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Mixing and mingling, cutting and mucking – Jstar has been pumping out party hits for ten years now culminating with the release of ‘Licensed Plates’ – a selection of his finest licensed tracks from the past decade. The staple sounds of his west London heritage echo through twelve bass-heavy tunes, taking you on a vibing rhythmic journey, celebrating an eclectic mix of music genres and what some have coined as Dubtronica.
Jstar as a label first became known for his remixes of Blackstreet’s ‘No Diggity’ on Real Rock riddim and Blu Cantrell’s ‘Blushanti’ on Shanty Town riddim, which grabbed the public’s attention and proved popular among top DJs of the time, such as Norman Jay. That initial release was a true labour of love: working with vinyl, self-producing and self-promoting required total dedication – as well as time and money. Although Jstar vowed he would never put himself through such a demanding process again, he couldn’t resist his creative urges. So it wasn’t long before he was back making more, going on to produce mainly unofficial remixes (but getting authentication where he could). With his rising reputation this meant Jstar was soon working on big productions for major artists and record companies which included EMI, Sony, V2 and Acid Jazz.
Discography
Blushanti / Simons Glu - 7" Vinyl
No Diggity? / Diwalilove - 7" Vinyl
Brandytrack/ Brat&Beres - 7" Vinyl
Musictime/ Xrated - 7" Vinyl
Thugfever/ Woohstar / Thugdub - 12" Vinyl
ooting Gangsta / This Is How We Jstar It - 7" Vinyl
Most Wanted Vol.1 No Diggity? / Blushanti / Musictime / (Still) Passin Me By) - 12"
Unbreak My Dub/ Snoopnseeed - 7" Vinyl
Snoopn Foxy/Sbiggerdan - 7" Vinyl
Most Wanted Vol.2 Tooting Gangsta/ WoohStar/ Unbreak My Dub / Laura 1000 12"
Fall in Dub - 7" Vinyl
Fall in Dub (again)/ Step1 (Soul Hooligan) / Temptation (DJ Vadim) - 12" Vinyl
I'm Dubbing Out - 7" Vinyl
Most wanted Vol 2 1/2 (Kingston Lighters / Sbiggerdan / Shimmy the light) - 12"
Hotslengdubplate / Tempobyebye - 7" Vinyl
Sugar Screen / Heard it dub - 7" Vinyl
Extra Playa EP (Dancehall Kings / Weed Anthem / One Life instr.) - 12" Vinyl
Regulate Rock / Fever (SOLDIER) - 7" Vinyl
Regulate Rock Dub / No Diggity? - 7" Vinyl
Money Bomb - digital
Pass Out - Tinie Tempah - (Jstar's quick rub) - digital
Unbreak My Dubstep – refix 2011 – digital
Taxi Damaja vinyl / One Life One Hope - 7" Vinyl
Cut Ups, Muck Ups and Bruck ups Vol 1 (Large Hole Records) CD / digital
Cut Ups, Muck Ups and Bruck ups Vol 2 (Large Hole Records) CD / digital
Jstar & Dr Cat present ; Dub Zealand (Various) (Green Queen music) CD / digital
Licensed Plates - Double Vinyl LP / CD / digital
