RIDGE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE TOXTETH AREA OF LIVERPOOL WHICH IS RENOWNED FOR ITS CULTURAL DIVERSITY.FORM AN EARLY AGE RIDGE GREW A PASSION FOR MUSIC THIS ENCOURAGED HIM TO GET INVOLVED IN BREAKDANCING AMIDST THE BOOM OF HIP HOP CULTURE IN THE LATE 80S. FROM BREAKDANCING IN HIS EARLY TEENS RIDGE BECAME A MEMBER OF A RAP CREW NAMED Y.A.U (YOUNG & UNCUT) BECOMING ONE OF 4 MCS ALONG WITH 1 DJ JAY-C.Y.A.US TALENT WAS SOON NOTICED LEADING TO APPEARANCES WHERE THEY SHOWCASED THEIR TALENT ALL OVER LIVERPOOL AND THE NOTHWEST & PARTS OF LONDON. FROM THIS RIDGE WAS SINGLED OUT TO PERFORM ON TIM WESTWOODS LEGENDARY MIX MASTERS WEEKEND RAP SHOW ON RADIO1 WITH DJ OLABEAN,D-FRESH,SPYKATCHA & IKANE AS WELL AS ON CHOICE F.M. ALONGSIDE LIVERPOOLS PIONEER RAP DUO F.I.C. (FIRST IN COMMAND). DOING THIS SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HIS TALENT QUICKLY ENABLING HIM TO PERFORM AT EVENTS SUCH AS BOUCE & PLAYERS BALL WHICH WERE BOTH LEGENDARY AND PIONEERING EVENTS IN THE NORTH WESTS URBAN MUSIC SCENE. RIDGE OFTEN USED TO COLLABORATE WITH LIVERPOOLS DJ OUTFIT LYRICAL COMPACT & MC FOR THEM DURING THEIR SETS UP & DOWN THE COUNTRY.DURING THIS PERIOD A RADIO CARRER WAS SPAWNED ON VARIOUS STATIONS SUCH SHAKA FM,SLICK FM,IUK,TT FM (TALKING TOXTETH) & MOST RECENTLY JUICE FM 107.6. ALONG WITH JAY-C & TWO OTHER MCS NAMED FLY & C-ZERO A COLLECTIVE WAS FORMED NAMED THE BMW CREW A.K.A. (BERKLEYS MOST WANTED) AND IN TIME BEGAN TO HOST THEIR OWN SHOWS ON THE STATIONS.AFTER BEING SO INGRAINED IN THE SCENE FOR OVER A DECADE AS AN MC AND RADIO DJ, 5 YEARS AGO RIDGE MADE A DECISION TO TAKE HIS SKILSS ON ROAD AND WORK THE CLUB CIRCUIT.HIS FIRST GIG WAS THE INFAMOUS LIVERPOOL SHOW IN WAVERTREE PARK PLAYING TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AFTER THAT THINS STARTED MOVING QUICKLY GAINING HIS OWN SATURDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY @KIRKLANDS CALLED NICENESS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST REGARDED SOUL & RNB VENUES IN THE NOTHWEST AREA OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. WHIST CARRYING OUT HIS RESIDENCY RIDGE WAS SNAPPED AT OTHER NIGHTS LIKE THE LEGENDARY HOTSPOT @CLUB ARENA ALONGSIDE SPYKATCHA & DJ OLABEAN. THIS WAS THE START OF A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE RNB & HIP HOP SCENE IN LIVERPOOL AS RIDGE WENT ON TO HELP CREATE ANOTHER HOT NIGHT IN THE CITY . THIS WAS URBAN FLAVAS ALONGSIDE DJ SILK @CLUB ONE 4.RIDGES STYLE OF MUSIC ENCOPASSES ASPECTS OF HIP HOP,RNB & DANCEHALL BUT HE ALSO LIKES TO APPEAL TO THE OLD SKOOL SOUL FOLLOWERS. ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO HE WAS TAKEN UNDER THE WINGS OF EAST WEST/WARNER RECORDS STREET TEAM & BECAME A CO-ORDINATOR FOR THE MERSEYSIDE REGION. THUS BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE M.V.P. SQUAD MADE UP OF DJS AROUND THE COUNTRY FROM LIVERPOOL THROUGH TO THE MIDLANDS & LONDON. WITH SUCH A LOVE FOR THE MUSIC AND DEDICATED WORK ETHICS HE AWS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO PROMOTE & DJ AT NUMEROUS ALBUM LAUNCH PARTIES FOR ARTISTS LIKE MISSY ELLIOTT,SEAN PAUL,WAYNE WONDER,BRANDY,LILKIM & TWISTA TO NAME A FEW. HE IS NOW WORKING WITH DJ OLABEAN & PL ON THE TOP NOTCH SHOW ON 107.6 JUICE F.M IN LIVERPOOL. RIDGE HAS ALSO INTERVIEWED ARTISTS SUCH AS FABOLOUS,MS. DYNAMITE,LILJON,BEVERLEY KNIGHT,TONY YAYO & DWELE TO NAME A FEW. DURING HIS HECTIC SCHEDULE RIDGE ALSO FINDS TIME TO RUNS DJ WORKSHOPS @LOCAL YOUTH CLUBS AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS.RIDGE IS SOON TO BE HOSTING HIS OWN DRIVETIME SHOW ON WHAT WILL BE THE CITYS ONLY URBAN RADIO STATION OF ITS KIND. HE WILL BE JOINED BY A CO HOST AT TIMES WHO WILL BE DJ ZEKE WHO IS RENOWNED FOR TEARING DOWN ANY DANCE.FOR INFO & BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT [email protected] OR CHECK OUT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DJRIDGE Get Your Own! |
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