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About Me

NAME: Theory. Mike to friends.
OCCUPATION: Noise maker, Poet, Gramophone manipulator, found instrumentalist, art-fag, turntable battle veteran, tall-tale teller and freelance vagrant.
LOOK AT MES: Won a load of battles, Vestax champion (Beat thirty one on one DJs in a row down in Brighton - Rob Eurohs thing, whatever year that was... Format will tell you. Then again he was judging and drunk - possibly why I won), Played on the Radio One John Peel sessions in 2001 and threw a load of records around the studio - Father John said I was "astonishing" (ok...Yes I'm a little proud of that one...), Supported Buck 65, Company Flow, Edan, A-trak and a million others over the years at the "Go-off" back in sunny Southsea, done some radio shows, workshops, Been a DMC finalist a few times before I got bored of it (I was the guy who threw the busted Drum and Bass record at the judges - they cropped it from the video), ITF (I think) at Fabric London, um...Oh yeah Gemini/Big Daddy battle - won that, er....That'll do. Rachel made me write this anyhow...screw it.
RELIGION: Waits.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Mixed bag. Eighty three and counting... (modest estimate). True story.
BOOKS: God.
MUSIC: With backbone and guts.MOVIES: Sepia,silent, Magic lantern or monster.
MEMORABLE MOMENT: Peel sessions 2001. RIP. Radio died.
DRINK/SMOKE: Clean livin'.
HERE FOR: The literate and / or friendly.
GROUPS/ORGANISATIONS: No Frills records, Ninth Configuration, Plastic Soldiers, Meifumado, Vegan terrorist network, New Cross scrap metal band, Red devil worship committee.
IN SUMMARY: Crack in the axe handle. Busted string. Junk collector. Nostalgic rag wearer. Emotional fare dodger. Folkblueseriser. Betamax hermit. Straight talkerer. Broken country-bumpkin. Driftin' wood. Linin' track.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/1/2006
Band Website: nofrillsrecords.co.uk
Band Members: It's just me.
Production, Words and Turntables.
I do it all - at the same time - up a tree.

Influences:

Sounds Like: SECRETS LEFT LP OUT NOW
Back, Double Dare, No Frills, Red Too, Intolerant, Serious Matter, Question, Kid Canutt, Fire and Tao, Shutdown, Short Change, Crackle and Hiss, Secrets Left, Secrets Kept, The Anchored Man.
Â£10 (available through paypal).RULES OF RUST EP.
Super 8 superhero, The Stickman, December, Insomniac, Open audition, June, The Sasquatch, Hell for leather, Misery guts.

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LOST AND FOUND.
Part one - a four-part 46 minute continuous mix of some of my 'other' instrumentals, soundscapes, elusive records, oddball field recordings and turntable based scratch tracks.
It was raining if I recall.
This one has something for every kind of nerd...

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HARD WORK EP.
Hard Work, Born to Lose, Flood, Hourglass Palace, Drunkards and Dreams, Untitled 6, Lady of Leisure, Untitled 8.

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Record Label: No Frills.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Theory on iLike, Bebo and Facebook.....

Yep, It's true. Slightly hypocritical of me but hey, there you go. Rachel has set all these new accounts up and I'll be honest, I haven't a clue how they all work - but she knows best so I won't argue...
Posted by Theory on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:50:00 PST

Ancient Dj Battle footage

I've just moved house and got all my stuff back after being in storage for near enough two years now and I've found a box of old VHS tapes of battles and other old and dumb footage of yours truly and ...
Posted by Theory on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:31:00 PST

Quitting, Reading, Writing and Moving.

Evenin' all. It's been a while I know, I know& Thanks to everyone who bought the new "Secrets Left" LP. Ridiculous. The feedback has been amazing and I'm humbled to say the least so thanks....
Posted by Theory on Fri, 02 May 2008 02:03:00 PST

"Dear Morbid" video

I wrote a poem this week when I should have been working and I’ve just posted a short and piss-poor video of me reading it. Yay! You’ll notice the lighting is awful and I rush on through i...
Posted by Theory on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:48:00 PST

Old Red Hair.

I started writing a new song today at work. About fifteen years ago I had an art teacher.Strangely enough I can’t recall her surname.Just her first name - Denise.It strikes me a little strange t...
Posted by Theory on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:26:00 PST

NO FRILLS RECORDS

I'm now at www.nofrillsrecords.co.uk I reckon it'll keep you amused for a rainy afternoon or two. Go have a nibble. There shouldn't be too many creases to iron out but we'll see. For now I'm leavi...
Posted by Theory on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:40:00 PST

"Secrets Left" final Tracklisting....

This is from the website - It'll be up when the LP comes back. I'm super amped about it all... New songs from it going up soon. Tracklisting for the new "Secrets Left" LP as follows... BackDouble dare...
Posted by Theory on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:24:00 PST

Magazine article - The French get it.

I've just discovered a French magazine article on yours truly.I got ejected from my first ever French lesson at school so I'm having a little trouble with it....My French teacher thought I was trying ...
Posted by Theory on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:45:00 PST

Back to front pants.

Before I'd even opened my eyes I already had that familiar feeling hiding way on down there. The good old one of those day feelings that seem to hang hats in the guts of all men and women from time t...
Posted by Theory on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:53:00 PST

Do not remain ignorant. Please watch.

You can spare an hour to watch this. Do something. Anything. Apathy kills. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kN3tD6jkTQ
Posted by Theory on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:25:00 PST