BELOW LIVE PA "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" @ CHANS 2TON & MAKKA
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MAKKA STARTED HIS DJ CAREER ON A LOCAL ESSEX STATION CALLED FORCE FM 106.5 IN 1998 PLAYING UK GARAGE AND CLUB CLASSICS. COMING FROM A FAMILY MUSICAL BACKGROUND MAKKA STARTED HIS MUSICAL CAREER IN A BAND PLAYING RHYTHM GUITAR BUT DECIDED TO SWAP HIS FENDER FOR A SET OF TECHNIC 1210'S. LEARNING THE ART OF MIXING FROM FELLOW DJ PARTNER B.O.D.
AFTER RUNNING HIS VERY SUCCESFUL UK GARAGE SHOW ON FORCE FM MAKKA DECIDED TO TRY AND GET INTO PRODUCING HIS OWN RECORDS AS IT WAS PROOVING HARDER AND HARDER TO PROGRESS AS A DJ IN THE VERY COMPETITIVE UNDERGROUND GARAGE SCENE.HE STARTED OFF MAKING BEATS AND USING WELL KNOWN ACAPELLA'S AND HIS 1ST TUNE HE MADE WAS A REMIX OF SUNSHINE ANDERSONS "HEARD IT ALL BEFORE".
HE THEN DECIDED HE WANTED TO TRY AND PRODUCE TUNES WITH A VOCALIST. HE DECIDED TO REMIX AN OLD HOUSE TRACK "STAY" BY ISHA D AS IT WAS A FAVOURITE OF HIS AND MANY OF HIS FRIENDS. AFTER PRODUCING THE BACKING TRACK HE MET UP WITH LADY J A VOCALIST HE MET THROUGH A FRIEND AND FROM THERE THE TUNE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. HE CARRIED .. THIS AS THE RECORD SALES WENT VERY WELL AND PRODUCED HIS 2ND SINGLE "CAN U FEEL IT" A REVAMPED VERSION OF THE OLDSKOOL HARDCORE SMASH "RAINFALL". AFTER GREAT RESPONSE FROM BOTH THE TRACKS MAKKA WAS APPROACHED BY "MC CREED" THE GODFATHER MC OF UK GARAGE AND WAS ASKED TO REMIX ONE OF HIS TRACKS "THEY CALL THIS" AFTER MUCH HARD WORK TRYING TO GET THE TRACK SOUNDING RIGHT MAKKA PASSED THE TUNE ONTO MC CREED AND TO GREAT EXCITEMENT WAS ASKED TO JOIN VOCAL FUSION MC CREED'S AGENCY AS A DJ/PRODUCER AND WAS ASKED TO HOST THE VOCAL FUSION SHOW ON LONDON'S NOW LEADING HOUSE AND GARAGE STATION VISION FM 88.4
AFTER A YEAR STINT ON VISION FM MAKKA WAS JOINED ON THE SHOW BY HIS LONG TIME IDOL MC 2TON. THEY FORMED AN IMIDIATE UNSTOPPABLE PARTNERSHIP KNOWN AS THE UK HEAVYWEIGHTS AND CONTINUED THE SHOW UNTILL LATE NOVEMBER 2005. DURING THIS TIME THEY ALSO JOINED FORCES IN THE STUDIO AND MAKKA 1ST OFF REMIXED THE POPULAR COCKNEY ANTHEM "SLANG" FOR 2TON WHICH HAS BECOME A HUGE HIT ON THE UNDERGROUND UK GARAGE SCENE. THEY THEN JOINED FORCES ONCE AGAIN TO BRING YOU THE PHIL COLLINS COVER "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" WHICH WAS QUICKLY SNAPPED UP BY DJ PYRO OF NORTH 9 RECORDS AFTER GREAT RADIO RESPONSE. YOU CAN PRE ORDER COPIES NOW AT www.north9records.co.uk AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ALL GOOD UNDERGROUND RECORD SHOPS AROUND LONDON AND ESSEX. AFTER A SHORT STINT ON THE VERY SUCCESFULL INTERNET RADIO SITE www.phatbeats.net ALONGSIDE MC V.I.P MAKKA & 2TON MAKKA HAS BEEN BACK IN THE STUDIO AND FINISHED HIS 3RD RELEASE "IT'S OVER LOVE" FEATURING LADY KATT & MC V.I.P AND IS NOW CURENTLY AVAILABLE IN ALL GOOD RECORD SHOPS. ON THE 12TH JANUARY 2007 MAKKA & 2TON RETURNED TO THE FM DIAL JOINING THE BIGGEST PIRATE IN LONDON TRUE 100.2 FM AND YOU CAN CATCH THEIR (UK HEAVYWEIGHTS SHOW) EVERY FRIDAY 8-10PM OR LISTEN LIVE @ www.myspace.com/truefm. THE UNSTOPPABLE DUO DECIDED AFTER GREAT SUCCESS WITH THEIR 1ST SINGLE "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" WHICH HAS NOW BEEN SIGNED MY MI RAW IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK IN THE STUDIO TO WORK ON A NEW PROJECT AND THEY CO PRODUCED THEIR NEXT SINGLE "BACK IN TIME". ALL DJ MAKKA'S PRODUCTIONS CAN NOW BE PURCHASED AS AN MP3 DOWNLOAD RIGHT HERE AT DJ MAKKA'S OFFICIAL PRODUCTIONS SHOP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. SO WHY NOT SAMPLE THEM AND REMEMBER NOT TO FORGET EVERY FRIDAY 8-10PM LONDON'S FINEST UK HEAVYWEIGHTS DJ MAKKA & MC 2TON ON LONDONS FINEST TRUE 100.2 FM.Generate your own contact table!
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