The name evolved when i was a slack-faced tween.

Chev=Cheven=Stephen, filtered through a toddler with a speech impediment. It's a nickname used by people i like.

Happy= Refers to the fact that i was not the happiest looking kid in school. A nickname used by people i didn't like (those people are now either pleasant or widely acknowledged as twunks)

Currently getting a show together. Dates will be posted as soon as i can work out how to play live.

Rather a lot. It renders the notion of paying £19.99 for an cd album absurd in most cases, but has had a healthy impact on overall music sales. It's nice that anyone can now be heard, but it does mean that everyone has to raise their own standards for what 'good' music sounds like. This is v. healthy and seems to force a lot of newer artists to try harder.

Yes, if it was a sound contract. They still provide the most exposure, and you can usually do independent stuff while signed.

timeline:
1985- born
1990- get atari st, am wowed by music
1991- buy first cassette, nirvana's 'nevermind'
1993- get sega megadrive, am wowed by music
1994- buy first cd, 'the best album in the world ever', subsequently discover chemical brothers, underworld, prodigy
1995- get pc, am not wowed by music, vow to rectify situation
1996- start making music on pc using the most primitive software in the world
1997- first hear aphex, squarepusher
2001- first hear venetian snares and bogdan raczynski
2002- acquire battered laptop, make more music
2003/4- set up this site (form filled out over new years day)

Currently listening to stuff on Warp, Rephlex, Planet-Mu, Tigerbeat6, Ipecac, Micromusic, Micro Music, 333, Violent Turd and Breakin' Records.

1. Home, 2. Glastonbury, 3. Wherever friends are, 4. Wherever music is, 5. Wherever food is

Battered Laptop, software, VSTis

Currently recording a track for a satan-themed compilation on Spunktronics...