Been into DnB from an Early age also listenin to allsorts of dance music house,garage,early hip-hop from grandmaster melle,NWA,DmX to shut up an Dance also alot of Funk,DeepJazz and some soul,reggae music UB40,Marvin Gaye,Teddy pendergrass etc plus alot of rave n house,soft rock U2,Doors,theprodigy,portishead,n rare groove music which have influenced me alot in my production,but mostly into jungle drum and Bass constant thru the years...includin Ram Records,Full cycle,Valve,Tru playaz,Virus and Protoype tunes 98-onwards also listening to djs Andy C,Hype,Kenny ken,Blackmarket,Grooverider,Dillinja,Twisted individual,Mickey Finn,Dr S gatchet, and 'legend' goldie sort of styles....also durin i learnt to mix and listened to a family friend and 'veteran' Dj skatty mix from at about 99 gradually learnt some basics,practised in my own time,mced for him occasionaly and a few friends busin sessions,made choonz with dem then done my own partiez,birthday bashmentz etc with locals tore up some housez/warehouses u kno the one!!...and gettin on some mad ones etc all which went down well plus at that time rollin with a camp called DST with Dj Hitop,me{dj banton},mcRyda d,killa B,Jee,myself n mc garfee bigups which were heavywaite sessions also flexin with other heads rollin out sets with bigups to the DjDarkside,djBrigadeer,Bonce,myself mc kriz p which were i was mcin/djin n rollin out sets,practising havin laughetc .....also mcin at same time at clubs/bars which was platform 4 a local circuit blaze up which gave me chance to express my talent a bit n perfom an explore my style...one prestigous venue in ashford with big lineups n promotions rollin thru included Nubreed,Brockie,kennyken,Ray Rampage,Eksman n herbs,Dett,Skiba, etc......which were heavywiate nights was club called 'the trap' there also mcd for a promotion called FDM/reaction an had numerous big nights/linenups onit plus my own n mcgarfeez night called 'knowledge elevation' which was also was good night .also mced on a few big dj setz including Brockie,Kenny ken,Ray rampage,Terrorist,Star C,Hitop... also mcd with mcFun,Nu Breed,Fever,Speedy,Creeper,Reds,Joker also that made way for me to improve and develop from experience...right now im on a solo tip rolin owt nu style n flow,blazin sets and bringin vibes standard..still,now im lookin for promotion im currently makin tunes djin and gettin on grind at mo reppin camp called Rush promotionz/Dst which are myselfEQ,Kinky G,dj Darky,Richie T,mc garfee,mc kriz p,...we have a stream radio show runnin from rushpromotion at moment and workin on my own beats n doin my thing lookin 4 gettin back on some new promotions,also launchin my own label/nights Rushprom/DST nights and more artists on lineups to come thru so watch dis space....big up all the crew and hedz,dnb soldiers ive forgot to mention that grafting n keepin it movin holdtight....Peace 1
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