Based? Leeds & Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
How did we get into music? Generally for both of us the general interest in dance music all kicked off back in our school days. LFO, 808 State, and some of the rave stuff like Prodigy, Altern 8 etc that was getting in the charts at the time.
For Stress Level: As far as getting into writing music goes, I started messing around with beats and samples from when I was at college.
For Ant TC1: It was the dj'ing side that grabbed me first. I remember a 'Grooverider @ Fantazia' Tape from 1992 in particular that really got me hooked on the dj'ing aspect of the music. I bought some belt drive turntables and a few months later I got my first slot on pirate radio, then I progressed on to playing in clubs at 16, production came a good few years later for me.
What music has/does inspire or influence us? In the earlier jungle days it was artists like Omni Trio, Roni Size, Die, Krust, Doc Scott, Hidden agenda all that definitely had an impact in terms of wanting to get involved in making the music. Inspiration for our own tunes is something different - it can come from going out, an idea popping into your head at a strange moment, a wicked sample you've found, or just what mood you're in at the time.
Other info Our tracks to date have received strong support with Fabio airing 9 of our tracks to date so far on his Radio 1 show, Grooverider has aired the XRS remix of "No Way back" on his Radio 1 show as well as our mix of Chris SU's "Satisfy". Our tracks have also received support from the likes of Bailey, Flight, Friction, Dbridge & L-Double (all on 1xtra) and club play on dub from the likes of Goldie, Klute, Zinc, Calibre, Artificial Intelligence, A-sides, Simon Bassline, Total Science, High Contrast, LTJ Bukem, Nu:Tone, Commix, Brian G, Dj Lee and Storm to name a good few.
Ant TC1 is still running the general management side of Dispatch Recordings. Releases lined up for 2008 include material from the likes of Survival, Zero Tolerance, Steo, Atlantic Connection, Stress Level & TC1, Tactile and Chris SU. Also watch out for Ant TC1's mix cd "Mixed & Dispatched" still out on general release and a future follow up "Mixed & Dispatched part 2" this year. For more label info check on the labels myspace - www.myspace.com/dispatchmyspace
