Jerome Decis (a.k.a djKobal) has been a household name in Montreal for the last 12 years spinning records of the rarest labels to the crowd pleasing anthems of funk. At times he has been pegged as a funk deejay ,but once you try to imagine yourself in his portal, you’d be mesmerized with his versatile style of various genres of old and new sounds. Without any contestation, he is probably one of the hardest working deejays in the nation. I myself have witnessed copius amount of times he’s spent digging in record shops and household basements,not too mention 9 hour sets at the ever so popular Funk nights at e-Cube in Giffrin Town Montreal. He has spun
alongside popular acts such as Funkadelic and the P-Funk All-Stars, Roy Ayers, Family Stone, Sharon Jones, Budos Band, Lee Fields, Sugarman 3, Keb Darge, Quantic, Mr.Scruff, Kool Keith, Dj Vadim, Moonstarr, and “the Goods” Crew, and many more As co-owner of the label “AFRO KATS”, Decis once again shows his work ethic and passion for the music we all call FUNK. He has a good sense of rhythm depicting some of the most unusual breaks which has captured an audience globally, hitting numerous charts and popular magazines, such as STRAIGHT NO CHASER, and various underground readings, which is knowledgeable for the beginner who needs to do his/her research into the realm of left-field sounds. A Noisemaker in an eclectic scene filled with passionate collectors, there’s no denying who is the king of digging. Just go and ask any of the record owners in town, or better yet any of the new local record retailers who have just appeared on the scene. Oddly enough, he has just begun. “Y” DNA