I started Djing about 1991 fine tuning my turntable skills until I got my first break playing at the Happy Landings parties in Gravesend. After Happy Landings I started playing on London based pirate radio station Pressure FM. I stayed with Pressure for about a year and a half before moving onto the seminal Cyndicut FM
I received some important bookings, off the strength of my mix tapes, from Pure Science and One Nation. Appearances at these high profile clubs led to a lot of smaller, more regular bookings around the South East of England.
In 1998 I enrolled in a full time sound engineering course where I learnt the ins and outs of professional studio set-ups. The course included analogue and digital recording, sequencing and mixing as well as a lot of sound theory.
1999 saw me step into a full time job at Mickey Finns 'Biting Back Records' shop where I was manager in charge of the day to day running, I also did time behind the counter of the legendary Boogie Times Records, which at the time was one of largest D&B specialists in the UK.
In 2001, along with long time friend DJ Nicol, I set up Direct Recordings , one of the UKs fastest growing D&B labels. I co-produced Easy, which featured on Direct Recordings debut release.
On the DJ front I've earned myself guest sets at AWOL, Random Concept, Breaking Science, One Nation, Movement, Ravenation and Best of British, along with residencies at Innovation, Pure Science, Liquid Sessions, High on Life, High Velocity, Vinyl Conflict, Neat Beats plus many other one off bookings across the UK & Europe. I was also lucky enough to play at the 1st ever D&B Weekender event in the UK, the worlds 1st D&B foam party and every single one of the massive Innovation 'In The Sun' events!!
In 2008 I did a 6 month stint hosting the Innovation Show on Ministry of Sound Radio. I now host the Innovation Podcast which you can download from iTunes.
I was nominated in the 'Best Breakthough DJ' category at the National D&B Awards in 2008 and then again in 2009.
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