DJ TopSpin aka Blendiana Jones
Whether holding court at one of his destination Seattle hotspots, sharing the bill with premier national and international artists, releasing critically acclaimed mixtapes or touring with his distinctive & harmonic selection of funk, hip-hop, R&B, reggae / dancehall & contemporary & classic soul, DJ Topspin (aka BLENDIANA JONES) is distinguished & established within the Pacific Northwest, & increasingly across the country & world as, “in the pocket”: consistently creative, & energetic.
After leaving his musical imprint on nearly every club Seattle has had to offer for the past nearly 20 years, DJ Topspin currently holds an alternating Saturday night residency at Trinity, Seattle’s largest nightclub, as well as keeps his calendar booked w/ freelance gigs around the city, as well as up & down the coast.
As an award winning mixtape, club, & radio mixshow DJ, he is particularly renowned for his harmonic ear (showcased by his signature blends & his BLENDIANA JONES aka moniker), impeccable selection, timing, & knack for unearthing exclusives from worldwide sources. This prowess has been on display since the days of his first concept based mixtape series, an imaginary radio station, 101.1 KTOP FM* (*Fat Mixtapes), where each mixtape in the series, or “broadcast”, served as a grassroots alternative to the commercial radio options.
Both listeners & record labels ended up believing the station was real & hungered for more. Mission accomplished. His most recent double-disk mix CD series, ‘VELOUR VIBES‘ which features a seamless blend of soulful artists (R&B & nu-soul vocalists, instrumental productions, & MCs) has garnered him critical acclaim from industry insiders & fans alike. His passion for remixing & putting new twists on current & classic jams is also evidenced by each one of his mix CDs, but most prominently by The PPP REMIXtape, a collaboration with Detroit / Platinum Pied Pipers producer & Slum Village original member Waajeed, along with last year’s collaborative release with producer (& affiliate of Grammy Award Winning production team Tha Bizness) Kuddie Fresh, THE REMIXtape.