FERNANDEZ, ALEX / PRESTON, ALEX / CASSIMM / JEWEL KID - (V22) TOOLROOM SAMPLER VOL. 22

Since the inception of his live show and his exciting new style of house music, Alex Preston has become a force to be reckoned with in the world of electronic music. The Sydney-native utilises his skills as a virtuoso musician as he tastefully melds his signature guitar licks with disco tinged bass lines and warm pulsating house beats. 2020 is proving to be Alex Preston’s breakout year with Mark Knight labelling him as one of his favourite producers and one to watch out for in the coming months. Signing with Mark’s infamous Toolroom Records, Alex was handed the responsibility of mixing and curating the Toolroom Poolside Album 2020. The release features 4 new originals from Alex with vocals from Rion S and includes his collaboration with the legendary, Friend Within. It also includes 2 DJ mixes hand picked by Alex, not only showcasing Alex’s production talents but also his skills as a tastemaker DJ. The run up to the end of 2019 saw Alex’s music hit a new gear as Traxsource named him their no.15 highest selling House artist for 2019; Alex sharing the top 20 with names such as David Penn, Low Steppa, Mousse T, Kevin McKay, Purple Disco Machine & Todd Terry. This momentum flowed into January 2020 as Friend Within played Alex’s single “Your Ragga” off his Basement Sound label on BBC Radio 1 Future Anthems; along with the Aston Shuffle spinning his track “A Very Healthy Thing” off Low Steppa’s Simma Black imprint on Triple J; all in the same weekend. The following week Mark Knight dropped “A Very Healthy Thing” on Toolroom Radio and hailed Alex as “a name to look out for in 2020”. Toolroom records singing Alex’s single “An Example of Disco” (featuring the vocals of Rion S) scheduling it for a worldwide release on 6 March 2020 adding it to their Miami 2020 Compilation. Alex also signed with Kevin McKay’s hugely successful, Glasgow Underground. With Kevin himself editing one of Alex’s more blues-influenced tracks, “Get Myself Together” (also featuring the vocals of Rion S and released on 3 April 2020). The rest of 2020 is looking solid for Alex with a collaboration with Siege due for release on Toolroom’s T2 Album in July, along with releases on the uber cool UK based Another Rhythm Records. Not to mention, there’s word of an album dropping on his own Basement Sound imprint in September! Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

The CASSIMM project was born in 2012 and he was pleasantly surprised by the success of very his first release, "Silent To Me" as it flew straight to charts and even got licensed by Sony Columbia. Followed by releases on Labels like Mother recordings, Snatch! Records, DFTD, Glasgow Underground, 303Lovers, NONSTOP, and many others... he's now instantly recognized for his signature Tech-house sound. CASSIMM is London based since 2014 and is actually a resident DJ in one of London's most famous clubs "The Aquarium", where you can find him every weekend driving the crowd wild. He's also performed in clubs like Ministry of Sound, EGG club, HI Ibiza, Eden Ibiza. CASSIMM's DJ sets are extremely versatile, he has a knack to be able to sense the mood of the crowd and feeds them what they want. This is the product of many years of being a resident DJ and musical lover. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

J.J. Mejlak aka Jewel Kid was born in Malta on the 7th of September 1986. He started djing professionally at the tender age of fourteen playing in big events such as the tribu festival, trigger and lovesexy which made him Malta’s youngest and fastest growing professional DJ on the island. By the age of 16 he was already resident in Malta’s best known clubs - Barcode – Brass Monkey – Amazonia – Rum Jungle and Peppermint. To date, Jewel Kid has played alongside big name Dj’s such as Todd Terry, Deep Dish, Roger Sanchez, Sasha, James Zabiela, Carl Cox, Ralph Lawson, Tim Deluxe, Erick Morillo, Harry “choo choo” Romero, Who Da Funk, Ian Pooley, Narcotic Trust, Felix the House cat, Dj Sneak, Dave Clark, Deadmau5 and the list goes on. By the age of 18 Jewel Kid entered into the music production foray and within two short years he has now signed material on internationally renowned labels such as Cr2, Nervous, Proton, Fektive, Presslab, Apple Jaxx, Coraza, Seqsoul, Christian Music and Digital Jaxx, with his productions being plugged by superstar dj’s such as Danny Tenaglia, Oscar G and Carl Cox. His work has been also included on leading compilations such as Oscar G: Live @ Space Miami, Cr2 Live & Direct: Ibiza 2008, Chus & Ceballos: Blended Sound 002 and La Rocca: Better than ever. In 2006 Jewel Kid established his best residency ever at Malta’s No.1 underground club, Clique and is now the Headlining Dj every Saturday, keeping the dancefloor rammed until well into Sunday daylight. The year 2007 saw Jewel Kid winning the Carl Cox Worldwide Remix Competition for Best House Remix which then reached the No.3 position on Beatport’s Top 100 House Chart. He’s already one of the top local talents and still only 22 years old, yet Jewel Kid has tons of projects to come and is set to rock the world. Without a doubt, this is not the last time you will hear his name. For more info please visit: www.myspace.com/jewelkid Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.