FIREISLAND UK
UK URBAN MUSIC..........................................
FIRE-ISLAND UK A LABEL CREATED BY NEILL HAYLER IN 1991 AND WAS FIRST USED AS A TAG FOR MARKETING HIS ACID HOUSE DJ MIX SESSIONS THAT SOLD IN THE MARKETS AND BOOT SALES ACROSS THE EAST OF ENGLAND
.ALONG SIDE DJ-ING LOCAL UNDERGROUND RAVE NIGHTS AND RESIDENT AT THE CRYPT IN HASTINGS AND ELLAZ JAZZ CAFE ASHFORD, NEILL STARTED WRITING GRIMEY ACID VIBES USING THE EARLY DJ TRACKERS SOFTWARE THAT RAN ON COMMODORE AMIGA A1200 COMPUTERS AND LATER HOOKED UP WITH KEYBOARD AND VOCAL TALENT OF KEV B AKA M.O.B TOGETHER PRODUCED EARLY FORMS OF UNDERGROUND UK HIP HOUSE.
AFTER BEING APROACHED BY PAT KEANE WORKED WITH BANDS ..KNIGHTS OF THE AIR WAVES AND DJ SHAWN P AKA TWISTED LOGICS BAND SHADES OF A NATION
NEILL THEN PLAYED AROUND THE LOCAL PUBS AND CLUBS FOR TWO YEARS LIVING ON WARM CIDER DRIED PEANUTS AND OTHER BAR SNACKS,
HE THEN LEFT THE LIVE MUSIC WORLD TO FOCUS ON A TRADE IN ELECTRONICS AND TO PURSUE HIS OTHER PASSION OF KITE SURFING BUT ALWAYS FINDING TIME TO WRITE MUSIC ON HIS HUMBLE LITTLE SET UP IN AN ATTIC SOMEWHERE ON THE EAST COAST OF ENGLAND......
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
NEILL H. AND A HANDFUL OF FRIENDS WHO HELP OUT IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING PROVIDING SOUND LIBRARIES AND OPINIONS TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM ALSO THERE SOLO WORK AND COLLABERATIONS WITH NEILL WILL BE FEATURED ON THE MUSIC PLAYER FROM TIME TO TIME .......KEV B AKA M.O.B .... SHAWN P AKA TWISTED LOGIC..... ANDY I AKA HIM AND HER WHO TAKES CARE OF PROMOTIONS ON MYSPACE FOR ME/US ...THANKS =D
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST AND-DROID:) ....
WHAT THEY SAY ANOUT FIREISLANDUK
its just the way I'm" is one the most melodic tunes I have heard on myspace for sometime.. Its a beautiful piece.. Mick Chillage(Mick Chillage is one half of XFM (Dublin) DJing duo the Village idiots)
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
NOT YET, MAYBE LATER ON THOUGH
Your musical influences
I HAVE MANY INFLUENCES FROM MANY GENRES BUT MOSTLY HIP-HOP(BREAKDANCE)
What equipment do you use?
REASON 3.0 & A KEYBOARD
Anything else?
SURFER GIRL ::FIRE ISLAND REMIX REACHED 95000 PLAYS IN A FEW MONTHS AND HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN OFF THE FABS MUSIC PLAYER BUT IT CAN STILL BE DOWNLOADED FOR UNDER 1 POUND WOW BARGAIN LOL GO TO FABS PAGE AND CLICK ON THE MP3 DOWNLOAD SITE LINKS ..ITUNES YAHOO MUSIC E.C.T MANY THANKS TO FABS AND THE BAND FOR HOSTING MY REMIX AND TO THOSE THAT WENT THERE TO LISTEN ...
