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Scruffy D first hit the scene with the IQ crew back in the 90's and could be seen in collaboration with different underground hip hop, jazz and thrash metal bands. He then, with long time compadre Strangelove, consolidated what became known as the IQ sound and production philosophy.
He has worked with many people within his belief that music should bring all people together, and will no doubt continue to do so for many years to come.The Great White Trash... is a band that I played with when I was starting out in London. It consisted of 3 members, me on bass, a drummer a guitar player who was also the singer. We made this indie type music which was called thrash dub and we recorded and rehearsed at Mad Cow studios and then in somebody's basement on Old Street. The band split up before doing it's first gig which was a shame because the body of recorded material was very funky, very thrash, very hardcore, very good!!!Femi and the Jericho War... This was a great band for many reasons. Femi, the singer, songwriter and guitarist in the band,is a great musician and wrote challenging songs. But also, the lead guitarist, a very young Joe, had this really cool model train set in the front room where we used to rehearse. And of course, its in this band that I met the Amazing Assaf...IMT...was where I learnt that there is a whole universe beyond the perfect recording which has been, for the main, unexplored. However, thanks to computer technology, can be explored with waton abandon...WKD's... this means Wisdom, Knowledge, Destinty and was where I played my first London gig. I was 18 and forgot my bass amp having no idea what technology the club had.Nathan... a now highly respected and sought after bass player. I met him in the bass gallery, the mecca for all bass players in London and it was in depping for him that I got to meet Basil, the percussionist and DJ that ran the jam at WKD's. I wasn't that good and I appreciate that they both gave me a chance. That was all I needed to get inspired to get my act together. Well, atleast for a little while.
Breaking Bread at HQ's... this was a jam session at which I really got to cut my proffessional teeth as it were. It was run by an influential funk bass player by the name of Graham. At the time I was hanging out with my uncle , Anton, also a great bass player and Basti, another great bass player who showed me the ropes of doing session work. I just smelt funny, these guys actually had the funk.
La Trompette... is one of the first clubs in which I heard that fascinating music now called funk/new jazz/electro/breakbeat. There wasn't enough space to fit a band,but all the musicians and the wierd people would come down to listen to these funky sounds every weekend. I couldn't stay in there for too long, it was too crowded for me. They played hip hop and reggae in there aswell.
