Cockney Avengers

After a good few visits to Ibiza in the 90s 00’s Coley decided to have a go at this "music making lark" Within one year he had earned enough kudos with his ideas to grab the attention of house music producer Damon Hatcher. In one afternoon back in 2004 they both sat down and wrote and produced "People and the Sound", a pounding funky house track featuring the vocals of Coleys fellow radio presenter Niambi.In just a few short weeks the tune was picked up by Matt Collins of house music giant Hed Kandi and played on London’s Smooth FM as well as in some of the clubs in Ibiza.Coley was already making waves as a radio jock, presenting both breakfast and drive time shows on commercial radio. It was during his time at the radio and late after a show one night that Coley was working on another house track. Frustrated by how it was turning out he wrote what he describes at the time as "throw away lyrics" to "rap" over the top. He called the song "avin a larf" and left it at that, a pure tongue in cheek song. A short time after that the song was picked up by London Music and Business guru Ray Santilli.By now it was the summer of 2004 and it all started go a bit mad with Ray talking of launching Coley in a big way. Ray had been responsible in the early 80's for people like Annie Lennox, Boy George, Hot Chocolate and Musical Youth to name but a few. However, a forced rush job in the production of the release along with a gaff by the pressing plant threw a spanner in the works of Rays plans. "If things had got off the ground earlier and certain errors had not been made, things might have been different back then" says Coley. Undeterred, Coley decided to continue writing music that was a bit different to the club genre and decided to shout up a few of his mates who were game for a laugh."I gave Sam Smooth the nod after hearing some of his mixes. I knew him from back in the mid 90's when we both worked for a two bob courier firm."Sam Smooth had worked with major house act Three Amigos and in turn Welsh legend Tom Jones. "I’m surprised he has never been given the big stage more often, as a DJ and producer the geezer’s got a shed load of skill and most importantly, a passion for the music” enthuses Coley.Next to join ranks was the London born Reggie. Reggie had already impressed the team with his outrageous ability to seemingly write full songs upon request. The boys turned to him to begin work on a song about middle management.Reggie and Coley penned "Get a life" in no time at all. It was then that they decided they would need a blinding singer to give the tune the lift right where it was needed.Enter "Kaybee" a singer songwriter with some serious club land clout behind him. Kaybee started out back in the late 80s as the lead singer in a reggae band before moving into the growing House scene. It wasn’t long before his vocal talents got him noticed by some of the bigger names in the industry and that in turn led him on to work with a variety of artists on independent record labels such as Cue Records, Vibe Alive, Big Giant Music and Karma Girraffe. Having worked with Sam Smooth already as duo ‘Kaybee & Smooth’, the two have already had club-chart status with some of their Club tracks and Kaybee has performed live vocal sets in many ‘West End’ nightclubs. With a skill for melodies and writing great hooks his vocal sound gives a nod to the Soul undertones that underpin some of the Cockney Avenger tracks!2009 looks set to be a busy year for the guys as they press on and try to finish more projects at Sam Smooth towers, stay tuned!