Jackmaster Artist Bio

Jackmaster was Scottish DJ and producer Jack Revill (born 11 January 1986; died 12 October 2024) from Glasgow remembered as co-founder of the record label and club night Numbers as well as Wireblock, Dress 2 Sweat, Point.One Recordings, Seldom Felt and TDSR. He was one of a few examples of a DJ known primarily as a DJ (rather than a producer), alongside Hessle Audio’s Ben UFO and Rinse FM’s Oneman.

In December 2014, Revill was voted ‘Best DJ’ in the DJ Magazine Best of British Awards[8] as well as coming 11th in Resident Advisor’s prestigious ‘Top 100 DJs of 2014’ poll, a poll where he came 5th and 2nd in the following years.

His Numbers label housed producers such as Deadboy, Redinho, Jamie xx, Untold & Roska, SBTRKT, Lazer Sword.

He held residencies in his native Glasgow and at London’s FABRIC, as well as parties around the globe – from Barcelona and Paris to Tokyo.

In November 2016 Revill was awarded the SSE Scottish Music Awards Sub Club Electronic Music Award. Making him the first winner of the new category within the historic and prestigious Scottish Music Awards.

In April 2017 Revill was awarded the Tennents Golden Can Award for Contributions to Scottish Culture. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.