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BASS: DJ Roger Sanchez to make big screen debut in ‘Johnny Postal’

Today’s theme of hyphenated artist continues, as globe trotting House music DJ/producer Roger Sanchez adds ‘actor’ to his resume this fall. The New York-based Sanchez is reportedly slated to make his big screen debut as a "drug-dealing bad-ass pimp" in Universal Studio’s upcoming flick Johnny Postal.

Director Frank Calo is helming the project, which also has adorable actress Natalie Portman reading for the part of a troubled hooker, according to the NY Post.

Sanchez, who founded Narcotic Records in the ‘90s that delivered eclectic club tracks from artists like Ashley Beedle, Deep Dish and DJ Disciple, won’t get much rest before hitting the Johnny Postal set. He’s scheduled to spin at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary, and the Creamsfield Festival in Liverpool, UK in August alone.

"To me, spinning records can be just as creative as producing and remixing," says Sanchez, who won a Grammy Award for his remixing. "A great DJ can take a record and give it an entirely new sound or vibe, by the way they deal with the beats or chord progressions."

Sanchez recently released a full length album Come With Me with record label Stealth/Ultra, and says his next album will be Release Yourself Vol. 5. New Yorkers can catch him at Crobar, where he has a bi-monthly residence.

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