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DRUM AND BASS DJ/PRODUCER. WATCHED THIS MUSIC GROW SINCE 1990. MY DAD WAS A DRUMMER AND I DONE A BIT MYSELF SO THE BEATS WERE APPEALING. I DIDNT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WAS CALLED THEN. MIX TAPES WERE A RARE THING SO ID TAPE ALL THE CHEESY CROSS OVER STUFF LIKE ALTERN 8 OFF THE RADIO. I GOT MY FIRST SET OF DECKS IN 95, BY THEN I HAD COLLECTED A LOT OF HARDCORE AND JUNGLE WHICH NOW INSPIRES ME WHEN MAKING TUNES. IN 1999 I CAME ACROSS A PIECE OF SOFTWARE FOR THE PLAYSTATION CALLED 'MUSIC' THIS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MY LEARNING OF DRUM MAPS, TRUELY INSPIRING SOFTWARE, OF COURSE THE RESULTS WERE A BIT NAFF BUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF STRUCTURE IT TAUGHT ME WAS INVALUABLE. I GOT A PC IN 2000 BUT NEVER REALLY PUT IT TO USE AS I MOVED COUNTRY AND THE WHOLE MUSIC MAKING THING WAS PUT ON HOLD. I USED TO MESS AROUND ON A DEMO OF FRUITY LOOPS THAT HAD NO SAVE FUNCTION AND ID SAVE LITTLE BEATS ON A CASSETTE LOL, SO I WASNT TAKING THINGS TOO SERIOUSLY UNTIL I GOT A COPY OF REASON 2 IN 04 AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT. REASON IS A GREAT PIECE OF SOFTWARE ASWELL BUT IM OUT GROWING IT NOW TOO, AS MY SKILLS INCREASE I NEED MORE PROFFESIONAL RESULTS AND AS THATS 10 YRS AT IT NOW ITS TIME TO GET REALLY SERIOUS!!!! IVE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO BUT HAVE CAME A LONG WAY, THIS IS A SLOW SLOW PROCESS AND WITH NOW ONE TO SHOW ME HOW ITS DONE IT'LL BE ANOTHER FEW YEARS BEFORE ANYTHING TRUELY RELEASABLE MATERIALISES, SO IVE GOT MY GRIP ON REALITY AND THE EXPERIENCE TO SEE THROUGH MY DREAMS. THE FUTURE LOOKS GOOD :)
Why this name?
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO FIND A NAME SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS STEAL YOURS, IVE HAD SEVERAL GUISE'S BUT THIS ONE HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, SHOULD'NT HAVE SAID THAT..
Do you play live?
pots and pans in the kitchen
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
what ever
Band History:
IN SCOTLAND AS A KID I WOULD PLAY AL MY SISTERS 80'S & ACID HOUSE RECORDS AT HIGH SPEED AND RECORD MYSELF ON A MICRO PHONE, AS EARLY AS THEN I SAW THE APPEAL OF SPEEDED UP DRUMS. FROM 89 THE CHARTS CHANGED , LIVE PA'S LIKE ALTERN8, K KLASS, NJOI, URBAN HYPE, SUBURBAN DELAY, MOBY, ULTRA SONIC ETC WERE ALREADY A "BAND" IF YOU LIKE AND MADE AN EASY TRANSITION INTO THE CHARTS IN 1990, IT WAS THERE FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR!!, IT WAS THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE TIME. ALTHOUGH SCOTLAND WAS AND I FEAR STILL IS THAT LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE SOUTH LOL. A FRIEND IN 93 SUBSCRIBED TO CLUB QUEST BIRMINGHAM AND THATS WHEN I STARTED TO FIND OUT WHOS WHO, WITH FLYERS AND MIX TAPES GALORE (CHEERS ALDER). I ALWAYS DREAMT OF PLAYING MY OWN TUNES OR HEARING SOMEBODY PLAY MY OWN TUNES. DJING WAS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE, I LEARNT AT A MATES HOUSE, (CHEERS KEV) AND THEN BOUGHT THEM OFF HIM FOR MY 16TH BIRTHDAY. I'D LIKE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN NEW AND OLD FLAVOURS. IM NOW "TRYING" TO REPRESENT MY VIBES MY ROOTS, LIKE I SAID IM TRYING, IM PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP AROUND SOMETHING GROUNDBREAKING AND CULTURE CHANGING BUT THAT AINT GONNA MAKE ME A sh*** HOT PRODUCER. IM CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS A DEGREE IN MUSIC TECH, A POSSIBLE SIGNING, AND JUST EXPANDING THE STUDIO
Your influences?
ORIGINAL BREAKBEAT, HARDCORE AND JUNGLE, HIP HOP, SOUL FUNK, DEEP HOUSE, SOME TECHNO.
