Train Wreck Mix

DJ Vadim

Ninja Tune, UK

In 1992, the Russian ex-pat by the name of DJ Vadim bought a sampler and started working on the music that would become 'Abstract Hallucinating Gases' and 'Headz Ain't Ready'. Later in the year, Vadim was signed to Ninja Tune which culminated in his debut LP 'USSR Repertoire'. The rest is proverbial history. Over the last decade few people put so much time and energy into the culture they love. Founder of Jazz Fudge in early 1995, A&R man, producer, promoter, record collector, radio presenter, occasional painter, writer, and in-house producer/DJ and cohort of Latin Grammy nominees, Spanish hip hop super group 7 Notas 7 Colorez, Vadim has certainly been keeping himself more than busy. And that's before we even mention his DJing, which has seen him perform all over the world. He has performed with the likes of DJ Krush, Company Flow, The Roots, Pharcyde, Public Enemy, Beat Junkies, Dilated Peoples, Kraftwerk, Ed Rush, Morcheeba and Paul Weller as well as at events like Glastonbury and the Moscow Street Ball festival. To describe the man as an internationalist almost seems to sell him short.