New Mix: Foreign Beggars / Par Excellence Podcast

At the end of 2013 Foreign Beggars invited me to record a guest mix for their label's new podcast series! My mix starts around 39 minutes in with FB's Nonames killing it before and after! Some of the artists included in my mix include Seven Davis Junior, Eprom, Rockwell, Chesslo Junior and Om Unit.

Foreign Beggars Present Par Excellence Radio Episode 2 is here! We have DJ Nonames at the controls whilst OV and Metropolis are on their travels, as usual we have the dopest selection for your earholes- right across the BPM range. DMC Champ Jon 1st is in the hot seat for this months guest mix and its banger!

New Mix: You'll Soon Know Guest Mix!

Continuing my series of annual megamixes (check the mixes page for more!), here is a mix I recorded for You'll Soon Know on NTS featuring some of my favourite tracks either released or sent to me by producers in 2013! Check out the full radio show, which includes sets by YSK host Tim Parker and Deft, over at mixcloud.

I recently played a guest set on Tim Parker's You'llSoonKnow radio show on NTS London alongside Tim and Deft! I decided to play a megamix of some of my favourite tracks from the last 12 months. All the tracks were either released or sent to me by producers in 2013.

Check out the full show below:

You’ll Soon Know Radio on NTS 10/12/2013 + Special Guests Jon1st & Deft by You'll Soon Know on Mixcloud

New Mix: UTC Takeover @ The Funhouse

UTC recently had a showcase at The Funhouse in London! Slobodan and I joined Funhouse resident Chris P Cuts for a 3 hour broadcast of beats! Check out the show below. My set starts around 2 hours in!

New Mix: Tehbis - Luckdaw EP Promo Mix

I was recently asked to record a trailer-style mix for Tehbis' forthcoming Luckdaw EP on Groovement Records. Check it out below! The EP is out for free download of Wednesday 15th October!

Jon1st presents a preview mix of the new EP from Tehbis, Luckdaw, on LabelGroovement Tracks featured: Deww, Bristol Way and Saturday Cartoons (Tehbis x Kidkanevil) Press release: http://www.groovement.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Tehbis-Luckdaw-EP-Press-Release.pdf Released 16OCT13 on labelgroovement - digital only http://labelgroovement.bandcamp.com Tehbis: https://soundcloud.com/tehbis Jon1st: https://soundcloud.com/jon1st http://groovement.co.uk

New Mix: Noisey/DMC Guest Mix

In Lieu of the World DMC Championship Finals on Saturday 5th October, Noisey and DMC asked me to record a guest mix! You can stream it here.

News: I am now represented by Elastic Artists

I am very excited to announce that my bookings are now managed by Elastic Artists. 

You can check out my profile on their website here. 

All future bookings are to be made via ben@elasticartists.net 

News: DMC Online Champion 2013!

The judges' scores are in and I won! I'll be competing in the traditional world finals in London on Saturday 5th October!!

You can check how the judges scored the DJs here: http://dmcdjonline.com/video.php?t=results

New Mix: Sine Of The Times Guest Mix

This is a guest mix I recorded for Rita Maia's Sine Of The Times radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 London and Radio Oxigenio in Lisbon. Thank you to Rita For the opportunity! Check out the full show here soon: www.mixcloud.com/RitaMaia/

This is a guest mix I recorded for Rita Maia's Sine Of The Times radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 London and Radio Oxigenio in Lisbon. Thank you to Rita For the opportunity! Check out the full show here soon: http://www.mixcloud.com/RitaMaia/ Tracklist soon come! http://www.jon1st.co.uk <- all my mixes are archived here!