DJ Tunesmith
DJ Tunesmith is a Hackney-based DJ/Producer and Record Label owner who has musical blood coursing through her veins. Her father was in a 1960s reggae doo-wop group called The Marvels.
She has been involved in the music industry for many years. In the 1990s, she was publisher and editor of underground black music magazines: Hard Edge and Cipher, interviewing Ice-T, OutKast, Chuck D, David Rodigan, The London Posse and many more.
DJ Tunesmith has been playing out to highly receptive crowds in venues including Corsica Studios, The Groucho Club, Ronnie Scott’s, The Standard Hotel, The Ned, Bambi, The BFI, The Book Club as well as Mojo Club and Le Fonque in Hamburg. She has also DJed at Southern Soul Festival in Montenegro and and resident DJ at the Craig Charles’ Funk and Soul Summer Series at Brixton Jamm and Norman Jay MBE.
She has a regular residency at The BBE Store where she holds her Stokie Basement and The Diggers Sunday Session parties.
She plays predominately vinyl and you’ll hear groove-laden beats encompassing funk, hip hop, jazz, soul, disco, broken beat and boogie.
DJ Tunesmith is a key influencer and tastemaker on social media providing a platform for new and exciting sounds. Music she recommends, people buy.
DJ Tunesmith is a member of the Eves’Drop Collective since its founding she has played at The Sanctuary and Hennessy stages at We Out Here Festival in Cambridgeshire in summer 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
She has a monthly radio show, Stokie Basement, on The BoAt Pod, the third Saturday of the month from 4pm - 6pm https://www.theboatpod.com/radio. You can also find her on Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/joanlsmith