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DERRICK MCKENZIE

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DERRICK MCKENZIE DJ BIOG

Derrick McKenzie started drumming professionally in the early 1980s, for bands such as , Candyland and Urban Species. In 1994 he joined the band Jamiroquai during their second album ‘Return of the Space Cowboy’ and the rest is history!

Since joining Jamiroquai, Derrick has written and played on nine albums and completed six sold-out world tours, becoming an awarding-winning drummer and songwriter, with a collection of awards including an Ivor Novello award, a Grammy and numerous accolades from MTV, BMI, MOBO and the Billboard Music Awards.

Also, as well as being a well-accomplished Drummer, Derrick is also becoming a well-established DJ, having started working professionally in 2004, after DJing for Jamiroquai aftershow parties in bars and clubs.

Derrick’s main style is Soulful House, Jackin House, Tech House, Deep Soulful House, Funk, Soul, Disco, DiscoFunk, Nu Disco, Old Skool, RnB, also 80’s and 90’s Soul.

Having worked with Deedylicious Oded Nir and the iCulture production team, Derrick has also worked with some great DJ producers such as Roger Sanchez, Steve Mac, Richard Earnshaw, Miguel Migs and looks forward to future music as both a Drummer and DJ.

Derrick has DJ’d in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, The Netherlands, the USA, Armenia and Australia, Mexico to name a few!
• 1 x Ivor Novello Award for ‘Outstanding Song Collection’ from the British Academy of Songwriters (1999)
• 1 x Silver Clef Award (1998)
• 1 x Grammy Award for ‘Best Performance By A Duo Or Group’ (1997)
• 1 x BMI Award for ‘BMI Presidents Award’ (2017)
• 1 x Hungarian Music Award for ‘Best Foreign Album’ (1998)
• 1 x MOBO Award for ‘Best Album’ (1997)
• 2 x MTV Video Music Awards for ‘Video of the Year’ and ‘Breakthrough Video’ (1997)
• 2 x Billboard Music Awards – ‘Alternative/ModernRock Clip of the Year’ and the ‘Maximum Vision Award’ (1997)
• 2 x Japan Gold Disc Awards for ‘Best Album of the Year – Rock / Folk’ (1997) and ‘Rock Album of the Year’ (2000)
• 5 x IFPI Platinum Europe Awards (1996 – 2001)
• 13 x Brit Award nominations (1994 – 2003)

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