FORCE MASS MOTION, ANT HILL MOB, ESSENCE OF AURA, GORDON EDGE, THE MEN FROM DEL BOSCA, SHUT UP AND DANCE, SLIPMAT, DJ MAYHEM, KEV BIRD, AWESOME 3, SS , TANGO ,NEXUS, DJ PHANTASY, STU ALAN , LOFT GROOVER, SY, NED RYDER, YOUNG HEAD, COLIN DALE, COLIN FAVOR, MARK E SMITH, MASTERSAFE, FALLOUT, EASYGROOVE, FOOD JUNKY, DR S GACHET, DOC SCOTT, SEDUCTION, VIBES, KROME N TIME, SIMON BASSLINE SMITH, GROOVERIDER, THE PRODIGY, JUMPING JACK FROST , TOPBUZZ, BUKEM , TRACE, 4 HERO, PHOTEK, DOM N ROLAND, A GUY CALLED GERALD, T POWER, GOLDIE, BLAME, DOC SCOTT, DIGITAL, SPIRIT, LOMAX, MARTYN, HEIST, SKITTY, OUTRAGE, COMMIX, VAPOUR, PERPETUUM, JAMAL, SEBA, KRAZY, CLS, REACTIV, BREAK, AMIT, D BRIDGE, BEAT 2, VERSE & SP, HIVE, THE UPBEATS, JONNY L, INFLUX UK, TEEBEE, KLUTE, A SIDES, TECH ITCH, DYLAN, DILLINJA, LOXY, KEATON, BC UK, FRICTION, MAMPI SWIFT, FUTURE PROPHECIES, RONI SIZE, KRUST, DIE, ED RUSH, OPTICAL, THE LYNCH MOB, NWA, METHODMAN ,REDMAN,WU TANG, B.I.G, PUBLIC ENEMY, ODB, BLACK MOON, MOB DEEP, SMITH & WESSON, THE ALKAHOLIKS, GRAVEDIGGAZ, ONYX, THE MEXICANS, NINE, 2 LIVE CRU, SUGER HILL GANG, DE LA SOUL, THE JUNGLE BROTHERS, SOUL TO SOUL, MASTERS AT WORK, DJ SHADOW, KOOL KEITH, KRUSH, BIZZARE INC, COLD CUT, MOBY, 808 STATE, GARY NEWMAN, PRINCE, THE CLASH, ORBITAL, THE JIMMY CASTER BUNCH, JAMES BROWN, COOL AND THE GANG, APHEX TWIN, BASEMENT JAXX, TIMO MASS, CARL COX, CARL CRAIG, FATBOY SLIM, ERM THERE IS MORE BUT THIS IS GETTING SILLY
FORCE MASS MOTION, ANT HILL MOB, ESSENCE OF AURA, GORDON EDGE, THE MEN FROM DEL BOSCA, SHUT UP AND DANCE, SLIPMAT, DJ MAYHEM, KEV BIRD, AWESOME 3, SS , TANGO ,NEXUS, DJ PHANTASY, STU ALAN , LOFT GROOVER, SY, NED RYDER, YOUNG HEAD, COLIN DALE, COLIN FAVOR, MARK E SMITH, MASTERSAFE, FALLOUT, EASYGROOVE, FOOD JUNKY, DR S GACHET, DOC SCOTT, SEDUCTION, VIBES, KROME N TIME, SIMON BASSLINE SMITH, GROOVERIDER, THE PRODIGY, JUMPING JACK FROST , TOPBUZZ, BUKEM , TRACE, 4 HERO, PHOTEK, DOM N ROLAND, A GUY CALLED GERALD, T POWER, GOLDIE, BLAME, DOC SCOTT, DIGITAL, SPIRIT, LOMAX, MARTYN, HEIST, SKITTY, OUTRAGE, COMMIX, VAPOUR, PERPETUUM, JAMAL, SEBA, KRAZY, CLS, REACTIV, BREAK, AMIT, D BRIDGE, BEAT 2, VERSE & SP, HIVE, THE UPBEATS, JONNY L, INFLUX UK, TEEBEE, KLUTE, A SIDES, TECH ITCH, DYLAN, DILLINJA, LOXY, KEATON, BC UK, FRICTION, MAMPI SWIFT, FUTURE PROPHECIES, RONI SIZE, KRUST, DIE, ED RUSH, OPTICAL, THE LYNCH MOB, NWA, METHODMAN ,REDMAN,WU TANG, B.I.G, PUBLIC ENEMY, ODB, BLACK MOON, MOB DEEP, SMITH & WESSON, THE ALKAHOLIKS, GRAVEDIGGAZ, ONYX, THE MEXICANS, NINE, 2 LIVE CRU, SUGER HILL GANG, DE LA SOUL, THE JUNGLE BROTHERS, SOUL TO SOUL, MASTERS AT WORK, DJ SHADOW, KOOL KEITH, KRUSH, BIZZARE INC, COLD CUT, MOBY, 808 STATE, GARY NEWMAN, PRINCE, THE CLASH, ORBITAL, THE JIMMY CASTER BUNCH, JAMES BROWN, COOL AND THE GANG, APHEX TWIN, BASEMENT JAXX, TIMO MASS, CARL COX, CARL CRAIG, FATBOY SLIM, ERM THERE IS MORE BUT THIS IS GETTING SILLY
Equipment used:
PRE 2010 - DODGY OLD 1998 HP CELERON 265MB RAM LOL, WITH REASON 3.0, SOUND FORGE , RECYCLE, LOUD SONY SOUND SYSTEM. 2010 ONWARDS - macbased
Anything else...?
"THE MUSIC DOES'NT HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE HAPPEN TO THE MUSIC" - SPRING HEEL JACK 95
Stay true to yourself, dont follow the sheep, defy convention, FORGET THE HATERS, THE sh*** STIRRERS, THE BROWN NOSERS, THE FAKERS.
Stay true to yourself, dont follow the sheep, defy convention, FORGET THE HATERS, THE sh*** STIRRERS, THE BROWN NOSERS, THE FAKERS.
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