SATURDAY 25 APRIL - AMPLIFIED MEETS INDIGO - SMOKIN JO!

Amplified meets Indigo! featuring SMOKIN JO, Stu Bryan, Dan Back, Craig Abbott, Glenn Ford, CJ Languish, Makka & more!...

Price: £9 or more OTD. 10pm to 4am.

 

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Smokin Jo started her DJ-ing career after noticing a distinct lack of women behind the decks; she wanted to be one of the first. After buying some decks for her birthday in February 91 and practising for a few months, Jo was lucky enough to get a set at Trade after one of the DJs fell ill. After that first night Jo was given a residency which lasted 2 and a half years. Her uplifting, soulful funky house style insured her a solid following. The name came from boxer Smoking Joe Fraser and from a wish not to be hampered by a name that would be obviously female, as back then it was still seen as a novelty.

Jo went on from Trade to become a regular at Cream, Pushca, The Ministry of Sound, Renaissance, Progress, Sign of the Times and Miss Moneypennies; she also played for the infamous Boys Own, Betty Ford Clinic and Tribal Gathering to which she owes one of her most memorable experiences: "Dj-ing to 30,000 people all with their hands in the air was the most amazing feeling in the world."

Smokin Jos talents behind the decks has made her internationally renown as the one who is guaranteed to get the party started. This has led to bookings all over the world to play in places such as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA, a tour of Australia, Russia and all over Europe, not to mention regular trips to Ibiza each summer to play at Space, Pacha, Es Paradis, El Divino and Privilege. Last year Jo held a residency @ Manumission/Trade for the whole summer at Privilege in Ibiza, where her uplifting vocal sunrise sets became notorious with the likes of Danny Rampling and Danny Tenaglia coming down to dance the night away. Danny Tenaglia describes her Dj-ing as "Awesome!"

Jos international credibility has led her to work alongside numerous celebrities: Dj-ing at The Pet Shop Boys end of tour party, Grace Joness concert, Skunk Anansies album launch party, Alexander McQueen and Michiko Koshino after-show parties and top billing next to Todd Terry at The Albert Hall. Jay Kay from Jamoroquai could not resist her funky sounds and jumped on stage to dance to her set. Skin regularly gets on the mic when Smokin Jos on the decks. Smokin Jo is still the only female Dj to win the highly coveted award of "DJ OF THE YEAR".

On Saturday 29 September, Jo plays Bognor’s Mud Club – yet another world class performer to grace our shores and further cement Mud Club’s reputation for being one of the best dance music clubs on the south coast - a reputation earned by the long list of top notch DJs who have played there, and Mud Club’s continued commitment to bringing world class performers to the town, who you’d otherwise have to go to London or Brighton to see.

Mud Club’s Harvey Baileys says ‘Smokin Jo really is a DJ-ing legend, and it’s great that she’s chosen to play one of her first gigs in the UK at Mud after returning from the season in Ibiza. She played at the old Empire Club in 1992 and absolutely blew the roof off, so it’ll be a welcome return and a journey down memory lane after so many years. She’s renowned for being a very versatile DJ, able to change her sound to suit the moment and crowd, so we look forward in anticipation to a repeat of her raising the roof!, and as its Mud joint-owner Emmas Birthday it couldnt be better timing!’