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Shack Music figurehead, UK’s deep dance connoisseur Soy Mustafa started his DJ career at an intimate night spot in North London back in 1997. Born of Turkish parents in Tottenham, North London Soy grew up immersed in the sounds of Turkish folklore and his exposure to in a multi racial neighbourhood gave him a different taste in music from roots dancehall and reggae to a newer scene at the time which was jungle and hardcore.town. The street sounds at the time growing up were early Jungle and Hardcore, as well as his growing influences in Rap and Hip Hop from the likes of Naughty By Nature and Public Enemy. As time progressed music of a different nature was blowing up on London's streets and airwaves, taking musical elements from the dubs in U.S Garage, but speeded up to the bumpier preference in London. In 1998 Soy began playing on the underground station that was London's Y2K which was dominated with 2 Step UK Garage. "I had the only House music slot on the station on Friday nights between 2-4am in the morning!" The graveyard slot proved to be inspirational as clubbers that often travelled back home tuned in. "Sometimes I did the whole 4-6 hour set thing just for the buzz form the usual 2 hour slot, because I was the last DJ scheduled it didn't matter." After 13 months being on the station, Soy moved across in 1999 to London’s only underground eclectic dance music station Touch fm. This proved to be a stepping-stone, which helped him, network with like-minded DJ's. A regular on the party scene, musically Soy has progressed and describes his sets as "cutting edge electronic soul music" and "always try to incorporate the full spectrum within a set."Fast forward to 2004 Soy now as label head saw the launch of his record label Shack Music, creating a niche for itself in quality underground dance music and finding support the world over! Soy’s reputation as a purveyor of quality dance music has transcended into his love of producing forming the new “Kemistry†act whose sonic sounds range from deep house to underground electronic dance with his DJ sets that flow seamless between soul drenched house to deep raw electronica!