DJ SHEEP (AUSTRALIA)
# FORMER MINISTRY OF SOUND RESIDENT DJ
# 5-TIME AUSTRALIAN STATE DJ CHAMPION
2001 Stanton DJ Battle Champion
2001 Technics Ultimate DJ Showdown Champion
2002 Australian State DMC Battle For World Supremacy Champion
2002 Australian State DMC State DJ Champion
2003 Australian State DMC DJ Champion
DJ Sheep was born in Australia. At the age of 13 he became engrossed in hip-hop culture and was instantly captivated by the scratching he heard in the choruses of hip-hop songs at the time. He purchased his first record and went "looking for the perfect beat," studying hip-hop, old school rap, electro, disco, jazz, funk, and soul music.
In the early 1990s, DJ Sheep ran a hip-hop mail-order catalog and was the Australian outpost for San Francisco based Bomb Hip-Hop Records (Return of the DJ). At the same time he made connections within the industry, writing for magazines around the world such as XXL, HHC (Hip-Hop connection), The Source, Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine, Subotage, Subculture, Downlow, Fat Boss etc. These connections in the industry, pre-internet, set the scene for what was to become the basis for the musical journey of his life.
In 1995, DJ Sheep set up the world's first website dedicated to scratching culture, turntablism.com (now defunct). The website was subsequently purchased by Dan The Automator (The Gorillaz) of San Francisco based record label 75ark Recordings (Deltron 3030) in 1999, where Sheep lived for numerous years working on documenting hip-hop and turntablist culture, judging DJ battles around the world including the 1999 USA and 2000 World DMC finals.
Between 1996 and 1999, he produced local hip-hop parties as well as the Australian and New Zealand tours for DJs Q-Bert, Disk, Craze and A-Trak. In 1996, after touring with DJ Q-Bert, Sheep decided that he wanted to be a DJ and began scratching on his friends' turntables. In 1998 he bought his first set of decks and a mixer. At the same time he started his DJ crew, Terntable Jediz with DJ Krypton and Finatik.
In 1999, Sheep was contacted by prominent clothing label ECKO UNLTD to endorse their clothing via a long-standing sponsorship.
Between 2001 and 2003, Sheep won a consecutive sweep of every possible DJ title in his state of Queensland, including 3 DMC titles, the Technics Ultimate DJ Showdown, and the Stanton DJ Battle. After the onslaught, and 5 titles, he announced his retirement from DJ battles.
In 2004, his DJ crew, Terntable Jediz, released their debut album, "All Out War," which featured collaborations linking U.S. and Australian artists. The album and its title track won "Best Australian hip-hop song" and "Best Australian hip-hop album" at the Ozhiphop Music Awards and was a feature album for a week on JJJ. The album featured the debut performance of Australian pop artist, 360.
Following a two year stint researching music (diggin') in Japan between 2004 and 2006, DJ Sheep was invited by "world famous super-club," Ministry Of Sound in Taipei, Taiwan, in September 2006, to be the headline resident DJ in their main room for 18 months.
After moving to Edinburgh, Scotland in 2007, he formed a DJ duo with rapper/producer J-Zone called, EXTRA CHEE$E to revive forgotten tracks in genres such as disco, funk, new jack swing, hip-hop, miami bass, and gangsta rap. That year, the duo embarked on three tours, performing to enthusiastic crowds across the US, UK, and Europe.
Upon his return to Australia at the end of 2008, Sheep held down residencies at local clubs in Brisbane City. In July 2009, Sheep returned to Los Angeles for his 3rd tour of California, spotlighted by a special performance at the world renown Do-Over party that was covered in the Los Angeles Times Newspaper. He also played sets at "The Root Down" and "Low End Theory" completing the "holy trio" of the Los Angeles underground music movement at the time.
Between 2010 and 2012, DJ Sheep was responsible for the Brisbane outpost of Weird Gear, a monthly afternoon affair devoted to vinyl culture featuring a record fair and DJs of the highest calibre from around the state and country. Weird Gear has had outposts in London, New York, Melbourne and Tokyo.
In 2011 DJ Sheep returned to the event promotion circuit to put on the successful Lord Finesse "Funk Exchange" Tour around Australia, as well as promoting shows for Boogie Blind, DJ Revolution and Grandwizard Theodore.
