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Madcap

madcap1980

About Me

/Madcap started DJing 15 years ago when he was 11 years old, mixing up house & breakbeat - more generally referred to as ‘Old Skool Rave’ nowadays. Playing out at friends house parties, local sports halls and clubs over the coming years started his confidence on the decks and also gave Madcap reason to start producing demo mixes to give out.Being so young was a stumbling block but this changed when securing a job at local record shop Buzz Records, which was associated with DJ Pulse and the influential Creative Wax label. Meeting with punters and promoters alike, Madcap soon found himself being booked up & down the UK for sets.At the end of 1994 Madcap started putting on events in Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire (because there wasn’t much on offer for the younger generation at the time in this area) featuring local DJs & MCs. This was a good experience because it gained a following for him as well as the events themselves. Madcap went on to promote events under the names Intensity 96-2001 (later alongside Wilsh), Elevate 2000-2002, Essence 2002 (alongside Wilsh) and Storm 2003-2004. All the events were about good vibes and good music along with pushing DJs in the local area.Madcap grew up listening to DJ’s such as Hype, Ratty, Sy, Slipmatt, Carl Cox & LTJ Bukem, with more recent influences like Marky & Craze.One particular highlight of Madcaps’ DJing career so far was winning the Movement / Technics DJ Competition in 2002, as featured in DJ Magazine. The prize was a main room set at Movements’ weekly event at Bar Rumba, London - along with 2 Technic Decks & Mixer. Other notable features on Madcap is his appearance in IDJ Magazine January 2004, winning "Mix Tape of the Month" and also coming 4th place in the Gemini DJ Competition at The Plaza Awards, Earls Court in 2003.In the last couple of years Madcap has been very busy in the studio and just recently hooked up with old mate DJ Pulse to work on remixes of Stay Calm (Moving Shadow) & Silent Voices (Creative Wax) as well as some new projects. He also continues to work regularly with Andy Skopes (Jerona Fruits/Inperspective Records) & Wilsh (Inperspective Records/Technicality). Releases so far include ‘These Sounds’ out now on Renegade Recordings (New Horizons LP) & ‘Hear Dis’ out now on Immerse Recordings. He has also signed up to Nookie’s Strictly Digital record label. His track ’My Soul’ Feat. Miss Trouble came out on Atmosphere Vol.2 in March this year. Other projects for ’07 include plans for Nookie to remix the track & later release it on Phuzion Records along with the original. Releases in the pipeline include tracks on Jerona Fruits (London), Side Chain Music (Germany), Utopia Music (Bristol) & Exegene (London). He also features in the ‘orange issue’ of Knowledge magazine, in the Essence of Chi article (July Issue).For the last 3 years Madcap held down a monthly residency at Uncertified in Aylesbury, Bucks which took place on the first Thursday of every month. He has also had the pleasure of playing at events such as Movement, Desire, Essence of Chi, London ZU, Switch (MoS), Drive By, Technicality, Moondance, Drum Club, Overload, Epidemik, Bar Knowledge, Helter Skelter, Evolution & KineticMadcap can be booked for the following styles: Drum & Bass / Jungle, Old Skool 89-Present, Breaks, House & even old Funk.All of this brings us to the present time with Madcap, getting regular bookings and pushing himself to the fullest of his abilities.Places in Europe: Lisbon, Portugal - 2001 Sadari, Corfu - 1995Radio play includes: www.ministryofsound.com/radio www.lifefm.co.uk www.jungletrain.net www.pfradio.com www.ukrumble.com www.tectonicradio.com Drive By Radio, Vibe 101Fm, Bristol, Kool FM, London, Ruud Awakening FM, London, Vybe FM 99.5, London, Storm FM, Bucks AreaBooking Info: Alternately please contact Keria at: http://www.eocartists.co.uk/madcap.html or Nookie at: http://www.strictly-digital.com/music/artist.asp?ID=213www.m usicv2.com/artist/madcapFor Bookings please get in touch via here or visit http://www.eocartists.co.uk/ or http://www.strictly-digital.com/

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Member Since: 12/5/2006
Band Members: Me Myself & I. Also work fairly regularly with Wilsh & Andy Skopes
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Record Label: Renegade Recordings, Immerse & Strictly Digital
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

IChi Ryu part 4: MADCAP > Sunday 27th of April 8pm

Sunday 27th of AprilPart       4 of:IChi RyuHosted by Silvahfonk (NL) Tonight  our co host::DJ MADCAP(Renegade / Jerona Fruits / Utopia Music)http://www.myspace.com/madcap1980 &n...
Posted by Madcap on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:20:00 PST

[MIX] Wilsh b2b Madcap - Jungletrain 30-03-08 ARCHIVE

Here is the archive from our new show Ichi Ryu on Jungletrain.net. We did 3 tunes each, with Wilsh starting the proceedings. Direct D/L : www.musicv2.com/direct.php?id=46141Sunday 30th of MarchSessio...
Posted by Madcap on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:06:00 PST

IChi - Ryu Radio new show for Madcap, Wilsh & Silvahfonk

Were delighted to present A new bi weekly Sunday edition From 10pm-12am GMT IChi - Ryu, a river flowing through time We’ll be giving you a rich pallet of diverse styles Offering you only t...
Posted by Madcap on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:30:00 PST

Madcap - Feb08 D&B Mix uploaded from Jungletrain

download here This mix went out on www.jungletrain.net Tuesday 19th Feb '08 hosted by Fre4knc 01. Madcap 'Red October' Dub 02. Naibu 'It Took A Long Time' Creative Source 03. Furney 'J...
Posted by Madcap on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:11:00 PST

Madcap in Knowledge Magazine

Check the December '07 (Silver issue) of Knowledge magazine for a half page Q&A with myself Madcap....big up Colin & all at Knowledge ...
Posted by Madcap on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:41:00 PST

DOGS ON ACID Unsigned Mix - Nov 07 (PAUL RESET)

A few words from Paul Reset... It's finally done! Many many many thanks to everyone who submitted a track - around 300 were submitted in total and unfortunately some great stuff didn't make the mix, n...
Posted by Madcap on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:34:00 PST

Madcap & Miss Trouble DnB Mix Vol.2

Madcap & Miss Trouble DnB Mix Vol.2 (Recorded Live 22-08-07) http://www.musicv2.com/download_cue.php?id=36614 01. Madcap & Ascension 'Tribal Connection' (Unsigned Dub) 02. Loxy & Matt-U ...
Posted by Madcap on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:50:00 PST

Madcap in Knowledge Mag Orange issue

Check my mugshot in Knowledge Magazine in the Essence Of Chi article........& on the contents page....
Posted by Madcap on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:51:00 PST

Madcap - Subject / L-Plus feat. MC Coppa - Poppin ( Sidechain-Music 005 )

Five is a furious number in terms of the freshest Sidechain Music Release. Oxford located Madcap serves sublime but stealthy steppin' drumfunk while Slovakian L-Plus and UK born MC Coppa team up to s...
Posted by Madcap on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:34:00 PST

Fabio plays Skunk Funk on Radio 1

Fabio played Skunk Funk on Radio 1 on his & Groove's show on 07-07-07.... Big big shout to Fabio, Thanks for the support mate.
Posted by Madcap on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:49:00 PST