Flash Louis: In A Flash
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RWD meets 18 year-old London DJ, Promoter and star of new BBC Two series Class of '08, Flash Louis...
“It’s my DJ name but I don’t like to refer to myself that much as Flash Louis cos to be honest with you, I think it’s a bit of a w*nky name,” proclaims North Londoner born Rubinder Naz Louis Bhose. “I’m actually the most un-flash person ever. I’m pretty laidback and I’m not minted so I never flash my cash, ever.”
Well, RWD thinks the young DJ/ promoter and musician has a fair bit to be boastful about. Since entering into the world of disk-spinning two years ago at sick-stained Hoxton boozer, The Macbeth, this young entrepreneur has become one of the most well-connected young kids on the dance scene. Mates with Freshly Squeezed’s Zezi, former flatmate of top model Daisy Lowe, ex-member of bands including the Trafalgar and one-time session musician for Remi Nicole and Eliza Doolittle, Lil Louis has done a whole lot in his two short years on the London landscape.
It looks like the boy born to Indian, Scottish and French parentage is about to get a lot more recognition too. The 18 year-old is about to join Lowe, her ex-boyfriend, Blondelle singer Will Cameron, former Pete Doherty squeeze Portia Freeman and the absolutely excellent Kesh on an 8-week BBC2 documentary series. follows the six up-and-comers as they try to make their mark in modelling, fashion, music, acting and club promoting,
“I only had three weeks to put my event on,” recalls Louis of his night Top Heavy, that he put on with his mate Eddie at Charing Cross Rd’s Sin club. If he didn’t pull it off in 21 days, the Beeb crew would have wrapped up filming, making his part in the docu a bit of a non-starter. However, the Tapedeck, Blondelle, Nick Grimshaw and We Smoke Fags line-up ensured that within an hour and a half of opening, they were operating a one-in, one-out policy. “We had like 723 through the door at a 500 capacity venue, so it was quite nuts,” the animated Camdenite grins. “I was very stressed though. I’m glad I didn’t book myself into DJ cos it could all have just gone wrong cos I was running around all night. It was so busy, Tapedeck had trouble getting in!”
So how did he feel about the camera’s following about from his mouse-ridden Chalk Farm flat to nights out at the dogs in Essex? Especially considering the celebrity they’re likely to now bring? “I seriously doubt I’ll get any level of fame and I really, really don’t want to have any level of fame. I look at Daisy and I feel really sorry for what she goes through,” he says of the often papped pretty girl. “For me it’s great because you can get as hammered as you want, dance how you want and do what you want and no one’s going to take your picture and put it in the
While Louis isn’t absolutely 100% he’ll do another night –“ though we probably will in late June” – he’s not just in music for the money. He’s after the girls too! “I’m just looking to get more sex really,” he nods sagely. “Apparently you get loads of girls being a DJ, but I haven’t actually found that as yet.” What’s he looking for? Perhaps RWD can spread the word to our readers? “Under 30, over 11. Female. Not insane. Alive. No previous criminal record, ideally. I can’t handle bad girls. I’ve never been in a fight,” he grins.
While he hunts chicks, he’ll continue to spin stuff from A-Trak, A1 Bassline, as well as his old favourites J.U.S.T.I.C.E, Mystery Jets, Digitalism and DJ Mehdi at places like Ministry, Bar Music Hall and his monthly residency at The Old Queen’s Head in Angel. Producing and remixing for, in an ideal world MGMT and Feist is on to ‘To-Do’ once he gets a job ‘maybe in a studio making tea’, but until then, is there anything Louis would like us to know? How about we clear up his profile information on his blog? ‘Big dong, average bass player?’ He laughs: “Actually, I have an extremely small dong, I’m a reasonably exciting DJ and,” he concludes, “I’m not bad at bass. Not bad at all.”
Catch Louis and RWD fave’s Kesh and Daisy Lowe on BBC2’s 8-part series from 17 May
FACEBOOK BOXOUT
Do you have any MySpace stalkers?
“Not really. I’m actually a bit of a Facebook terrorist, to be honest! After a couple of Shandy’s I tend to add random pretty girls and send them messages. I am a Facebook stalker in fact. I’m the one you don’t want to click accept to; I’m a serial poker.”
How’s Social Networking helped you?
About two weeks before my night, I heard that my Facebook account had been deleted. I thought I was going to have to cancel the night – that’s how important Fcaebook was to it. But I got it back online and we invited about 2000 people - about 700 of those people came, so it was such an invaluable tool. I think I moved about 1200 physical flyers and out of all those, probably 50 people came through the flyer. It was almost entirely down to Facebook and Myspace.
