New Video: Live at Shambala Festival

Matt Friswell recorded my set at the Solid Steel x Kamikaze takeover at last summer's Shambala Festival. The music in the video is a flip that Tehbis and I made last year of one of my favourite classic rap tracks, which will be out soon on a Medallion Sounds charity compilation.

Jon1st - Live at Solid Steel x Shambala 2015

My friend Matt Friswell recorded my set at the Solid Steel x Kamikaze takeover at last summer's Shambala Festival. The music in the video is a flip that Tehbis and I made last year of one of my favourite classic rap tracks, which will be out soon on a Medallion Sounds charity compilation. Early support for the tune from Stray and Ivy Lab

Posted by Jon1st on Friday, 12 February 2016

New Mix: Strictly Beats/ Itch FM minimix

DJ Bobafatt kindly invited me to play on his radio show on Itch FM last week. I recorded a minimix of some of my favourite tracks at the moment, check it out below!

New Release: GOALS 001

I'm delighted to announce that I am part of a new collaborative project, GOALS, alongside EAN and Will LV. Our first release is GOALS 001, a 20 track beat tape released on 25th January via bandcamp. Check it out below:

New Sounds: Savvy - Refreshment

I recently recorded scratches for Savvy (aka Asaviour) for his track Refreshment, produced by DJ IQ. Check it out below:

Written by Savvy aka Asaviour Produced by DJ IQ Cuts by DJ Jon1st Mixed & Mastered by Lea Turner

New Release: Silent Dust - The Naked Truth / My Only Option OUT NOW!

I recorded scratches for two new tracks by Silent Dust on their None60 label featuring guest vocals by Curly Castro, Hubbs, Zilla Rocca, Has-Lo and Self Says.

Out now!

News: Solid Steel Mix of The Year Runner Up

I'm delighted to share that I was voted as runner up for best Solid Steel mix of the year for my contribution to the mix series earlier in December. A massive congratulations to Modeselektor for taking the top spot! You can listen to both our mixes over on the Solid Steel website.

New Mix: 20/20 Rinse FM Guest Mix

Last night 20/20 hosted a 2 hour show on Rinse FM with Ivy Lab, Tim Parker, Deft, Havelock, Tehbis, Touchy Subject and myself. I played a 20 minute set around 24:15 into the show featuring unreleased music from Om Unit, Danny Scrilla, Sam Binga and forthcoming collabs I've made with Tehbis, Danny Scrilla and GOALS. Check it out below.

RINSE BOXING DAY 2015 http://rinse.fm/boxingday2015 Room 1 - Box Katy B, Novelist, Section Boyz, DJ Zinc, D Double E + Sir Spyro, Plastician + Jammz, DJ Spoony, Yasmin. Room 2 - 103 Fatima Al Qadiri, Bok Bok, MUMDANCE, Faze Miyake, Mr. Mitch, Youngsta, Murlo, MM Room 3 - Loft JD. Reid, Horsepower Productions, DJ Ron (London Some’ting), Sam Supplier Room 4 – Baby Box Norwood Soul Patrol Saturday 26th December 2015 10pm-7am Tickets & More Info: Resident Advisor: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?767259 Dice: https://dice.fm/rinse-fm-katy-b-novelist-26th-dec-ministry-of-sound-london-tickets

New Mix: Solid Steel 2015 Megamix

Every year since 2010 I've put together a megamix of some of my favourite club records of the year, initially via my DROP club night and then via NTS (2013) and Hyponik (2014). This 2015 edition has been published by Ninja Tune's Solid Steel podcast and features over 60 tracks in 55 minutes including tracks by Ivy Lab, LV, Om Unit, The Internet, Danny Scrilla, Hudson Mohawke and more.
If you like it please give it a share, and if you're a promoter and would like me to do a mix like this live at your venue please contact ben@fieldartists.net

Tracklist:

