Rythm Corporation @ Temple Theatre

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Friday Nights
Rhythm Corporation - Dublin's Finest R'n'B Clubbing Experience
Resident DJ Frank Jez
Time: 11 - 4

“We lead, others follow”


Dublin’s finest RnB night – Rhythm Corporation at Temple Theatre – Dublins no.1 RnB club continues to go from strength to strength. The Temple Theatre has established itself as the place to be on Fridays and the Rhythm Corporation has been frequented in the past by major stars such as Trevor Nelson, Macy Gray and GURU. Also starting a monthly residency with a special St. Stephens night Big Smoke will be 2fms Wes Darcy.

Line-ups for December as follows:

Dec 6th Stretch Taylor
Dec 13th Frank Jez
Dec 20th Kofi
Dec 26th The Big Smoke – Wes Darcy 2fm
Dec 27th Frank Jez
Dec 31st NYE Groove – Frank Jez


Dec 6th
Stretch Taylor

STRETCH TAYLOR is currently one of the biggest urban club D.J.'s in the U.K.
He's highly respected and has been spinnin' his distinct brand of quality new and old skool R&B, soul, hip hop, funk and soulful garage in clubs throughout London, the South-East and all over the U.K. for more than 10 years. He's a unique club, radio and mix D.J. with a wealth of experience, who has a high profile within the music industry and a wide knowledge of black music.

He was heavily influenced by his parents love of black music in the early part of his life and grew up on a staple diet of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Ohio Players, Diana Ross, Otis Redding, The Jacksons and Motown classics. His father was the lead singer of a group called 'The Gentry', and their claim to fame was supporting 'The Who' on their U.K. tour in the 60's.

He first became obsessed with music when he was 14, collecting Electro, Soul and Rap records whilst still at school. He then started d.j.'ing in the early 90's at underground venues in the South-East. With his strict regime of non-stop hard work, determination and no sleep(!), he has progressed to being one of the best regarded and established purveyors of fine urban music on the circuit.


Dec 13th
Frank Jez

Frank Jez is synonymous with the Dublin urban music scene. His phenomenal mixing and scratching skills have been on display at his residency at VIBE in the POD and from one-off gigs in Spy, Shooters, Tomato, Temple Bar Music Centre and just about every other venue that Dublin has to offer.

His Djing talents earned him victory in the 2001 East Vs. West Coast Competition and have earned him slots at the Snow Party @ RDS in New Years Eve 2001, and alongside such notaries as Trevor Nelson, Destiny’s Child and Jamelia.

With his new residency at Temple Theatres legendary Rhythm Corporation RnB night Frank has cemented his reputation as Irelands no.1 RnB DJ


Dec 20th
DJ Kofi

Kofi started Djing at a very young age on his father’s Hi-fi set after being inspired by several early Hip-Hop tracks and a documentary programme called Hip-Hop history.

In 1991 DJ Kofi had won the South West England heat of the Technics UK mixing finals and was a runner up in the UK final. DJ Kofi returned in 1995 and claimed the title of ‘UK Mixing Champion and was 4th runner up in the ‘World Mixing Championship’ of that year. This platform gave Kofi the opportunity to expand.

1995 was the year the world began to recognize DJ Kofi. Following his success in the UK Mixing championships Kofi was invited to join the UK’s Premier black music station Choice FM and given a prime time slot along side Kirk Anthony every Friday afternoon on the Mid Morning Jam show. Due to the success of this contribution Kofi was given his own show The After Party on Saturday mornings.
Kofi has also had many guest appearances on the Radio One Rap show and also on Kiss FM.

Kofi’s popularity has spread throughout the world and has perform in such countries as Lebanon, USA, Kenya, Cyprus, Nigeria, France, Kenya, Italy, Ghana, Germany, South Africa Switzerland, Slovene, Belgium, Austria and all over the UK.

Due to the nature of his Djing style Kofi has also featured on many TV programmes. These include MTV (Europe), Live TV, Nickelodeon, and MTV (Lebanon); Phat beats Hip Hop show in (New York), KTN (Kenya), Talking Drums (Ghana) and Jim TV (Belgium).

Kofi’s love for Djing, extends to the development of up and coming DJs and has taken time out to teach potential DJs on such courses as ‘Ghetto Grammar’, ‘The Brit. School’, The DJ Work Shop, School of Audio Engineering and the Rock School. His services have also been requested by the ‘Princes’ Trust’, which is headed by the Prince of Wales.

DJ Kofi is one the most sought after mix tape DJs and has been recognised by some of the world’s major record labels.

• Universal Records Mix Tape Volume II
• Sony Urban Mix Tape Volume III
• Def Jams Blaze It UP and Red Man & Method Man’s Black Out Mix Tape


DJ/Production includes

1996 Remixed ‘Say Yeah’ By Elisha Lavern
1997 Produced ‘Real Live DJ Mix’ Blackstreet
1998 Performed Scratches on Spice Girls Album
2000 Produced ‘Up In Da Club’ for Relentless Records
2001 Featured DJ for Wyclef and Brian Harvey On Top Of The Pops
2001 Produced ‘Hip Hop Stick Up’ for Rawkus Records
2002 Featured DJ in ‘Fly BY’ video By Blue
2002 Host and DJ of Ja Rule Concert Forum Kentish Town
2002 Host and DJ of Ludacris Concert Forum Kentish Town


Dec 26th
Wes Darcy – The Big Smoke

Wes Darcy has worked in 2FM for 3 years presenting Irelands biggest urban radio show dishing out the biggest R’n’B & Hip-Hop joints every week, plus interviewing some of the worlds main acts such as Destiny’s Child, Wycleff Jean, Mary J Blige, Craig David, R-Kelly, Jay-Z and the list goes on..

NYE Groove in da Crypt

Rhythm Corporation slides on downstairs to the Crypt on New Years Eve for what promises to be the best New Years RnB bash in Dublin. Frank Jez, L’il Chi and guests bring their unique brand of RnB to the dark stylish Crypt for some serious New Years partying!