Artist
Cleveland Watkiss
London, United Kingdom 515 SoundCloud followers. Active
LiquidDancefloorJungle & rollers
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About
March 2022 marks the launch of ‘The Great Jamaican Songbook Vol.1 ’ album and tour, the new project by multidisciplinary artist Cleveland Watkiss. A truly inspirational figure in UK music and recent winner of the 2021 Ivors Composer Award For Innovation, Watkiss’ impact and legacy is felt strongly across an extremely broad spectrum of musical genres. In jazz, he is known as the co-founder of the hugely influential Jazz Warriors big band, as well as his work with the pianist and composer Julian Joseph and as a much-respected solo artist, regularly performing at leading venues both in the UK and internationally. As a drum and bass vocalist and MC, Watkiss became the voice of Goldie’s legendary Metalheadz label nights at The Blue Note, a relationship that would lead to residencies and mic duties at some of the world’s biggest and best dance music events, not to mention his work alongside US drum innovator Marque “the innamost” Gilmore and cut master DJ La Rouge, as a key member of the first ever live drum and bass band, Project 23. There genuinely is no other musician who has made a similar contribution or embarked on such a unique journey throughout their career as Cleveland Watkis
Biography
Multi-genre British vocalist. Born October 21, 1959 in London.
As published on Resident Advisor
- Lives in
- United Kingdom
- First known date
- 2023, FUTURE presents Fabio & Grooverider Outlook Orchestra After Party, Ministry Of Sound
Dates25
Upcoming dates
Past dates
- 2026-09-20If Music presents 'Left Turn' London, UK
- 2026-08-22SIGNAL FESTIVAL 2026London, UK
- 2026-07-16Lost & Found x BadasseryLisbon, PT
- 2026-07-16Lost & Found: Cleveland Watkiss, Makoto, Alite & Dedy DreadLisboa, PT
- 2026-06-14Randall: Celebration Of A LegacyLondon, UK
- 2026-01-09Metalheadz Residency: Grooverider, Loxy, Digital, Chinese Daughter + moreLondon, UK
Dates per year
22 past dates on Resident Advisor, by year and by country
- 823
- 524
- 425
- 526
UK 20
PT 1
BE 1
Booked by8
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Collaborated with6
6 artists with a shared track or release
Releases48
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- MetaphorsMetalheadz2026-07-17
- The GenieMetalheadz2026-05-01
- Sugarize "Lost Inna Dream"Dorado Records2025-10-31
- Diamond RitaMetalheadz2025-10-03
- Goldikus (feat. Cleveland Watkiss)Goldie Inc Ltd.2025-03-28
- Eyes Have SmilesLyte Records2024-05-12
- Music's Got Soul (Benny L Remix)V Recordings2023-04-07
- EnergyFunction Records2022-11-04
Labels12
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Remixes1
1 artists remixed by or remixing them
Trend
SoundCloud followers per day, read every night
+1 followers over 7 d+0.2 %
Sep 5: 511Oct 22: 515
Hype71 / 100
Out of 100, as percentiles among the artists on the map: what moves, not what is big.
- 7-day growth94
- Upcoming dates97
- Plays0
- Wider audience78
- Followers18
In Resident Advisor1
Elsewhere
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info@clevelandwatkiss.co.uk
As published on Resident Advisor
- Plays mostly in
- London
- Venues
- Phonox
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