DJ EZ (pronoucned Ee-Zed, real name Otis Roberts) has been flying the flag for UK garage for the past two decades, giving the genre early exposure during the 1990s, holding down a residency on Kiss FM for 14 years and supporting new producers through his frequent DJ sets around the UK and, more recently, around the world.
He’s known for his extremely technical DJ sets, where he can usually tear through a tune a minute. This time, DJ EZ went in for 24 hours, starting at 6pm on Saturday (Feb 27) and finishing up at the same time the next day to raise money for cancer research. After bringing in over £3,000 in the first hour, EZ closed the set with more than £50,000 raised from over 6,000 donations (more money came in over the following hours, with his Just Giving Page set on £58,290.42 with 6,275 donations at the time of writing).
Soon after finishing, he posted a succinct thank you on Facebook: “Thank you guys that was amazing!!!” Presumably, he was too wiped to muster up anything longer. There are a few clips from the set online, one from the final few minutes and more from random intervals in the gig. A full stream might turn up at some point – it’s gonna be a hell of a set to ID. His Just Giving page is still open, if you want to donate to the cause. Here’s one of him 22 hours in, looking and sounding way better than I know I would.