Turn Up The Bass

Turn Up The Bass

2024 · 12 min

A documentary telling the remarkable and little-known story of Troi Lee, aka DJ Chinaman, the unstoppable force behind the UK's deaf music and rave scene. Twenty years of archive footage is interwoven with interviews and actuality, charting Troi's evolution from underground raver to festival headliner.

Directed by Ted Evans

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