LV - Ruiselede feat. Tigran Hamasyan [Brownswood]
Fracture x Moresounds - Dead N Bury [Astrophonica]
Alix Perez - Never Left [EXIT]
Ivy Lab - Plane Beats [Critical Music]
The Levels - We Could Be feat. dBridge [Self Release]
Ivy Lab - Two By Two [Critical Music]
Fixate - Sueno [EXIT]
Sam Binga & Deft - Steppin feat. Redders [Critical Music]
Ivy Lab - Deus [20/20]
Moresounds - Etho [ThirtyOne Recordings]
Alix Perez x Stray - Rip N Dip [Self Release]
Roots Manuva - One Thing [Big Dada]
Flako - Kuku [Five Easy Pieces]
Machinedrum - Seesea (DJ Rashad & Taso Remix) [Self Release]
Greazu$ X Subcorr - Saftey First [Unreleased]
ReDraft x Reminder - Your Love [Unreleased]
Dr Dre - Genocide feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay [Aftermath]
Alix Perez X Eprom - Chiron [Alphapup]
Teeko - Dis Sound [Self Release]
Mr Carmack - Womp [Self Release]
Ivy Lab - Hiya feat. Havelock [20/20]
Stray - Paradise [EXIT]
Eprom - Knock Underground [Self Release]
Fixate - Throwback Therapy [EXIT]
DJ Spinn - Duppy feat. DJ Rashad & Danny Brown [Hyperdub]
Kidkanevil - Ewok feat. Ocean Wisdom [Par Excellance]
Om Unit - Spiritwerk [Cosmic Bridge]
DJ Monita - Luv Ta Luv Ya (Fracture VIP) [Astrophonica]
Moody Good - Witness The Fuxness [NEST]
Sam Binga - Tek Nuh Chat feat. Redders [Critical Music]
Ivy Lab - Sunday Crunk (Mefjus Remix) [Critical Music]
House Of Black Lanterns - So Tell Me (To Detroit) [Self Release]
Hyroglifics x Sam Binga - Thoroughbred feat. Redders [Critical Music]
The Internet - Girl feat. Kaytranada [Columbia]
Danny Scrilla - Riddim [Cosmic Bridge]
Alix Perez x Eprom - Minotaur [Alpha Pup]
Alix Perez - Recall & Reflect [EXIT]
Seven Davis Jnr - Be A Man feat. fLako [Ninja Tune]
Offshore - Off Peak [Big Dada]
Sully - Charms [Keysound]
Tehbis - LVITM [Hit + Run]
Submerse - Trip [Project Mooncircle]
Fine Print - Can't Lie (Ivy Lab Remix) [B3SCI]
Stray - Movements (Machinedrum Remix) [EXIT]
Fixate X Hyroglifics - Daft [Unreleased]
Danny Scrilla - Higher Plane [ZAMZAM]
Danny Scrilla - Freeflight feat. Om Unit [Cosmic Bridge]
Touchy Subject - Long Time [Medallion Sounds]
Beat Spacek - There Is A Love [Ninja Tune]
BOATS - Row [Self Release]
Crypitcz - Transmission [Inflect]
Kendrick Lamar - U [Top Dawg / Aftermath]
Hudson Mohawke - System [Warp]
Working Girl - Feed Me (Deft Remix) [Self Release]
The Weeknd - King Of The Fall (Fracture Astrophonica Edit) [Self Release]
HLMNSRA - My Merry Valentine [Unreleased]
Ivy Lab - 20 Questions [Critical Music]
Goldie - Inner City Life (Cazal's Slump Mix) [Self Release]
Jessy Lanza - You Never Show Your Love feat. DJ Spinn & Taso [Hyperdub]
Sully - Helios [Astrophonica]
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th Reversed [Self Release]
Fis - Pedal [Loopy]
Med, Blu & Madlib - Finer Things feat. Likewise & Phonte [Bang Ya Head]

