DJ Marga

My name is DJ MARGA. I am the former band member and producer of the legendary south LONDON-based crew known as Katch22. DJ Marga had been instrumental in British hip-hop, for his production style, as well as had been central to the success of the imprint they were on. This imprint being the Kold Sweat Record Label. ************************************************************ ** I Started Dj ing in 1985 with a Sound call CRYSTALPHONIC from Brixton, which was a reggae sound passed down from the 1970s Father to Son with 4 face 18" speaker boxes and all. I was da man who used to help STRING UP da set .Around the same time I teamed up with Paul & Ian " SOULBRO" Young who went to Alabama in da US and found an Airport Hanger full of dusty 45s HE IS THE KING OF CRATEDIGGERS .WE Started FUNK MAFIA . CRYSTALPHONIC and FUNK MAFIA played at NOTTING HILL Carnival in a spot kept by from the 1970s sound and played from 1985 to 1989. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ * We did many Warehouse and House FUNK JAMS. The most famous being FUNK & THINGS .People used to see the MOET bottle flyer and they knew what was to come. There Was only SHAKE AND FINGERPOP ,FAMILY FUNKTION,and a few others at the time. The scene became MAINSTREAM ( after 1989 Dingwalls on Sunday )and they started to put a Label on the scene and called it "RARE GROOVE & ACID JAZZ". What came before these labels was pure magic. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ * Another member of Katch 22, Huntkillbury Finn's first band 'Black Phantom Reigns Supreme' was just about to release product on Cooltempo Records, when one of the crew members became ill. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ * Un-dismayed by this experience, Huntkillbury Finn soon formed another group, known as 3 Da Hard Way. the name Katch 22 came later, with myself, as well as DJ Brainiac. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ** My introduction into music production was DJ SUPREME ( HIJACK ). Katch Mission was recorded on a 8 Track in his bedroom. Also LLOYD CAMPBELL of LETHAL PRODUCTIONS studio was used .As far as my discography started with a Battersea-based group called Rudeboy Business. This track was called "COOL SAILING" [Cat. No. KS103]. The owner of Kold Sweat was so impressed, that he signed Katch 22. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ * Over the next few years, Katch 22 released numerous 12" singles, 6 EPs, and THREE albums between the years of 1990 to 1995. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ** To big myself up, Katch 22 were the first British hip-hop group to record & release THREE ALBUMS and The first UK Rap Double LP an unprecendented feat at the time! During this period (1990-95), NO OTHER BRITISH HIP-HOP PRODUCER RELEASED so many tracks, in such a short time-frame, with me having around 74 TRACKS RELEASED !!! not left on a Dat tape or CDR in my bedroom . ************************************************************ * Due to bun-out I chilled out for 10 yrs and became a family man. The Marga phone has started to ring again and I am back DJ ing 80s SOUL, 70s SUPER HEAVY FUNK & Breakbeats , 80s & 90s Hip Hop within the Snowbording club scene and Japan Funk scene also doing Digital Video , Adverts and Music Production Work .