Peter Dalton (born 19 January 1983), known professionally as MistaJam, is a British DJ and radio presenter. He is known for presenting radio shows on

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and

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from 2005 to 2020; since 2020 he has presented on

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and

Capital Dance Capital Dance (styled Capital DANCE) is a national digital radio station in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Global and run as a spin-off from Capital. The station broadcasts from studios at Leicester Square in London alongside its sib ...

Early life

Born in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

in 1983, MistaJam grew up listening to the records of his parents and began DJing at local events at the age of 14, going on to DJ for Nottingham hip hop crew Out Da Ville and for a local pirate radio station. With associate Joe Buhdha, he ran SureShot Entertainment organising the UK Takeover events.

Biography

He first came to the public's attention as an actor; playing "Minty Sutton" in the 2001 revamp of ITV soap opera ''

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''. He also appeared in the BBC Three sitcom ''Trexx and Flipside''. In November 2009, he narrated the compilation episode of the

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series ''

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''. His show on

was broadcast on Saturday nights between 7 pm – 10pm and was broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 1Xtra. Musically, the show was multi genre with a slant towards

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and

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. His

show was broadcast Monday to Thursday between 7pm – 10pm. The show covered the new urban music across a "broad spectrum" of genres represented in 1Xtra's remit and was intended to bridge the gap not only between the mainstream and specialist worlds but also between genres. MistaJam also featured on a track with

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in 2012, named "Sleaze" which contains MistaJam singing "until they kick us out, until they kick us out, until they kick us out, people move your feet" with audio effects applied to his voice. Since the end of 2015, he has also been hosting his show on

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's Sirius XM's Globalization Channel 4 (Saturdays 8–10 PM EST/ Sundays 10 am – 12.00 pm EST), spreading his eclectic sound to a global audience for the first time. On 16 May 2016, MistaJam performed a set live at Victoria Park in Leicester for the victory parade after

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won the Premier League title. In October 2016, he won the ARIAS Music Broadcaster of the Year award for his BBC Radio 1Xtra show. On 2 January 2017, MistaJam took over the 7pm – 9pm slot on BBC Radio 1 whilst Annie Mac was on maternity leave, until Mac's return in June 2017. In November 2017, MistaJam left his evening show and started taking over the BBC Radio 1Xtra drivetime show from

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, who moved on to his

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/1Xtra show ''The 8th''. Mistajam is also on BBC Radio 1's Dance Anthems on Saturdays at 4:00pm. He appears as the DJ of the fictitious Horizon Block Party radio station in the 2018 racing video game ''

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'' and its 2021 sequel ''

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''. In September 2020, MistaJam left

and

after 15 years of presenting shows on the stations. Shortly afterwards, on 1 October 2020, MistaJam joined

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to host shows on both

and also their new radio station, Capital Dance; Capital Dance launched at 4pm on the day of the announcement. He currently presents the Tuesday-Saturday drivetime show on

from 4–7pm, and "The Capital Weekender" on Fridays and Saturdays from 7–10pm (simulcast on both

and

Discography

Singles

References

External links

*
The All-New Capital Weekender on Capital UK
{{Authority control 1983 births Black British radio presenters People from Nottingham Living people English radio DJs English record producers Black British DJs Chartjackers BBC Radio 1 presenters BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters English people of Ghanaian descent Electronic dance music DJs