James Hyman

James Hyman is a DJ, radio and TV presenter and Managing Director of Green Bandana and JLH Music, both media/marketing companies with popular culture as their key ingredient.

He worked at MTV from 1988 to 2000, with a focus on Acid House and the subsequent rave culture. His MTV shows featured over 500 interviews with the likes of The Prodigy, Goldie, Moby, David Holmes, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Paul Oakenfold, Aphex Twin, many unknown at the time of interview.

Also at MTV he co-presented Up For It with Eddy Temple-Morris, fronted The Net Minute, and developed the Megamix format with a 20 minute TV Megamix for L'Oeil Du Cyclone, a weekly pop-culture show on Canal+, eventually transferring to MTV Europe in 1998.

From the late 1990s, James presented Frontal and www.personalservices and even presented the Sci-Fi Channel's fifth birthday celebrations. He also produced two series for Play UK: Hey DJ and Joy of Decks as well as producing and presenting Headf**k for the Sci-Fi Channel.

A commentator on pop culture, or ‘pop culturalist' as described by the BBC when he appeared on BBC News 24's review of the day's newspapers, James is literally the voice of some of the past decades' most recognisable brands; from Hit40UK to McDonald's and Playstation.