Charlie Childs and Justin Sharp started as arch B-boy enemies back in the early 80's. performing tape 2 tape and reel to reel edits to show off to the rest of there secondary school. sooner or later it was time to team up and the first deck where purchased. cutting their musical teeth on a diet of early hip hop and spoon fed funk classics from Gary Dennis @ Crazy Beats. Come the age and the profits from working they delved into classic synths and drum machines and after various releases under guises they would never admit to Steelzawheelz was born with a release on Carbon Records in Kensington in the mid 90's. After the big Beat explosion had withered away, they team up with Sam Hill + Hatch to form West records, a truly independent record label that went on to receive a Breakspoll award for Best new Label 2005 and countless nominations for artist, Djing and Remixes. With Chas moving to Brighton he now runs West Records, Brighton Breaks and East Records with a release track record that reads like a who’s who of breakbeat they aint done too bad for a pair of wankers.
