Chunky

Chunky is a proud Mancunian with roots in Zimbabwe (having relocated from there as a child) which may explain such a worldly, open-minded,outlook on life. Onstage, this translates into a rare ability to work any crowd into a frenzy, whilst handling everything from the latest, bass-heavy cuts to live jazz with consummate ease. In the musical metropolis that is Manchester, Chunky has long been the hardest working MC/DJ/PRODUCER on the circuit. Performing alongside the many itinerant ‘A-Listers’ passing through the city each week soon brought him to the attention of TRUE TIGER, LOEFAH, PEARSON SOUND and many more. Since then, Chunky’s stomping grounds have been ever-expanding and he is now resident MC for SWAMP 81, TRUE TIGER and HESSLE AUDIO, a side of which has made him one of FABRIC’s most frequent performers. Despite an every busying away-schedule, he remains the resident MC at some of Manchester’s most illustrious nights, including the award-winning HIT&RUN, the internationally renowned HOYA:HOYA and the gloriously eccentric RIOT JAZZ. He also finds the time to tour both country and continent as the frontman of the 10-piece RIOT JAZZ BRASS BAND. Chunky’s recent work alongside the SWAMP 81 head honcho has resulted in gigs across Europe and a monthly RINSE FM radio show. His own segment, “STRAIGHT OUTTA SWAMPTON”, where he would showcase classic records during the last 15 minutes, has proved such a hit that it’s been given a monthly 2-hour slot of its own. On top of this, Chunky is both creator and cajoler; and 2012 will see the release of his own double-pack EP of ‘Chunkadelic’ productions on Swamp 81 Records. Like a fast-spreading epidemic, there is hardly a festival or celebrated venue in the UK where Chunky has not united the dance; and – frighteningly – at the age of 23, he’s barely written the prologue.