RWD Magazine
RWD meets 18 year-old London DJ, Promoter and star of new BBC Two series Class of '08, Flash Louis...
“It’s my DJ name but I don’t like to refer to myself that much as Flash Louis cos to be honest with you, I think it’s a bit of a w*nky name,” proclaims North Londoner born Rubinder Naz Louis Bhose. “I’m actually the most un-flash person ever. I’m pretty laidback and I’m not minted so I never flash my cash, ever.”
Well, RWD thinks the young DJ/ promoter and musician has a fair bit to be boastful about. Since entering into the world of disk-spinning two years ago at sick-stained Hoxton boozer, The Macbeth, this young entrepreneur has become one of the most well-connected young kids on the dance scene. Mates with Freshly Squeezed’s Zezi, former flatmate of top model Daisy Lowe, ex-member of bands including the Trafalgar and one-time session musician for Remi Nicole and Eliza Doolittle, Lil Louis has done a whole lot in his two short years on the London landscape.
It looks like the boy born to Indian, Scottish and French parentage is about to get a lot more recognition too. The 18 year-old is about to join Lowe, her ex-boyfriend, Blondelle singer Will Cameron, former Pete Doherty squeeze Portia Freeman and the absolutely excellent Kesh on an 8-week BBC2 documentary series.
“I only had three weeks to put my event on,” recalls Louis of his night Top Heavy, that he put on with his mate Eddie at Charing Cross Rd’s Sin club. If he didn’t pull it off in 21 days, the Beeb crew would have wrapped up filming, making his part in the docu a bit of a non-starter. However, the Tapedeck, Blondelle, Nick Grimshaw and We Smoke Fags line-up ensured that within an hour and a half of opening, they were operating a one-in, one-out policy. “We had like 723 through the door at a 500 capacity venue, so it was quite nuts,” the animated Camdenite grins. “I was very stressed though. I’m glad I didn’t book myself into DJ cos it could all have just gone wrong cos I was running around all night. It was so busy, Tapedeck had trouble getting in!”
So how did he feel about the camera’s following about from his mouse-ridden Chalk Farm flat to nights out at the dogs in Essex? Especially considering the celebrity they’re likely to now bring? “I seriously doubt I’ll get any level of fame and I really, really don’t want to have any level of fame. I look at Daisy and I feel really sorry for what she goes through,” he says of the often papped pretty girl. “For me it’s great because you can get as hammered as you want, dance how you want and do what you want and no one’s going to take your picture and put it in the
While Louis isn’t absolutely 100% he’ll do another night –“ though we probably will in late June” – he’s not just in music for the money. He’s after the girls too! “I’m just looking to get more sex really,” he nods sagely. “Apparently you get loads of girls being a DJ, but I haven’t actually found that as yet.” What’s he looking for? Perhaps RWD can spread the word to our readers? “Under 30, over 11. Female. Not insane. Alive. No previous criminal record, ideally. I can’t handle bad girls. I’ve never been in a fight,” he grins.
While he hunts chicks, he’ll continue to spin stuff from A-Trak, A1 Bassline, as well as his old favourites J.U.S.T.I.C.E, Mystery Jets, Digitalism and DJ Mehdi at places like Ministry, Bar Music Hall and his monthly residency at The Old Queen’s Head in Angel. Producing and remixing for, in an ideal world MGMT and Feist is on to ‘To-Do’ once he gets a job ‘maybe in a studio making tea’, but until then, is there anything Louis would like us to know? How about we clear up his profile information on his blog? ‘Big dong, average bass player?’ He laughs: “Actually, I have an extremely small dong, I’m a reasonably exciting DJ and,” he concludes, “I’m not bad at bass. Not bad at all.”
Catch Louis and RWD fave’s Kesh and Daisy Lowe on BBC2’s 8-part series
FACEBOOK BOXOUT
Do you have any MySpace stalkers?
“Not really. I’m actually a bit of a Facebook terrorist, to be honest! After a couple of Shandy’s I tend to add random pretty girls and send them messages. I am a Facebook stalker in fact. I’m the one you don’t want to click accept to; I’m a serial poker.”
How’s Social Networking helped you?
About two weeks before my night, I heard that my Facebook account had been deleted. I thought I was going to have to cancel the night – that’s how important Fcaebook was to it. But I got it back online and we invited about 2000 people - about 700 of those people came, so it was such an invaluable tool. I think I moved about 1200 physical flyers and out of all those, probably 50 people came through the flyer. It was almost entirely down to Facebook and Myspace.
RWD Magazine
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