Solid Steel in association with Serato (11th December) We welcome back Jon 1st to Solid Steel for his personal highlights of 2015. It's a staggering 63 track mix of music that he's been playing out over the year, plus a few chilled favourites from 2015. Music on offer from LV, Fracture, Moresounds, Ivy Lab, Flako, Om Unit, The Internet, Kendrick Lamar, Hudson Mohawke, The Weeknd, Aphex Twin and Inner City Life by Goldie featuring the sublime vocals of Diane Charlemagne RIP. Ninja Tune and Big Dada are represented in the mix by Machinedrum, Seven Davis Jr, Beat Spacek, Offshore and the mighty Roots Manuva. Buckle up and enjoy the ride! The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows. You can follow Solid Steel on 
facebook.com/pages/Solid-Steel/175027509192663 instagram.com/solidsteelradio twitter.com/SolidSteelRadio Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-11122015-hour-2-dj-food Hour 1 - Jon 1st https://twitter.com/jon1st LV - Ruiselede feat. Tigran Hamasyan [Brownswood] Fracture x Moresounds - Dead N Bury [Astrophonica] Alix Perez - Never Left [EXIT] Ivy Lab - Plane Beats [Critical Music] The Levels - We Could Be feat. dBridge [Self Release] Ivy Lab - Two By Two [Critical Music] Fixate - Sueno [EXIT] Sam Binga & Deft - Steppin feat. Redders [Critical Music] Ivy Lab - Deus [20/20] Moresounds - Etho [ThirtyOne Recordings] Alix Perez x Stray - Rip N Dip [Self Release] Roots Manuva - One Thing [Big Dada] Flako - Kuku [Five Easy Pieces] Machinedrum - Seesea (DJ Rashad & Taso Remix) [Self Release] Greazu$ X Subcorr - Saftey First [Unreleased] ReDraft x Reminder - Your Love [Unreleased] Dr Dre - Genocide feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay [Aftermath] Alix Perez X Eprom - Chiron [Alphapup] Teeko - Dis Sound [Self Release] Mr Carmack - Womp [Self Release] Ivy Lab - Hiya feat. Havelock [20/20] Stray - Paradise [EXIT] Eprom - Knock Underground [Self Release] Fixate - Throwback Therapy [EXIT] DJ Spinn - Duppy feat. DJ Rashad & Danny Brown [Hyperdub] Kidkanevil - Ewok feat. Ocean Wisdom [Par Excellance] Om Unit - Spiritwerk [Cosmic Bridge] DJ Monita - Luv Ta Luv Ya (Fracture VIP) [Astrophonica] Moody Good - Witness The Fuxness [NEST] Sam Binga - Tek Nuh Chat feat. Redders [Critical Music] Ivy Lab - Sunday Crunk (Mefjus Remix) [Critical Music] House Of Black Lanterns - So Tell Me (To Detroit) [Self Release] Hyroglifics x Sam Binga - Thoroughbred feat. Redders [Critical Music] The Internet - Girl feat. Kaytranada [Columbia] Danny Scrilla - Riddim [Cosmic Bridge] Alix Perez x Eprom - Minotaur [Alpha Pup] Alix Perez - Recall & Reflect [EXIT] Seven Davis Jnr - Be A Man feat. fLako [Ninja Tune] Offshore - Off Peak [Big Dada] Sully - Charms [Keysound] Tehbis - LVITM [Hit + Run] Submerse - Trip [Project Mooncircle] Fine Print - Can't Lie (Ivy Lab Remix) [B3SCI] Stray - Movements (Machinedrum Remix) [EXIT] Fixate X Hyroglifics - Daft [Unreleased] Danny Scrilla - Higher Plane [ZAMZAM] Danny Scrilla - Freeflight feat. Om Unit [Cosmic Bridge] Touchy Subject - Long Time [Medallion Sounds] Beat Spacek - There Is A Love [Ninja Tune] BOATS - Row [Self Release] Crypitcz - Transmission [Inflect] Kendrick Lamar - U [Top Dawg / Aftermath] Hudson Mohawke - System [Warp] Working Girl - Feed Me (Deft Remix) [Self Release] The Weeknd - King Of The Fall (Fracture Astrophonica Edit) [Self Release] HLMNSRA - My Merry Valentine [Unreleased] Ivy Lab - 20 Questions [Critical Music] Goldie - Inner City Life (Cazal's Slump Mix) [Self Release] Jessy Lanza - You Never Show Your Love feat. DJ Spinn & Taso [Hyperdub] Sully - Helios [Astrophonica] Aphex Twin - Avril 14th Reversed [Self Release] Fis - Pedal [Loopy] Med, Blu & Madlib - Finer Things feat. Likewise & Phonte [Bang Ya Head]