Pete Mescall, professionally known by his stage name DJ Mek or Pete Mescalero, is an

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award-winning hip hop DJ/

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and producer. He has won 5 Irish national

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championships and remixed/produced artists like

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, Zig and Zag and

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's Monkey Mafia. In 1989, he became the first DJ from the

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to enter the

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DMC Championships, and went on to win 5 Irish national titles. He was briefly banned from entering the championships but that decision was later overturned. His group ScaryEire were the first Irish rap act to be signed to a major label. He retired from competitive mixing competitions in 2000 but returned in 2021 to place 5th in the DMC World Foundation Finals

Mixing Achievements

* 1989 Northern Ireland DMC Runner-Up * 1990 Republic of Ireland DMC Champion * 1991 Republic of Ireland DMC Champion * 1992 Republic of Ireland DMC Champion * 1997 Northern Ireland DMC Champion * 1997 Vestax UK Runner-Up * 1998 Irish D.T.F. Champion * 1998 UK Battle Royale Runner-Up * 1999 Republic of Ireland DMC Champion * 2021 DMC World Foundation 5th place

Production & Remixes

* Monkey Mafia 12" - Blow The Whole Joint Up (

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) *

12" - 'Monument' (

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) -DJ Mek Remix * Ghost and Jay - '2 Innocent/Good and Evil' * Scary Eire 12" - 'Dole Q' (Eleven Records) * Planet Rap Compilation - "Lost For Words" (

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) * Third Eye Surfers - 'Sunny and Share' (DJ.Mek scratch edit) * Exile Eye - 'Heavyweight' (Equilibrium Recordings) *

- 'Cocaine in my brain' (

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) *

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- 'Messy' (Polydor) *

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. - 'Flashbacks' (Riddim Killa) *

- 'F.E.A.R.' (

) *

- 'Sister Rose' (

) *

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- 'Get Outta My way' *

- 'Tony Montana' featuring

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& Sick Jacken of

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* Scary Eire - 'The Scary Era' album *Replicants - 'Jiro' (DJ Mek Scratch Re-Fix) (Electro Empire) * Madi Mai - 'Anti-Clockwise (DJ Mek Re-Fix) (Instinctive Behaviour Records)

Mixtape / C.D. releases

* Word of Mouth /

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- All Shook Up - Volume 2 * DJ Mek - Frontline - Volume 1 * DJ Mek - Frontline - Volume 2 * DJ Mek - Frontline - Volume 3 * DJ Mek - Frontline - Volume 4 * DJ Mek - Volume 5 - D.B.B.S.

Media / TV appearances

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* ''

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'' * Zig and Zag (TV series) * Origins: The Story Of Irish Hip Hop documentary https://www.redbull.com/ie-en/projects/origins-irish-hip-hop-film

References

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