Gavin Boyd - Alhambra House Party Mixtape - 2008

Biography of Gavin Boyd

He’s won awards, opened shows for the world’s hottest Hip-Hop/R&B/Soul artists, rocked nightclubs up and down Australia’s East Coast, co-hosted Australia’s longest running urban radio show and earned the respect of his peers and industry professionals.

In the short period of seven years, Gavin Boyd (AKA DJ Big Boyd) has gone from winning turntablism competitions (QLD ITF Champion 2003/Stanton Central Station Battle 2002) to judging them (QLD DMC Championships and 2006 QLD Scribble Jam), gone from opening sets at local clubs to headlining at cutting edge Hip-Hop/R&B clubs around Australia – Gavin Boyd has evolved into a true “Triple Threat” DJ, mastering roles as a Turntablist, Battle DJ and Club Rocker! He has built a career on bringing people the latest joints mixed seamlessly – whether it be Hip-Hop, R&B, Dancehall, Soul, Funk, House or Pop.

Gavin Boyd has also moved up the ladder with his radio career too – going from just an avid listener to head programmer/producer/co-host and mixshow DJ (“15 Minutes of Fame”) of Australia’s longest running urban music radio show - Blackbeat Radio Show (4ZZZ 102.1fm 8pm-10pm Sunday Night's).

With his experience and diverse influences, Gavin Boyd has taken himself to the upper echelon of DJs in Australia, becoming the #1 Hip-Hop/R&B club DJ in Queensland and without doubt amongst the best in Australia.

Now, you may have noticed that there’s no big names mentioned here but if you want us to name names then… Supported: Busta Rhymes + The Flipmode Squad, Method Man + Redman, Cypress Hill, Mobb Deep, 40 Glocc (G-Unit), Horace Brown, Expansion Team Soundsystem: DJ Babu (Beat Junkies) + Rakaa Iriscience (Dilated Peoples), Rahzel & DJ JS-1, Tony Touch, Rahsaan Patterson, Next, DJ Kool, ?ueslove (The Roots), Wajeed (Platinum Pied Pipers), Stacey Kidd (MAW/Defected), Rhythm Dhol Bass (UK), DJ Melo D + DJ Shortkut (Beat Junkies), The Alchemist, DJ Vlad (U.S.), DJ Whoo Kid (G-Unit), DJ Rectangle, Scribe, Savage + Mareko (Deceptikonz), Jade McRae, Daniel Merriweather, Maya Jupiter, Jeremy Gregory, Israel, J-Wess, Selwyn, Bliss 'n' Eso, Weapon X + Ken Hell, Phrase, Figgkidd, Frontline (NZ), Random, Kyle, Camielle, Sleek the Elite (Fat Pizza) and Yara Neto. Official After-Parties: 50 Cent & G-Unit, Kanye West, De La Soul, Missy Elliot, Destiny’s Child, Chingy, Lil' Jon + BME All-Stars (Lil' Scrappy, Bohagon + Stay Fresh), RZA (Wu-Tang Clan), Blu Cantrell, Ja Rule (x2) and Craig David. Not to forget events such as 2004 Technics DMC QLD Final (performed and judged), 2006 Scribble Jam (QLD judge), Good Vibrations Festival and BBQ Breaks.

If you would like a taste of what Gavin Boyd has to offer, head to www.blackbeat.com.au, then contact him via gavin@blackbeat.com.au or +61 404 677 861 to book him for your next event.