anonymous says:
    10 Mar 2010 at 12:43 pm

    he’s chatting breeze – leicester has Kontakt, Formation, Dubway, Genetic, and is home to dubstep producers Bar9, Rob Sparx, Nero, John Maveric, and many many talented dubstep and dnb artists. He clearly just doesnt get out much.

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