Vandal - Breaks, Tech Funk - DJ Sets

Vandal, otherwise known as Sam Evans, started his musical career in Sheffield
in his very early teens, playing guitar in metal
and punk bands at any dive that would have them, around the age of 17 Sam
discovered Underworld and thus his fascination
with electronic music began. Working with Cardiff's legendary Plastic Raygun
label in the early 2000's, his first productions
drew support from Andrew Weatherall, Adam Freeland, Plump DJs and Damian
... Read more Vandal, otherwise known as Sam Evans, started his musical career in Sheffield
in his very early teens, playing guitar in metal
and punk bands at any dive that would have them, around the age of 17 Sam
discovered Underworld and thus his fascination
with electronic music began. Working with Cardiff's legendary Plastic Raygun
label in the early 2000's, his first productions
drew support from Andrew Weatherall, Adam Freeland, Plump DJs and Damian
Lazarus.

It was in 2005 that Meat Katie picked up on Samís single 'Mad As Hell' and
immediately signed it to his Lot49 label.
During the summer of 05 the track became the soundtrack of breakbeat clubs
around the world with all the biggest names in breaks
hammering the record. As with previous Vandal releases this amazing support
wasn't limited to the world of breakbeat - it went
onto become a smash across the board. This included support from arguably the
worldís most influential alternative DJ Zane Lowe,
who made it his 'Hottest Record in the World'. It went on to receive over 25
plays on Radio 1, and 2005 was topped off with a
nomination for single of year at the International Breakbeat awards.

Samís next release for LOT49 was the equally huge 'Obey' which again became
another breakbeat smash, also receiving support
from DJís from all genres including indie legend Steve Lamacq! A
succession of
remixes of some of breaks biggest names followed
including The Rogue Element and Metric and his huge remix of Meat Katie's
'Round & Round'.

2007 is shaping up to be Vandal's biggest year yet. Sam is currently
working on
his as yet untitled debut album for Lot49, due for
release in Oct 07. His next single ëIdiotsí is out in Feb backed with a remix
from hotly tipped house producers Audiojack. ëIdiotsí is
already being cained off CDR by the likes of Plump DJs (i've play it every
set'!!), Hyper, The Rogue Element, General Midi ('this
track ROCKS!!!') & Meat Katie. He also has remixes coming out of Hyper &
Crystal Method, Baobinga & ID, Swain & Paris, and
Jono Fernandez.

Vandal has become a regular feature at some of the UK's biggest breaks nights
including being booked an incredible nine times at
Sheffield's infamous Urban Gorilla night. He has also become a regular
feature
at nights like Spectrum in Nottingham, Sumo in Cardiff,
he's played at many Spin Out events, and of course, many Lot 49 events! He
also
DJ across mainland Europe and the Far east
including Russia, Korea, and Taiwan. Show less