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Jay ‘Buddy’ Birch first got into the Club scene in 1988, where he began playing Acid House, House, Hip-Hop, Soul & Funk at Inner City Nightclubs and After-hour Clubs under the name of DJ Wisdom.

Jay’s name soon filtered around the club scene and he began doing guest spots at various Leeds City Centre locations in the early 1990’s before settling down to DJ residencies at Club Nato, The Pleasure Rooms and Liquid in his hometown of Leeds where he played alongside DJ’s such as  David Morales, Tom Wainwright, Judge Jules, Tall Paul, Paul Taylor, K-Klass, Roger Sanchez, Darryl Pandy, Mousse T and Alison Limerick, to name but a few.

In 1993, alongside Radical C, he officially launched “U4RIA“ in Leeds, which was the first weekly all nighter in the North of England.

Along the way, he has also had his own show on Local Radio Station, “Peoples FM”, where he played House Music under the name of DJ Wisdom along with Radical C and DJ Benji, from 1989 until 1996.  During this time he was co-awarded the title of “DJ of the Year “ in 1993, and the duo were notably the first non-reggae/soul DJ’s to win this award.

By the late 1990’s, he had helped launch two of the biggest R’n’B Nights in the North of England, namely “Love Dough” and “Coffy”.  Whilst holding down an eight year residency from 1998-2006, at “Sweet Revival”, the longest running weekly R’n’B night in the North.

He also had residencies at “Cardinal Sins”  and “Po Na Na” in Harrogate , “Opus” in Manchester as well as “Townhouse”, “Rehab” and ”Space” in Leeds city centre, to name but a few.  He also guested at legendary nights such as “Back 2 Basics”, “Stush” and “Funky Mule” as well as numerous other clubs throughout the UK, where he has played alongside DJ's & Artists such as Jazzy B, Ronnie Herel, Eric Morillo, Shola Ama and Mark B & Blade.

In 2003, Jay was honoured to be voted “Best Resident DJ” at the Leeds Bar and Club Awards.

Jay can still be found playing guest slots at various clubs throughout the UK, as well as playing at his weekly residencies at “Rififi Nightclub” in Stalybridge and “Fudge”, “Nu-Bar” and “SugarDaddys” in Leeds.

In 2004, Jay launched “JBB Entertainment Solutions” along with his business Partner Melanie Mortimer, JBB Entertainment Solutions has evolved into one of the UK’s leading DJ Agencies / Entertainment Providers, with legendary names such as Farley Jackmaster Funk, Darryl Pandy, Dr S Gachet, Utah Saints and other worldwide DJ’s and Artists.

With 2007 seeing the launch of the exclusive “Kings of Clubs” club nights, and many new UK and International DJ’s and Artists already set to enlist with JBB Entertainment Solutions, it looks like it will be a big year for Jay ‘Buddy’ Birch.

If you would like to book Jay 'Buddy' Birch please contact JBB Entertainment Solutions on +44(0)113 226 6822 or +44(0)7939 737537. Alternatively, you can e-mail us at info@jbbentertainment.com