DJ Vadim

There aren’t many veterans when it comes to hip-hop production, but as time goes on and the genre becomes more and more respected, the greats are beginning to show themselves. Vadim Andreev, the birth name of Russian born, English bred DJ Vadim, continues to stands out as one of the best there is at what he does as the years go by. His story begins in 1994 when he founded his own record label Jazz Fudge to release his first recordings. After two E.P’s that he released the following year “Abstract Hallucinating Gases” and “Headz Ain’t Ready”, he signed a record deal with Ninja Tune and began work on his debut album shortly afterwards. His first effort came out in 1996 and “U.S.S.R. Repertoire” was the first in a long series of “U.S.S.R…” albums that continued until 2002’s “U.S.S.R. The Art Of Instrumentals”.

In the mean time, Vadim set about working on his own singles and compilation records, along with collaborations with artists like Public Enemy and Paul Weller. Somehow, he also managed to find the time to join the Spanish Hip-hop group 7 Notas 7 Colores as well. By 2007, he’d switched from Ninja Tune to the British record label Barely Breaking Even, where he remains releasing albums, singles and E.P’s to this very day. All the while he tours in a way that would put most rock bands to shame, playing upwards of 170 shows a year. He shows no signs of slowing up as he cruises past his twentieth year in the game, and for that, he comes highly recommended.