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How
long have you been DJing?
for about 9 years now.
How
did you get started?just
the usual way. was buying
vinyl for ages and bought
2 decks and a mixer in 1993.
started to play out at illegal
parties wich was a usual way
that times I think. I started
with Hardcore/Gabba and followed
the developement of UK Hardcore
-> Darkcore -> Jungle -> Drum
And Bass but stopped playing
it in 1997 because I was bored
of the more technoid, monotone
sound of those days. I started
playing Garage in 1997. But
was listening to a lot of
House and Garage thru all
the years and going to the
clubs.
Who
was your inspiration/s?
At the beginning Ratty - he
was the best DJ for me in
92/93. Nowadays I'm not inspired
by other DJs. I just develope
my own style, but there are
some DJs I rate highly for
their technical skills or
their perfect musical taste.
What
would you be doing if you
weren't a DJ? I'm
sure that's not possible because
I grow up with the DJ culture
of early Hip Hop (I was fascinated
of 'Beatstreet' because of
the DJ). But I'm studying
Design and Arts - so this
is the second option for me.
What
do you think about the commercialisation
of UK Garage? It
has it good aspects - open
the music for a wider public,
artists earning money to buy
new equipment or concentrating
on producing music instead
of having a boring 9-5 job.
Otherwise there are too much
crap tunes around because
everyone want to make some
bucks. Also a bad side of
commercialisation is that
the so called 'Underground'
will be dark, moody, monotone
only. Once a style is successful
the vocal/uplifting side is
always defamed as the commercial
side of the music. But when
the whole style was undergeround
the uplifting music was what
the people liked and wanted
to dance to. Was the same
with Hardcore in 92/93, there
are a lot of parallels in
history.
What
other sort of music are you
into?
With the rising amount of
good D'n'B tunes - it's growing
on me again. Also there are
a lot of decent R'n'B and
Deep House tunes around.
Any
Residencys? "delicious"
@ Hi Bar, Stuttgart / "sugar
grooves" @ Drifters Club,
Freiburg / Achtbar, Schwäbisch
Gmünd / our own radio show
called "delicious grooves"
on Freies Radio für Stuttgart
97.2 FM / regular guestslots
at a major radio station called
Big FM
Favourite
Club/Venue? sweet
@ Raum 8, Munich - but closed
now
Favourite
Garage Tune of all time? 4
tunes sharing the throne:
Livin' Large - Love Is What
We Need, 24H Experience-Test
Press E.P., Dem 2 - Destiny,
Y-Tribe - Enough Is Enough
.
Favourite
Garage Tune at the moment?
K-Warren feat. Lee-O - U Stress
Me - brilliant!.
Any
advice for up and coming DJs?
Nothing will happen within
in day. Keep the faith and
try to make as many contacts
to the scene as possible.
It's an important part of
beeing a DJ - good mixing
only leads you to nowhere
- but tight mixing and a lot
of good contacts will make
your day.
Any
Shout Outs? my
own crew GAL, Exquisit Promotions,
Alex R.D., Giant Steps, Smash
& Grab, Payin' Clients, Flirt
Canada, ukgarage.de, Doug
Cooper, DJ Fee, DJ Passion,
Grant Nelson (better don't
try to be a bar man at M1
the next time you're playing
out here ;) he,he), U-Turn
Promotions and ukgarageworldwide.com
massive of course
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