A BUDDING Gwent DJ was named Producer of The Year at a recent awards ceremony.

Joshua Kinsella, 18, of Penhow, was presented with the Access to Music Awards accolade by Radio One DJ Edith Bowman at the Birmingham O2 Academy on December 1.

The youngster, who has previously produced tracks for Fat Boy Slim’s record label, was nominated for the award by his tutors at ATM College, Bristol, where he is studying to be a creative music producer.

He said: “I did not expect it to be honest, it was a bit of shock.”

The dubstep and drum and bass DJ is now concentrating his efforts on developing his own music label Fully Blow Records with high hopes for a career in the industry in the future.