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DJ Mag Top100 DJs
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Timmy Trumpet
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Debuting in the poll last year after a triumphant first world tour, it’s safe to say there are few artists as unique as Timothy Jude Smith. Once on course to become an alumni of the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music, until his expulsion, that classical training has informed the development of a style which is halfway between live instrumentation and a traditional DJ set — namely, combining deft skills on the trumpet with a keen ear for mixing tracks.

With labels such as Pacha, One Love and the Spinnin’ sub-label headed up by KSHMR, Dharma Worldwide, having released his work, clearly production is another forte.

Enough copies were shifted of 2015’s ‘Freaks’, a collaboration with New Zealand rapper Savage, to go platinum five times over in his homeland, hit the Top 20 in charts across Europe, and become reportedly the biggest single of all time on Ministry Of Sound. Even so, it’s in the flesh that his talent really shines, hence a sell-out UK tour this past spring, with more headline dates across the planet further evidencing what a monumental year it has been fro the Trumpet-Man.

“The greatest thing about 2017 has been playing in countries that are new to me, and to meet and connect with people that love music as much as I do,” he tells DJ Mag.