"Jstar is an original don. Early Dj that helped inspire the Major Lazer crew! Bad man!” Diplo Jstar has been lauded for his back catalogue of over 100 dancefloor gold, official and unofficial, reggae and hip-hop remixes since 2003 for the likes of Blackstreet, Gang Starr, Busta Rhymes, Major Lazer, Madness, DJ Vadim, Tack>Head, Mark Ronson, The Black Seeds and others. Growing up in West London under a haze of reggae, rave, funk and hiphop, Jstar soon started DJing. This eventually led to substantial work as producer that has been widely acclaimed by the likes of Mixmag, David Rodigan, Norman Jay, John Peel, Grandmaster Flash and The Clash’s DJ, Don Letts. Since releasing the 2016 double album ‘Licensed Plates, and studio albums ‘Stand To Order’ and ‘Dub To Order’, Jstar is pushing boundaries by working with Chinese reggae MC’s, and recently completed an 2 week tour of China. Jstar often features as tour DJ for vocalist Soom T and has also performed solo many times at festivals such as Glastonbury (UK), EXIT (Serbia) Womad (UK), Fusion (DE), Symbiosis (USA), Island Vibe (AUS), The Big Chill, Big Love, Kelburn Garden Party (SC) and toured all of Europe, parts of India, New Zealand, Russia, Kenya, Mexico, Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Ibiza’s legendary Space club 4 times! “My highlight of the last few years was playing at Exit Festival to 10000 people with Dynamite MC after The Prodigy” Jstar Past DJ residencies include Rootikal (London) with David Rodigan & Earl Gateshead, The Big Chill Bar/ House (Jstar & Friends / Hot Wuk with Heatwave), Jet Set (Subterranea), plus shows at seminal London clubs such as The End, Plastic People & Heavenly Social. Bill sharing with Nicky Blackmarket, MC Honey Brown, Diplo, Dead Prez, Shapeshifter, Dreadzone, Netsky, Andy Smith, Prince Fatty, A-Skillz, Maceo (DeLaSoul), Sly & Robbie, Cypress Hill, Morcheeba, Shy FX & many others “... always good to have a J-Star moment ... like it.” Daddy G (Massive Attack) “the Jstar touch works for me everytime!’ DJ Andy Smith