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DJ Nipper

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About Me


I'm DJ Nipper from Manchester, UK and if you don't know who I am then i will tell you a little about me...

I started DJing in 1983 inspired by my love of Hip Hop an Electro-Funk. In the latter half of the 1980’s, I was one of the pioneers of the Manchester House Music Scene along with Sasha, Laurent Garnier, Justin Robertson, Graeme Park, Mike Pickering, Steve Williams, 808 State DJs, Jon DaSilva and loads more that I could mention.
DJing at many clubs in the North-West including the Man Alive and The Hacienda and then onto DJing at clubs around the UK like Shelley’s, Hackett’s, Shadoo, Konspiracy, Thunderdome, Quadrant Park, Eclipse, Turnmills, Cream, Sterns Rain Dance, Spectrum, Perception, Energy and many more.
I was support DJ for Dance Bands such as…808 State, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Prodigy, N–Joi, Shades Of Rhythm, Dream Frequency, The Shamen, Bassheads, Evolution.
In 1991 I embarked on my recording career first releasing two tracks “Nightmare” and “Devastating Beat Creator” on Warp Records under the pseudonym “Kid Unknown” – the last track was voted number 3 in the All-time Hardcore Chart in Muzik Magazine.
I set up LCD Records in 1998 with my partner and great friend, Ian Bland (Dream Frequency) and released 9 singles including “Sanctuary” and “Do You Believe” as Dejure and “Heaven and Earth” as Red.
Recorded 2 tracks for Fluid Recordings UK: “6 Mile Hike” as DJ Nipper and “The Amulet” as Basilica.
In all I have had to date: six top 75 UK hits. On his 2002 debut Album “Air Drawn Dagger”. DJ Sasha credited me as one of his inspirational figures.
And thats it really...
Oh ! There is one more thing ! It's a question so many people ask me and I'm repeatedly asked.
Why did i not go on to become a big named DJ like my friends Sasha, Laurent Garnier etc and i simply disappeared ?
Answer :
"To answer it truthfully and honestly...
All of the following put me in an unstable mental state (my head got fried)...Too many drugs and I suffer from depression and the drugs didn't help and only made the depression worse and I was young and silly and I thought I knew everything and I thought I was invincible and bad luck and the wrong people around me and I made silly mistakes. There is nobody else to blame but me and now I'm older I can see how naive, stupid and immature I was but...I have no regrets !"
I'm now living and working in Hong Kong and Ive been here for the past 4 years after I left England due to the fact I was made bankrupt. Before Hong Kong I spent a very crazy year traveling around China on my own.
I'm still doing what is my passion in life..."My DJin & Music"...and even though it's been difficult at times I still hope to get back on the international DJ circuit again and fulfill my dream.
If you are still with me and not fallen asleep.
Thank you for reading !
Take it Ez
DJ NiPPER

My Interests

Respect To...My Mum. My Gift From God : Rozeena Karim. My Son : Conor...... Aldo Marin, Arthur Baker, John Robie, Shep Pettibone, Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy Records, DJ Cash Money, DJ Cheese, DJ QBert, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Kentaro, DJ Toadman, DJ D Styles, DJ Craze, DJ Netik, GrandMaster Flash, Jam Master Jay, Rick Rubin, Schooly D, Mantronik, Kool DJ Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Sugarhill Records, Rock Steady Crew, New York City Breakers, Kraftwerk, GrandWizzard Theodore, GrandMixer DST, Grandmaster Caz, Original DJ Jazzy Jay, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Pogo, DJ Premier, DJ Roc Raider, DJ Noise, DJ Joe Rodriguez (DMC Final 1987), Mixmaster Mike, The Beastie Boys, DJ Shadow, Wildstyle, Man Parrish, John Peel, A Certain Ratio, Tony Wilson, Eric Powell, DJ Sasha, DJ Steve Williams, DJ Jon DaSilva, Mike Pickering, Justin Robertson, DJ Carl Cox, DJ Hype, John Berry, Eastern Bloc Records, Spin Inn Records, Warp Records, Ian Bland, Laurent Garnier, Hacienda, Man Alive, DJ Warren Le Sueur, Hacketts, Shelleys, Quadrant Park, John Kelly, Steve Parry, DJ Vertigo, DJ Welly, 3Beat Records, DJ Cut Killer, Planet Patrol, Jonzun Crew, Mantronix, Newcleus, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Todd Terry, Mike Shaft, Stu Allen, Marshall Jefferson, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Kevin Saunderson, Adonis, Run DMC, Larry Heard, Trax Records, Marvin Gaye, Anita Baker, Anglo Saxon Brown, Barry White, Jacques Fred Petrus, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, James Brown, Bob James, Frank Sinatra, Sister Sledge, Grover Washington, Jr., Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Al Johnson, Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, The Stylistics, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Stevie Wonder, Leroy Hudson, Little Anthony And The Imperials, George Best, Maradona, Manchester United, Michael Jordan, Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Alex Jones, George Orwell, Dylan Avery, etc...etc...etc...and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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Music:

Soul & Funk, Northern Soul, Electro Funk, Hip Hop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Turntablism and most genres of Dance Music

Movies:

Once Upon A Time In America, Scarface, Aliens, The Firm, Football Factory, Wait Until Dark, The Descent, Repulsion, Night Of The Hunter, It's A Wonderful Life, Beat Street, Wildstyle, Scratch, Breakdance, Style Wars, Beat This A Hip Hop History, History Of Violence, Quadrophenia, The Haunting, Donnie Darko, The Great Escape, To Kill A Mockingbird, Devils Advocates, Halloween, Shooters (2001), Blood Simple, Withnail And I, City Of God, Terminator, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Black Christmas, Apocalypse Now, Unforgiven, Irreversible, The Wild Bunch, Reservoir Dogs, La Haine, Life Of Brian, Raging Bull, The Straight Story, 28 Days Later, Blue Velvet, Akira, Toy Story, Ghost In The Shell.

Television:

Match Of The Day, Spaced, Shameless, Early Doors, Little Britain. Don't really watch much TV out here in Hong Kong ! It's all on DVDs.

Books:



Beano, Dandy & The Catcher in the Rye...