Boca 45 is ready & waiting to hit clubs and festivals armed with a heaving box of Vinyl Gemstones to whip crowds into a frenzy. He is a DJ of fantastic renown and finesse having taken to the stage across the world’s largest events with his crazy collection of hot 7’’ Donut Forty Fives.

Bristol (UK) Native Boca 45 immersed himself in all things Hip Hop / Funk & Beats from a young age and has been unleashing killer productions upon the world for years under his various guises. He formed Dynamo Productions with Portishead’s Dj Andy Smith in the early 00’s. The duo quickly picked up a residency at Fabric live and found themselves taking their new sound across the globe.

Hot on the heels of Dynamo Productions Boca went it alone with his debut Lp Pitch Sounds (2004) which was signed to Manchester’s Grand Central Records. Boca went on to quickly record another 2 full LPS Vertigo Sounds (2006) & Dig Eat Beats Repeat (2015). He provided a track for the film “Exit Through The Gift Shop” and Banksy personally requested him to Dj at the opening party for Dismal Land in 2015.

At the advent of Boca’s 45th year on planet Earth in 2019 he decided to hone everything he’s learnt and loved into one killer record aptly titled Forty Five. Boca pulled together friends, family and footie mates to make a record that would deserving stand as his musical autobiography – that cast list included his Bryan Munich teammates (Geoff Barrow and Billy Fuller from Beak, Ben Salisbury), Kasabian’s Sergio Pizzorno, NYC MC Emskee, New Zealander soul singer Louis Baker and Malachai bandmate Gee. The first people to hear the record outside of a close circle of friends was titanic U.S. record label Mass Appeal (home to DJ Shadow, Nas, Run the Jewels and the J Dilla catalogue).

In 2020 Boca Continued on the 7’’ tip with a series of LTD 45s throughout the year Featuring collaborations with heavyweights such as “Craig G from the Juice Crew” “Hannah Williams” & Kelvin Swaby from “The Heavy” 2021 he was asked to curate and compile the the Music and soundtrack for the Bristol Street Art Retrospect Vanguard which happened The City’s M-Shed Museum attended by over 100,00 people throughout that summer.

On to 2022 which saw the LP “Boca Digs Cavendish” where he raided the London Cavendish HQ Library LP Vaults vaults from the 60s & 70s and spruced them into 16 new workings & also releasing another LTD 45 Ft Nate from “The Jungle Brothers”

Never one to stand still 2023 sees Boca 45 compiling “Funk & Beats VOL 10” for Bombstrikes Records released at the end of Feb and has mixes confirmed for BBC Radio 6 shows for Craig Charles & Huey Morgan as well as a Juno Records Digital Take Over. Boca 45 – Mad Nice On The 45s.

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