MENSAH at Countdown NYE !!!

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Thursday 22 Dec |

Here at Stealth HQ we are all excitedly counting down the days until the return of the UK's biggest New Years Eve event - COUNTDOWN 2011 !!!

The lineup is second to none, with 7 arenas full to briming with world class DJs and live acts. One of the guys we are most hyped about is Bristolian bass-fiend MENSAH !!!

Mensah Anderson has been involved in the Bristol music scene from an early age, first attending the 'Jungle Book' under-18 night at the tender age of 11 - where he witnessed the late and great Steve ‘Hyper’ D MCing for Nicky Blackmarket. But it was the garage scene that really kindled Mensah’s first love of electronic music when he heard stalwarts such as Wookie and the Heartless Crew at the age of 13. DJing at various nights in Bristol, and getting tired of spinning other people’s tunes, the natural progression for Mensah was to start creating the music that he had such a passion for.

Starting a production course at a local Music College, he was taught by none other than Danny Byrd and was classmates with other Bristol producers, Chasing Shadows & Gemmy. Subsequently he landing a job in a Bristol music specialist store and in time he was able to build a studio. Having the likes of Roni Size, Portishead and Massive Attack passing by the shop only fuelled the desire to up his game in the production suite. This all paid off when his collaboration with dnb producer, Mutt, featured on Mutt’s album ‘Treading Water’ in 2008, followed up with Mensah’s first solo release, ‘Sahara / Not A Shy Gyal‘, on Lo Dubs in 2009.

In 2010 Mensah was picked up by H.E.N.C.H, releasing 3 EPs in 2010 including the likes of his massive track 'Big Up The Goons':

With aspirations of never wanting to make the same tune twice or wanting to be typecast into one genre, Mensah's varied productions are getting attention all across the musical spectrum. His most recent release 'The Resistance' (on DJ Die's 'Gutterfunk' label) is on more of an '808'-tip, being supported by the likes of Loefah, Boddika, Toddla T, Ikonika & Girl Unit.

 Along with remixes for the likes of Example, Ghostface Killah, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Baby D, Drop The Lime & Kito, Mensah also crafted the Phonejacker sampling, dancefloor destroying bootleg 'Brian Badonde Riddim' (which is currently available for FREE DOWNLOAD here):

 For an idea of what to expect from his set at Countdown check out his mix for Glastonbury's Dance Village:

Glastonbury Dance Village 2011 Mix by MENSAH

2012 is set to be a massive year for Mensah, starting off with his track 'Gambia' dropping on Mala's Deep Medi Muzik in January!

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MENSAH plays at the massive COUNTDOWN NYE 2001 event - alongside Subscape, DJ Fresh, Friction, L-Vis 1990, Mistajam, Youngsta, Sub Focus, DBridge, Hudson Mohawke, Klute, Ms Dynamite & lots lots more!

For the full lineup check out the official Countdown NYE Facebook Event!

Tickets for Countdown are available from Alt-Tickets & Stealth E-Tickets.