su-per-charge (soopar-chärj)
tr.v. supercharged, supercharging, supercharges
1. To increase the power of (an engine, for example), as by fitting with a supercharger.
2. To charge heavily or excessively: the atmosphere was supercharged with tension.
BIOGRAPHYIn 2000, Supercharge (born Mik Newton) defined a whole new style of music known as "Meta-Genre-Fusion". A million miles away from the dominant live Indie scene or Jump-up, dance floor filling Drum'n'Bass of its day, it was a mood rich and visually suggestive series of carefully sequenced instrumentals, built almost entirely from live recorded Indie guitar, Old-Skool Hip Hop and Funk samples, pulled from his personal vinyl emporium and matched with sequenced samples and beats. Supercharge audaciously stretched the parameters of Indie/Dance, introducing it to an audience with little or no previous experience of the genre.Supercharge grew up in the town of Killingworth, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Fascinated with all genres of music from an early age, by 1996 he took up a DJ residency in Hull, playing to capacity audiences. He continued to entertain party-goers with his unique blend of Dub, Funk, Breaks and Beats until around 2000. When, after playing all the major venues in Hull and after the Birth of his first son, he decided to take a break from DJing to concentrate on producing his own work and that of local bands.Flash forward 8 years later for the release of his new works, "This is my homage to all those unheralded musicians in Hull, who produced their own output and presented it earnestly to an often indifferent public."
With his next album in the works we can expect a whole new twist. After all, Supercharge is on record as saying that "my philosophy is to make every release different from the last."Mik co-organised 'Concrete Jam', Hull's official Skate Park festival and co-founded 'Purple Worm Records', an independent record label.He soon went on to create Purple Worm Records Remix - an off-shoot of the main label, this time where the emphasis is on the producers creativity rather than that of the band/artist.He continues to DJ as a resident at 'BEAT FREQ', has guested at 'Blended Elements' and the 'Purple Worm Records' annual album launch parties.
