Old Skool DJs to jam on one stage

DJ Industry presents 1 Night of Old Skool House with South African legends DJ Mr Bobbyjazz, DJ Costa and DJ Small Paul, in Boksburg.

This smashing event will take place at The Zone, corner Cason and Turf roads (opposite Jamaica Wholesalers), on Friday, September 2, from 6pm.

1 Night of Old Skool House was founded by house DJ Mr Bobbyjazz.

The event is for old-school house club goers to relive their younger days.

The Old Skool DJs will be sharing one stage and performing together, playing all old-school favourite house tracks.

DJ Costa

DJ Costa started out in the DJ world in 1981 while still at school, having studied the piano at the London Academy for Music.

He decided that being a DJ is what he wanted to be after going out to a couple of clubs called Bella Napoli, Q’s and The Dome.

Bella Napoli was the first club he played in as a stand-in DJ, after which one of his first regular club gigs was at Club Donna in Alberton which then moved him to Club Fusion in V-Town, then on to the Thunderdome in Johannesburg and landed him at which he now know to be the best club in South Africa and the first big turning point in his life and DJ career, Bella Napoli.

1997 marked the second and most significant point in his DJ career – the opening of Bump Nightclub and the beginning of what has now become his labour of love, the release of Bump through RPM Dance.

November 1997 saw the release of the first Bump album, which went on to sell over 40 000 CDs.

This was yet another beginning to a new chapter, a beginning to what is now the biggest and most successful dance compilation in South Africa.

DJ Small Paul

Paul De Oliveira (aka DJ Small Paul) is a 39-year-old qualified sound and lighting engineer with 24 years of experience in the music industry.

He also owns his own production company, Unique Productions.

Paul has been playing in some of South Africa’s top clubs and had his own 30-minute slot on 5FM for four years, called Funked.

He now submits weekly mixes to Fresh-Ultimix@6, Erica Elle’s show, Euphonic and Roger Goode.

Due to Paul’s long history in the music industry, he can play many styles of music, ranging from hip-hop to R&B and Latin American.

His preferred styles of music, however, are Funky House, Old Skool, Electro funk and Tech house, Progressive, Deep house, EDM and many more.

DJ Mr Bobbyjazz

Mr Bobbyjazz started his DJ career in Johannesburg in 1992 and became a club DJ in 1995 in Johannesburg clubs such as Razzmatazz, Club Arena and many more.

In 1997 he joined YFM, co-hosting The Easy Drive afternoon show with DJ Fresh, and worked with all the top DJs from crossover markets in South Africa, like Oskido.

In 1998 he formed the first house music DJ group with DJ Pepsi and Soldier Dre Group, namely X-MO Squad, and performed as a DJ at almost all production events in SA.

Mr Bobbyjazz performed alongside Little Louie Vega in 1999 on his first trip to Africa at the YFM second birthday party at Nasrec Expo Centre and since then Mr Bobbyjazz has worked closely with AE Productions owned by Stephan Cohen.

In 2001 he parted ways with YFM and joined Gallo Record Company as a music producer and from there joined Space Productions in Chicago (USA) in 2004. He returned to SA in 2006 and joined Emperors Palace as music director, hosting major Deep House Sessions at Monsoon Lagoon.

He went on to present established DJ Industry Records for Deep Under Ground Sounds, working with Kerri Chandler (USA) and Glenn Under Ground (USA).

In 2012 he established DJ Industry Records and Mediatainment Incorporated, followed by the release of a sixth studio album, Deep House Movement in 2013. Most recently, in 2016, he collaborated with Frank from Lock n Load – Dirty Hertz from Amsterdam.

In the same year he established 1 Night of Old Skool worldwide tour collaborating with house music legends from all around the world.