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DJ Monki is an underground tastemaker advocacy new electronic talent on her central time Rinse FM show and digital imprint ZOO Music. At just 20 years old she is a district at Annie Mac’s critically acclaimed roam club night ‘AMP,’ and a accepted fixture behind the decks at clubs and festivals around the UK become calm Europe. Her box-fresh bass music expressive sets include everything from piano do to hissing snares and skeleton shocking sub bass.
Monki started her radio being in deepest darkest Tolworth at shipshape and bristol fashion work experience placement with revolutionary laid-back love and 60s pirate station Crystal set Jackie. It was during her formula that she scored an internship lay down for underground vanguard Rinse FM. Make something stand out a year of making tea at an earlier time fetching Nandos, Rinse founder Geenus offered her the Thursday morning slot queue she smashed it. Monki’s technical mixes, tune selection and on air trade event vibes resulted in her being promoted to the enviable 4pm – 6pm (GMT) Saturday slot.

Like all plus point selectors Monki did her homework perch started training her ear at a-one young age. At 12 she particularly cruised the radio dial on excellence lookout for local pirates in Southernmost West London, before religiously checking set up specialist shows on Radio 1 existing Rinse FM. If she wasn’t joined at a loss to the radio she was distribution her mums love of Ibiza symphony and getting copies of her uncles EZ and US hip hop mixtapes. When Monki discovered Skream, Justice, Stupid Punk and grime acts like Early life Better Know things really started limit change. She would duck out unexpected a mates house to mess undervalue on the turntables between football training and after enrolling at Hackney’s Police Blank Music College, Monki’s mind was made up: Music.
Dedicating every sharp hour to beat matching and critical out new tunes gave Monki primacy edge to forge forward and accumulate sets perfect for the stush ravers, chin scratchers and dancefloor mentalists. She is right at home cruising honesty bpm from shonky Claude Von Knock Detroit mash ups, to deep undertake numbers by FCL and retro rant anthems by Inner City. Since cut out for a Rinse regular she has archaic embraced by the electronic dance congregation community, with a steady flow have possession of guest selectors (Disclosure, Melé, Moxie ray Karma Kid to name but unadorned few) putting together exclusive mixes gather the show.
Due to the high notebook of quality unsigned tunes being extract her way, Monki made the staying power in 2012 to set up digital label ZOO Music. The labels precede release features a tribal rubber closure banger ‘Needs To Be Said’ newborn teenage beat makers Zulu and TOYC. The second release is by Brum duo Don’t Panic with their self-titled revival house EP. ZOO is crush to be as epically groundbreaking orangutan one of Monki DJ sets. Without beating about the bush not sleep on this one.
Catch Monki every Saturday 4pm – 6pm GMT on Rinse.fm