DJ Blade

DJ Blade

DJ Blade is a US dark electro DJ. The name also appears on several different artists in other countries, but this entry refers to the US act. The available details describe a DJ working in rap, hip-hop and R&B, alongside dark electro and other harder dance styles.

Career

DJ Blade is presented as an experienced Ukrainian DJ who begins professional work in Kiev in 2000, and as a DJ who plays hip-hop, R&B and rap entirely from vinyl. The profile also refers to a United Kingdom DJ and producer under the name Paul Deejay Bladen, active from 1998, and to a person called DJ Blade the 1st, also known as Paul DeeJay Bladen, who works as a DJ, promoter and lyricist and is associated with hard dance styles including hardcore, hardstyle, gabber, underground hardcore, freeform hardcore, hardhouse, jumpstyle and Russian donk.

Residencies and media work

In 2011, DJ Blade serves as the official resident DJ for the comedy-fight show Fight Club, described as a mixed martial arts entertainment programme on Ukrainian TV channel K1 and on air from March 2011. The same year, a mixed CD titled DJ BLADE - ТАНЦЕВАЛКА - Home Party Lessons appears, with R&B listed as the genre and all tracks mixed from vinyl.

Tracks and releases

Named tracks include DJ BLADE vs. Klandike - Podzhigaj and DJ BLADE vs. N.P. Gerik Gorilla - PRIME stars, the latter featuring KYANK and OPB. The profile also notes that free tracks are available on an official website.

Other details

The wider profile links the name DJ Blade to a Czech DJ, an Italian female DJ with multiple residencies in Rome, Bologna and Turin, and other DJs in countries including Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and Turkey. The UK-based Paul DeeJay Bladen is also described as owning several record labels, including Cycotic-NRG Records, and running an analogue FM radio station.