Jaguar Skills

Jaguar Skills has released so many mix tapes that it’s almost impossible to have listened to all of his tracks, so seeing him play live was awesome, because there were so many tracks that I didn’t know before. Most DJs focus on a particular genre to mix and master, but Skills goes for a more eclectic approach, and has cut and pasted several different genres to create his original sound.

Another thing about watching him perform live is the mystery attached to him as a person. Famously he wears a balaclava whilst performing and his age is also unknown, which proves pretty exciting when watching a show. He played a great mix of covers, remixes, and original tracks, and his talent of flowing from one track right into the next was on fire all night. He had everyone singing along and dancing full out with him all night.

It was incredible the way that the venue was set up, and there was a camera on the DJ desk which was projected on a screen behind the booth, showing how Skills was creating the music. Watching his hands manipulate the vinyl to create incredible sound effects was something like I’ve never seen before and absolutely blew me away. He kept putting his arms in the air to get us to dance along, and when he performed a song that everyone was really getting into, he was great at dancing along with everyone.