Kutski

John Walker (born on 4 February 1982) known by his stage name, Kutski is a British radio DJ, from Chester, England. He presented various shows for BBC Radio 1, playing a variety of hard dance music, including breakbeat, electro, hard trance, hardcore and hardstyle. Kutski now produces and hosts a weekly podcast, "Keeping the Rave Alive", which plays music similar to that heard on his BBC Radio 1 shows.

His residencies have included Tasty in London, Ripsnorter in Bristol, and Elevate in Bangor.

In 2005 Kutski joined BBC Radio 1 to host, by rotation, a slot of The Residency, a Pete Tong led initiative to champion different forms of dance music. Of the six DJs hosting, Kutski was selected in order to champion underground hard dance/hardcore.

His tune "Closer To God", released on X-Cite, was reviewed positively and supported by Anne Savage, Lisa Lashes and The Tidy Boys. Kutski has won a number of awards including being voted as the UK's no 1 Hard Dance DJ in a 2010 DJ Mag poll.

In 2018, along with Kit Hype, Kutski released the single "Fly To The Stars" on the Foolish label. Critic Andy Whitby, of Mixmag, gave the track an 8* review calling it "angry hardstyle power and utter cheddar".