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Andy C
Starting his DJ career 10 years
ago, Andy C was quickly recognised
as a promising new DJ. Taking up his
initial residencies he was soon
playing alongside some of the most
respected DJ's on the circuit
managing to slot in his Wednesday
night radio show on London's Kiss FM
between global DJing commitments. In
1999 & 2000, he took the award for
Best DJ at the Knowledge Awards.
His numerous high profile remix
accomplishments include Busta Rhymes
'Woo Hah!' (which won Best Remix at
the 1996 Muzik Magazine Awards),
Adam F 'Circles', and Jay-Z 'Can't
Knock The Hustle'. Andy also won the
best D&B DJ award on Drum & Bass
arena in 2001 & 2002 where in excess
of 90,000 people voted, and again at
Accelerated Culture's 'Peoples
Choice Awards' in December 2002.
Andy is also the highest ranking D&B
DJ in the current DJ magazine Top
100 DJs placed at No. 28.
Recognised as emerging talent Andy C
has appeared on the Ministry of
Sound Tour and has been featured in
various media publications such as
Mixmag, DJ and M8. He is currently
resident at Chunky, Nottingham but
also has guested at Media regularly.
This is one DJ who is certain to
rock the party!
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Brockie
Brockie has fast become a huge addition
to the drum & bass sector. Making
a break from being an rnb dj in
1991 Brockie moved his experience
towards the hardcore scene and has
never looked back. His has emerged
as the biggest name to come through
Kool Fm and is partly responsible
for it becoming the biggest drum
& bass radio station. Also known
for his productions, Brockie is
the owner of the infamous Undiluted
Recordings which has given us some
of the Uks biggest drum & bass
anthems.
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Det
MC
Det has been involved in the Jungle
scene since way back in the rave
days, when he used to MC on the
pirate Drum n Bass radio station
Kool FM. MC DET is also responsible
for the success of his album 'Out
of Det' released on Sour Records
in 1995. The album was an achievement
in this country, across American,
Japan and Europe. Being one half
of the group 2x Freestyle MC DET
was able to mc over hip hop beats
using his jungle style MC’ing
alongside Skibadee. This adventure
led to a number of singles, videos
and an Ep. He
has also recorded albums with
Red Snapper and Cut la Roc. His
latest album available on Times
Two Records is called 'Knights
of the MC' and features Skibbadee,
Dynamite MC, Ed Solo and the legendary
Ragga Twins.
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Nicky
Blackmarket
Nicky Blackmarket is one of the
original pioneers of drum and bass,
and he is still the most faithful
soldier for the scene around the
world. In the mid-nineties Nicky
pushed the hardcore scene with a
regular show on Pulse FM and performances
at the Roller Express. He moved
into production, making his first
record "Spam EP". This
exposure fuelled his DJ career and
Nicky decided to put all his efforts
into playing his music around the
world. "
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Phantasy
Dj Phantasy has been Dj'ing for
just over 19 years now and his determination
and vibe has not hindered since
the day he started. Over those few
years Phantasy helped pave the way
for Drum n Bass to explode in countries
like Canada and various parts of
Europe. With videos for "Your
Love" feat Amma and "Gimme
Da Gal" alongside UK Apache,
there are plans for more to be made
in the near future so you will definantly
see much more from him and his associated
labels.
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Ratpack
At first Ratpack we’re playing
around, doing house parties and
the odd wine bar/club, but soon
that was all to change, big time!
Their songs include “Searchin’
for my Rizla”, “Captain
of the Ship” “Clipper”,
“Looking out my Window”
and many more. RatPack play at most
UK, Old Skool, events all around
the Country. RatPack Music have
also started their own merchandise/fashion
range. which gets it’s launch
pretty soon.
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Shabba
Shabba
got his first break on the radio
in the earlier part of 1991 and
his first official radio set was
with the legendary jungle DJ Remarc
doing a 2 hour set together. The
response that he got from the
listeners was very good so they
decided to take him on board.
Shabba D has gone from strength
to strength, being inundated with
bookings worldwide, he made his
debut out in Ayia Napa and once
again took the Island by storm.
Now Shabba D has been hard at
work in the studio, working on
his eagerly awaited album.
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Skibadee
Skibadee is one of the UK's most
successful and diverse MCs, performing
regularly on the Drum & Bass
and UK Garage scene. A fiercely
private individual, known and loved
by the Drum & Bass and UK Garage
crowds, with a career spanning several
years and growing. He has worked
alongside all the top DJs and MCs
in the country and just keeps going
from strength to strength.Alongside
MC Shabba he promotes MC Convention,
the worlds no1 D&B mc event,
and can been seen in headlining
events all over the world including
UK, USA, Canada, Australia. Skibadee
recently signed a major album deal
with Relentless and now showing
his versatility experimenting with
drum & bass, hip hop, garage,
breaks and ragga. Skibadee has had
much success with a number one video
on Channel U, for four weeks, won
an award for that, best video “The
Greatest Show”, which was
featuring FUSION, also SKEME, MC
DEE, also DET and SHABBA. The future
looks bright for Skibadee.
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Slipmatt
Matthew Nelson aka the legendary
Slipmatt is one of the biggest rave
DJs around. Matt has played all
over the world, mixing and spinning
across every continent and all over
the UK. The 'Godfather of Rave'
is one of the UK's busiest and well-respected
DJs around. Slipmatt started his
professional DJ career in 1989 also
releasing his first single 'Do That
Dance' which was the first SL2 production
with partner and fellow DJ 'Lime'.
Matt then went on to experience
untold success as SL2 with the number
11 national chart hit 'DJs Take
Control/Way In My Brain' and 'On
a Ragga Tip' which in April 1992,
hit number 2 in the national charts
and the number 1 spot in the Network
Charts. , staying in the top 10
for an incredible 8 weeks. At this
time, Slipmatt and DJ Lime were
propelled into the media spotlight
with much TV appearance’s
including Top of the Pops and Dance
Energy. Their chart success continued
with a remix of 'Way in My Brain'
coupled with 'Drumbeats' on the
flipside. This settled in the top
twenty. Matt has been voted in the
world top 20 DJ Magazine poll and
he also received the title of 'Best
Remixer' from the readers of M8,
and deservedly was awarded for 'Outstanding
Contribution to the Industry' from
Kiss 100.
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