KOSMETIQ

Award Winning British based DJ and Composer KosmetiQ is the founder of Qritikal Media & Records. He started his DJ career at Ministry of Sound back in '95, and worked his way through the international club scene.

He has been writing & producing his own music for well over a decade with over 150 releases worldwide. He has composed music and sound design for advertisements including Nokia Lumia (with Deadma5), Bentley Continental GT, the DVD launch and Dragon Dance for the Game of Thrones and Bombay Sapphire's iconic projection mapping on Battersea Power Station and has recently joined the UM records and Sure Player Recordings family for what's set to be an amazing year.

Better known on the club scene in the mid to late '90s as Stevie D, he was one of the most respected and well-received DJs in the country. Starting his musical career in 1993 by 95 he was playing different clubs in and around London Clubs include (Ministry of Sound /Hanover Grand /The Cross). 1997 whilst resident at Ministry & The Cross he was also promoting and resident DJ for the Babushka Sunday Sessions and from there went on to play a significant role in the introduction of UK Garage to Germany, hosting live national radio shows and DJ'ing all over the country. In 2000, he teamed up with Hyperactive Distribution and was instrumental in the highly successful promotion of Kylie Minogue's monster hit and career reviving single 'Spinning Around' along with countless other hits including tracks by Jazzy M (jazzin the way) , Ultra Nate (Desire) and Artful Dodger (Woman Trouble). During this period he formed and developed the 'PornStars' concept .DJ'ing all over London and the UK. He then took the PornStars concept to Italy playing at the Yab Club hosting 'House Italia' one of the most successful club nights in the country. He also toured the country extensively and hosted a live radio show on Radio 2000.

In 2003, he replaced the Stevie D tag with KosmetiQ and began the production and composition of his own material, later joining forces with close friend and producer DropKick to form Spilt Coffee in 2004. This collaboration produced the enduring dance floor classic 'Heavy Shoulders', also found time to create the 'Phizzle punk' nights with friend Liz Mendez. These are unique insofar as they incorporate live acts melded with music from the decks and have proved to be an immensely popular antidote to standard club nights and are now widely imitated around the world.

2006 After composing and producing his own album "Elektric Red", he was approached by Sony/BMG to remix Pink's 'U & Ur Hand', Amerie's '1 Thing' and Super Jupiter's 'You Know' which topped out at no. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. He also remixed Afroganic's hugely successful single 'Yani'. And Emagbo In 2008 his single 'Modern Life' Feat Maria Angeli from Elektric Red reached no. 8 in the UK Club Charts and stayed in the Top 20 for 8 weeks. KosmetiQ also has various tracks on different compilations. Include: Ricci Montanari's Made in Italy, Miss moneypennys glamorous taste of Ibiza and many more.

KosmetiQ also owns and runs Qritikal Records. During the last 18 months he has been busy remixing For Sonique, collaborating with Frankie Foncett producing the City Heat series, with David James (Audio Drive) under the alias DETAIL Productions, Also the amazingly talented percussionist BrotherSnare. The output from these collaborations has been prodigious and Qritikal Records has now 86 tracks in the public domain.
He is also co-writing & producing an album With Stefan Booth...and also co-writing a Jazz Album with Heather Hoyle.

KosmetiQ has almost finished his third album titled: "INVAD3D SPACE" and is looking to do a London based launch and also an INVAD3D SPACE party in every country the albums being sold in.
Recently KosmetiQ has been playing corporate events for Wheathill music with Saxophonist Heather Hoyle.

Jobs include: The formula one garden party, Vet Fest (a fund raising event for the veterinarian's Humane Society of Harford County), Also various private V.I.P events Includin