Continually featured in the upper echelons of Mixmag’s top 100 DJs in the world and one of the Face magazine’s most influential club culture figures of the last decade, amongst numerous other accolades attributed to him, Jay's contribution to the UK music scene is second to none.
Whether it’s playing upfront disco fuelled funky house in the nations main rooms, or his much vaunted old skool jazzfunk, hip hop or chilled out beats in the back, Jay always manages to inject his rich musical heritage and quality in every set he plays. Whilst being amongst one of the most popular and credible contemporary deejays in the country, he is often cited as a major influence by a host of today’s leading deejays who often refer to him quite simply as ‘The deejay’s DJ’. With the global rise in interest in UK deejay and dance culture, Jay continues to be extremely popular with a new generation of dance fans around the world. He regularly plays at a host of clubs, festivals and parties worldwide.
With increasing deejaying commitments around the world – including regular tours to countries such as Australia, USA, Canada, Japan, S.Africa and the Middle/Far East – playing an eclectic mix of black and dance music – Norman has precious little time to do much else these days.
His iconic status has seen him featuring regularly on various television, radio and magazine programmes on black music and dance culture. Norman Jay, a recognised authority on both is considered by many of his peers and contemporaries to be ‘The Peoples DJ’ because of the width and breadth of his deejaying style and universal appeal. The Face magazine proclaimed him ‘A clubland institution’
Numerous international brands have seen the benefit of Norman’s distinct music style. Virgin passengers have been enjoying his specially tailored in-flight radio show. He has also headlined private parties, launches and marketing campaigns for Hennes and Mauritz (H&M), Seagrams, Interbrew (Boddingtons, Bass, Stella Artois, etc), Nintendo, Clarks shoes, Ben Sherman, Fred Perry, LG, Sony Ericsson, Puma, Channel 4 & 5, ITV, Leo Burnett, Saatchi and Saatchi, Budweiser King of Clubs, Hilton, UNICEF etc.
Norman Jay is arguably one of the finest and most respected deejays in the world today whose talents and many years of dedicated service to his profession have now seen him rightfully acknowledged by the highest authority in the land.
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