Growing up, my first experience with music was hearing Rock 'n' Roll and Soul being played at home. Around 1987. l was given The Buzzcocks, Going Steady 1979 album . By this time l was starting to be influenced by Hip-Hop music coming out of the U.S.A, which lead me to an interest in Funk and Soul and l wanted to know where the Hip-Hop crews were getting their samples from.
The second summer of Love was also in 1988, with the Acid House scene, the Detroit techno from the mid '80s plus the Chicago House music, influencined me. At this time, music was a hot mixing pot of style. A mate who was a an "Indie kid" led me to the Indie scene and Manchester scene attending gigs, warehouse parties etc. Acid House was interesting to me because the DJs were not playing only one sort of music. It was a journey into music and a style of DJing that l myself like.
Alongside the music, the art around each subculture interested me - Punk art, the B-Boy scene with its graffit and breaking dancing - also the art and graphics coming out of the Manchester scene, with its unique style and aesthetics.
Like most Djs, l started out with pubs 70s/80s nights and then dance nights in other venues, places and spaces. l then started playing on the airwaves, on some specalist stations and back in 2009 l worked on a Trukish radio station for 3 years.
Music has the power to make us smile and bring us to all types of tears. It can carry us back in time and inspire us to dance in the moment. For all our happiest days, there is music. The thing l love is how it is all connected and it unites people, bringing us all together.
Currently l am presenting producing shows with Outreach Radio - Outreach Dance where l have been since 2020 the broadcast comes live to the UK from Ireland.
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