I started DJ’ing in the mid 80’s. I was growing up in London, listening to people like Steve Devonne on Radio Invicta, Mastermind (Max, Dave and Herbie) and Westwood on LWR all playing hip-hop and electro so I taught myself to mix on a pair of very dodgy belt drive turntables and a cheap mixer that I picked up from Tandy’s in Walthamstow High Street.
Things just grew from there. In the beginning it was just mix tapes for people I knew but I teamed up with a friend from School (Brian Norman who later went on to run Fresh and Funky and various other nights in the West End) and we got a few spots in pubs and clubs around East London as well as residency in Club Yo! in the West End.
I got into radio in around ’89. I’d always wanted to start my own station and had sent demo tapes in to Kiss when it was a pirate, Centreforce and a couple of others. My demo was played on .........
