Student Success

Hugo moved to London in 1999 from his native New Zealand, immediately immersing himself in the city’s music scene. He has DJ’ed at venues including Herbal, Sosho, Cargo, SE1, Egg, and Platinum Bar and held a monthly residency at the legendary AKA Bar at “The End”. More recently Hugo has shifted his focus to music production and enrolled on the Minimal Tech Logic Course to sharpen his skills. He has releases on Just Deep Music, Avanti and Tenor Recordings - all available now on Beatport

Mike Haddad is a DJ / Producer and label manager at Witty Tunes. Based in Washington DC, the label has put out a string of quality releases which have hit the top 10 on Beatport and won DJ support from the likes of James Zabiela, Darren Emerson and 16 Bit Lolitas. Mike took the Deep & Soulful House Course.

Benjamin is the brains behind New York record label Funk La Planet. Specializing in House and Hip Hop the label has made a name for itself with a series of quality releases featuring the likes of Scott Wozniak, Atomm, Glen Lewis and Filsonik. Their biggest success to date was a remix of  Joyce Simm's "Come Into My Life" which hit  no.5 hit on the Billboard Dance Chart. Benjamin took the Minimal Tech Logic course.

Chris Rawles has been busy in the studio since completing the Minimal Tech & Deep & Soulful House Courses. The hard work is paying off with new track "Uh Oh / The Morning After" signed to Jeepers Music and further releases forthcoming on Push It Recordings. All tracks available via Beatport and other major download sites.

Nobuo released his first EP on Four:twenty Recordings (home to D Ramirez and Loco Dice) and more recently he scored a number one on Beatport's Deep House chart. Look out for a string of forthcoming releases by Tomoki & Nono on Nite Groove, SAW recordings and also on Satoshi Tomiie's Renaissance mix CD.  

Jon Kong's debut EP "Making Moves" features tracks created on the Sound Design Course here at Point Blank. His fusion of tribal, progressive and tech house styles has won DJ support across the board with major players including Carl Cox, John Digweed and Defected's Simon Dunmore all featuring in their sets.

"What an experience! I've learned more about music production in the past few weeks online than I have in the past seven years battling on my own...The course is properly hands-on with stacks of easy to understand course material to guide me on my way and the tutor on hand to answer my questions. I'm filled with inspiration!"

David is a music journalist, tech expert and producer. He edits the Tech section of DJ Magazine and also runs DJ Mag TV.

Demi is one third of DJ trio SOS alongside Desyn Masiello and Omid 16B. Since studying music production at Point Blank,  Demi's career has gone stratospheric. SOS are residents at Ministry of Sound and host regular parties at Miami's WMC. They have also put together epic mix compilations for both Ministry and the Balance series.

Upon completing both the Deep & Soulful House and Mixing Dance Music courses, David Mills AKA Empire State has kept himself busy, crafting his skill in the studio. After entering a competition held by newly established 953 Recordings, David's funked out remix came out heads above the rest. Empire State's remix of Find Romance by 5uper 8bit is available to buy on prime digital dowload site, Beatport. David has now said he will persevere with his desire for making music and go on to do the Remix Course when it begins for enrolment in August. Keep your eyes peeled for future cuts from Empire State.