Scott Hendy, also known as Boca 45, is a DJ and producer from Bristol, UK.

Career

Since 2004 he has been signed to the

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, Grand Central Records. Prior to this, he released material on Hombré Recordings, Illicit Records, Superslick Stereo Sounds and High Noon Records. The name is derived from the

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team

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

, and a common name for a 7"

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(so called because of the speed, in revolutions per minute, that a

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of this size plays at). After releasing his debut album, ''Pitch Sounds'', Boca 45 recorded two DJ mix albums that were released on

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. Both albums contain 45 tracks and all tracks were taken from 7" singles. Boca 45 has also recorded with DJ Andy Smith under the title Dynamo Productions. They released one album entitled ''Analogue''. He has also worked with vocalist Gee as Malakai and later Malachai.Malachai
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, retrieved 2011-07-29 In May 2006, Hendy began touring with his new live band ''The Boca45 Experience'', which features former member of

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and Kelvin Swaby The second Boca 45 album, ''Vertigo Sounds'' was released in the Autumn of 2006.

Discography

*''Pitch Sounds'' (4 October 2004, Grand Central Records, GCCD133) *''Boca Plays His 45s Vol. 1'' (2005,

, BOCA001) *''Boca's Jukebox!'' (9 November 2005,

, BOCACD1) *''Vertigo Sounds'' (2006),

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, UNIQUE 117-2) *''Lessons in Breakbeat'' (2009) (Pedigree Cuts, Switchstance Recordings) *''Dig Eat Beats Repeat'' (2015) (Digga Please?) *''Carousel'' ft. DJ Woody (2017) (Bocawoody Recordings) *''Forty Five'' ft. Emskee and

Louis Baker Louis Baker (born circa 1989 in Newtown, Wellington) is a New Zealand soul musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his live shows and singles (''Rainbow'', ''Black Crow'' and ''Addict)'' leading into his debut album (''Open''), released ...

(July 12, 2019) ( Mass Appeal Records)

References

External links

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