Team Members
I started out listening to electronic music back in Leeds in the early 80s, mainly listening to electro music on battered old copies of StreetSounds cassettes whilst trying desperately to spin on my head! I moved on from there to all things Old Skool, missed DnB as I went traveling in Spain during the formative years and it didn't happen over there, dabbled with a bit of Garage, and then House became my thing! When I returned to the UK in the late 90s, I landed in the beautiful town of Bedford and have been here ever since. My main musical passion is all things House but over the last couple of years have been revisiting DnB and Jungle due to the massive influence of so many local DnB heroes flying the flag in B-Town and I now love to play that too! Cheers, Dj Ohms (Matt Holmes) x
Bio - I started DJing around the age of 15 inspired, by my mum's small collection of 80-90 pop music. I soon fell in love with trance but since then my music taste has changed and I now enjoy playing anything from garage to house to Dnb. From the age of 20, I was organizing and hosting my own local shows under the name of supervision, where I gave local DJs an opportunity to DJ in front of a crowd. More recently 2 friends and I used to stream live every Thursday on Facebook, a show we called KitchenFm as it was from our kitchen flat, it wasn’t a massive hit but we did a respectable 4000 views on the hour slot most Thursdays we went live.
Open Being has mixed various styles of rave on several radio stations including In2beats, Dose, Control Live, MKFM, UK’s Finest & Lab Radio. At Lab Radio, two years running he received the award for the best weekend show (2008/9). In 2011 he released a mix with Jot Maxi MC for the dubstep label Dubthugz. Together with Jot, he performed grime shows on radio and later in 2017 they released the Stronghold minimix. As well as the airwaves Open Being has spun tunes at various clubs, raves, and local festivals, including back 2 back mixes with Justin Hurst. More recently he has played deep house & trance at Wild Cow ecstatic dance events in Milton Keynes and live-streamed shows for the Conscious Buddy Community. In 2021 he put together the ‘Elements Series’ to touch on some of the rave styles he has played over the years. In 2022 the ‘archive series’ - 12 mix recordings from 2005 – 2014.
Groove Sounds with Matt Davies is a journey where we explore the Best of House Music, past and present. Sharing foot-tapping beats and groovy baselines.
I’m Sapna, you can catch me and my show ‘Midday Mix’ 12-1 pm, followed by ‘Power House’ 1 pm-2 pm, every Tuesday. Where I will be bringing you a banquet of delights and all those juicy flavors from the past, present, and everything in between; followed by strictly deep, soulful, tech, afro, tribal house. My show consists of good music, good vibes, positivity, and passion. Music is soulful, spiritual, and healing, music is universal it can speak to you without the use of words. It brings people from all walks of life together and it empowers people through dance, expression, creativity, and more. Music has always been something that is deeply rooted within me, a dream of mine was always to be a DJ and now it is coming to fruition. I purchased second-hand decks from a colleague of mine in July 2022, in October 2022, I joined the In2Beats team, where I 1st started off, on Frenchy’s Breakfast show. I love having my own show where I can showcase music from my favorite genres, play nostalgic feels, and talk about ideas, topics, and all sorts of engaging content. In2Beats is a great platform to showcase the individuality of the team here. Having full autonomy to structure the show as to how I please is the epitome of ‘Freedom of Speech.’
Jennifer McKenzie is an aspiring radio presenter, host of the That Inner Voice podcast, well-being consultant, life coach, and 3 x published author. Jen joined the In2beats team in September 2022. Music, dancing, writing, and nature have always been my medicine since I was a kid, they are my go-to for stress relief and a mood boost. Nothing better than putting a dirty beat on loud and dancing like no-ones watching. I speak openly about facing my own challenges to raise awareness for mental health and trauma recovery, I spoke on stage at the recent Wellbeing Expo in Bedford, been featured in The Metro, Authority Magazine, Chat, and Spirit & Destiny to name a few. I believe in using the power of my voice to encourage others to speak up too and not suffer in silence. We are stronger together. Day to day I own and run Lunar Spirit Wellbeing LTD in Bedfordshire where myself and my team provide talks, workshops, coaching, courses, and retreat days for companies, establishments, and individuals to support mental health and emotional well-being. I’m a qualified life coach, NLP practitioner, meditation and breath-work facilitator, and sound therapist, and have over 20yrs experience in the health and wellbeing sector. My passion is bringing people together through speaking, music, dancing, and creating inclusive safe communities for us all to be seen and heard.
hi all im dj fIshy bin playing music for over 20 ODD years.. i play any thing from reggae to jungle .. .rnb to house .. dance to club and any thing inbeteen ...
