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Tayo (born Tayo Popoola on August 25, 1945, is a English Breakbeat musician and DJ.

History
Tayo was a pupil at Christ's Hospital School in Horsham and later attended Goldsmiths, University of London, where he studied English and Drama. It was during his time at Goldsmiths that he was instrumental in creating the seminal Nu skool breaks night Friction at Bar Rhumba, along with fellow Breakbeat DJ's Rennie Pilgrem and Adam Freeland.

After releasing his first Y4K compilation in 2000 his reputation gained an international focus. In 2001 he formed Mob Records, who released music by The Stanton Warriors, Meat Katie and Kevin Beber amongst others.

Tayo left Mob Records in 2004 and he ran the Kiss100 Breakbeat Show for three years. He then got DJ work at Radio 1 and he moved to the station in 2006 to host his "Dread at the Controls" show.

Tayo has worked with a number of artists including Acid Rockers, Freq Nasty, Care In The Community, Baobinga, Control Z and Sunz Of Mecha. He has also released a number of tracks for labels such as Skint Records, Fat, Mantra Breaks, Functional Breaks, Bassrock and Passenger as well as engaging in remix work for artists such as Jaydee and Dave Clark.

From 2004 onwards, Tayo has been a resident DJ at many major clubs and venues throughout the UK, including Fabric (club), The End (club) and Ministry of Sound.

Tayo also enjoys giving out "Light fingerings".

Crystal Palace controversy
Tayo is also a part-time Arsenal fan along with his first love of Crystal Palace, he co-hosts "Its Up For Grabs Now - The Arsenal Podcast" with comedians Alan Davies and Ian Stone. He is usually interrupted by Alan and Co and has since moved to the Chelsea podcast with Phil Daniels. This switch not only caused celebration amongst Arsenal's millions of loyal followers but also amongst those Palace fans who believe this to be the end of his cursed spell as a Palacetinian. P Diddy/Daddy/Puff/Sean Combs was quoted as saying: 'Palace now have a future at the top of the english game along with our fellow Wrighty lovers at the Arsenal following the godsend of Chelski taking Tayo from us, I don't mean the Russian mafia killed him, he's just one of their loyal followers now. I can now announce I will finally purchase Crystal Palace Football Club!' Chelsea ruined football, so let's see if Tayo can ruin podcasting.

Releases:

 * Y4K Summer Breaks (CD) DJ Magazine  2002
 * Y4K → Tayo - Next Level Breaks (Dread At The Controls) (2xCD) Distinct'ive Breaks Records  2003
 * Reality Dub (12") Bassrock Records  2006
 * Wildlife Dub / Down Under Dub (12") 777 Records  2006
 * Every Time / Lovers Rock (12") Mantra Breaks, Mantra Vibes  2007
 * FabricLive. 32 (CD) Fabric (London)  2007
 * TAYO meets CTRL Z (12") Mantra Breaks Italy 2007

Remixes:

 * House Nation 219 (12") The Hymn (Tayo's MMM S... DMC 2001
 * Fly Life (Remixes Part 2) (12") Fly Life (Tayo & The U... Atlantic Jaxx 2006
 * Give Love (12") Give Love (Tayo & Care... Functional Breaks 2006
 * Lunacy (12", Promo) Lunacy (Tayo & The Und... EMI Records (UK) 2006

Production:

 * Club Island Summer 2003 (3xCD) Wicked Dub Virgin Records (UK), Virgin Records (UK) 2003

DJ Mixes:

 * Tayo Presents "Planet Of The Breakz" (CD) Dust 2 Dust Records  1999
 * Nu Horizons: The Next Generation of Breaks v03 (CD) StreetBeat Records  2001
 * Y4K: Tayo / Further Still (CD) Distinct'ive Breaks Records  2001
 * Mob Deep Volume 01.Tayo (CD) Mob Records  2003
 * Y4K → Tayo - Next Level Breaks (Dread At The Controls) (2xCD) Distinct'ive Breaks Records  2003
 * Tayo - Beatz & Bobz Volume 3 (CD) Functional Breaks  2004
 * Tayo: These Are The Breaks (CD) DMC  2006

Appears On:

 * Renaissance Presents... Volume Two (2xCD) Fraction Of Friction Renaissance 1998
 * Fraction Of Friction (12") Ultimatum Breaks  1999
 * Ride The Funky (12") Thursday Club Recordings (TCR)  1999
 * Y4K: Tayo / Further Still (2xLP) Distinct'ive Breaks Records  2001
 * Mob Deep Volume 01.Tayo (3xLP) Mob Records  2003
 * Rocker's Delight (12") Fat! Records  2005
 * Breakbeat Bass Vol 2 (CD) Wildlife Dub Passenger 2006

Tracks Appear On:

 * On A Mission (CD) Fire Good (Rennie Pilg... Muve Recordings 2002
 * Ali B Presents Air Breaks (CD, Promo) Reality Dub Air Recordings 2006
 * Ali B Presents... Air (CD) Reality Dub Air Recordings 2006
 * Breakbeat Bass Vol 2 (CD) Wildlife Dub Passenger 2006
 * Breakspoll Presents: Volume 2 (CD) Lovers Rock Super Charged 2006
 * Tayo: These Are The Breaks (CD) Wildlife Dub, Every Ti... DMC 2006
 * Teamplayers (CD, Album) Looking For A Session Passenger 2006
 * Teamplayers EP (CDr, Promo) Looking For A Session Passenger 2006
 * Teamplayers EP (2x12") Looking For A Session Passenger 2006