THIS IS DJ TGKS MUSIC PAGE...TGK IS A SCRATCH DJ/PRODUCER FROM BRIGHTON.....
PRODUCING MOSTLY DRUM&BASS,HIP HOP & SCRATCH TRACKS.
TGK HAS BEEN DJIN FOR OVER 10 YEARS,SINCE HIS BROTHER(JAKERRA) REALISED HIS SKILL AND GOT HIM HIS 1ST PAIR OF TURNTABLES AT 13 YEARS OLD.
STARTIN OF PLAYIN HARDCORE TGK IDOLISED DJS LIKE SY & HYPE BECAUSE OF THIER ABILITY TO SCRATCH,THEN REALISIN THATS WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.BUT JST SCRATCHIN TO HARDCORE LIMITED HIM SO HE BEGAN TO BRANCH OUT INTO OTHER MUSIC LIKE OLD SKOOL AND BREAKS.
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TGK PRACTISED UNTIL GOIN TO SLIPJAM B, A LOCAL HIP HOP NIGHT WHERE HE SHOWCASED HIS SKILLS FOR THE 1ST TIME(16 YEARS OLD) BLOWIN THE MINDS OF THE OLDER DJS THERE.
AFTER THIS HE CONCENTRATED ON DJIN' DNB/JUNGLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIS BROTHER.
THEN A YEAR OR SO LATER TGK PLAYED HIS 1ST DNB SET AT "BACK TO THE FUTURE".WHERE HE SMASHED IT.AFTER THAT HE STARTED GETTIN BOOKINGS ALL OVER BRIGHTON PLAYIN DNB .
IT WAS SOON AFTER THIS TGK MET HIS 2 FUTURE DJ CREW COMPANIONS 'MR M' & D-RAIL'. SOON TRIPLE THREAT DJS WERE BORN!
PLAYIN 2 HOUR 6 DECK MASHUP DNB SETS TRIPLE THREAT SMASHED IT UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY AND EVEN TOURED EUROPE.
WHILST DOIN THIS TGK CONTINUED HIS PUSUIT OF SCRATCHIN.
THEN IN 2004 TRIPLE THREAT SPLIT AND WENT THIER SEPERATE WAYS IN PRODUCTION ,DJIN AND LIFE...
STILL CLOSE TO THIS DAY THO, A REUNION IS NEVER OFF THE CARDS..LOL.
IT WAS AFTER THIS TGK STARTED CONCENTRATIN ON HIP HOP & FUNK BREAKS MORE REALISIN ALL THE THINGS HE WAS HEARING BEFORE HAND ALL CAME FROM THIS..
AFTER STUDYIN SOME BATTLE VIDEOS AND GETTIN INFLUENCED BY HIS FRIENDS TGK REALISED IT WAS TIME TO START TAKIN HIS SKILL TO A NEW LEVEL AND START ENTERIN DJ BATTLES.
WITH LUCK HE WON HIS 1ST BATTLE AFTER 4 HEATS AND 100 DJS, TGK WAS CROWNED "RAW UK DJ CHAMP"!
AFTER THIS SUCCESS TGK STARTED PLAYIN FOR FLAWLESS IN BRIGHTON AS HIP HOP RESIDENT WHILST GETTIN NUMEROUS OTHER BOOKINS AND RADIO SHOWS..
THEN IN 2005 TGK ENTERED THE DMC COMP FOR THE 1ST TIME...
ALTHOUGH HE DIDNT WIN IT MADE HIM EAGER TO KEEP IMPROVIN HIS SKILLS,HE NOW ENTERS DMC MOST YEARS...
IN BETWEEN SHOWS & BATTLES TGK SAT AT HOME AND STARTED PRODUCIN HIS OWN BEATS, THEN IN JAN 2007 RELEASED HIS OWN ALBUM LOCALLY AND ON THE NET, GETTING A GREAT RESPONSE FROM REVIEWERS AND DJS ALIKE..
FOR NOW TGK CONTINUES TO PREPARE FOR MORE BATTLES,WITH CREW MATES JFB(UK DMC CHAMP & BUCKWILDE), AND IS WORKIN ON A FEW DIFFERENT ALBUM PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE.
TILL THEN YOU CAN CATCH TGK AROUND BRIGHTON UK , PLAYING WEEKLY SHOWS AT THE WATERMARGIN-GENETICS & OTHERS
PLAYIN HIP HOP & DNB, HE HAS PLAYED ALL OVER THE UK & EUROPE, ALONG SIDE SOME OF THE GREATS LIKE...HIGH CONTRAST,SKINNYMAN,QBERT,EZ ROLLERS,TIGERSTYLES,YODA,APHRODITE,TC ISLAM to name a few!!
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