DJ Keltech
Award Winning Music Producer, former Champion Turntablist
and film composer
famous for the scratch DJ videos from 2005
About
Best known for his Star Wars DJ Darth Vader DJ video that
went viral in 2005
which put his name on the map internationally as a scratch
DJ
Cardiff born DJ Keltech grew up in the 80's, he spent his
time watching horror movies, playing arcade games and
listening to electronic music. He was heavily influenced by
synth artists like Jean Michael Jarre and John Carpenter
sound tracks.
He started writing music and DJing in the early 90's
releasing drum&bass and Hip Hop on various independent
record labels started with his first vinyl release in 1997.
By 2002 he was established on the local Welsh
Hip Hop scene as a DJ and producer winning 3 Welsh Music
awards for best Hip Hop DJ, Best producer and best Live Hip Hop
act with local rapper Johnny B.
At this time DJ Keltech was entering the Technics
World DMC DJ championships competing against the worlds
best scratch DJs he made it to 6 regional finals.
In 2005 he decided to video one
of his DJ routines dressed as Darth Vader and remix the
Imperial March music by John Williams, (video
here). Shortly after uploading the video it blew
up going viral all over the internet (pre youtube). The success of
the video soon reached the press, the video was shown live
at Comic Con in LA,then featured on the first page of
yahoo.com. shortly afterwards he was
asked by starwars.com if they could interview
him for the website (here).
Not only did a he get a signed Christmas card from George
Lucas he was asked to officially remix the War of the
World's track for composer Jeff Wayne and it got released on
the remixed album II via Sony. He also performed live on a
Belgian mainstream TV show called "Ca Alors"
Supporting ICE T on the Welsh leg of his tour
For the last 10 years Lloyd has been scoring short
films and writing albums for Film/TV publishers
he started learning to play the cello in January 2020 and is
active player in local community orchestras.
His
music has been featured on many shows.
Aside from the writing music he has a passion for building retro
arcade cabinets, he grew up playing these machines in the
pubs and set up a small business in 2003 making
cabinets for other enthusiasts.
The famous Viral DJ Videos from 2005
DJ Championships competed at
Glasgow 2003 Regional Finalist
Manchester 2004 Regional Finalist
Cardiff 2004 regional final 3rd Place winner
Bath 2005 regional final 3rd Place winner
Cardiff 2005 regional final 2nd Place winner
2005 Welsh Higher Learning DJ Battle 1st
place winner
More photos of DJ Keltech battling in the World DMC DJ
Championships
WELSH MUSIC AWARDS
In 2002 Keltech and Johnny B were nominated for the Welsh Music
Awards
DJ Keltech won Best
producer
Best Hip Hop DJ
Keltech and Johnny B won best Hip Hop act
This viral video lead
to a live performance at a celebrity party in Trafalgar Square
London,
pictured above where he met the late Sir Bobby Robson.
