This album sampler video gives you a little taste of the album but I could only include snippets from 8 songs so there’s so much more to enjoy on the album in full. The video was created using animated graffiti art by Paintshop Studio and filmed and edited by Jeff Metal so I’m very grateful to those guys for the amazing job they did for me. I did a 1 hour mix of old Hip Hop & B-boy breaks etc to help lauch the new website for Paintshop Studio so keep an eye out for announcements here as my mix will be going live soon when their website is ready.

I’m currently busy putting together my new live show with The Simonsound which we will be touring from March onwards. Such is the state of the music business nowadays that I can no longer do a tour over a 2-3 week period hitting all the major cities every night of the week. I now find myself, like most DJ’s/artists, having to mostly play on Friday & Saturday nights as it’s hard to find the right clubs/venues to play midweek, let alone fill those venues when everyone is skint. As a result, it’s not possible for me to involve MC’s in my upcoming tour. While I would love to have had Sureshot La Rock on stage with me to perform our songs live, it’s just not possible, financially or logistically, as he lives in the States. Instead I’m putting together a great audio/visual show with Simon James (The Simonsound) that includes quite a lot of my old songs, a lot of songs from my new album, and also a lot of songs that me & Simon made together as The Simonsound. For those of you that don’t know, The Simonsound consists of Simon and myself, and last year we released our debut album Reverse Engineering so please check us out if you haven’t already. www.thesimonsound.com

Statement of Intent – the new album from DJ Format, coming soon! (27th February 2012)

Taken from the new single by DJ Format available from 31st January 2010 on 12″ vinyl and digital download.

DJ Format’s comments:
This video features the ‘Vinyl Killer’ record player. It looks great but the sound quality is awful so what you hear is not the sound that was actually being produced at the time..we switched it for maximum effect. Still,it looks good though!
It was filmed by Simon James (The Simonsound).

Label and sleeve design by Mr Krum -
http://mrkrums.blogspot.com/

Video recorded with the help of http://www.youtube.com/user/simonsound1

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Taken from the new single by DJ Format feat. Sureshot La Rock. Available from 31st January 2011 on 12″ Vinyl and Digital download.

DJ Format’s comments:
This homemade video seems to have got the most interest due to the keyboard/record player. ‘Dope Pusher’ was the perfect song to play on this turntable as i could play along to the simple stabs with the keyboard.
In truth, you can’t play records AND the keyboard at the same time but it seems to have fooled people and created lots of interest! Simon James also filmed this for me.

Label and sleeve design by Mr Krum
http://mrkrums.blogspot.com/

Video recorded with the help of http://www.youtube.com/user/simonsound1

Taken from the new single by DJ Format available from 31st January 2010 on 12″ vinyl and digital download.

DJ Format’s comments:
This homemade video was shot by Simon James(The Simonsound) and features the Fisher Price Sesame Street record player AND the official Sesame Street portable phonograph made by Concept 2000 which,like the ‘vinyl killer’,looks great but sounds awful!
It was a happy accident that i used these Sesame Street record players to play my song ‘Here Comes The Dope Pusher!’ which samples a chorus of kids singing ‘we don’t need no bad drugs’.

Label and sleeve design by Mr Krum -

http://mrkrums.blogspot.com/

Video recorded with the help of http://www.youtube.com/user/simonsound1

Taken from the new single by DJ Format available from 31st January 2010 on 12″ vinyl and digital download.

DJ Format’s comments:
This homemade video features the ‘soundburger’ portable record player. Simon James(The Simonsound) suggested that we should record all the songs from my new 12″ so people could discover then on Youtube.
He offered to record them at home on his own Columbia portable record player which gave me the idea of going one better and showcasing some of my own portable record player collection to make each video slightly different and more eye-catching.
The music is the ‘B-boy version’ of ‘Mr DJ’ which instead of featuring Sureshot La Rock features more cuts & scratches and has different musical sections too.

Label and sleeve design by Mr Krum -
http://mrkrums.blogspot.com/

Video recorded with the help of http://www.youtube.com/user/simonsound1

Mr DJ – DJ Format 12 Inch Featuring Sureshot La Rock – Released on Project Blue Book 2011.

Tracklisting

A.1 Mr D.J. (Vocal Version)
Vocals – Sureshot La Rock
Written-By – J.DeSimoni*, M.Ford* 4:12
A.2 Mr D.J. (B-Boy Version)
Written-By – M.Ford*
3:41
B.1 Dope Pusher (Vocal Version)
Vocals – Sureshot La Rock
Written-By – J.Desimoni*, M.Ford*
3:31
B.2 Here Comes The Dope Pusher!
Written-By – M.Ford*
4:05
B.3 Dope Beats

No Man Worries / The Real Me – Speedometer DJ Format Remix 7inch originally released in 2008

Tracklisting

A No Man Worries (DJ Format’s Funky People Remix)
B The Real Me (DJ Format’s Funky People Remix)

Again and Again – Speedometer DJ Format Remix