Craig T. Wilson · Sydney
Biography
Four generations of music in the blood. A record shop owner for a father. Some paths choose you.
Growing up on George Benson, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Lou Rawls and Ray Barretto, soul and jazz were the mother tongue. Hip hop and R&B came later — De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jodeci. That's the foundation. Everything since has been building on it.
An original member of Soul of Sydney DJs since the very first party in 2009 — a "go-to dance floor filler and mood creator" with "infectious energy and signature funky feel-good sets."
The philosophy: read the room, build the arc, trust the music. Every set built live, never repeated, tailored to the room.
Behind the decks since 2009
100+ venues across Sydney. Residencies at Opera Bar, Grain Bar at the Four Seasons, rooftop bars, design markets, block parties and festivals. International stages: Madrid, Seoul, Shanghai, Langkawi, Florence, Bali, Phuket, Playa del Carmen.
Support for D'Angelo, Maxwell, Roy Ayers, Common, De La Soul, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Leela James, Aloe Blacc, Angie Stone and Eric Benet. Official Soulfest DJ, 2014.
CMAN Edits & Mixes
2M+ plays and 15K followers on SoundCloud. Rotation on BBC Radio 6 Music's Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show. The only Australian DJ to guest mix on WEFUNK Radio — the gold standard in funk and hip hop broadcasting. Distributed through major DJ record pools. "Sydney's jazz-funk bootleg don."
What they say
"A masterclass in groove."
"This isn't just a mix — it's a time capsule of funk, soul, jazz and hip-hop energy."
"Absolutely sublime music which will wash over you like a big, funky disco loofa."
The sound
Soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, disco, house, Afro/Latin, Caribbean and rare grooves — threaded together, never forced.