Dj Fresh

thato sikwane, aka dj fresh, started out in radio in botswana in the early nineties and from the minute he was shown the mic he knew that broadcasting was the only career for him. fresh subsequently dropped his law studies and pursued radio fulltime, joining yfm in 1997. fresh was heading up the yfm breakfast team by 2003 and was quickly snapped up by 5fm in 2006 where the fresh drive has since become a 5fm institution as well as one of the station’s most popular shows.

fresh is set to release his twenty fourth house album in 2010 – a soul candi production called evolution part two. his first four house albums – the “fresh house flava” range are said to have altered the house landscape in south africa for good, bringing the genre into the mainstream music scene.

fresh has shared the dj booth with a number of internationals during his career to date, including “little louie” vega, frankie knuckles, armand van helden, chris lake, paul van dyke, oskido, fat boy slim, hoxton whores, jazzy jeff, harley & muscle, ready d, kenny gope gonzales, viny da vinci, deep, gregory and dominic spreadlove. cities like johannesburg, miami, london, cape town, moscow, brisbane, ibiza, leeds, durban, gaborone, birmingham, dubai, montreal and melbourne have all danced to fresh's beats.

an entrepreneur at heart, fresh is gifted at spotting gaps in the market and he has many projects on the go at any one time. a few examples are fresh’s cool t-shirt range and merchandise which started out as a fun side project and is now hugely in demand; his company big dawg productions; his partnership with dj euphonik called “f.eu” as well as his ongoing involvement in numerous charities and awareness campaigns.

dj fresh is part of “dju”, a team of leading south african deejays, musicians, producers and media personalities. inspired by international conferences such as the miami winter music conference, dju established the southern african music conference in 2005.