DJ EZ
Otis Roberts landed his first radio gig at fourteen on pirate station Freek FM. In 1994, he pitch-shifted Todd Edwards' "The Praise" to 130 BPM, accidentally birthing speed garage. His technical prowess—three-deck mixing, rapid double-drops, rewinds on crowd demand—made him the scene's measuring stick. Citing influences from Carl Cox to Karl 'Tuff Enuff' Brown, he became garage's most consistent champion, DJing through the genre's highs, violent lows, and 2010s revival. He spent over 15 years hosting a weekly KISS FM show, played 24-hour charity sets raising over £60,000, and launched Nuvolve radio and label in 2020. As he told UKF, he joins dots "between the sweetest vocal soulful sounds and darker heavyweight breakbeats," maintaining garage's living tradition across generations. He secured a monthly Radio 1 residency, cementing the genre's return to institutional acceptance.