About Me
DJ Flip:First and foremost DJ Flip is a QPR supporter whom happens to have a love for all things musical. Starting off listening to anything he could get his hands on from since he can remember, Flip found Hip Hop as it was first coming over from America and immediately started to immerse himself within it's culture (apart from the fashion side of things: Flip has never and will never own a pair of shell toes and will only wear a tracksuit if he is actually playing sport.) After school and then university Flip got a job in the film and video post-production industry labelling tapes and making coffees in a video duplication house in central London. After 5 years Flip had become a fully fledged on-line editor who spent his free time in the record shops of Soho or on his decks at home, never interested in the cocaine fuelled bullshit that drives the post production industry at night (and in some cases during the day). Living in Camden Flip used to notice a group of blokes who would hang out on the streets selling draw and rapping non-stop. Thru mutual friends Flip met the promoters of Scratch and was asked to bring his records and DJ in the Crossbar every first Thursday of the month as the warm up DJ for Scratch. Flip thought 'Why not?' and a 5 year residency began as Flip found himself opening up for artists like Masta Ace, Pharoe Monch, Souls of Mischief and DJ's such as Charlie Chase, Cash Money and the all time greatest: DJ Noize (in Flip's own opinion). Finding himself as an outsider within the bullshit, advertising led, cocaine world of film and video post production Flip left his full time job and went freelance as an on-line editor, working on pop promos, adverts for cinema and television and major feature films. Going freelance freed up enough time for him to buy an MPC2000XL and start producing his own music, something he had never thought that he was capable of doing. Flip also started to DJ on ITCH FM, London's premier Hip Hop pirate radio station. Starting off on the Sunday night / Monday morning 1am -3am graveyard slot, Flip soon commanded the Thursday drivetime slot at 6pm-8pm as well as Wednesday nights 10pm-12am and was asked to mix the Itch FM Lost City mix CD series.
Now with instrumentals and a studio Flip woke up one morning to find a skinny bloke in outsize clothes in his front room looking at the graffiti on his walls. When challenged the skinny bloke introduced himself as SkinnyMan from the legendary North London crew: The Mud Family, and asked Flip for 'a 'grette and some rizla', which Flip had. After a cup of coffee for Flip, a cup of sugar with a little bit of tea for Skinny and a spliff each Flip found himself inducted into the Mud Fam as DJ and 'the responsible one'. Flip then met the rest of the crew and realised that they were the same blokes who would hang out in Camden selling draw and rapping non-stop. After a few years they had become one of the legendary crews in the underground UK Hip Hop scene with SkinnyMan leading the way as one of the best rappers the world had ever seen. As people grew up and a general lack of success with various releases the crew went their seperate ways, leaving Flip as SkinnyMan's DJ and manager as well as producing for SkinnyMan and other rappers including south London group Individual Minds for whom Flip produced, directed and edited 2 videos. After locking SkinnyMan in the studio and making the UK Hip Hop classic 'Council Estate of Mind' album with him, including the DJ Flip produced title track for which he produced and edited the video, they then embarked on a nationwide tour for 2 years playing every city and town in the UK including the Dance Tent at Glastonbury and supported The Streets at Brixton Academy and Goldie Looking Chain on their 2004 UK tour. Flip also found time to make his acting debut in the award winning UK feature film 'The Plague'.
Flip currently is managing and working in his Loftus Road studio with SuparNovar on his solo projects for Kemet Records, producing his own album 'Project' with Masta Ace, Sway, Mr. Ti2bs, SuparNovar and Lisa Lyndley-Jones amongst others. Flip is also working on new tracks with Mystro for his album and an EP, and hopefully will start co-producing with C-Swing soon.
Flip's last release was the funky Not Bonny And Clyde instrumental Net Groove 7" after the SkinnyMan vocalled version was featured on the vinyl release of Skinny's 'No Big 'Ting' 12" only. Destined to remain in the vaults Kam (The Man) enquired as to whether it might be possible to release it on 7". Flip flipped at the prospect of releasing a 'funky little 7"' and chucked the instrumental of 'Article Ruffneck', a SkinnyMan tune found on UK Hustlerz The Return on the other side under it's original name 'Forever Rangers'.
Focusing on a much more musical and melodic driven production style and gleaming samples from the world of rare groove Flip is proud to continue living under the mantra of 'music for music's sake' and hopes that people will listen to his production and feel happier for doing so. Simple as that.
Remember Flip's not old school nor new school as he never payed attention in school and Hip Hop is not a spectator sport. That is all. Take care now, you hear!
