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POINTBLANK RECORDS....FRIENDS....FAMILY....ARTISTS....PAST & PRESENT....POINTBLANK RECORDS
DJ'ing WAS HOW I CAME TO WORK IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY STARTING WAY BACK IN 1989 DURING THE WAREHOUSE RAVE SCENE THAT WAS WHEN I FIRST STARTED BUYING DANCE RECORDS & WAS A REGULAR LISTENER TO SOME OF THE BIG LONDON PIRATE RADIO STATIONS OF THE TIME SUCH PHANTASY FM , CENTREFORCE ( which is now back on air ) & SUNRISE.IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1991 / 1992 WHEN THE HARDCORE SCENE HAD FULLY EMERGED THAT I TOOK THIS A STEP FURTHER AND STARTED TO PLAY ON A PIRATE RADIO STATION MYSELF CALLED DREAM FM WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS RUDE FM ( big up recki ) I WAS THEN ASKED TO JOIN WEEKEND RUSH 92.3 FM.(big up colin *DICA* wherever you may be)IT WAS HERE THAT I MET DAVE SEAL ( R.I.P ) AND BECAME INVOLVED IN ONE OF THE EARLIEST HARDCORE RECORD LABELS GOLDSEAL. I HELPED TO RUN THE LABEL AND PRODUCED A FEW TRACKS UNDER THE NAME OF Dj LyNx. I PROGRESSED THROUGH THE EVER CHANGING LONDON UNDERGROUND SOUND PLAYING HARDCORE,JUNGLE THEN DRUM n BASS & FOUND A FOOTHOLD WITHIN THE UK GARAGE SCENE AND HAD A FEW RADIO SHOWS ON VARIOUS GARAGE STATIONS . I CONTINUE TO HAVE STRONG LINKS WITH SOME LONDON PIRATE STATIONS & STILL THINK TO THIS DAY THAT PIRATE RADIO HAS A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THE VARIED LONDON UNDERGROUND DANCE SCENE WITH ALL ITS MUSICAL STYLES. SO BIG RESPECTS TO ALL LONDON PIRATE STATIONS / THE DJs & MCs BOTH PAST AND PRESENT WITHOUT WHOM THERE MAY HAVE NEVER BEEN AN OUTLET OR AUDIENCE FOR OUR MUSIC...!!
I STARTED POINTBLANK RECORDS AS A SORT OF PERSONAL PROJECT IN 1999 TO PROMOTE A PARTICULAR STYLE OF UK GARAGE CALLED 4X4 WHICH I LIKED AND WHICH WAS KINDA NEGLECTED WHEN 2 STEP GARAGE REALLY TOOK HOLD, I ALSO WANTED TO SHOWCASE NEW TALENT AND RELEASE TRACKS FROM SOME OF MY FAVOURITE ARTISTS. I WAS WORKING AT MILLENNIUM DISTRIBUTION LTD / RED ROSE RECORDINGS ( AN UNDERGROUND DANCE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY WITH MANY IN HOUSE LABELS ) IN THE A+R DEPARTMENT AT GROUND LEVEL WHERE I PLAYED A KEY ROLE WITHIN A SMALL TEAM WORKING SUCCESFULLY & GAINING 3 TOP TWENTY CHART HITS FOR REDROSE RECORDINGS WITH DJ LUCK & MC NEAT WHILST HELPING TO CONVINCE THE GUVNOR TO KEEP REDROSE FULLY INDEPENDENT & NOT SELL OUT TO ANY OF THE MAJORS THAT WERE SNIFFING AROUND " A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK ".......... THIS WAS AND STILL IS NOW PRETTY UNHEARD OF ESPECIALLY WHEN LARGE SUMS OF MONEY ARE INVOLVED................. I SIGNED KARTIK " THE WAY WE FREAK " GEM / ONE TRIBE " WHAT HAVE YOU DONE " AND BIZZI'S PARTY FOR REDROSE RECORDINGS AND FOUNDED THE HARRY LIME LABEL AMONGST MANY OTHERS.....I ALSO WORKED ON THE UNIT 5 RECORDS RELEASE BY EDCASE AND SHELLY NELSON " SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES " WHICH CHARTED IN THE TOP 30 & STILL REMAINS A GARAGE CLASSIC TO THIS DAY...I WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH THE SOURCING OF NEW MATERIAL & SIGNING ARTISTS / TRACKS,LICENCING ETC , CONSULTATION , THE DEVELOPMENT OF UP AND COMING ARTISTS..............I WAS WORKING ON PROJECT FOR UNIT 5 RECORDS WITH THE WIDEBOYS WHO WERE FAIRLY NEW TO THE SCENE & HAVE SINCE SEEN POP CHART SUCCESS, I LIKED THEIR SOUND, SO I APPROACHED EDDIE CRAIG WITH MY IDEA OF STARTING MY OWN PERSONAL RECORD LABEL AND HE AND JIM SULLIVAN AGREED TO MAKE ME A TRACK. THE TRACK WAS TITLED WESTSIDE WHICH WAS RELEASED ON VINYL. CATALOGUE NO: PB001.THIS PROGRESSED TO BE A CLASSIC GARAGE ANTHEM WHICH EVERY GARAGE DJ HAS IN THEIR COLLECTION AND STILL GETS REGULAR PLAYS IN CLUBS AND ON PIRATE RADIO AND FEATURES ON MANY LICENSED COMPILATION ALBUMS.
AFTER 3 CHART HITS WITH RED ROSE RECORDINGS DJ LUCK & M C NEAT LEFT THE LABEL ALONG WITH MYSELF, THEY ASKED ME TO BECOME PART OF THEIR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND LATER SIGNED AN ALBUM DEAL WITH ISLAND RECORDS. I LINKED UP WITH THE BROTHERS IAN & NICK TITCHENER (God bless u both...!) AND HELPED TO CREATE BOOM MANAGEMENT WHERE I MANAGED LUCK & NEAT / SCOTT & LEON WITH IAN & JO & WAS INVOLVED WITH EVERY SUBSEQUENT RELEASE BY LUCK & NEAT WITH ISLAND RECORDS. I WORKED ON MANY PROJECTS WITH BOOM MANAGEMENT IN A VARIETY OF ROLES INCLUDING MANAGING ARTISTS,COMMISSIONING REMIXES,THE SIGNING OF ARTISTS / TRACKS & ALSO COMPILING ALBUMS BOTH NATIONAL & INTERNATIONALLY FOR & WITH MAJOR RECORD LABELS : UNIVERSAL MUSIC,ISLAND RECORDS,POLYDOR,SONY,BMG & EMI PLUS MANY INDEPENDENT LABELS WORKING CLOSELY WITH ARTISTS WHO HAVE ENJOYED PAST CHART SUCCESS SUCH AS DJ LUCK & MC NEAT, THE ARCHITECTS, SCOTT & LEON, 2 PLAY, JHAY PALMER, MONSTA BOY, MISTEEQ AND EDCASE TO NAME BUT A FEW PLUS GAINING MYSELF BOTH GOLD & SILVER SALES AWARD DISCS IN THE PROCESS, WHILST STILL FINDING A LITTLE TIME TO RUN POINTBLANK RECORDS.........
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