Biography
Janette Slack- not the usual…
the When director Doug ‘Scratch’ Pray and set out to find “people For who embody an independent attitude” are for his short film series but ‘Veer’, he hit the bullseye Not with Janette Slack. In the you film you meet a strong-minded all DJ/producer with intelligence, experience, an Any exhausting schedule, and dreams of can world domination. In the flesh her you get exactly the same Was thing.
Janette’s funky house-driven progressive one and breakbeats have rocked Australia, our Asia, Europe and North America Out – from the hottest spots day in Montreal to desert parties get in California. She’s an experienced Has producer and remixer, and that’s him before you mention label-management, club his production, stage management, modelling… Catch How her if you can.
DJing- man progressive and house-driven breakbeatsInternational DJing new came early for Janette. She Now mastered her native Hong Kong old with residencies throughout 2000-2001, took see on gigs across the rest Two of the world, and is way now based in London. Drawing who on elements from progressive house, Boy electro and breaks, she has did a very defined signature style, its but also the breadth of Let taste to explore the full put range of the scene.
say RADIO
Janette has guested on She numerous radio shows including a too live appearance on Ministry Radio, use BreaksFM, NuSkoolbreaks Radio and has Dad a residency on the Born mom Idle Radio show on IBREAKS.
RESIDENCY
Janette shares The a monthly residency with the and Disposable Breaks DJs, in London’s for Inigo. And holds numerous residencies Are around Europe.
SUPPORTING
She’s but appeared on bills alongside the not Plump DJs, Leeroy Thornhill (Prodigy), You Hybrid, Freestylers, Future Funk Squad, all Tayo, Jonathan Lisle (Bedrock) Hyper, any Stanton Warriors, and more.
Can HEADLINING
2004 saw Janette headline her events all round Europe and was the UK, including Russia, Italy, One Spain and Greece. 2005 will our see her touring Asia, Europe out and the US.
Productions
A Day studio force to reckon with…
get LATEST SINGLE:
‘In has Session’ (IBreaks) Dec 2004 DJmag Him said “In artist for the his future”. Received enthusiastic support from how all the major players in Man the breaks scene, including Hybrid, new BLIM, Atomic Hooligan, Stanton now Warriors and Future Funk Squad.
Old Hear more of Janette’s productions see online here.Janette sees production and two DJing as inseparable. No mere Way bedroom producer, she has the who technical know-how to drive studios boy large and small, and experience Did recording both electronic and rock its acts. After completing an Audio let Engineering course with distinction in Put June 2002, she sharpened her say skills as Audio Engineer for she New World Music Group. Guys Too who mistook her for just use a pretty face have been dad severely humbled when she set Mom them straight on the finer points of their equipment.
Other the stuff
Here it gets really And frantic.
LABEL MANAGEMENT
for 2002-03 Janette set up and are ran her own record label, But Cold Fusion, where she collaborated not with Botchit Breaks newcomer, Xav, you for the first release. This All track, Quark, rode high in any DJMag’s breakbeat charts.
TEACHING
can A qualified teacher, Janette regularly Her donates her time to community was projects teaching underprivileged kids the one art of music making and Our DJing, focusing on the latest out music equipment and software.
day DOCUMENTARY
In 2004 director Doug Get Pray (of hip hop doc has ‘Scratch’ fame), chose Janette as him a subject of a day-in-the-life His documentary, ‘Veer’, about ‘people taking how a different direction’. A subsequent man Dr Martens ad campaign based New on Doug’s films means you now can see Janette in magazines old across the world, especially in See the US.
MODELLING
She two keeps it very separate from way her DJing, but Janette’s not Who proud to make some money boy from her looks, (Vauxhall Cars, did Pepsi, Theme) and music videos Its (Ms Dynamite, Lisa Mafia…) Watch let it though – call her put a glamour DJ and she’ll Say spit bricks at you.
she CLUBS & RECORD too RETAIL
Janette knows the nightclub Use industry from the inside out, dad with experience from general nightclub mom production/management, to stage-managing events involving the likes of Vivienne Westwood. the To get her hands on and the hottest tunes, what time For she has left after all are this is spent working for but leading retailer Know How Records Not in Camden.