John Warehand fell in love with dance music during a holiday to Ibiza in the Summer of 1989; Lil Louis's French Kiss being his defining track of that time. In the mid-90s John bought the Technics 1210s that he still has today, and DJed at parties and clubs around London. With other commitments taking priority, it seemed like his DJ days were over by the mid-2000s, and John gave away most of his vinyl. That is until the lockdown of 2020 when he resumed DJing as a creative outlet while stuck at home - adding a Pioneer XDJ-RX2 to his setup and rebuilding his collection. As well as techno, John enjoys playing progressive house and tech-house.
im DJ DEE-VINE 36 funky House/Hed Kandi/Twisted Disco/Garage/and anything Urban Dj... Love music iv been inspired by music ever since i can remember.I started djing when i was about 17 after watching my pals dj.and started my self learning the ropes. I picked it up very quick and started doing tapes (cds wasn't out then) and sending them out to clubs,bars,and radio stations.I started getting feedback after about 1 month and started on a station called impact i was there for about 1year and got my first booking at longship nightclub and soon become the resident there playing underground garage (big thing @ the time). I went on to one of londons biggest underground stations (london underground 89.4fm were all of todays biggest dj's and producers came to be were thay are now people like dj spoony,ez,plus many house hold names. I then got loads of offers for up and comming events.i then moved to a club called rennaissance and was there for 6 years playing underground garage. From there i played residency at pulse playing to 3000+ravers biggest club in herts i was there for 5 years till it changed to liquid and envy playing a lovely 2-step sing along garage. I then went on to work with so big promoters in the game like Slap & tickle,castle club Agia Napa.to name a few Iv dj'd at loads of 1 off events in london.and still get the crowd jumping with my unique style of mixing and with my HOT selection of Funky/Hed Kandi/garage tunes get any dance floor filled to capacity....
Brett Costello For some time now I have been hearing "There is no quality RnB music out there any more". The Urban Meltdown is here to show that there still is - but you just have to dig that little bit deeper. On this show we will be featuring music you won't hear on commercial stations. I am talking about independent releases, quality underground tunes, and big tracks from the US and UK before they get airplay over here. If you want to keep UPFRONT and INFRONT then the Urban Meltdown will be the place for you to be every Sunday morning from 8am!!!
Started off spinning vinyls with friends in my early teens leading to me setting up the Progressive Culture Studio in Northampton welcoming all DJs from the local area and afar. A few years ago I started to run local nights of all underground genres from Dub, Dubstep, Breaks, Electronica, Bass, UKG, DnB and everything in between. Progressive Culture, headed by DLs, as an organisation runs a youth club in Northamptons Eastern District and is soon to be opening a social club for the community. We like to promote all music from the underground scene and to give air time to individual producers and DJs to keep them jnterested and inspired.
Radio has come a long way since LJamex was on the scene. His path starting from Pressure FM with DJ Huggie, where they would take it in turns to run over to a call box outside Domino’s to take requests every Sat afternoon. Huggie & LJamex would be just one of many doing their own thing namely D&J Promotions. LJamex eventually done a spell with the St.Albans guys Positive Force, Which was a journey of more Club & House parties, along with the guys plus his older brother Matt. So after a break, stepping back, he is now back to his routes and looking forward to playing to the audience once again! LJamex has currently done a spell on Lutons LUR [Luton Urban Radio] playing to those on lockdown, but now feels it’s time to spread his love for music further afield.