For over two decades DJ Sheep has run a very successful bespoke "invitation only" record business (formerly known as The Tasman Connection) supplying records, samples and intel to a who's who of producers, DJs, record stores, venues and artists such as DJ Revolution, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, ?uestlove, DJ Babu (Dilated Peoples), Kanye West, Paul Nice, Mike Who (Planet Trip Records), Boogie Monster, Jake One, Chase & Status, Linkwood Family, Katalyst, DJ Muro, Alchemist, Lord Finesse, Buckwild, Mark B, Young Einstein, Arch Druids, Roc Marciano, Finatik & Zak (FnZ), Disk Union, East Records, Licorice Pie, Caterpillar Club and many more!
In October, 2012, DJ Sheep released his debut production album under the moniker "FRE$HEEP" titled "Antidepressants" featuring guests; J-Zone, Roc Marciano & more. This album was the first release on his record label Bulletproof Crates Recordings. The release was featured in XXL Magazine as well as esteemed blogs Nahright, ego trip, Unkut and many more. The album and its 45 were distributed by Disk Union in Japan.
2014 saw the first official mixtapes' that Sheep released since his 1998 debut cassette, Electro Acupuncture - A trilogy of sample / break mixes titled Winter Bluntz, Spring Breakz & Summer Spliffz, a trilogy of Diggers Dozen live mixes, the $ALAMANDER $TREET series of ganksta rap mixes, Australian Breaks & Beats, Video Game Breakz and other mixes featuring himself and his peers, are available streaming for free via his Soundcloud page.
2014 also saw Sheep embark on another quest, this time involving video games. He founded Brisbane's first Video Game & Pop Culture Market spanning 8 events over 4 years. This involved frequent trips to Japan to procure stock whilst dive deeping into the culture and history surrounding vintage arcade machines and video games. His collection was featured in SEGA's legendary gaming magazine, Hyper (Issue #266) and he performed a special video game music turntablist set as part of the Madman Anime Festival at the Brisbane Convention Centre running through a marathon 256 tracks in 45 minutes. Whilst the market has now ended, he runs a private Japanese video game arcade and an online store called "Candy Cab Club" which sells high-end and bespoke hardware and custom accessories for arcade enthusiasts around the world.
DJ Sheep has performed to crowds in Moscow, the United States, Japan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Netherlands, Scotland and the United Kingdom.
He has performed and toured with artists such as: Biz Markie, The Black Eyed Peas, Ghostface Killah, KRS One, Jedi Mind Tricks, DJ Shadow, Lord Finesse, Grandwizard Theodore, M.O.P., MF DOOM, DJ Vadim, De La Soul, DJ A-Trak (Kanye West), DJ Q-Bert, DJ Muro, DJ Honda, Z-Trip, Kid Koala, Lyrics Born, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Craze, Hilltop Hoods, Bliss N Eso, DJ Revolution, Koolism, Big Daddy Kane, Celph Titled, The RZA (Wu-Tang Clan), DJ Yoda, Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest), The Alkaholiks, Jurassic 5, Roc Raida (R.I.P.), Lyrical Commission, DJ Rectangle, Shortee Blitz, Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw) and many more...
DJ Sheep has performed gigs for corporate clients such as Kirin Ichiban, Toyota, Lufthansa, Citigroup, Globe, GHD, Jetstar, Austrade, Deus Records, Monster Children, Quicksilver, X-Games, Jim Beam, Red Bull, General Pants, Electronic Arts, University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane Hospital, etc.
He has played at high calibre venues and performed at esteemed events such as Big Day Out (Australia), The Do-Over (Los Angeles), Good Vibrations, Ministry of Sound, Battle of The Year (Germany), Back To Planet Rock (Holland), Madman Anime Festival, Diggers Dozen, Bris Asia Dance Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), Ku De Ta (Bali), Low End Theory (Los Angeles), Hi-Fi Bar (Melbourne), The Metro (Melbourne), The Root Down (Los Angeles), The Bongo Club (Scotland), GoodGod (Sydney), Muse (Taiwan), A Love Supreme, Cloudland, 1Up Arcade, King George Square (Brisbane), Klub Kandy, Wonderland, The Family, Rekodo (Sydney), Cafe Lounge, Ching-A-Lings, Salon No.10 (Hong Kong), Caterpillar Club (Sydney), High Note (Melbourne), Jam Bar and many more!
DJ Sheep's extensive record collection, programming, versatility, track record coupled with his scratching and trick-mixing skills are what make him stand out in the over crowded world of DJ's in this day and age. As of 2025, DJ Sheep remains current on the DJ circuit performing only select engagements and invitations both interstate, overseas and locally. He celebrates 30 years of service as a DJ on February 9th 2026.
For worldwide bookings, or other enquiries please contact him directly via the links below:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/djsheep/
Twitter: twitter.com/djsheep/
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/djsheep.com/
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/djsheep/
YouTube: youtube.com/user/djsheep/videos/
