I shortened my first name, and stuck "DJ" in front of it when I bought a pair of decks. Not very imaginative, but people know who I am.

I DJ, and will play at your night if you book me ;-)

For one thing, it makes submitting your work to labels potentially many, many times easier, as well as making it easier for the less financially flush among us to get high quality demoes out to labels, managers, etc.

Piracy issues are, in my opinion, only there to protect the Fat-Cats, who already have more money than they know what to do with. Let me know when RIAA et al start looking out for the little guy, and I may change my opinion.

Not keen on that sort of thing...

My music is influenced by, amongst other things, films, literature and my surroundings, whether I'm home in London, or away in Aberdeen.
Other than those, I am influenced by the rest of the Drum & Bass scene. My music may not sound like it, but my favourite producers include the likes of Calibre, Digital, Sonic & Silver and TeeBee, as well as the more obvious names, such as )EIB( [Bad Company UK], Optical, Technical Itch, Konflict, Dylan, Loxy & Ink.

Beyond there, it's a mixture of different sounds and styles: mainly the rock, reggae, soul, blues and pop I grew up with as "wallpaper music."

Probably Madrid, Spain. A magical city that I should visit again before it's too late.

AMD Athlon XP2000+ CPU @ 1.8GHz, 256MB RAM, 40GB Hard drive, Windows 2000, Cubase SX 2.01 with various VSTi's and effects, SoundForge 6.0, ReCycle 2.0, 2 x Citronic PD-1 decks with Stanton SMX-201 mixer, Stella Artois, Marlboro Lights, porn, movies, science fiction and the Internet.