DJ Lubi (Lubi Jovanovic) is one of the UK‘s best known salsa and latin music DJs both at home and abroad. His career spans over 25 years working in all aspects of the business – top class DJ, live music promoter, radio work, record label PR and CD compiler. He began in 1982 spinning Charlie Palmieri and Tito Puente vinyls for jazzdancers in Northern England but by 1986, he was running his first salsa clubnight in Leeds, Club Afro Latina. The early 1990s saw his reputation as a kicking salsa DJ spread UK wide with gigs at clubs and festivals from London and the South right up to Scotland in the North! At the same time as his DJ work, he was instrumental in bringing live latin music to the North of England, both as a promoter and also as a musician.

Lubi is the in demand as a salsa DJ internationally playing clubs, festivals and congresses in Los Angeles, Turkey, Gran Canaria, Spain, Portugual, Serbia, Prague, Holland, Ireland, Denmark, Berlin. He has picked up International DJ and Lifetime Achievement awards at both the Los Angeles and UK Salsa Congresses. Since his first release in 2003, he has become probably the most prolific CD compiler in the salsa world today – 25 titles in 5 years for various labels with total sales exceeding 150,000! He is currently the only European salsa DJ compiling titles for the legendary Fania Records.

Luby is one of the UK salsa pioneers of the early 1980s, he is still in the business today at the top level due to an understanding and ability to always keep moving forwards. Respect the past but never fear change! Whether its playing to 3,000 people at an international salsa Congress or doing a latin mix for BBC Radio 1, his passion and love for salsa and Cuban music is still as strong today as it was 25 years ago when he was dropping descargas and mambos for jazz dancers in a tiny bar in his hometown of Bradford! As the old saying goes, “Que Viva La Musica!”