D.O.B. - 29 DECEMBER 1972

STARTED DJING - 1991

MUSIC STYLES – DRUM AND BASS, OLD SKOOL HARDCORE + JUNGLE

HOBBIES – MY CHILDREN, MY WIFE, THE BOYS + LIVERPOOL FC

SELECTION OF CLUBS PLAYED OVER THE YEARS

1. SEQUINS – BLACKPOOL
2. BARRISTERS – PRESTON
3. BOWLERS – MANCHESTER
4. EMPIRE – MORECAMBE
5. MONROES – BLACKBURN
6. UNITED DANCE @ PALACE – BLACKPOOL
7. COOLER – BLACKPOOL
8. GATSBY – PRESTON
9. THE DOME – MORECAMBE
10. CARLTON CLUB – MORECAMBE
11. OZ – BLACKPOOL
12. MAIN ENTRANCE – BLACKPOOL
13. DOPE – LEEDS
14. THE MILL - PRESTON
15. STEALTH – PRESTON
16. INNERACTION – GLOUCESTER
17. CAPE FEAR – EXETER
18. BOUNCY – SHEFFIELD
19. UNITY – MANCHESTER
20. LINEKERS – BLACKPOOL
21. DNA – BLACKPOOL
22. KENNEDYS - BLACKPOOL
23. THE ACADEMY – ISLE OF MAN
24. ELECRO FRESH – ISLE OF MAN

INSIGHT
Started DJing in 1991 playing hardcore, stuff like Insomniac,LFO,Raging Rockers and Urban Shakedown etc getting residency at clubs in my then home of the Isle of Man . Slowly progressing musically and mixing wise I started finding the IOM a pretty bad place to be DJing Jungle techno as it was called back in the day so I decided to move over to England/Blackpool in the summer of 93 to further my career. I was pretty lucky to get work straight away over here playing Jungle at a club in Preston called the Gatsby. While working on those nights I used to have a little go on the mic now and again nothing too serious just having a laugh copying Bassmans and Robbie Dee’s lyrics.
Having been in Blackpool for a few months I hooked up with Barry (Funki-B) and Rikkee as they were running local events/nights playing Hardcore/Jungle. Having spoken to Barry on the phone for the first time and to be honest getting on with him like a house on fire, we started getting in contact a lot more and swapping tune info etc which eventually led to me becoming resident at the Dreamstate nights at Morecambe’s Dome getting to work with the likes of Top Buzz, Nookie, Tango, Donovan Badboy Smith, Grooverider, Mickey Finn and Easy groove to name a few which was exactly why I was over here. We did the Dome for a few weeks and I was mcing regularly now as well as DJing and actually got to MC for Top Buzz on the first night of the Dome for their full hour set which to this day I still feel was one of my career highlights, being on stage with Mickey B and Jason Jay who were hero’s to me back then, was an honour and just plain surreal.
I was now Mcing every week through 94 -97 as a true bonafide original Fever Crew Resident @ Sequins then Barristers and finally the Cooler which all ended up being legendary events in the n/w of England.
During the Barristers era I was back on the decks again playing the hardcore circuit at our own Fever events and nights like Bouncy in Sheff and United Dance etc playing weekly with the likes of Seduction, Vibes, Dougal, also Hixxy and Brisk to whom I’m still friends with today.
During all this time I have always been into Drum + Bass, and Jungle playing at various events around the country like the legendary Bowlers/Life events with Mark XTC,Communication,Cape Fear, Unity ,Caper and Dope in Leeds.
Nowadays I’m playing at various old school events and reunion nights as well as various Drum + Bass events and also appearing on a variety of radio shows including the one I host here on Italian Dance every Friday night @ 8pm.

DISLIKES
• People who don’t give Drum and Bass / Jungle the credit it deserves
• People who slag of MC’s
• Regurgitated dance music with ripped off old skool breaks and a crap unoriginal beat slapped over the top that’s been created through reason or cubase.

BIG UPS
To everybody who I have met and worked with in the rave scene over the past 13 years, everyone who has supported me and my sound over the years, My wife Nicola, my girls Kenz & Izzy - DJ Rikkee - Funki B - MC Kane – MC Panic – MC Impact – Woody – Mitch – Mo Beats - Hixxy & Brisk – Si Smith – XTC – Micky Finn – Ratty – Top Buzz - Melody House record shop – Eastern Bloc – Mum & Dad (rip) x


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